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ISffl ARRAIGNEO
WU.S.SOBIE
FINDINGS
Blames Titanic Disaster Di
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rectly on Captain, But Scores
Managing Director,
WASHINGTON. May 21. .' scatl
ing ararigmncnt of J. Bruce Ismay and
tlie White Star line officials in New
York, a stern denunciation of many
members of the ‘‘pick-up” crew of the
Titanic, and sweeping charges of in
competency in the management of the
line will be made in the report of the
special sub-committee appointed to in
vestigate the Titanic disaster by (lie
United States senate.
The report will be given to the sen
ate next Tuesday morning, it will be
submitted by Chairman William Alden
Smith, of Michigan.
Senator Smith, in his speech submit
"* ting the report, will ask for legislation
to prevent such a calamity as the Ti
taniefs.
The report spares neither J. Bruce
Ismay nor his subordinates in New
York, whose juggling with the truth
after receiving thorn Montreal informa
tion thgt the Titanic had sunk is sav
agely criticised.
Emphasis is laid on the cruelty of
sending out pu-li a dispatch as that re
ceived by Senator Hughes, of New Jer
sey, whose daughter was on the Ti
tanic, with her husband, and v ho was
iold in a cablegram signed ‘‘White Star
Line” that the Titanic was being towed
into Halifax.
Captain Smith Directly Blamed.
Direct responsibility for the dispatch
is laid on Captain Smith. It 1s point
ed out that had he heeded the four
warnings of ice sent him by other ves
sels the lives of the 1,631 victims would
have been saved.
Pointing out that the speed of the
Titanic just before she struck the ice
berg was 24 1-2 miles an hour, and that
‘ had been steadily increased after re
ceiving ice warnings by wireless, the
••eport asserts Hint Hie presence on
tioard of Istiiin. the managing director
of the line, and Andrews, the construct
or tot Harlan * Wolf, the builders,
■was undoubtedly an incentive to mak
ing this great speed.
It is stated that Ismay, who got
away safely, Wa- advised immediately
•if the danger, while many of the pas
sengers were not, the impact, although
equal in momentum to the imparl • •
ine combined broadsides of twenty
■great battleships. being scarcely fep
t the vessel, such was her glam size
•norniou:-' stability
Life-Saving a Failure.
’ Il is noted that the w'-atlier w, ( o
and perfect, the sea being calm, will;
I no swell -conditions that would have i
Item ideal lor the saving of nil hand.-,
oil board inid there been but adequate I
life-saving apparatus and adequate
sailors to man them. But. although
titer' 1 was room in the lifeboats -lor
1.076 persons, the report says but 701
persons were put into them owing to
:he disorganized and disorderly condi
tion of the crew
Special stress is laid on the utter
failure of the junior officers, who were
among the first to leave the ship, to
make any effort whatever to rescue
many of those in the water, for whom
room might easily have been found in
i he lifeboats.
Says Ismay Wanted
To Spare Survivors
LONDON. May 24. - An explanation
of orders issued by Bruce Ismay,
managing director of the International
Mercantile Marine, while In- and otl or
survivors of the Titanic were on board
rhe liner Carpathia proceeding- to New
York, was demanded by Lord Mersey,
rhe presiding officer, when the govern
ment's inquiry into the great White
Star disaster was resumed today.
Captain Rostrum of the Carpathia
. had sent a wireless message to the
White Star liner Olympic saying that
' Ismay had given orders that the Olym
pic should not be seen and that there
should be no transfer of survivors from
the Carpathia to tiny other ship. At
torney' General Sir Ruft'ts Isaacs stig- ■
y jested that the message meant that the
ships were not to get within range of
one another. Sir Robert Einlay, chief
>unse| for the White Star line, said it
vas his opinion that Ismay wanted to
1 spare the feelings of the Titanic sur
vivors while on board the Carpathia
and feared that, because of crowded
quarters on the Carpathia. some of the
rescued might want to be transferred
if they saw another ship.
Ismay evidently feared that a trans
fer would be unsafe. The managing
. director was not pt si nt to defend him
self.
Harold Gottam, wireless operator on
i lie Carpathia. spent' most of the mom
ing on the stand, being followed by
Frederick Fleet. one of the sailors in
Ji' Titanic's crow s nest on the night ;
of the disaster.
THORN, IMBEDDED IN
FOOT OF WOMAN FOR
24 YEARS, IS REMOVED
DALTON. GA.. May 21. Mrs. John
y Wilson, of Varnells. underwent an
iperation here when a thorn which had
been imbedded in the flesh for 24 years
we removed. The thorn had given her
rm troubh until a few ilno» ago. when
she stuck • nail in h< ■ foot, the point
~f the nail "touching the thorn and driv.
ins it in deeper. The thorn was less
■ tain half in inch >ng.
i
; [U Rea/ Romances of Sunny Georgia
iCUPID ROUTS LURE OF LEARNING
1 IN WHIRLWIND SCHOOL WOOING
Miss Lillian Yaw. Popular
Society Girl. Deserted Virgil
for the Little God.
The lure of love ami tin- lure of learn
ing are botm well estaid'sh’d commodi
ties. The reverent ia l citizen always
takes off his hat to either or both,
but
The two don’t mix.
Whenever the two try to linger in
the same community there's usually a
disturbance. In fact, it is stated by one
in authority that it Is a much easier
task to persuade the lion and the lamb
to sleep in the same cradle or to bottle
up vinegar and soda than to set these
two in chairs opposite each other and
keep them "sot.”
In the case of Miss Lillian Yow. of
Atlanta, now Mrs. Claude Allen Weller,
the lure of learning never did have a
chance. This in spite of the fact that
he was with her several years before
his mortal enemy put in a solid ap
pearance. Os course. Lure No. 2 had
been hanging around in shadowy
shapes for quite a while, bit'. Miss Yow
nev' r recognized .dm until be appeared
through the agency of Claude Allen
Weller.
Many Romeos
Woo Popular Girl.
Before Miss Yow left Atlanta to at
tend Miss Semple's school in Now York
she was a perpetual target for s-re
nad-s. billet-doux, bonbons and pretty
speeches. Every species of Romer,
tried bis hick at one time or another.
In chorus they would ask her:
" And when are you going to love
me
And like Carmen she would answer:
"Perhaps tomorrow. Perhaps
nev w.”
This continued for- not so many
years. It couldn't, you sec. Then Miss
Yow decided to Investigate further the
ancient ruins of Babylon, the square
of the hypotenuse and such other gen
tle arts as arc taught at institutions
known as finishing schools.
Miss Yow was a good student—that
is, she was a student who learned read
ily and rapidly. Furthermore, she went
to work just as if she were really in
terested in what might be found in
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Mrs. ‘ Imitle Allen Weller, formerly Miss Lillian Vow. i,he bride in a wedding I't 'iil Img froni
a college romance.
books. Geometrical progression was
just as easy as progressive euchre, while
Liszt s Hungarian rhapsodies came to
her with as much readiness as did
Kohler's five-finger exercises
Wins Favor a,s
Minstrel Interlocutor.
And this was not all. Whenever the
girls wanted to do anything in partic
ular they always called on her. She
was tile thinking machine for the whole
establishment.
On one occasion the girls organized a
.minstrel show and nothing would do
but that Miss You act as interlocutor.
She did. There were present many no.-
tables. All were impressed duly with
Miss Yow’s management of the end
girls. All agreed that she was far fun
nier than Doc Quigley. George Evans or
Lyman Abbott ever dreamed of being.
And—sh—they do say that lurking
in the back of the hall was Claude Al
len Weller; that he heard Miss Yow
speak a few jokelets; that he said to
himself, ”1 have never heard anything
quite so dulcet," and that he admired
the reckless manner in which she
dropped her "r’s" and "g’s.”
Miss Yow didn't meet Mr. Weiler tin.
til some time later. And then—
presto!!!!!:!! She met him Mondav
ami they v. engaged Saturday night.
Cupid Puts Lure
i of Learning- to Flight.
Little Dan Cupid, lurking in the
bushes, began to shoot. There was a
noise of somebody beating a retreat. It
was none other than our Old Friend
Lure-of-I.earniTfg. Under one arm was
a nQttawking, red-faced "Rise and Fall
of Rome." in his pockets were a few
"Chemical Facts," while at his heels he
dr:,gq •: s- \<i al major and minor
uoets. u,. v;i : , defeated and he knew
It.
Mr s Yow ami Mr. Weller, who is
wealthy, were married April 12.
The swains of Atlanta who lived in
the vain hope that tomorrow might
bring a reversal of luck still are sigh
ing. And among them are
But some om else will have to tell
x ou that.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN_AND NEWS- FRIDAY. MAY 24. 1912.
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Friends Say Veteran
In Jail Is Persecuted
And Will Sign Bond
.1. R Thompson, the old Confederate
veteran now confined in the Tower, ac
cused of assault with intent to murder,
will be given bond this afternoon or
tomorrow. He has been indicted bx
the Fylton county grand jury, and his
bond placed at S3OO.
The aged veteran, minus an arm and
an eye, was placed in jail after a dis
pute with neighbors In the Adamsville
district several weeks ago
Several prominent business men of
Atlanta had known the old man before
his trouble, and when they learned that
he is confined in jail, got busy and w ill
sign his bond as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made. They say
the veteran has been imposed on by his
neighbors, who have brought several
suits against him that have been de
cided in his favor by the courts The
present case will be heard Tuesday.
7 FIREMEN NEAR DEATH
UNDER BIG BLAZING DOOR
NEW YORK. May 21. —Seven flrem n
had a narrow escape from death or se
rious injury today during a. $1.1,000 fire
in a two-story frame building in
Brooklyn, when a big blazing door
crashed down upon them. Other fire
men. working with axes and • Towbars
while several streams of water played
upon them, pried away the door and
saved them.
NEW CHURCHES FOR OCILLA.
OCIDLA, GA.. Max 21. rile contract
to erect a $15,000 Methodist church at
this place has been awarded to <’. H.
Austin, to be completed by November 1.
Seyer A Baldw in, of Andei on. S
are the architects
The Baptist church of this plain is
considering plans for a new edifici to
cost $15,000 to $20,000.
Foreign Trade of U.S.
To Break All Records
In Present Fiscal Year
WASHINGTON. May 24.—The for
eign trade of the United States in tlie
fiscal year which will end June 30 will
exceed any previous year's business
This was the statement made today
by the department of commerce and la
bor officials, following a. tabulation of
the import am! export trade for the past
ten months. The statistics at the end
of April show the imports for the fiscal
year will approximate $1,600,000,000.
and the exports will reach $2,200,000,-
000. exceeding by $45,00'0,000 and $150,-
000,000, respectively, the record years
of I'llo and 1911.
Coffee. sugar, rubber. bid’s and
skins, chemicals ami cloth materials
lead in value among the articles im
ported. while raw cotton, iron and steel,
meat, bread tuffs and copper were the
principal < xporis,
iSCHOOL BOYS BUILD
WIRELESS STATIONS
ON DALTON’S HILLS
DALTON GA.. May 24.- lit "elee
| tricia’! •" of tlie Dalton High school
I hi.' .-ceured tlie appaiatus necessary'
I for tlie installation of two v.ireless sta
tions. Today they .ire erecting one
siation 011 Fort Hill and the other will
be about :< mile distant on top of
School street hill.
ATLANTAN'S PLANS ACCEPTED.
SAVANNAH. GA.. May 24. Revised
plans A N. F. I'lverett. of Atlanta,
for the new house of worship of the
Epworth Mcthodis: ehut' h. which is to
be en .t, ii at Bull am: Thirty-ninth
streets, have arrived in Savannah and
navi bi i n accepted by the building
I committ< i .
"PUSMOTED"
SEIM QUITS
I
Crane. Seeing Defeat for Re-i
election Ahead, Says He
Will Retire.
Sy JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
WASHINGTON May 24.—Senator
ii'r.ine. of .Massachusetts, one of the
■ !t>acknowledged leaders of the sen-
• :ito. the richest member of that body
and the one living senator who never
made a speech in his life, has an-
i nounced that at the end of his present
I : -rm he will retire from public life for
all 11 me.
Seimlor Crane said: "Some months
I ago 1 definitely decided not to become
I i -f.mt'u;; ic for re-election, but I in
•ended to defer making a statement-to
at effect until after the national con
vention. There is, however, a propo
sition pending in the Massachusetts
I legislature for the nomination of
l I’niled States senators by popular
[ vote. If this proposed law is enacted.
I a much earlier campaign for this of-
• the will be necessary, and I therefore
. make known my position at this time.
hai those who may be interested in
:In coming candidates mat have the
■ fullest opportunity."
Crane’s defeat for delegate-at-large
j ijo-ause he stood for Taft in the Mas
i sai husetts primaries hurt hint deeply.
> N<> one doubts lie is convinced that he
would not survive the coming senato
rial pi bnaries. Powerful ris' he is in the
parly, he has always curled up under
criticism. And the fusillade of it that
has been directed at him since he took
personal charge of the Taft campaign
for re-election has really driven him
out of polities before he ever had a real
personal tight.
Crane became a power in the senate
during his first term. At the retire
ment of Senator Aldrich, he. with Peh
i rose of Pennsylvania and Smoot of
I litah, look active command of the sen
ate.
His methods were utterly unlike those
of Aldrich. He never made a speech.
H< m-ver issued orders. He never bul
la d. Silenily he flitted in and out of
tie < iiantber and committee rooms,
hispering suggestions and pointing
out easy ways to get things done. His
still small voice was always for com
p omise inside the party, never with
the enemy.
From the beginning the progressives
f' It the force of his keen intellect. Al
j ways from cover lie fought them stub
liornly, and often successfully. They
could seldom trace the opposition he
I organized, but they usually suspected
i from whence i; came. .And it is due.
io his stratagems and schemes that
the reactionary forces did not crumble
i with the retirement of Aldrich.
franc was dragged into the fight for
Taft largely because of his dislike of
Roosevelt. The colonel once called him
’ a "pussy-footed busybody." And Crane
| ne'er forgot it.
I Crane was bitterly opposed to giving
■ M.iss n l'tiseits direct primaries. When
the Roosevelt people started the agita-
; tion he sent out orders to head it off.
But the colonel and Senator Dixon kept
on howling that Taft was afraid of an
I out-and-out light and the president
! finally persuaded Crane to yield.
Crane was thus made the goat, for
he was beaten for delegate-at-laige.
Since that time be has been pessimistic
about Taft's chances, and a month ago
he decided on the step he has now
taken.
ATLANTA MADE NEW
EPISCOPAL RESIDENCE
BY M. E. CONFERENCE
MINNEAPOLIS, MAY 24.—The M.
E. conference today decided to establish
episcopal residences in the following
cities:
Boston, New York. Philadelphia,
Buffalo. Washington. Cincinnati. Chi
cago, St. Louis. Chattanooga. Atlanta.
New Orleans. Kansas City, Kans.: St.
Paul. Omaha, Oklahoma City. Denver,
Helena, San Francisco, Portland, Pe
king. Foo Chow, Zurich. Buenos Ayres.
The new residences are at Helena, Kan
sas City. Kans., and Atlanta.
The conference also decided against
establishing any foreign episcopal res
idence, that at Zurich. Switzerland
being maintained.
SPEECHLESS RABBI
WEDS DEAF MUTES
IN SIGN LANGUAGE
NEW YORK, May 24.—When Miss
Sadie Koplik was married she did not
promise to obey her liege lord. At
least not verbally, for she is deaf and
dumb
Nor did Samuel Goldstein, the 22-
year-old printer whom she married,
speak one word during the ceremony.
He. too. is deaf and dumb. The rabbi.
Dr. Barnet A. Elzas, performed the cer
emony. and gave the young people his
blessing with his fingers. For Rabbi
Elzas is a mute. too.
WEEKLY EDITORS MEET
AT DUBLIN JUNE 11-13
DUBLIN, GA.. May 24.—A steamboat
excursion 25 miles down the Oconee
river to Well Springs for a fish frj' and
barbecue and a banquet in the city will
be the chief features of the entertain
ment of the Georgia Weekly Press as
sociation. which meets here in annual
sersion June 11-13. The editors will
arrive on the afternoon trains June 11
and will attend a, welcoming meeting
at the court house that night. The
business session will take place the
next morning, followed by the boat trip
in the afternoon and banquet at night.
On June 13 the visitors will go to Sa
vannah on a special train, where many
will take a steamer for a ten days ex
cursion to Norfolk. Baltimore and Bos
i on.
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| Ohr Joy! oh t Bliss!
! That Festive Kiss
Wins Cheer and Hiss
From Man and Miss
i
. College Girls Write on
I Art of Osculation.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. CAL.. I
Ma'- 24.—The art of kissing in all its
phases is the subject of a special is
sue of the Chaparral. Stanford's comic
paper.
Editorially. L. D. Summerfield, chair
man of the board of editors, dedicates
the number "to a much needed teform
in the university, hoping that it will
prove an incentive in bringing the men
and women of Stanf6rd closer to
gether."
Here is the way one of the articles
characterizes the art of kissing:
A kiss is an idealized bite.
It has been said that kisses a e
like olives in a bottle—after the
first one is obtained the rest come
easy. It would be more accurate
10 say ihat after the second kiss
Is gotten the rest follow rapidly.
Any man can get the first one if
he watches the time and grabs
the opportunity and the girl. But
it takes a good man to bridge the
gap so created and obtain a mate
to the first.
It is a disputed point whether
11 is more blessed to give than
to receive kisses. In our opinion
the best thing io do is to alter
nate.
Men like to be the first one to
kiss a girl, but girls prefer kissing
a man who has had some experi
ence. If tlie man is inexperientaid
the girl hasn't the satisfaction of
thinking that she got him awar
f'om some other girl.
The best way to kiss is often
If kisses left scars most of your
best friends would be going around
with their faces in bandages
Pastor About to Wed.
Says It s Obnoxious.
WALSENBURG. COLO.. May 21.
Ihe Rev. J A McKee, young and
good looking pastor of the Methodist
church south of this place, at a meet
ing of the Mothers Auxiliary club,
characterized kissing as an obnoxious
habit. It is stated that the minister
who declares himself as being opposed
to kissing is soon to wed a prominent
society woman of Trinidad
Germs From One Kiss Will
Fill a Dinner Plate.
MADISON. WIS. May 24.—The rap
idity with which germs from a kiss
multiply will shown by a Kansas
girl, it Is promised, at the Students
Union exposition at the University of
Wisconsin.
A student will kiss a plate, and il is
said that in 24 hours of incubation the
i dish will be overflowing with germs.
FARMERS AT WORK;
BUSINESS ON HUM;
WEATHER IS SUPERB
"This splendid weather for the past
two or three weeks is certainly mak
ing business hum," said Wilmer L
Moore, president of the Southern States
Life Insurance Company, today. "You
know, good weather lets the farmer get
to work on his crops and puts new
life in him, and that gives him a con
fidence to the country merchants and
bankers, who finance the farmers, 11141
so it goes on. the weather starting
with the farmer and, through him. per
meating every line of business.
"Os course, the city trade is actively
affected by the country merchant, and
then, too, I thjnk this weather has the
effect on the city man of making him
feel a hundred per cent better, after
the many disagreeable days of one of
I the latest springs we have had in
years.”
COMEDIAN HARVEY
OFFERED CONTRACT
TO LAST LIFETIME
NEW YORK, May 24. -Clarence Har
vey. one of the comedians at the Win
ter Garden, has received what is prob
ably the first genuine life contract ever
given by a New York manager to an in
dividual player.
Harvey is well known to old
time theatergoers in Atlanta, having
played one summer at the Edgewood
avenue theater years ago.
WOMAN. CLAIMING TO
BE CENTENARIAN. DIES
DALTON, GA.. May 24.—Mrs. John
Sullivan, the oldest resident of this sec
tion. is dead at her home in North Dal
ton after a. lengthy illness. Mrs. Sul
livan claimed to be a centenarian, and
her claims were backed by many of the
oldest people of Dalton, who as chil
dren remembered Mrs. Sullivan as a
middle-aged woman.
DR. C. R. JENKINS ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF WESLEYAN
.MACON. GA., liny 24. —Dr 1' R.
Jenkins, former presiding elder of the
Mcßae circuit and for the past year
vice president of Wesleyan college, was
today elected president of that institu
tion. He succeeds Di. W. N. Ainsworth,
who retires to re-enter the ministry,
after having been successful in raising
an endowment fund of $300,000. The
annual meeting of the trustees began
today with 30 members in attendance.
The first of the commencement exer
cises takes place tonight with the an
nual recital of the Conservatory of Mu
sic
HEADS FRENCH DEPUTIES.
PARIS. May ?t Paul Deschane wa<
elected president of the chamber of
deputies on the second ballot yestei •
dav
ILL HOMOH SAVES
MRS.FARNHAM
ME
Husband Says She Was Moody
at Home When Policeman
Claimed She Overspeeded.
Mrs. E. Parnham is yniling
and in a perfectly good humor today.
She is particularly cheerful over the
fact that ten minutes of bad humor
cleared her before Recorder Broyles of
the charge of speeding in her auto. It.
was the most novel defense that ever
won a case in the Atlanta courts.
Mrs. Parnham recently came here
with her husband from New York, and
lives in the Frances apartments, in
Peachtree street. Mr. Parnham is dis
trict manager here for a big New York
concern, with offices in the Candler
building, and his wife is one of the
most popular of the newcomers in At
lanta's social world.
Mr. Parnham put this particular fir
of bad humor of his wife in issue in an
effort to show a case of mistaken iden
tity on the part of an officer. Police
man J. E. McDaniel testified that he
saw a stylishly attired man and woman
speeding in an auto in Ponce DeLeon
avenue, and that the number of the car
corresponded with that of Mr. Parn
ham. This was between 5:30 and <
o'clock in the afternoon.
Wife Was at Home at Time.
Then came the unique alibi. Mr.
Parnham said:
"Judge, it's all a mistake. I left my
offices in the Candler building about
5:30 o'clock, and had to take my car to
■a garage for repairs. I arrived at m»
apartments at 6 o’clock. There I was
astonished to find my wife in a bad hu
mor. It was ten minutes before I could
get her in a good humor and persuade
her to go out riding with me. It was
then nearly 6:30 before we left the
apartments, and we were not on Ponce
DeLeon avenue at all.”
Mrs. Parnham stood close by her hus
band. but she offered no word of pro
test at this statement. A suspicion of
a smile played about her mouth, and
her eyes twinkled.
The officer was certain he had the
right number, and said three other of
ficers along the street had noted the
same number. Their evidence could
not be accepted, however, as they were
not in court. Officer McDaniel, asked v
to describe the woman in the car, said ' "*■
sire was pretty, had very black hair,
and wore a stunning red hat.
"Why. judge, 1 haven’t a red hat at
all,’" exclaiwd ths young woman,
smiling.
Officer McDaniel estimated the speed
of the rushing car at 25 or 30 miles an
hour. Mrs. Parnham protested that she
had only -recently learned to operate a
ear. and that she is "afraid to drive
more than 15 miles an hour."
25 Miles “Insane” Speed Here.
“And I think any person who will
drive an auto 25 or 30 miles an hour
over these rough streets in Atlanta
ought to be placed in the insane asy
lum." quickly spoke up Mr. Parnham
"Well, if we imposed this penalty,
we'd overrun all of the asylums in th«
country.” came in quick response from
the court.
Judge Broyles finally decided there
must be some mistake about the car.
and dismissed the case. Mrs. Parn
harn's face beamed and. murmuring
"Thank you. Judge." she left the court
room.
Stewart Witham, son of W. S. With
am. and Walter Candler, son of Asa G.
Candler, the two young clubmen, were
also among the autoists tried yester
day afternoon, the case of Witham
being dismissed, and Candler being
fined $5.75. Witham was accused of
interfering with Policeman Welchel
w hen he sought to make a case against
Witham's negro chauffeur. Candler
was charged with speeding.
Judge Broyles held that the officer
was perfectly right in stopping the ne
gro chauffeur to make a case against
him for having his muffler open, but
said he should have made the ease
without paying any attention to any
remarks made by young Witham. He
ruled that remarks made by Witham
v ere not sufficient to be construed as
Interfering with an officer.
Several prominent citizens testified
for Witham.
F. 1., de Marco, the .Majestic ho
tel, grew facetious when arraigned, and
caused a roar of laughter. Judge
Broyles made $5.75 the standard fine
for the afternoon's speeders, and sev
eral offenders had already been as
sessed this penalty when de Marco
faced the court.
"What have you to say. Mr. de Mar
co"" asked tjie recorder.
"Five seventy-five. I reckon." he re
plied suavely. His marked good hu
mor caused even the judge io smile as
he said:
"AU right. I'll let it go at that."
Burkhardt's Car Speedy. -
.1. G Burkhardt, of 358 Washington
street, caused the recorder to start
when he coolly admitted his car was
running 30 miles an hour
"Whal! Have you a ear that ran ac
tually muke mon than ten miles an
hour?" ?'
Burkhardt .said his car could easily
make fifty .
“Well, you certainly deserve a chro
mo. kit's such a rare thing that we
ever get an autoist here whose car is
able to make rrlfire than ten miles an
hour." said the court, sarcastically.
Burkhardt received the customary line.
Herbert Slituer, driver for Oscar
Pappenheimer: E. J. Abridge, a mech
anic ian for the Cole Motor Companv;
John Griffin, driver for the Nunnally
company: O. L. I'halT'm. driver for F
W. Dunham, and S. E. Bassett, re
cently here from Fort Valley', ware al
iim u $5.75.
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