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THE ATHENS DAILY HERALD
VOL. 2. NO. 182.
ATHENS. GA, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1914.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. 18.00 FIR YEAR |
ALL
ATHENS
THE BIG
HEARTILY BOOSTING
TRADE DAY EXCURSIONS
MEMBERSHIP OF THE ATH
ENS TRADE ASSOCIA
TION INCREASES.
PRIZE OFFERED
BEST INSCRIPTION
Ten Thousand Tags to Be Dis
tributed Among People Who
Arc Coming to Athens Will Be
Printed—Prize Offered to Ath
ens Citizen Who Writes Best
Inscription — Membership in
Athens Trade Association Will
■ He Increased to Fifty—Sched
ules Arranged For Two Ev-
eursions to Be Run on the 7th
and 9th of April—Advertising
\\ ill Be Distributed Through
out Section Between Union
Point and Lula.
Athens Trade Association
Offers Prize
The advertising committee of the Athens Trade Associa
tion has decided to print 10,000 tags to be distributed among
the people who come to Athens on the trade excursions. These
tags will bear some inscription suitable to the occasion and
boosting Athens as a trade center. The association offers a
prize of two dollars for the best inscription received before 6
o’clock Saturday night. Mail your ideas to the Chamber of
Commerce. Send in as many as you cgn think of.
HONOR ROLL.
Those who have made trade
excursions possible arc the fol
lowing enterprises:
Athens Daily Herald.
Wingfield Bros.
Wingfield ('ash Grocery Co.
F. H Dorsey.
Athens Engineering Company.
Michael Bros.
.1 Van Straaten.
King Hodgson Company.
Griffeth Implement Company^
Athens Hardware Company.
Warren J. Smith & Bro.
Fberhart & Davis.
Empire State Chemical Co.
Martin Bros.
Chap. Stern Company.
Smith Shoe Company.
I«e Morris.
Ruchwald Bros.
Epting Company.
CrPta’5
E.-S. Sporting Goods Co.
Eh*r Theater.
Rernstein Bros.
Sol .1. Boley.
Athens Banner.
H. R. Palmer & So*is.
Davison-Nicholson Company.
Johnson Shoe Company.
F'win A Company.
Athens Empire Laundrv.
R. Brandt.
Athens Shoe Company.
W. T. Collins & Company.
Dorsey Furniture Company.
The McGregor Company.
Athens Rwy. & Elec. O.
Head & McMahan. ,
Toomer Music House.'
Fleming-Hearing Hdw. Co.
C. A. Scuddcr.
Abe Joel & Sons.
Citizens Pharmacy.
B. Dunaway. »
H. T. Huggins & Son.
Max Joseph’s Dept. Store,
iaimadge Hardware Co.
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NOTICE
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l U iVIH/JMjtlAiX 15
NEGRO MAN SHOOTS
AND KILLS ANOTHER
IN SELF DEFENSE
Jack Witcher Kills Jim Brown in
Sandy Creek District Last
-.Night and Then Gives Him
self Up to the Sheriff—The
Tragedy Was Declared to Be
a Justifiable Homicide by Cor
oner Weatherley This Morn
ing.
MUCH com IS FELT
, IN WASHINGTON OVER GOV.
COLQUITT’S REWARD OFFER
DEAD AND WOUNOED
FILL HOSPITALS AS
RESULT DF BATTLE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., March 24.—Go^ ternational complications may result
ernor Colquitt’s offer of $1,000 rewara if Americans should forcibly remove
for the capture and deliver)* on Texas
soil of the murderers of Clemente Ver
gara has caused the state and war
departments much concern.
Five Mexicans are sought as the
slayers of Vergara. It is feared in-
the accused men from Mexican soil.
Such action will be in violation of the
extradition treaty between the United
States and Mexico, according to the
state department.
Purchase books and all advertising of the Athens Trade Asso
ciation go to press on Wednesday and any merchants who have not
already joined this movement and wish to must signify their inten
tion to do so today in order to be included in the advertising. A
special train will be run from Lula on April 7th and one from Union
Point on April 9th. Twenty-five thousand circulars and posters in ad
dition to thousands of copies of The Herald- will be distributed along
the route of the trains, and the merchants who are members of the
association will receive an amount of advertising whole value will he
incalculable. The enthusiasm is growing by leaps and bounds and the
spirit of cooperation seems to be in the air. It looks very much as
if Athens was going to be made one of the best trade centers in
Georgia. » X. H. SIKES.
Chairman Advertising and Transportation Committee.
TAX ORDINANCE
AT SPECIAL MEET
A tax ordinance covering all city
taxes was last night passed by the
mayor and council at the called meet
ing. The ordinance covers seventeen
typewritten pages and is complete in
every detail. A tax of LU per cent
was placed on all real property and
all personal property of whatever na
ture was taxed at the same rate. The
special business taxes were also taken
and attached to the same ordi
nance.
The ordinance provides for the re
turns of property, the keeping of ac
counts and the levy of the tax. The
ordinance also provides how the ad-
valorcm tax levied and assessed upon
real and personal property shall be
distributed and apportioned. All male
citizens over 21 years of age arc taxed
$3.00 as commutation for road and
street duty during the year. All per
sons selling goods, wares or merchan
dise to parties other than merchants
of this city are required to pay a
special tax of $50.
FOR COOPERATION
bix new business houses today be
taine members of the Athens Trade
Avciation, and a sufficient number
of ol hers have signified their inten-
tio.i of joining ir. order to tuin* the
tola! number up to 50. After tomor-
,0w no more houses will be permitted
tn enter except by a majority vote of
tne membership.
The- special committees of the Trade
Do You
Drink
Bludwine?
Bettor fall into line. Other people
ar * enjoying it more and more.
The increase in total sales of
Bludwine from year to year .tells
an interesting story.
Hers arc the figures:
Bales for 1911 over 1910, 23 per
f *nt increase.
Bales for 1912 orer 1911, 33 per
^nt increase.
Bales for 1913 orer 1912, 82 per
cent increase.
Bales for January, 1914 orer
anuary, 1913, 50 per cent increase.
Bales fo r February, 1914, over
Behruary, ,913. 245 ^ c „ t fa _
erease.
BUSINESS CHANGES.
Mr. W. R. Moore, who operates
Moore’s Cash Grocery on Lumpkin
street, stated to The Herald today
that he had purchased the stables of
Mr. A. V. Deadwyler and would take
charge next Monday, and that the
Moore Cash Grocery had been sold to
Mr. Deadwyler.
Association have been busy and now
almost everything is in readiness for
the operation of the first two specials
of^the 7th and 9th of April. The first
train will be operated from Lula, leav
ing that place at 8 a. m. and return
ing at 5 p. m. On the 9th a train
will be operated from Union Point,
leaving there at 8 a. m. and returning
at 5 in the afternoon.
The advertising committee has se
cured the services of Mr. W. A. Sanges
to manage the advertising department
of the association. Advertising mat
ter will be distributed throughout all
that section of territory lying between
Union Point and Lula. The publicity
campaign will be waged by means of
posters, tags, county newspapers and
billboards. Special trade editions of
The Herald will also be distributed
throughout the territory.
It was decided today by Chairman
Sikes of the advertising committee to
have printed 10,000 tags which will be
distributed among the people who will
come to Athens on the excursions. A
prize has been offered to the person
who will submit the best inscription
to be placed on these tags.
Tha Trade Association itself is be
coming more perfectly drganized ev
ery day. By-laws and regulations
have been drafted and will be sub
mitted at the next regular meeting.
All of the special committees are
working on their respective duties and
the members are enthusiastic.
The following merchants Joined the
association today: Abe Joel A Sons,
Citizens Pharmacy. B. Dunaway. H. T.
Ifuggins A Son, Max Joseph’s Depart
ment SU re and the Talmage Com
pany.
For the first time in the history of
Athens the barbers of the city will be
united in a permanent organization.
Plans for organization have been un
der way for some time and culminated
last night when 21 Athens' barbers
met in the Federation Hall on Lump
kin street an^formed the Athens Bar
bers’ Union. A charter from the Na
tional Union has been applied for and
will be received here in about 10 days
or two weeks.
Mempership in the union will not be
limited to Athens but will extend to
all Northeast Georgia, Athens merely
being the headquarters and controll
ing factor. The need of some organ
ization among the barbers has been
felt for a long time but until last
night there had been no attempt made
along these lines. The union will
have both business and social features
with the main idea being co-operation
among the members. There will be
regular meetings once each week, the
next to be on Tuesday night, March
31, in the Federation Hall.
At the meeting last night Mr. J. G,
Hill was elected president of the
Union. Mr. Hill is one of the best
known barbers in this section. He
takes an active interest in all matters
of this kind and should make the Un
ion as good a president as could be
obtained. Other officers elected were
J. C. Booth, recording secretary, and
Golden Michael, treasurer.
Last night in the Sandy Creek dis
trict, Jim Brown, a negro from Jack
son county, was shot and instantly
killed by Jack Witcher, another ne
gro. It seems that Jim Brown came
to the home of Witcher’s father an3
created quite a disturhanro Witcher’s
sister, who lives with her father, left
Brown at their home and went after
her brother. Jack Witcher came and
succeeded in getting Brown out of
the house and then tried to persuade
him to go home. However, Brown
for some reason became infuriated,
pointed his pistol at Witcher and
jumped into the house, saying that
he was going to kill Witcher’s father.
Jack Witcher then jumped through
the door and found Brown pointing a
pistol at the old man, whom he had
threatpnod to kill. He then reached
hack of the door and secured a shot
gun, and shot Brown through the tem
ples.
This morning Witcher gave himself
up to Sheriff Jackson, who carried the
negro, together with the coroner, to
the scene of the tragedy. After hear
ing the full particulars of the case the
coroner declared the death a justifia
ble homicide. Brown was a mean
gro of very bad character, and had
been giving the authorities trouble for
;on\e time. He was evidently in
MINORS CANNOT ENTER
ATHENS BILLIARD ROOMS
Drastic Ordinance Passed by the
Council Went Into Effect To
day—Now Against the Law
For a Minor to Even Enter
Local Pool Rooms—Manufac
turing Enterprises Exempted
From Special Tax-Pest House
Property May Be Sold.
An ordinance prohibiting all minors
from entering any pool room in the
city of Athens was last night passed
by the mayor and council at a meeting
called for that purpose. The ordi-
nanre was drafted by City Attorney
drunken condition when he was killed.
PHYSICAL DIRECTED
C. 0. HEIDI!
LEAVE OF WE
“YE DEESTRICK SKULE.”
Much merriment is in store / for
those who attend the “Deestrick
Skule” to be held on next Friday even
ing at 8:30 in the auditorium of the
Y. W. C. A. These entertainments ore
funnier than a circus. The following
is the program:
Ye Liste of Ye Characters.
Ye Master.
M. Wilkins, Judge West.
Ye Skule Committee.
Deacon Partridge, Prof. Earnest.
Hezekiah Shooks, Mr. L. C. Smith.
Zebedee Von Pelt, Prof. Allen.
Ye Visitors.
Mrs. Humility Partridge (ye dea
con's wife), Mrs. H. E. Martin.
Mrs. Endurance Peterkins, Mrs. J.
C. McLain.
Mrs. Hannah Parsons, Mrs. D. F.
Miller. N -
Mistress Charity Hornwell, spinster
Mrs. S. O. Hutcheson.
Mrs. Doolittle, Mrs. L. C. Smith.
Ye Pupils.
Fanny Lampkin, .Ruby Anderson,
Scott Pedrick, Nellie Shelton, Temper
ance Wooten, Mary Carter, Ella Gal
loway, Wirt Harris, Mattie Simmon's,
Carrie Sisk, Lillie Blackmon, Eddie
Hudson, Charlie Weatherly, William
Quarterman, Willie Slaughter, Pansy
Byerly, Lottie Ingram, Rosa Hubert,
Mattie Sheehee, Sallie Waters, Ma
rion West, Mac Slaughter, George
Crane, Dr. Powell Stephens, Claude
Tuck, Ed Payne, George Towns, Bev
erly Allen, Carl Crossley, Henry West
Jim Woodall, Gussie Rowland, W. G.
Waters, Iconic Burch, Marvin Lamp-
kin.
At a meeting of the directors of
the Young Men’s Christian associa'
tion on March 20, at the request of
Mr. C. O. Heidler. physical director,
he was granted leave of absence for
one year from May 1, 1914.
The leave was granted by unani
mous vote of the directors.
The expressions of appreciation on
the part of those present must have
been very gratifying to Mr. Heidler.
I nth^ opinion of the directors his
services have been invaluable to the
association, and much gratification
was expressed at the assurance on the
part of Mr. Heidler, that be would be
on hand May 1, 1916, to resume his
work.
Mr. Heidler goes to Reading, Pa.,
where he will be in a new building,
with up-to-date equipment, and in a
location where he can get in touch
with all recent advances in his line of
work.
He will return to us refreshed and
with his equipment enlarged ready to
take charge of his work in the new
building. Indeed, the work has
ready grown to such an extent, that
Mr. Heidler would be glad to lo^c
over the field in other places so as i(
more fully meet the needs here.
The citizens generally will b glad
that Mr. Hidler has this leave and
glad that he is to return.
The directors will secure the serv
ices of a good man to look after the
physical department during Mr. Heid-
ler*s absence.
Jerome Michael at the request of the
council and was unanimously passed
after very little discussion. Several
other matters were passed upon at the
called meeting last night.
Under the city charter the council
has power to regulate pool rooms and
similar amusement places and for a
long time there has been an ordinance
on the hooks to the effect that no
minor should play billiards or pool in
any pool room in this city, unless such
minor presented to the manager of the
pool room written permission from his
parent or guardian allowing him to
do .ao. This bps been a state law as
well as a city ordinance. It was
pointed out that it has not been gener
ally. observed. The ordinance pasted
last night, prohibits minora from even
entering pool rooms regardless of any
written permission from parents or
guardians.
The law went into effect this morn
ing. It makes it a violation of the
law for a proprietor to permit a mi
nor to enter his pool room and also a
violation for a minor to enter any
poolroom. It is wcll-knwn that a
large part of the billiards and pool
played here is done by minors. It is
generally rumored that there has been
much betting on the games here late
ly but this seems to be greatly exag
gerated. There is now in force at the
University a rule enacted by the Pan-
Hellenic council to the effect that no
member of the freshman class, belong
ing to a»fratcmity which is a member
4f the council, can enter any pool
(By Associated Press.)
El Verjel, Durango, March 24—Tha
constitutionalist field hospitals today
bore ample evidence ot the serious
ness of the conflict at Gomez Palado
yesterday. The wounded poured from
the front today, filling the hospitals
The federal losses are understood to ]
be still heavier. No accurate esti. 1
mate of the losses is available. Gen- ■
oral Villa today reiterated his confi- !
dence that he will take' Torreon by. I
Thursday. It was admitted, however, .
that he met with an unexpectedly \
stubborn resistance in yesterday’s on- \
gagement
DEADWYLER SIGNS
PLEADS GUILTY
room. The rule has had great effect
and very few freshmen go in the pool
rooms. There are. a groat many other
minors, however, which the present
ordinance will affect.
Special Taxes.
Local manufacturing establishments
were exempted from paying the spe
cial tax this year. The action fol
lowed a motion by Councilman Betts,
amended by Mr. Hinton. It was made
as an encouragement to these Athens
enterprises which are expending so
much money in the city.
Pest House.
The present pest house property
will probably be offered for sale at
an early date. It was decided last
night to have the land surveyed by
thtf city engUteer and bids advertised
for. If the price offered is satisfac
tory the land will be sold. There are
plans en foot to build a new pest
house on the extension stockade tract.
OFFERS SOLUTION
AS TO CANAL TOLLS
YOU CAN NOT FRAME
UP ON JUDGE PRICE
A charge was made against Jessie
Howard last night by a small negro
girl. This morning, however, neither
the little negro or her mother knew
anything against the man. They had
only been sitting around the fire to
gether.
The little girl gave no good reason
for making a charge but the judge
saw that the negroes had made up
their differences out of court, and so
fined the man $5 anyway. He also
warned the two women, that if they
ever made a charge again and did not
know what it was for he would fine
them, too.
PROGRESSIVES AGGRESSIVE.
Bangor, Me., March 24.—The state
convention of the Progressives will
be held in this city today. A complete
ticket will be placed in the field at
ilhc state election.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., March 24.—
Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, to
day introduced a resolution to pave
the way for the repeal of the present
law that no tolls be charged on any
vessels “through any canal or other
work for the improvement of naviga
tion belonging to the United States.”
The resolution may have an im
portant bearing on the administra
tion’s fight for the repeal of the
Panama canal tolls exemption. He
says that if the Panama exemption is
to be repealed, “and a reversal of the
time-honored policy of the United
States with reference to rivers and
harbors” is to be effected, all public
waterways should be so regulated
that their use would carry tolls the
same as the canal.
The administration leaders in the
house are prepared to rush considera
tion of the tolls exemption^repeal bill
as soon as the rivers and harbors bill
could be disposed of. It was thought
the former measure could be reached
by Thursday. It is planned to have
fifteen hours’ general debate.
$1,000,000 EIRE
SWEEPS DURHAM;
DUKE HEAVY LOSER
SIEGEL STORES SALES.
New York, March 24.—The ztock
and fixtures of the Simpson-Crawford
m P[T nCC and Fourteenth street stores will be
uLI Ull sold today. The failure of these big
stores threw out of employment near
ly two thousand employees, mostly
women, many of whom were absolute
ly dependent upon their amall weekly
wages. Scenes of confusion bordering
on riot were controlled only by the
strongest minded leaders, and -ruat
relief was experienced by all con
cerned when many of the other large
stores offered employment to nearly
all who had worked in the Siegel
stores. The partners of the firm face
several criminal indictments returned
against them. .
AMERICAN RAILWAY
MAGNATE FOR ENGLAND
New York, March 24.—The presi
dent ami staff officers of the Long Is
land Railway company will give a din
ner at the Waldorf-Astoria this even
ing to Henry W. Thornton on his de
parture for England to take up his
work as maria—er of the Groat Eastern
Railway.
(By Associated Press.)
Durham, N. C., March 24.—Fire
■originating late last night and raging
unchecked for three hours, did dam
age estimated at $1,000,000 in the
Durham business section .half being
covered by insurance. The cause has
not been determined.
An entire block of business houses,
including the five-story building of
Brodie L. Duke, the tobacco manufac
turer, was destroyed.
Buildings adjoining the block were
greatly damaged when a stiff wind
carried the flames across the street.
The breaking of a water main ham
pered the firemen and for a time the
entire central section of the city was
threatened.
A militia company/ patrolled the
burned district to prevent looting.
Thousands o fdollars worth of goods,
rescued from the burning stores, were
piled in the streets.
When the ease against A. V. Dead
wyler for having liquor on hand for
sale was brought for trial this morn
ing. He entered a plea of guilty and
was fined $200.
The city attorney then wad hn
agreement that had bean reached be
tween Deadwyler and the city which
contained four principal articles:
First, that he would not directly or
indirectly keep liquor on hand for sale
after this date.
Second, that he would allow the city
officials t)ie right to search any prop
erty owned by him or under his con
trol at any time that they thought he
had violated this compact.
Third, that he would,furnish the
city authorities the names of all the
men associated with or employed by
him in the sale of liquor, but that
they could not make cases , '
them for-having sold- liquor
this date.
Fourth, that he would co-operate
with the city officials in their efforts
to stop the sale of liquor and that lie
would give them the names of all per
sons whom he know to be ngaged in
this business.
Attorney Strickland then spoke and
showed that the purpose of all law
was not to punish tha guilty but to
stop them from doing wrong again.
Mayor Dorsey ehowed how the no
blest thing in the world was to correct
the mistakes one had made. He then
told how much better it waa to build
up the character of a man than to
build a railroad or similar structure.
He also commented upon the true
spirit Deadwyler had shown in this
case.
Judge Price agreed with them all,
but said that the fine should remain
at $200.
ARREST MADE AT
GEORGIAN HOTEL
D. C. Moorefield and George Bishop
were this morning arrested at the
Georgian Hotel on warrants from
Madison county. The authorities hen
received the warrants several daya
age, but were unable to make the ar
rests until this morning. The men
were kept at the city hall until today
at 1 o'clock, when they were sent back
to Danielsvills.
These two men were recently on
trial in Monroe for sale of bogus
stock, and it is thought that these
latter charges are of a similar nature.
EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.
The exhibition of paintings which
is being held in the. University Li
brary will close en the 28th. All those
who have failed to visit the exhibition
should do so at once. The exhibition
will close next Saturday. The library
is open each day from 10 to 2 arid
from 4 to 6 also from 8 to 10 each
evening.
.ASSAULT TRIAL BEGINS.
Denver, Colo., March 24.—The case
of Thomas J. O'Donnell, charged with
assault to kill F. G .Bonfils, one of
the proprietors of the Denver Poet,
will 1h> heard here today. Tha case
waa held over from a previous date,
upon affidavit of Chief Deputy District
Attorney Harry N. Sales embodying a
certificate from a physician of Hot
Springs, Ark., that Mr. Bonfils eras
ill and unable to trsveL
BIG BEN
Alarm
Clocks
New Shipment
Just Arrived.
Haoghey&Haughey
156 College Ave.
AT BELL’S TODAY
Beat Florida oranges 15c, 20c
and 25c.
Best Irish potatoes 35c peck.
Two cans hand-packed toma
toes 15c.
’ . Three cans best corn, 25c.
Blackberries, 18c can.
Sugar, $1.25 per sack.
Big lot hens. ..
Phone us your wants..
Big lot fresh eggs.
574 Thomas Street. Phone 1