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HODGSON PLEADED HIS
OWN CASE ON TECHNICALITIES
Known Citizen Proved Clev-
attorney for Himself in
0 Violation Case—Cited
nol Client” Old Adage.
, Nephew Drew Ordinance,
it is Faulty—Judge Ruled
ainst Mr. Hodgson.
lark adjective: destitute or
a |lv destitute of light; not re-
reflecting, or radiating
wholly or partially black, or
,p (.hade of color; not light
I. a. a dark day, a dark room,
p,j n t”_Wrbst«r’a New In-
„nal Dictionary.
it
Herald nf yesterday told of the
j,., ..lu erning auto lamps that
lari in the court of Judge Price,
(raid raid anent these cases;
lines dark come in Athens,
it's it; that's the issue that is
Ij, Recorder Price and some oth-
d it'- all hrought'about by that
ordinance that you have been
» so much about lately, and
is causing the police to docket
jus cases, and the autoists no
annoyance, and the issue that
onfront the court is a trying
O pun I to say the least, for all
on whether the city has made
s against about half a dozen
nrrs charged with failure to
heir aulo lamps lighted on Sat-
and Sunday night3.
Dusk and Dark.
ihably the issue of when does
ivc in Athens never have
hod rot Mr. J. M. Hodgson
trial for a violation of the
law—no lights on his machine
dark lie said he really was not
efendant, as his son had been
the auto at the time of the mi-
offense, but that ha would as-
the blame, stating that' the auto
I had not been lit SS dusk fell,
he boy had gone for oil to fill
hut the police had come oh the
in the meantime and docketed
acainst him, charging no lights
■i after dark. h ’
ow, judge,' said Mr. Hodgson,
herged with having no light on
or son’s auto) after dark,
ell me at what hour dark
Athens?’ 4
dec Price looked puzzled and
d that he did not exactly know,
imrone suggested that dark came
rer dark was due. ”• - t ^
I line you said the recorder,
soon afterward reversed him-,
r. in other words, decided that
the 'dark auto’ cases bo post-
tuitil tomorrow, until the dark
- could be settled on.”
STOE ACQUIRES A JAG ■
TO GET POSTPONEMENT
OF WHITE SLAVE CASE
(Special lo The Herald.)
Atlanta, Ga.) January 27.—Samuel
A. Stoe, alleged white slaver, adopted
a unique and entirely successful meth
od of having his case postponed in the
federal court yesterday. He got
drunk. When arraigned in court ‘he * a j|,
grinned in such an alcoholic manner
at the judge that ht had the distinc
tion of being remanded to the court
marshal until he should be sobered
sufficiently to be placed on trial.
Stoe was out on bond. He and his
wife, 5Trs. Annie Stoe, are charged
with violation of the white slave law
in taking Annie Woolley from state to
state.
Stoe’s appearance drunk in court is
without precedent in the United
States court here. It was a situation
with which Recorder Broyles has to
cope often enough, but one whi
utterly unfamiliar to Judge Newman.
The Fire Agents
Are Taking On
New Life.
The fire insurance agents of Ath
ens are getting busy .
Yesterday afternoon in the office of
Erwin and Company an enthusiastic
meeting was held at which time the
local board of fire insurance agents
was re-organized with Mr. S. IT. New
ton as president and Mr. Harry Patat,
secretary. In the past the fire
insurance men of Athens have had no
effective organization, such as is char
acteristic of the men engaged in other
lines of business endeavor here in
Athens. The agents feel ‘ that by
having regular meetings and co-op
erating with one another in putting
the business on a hyrher plan ,it. will
j prove both profitable and pleasant for
His Own Lawyer,
r. Hodgson appeared and
n counsel in the case, and
c a barrister on the “teeh-
'f the ordinance. He plead*
well, f\rst defining what
'iark* meant.
)AMS MARKET
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nch Green Spinach, Car-
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Turnips, Green
s - Bell Peppers, Squash,
Irish Potatoes, Turnip
ad, Cabbage, Fresh Tq-
Egg Plants and
et Potatoes, Fresh Coun-
Butter, Eggs, Hens and
ers ' Everything in the
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11 s °n just one bill of
c ' er ' rs . and if you are not
infer! that we can save
money don’t try us .any
‘ W e have just received
r ee shipment of Snow
Rabbits from the Blue
Re fountains. Try.them.
v ls e each.
ADAMS MARKET
PRESIDENT OPPOSES
EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLLS
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., January 27.—
That the president is-vigorously op
posed to exemptions from toil charges
of American coast-wise ships passing
through Panama canal was asserted
at the capital today following a con
ference last night between the presi
dent and the senate foreign relations
committee. -joet-wlretthe' president
will recommend was not disclosed, al
though it is understood that he would
make public his position in the matter
in the’ near future.
LIFE AND PROPERTY
LOSS FROM STORMS
(By Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Cal., January 27.—
The Pacific coast is recovering today
from storms that swept from Canada
to Mexico, taking toll of eight lives
aud destroying 'thousands of dollars
worth of property.
Many rivers overflowed and rail
road transportation is crippled. The
heaviest losses were sustained in
Southern California.
MR. TAFT IN TORONTO.
Toronto, January 27.—Ex-President
Taft has arrived here to address the
T.iterarv aHR Scientific Society of the
Toronto University tonight. He will
be tendered a reception by the Can
adian Club during his stay in the city.
I’ll rule it was dark when the of
ficer found your auto with the lamps
unlighted," said Judge Price.
"So, it was after dark! Then, how
did he know th» number of the auto?”
said the defendant. “Did he sec it?”
Yes, under the arc lamp,” was the
reply. .
“Well, there is not an attorney in
Athens who does not deal in techni
calities, so I’ll do so, too," continued
Mr. Hodgson, “though there is an old
adage that a man who is his own law-
yer has a fool for a client, but I save
three dollars by being my own attor
ney, so probably I’m not so foolish.
Judge Price: “This court does not
deal in technicalities.”
“Well, the traffic ordinance is faulty,
even if it had been at 12 noon when the
said Mr. Hodgson.
"May he faulty, but I have to en
force it,” replied the recorder.
You contend it was dark at the
hour slated?”
“I do," said die judge.
“You would contend it was dark
even if it had been at 12 non when the
raae was docketed?”
Noon Phase of It. '
“The fact that it was ‘noon’ would
not alter the evidence that yqur boy
knew it waa time to light the auto
lamps, for you admit he buried awa>
for oil and matohe., so I'll find you
guilty, and fine you
The find was at once paid.
The other auto no-light on— will
bo disposed,of tomorrow.
At the meeting yesterday afternoon
Messrs. E. I, Smith, Sr., Mr. Toombs
DuBose and Mr. Harry Patat were
appointed a committee to draft suita
ble bylaws and regulations for the new
organization. Mr. Smith was named
chairman of this committee. At the
same time a committee composed of
Messrs. Ross A. Creekmore, J. C.
.Jester and Harry Patat was named to
perfect plans for a banquet the agents
plan to give in the near future. Mr.
^Creekmore was designated chairman
of this commitlef. Those present at
the meeting were, Andrew C. Erwin,
Harvey L. Cook, C. H. Newton, Tom
Comer, George W. Burney, Ross A.
Creekmore, E. I. Smith, Sr., J. C. Jes
ter, Toombs DuBose.
WALK IN LADY
REST EASY ON
THE SOFA” CASE
SUPREME COURT DECIDES
FITZSIMMONS IS TOO OLD
TO AGAIN ENTER THE RING
Very Aggravating Case Tried
By Recorder Today—Alleged
impertinence By a Negro (o a
Lady Getting on a Trolley Car
Husband Sought the Man and
Had Him Arrested—Defense'
Claims Not the Right Party.’
LAWTON ASSERTS
SPEER WRECKED
CENTRAL OFCA
(By Associated Press.)
..Savannah,' Cq., January 27.—
Charges that Federal Judge Emory
Speer-wracked the Central of Georgia
Railrotd and Banking company in
1892 by the issuance.of an order ap
pointing receivers were made before
the congressional committee investi
gating the charges of official miscon
duct against the jurist by A R. Lawton
vice president of the Central of Geor
gia railroad. The witness testified that
th. par value - of the corporation’s
stocks at that time was 8100.
KAISER CELEBRATES
HIS 55TH
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, January .27.—Emperor Wil
liam today celebrated his fifty-fifth
birthday. All classes of German sub
jects joined in the celebration Pro
motions were awarded lavishly by the
emperor throughout the army and
navy services, but the lion’s share of
distinctions were conferred on men in
the business and artistic worlds His
majesty received congratulations
from ministers and'envoys attached to
the German court and military and
naval autthorities
JUDICIAL RECEPTION TONIGHT.
Washington, January 27—President
and Mrs. Wilson will entertain at din
ner at the White House in honor of
the members of the Judiciary.
Among the cases at the two hours'
session of police court today was ono
that appeared very aggravated, and
the evidence tended to show it to he
one of those kind that often lead to
trouble between the races, perhaps a
lynching, and had it not been that
Mr. J. W. Arnold had been busy trying
to put his three little children on a
trolley car, last Saturday, the defend
ant might have been a badly beaten
negro.
Oscar Williams, a country negro,
was the defendant in the case, and
the evidence was that while Mr. Ar
nold was busy trying to put his chil
dren or. - ear or. lower Bread street
last Saturday at about 2:30 o’clock in
the afternoon, Williams, apparently
under the influence of whiskey, had
pushed in front of Mr. Arnold’s wife
who was engaged also in getting on
the car, and had remarked to her
“walk right in, lady, and rest yourself
on the sofa.” He then jvhde himself
very scarce. Later Mr. Afnold and a
friend sought the police i^id they in
turn sought the negro, and arrested
him.
The defendant was represented by
Attorney Nix who contended that the
police had arrested the strong man.
He brought in several witnesses to
jrove the good character ,of the de
fendant. It was stated that while
the defendant always met his friends
at near beer saloons in Athens when
he came to the city, stjUbha never
touched any of the amber fluid him-t
self. ,
Judge Price fined the negro 850 or
ten months. The case was ccrtiorm-
tied.
NEGRO LYNCRED
BY ENRAGED MOB
(By Associated Press.)
Purcell, Okla., "“January 27.—Ben
Dickerson, a negro charged with the
killing of W. A. Chaffin, a salesman,
at Oklahoma City, Sunday night, was
lynched at Noble, Okla., today. A
party in an automobile took Dickerson
from the local jai,l where he was
brought to escape mob violence. Dick
erson was arrested last night when he
attempted to sell property identified
as Chaffin’s.
GRAFT INQUIRY
IN NEW YORK-IS .
OIG HEABLIfi
THREE CHILDREN DEAD
»HUM BA'UNO HAT fUlBUN.
(By Associated Press.)
Haleyville, Ala., January 27.—
Perry Rowland’s throe small children
are dead here today from eating ret
poison while their parents were sway
from home.
Why doesn’t Woodrow Wilson dis
miss his Cabinet and subscrib to
the New York American ?—Ex.
TAKE YOUR TROUBLES TO YOUR
PASTORS, NOT ME, SAYS JUDGE PRICE
Recorder Lssues Ultimatum on
the Family Jar, Much-Ado-
About-Nothing Cases — His
Honor is Sick and Tired of
Valuable Time Being Con
sumed in His Court with Juve
nile Rows—Got to Stop, He
Says. ...
Recorder Price this morning issued
an ultimatum on these “Much Ado
About Nothing” cases that have been-
taking’up valuable time in bis court
Utely.i \
“No more ol.H,” ssys His Honor,’
"and if folk* WRl continue to try to
settle their family jars in the court of
the recorder somebody is going to pay
some costs for the satisfaction of giv
ing their neighbor’s trouble.’ ’
To quote Judge Pries:
"I'm tired of the time of this court
being taken up with trifling juvenile jpot.
rows, children’s fusses and the like,
and it’s got to stop. You people, take
your differences to your pastors, not
to me, and if such cases as this (re
ferring to case' on trial) come up
again, then the party docketing it has
got to pay the costs. Such ‘baby’ af
fairs do not belong in this court. It
has simply got to stop.”
The cgse on trial was that in which
Mr. John Baker was defendant. A
son of Mr. Baker, a child of very ten
der years, had thrown a rock at an
other boy and a childish quarrel en
sued, and a witness said that Mr. Ba
ker had threatened to kick the boy
who struck his boy, and yhe mother of
boy No. 1 had a case made againat
Mr. Baker, charging disorderly con
duct.
• The judge dismissed the case before
ail the long array of witnesses could
be heard from. -
It proved in the game to be a very
smalt tempest in a very small tea-
(By Associated Press.)
New York, January 27.—The su
preme court today denied the appli
cation of Robert Fitzsimmons, the one
time heavy-weight champion of the
world, for an injunction restraining
the New York Athletic commission
from refusing to sanction his partici
pation in a boxing exhibition in New
York. The commission held that Fitz
simmons, who is fifty-one, is too old to
enter the ring.
Bob Fitzsimmone, perhaps the
greatest fighter known to Queensberry
rules, took the “come back” question
into the courts and lost. When it
was announced by the Atlantic Gar
den Athletic Club of New York City
that Bob, now fifty-two years of age,
had been matched to box Soldier
Kearns for ten rounds ths Boxing
Commission of the state issued an
order that the match should not take
place. The basis of the order was that
Fitzsimmons was too old to fight;
that a contest with such a rugged
individual as the soldier might do
him great harm. Back of this was
the fear that a hard blow by Kearns
might kill him. Then the law creating
the Boxing Commission and permit
ting ten-round fights in New Yo»k
Btate would likely be repealed.
Fits got a lawyer to go into court
against the commission, and the ques
tion was before Supreme Court Jus
tice Samuel Seabury for decision. The
oldfighter offered to show the court
in any way he ceuid that he was still
fit. But the justice, who ie a pretty
large man, said he did not want a
demonstration.
In the meantime Bob went on with
his training at Plainfield, N. J.
“AU these white hopes make me
sick,” said he. “I can whip any of
them M they will give me a chance
to do so."
Yet the photo here published shows
the old fighter very fat about the
stomach and middle sectioa- He might reported.
train some of this off, but there isn’t
the slightest doubt in the world, if
he were to meet any respectable mid'
dleweight in the ring today, he would
be knocked cold in a couple of rounds.
That doesn’t alter the fact, however,
that no champion since the adoption
of gluve-fightiiig law been hie equal.
MR. GEORGE SANCKEN
LOCATES IN CAROLINA
Popular Former U. of Ga. Man
Accepts Position in Pal-
metta State.
The’Augusta Chronicle says of a
former popular ’Varsity man:
Mr. George Sancken has accepted
the position of secretary and treasu
rer of tht Florence Ice & Coal Com
pany, of Florence, S. C. He will leave
for his new duties next Wednesday.
Mr. Sancken is well-known in the
football world over the Southern
states, having made many friends in
that connection while attending the
University of Georgia. While there
he was considered one of the greatest
quarterbacks that has ever worn the
football “G” at the University.
Mr. Sancken, the past season, vol
unteered to coach the Richmond Acad
emy football team and, with a 4 bunch
of raw material, turned put one of the
finest “prep” football' teams in the
state.’- - -
SOlfTHERN CALIFORNIA
IN GRASP OF GALH
San JFrancisco, January 27.—South
ern California has been swept by the
worse storm in years. Santa Bar
bara, Ventura and Oxnard are cut off
from the world and railroads are bad
ly damaged. Many wires are down.
There was a heavy rainfall and more
is expected, No lose of Ufa has been
■ itte
(By Associated Press.)
New York, January 27.—The spe
cial grand jury investigating alleged
political graft resumed its hearings
today. James C. Shaw, the alleged
go-between in the money transactions,
was the principal witness. The dis
trict attorney tried to obtain a state
ment from Shaw that ha was given
$41,000 by James E. Gaffner as a ps*
litical contribution from Patterson A
Company, the successful-bidders in
1909 for the 8825,000 Now York ac-
queduct contract. The Jahn- Doe in
vestigation into state highway affpirs
wil) be resumed tomorrow with Wil
liam Sulzcr as a witness. i .
TO COME SOUTH TO FIGHT •
WOMAN SUFFRAGE El
(By Associated Press.) ~
Washington, D. January 27.~
Mi*. Arthur M. Dudge, president of
the National Association; is oppos'd
to woman suffrage and announces tKat
she will carry tha campaign into all
the southern states. She claims that
10 per cent of the women are trying
to force, the ballot on American wontt
SENATOR BANKHEAD w
WANTS AN INV^/niATf&rjy
(By Associate^; yjo..i ,
Washington, January 27^Senartw!)
Bankhead, of Alabama, introduced is '
resolution in the senate today crcaibP?
a commission of five to invesligat.-
the federal aid for good roads. ’■ t .-I v
PRE COOLING DECISION . ’ ') 1
ON FRUIT IS UPHELJi
j (By AssoclaterPress.)'•'?•* •HI
Washington, D. C., January 27..—:
The Interstate Commerce Cemmitflofi
order requiring transcontinental
roads to permit California orajtgi
shippers pred-ice pre-cool fruit g^ing
east and limiting charge of use. of
cars in pre-cooling stage seven and a
half dollars, was upheld today by the
supreme court. i
• vi.
INDIANA GOVERNOR
DID NOT RECOGNIZE '• MM
TANGO WHEN HE SAW IT.
Indianapoluis, Ind., January 2T!—5.
Governor Ralston asked that the
tango be danced at a ball here Satur
day night. It was so different from
what he expected that he did no) fecj
ognize it. He repeated the request, ( ’
thinking it had not been complied
lth - — -ty* m
We presume that the English artist
who has come over to paint Stiff t
life will proceed at once to North
Carolina.—Ex. ’ 1 '".J* 1
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