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VOL. 2. NO. 162
ATHENS. GA, SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 28. 1914.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. $5.00 PER YEAR
j, i limy now
ALL THE CASES
FREE MAN;
SETTLED TODAY
1ERIGAN CHEN
iu- tgreeir.ent of Counsel the
Cases Against .1. C. Moore,
Alias .1. M Lindsay, Were All
Set tied This Afternoon—Mr.
Moore Plead Guilty to Misde
meanor Offense and Was Giv
en Tail Sentence, Which Was
Suspended—All Civil Matters
Settled Out of Court—Lind-
sa> M.'Te No Statement—His
Wife Was Present at Court
When the Order Was Granted.
Lindsay Had Been in Jail Six
Months.
Mr. .1. C. Moore, alias .1.
M. I.indsay, is now a free
man. All of the indictments
against him, five in number,
with one exception, were
nolle prossed this afternoon.
To this one Moore plead
guilty to a misdemeanor of
fense and received a jail
sentence, which was sus
pended hv Judge Brand,
pending good behavior. In
all the other cases Moore
will pay the costs of court.
All of the civil matters have
hern settled out of court.
1: was rumored this morning
that all of the eases against
Moore would be settled, and this
afternoon shortly after 3;30 the
judge granted an order disposing
of all the matters. *
The attorneys fit the ease have been
versing on a settlement of the matter
t : everai months. The settlement
s- r.ar.cd comes as quite a surprise
,!1 " it was generally believed that
'Imre would he tried again at the
April term of the court. All of the
...tmerits against Moore charged
• . after trust and it will be re-
■ inhered that on October 21 last
A:ls acquitted on what was con-
lere.i the strongest one of these in-
tments.
Mr. Lindsay has lieen in jail since
■’ tini, and is said to have been in
■ health for the past several weeks.
' for that reason that his jail
uspended. Mrs. Lind-
-• court this afternoon
1 were settled and
seemed overjoyed
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ENORMOUS PROFIT
KEEPS VICE ALIVE
Boston, Mass., February 28.—Enor
mous financial profit alone keeps
business of prostitution alive in Mas
sachusetts, according to a report of a
special committee to the legislature
today. The committee investigated
conditions in seventy-nine cities and
towns of the state.
The report says the vice would
quickly vanish before popular feeling
against it if it were not for the mil
lions of dollars represented by it. It
expresses the opinion that the vice is
“susceptible to treatment.' 1 It reports
that half of the women examined
were feeble-minded.
EDUCATOR HANGS SELF.
Pittsburg, Pa., February 28.—Wil
liam W. Ulerich, a member of the
Pennsylvania legislature and well
known educator, hanged himself
Thursday in a sanitarium here.
thnuirh con.,
L'b" Rrand. Sheriff Jackson and
iut " t / Solicitor Gamble and Attor-
'• Reyman assisting the solicitor [to LaFayette.
special council of the New York |
utual Insurance company; and T. J.
KeIford * R C. Shackelford, and
ylcr, representing Mr.
the only other persons
‘ nt when affair was settled.
• und,<ay when seen by a Herald
»■ Ut,t ^ ^t.hing to say
time, and would make no an-
to his intentions.
AFTER PITCHED BATTLE
Rome, Ga., February 28.—A pitched
battle hetween moonshiners and Unit
ed States revenue men took place be
fore d»\yp yesterday ii* |he wild sec
tion on "Pigeon mountain, in Walker
county. Numerous shots were ex
changed, and Deputy Marshall W. A
Ward law was slightly wounded in the
cheek by a ball from a moonshiner’s
lifle, but no one was seriously injured.
The operators of the big illicit distil
lery made their escape.
raid was planned in hopes of
catching the moonshiners at work, the
revenue men having received informa
tion that a big “run” was scheduled
L»um> night. The news of the
posse’s approach had evidently been
given to the moonshiners, and they
fled just before the officers reached
the plant, which was concealed in a
hollow of the hills.
The revenue men wrecked the still,
and poured out 3,000 gallons of beer.
While they were engaged in this task
the distillers opened fire upon them
from the shelter of rocks and trees
higher up the mountain, and after a
lively fusilade made their escape into
the hills. The posse kept up the pur
suit until daybreak, and *h*n returned
SUFFRAGE RALLY
DAY MAY 1 WILL BE
NATION-WIDE EVENT
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., February 28.—
The National Woman Suffrage asso
ciation today announced that. i‘ had
issued a call to all suffragists in the
country to rally at open air meetings
on May 2, at every city, village and
hamlet in the United States.
Each mass meeting will pass reso
lutions asking congress for the en
franchisement of women. Among
those who signed the call were Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw, Miss Jane Ad-
dams, Mrs. Desha Breckinridge and
Mrs. Catherine McCormick. These May
2 meetings will he a sort of prelude
to a big suffrage pageant to be held
here a week later, when suffragists
from all parts of the country will take
part.
Joe I., i
I-ir.ds.nv,
Pu M ( HOI* KILLED
in north Georgia
Ga
crop is perhaps
for 1914. The
gut’s fruit
,’ lii:i - <<f the pa*.
■I Tw!," e ? the '’ of the P aat few day*,
•ft Mr L ' l ° *!** ** art the trees
’. s . <) I mn K in s °ir.v} instances, suf-
Inli, v t| U t * M(nverH °f this section
len " 1 * at the crop has been killed,
kited- i ,|os ’ soms have been ex-
> omin r 1 u * trees have been
K everai weeks.
potato crop
^angered by cold
•‘.niiroke. Ga., February 28_Truck
.lit greatly alarmed as a re-
HfUne-day’s snow, for the
„. r( ‘ r °p here, which is being
large scale, and they
are that the crop
and all truck planted
prospect.,
GOSSIP,
The senate committee on agricul
ture and forestry yesterday filed with
the senate a favorable report on the
Smith bill to regulate the trading in
cotton futures and provide for the
standardization of upland and Gulf
cottons, separately. The committee has
eliminated from the bill the provision
giving a seller privilege to deliver
grade below or above the contracted
grade and to settle the difference in
price.
KILLED BY POLICEMAN.
Savannah, Ga., February 28.—
Charles Barbour, a restaurant keeper,
was shot to death here today by Wal-
B. Brooks, a policeman. The
shooting was at Barbour’s room.
Brooks surrendered. He charged that
Barbour wrecked his home.
GEORGIA SHOOED PASS
llllll STATISTICS Bill
(Special to The Herald.)
Atlanta, Ga., February 28.—Census
Director W. J. Harris has called the
attention of his fellow Georgians to
the fact that if South Carolina passes
a vital statistics measure, which she is
contemplating, then Georgia wlil
have the unpleasant distinction of be
ing the only state in the whole union
lacking legal provision for the keep
ing of such records.
Mr. Harris urges that a vital sta
tistics measure be considered, at the
coming session of the Georgia legis
lature. All progress in sanitation, he
points out, is direetly related to the
birth, health and mortality records.
No business can be safely conducted
without accurate book-keeping, and
vital statistics bear the same relation
to the business of protecting health
that ledgers and cash books bear to
the banking business or other com'
merciai concerns.
Other leading Georgians take the
same view of the situation, and it is
predicted a practical certainty 1
some kind of vital statistics bill will
be passed this summer.
Many states have had such meas
ures for more than a quarter of a
century.
T
BY HUERTA'S III
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., February 28.—
The officials here today are much
interested in the report of Captain
Sanders, of the Texas Rangers, that
Clement Vergara, an American citi
zen, really had been kidnapped and
shot by Huerta soldiers. This report
was submitted to Governor Colquitt
by Sanders yesterday.
The Vergara incident has admitted
ly aroused as mucl| interest here as
the recent execution of William S
Bentorv
The officials are inclined to be silent
regarding the Vergara incident until
a reply is received to yesterday’s re
quest for a report regarding it from
the Mexico City government.
Charge O’Shaughenessy reported to
day that he had made representations
regarding Vergara’s death and that
the Huerta government had promised
a full detailed explanation.
CROTHERS TO CAMPAIGN
WITH GENERAL VILLA
El Paso, Texas, February 28,
George C. Crothers, a state depart
ment representative, plans to leave to
night for Chihuahua, to remain with
General Villa throughout his southern
rebel campaign. He will travel in a
gasoline velocipede.
Charles A. C. Perceval, the British
consul at. Galveston, here to investi
gate the killing of William S- Benton,
continued his labors in secret today.
GEORGIA Wlf III
VERY CLOSE GAME
JUDGE CORNETT SECURES
FORMS FOR INCOME TAX
SNOW MAY CAUSE
“ b, “ a f.ihi
liltAKEMAN killed.
Fcbru “ry 28.—While
- might train here yen-
Cliff Hinton, a negro
employed by the Southern
caught between the
Hi. C . HrH and cr uihed to
". * ody was horribly
Wvo f,it nearly in two.
' atantiy.
MISS HUCKABY DYING
FROM BURNS IN GRATE
Griffin, Ga., February 28.—Miss
Bessie Huckaby, who was badly burn
ed about the face and arms Thurs
day morning on account of falling into
the grate during a spell of epilepsy,
is in a critical condition and is not
expected to live.
FOR STATE USE.
Sacramento, February 28.—The
•warden of the Folsom State Prison
has perfected preliminary plans for a
manufacturing plant at that institu
tion. Convicts will he taucht useful
trades and the manufacture of furni
ture for use by the state in it3 institu
tions will be begua.
(By Associated Press.)
Harrisburg, Pa., February 28.—The
state water supply commission in a
bulletin issued today warns against
“serious flood possibilities, which may
cause tremendous loss.”
Pennsylvania is covered with snow
from two to forty-eight inches deep
on a level, and muny streams are
bound by thick, ice.
LACEY CASE GOES TO JURY.
(By Associated Press.)
Montgomery, Ala., February 28.—
The case of Theo Lacy, charged with
embezzlement of the state convict
funds, is expected to go to the jury
late today. All today’s session was
occupied with the argument of the at
torneys.
BARGE EXPLODES;
FOUR ARE HURT
(By Associated Press.)
Tampa. Fla., February 28.—Four
men were seriously burned today
when the oil barge tending the dredge
steamer City of Tampa exploded. The
barge sank.
GENERAL TAYLOR RESIGNS.
(By Associated Press.)
Hickman, Ky., February 28.—On ac
count of poor health Lieutenant Gen
eral H. A. Taylor has resigned as
commander of Forrest's cavalry, Unit-
( cd Confederato Veteran*. .
In a game full of spirit and excite
ment, and really a great deal closer
than even the Jackets could have ex
pected, the Georgia basketball team
defeated Tech last night 29 to 24.
The game was played in the crystal
palace at Tech, and the latter was
backed by the Jacket rooters. The
game was marked by the great guard
ing of both teams, there being but 8
field goals by Georgia and 6 by Tech.
At the end of the first half the game
stood 15 to 14 in Tech’s favor, and it
was alone due to a grand rally in the
latter half that gave Georgia the
game.
Below is the line-up and summary
of the battle:
Tech.
Struppa, 17, L. F.
Cushman, 2.
Spence, 1, R. F.
Mauck, 4, C.
Rivias, L. G.
Mitchell, Johnson, R. G.
Georgia.
Lester, 6, L. F.
Peacock, 15, R. F.
Brand, 6, C.
Ravfson, L. G.
Carter, 2, K. G.
Summary: Time of halves, 20 min
utes. Goals from field, Brand 3, Les
ter 3, Peacock 1. Carter 1, Struppa 3,
Cushman 1, Manuk 2. Goals from
fouls, Peacock 13, Struppa 11, Spence
Fouls called on Georgia 25, on
Tech 19. Referee Gardner.
Georgia plays Auburn on their court
thi« evening for the last game of the
season.
Forms Sent Over From Atlanta
Today and *Can Be Secured by
Applying at the Office of the
Deputy Clerk-Returns Should
Be in Blalock’s Office by Mon
day Afternoon.
Those citizens of Athens who have
not yet done so are now busy making
out their income tax returns. Many
went up to the office of Judge Walter
G. Cornett this morning and secured
his offered assistance in making the
returns.
Mr. Cornett spoke over long dis
tance with Hon. A. O. Blalock’s office
this morning and as a result an
nounced that he would have on hand
this afternoon sufficient forms to sup
ply the needs of those citizens who
have not yet secured any. He was
also informed that all returns should
be in Blalock’s office before closing
time on Monday and that those per
sons who were liable to make returns
and had not then done so would bo
penalized. All persons whose gross
incomes for the five-sixths of a year
ending January 1, 1914, are $2,500 or
over are liable to make these returns.
Without considering the exemptions
to married persons and other exemp
tions which are allowed if the in
come is equal to or in excess of the
stated amount, the return must be
made.
Judge Cornett stated to The Her
ald this morning that he would be in
his office in the government building
until a late hour this afternoon and
would be glad to give out the forms
and to j4fve any desired assistance in
making the returns. This work in
connection with the income tax is in
no way connected with his official du
ties, but was taken up by Mr. Cornett
in view of the fact that so m^nv Ath
ens citizens did not understand the
workings of the new Yaw, and hence
had failed to make their returns.
ATHENS BIBLE CONFERENCE
ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION
Great interest is being centered in
the Bible conference to be held in our
city next week. It is seldom that
such an array of talent can be secured
for a gathering like this.
It has been decided that all the
meetings will be held in the First
Methodist church, the first meeting at
8 o’clock p. m. The first session will
open Monday night when Dr. G. Camp
bell Morgan, of London, will speak.
Dr. Morgan'is recognized as the great
est Bible expositor in the church to
day, and it is indeed a great oppor
tunity for the citizens of Athens to
hear this great Biblical scholar. The
committee wishes to emphasize that
the services are open to all and the
public are most cordially invited to
IN ATLANTA FOR BIG
BIBLE CONFERENCE
(Special to The Herald.)
Atlanta, Ga., February 28.—G.
Campbell Morgan, the famous London
pulpit orator, accompanied by his son
and his daughter-in-law, and by Dr.
Sol C. Dickey, of Winona fame, and
Dr. William Souper, arrive in Atlanta
today for the sixteenth Atlanta Bible
Conference, which is an interdenomi
national affair, and which will, bring
visitors here from all sections of the
state and the south.
The conference begins tomorrow af
ternoon, and will be held at the Taber
nacle auditorium. It will continue for
eight days, with some of the most
famous religious speakers of the
world in attendance.
This is the conference that for
years was known throughout th*3
south as “Broughton’s Conference”
because it t was founded and operated
for fourteen years by Dr. Len O.’
Broughton. Dr. Broughton, who is
now pastor of Christ church, London,
England, was unable to come to At- /
lnnta this season, but has sent his
greetings -'and well wishes, and the
prediction that this season's gather
ing would be the greatest in the con
ference’s history.
There will be five sessions of tho
conference daily, and admission to all
o'* them is free to the general public.
The Tabernacle auditorium has a scat-
capacity of between 4,500 and 5,-
attend each and every session of tho
conference. One of the happy A eat- : .>00, and it is expected that the du-
ures of the conference is the cordiality t;n'/- u ishtd visitors will speak to rec-
which the different denominations 0 rd audiences at ovary,meeting,
have shown in uniting in making this
a union Bible conference.
Another interesting feature in con
nection with the conference is the de
cision that has been reached’ that each
evening of the conference will be pre
sided over by a layman. These lay
men being chosen so as to represent
the different churches in our city.
It is a pleasure to announce that the
first evening session on Monday will
be presided over by Judge Andrew J.
Cobb, of the First Baptist church.
Further announcements will be made
each day in regard to speakers and
each evening’s program.
SPRING TRAII1
WILL BEGIN SOI
Second Annual Exhibition of Oil
Paintings at University Library
CITI COURT AOJOURNED;
SETTLEMENT REACHED
IN THE BRIDGES CASE
The city court of Athens adjourned
yesterday. The case of Bell Brothers
Marble company vs. the Seaboard Air
Line Railway was settled out of court
after the case was called. A settle
ment was also reached in the Bridges
case. Judge Brand will state Monday
when the court will again convene.
DOCKETS. t
The city court of Jackson, with $300.
Judge Johns presiding, will convene
in Jackson on Monday.
The superior court of Madison coun
ty will convene in Danielaville on the
same date.
A number of Athens lawyers will be j
The second annual exhibition of oil
paintings will be given at the Univer
sity of Georgia library March 7 to 28.
ior way than through the
art exhibition can the aesthetic growth
of this city be stimulated?
The following is a list of paintings
together with the name of artist and
price of paintings, to be shown in Ath
ens during the next few weeks:
Charles Vezin, Sunset Mist, $150.
John F. Carlson, Quiet Wood, $259.
Arthur Wesley Dow, The Golden
Willow, $400.
Edward Dufner, Under the Birches,
$300.
Birge Harrison, Sunset on the N«-
ponset, $000.
Henry Salem Hubbell, The Baby,
$300.
Jonas Lie, Lengthening Shadows,
$500.
Herman Dudley Murphy, The Tur
quoise Sea, $500.
Hobart Nichols, Chickens, $250.
(iuy C. Wiggins, The Piaza, N. Y.,
$400.
W. Elmer Schofield, Berkshire Hills,
$400.
H. J. McLean Johansen, Italian
Mother and Child, $250.
H. J. McLean Johansen, Mother and
Child, $250.
J. C. Johanson, Girl Sewing, $250.
Louis Kronberg, Ballet Girl in
White, $850.
Philip Little, An Old Bam, $500.
Leslie P. Thompson, Summer, $300.
George Noyes, The Red Maple, $350.
F. A. Bosley, The Dreamer, $800.
Wilber Dean Hamilton, November
Morning, $1,000.
Carl J. Nordcll, Choosing the Gift,
$900.
William J. Kaula, Vermont Stream,
$500.
Daniel Garber, Cobb's Creek, $800.
Adolf Boric, The Mandarin Grange,
Carroll S. Tyson, The Northwest
Valley, $500.
William C. Watts, Coral Reefs, $250.
Louis Betts, Apple Blossoms, not
The Cleveland Americans will soon
be out for practice in full force. Mau-
ager Joe Birmingham arrived in Ath
ens yesterday afternoon, and many of
the Cleveland^players left for Athena
today.
Coming with the players from Cleve
land v^iii be quite a number of news
paper men. Among them will be
Bangs, of the Cleveland News; Ter
rell, reporter for the Cleveland
Leader; Bill Rowlins, photographer,
for the Cleveland Press; Archie Smith,
photographer for the Cleveland Plain
Dealer; Dock Rollins, photographer
for the News, and Henry Edwards, re
porter for the Plain Dealer.
•The piayers now on their way from
Cleveland are Gainey, O’Neil, Cornell,
Hartiofd, Wood and Saebold. Other
J players are drifting in from o.her
Charles W. Hawthorne, Little Sil
via, not for sale.
Bruce Crane, Autumn, $500. ...
R. M. Brooks, Massachusetts Coast,»places, Joe Jackson and Doc Johnson
Hugh H. Breckcnridge, The Hills,
$600.
Mary Butler, Porthmeor Hills, $300.
F. B. Farley, Surf Fishing, $300.
Paul King, Midsummer, $800.
Alice Kent Stoddard, Portrait, $200,
present at the many case* to come be-1 Fred Wagner, The Back of the
.for, theta curb J lawn—Winter, flSft
8250.
Catherine Critcher, The Artist, $300.
INTERESTING LECTURES
OH "THE PERILS OF THE
REPUBLIC” TO BE GIVEN
The pastor of the First Methodist
church will soon project a series of
talks and conferences on “The Perils
of the Republic.” A study of Ameri
can society.
The topics will be, “The Peril
Lawlessness”; “The Peril of Alcohol”;
“The Peril of Divorce”; “The Peril of
Prosperity and Industrial Strife.”
The speakers will be announced lat-
The point o fview is not that
of a pessimist or social agitator but
sympathetic social study and construc
tive patriotism. ,
As a preparation for this series the
pastor will speak Sunday night on “A
Practical Program for Christianity in
the 20th Century.” 9
MAKING INCOME TAX RETURNS.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, February 28.—The busi
est place in New York today was the
income tax bureau. Hundreds stood
in line awaiting their turn at submit
ting reports. The time limit expires
Monday at 6 p. m.
FOR INCREASING RURAL
CARRIERS' SALARIES
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C, February 28.—
The senate today amended the postal
bill to increase the salaries of rural
mail carriers to 91,200 on standard
, routes j — — N i
are expected here tomorrow, and Tur
ner and Mitchell will soon arrive from
Hot Springs.
Although for the past week or two
the weather has not permitted good
baseball practice the weather will soon
be warm and practices can then be
carried on regularly to advantage.
“Seven Keys to Baldpate.”
BELL’S SPECIALS
FOR TOMORROW
Celery, New Beets and Snip
Beans.
South Georgia Yellow Yams.
. Look for our prices, for we are
still after your regular account,
and we still expect to have it ff
best prices, good service Mid lots
of appreciation will get it.
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