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i • / v\ ATHENS OMLY HERALD 'i VOL. 1. NO. 269. 1 ATHENS. GA TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY l, 1913. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. *5.00 PER YEAH - ■ STATE WITNESSES TESTIFYING IN CASE ACAINST STATE NOT FINISHED CALL ING WITNESSES—CASE LAST THROUGH WEEK MISS DANIEL TESTIFIES The Attorneys For the Defense Will Try to Overturn Her Evi dence by Showing That Mc Crary Kept the Minutes of the Directors Meetings and That Griffin Was Merely Putting the Record in Order the Night Before the Bank Closed Its Doors. The Griffin trial went on this morn ing, with the state still calling and , examining its witnesses. There arc still several more witnesses to be called by the state, and it is not known just when the prosecution will rest its case. It is certain that the case will continue for several days longer, and will probably last throughout the week. Possibly the most sensational evi dence of the whole trial was that of Miss Lilian Daniel, stenographer working for the Athens Trust and Banking Company, who testified yes terday afternoon. Her testimony brought out the fact that Griffin dic tated minutes of all the directors meet ings to her the night before the bank failed. The prosecution then showed that the director! had never signed these minutes.. The attorneys will endeavor to re but this eridsM* by showing that all the minutes weTe kept on different pieces of paper by the cashier of the bank, McCrary, and that the defend ant was merely trying to put the af fairs of the bank in order, and was collecting the records of the meetings of the directors systematically. The state this morning introduced as evidence the charter of the bank. The counsel for the defense objected to this evidence on the ground that Griffin had fleen indicted as the pres ident of an insolvent bank, but that the Athens Trust and Banking was a trust company as well, and the law could not apply to it. The law of 1833 applied to banking companies alone, and was ammende.d by the law of 1893, which also included trust companies. The defense claimed that neither law could be applied to the Athens Trust and Banking Company, because it was neither a bank nor trust company, but a combination of the tdfc>. Judge Brand promptly overruled the reception, but counsel for the defense ieclared this afternoon that they ivould carry the case to the Supreme Court on the strength of these ex ceptions if it should go against them In this court. There are many more witnesses yet to be called, and there is no way of telling now how long the case will last. Col. T. F. Green, receiver fo the defunct bank, was on the stand for a long time today, going over the accounts of the bank. The state has not announced yet whether or not they will call McCrary to the stand, but the general consensus of opinion seems to be that he will not be called. PRESIDENT SOUTHWICK TO SPEAK AGAIN THIS EVENING DELIGHTED AUDIENCE BY HIS READING OF ’’THE RIVALS” LAST NIGHT REGISTRATION VERY LARGE The Heavy Registration of Yes terday Was Continued All Through the Day and a Record Breaking Attendance is Assur ed-—Annua! High School Con- Ference Begins Its Work This Morning With Dr. H. A. Hol lister’s First Lecture. FIVE FOREIGNERS BURNED TO DEAIR IN NEW YORK HOTEL Daily lectures have started at the Summer School, and the different classes are settling down to work. Meanwhile the work of registration i3 going merrily on, an 1 the attendance promises to be a record breaker. The eighth session of the Summer School was opened by the speeches the chapel last night. Chancellor Barrow made an informal speech to elcome the students to the Univer sity, and made the sort of talk that only Chancellor Borrow can make. Then Superintendent Woofter made a short address and several interesting announcements. The speaker of the evening was President Southwick, of the Emerson School of Oratory, and his reading of “The Rivals”, Sheridan, was noth ing less than wonderful. The chapel crowded, and President South wick kept the large audience spell bound throughout the evening, and at the end of every scene the applause * enthusiastic. This gifted speak- will give another reading in chapel tonight, judging from his suc cess last evening, will be largely at tended. President Southwick paid a pretty compliment to Athens and Athens peo ple before he began his reading last night. He said that he liked Athens better than‘any’o? the smaller South ern cities, because in Athens he found a happy combination of the starteliness and dignity of the old South, with the progressiveness of the present age. The annual High school conference begun this morning at ten-thirty, and a large number of high school teach ers, principles, and superintendents are here for it. This conference has been productive of much good each year that it has been held, and will probably be more successful this year than even before, as several of the greatest educational leaders in the country will speak before it and take part in its discussions. Dr. H. A. Hollister, of the University of Illinois, lectures every morning at 8:45 in Peabody Hal, and his talks on the dif ferent problems of high school work are most interesting, and well worth anybody’s time who is in any way connected with high schools. This morning Dr. Hollister spoke instruc tively and entertaingly on “Co-opera tion in the Standardization of High Schools”. Tomorrow morning his lec ture will be, “Determining Principles of the Curricula of our Schools.” Dr. Hollister’s other lectures will be as follows: Thursday; “The High School and the Community”; Friday: “The Problem of Vocational Schools”; Saturday: “The Cosmopolitan High School.’ ’ (By Associated Press.) New York, July 1.—Five foreign ers were burned late last night in an old downtown hotel, three men, a wo man and a child. Six others were dangerously injured when forced to jump to the streets from windows. The building was crowded with for eigners booked to sail for Europe this morning. Many , were forced to leave their clothing and money to the flames. Some lost their all. The police are investigating the fire, which was similar to the one extin. guished in the ancient hotel recent ly. CASES DISMISSED This morning Mayor Pro Tem C. T. Young presided at the police mat inee. There were only two cases to be tried, these were against Jessie Jarret and Cressie Browning, and the charges, which were preferred by a white man, were the violation of section 363 of the city code, or as it is more commonly known, disor derly conduct. After a lengthy ar gument and -the examination of sev eral witnesses it was decided by the judge that the white man, who had gone to the negros’ house to collect $1.13 rent, was the cause of the dis turbance and the case against the negroes was dismissed. The judge warned the white man who prefer red the charges that should this same thing occur again that he (the prosecutor) and not the defendants, would be fined. IT BEEN RELEASED BY ^ The manager of the Birmingham Barons has severed the can append- id to Carl Thompson, and has de rided to give him another trial in the Southern League. It was reported last week, from lo less an authority than Thomp son himself, that he had been given At pink slip by Birmingham, and would be sent back to the New Yorjr Americans. But Thompson is still jeith Birmingham, and his many Athens friends are still hoping that he will yet pitch the, ball he is cap able ef while in the sooth. OH, YOU FLIRTATIOUS GEORGIA LEGISLATOR! (Special to The Herald.) Atlanta, Ga., July 1.—Legislators ■e slyly inquiring among themselv- wba it was among them who smiled at the pretty cashier in Kimball lobby and asked her to “lick a postage stamp so it would make the letter sweet.” One of the legislators who claims to know, says it was a married man. The cashier in question is quoted as saying that the legislators are a flir tatious bunch, and that the older they are and the longer the whis kers they wear, the more coyly they smile when she hards them their cigars or postage stamps. Miss Viera says she likes them all right just the same, for they are po lite and gentlemanly, she says, even when they try to start a flirtation. IRISH HOME RULE BILL London, July 1—The home rule bill passed the committee stage in house of commons last night auto matically. The opposition loudly pro tested and challenged division, which resulted in a vote of 120 to 143 in favor of the bill. FOND OF 111,000 VETERANS OF TWO ARMIES IN ONE GREAT TENT Men Who Wore the Blue and Men Who \Yore the Gray Cheer the Distinguished Men of Both Armies Who Spoke to Them Today at Gettysburg of the Past. (Special to The Herald.) Atlanta, Ga., July 1—That there are dozens of men on the Atlanta police force, instead of only three four, who drink whiskey every once a while, is asserted as a fact in connection with the sensational probe which Chief Beavers has insti tuted. Public sentiment is demanding that members of the police force let whiskey absolutely alone, and Chief Beavers agrees that this is the only safe plan. general investigation is going to be made and police officers who drink, whiskey, whether much or lit tle, whether in extreme moderation or excess, will either have to quit drinking it at aH or get off the force. Absolute teetotalism will be the only criterion in the future. The po lice commission is actively interested the probe, and says that it will be pushed to a finish. Cases involving the purchase of whiskey from blind tigers and the drinking of whiskey, have already been made against eight members of the force. Most of the men admit going to the blind tigers in question, but offer as defense that they went there in the discharge of their duty, and de ny that they either purchased or drank any liquor. RENTAL OF W, A.; VITAL STATISTICS Atlanta, Ga., July 1.—Pesiding of ficers in both house and senate this morning named their committee, and the personnel was according to forecasts. Both bodies will now get down to hard work. 'In the senate, O. H. Elkins, of the Sixteenth district, introduced a bill providing for the keeping of vital statistics by the state. A measure was introduced in the house providing that bids be opened for the lease of the Western & At lantic road. July 27, 1914. The meas ure specified that the rental should not be Jess than $50,000 per month. (By Associated Press.) Gettysburg, Pa., July 1.—Fifteen thousand veterans of the Blue and the Gray packed into one great tent today at the opening exercises of the reunion and greeted the distin guished orators with cheers. The chief speakers of the day were Secretary Garrison, General Bennett H. Young, commander-in-chief of the Confederate veterans; Governor Tener, of Pennsylvania; General Al fred H. Beers, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of'the Republic. The speakers <\welt upon the re markable nature of, the gathering and said no animosity exists between the men who fought^ bitterly in the sixties. ' . I \ Secretary Garrison, said, in part: “In the name of the nation, I bid you welcome. In the name of the whole people of a united country, I bid you twice welcertr& In the name of its people who recognize the high import of this fraterpal gathering, you are thrice welcome “Once again in Gettysburg the cen ter of the world’s attention. Once again does this field tremble under the tread of a mighty host—not now in fear, however, but in joy. The field of enmity has become the field of amity. You have’trodden under your feet the bitter weeds of hate and anger; and in their places have sprung up the pure flowers of friend ship and lcve. “Gettysburg seems destined to be the stage upon which shall be un- | folded the-^canes of dreamr. Wifchiri’ th^riwrt-spa’rt ilf fifty years, its gentle slopes and placid plains have witnessed three scenes of great historic import, running the whole gaumut of man’s three fold nature. Each scene has been unique and typical of its kind; first the battle, with its almost unexampled display of the physical powers of man; then the great heart and mind of Abra ham Lincoln, bodied forth in this •wonderful address delivered here; and last, this assemblage, the deep spiritual significance of which can scarcely be exaggerated. So we have body, mind and spirit, each dis playing its distinctive characteristics to their fullest extent upon this small stage of the world’s great thea- BASEBALL MEN TO HOLD MEETING THIS AFTERNOON A Fourth Tram to Be Formed For the City League Which Will Shortly Begin Playing Games Every Afternoon on Herty Field. tre. “Fifty years ago today, there be gan here one of those conflicts be tween man iyid man, marked by such exhibitions of valor, courage and almost superhuman endurance as to engrave itself upon the tablet of history, there to remain ever mem orable. Equal met equal; and in the domain of physical prowess all were worthy of medals of honor. The su periority was that of resources, ^iot of individual strength or oouage. So long as men love valo and worship heroes, the name of Gettysburg, and of those who fought there, will be ever on their lips. Four months aft erwards, the field of , Gettysburg in spired in the ^reat mind and heart of Abraham- Lincoln -the most won derful prose poem ever written. Its music literally rang round the world, and sang in the hearts of men, and will continue to sing in the blood of the sons of men until Time itself shall be no more. “And last, but by no means least, this gathering here upon the field of Gettysburg today. Thousands and tens of thousands of former foes here gathered together in brotherly union. You who first met upon this field to vie with each other in doing hurt the one to the other, now meet here to outvie each other in deeds of kindness and friendship and love. History holds no paralleL This meeting is the final demonstration that the last embers of the former time have been stamped out; and the great conflagration, which it was feared -would consume our country, merely served to weld the different parts of it so firmly together and into such a. perfect whole that power can ever break it. The Civil War was a battle for ideals; and if our ^beloved country could withstand a war waged for ideals, one waged for any lower, baser purpose can never overthrow fcL* \ There will be a bhseball meeting held at the Y. M. C. A. this after-, noon at 6:15. Everybody who is in terested in baseball is requested to be present, and the question of base ball for this summer will be settled ait this time. A league will be organized, com posed of four teams. The Y. M. C. A. squad will furnish the material for two teams, and a team of rail road men has already been formed. The organization of this fourth team is the question under consideration just at present, and the matter will be given special attention at the meeting this afternoon. There is easily enough basebal material in town to form this team, and if someone can just get it to gether it should be a winner. The games will be played on Herty field again this year, as that place is more convenient than Sanford field. The University authorities have giv en over the field for the summer to the Y. M. C. A., and the Y. M. C. A. will again advance the money to have it put into shape. JOHN KIRbTsAYS HE IS WILLING TO TAKEJHE STAND (By Associated Press.^ Ban FrancfaSd, 6aL, July 1.—John Kirby, Jr., 'former president of the National Association of Manufactur- willing to appear before the Congressional lobby investigation. He has requested the postponement of his appearance for several months. Mr. Kirby stated that he did not know what papers, letters and rec ords of the association Mulhall had sold to the New York World. He said Mulhall was discharged by him Jbecause of the objectionable nature of the work done. He declared Mul- hall’s salary was small. He denied that Mulhall spent large sums, admitted that -the field agents’ work was largely in Washington. DROWNED IN A SEWER- Clevelar.d, Ohio, July 1.—Three men, Patrick Dunn, John Gannon and Thomas Winch, were drowned in sewer here when earth about trench in which they were working caved in and brushed them into a culvert leading to the Cuyahoga riv- Fellow workmen dug their bod ies out of the mixture of sand and water, but a desperate effort to susticate them failed. wart ATHENS BOOSTERS WILL EAT 'COE IN HARTWELL FRIDAY Secretary Callaway Will Pilot Car Full of Progressives to Hart Metropolis on the Glor ious Fourth to Help Boo3t the Proposed Interurban Electric Line. • Secretary Crichton C. Callaway, of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, will take a big touring car full of boosters over to Hartwell on Firday, the glorious Fourth, at the invitation of the people of Hartwell to partici pate in a big ’cue to be given on that day in the interest of the proposed interurban electric line from Green ville, S. C., to Atlanta. Athens is vitally interested in the project and the committee of boosters will look after this city’s end of it at the big eat. SAMUEL GOuIPERS HAS CON. FIRMED MULHALL’S STORY GREAT INTEREST IN THE M ATTER New York Newspaper Man Who “repared Mulhall’s Story For Publication Will Take the Stand and Detail the Nature of the Letters and Telegrams Which Mulhall Agreed to Furnish—Gompers Was Ob- ject of Attack. FRENCH GENERAL'S Paris, July 1.—When France de cided to increase the compulsory mil itary service from two to three years order to keep pace with Germany, a of the government's staunchest supporters was the veteran General Pau, who lost his right arm fighting against the Germans in the war of 1870. When General Pau, then a lieuten ant, was lying wounded after the bat tle of Froeschwiller,, with his hand shattered by a shell, he heard one doc tor say to another that the supply of cholorform was giving out. When his turn came to be operated upon' Pau said to the doctors, “Give the chloro form to* the soldiers. I’ll go without.” The doctors took him at his word and sawed through his wrist while Pau bit his handkerchief to pieces. ID L BETTS GOES WITH BUSINESS COLLEGE : Mr. Bird L. Bettes, who has been connected with The Herald for some time past, has just accepted an im portant; position wi+h ithe Athens Business College and will * have charge of the commercial depart ment of this thriving institution. Mr. Betts is a native Athenian and gsaduated at the Athens Business College in 1910, afterwards going to Donaldsonville, where he was with the Donaldsonville Oil Mills. Mr. Betts returned to Athens about three months ago and his friends are glad to learn that he will now reside per manently in this city. RECEIVED BY POPE. Rome, July 1—The Rev. Father Charles Warren Currier, of Baltimore, bishop-elect of Matazas, Cuba was re ceived yesterday in private audience by the pope. (By Associated Press.) Washington, D. C. July 1.—Impor tant disclosures are expected when the Senate lobby investigation is re* sumed tomorrow. Since the publica tion of Martin M. Mulhall’s story of operations to influence legislation and elections for the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers, and many labor leaders, congressmen and oth ers have offered to appear and itestL & Louis S. Siebold, a New York . newspaper man, who prepared Mul hall’s statement for publication, has accepted service. He will detail the nature of the letters and telegrams which Mulhall agreed to furnish. Samuel Gompers, president of 'the American Federation of Labor, whom Mulhall said was the object of attack' and bribery attempts, has confirmed the story, gompers has issued a statement prepaied-in 1907 detailing a plot laid by ^Broughton Brandenburg, now in Sing Sing, who claimed to be an employee of the American Manufacturers Associa tion. GRADING OF BROAD STREET SOON TO BE BROUGHT UP BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL The matter of making a big thor oughfare from Lumpkin street out Broad street past Milledge avenue and' on out to Eppes Bridge, , v will soon be brought up before the'city council. For several days Engineer Barnett has been investigating the plan, and in a day or two he will be ready to report on it to the mayor and council. If the plan, meets with the approv al of the council, and there is practi cally no doubt that it will,- the mat ter will then be brought to the at tention of the county, commission ers, and the county will be asked to pay its share of the expense. This road would be a big boon to, the county as well as to the city. A direct route from the Eppes Bridge to the heart of town will fill a long felt need, and will mean a great deal \> the farmers who live in that section of the county. The long drive around Milledge avenue and Hill street would be eliminated, and there is no reason why the new road should not be a better one than Milledge avenue and Hill street sow are. The plan will be brought up before the county commissioners as soon as the expenses can be definitely estimated and (the council has authorized the work. The idea of this thoroughfare was originated by Captain Barnett, Mr. Billups Phinizy, and several other prominent business men, who recog nized the need of a thoroughfare from the heart of town to the west. They decided on Broad street logical route because of the fact that this, street runs directly to the Eppes Bridge, is susceptible of being grad ed, and is about half way between the two other great thoroughfares into town, Lumpkin street and Prince avenue* It has been suggested that day- ton street be run out to Milledge, but the idea is hardly a practical one as the expense would be enormous, and Broad street furnishes just as good a idute and would entail a much smaller expenditure. Broad street to the Eppes Bridge is the <jirect and logical route, and the council t probably selegt th*$ way. VETERANS GATHER AT GETTYSBURG Gettysburg, Pa., July 1.—Despite the efforts of the regular army to provide for the veterans, thousands of old soldiers spent last night on the battlefield with nothing to sleep and shelterless. It was not the fault of the regulars and it was not the fault of the veterans. The rail roads did the best they could, but train after train was delayed, ar riving after midnight. Arrivals con tinued after daybreak. Major Normoyle, quartermaster, declared that probably 55,000 veter- will arrive before night, 5,000 more than the highest estimates. Every veteran will be cared for. They will be given tents and food and made comfortable. Many veterans spent last night around camp fires, all- cheerful and courageous. They admitted that the ground is harder than in ’63. GREECE TO BEGIN WAR ON BULGARIA Greece Forced to Take the Of fensive by Bulgaria’s Cross ing Boundary. r £v "•j' Berlin, July 1—The Greek foreign minister this morning informed a cor respondent of the Frankfort Gazette at Athens, that the greeks intended to begin war on Bulgaria tod^y with- formal declaration. He said the action of Bulgaria in crossing the boundary and disregarding the peace treaty, forced Greece to take the of fensive. Greece is unwilling to as sume responsibility of war by the declaration. ' ' „ Sofia dispatches to London this morning said the Bulgarians are fighting greeks, and Servians from Xwp to Eleuthera. Each claims oth-. era are responsible and are trying to .shift the J>lam« fw the fightfei- li; ra^BaSKnlffil