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HERALD
VOL. 2. NO. 138.
ATHENS, GA„ THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1914.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. $5.00 PER YEAR
lLIONAIRE*
UK HELD
FOR URGE
RANSOM
(Bv Associated Press.)
Angeles, Cal., January 29.—
Lewis Clark, a millionaire of
. Washington, is being held
..,tn near Los Angeles, accord-
,n anonymous letter to a news-
The letter is signed “The
Mailers." It demands $75,00(h
Clark disappeared from Santa
arly two week? ago. It
believed that he committed sui-
jumping into the ocean. The
|lire are investigating the letter.
relatives of Clark say they are
filing to pay the ransom if they arc
vinecd he is really being held.
IND STILL JUDGE PRICE
LAYS FNIES ON THE DRIVERS
This Morning's Session of Police
Court Netted the City $19 in
Fines from Folks Who Had
Driven Unwisely on the
Streets of Athens—Looks Like
They Can’t Catch on to the
Rules of the Road.
IlL CREDIT BILLS
PRODUCED IN BOTH
njfton, D. C., January 29*—
administration rural credits bill
introduced today. Senator
letcher preaented.tha eonale ipiasure
|ii Kopresefitdtive' Mdss (he house
Both were members of the
Imnu.ssion which Investigated rural
Europe. The bills would
|tablish a bureau of farm land banks
treasury department. Such
could be organized by any
foup of farmers in any state. They
uld have ‘ power to issue bonds,
loan to farmers, receive
[id pay interest on deposits. Loans
>t exceed 50 per cent of the
of improved land owned by the
“City business” by insti-
would be prohibited.
$500,000 FIRE
(By Associated Press.)
^Manchester, N. H., January 29.—
Merchant* Kchange building, the
important block in the center
the city, was burned today. The
56 is more than half a million.
Traffit Ordinance.
An ordinance to regulate and con
trol traffic in the city of Athens.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor
and Council of the City of Ath
ens and it is hereby ordained by
authority of the same, that on
and after the first day of January,
Nineteen Fourteen, the following
rules and regulations shall be ef
fective in the City of Athens, in
respect to all vehicles, either
horse or motor power, including
motorcycles:
1. All vehicles shall drive to tha
right and keep on the right hand
side of the street.
When passing vehicles coming to
ward you, pass then on the right
of the street going in the same di
rection as you arc going, pass them
on your right or to the left of the
vehicles being passed except when
such vehicle is a street car.
2. When turning from one street
into another street to the right,
turn the corner as near the curb as
possible. When turning from one
street into another streat to the left,
circle around the center of the two
intersecting streets.
- 3. All vehicles on each side of
the street shall be headed in the
same djrjjcfion, yehidei shall be re-
quired ‘to atop, wnefc~ stopping at
*ide walks so that the side walk
shall be on the right hand side of
the vehicle. No vehicle shall
stop or be left in front of
the entrance to any office build
ing, theater, hotel department
store, or other place where conges
tion is liable to occur, longer than
is necessary to deliver or take on
occupants or merchandise intended
for or from said building and the
driver shall then drive off to give
way for other vehicles.
All vehicles shall stand single file
parallel with and as near the curb
as possible, except when unloading
or loading, when if said vehicle is
drawn by horse power, said animal
shall be turned ai\d headed in the
direction of traffic.
I
CHARGES IN TARIFF
LAWOR ITS ADJUNCT
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., January 29.—
The present session of congress will
see no change in the tariff law or its
adjunct, its income^ tax law'. Oscar
Underwood so announced today, re
ferring to proposals recently submit
ted to the ways and means commit
tee, of which he is chairman. The
administration leaders believe the new
law should be given time to demon
strate its worth before being altered.
Bills recently introduced strike prin
cipally at the “collection at the
source” feature of the income ta».
In the Forum of
Judge Brand
For Feh.
On account of there being so much
misunderstanding as to the traffic or
dinance, especially as to driving on the
right or left aides of the streets, the
above extracts from the traffic ordi
nance is published.
Judge Brand of the superior court
who has been at Watkinsville all tho
week presiding at court, ran up last
evening, and returned by motor car
this forenoon. The grand jury is in
session there. Several civil matters
are engaging the attention of the court
this week.
The following is a schedule of __
for hearing Tn chambers for February
in Judge Brand’s court:
Friday, February 6—Poe Dee Mfg.
Co. vs. Ga. Railroad Co.
Moss & Co., vs. Ga. Railroad com
pany.
The above concerns a suit for dam
ages for burned cotton some months
since, mention of which has been made
in The Herald. ;
Saturday, February 7—Griffith vs.
Griffith, suit for alimony.
Saturday, February 28.—Pugh vs.
Southern Ry. Co. This case concerns
a suit for $2,000 damages to person
and property in which the road, was
granted a verdict. Motion is now
made for a new trial. In this case
Mr. Roy Strickland, Jr., a young bar-,
rister has been complimented highly
by the older members of the bar for
his splendid handling of the case.
A meeting of the basketball com
mittee at tho Young Men’s Christian
Association last night, for the pur
pose of organizing another basketball
league, was enthusiastically attended.
The work of the past season was dis
cussed, and the various playing mem
bers of the association re-classified,
so that in this new league a quality
of basketball may be expected that
will be very fine indeed.
The first team of the/Young Men’s
concluded its play for 1914. Great dif
ficulty has been experienced by the
games. For this reason, and the ex
tremely large guarantees neqpsary,
was considered best .to organize
another league composed entirely of
Athenian players, who, after all, are
•s good and, as jias been demonstrated,
GOETHALS to accept
COLONEL GEORGE W. GOETHALS,
By executive order President Wilson names (he canal builder first gov
ernor and abolishes the canal commission. Army and navy officer! will
be in charge of the administration of the canal.
There will be four teams in tins
league, captained by such skillful
players as Aiboh Wood, Jude Liddell,
Coach Cummings and Prof. Brock.
These four teams will play a double
header each Friday night beginning
January 30 and' continuing for aix
months.
GOVERNSHIP OF CANAL ZONE
ftDAMS MARKET
xtra Specials for the week
i eneh Green Spinach, Car
ets, Beets, Oysters Plants,
'Pring Turnips, Green
ieans, Bell Peppers, Squash,
’ e "' Irish Potatoes, Turnip
alad, Cabbage, Fresh To-
latoes, Egg Plants and
weet Potatoes, Fresh Coun-
jy Butter, Eggs, Hens and
ryeis. Everything in the
grocery liije at cut prices.
r y us on just one bill of
roceries, and if you are not
0 evinced that we can save
0,1 money don’t try us any
'm e. We have just received
, ’ ai T° shipment of Snow
’ ed Rabbits from the Blue
With one exception (a plain Jag
case) every case at the police tribunal
today concerned that oft told of ordi.
nance—the traffic.
It seems that the people of Athens
can not or will not observe the rules
of the road, judging by the many
cases, day after day that come before
Judge Price. Lately the auto folks
have been more observant of the
ordinance, but the horse and mule
power vehicle drivers day after day
drive to the right when they should
drive to the left, and drive to the
right, and get caught by the cops.
You can't fool the Athens police
when it comes to the traffic regula
tions, and it looks as if the cops have
eyes in the hack as well as front of
their heads when the drivers go wrong
and probably no city of its size in the
United States enforces its traffic laws
as strictly as Athens, and so it is
that you hear of very few accidents.
The city this morning reaped $17 in
/ines from folks who had violated the
traffic regulations, all paying up
promptly.
The following is the list:
JUDGE THOMAS WILL
DINE ATHENS BAR AT
' n L v 18c each.
Dr. T. E. Jago
...$2.00
Sam Carter
... 2.00
Cleveland Calleway
... 2.00
Flem Johnson
... 3.00
L. Costa
... 2.00
C. H. Tappan
... 1.00
E. I. Smith, Jr.
... 3.00
Mrs. W. L. Wood ...
... 1.00
Total in fines ....
..$17.00
Doesn’t the millionaire who hes
The Athens Bar Association will be
the guests of Judge George C.
Thomas at a dinner to be given at the
Georgia Hotel tomorrow evening at
8:30 o’clock. Covers will be laid for
upwards of fifty persons. The oeca.
sion is the annual meeting of the bar
association. After the dinner the re
ports of the retiring officers will bo
heard and the election of new officers
taken up, and any other business of
the association taken up that may be
necessary.
Judge Thomas, it is certain, will
make this one of the most memorable
gatherings of the Athens Bar Associa
tion. *
There, will be 170 first-row balcony
seats for those who cbm* firat to oe- --governor of the Panama canal
JUDGE REFUSES TO PERMIT
WIFE TO COLLECT MAN'S PAY
Chicago, III., January 29.—Mrs.
Richard Collins of.3034 West Taylor
street wanted to collect her husband's
wages from 'fci* employer. She
brought him into court on a charge
of nonsupport.
“He earns $2.75 a day, and four
times in two years he has kdpt $5 out
out of his wages,” the wife told Judge
Uhlir in the court of domestic rela
tions. “I’ll give him 30 cents a day
10 cents for car fare, 15 cents for
lunch, and 5 cents for beer—if you
let me collect his wages.”
“No .madam,” the judge replied.
Your husband has been supporting
cupy them. In order to cover a bas
ketball deficiency incurred by the first
team during December, a small ad
mission lee ol ten cents will be
charged for these games.
The games begin promptly at 8:30.
'The line-up of the teams and their
schedule follows:
Business Men—Albon Wood, cap
tain; M. Vonderau, F. Brooms, Ben
Tuck, J. C. Hutchins, P. Slack, Joel
Wier, J. M. Dillard.
Seniors—J. Liddell, captain; Arch
Duggan, P. Bramblett, A. Cox, E. D.
Kenyon, U. G. Bennett, Jim Kelly.
Business Men—D. R. Cummings,
captain; Ben Link, F. Lanier, C. Ken
yon, Conrad Hadaway, Billy Hooper,
Herman Stein, J, Paine.
Students—P. F. Brock, Glenn Bond,
Curtino Kytle, Joe O’Farrell, Jack
Allen, L. L. Hendren, Will Erwin, C.
A. Fowler.
Schedule.
January 30—Liddell ve. Cummings.
Woods vs. Brock. ’
February 6—Brock vs. Liddell.
Cummings vs. Wood.
February 13.—Liddell jn. • Wood.
Brock ve. Cummings.
February 20—Liddell vs. Cummings.
Woods vs. Brock.
February 27—Liddell ve.. Brock.
Woods vs. Cummings.
March 6—Liddell vs. Wood. Brock
vs. Cumpiings.
Official referee, Dr. W. W. Brown.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington.— The preaident
today sent to the senate its nomi
nation of Colonel Goethale to be
zone, effective April 1.
Washington, D. C., January 29.—
Colonel George W. Goethals will ac
cept the governorship of the Panama
Canal Zone. Secrets»y Garrison so
announced today.. It is intimated that
his acceptance was unqualified. “I
not able to give,out terms of Colonel
Goethals’ acceptance now,'” said the
secretary,' but it warir a whole com
plete. When the president sends the'
nomination to the senate I shall prob
ably be able to make a more interest
ing statement.”
HE SAW IT IN THE HERALD; '
SAW THE POSTMASTER; SAVED
TWO WEEKS TIME ON THE WORK
Story of a Herald News Story
That Carries a Moral for Ad
vertisers Especially — Man
From Portland, Me., Read Lo
cal Article and Lost No Time
in Seeking the Advertiser for
Bids.
JAPAN MM NOT PRESS
DISPUTED LAND MATTER
Tokio, January 29—The understand
ing here is that Japan will not press
the controversy with the United
States over the California alien land
legislation if assured that there will
be no further enactment along the
same linee. If other states follow the
lead of California in the matter, or if
California adds other disagreeable
features to the laws, it is thought that
it would be a serious menace to the
traditional friendship of the two coun
tries.
MAGICIAN AT Y. W. C. A.
One of the attractions of the sea
son will be the earning of “Reno,” the
magician, February 2, at the Y. W.
C. A., 8:30 p. m.
This is a special entertainment for
the school children although the par
ents and othrr grown-upa will enjoy
it, too.
Reno always produces the most
wonderful tricks and he keps hie au
dience in a goo-i humor all the way
V • J „irl tnn-c she has ,’ OU well enough, I think, and it woo'd t through.
■ T Of othcr^um,^ him to hav. you ^Beaote the Y. W.
Here’s tn instance where The
Athene Herald got fn some quick work
yesterday, bringing two people to
gether to transact certain business
that prior to the issue of the paper
it was thought would take some
weeks, and it may not be amiss to
mention that this kind of thing is a
habit with The Athens Daily Herald.
A word to the wise, eh, you adver
tisers.
THE HERALD’S STORY.
Here’s the story:
The Herald of yesterday printed on
the front page a news story beaded:
MANY IMPROVEMENTS AT
POST OFFICE ARE PLANNED
“Postmaster Rucker has sent out
notices for bids on the contract for
screening the entire postoffice build
ing.
“These bids will be opened on Feb
ruary 16th. This is a splendid con
tract for some oni, and it is hoped a
local firm will get it.
"Notices of the specifications have
been sent to both local and foreign
firms.”
SOUGHT THE POSTMASTER.
In this good city yesterdsy was Mr.
H. A. Torbett of the E. T. Bummee
Co., of Portland, Me., a firm which
had been sent specifications for tha
screening a few days since. Mr. Tor-
bett's attention was called to the ar
ticle in the Herald. He at once
sought Postmaster Rucker at the
postoffice, but postmaster had gone
home. Mr. Torbett was not to (o
daunted. He wanted more tight on
the work proposed, so he called on
Mr. Rucker at his residence; the speci-
fications' were shown the bidder-to-be,
and he at once wrote to his firm. He
had found out what he desired weeks
before he would probably have been
informed on arrival at Portland, Me,,
and the firm can get to work on the
figures for the work just that much
earlier.
The Herald will help you in a news
way and in a business way.
See?.
While the of then of Uncle 3am
sought for a 12-gallon keg of corn
liquor, alleged contraband, at the
place of George Wilson in Jackkon
county a few'days since, another keg
of corn was being abducted from the
place in a buggy with a fast going
mule attached, and the latter keg has
never been captured by the„officers,'
The abductors of the corn ware
overhauled, however, and have bten
given a preliminary, and are out on
bond of $100 each to apear later bef-
fore the U. S. court.
George Wilson and Memphis
McDaniel are the defendants. They
had been suspected of having contar-
band liquor for sale at the heme of
Wilson. Officers went to tihe place.! Iff
a bed was discovered a keg’ of ettn
whiskey. The officers unwit to the
barn tn look for a 12-gallon keg, ittd
started back to the house lo get Ah*
one-gallon keg, when they discsveiiR
it being carried away in a buffgy by
the above two named defendants. A
chase ensued, and the men were ar- '
rested, but when eaught the- one-gal
lon keg was not .ta be.fnuqd...-/ , -
;Vi wsei-i u l ’- ■*•*-</. j j j
Washington, D. C., January
After a brief funeral eerviee at 'j
home here, the body of former Sena'ti
Cullom was started today for Sprjfig-
field, Ills. It will lie in state at the
Illinois state house. ! ,/
MUCK-RAKING, MUD-SLINGING, SHAMEFUL
FARCE, DECLARES JUDGE CALLAWAY OF
THE SPEER PR0BE--N0 LEGAL EVIBENCE
(Special to The Herald.)
Savannah, Ga., January 29.—Judge
E. H. Callaway, one of the leading
lawyers and public men of the* state
and associated with Judge A. J. Cobb.
Hon. W. M. Howard and Judge A. O.
Park, as counsel for Judge Speer, in
speaking of the congressional “inves
tigation' 'of Judge Speer declares:
“None of th etestimony taken,” said
Mr. Callaway, “is admissible in a
court of either high or low degree, to
say nothing of an impeachment trial.
Not a scintilla of the evidenre so far
tendered can reflect upon 'Judge
Speer’s personal or official character
when all the facts surrounding this
evidence are taken into consideration.
The committee has let down the bars
and is gathering in the personal opin
ions and hearsay testimony of dis
gruntled lawyers and litigants.
“Regardless of the rate under which
these hearings an held, they are 8
shameful farce . It is like saying to
Judge Speer’s enemies ,*Hia hands an
tied; now go ahead and lay what
you ploaie about him; malign him and
vilify him all you want to, for he will
not he permitted to defend himself
even by the introductiea at rebuttal
evidence.*
SENATOR HOKE SMITH < '
PUSHES FARM MEASURE.
Washington, January 29.—Early
enactment of agricultural extension
legislation was forecast yesterday
when the senate substituted for the
pending senate measure the Lever
bill just passed by the home. This
was dene at the request of .Senator.
Hoke Smith, author of the bill, <whd
acceded to the suggestion of Senator.
Simmons, that the 'Immediate yeirly
appropriation for disseminating aftrv,
cultural information should be in-*
creased from $300,000 to $600,000. . ^
THE HOLLAND
164 ft Clayton St.
(Upstairs)
Tha beat service for the busy
business man or University stu-
. dent. No long wait far the eate.
The dining place of those
who expect most in service
from a cafe. Here yon se
lect from a menu affording
foil choice of the season’s
choicest viands—and each
item is served in a manner
most enticing and appetiz
ing—that’s the WHY ef its
popularity.
. - > -- - *
Completeness of cuisiae- sad
courtesy to ail la the motto el
the’Holland folka.
■ ^ _»t.
Regular meals 56c. Breakfast
7 to 8; Dinner 12 to 2:$«; Sap
per S to 7:36. Merchant's
Lunch. 2 to 2:30, 35c.