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VOL. XL XO. 37.
DOffi Slill
FOR rIJSs
It ELOPE
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Banker Sneed to Piead That
He Shot to Save Wife From j
New Escapade.
FOUND LETTER TELLING
OF PROPOSED FLIGHT
Reconciled. Husband Arranged
to Start Anew, When He
Made Discovery. I
XMARILLO. TEXAS. Sept. 16. —That
he killed Al G. Boyce to prevent him
from taking his wife from him again
b.' the defense of John Bea! Sneed.
• rich Amarillo banker, in his trial
f,- the murder. I
Sneed will claim that he and his wife
had become reconciled about tw o I
moirhs a?i and had planned to re-I
IU . • to ML-issippi and start life
saw ween h ■ came upon evidence of a
, wife and Boyce to'elope
Th'.- pion, hi will claim, he
j n ; letter from Boyce to his!
,• i "it left Canada!
■ , At mrilio ar. 1 outlining a I
~ iv la .■ husband and ■
~ ... l".-i b", n offered the.
, . ; "■ immense cattle I
.". ; iml jury in spe j
, j ; up !’■- kil ing today. 1
i• : i pgpi "ted dmiitg tic ■
;i t ■ id Sneed nr«? pk- I
i. Luslitutc ka.beij r ~l
~ i ; , dines to secure the release j
if'. ■ from jail. 1
\ • ... of .Tie inquiry before the
s whether Sneed had an
~|. . j., the killing. It has been |
ii- d hut two men. one answer-1
.'ascription of Sneed, rented a
r. xl door to 1 if' Methodist !
. in front of which the tragedy i
The second man has dlsap-
■d. Mrs. Sneed has also left her]
No Armed Outbreak
Between Families.
|> lopments today indicated that I
’ ■ lav would be allowed to take its
< asp and that there would be n«»
alined conflict between members and
f' ? nds of the Boyce and Sneed fami
lies.
Although the Boyces and Sneed >
went about armed today, there was no
o', n outbreak. The Sneeds are wait
ing for the Boyces to make the next
mow, according to the “code” in feud
v. fm y and the Boyces are deterred
b-' ause of the critical illness of Mrs. A
G B- .'ce. superinduced by the shock of
the killing of her son.
Mis Boyce was one of the first to
rei ■’) le r son Saturday. As he lay in
th* street his mother rushed to him
• nd. kneeling beside him. yjok his head |
in her lap and wiped the blood from
his face.
“How much more of this must I j
stand?” she exclaimed.
Later she w ent to her home, where I
‘ ollapsed. It is feared she may not
-uni' the shock.
V 'll Boyce, brothc r of Al. was al-j
" st in thne :o avenge the killing Sat
a\. it wis learned today. With a
repeating shotgun in his hand, he rush •
■ the scene, reaching there only al
"into after officers had taken Sneed |
Slew Eloper In
Front of Church.
>n»'pd, slayer of Captain A. S. Boyce,
i principal in the Boyce-Sneed feud, '
’• •'•m t urd iy shot and instantly killed;
Bo\i . ( who eloped with Sneed's wife j
•January. The killing took place ini
•it of the Methodist church here.
■ w -n< • <l, disguised as a hunter, wearing |
mils and a false beard, fay in wait)
l‘<iyc»» behind a corner of the [
u< h. lh> carried b»s gun in a long I
* d h '\. He fired on£ charge at
' range.
died a few moments later and I
■ rs . asily capture ] Sneed and com- ,
' *”d hhn to jail. Sneed for a week]
r< nted a small shanty near the]
Its Boyce, mother of the victim, is |
if atrd and may die.
A a f> w wo- k ago Mr. L* ria
'' and her husband had be* <»me
'L ih d and were supposed to be llv- .
' ’ •’’< »,il»l\ in < erget«»w n. T’< xt s It
I ' t known that he was in the city.
11 ' kldinv of Boyer is the lat« st
Incident in a long list of tiage
whhii began last January when
Lena Sneed lan ava’ with Box re i
• 1 initarliiui In I’ort Worth, w i«ro;
' d be, n pi je, d h\ h» i husb.ind for
' ■’!> troubles,
| m V f t | v . vo ung mans father in)
Worth an killed him in a uuairvl.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
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RUM HESO
BiiLOS JOB
III! JOIE
Governor Will Refuse to Issue
Commission Until After the
Legislature Meets.
HE QUOTES STATE LAW IN
SETTLING VEXED PROBLEM
Means That Price Won’t Serve
'■Short Term” and Displace
Commissioner Connor.
Governor .Joseph M Brown author
ized the announcement today that he
would hold that <'ommi'sioner of Agri
culture Connor, holdin? office under
appointment to the unexpired term of
| Commissioner Thomas G. Hudson, can
not be displaced before the legislature
meets next June, canvasses the gen
eral election returns and formally de
clares the person duly chosen by the
people to succeed to the office.
The governor bases his opinion upon
section 94 of the code, which prescribes
| the manner in which the governor,
.treasurer, comptroller general, attorney
! general and commissioner of agricui
■ ture shai’ be elected, and which spe
jiificnlly. ; ecites that the stipulations
I laid dow n shall apply to all.
Th>’ legislature is required to can
s’ th? returns in the governor's case
):md declare thi result before the elec
jtio’t is complete, and no person may
pmalify for governor whose election has
j not berm so declared,
j .No Cg uniission Bet&re
; Legislature Meets.
i The governor, therefore, will hold
| that he has n<> authority to commis
sion any one whose election has not
been accomplished in the manner laid
[down; and it would be impossible that
| any person other than Connor, under
| that ruling, could qualify before next
'.lune, save in tile remote contingency of
. i special session of the legislature be-
I ing called in the meantime.
The governor authorizes the state
| mept that he will commission no one
j before the legislature meets, no mat
iter what the state tye.'iitive committee
i may do in the m.-:tt< ■ . f tilling an Im
tgit t’s . u u ■■ to occur in October or
November, and . r .rdless of what may
happen in tl>e r alar October election,
in the matter e'. lecting a commission
er of agriculture to begin his term of
service in advance of the assembling of
the legislature next June.
Unquestionably, the governor's an
nounced attitude will go far toward
clearing up a situation that has been
very much obscured in the public mind
of late.
Connor To Hold
On to His Office.
James I>. Price was nominated bi'
the Macon convention to a full and
regular term in the office of commis
| sioner of agriculture. That term will
j begin about July 1, after the legisla
iture lias formally declared Price's elec
tion.
A question arose in the minds of
some lawyers, however, as to whether
I there would not, as a matter of fact, be
l an existing va'cancy in the eommlssrion
| ership immediately following the Octo
ber election, and if it would not be pos
sible for some one, other than a Demo
crat, to have his name placed on the
5 regular state ticket in October, and, in
I the event of his receiving a number of
v ltrs, legally demand the office under
the law.
Because of the difference of opinion
among lawyers as to when the unex
! piled term of Hudson —the present term
lof Connor —expires, Chairman William
.1. Harris decided to have James D.
1 Price's name placed on the ticket tn
the October election as the Democratic
I nominee, merely as a precautionary
I measure, and in order to have a Demo
‘ i rat ready to qualify for the office in
the event a vacancy were held to ex-
z
i Governor Brown's declaration that
1 he will not commission Price, or any
-1 l.od' else, before the legislature has met
md tb' laied a result, definitely closet
' the matter.
Connor will not be displaced b< for*
> tht lune meeting of the legislature, aft-
I er which Price will be commissiotu d.
Tie- govt rnor states that the law is
\. i y clear in his mind, and that he
would be compelled to refuse a com
mie ion to any person, as comtnlssion
. of agriculture, unless that person
.•aim to him certified by th' leglsla
i ture.
. mil in the event of resignation, re
uo\:t! or death would the governor be
, authorized to name a success >r to Con.
■ r b< next June, unless the legis-
lature in extraordinary session in tile
'meantime should declare another elect-
I~d to the oltli . All of these coritln
i ml. w are o c mote, of course, that
i o i med not be taken into consideta-
ATLANTA. G.\.. TCESDA Y, SEPTEMBER 17. 1912.
Mermaids’ Skill Astonishes Society Folk at East Lake Meet
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H-BLEN THOKM.
MISS LIDA NASH
Miss Nash Wins Swimming
Event, and Miss Rambo's
Driving Stunts Astonish.
Three Atlanta society mermaids are
being’congratulated today-on winning
new laurels. In the lake at the Ath
letic club’s country home they proved
themselves as much at home in the wa
ter as on the links or the dancing fiooi.
Swimming is coming into its own this
year.
Miss I.ida Nasli and Miss Helt n
Thorne were the two young women
who entered the- long distance swim
ming competition, and despite the chop
py water, which made swimming diffi
cult. Miss Nash made the distance from
boathouse to dam in ‘3O minutes 55 sec
ondsj Miss Thorn was a close second.
Miss Regina Rambo, sponsor forth"
recent Confederate reunion at Mariet
ta was the only entrant in the fancy
diving edntest. Her daring dive from
the 20-fobt tower won her a round "I
applause.
The club plans holding a water car
nival every summer in future, md ex
pects to have a dozen girl entrants by
next season. Atlanta boasts of some
excellent swimmers for an inland city.
Miss blda Na®h was considered on< of
the best at Wrightsville Beach this
season, and both Miss Thorn and Miss
Rambo are sui»erb athletes.
Walter Dubard won the feature
events, taking two first prizes and one
second in his three contests. He de
feated Crane an the lonfc distance men's
race, swimming to Jlhe dam and retuin
In 1R minutes 25 seconds. He also won
the diving contest. Crane finished fit st
in the 50-. yard dash, with Dubard sec
ond. Karl Brittain did some spectacu
lar high diving
TAFT ELECTORS OF
KANSAS LOSE AGAIN
IN INJUNCTION WAR
DENVER. ,('• >!,<>., Sept. 16. By
unanimous decision the judges of the
I’nite.d States circuit court of appeals,
sitting in Denver, todav refused to
grant an injunction asked by the Taft
faction of the Republicans of K ins a
to prevent the secretary of state of
Kansas from placing the name- of
Roosev'lt electors on the official ballot
under the Republican emblem.
Appeal will be taken by tin Taft f "
tlon to the supreme cm»rt "f the Cnltcd
States. The. court held that the > as. is
not one of which a court of equity may
take cognizance. Applhatlon . r the
Injunction was ordered disti ■; • o
cost tn l>e borne by those wno brought
the action.
CURTIS IS INDICTED
FOR SLAYING MAN
WHO SLURRED WIFE
W H. Curtis, brother of Dr. A. Lee
Curtis, of Atlanta, who shot and killed
J. H. Helton, a stationer, in Jackson,
Miss., a reck ago. pleading self-de
fense. is being held in jail following In
dictment by the Hinds county grand
jury.
The jury found a true bill against
Curtis on Saturday. He will be placed
on trial at the regular term of court in
December. Aceonilng to Dr. Curtis, his
brother has not asked for bond on the
theory that the offense is not bailable
under Mississippi stytn" s.
The younger Curtis will adhere to his
plea of self-d. sense and maintain in
court that Hdlton had a pistol tn his
hand When he enter d the office of Dr.
Applewhite, where the shooting oc
curred.
“ GOING FOR THE-MAIL ”
CHURCH DODGERS KICK
ON SUNDAY SHUT DOWN
Notwithstanding the fact that a hue
and erv went up when the postal de
partment cut out the distribution of the
Sundat mail at the Atlanta postoffiee,
prominent business men are of the
opinion that trade tonditions have not
be n affected.
Postmastei McKee says he has re
ceived but few protests on the new a:-
rangement, and these largely front men
who used the going-to-the-postofflee
ex. use to dodge church service*. A
canvass of busin' ss houses develops the
fact that Atlanta concerns long ago
had nearly abandoned the idea of look
ing over mail on Sunday.
Virtually the only objections to the
new ride come from traveling sales
men. who find it difficult to get impor
tant mail sent to them io hotels. This
situation, it is believed, will lead to an
!n< tease in the use of the special de
rive: y system.
WOULD BAR NAME
OF JACK JOHNSON
FROM DIXIE PAPERS
X’EW ORLEANS. Sept. 16. A Nash
ville, Tenn., editor lias started a move
ment to bar the Paine of Jack Johnson,
the pugilist, from Southern newspapers,
and today every editor in tills city r<--
. • ivetl .1 lettei from Nashville bearing
such request
Th' Nashville editor declares that in
marrying the v bite woman who re
ett'lv killed hersi 1 .lehn- m offered an
I all'uni to wry while woman Iti the
MISS REGINA RAMBO.
WOMAN LAWYER HAS
NEW SCHEME TO GET
PERMIT IN GEORGIA
Mrs. Virginia Mclntire Weaver, who
has for the last year fought in vain for
the right to practice law in Georgia,
has iiit upon a unique scheme to carry
her point, deflate her friends.
She has gone hack to West Virginia,
her former Ijome, ami is preparing to
stand her examinations and be admit
ted to the bar there. West Virginia
admits women lawyers. Once admit
ted.to the ba'r In West Virginia. Mrs.
Weaver believes that when she returns
to Georgia she will have to be granted
the same privileges here as would tny
other lawyer from another state who
produces the proper credentials saying
he had been admitted to practice in
his native state.
Mrs. Weaver is a graduate of the At
lanta Law school and when she found
that Georgia laws barred any woman
from playing the part of Portia, she
tried to have the legislature change tile
la v, but failed.
She is now in Morgantown, W Va„
land as soon as possible intends to re
| turn to Georgia anti take up the prac
tice of law, if she be allowed to do so.
SLAYER SPENCER TO
DIE IN CHAIR TONIGHT;
CHEERY AS END NEARS
BOSTON Sept. 16.—Bertram G.
Spencer will be electrocuted in the
('harlestown prison shortly after mid
night tonight. HI- will pay the penalty
for the murder of Miss Martha B
Blackstone, a Sp'inglleld, Mass., school
teacher. Tht' woman was shot down
while encountering a burglar.
Both Governor Foss and President
Taft have refused the pitiful picas of
Ibis mother, Mrs. Kate E. Spencer. fo>
• commutation.
In Christian Science, Spencer has
| found strength and fortitude as the end
I approaches and the guards at the pris
on today said he is th' best behaved
ami most cheerful of the fifteen men
who have been confined in the death
chamber.
SEVEN PRISONERS
SAW OUT OF JAIL;
WIFE OF ONE HELD
CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, Sept 16.
i Seven prisoners of the county pail made
I their * tf.'ape here early today by sawing
I the bars of their cells.
Mr? William Wolfe, wife of one of
the < s< aped prisoners, was arrested this
I morning, chargetl with complicity In
tht es apt of the nu n Five white and
i two colored nun, all of whom were
II charged with burglary, made Uieir es-
LICHT COmCT
TO GO THROUGH
Expected That It Will Be Finally
Recommended to Atlanta
Council Today.
When the toiineil committee on "li'c
trlc lights met this astern on it was
expected that the city's pending .or
tract for street lights with the G> orgitt
Railway and I’oni-i <?.m; ii)v ,oiii<[ be
finally ri-eommentlcii to coane?
Alderman John E. McCb Lan.l ■
he f;. voted asking for nev. bi.l ('it;
Electrician Tuner said tb t Atlant i
should have ns low rates as M i -.m. Bui
the contract lias already been ;t c.,
by Mr. Turne" ami the commiitr am'
unless the C ntlal Georgia p, nv , Com
pany or some other conmatly exp i s-. ■
| a desire to biri on the city . on: act, th<
majority of the committ'e and of .-mill
ell will approve tlie contract with tip
Georgia Railway and F’owei C<i; a tiy
Mr. Turner n turned today from Ma
con whee he Investlgat. d the . .
light rat's. He says lie is '.’nvinc'
the reason Atlanta can not get su< a
■ ates by competition is that there is an
agreement between the Georgia Rail
way and Power Company and he Cen
tral Georgia Pover Company not to bl.,
against etjch other.
The Central Georgia Power Com
pany, of Macon, lias constructed a line
to Atlanta. Preston Arkwilght, pres:
dent of the Georgia Railway and Power
Cpmpany, declared that th'." is no
[agreement between the two ct.tnp.inics
not to bid against each other. He said,
though, on account of the delays in :
Tallulah Falls powir plant d?vC p
tnent. Ills company had contracted wi'l;
tile Central Georgia Power Company to
use some of its current.
MASKED MEN TRY TO
KIDNAP WOMAN FROM
HOME; FLEE IN FRIGHT
SAVANNAH GA.. Sept. 16. Mrs. Marie
L. Jones, daughter oi David c. Foreman.
Is in h hysterical condition at her home
as the result of an attempt tn kid
nap her last night.
Mrs .lores w: s nttai k"«l by 'w.. mas!,, d
men. who bound unit gagged her and
carried her from her bed room to the
rear of the house on the lower floor.
| There they deserted her when discovi ry
| was Imminent, yecotdlng to Mrs, Jones
I there was a third man stationed on the
| outside | . t’bapai ns a lookout.
It was the shrill whistle of this man
that warned her captors of danger
Mrs. Clarence Stewart beard her sister
groaning and found her bound and gagged
land wrapped in a sheet The family
Is unable to aaaign any motive for the
at(• nitite.l kidnaping
A child who was asleep by thy side
of Mrs. Jones was nut disturbed.
IXTR\
EVERYWHERE
SMOKEeOtRD
fOM IB
Kill)
ACTION
Backs Down in lis Attempt to
Modify Regulations of the
City Council.
OPEN WAR TO COMPEL
ABOLITION OF NUISANCE
X
Slili Considering Movc-to V'dps
I Out Commission—Fight to
Go to Council.
I
I Forced tn ba. k down by widesprean
■ 1,1 its attempt to modify
1 oim.ii , snioi.e , emulations. Chairman
j It M. Il.irw. 11, of the smoke commh
[ sion. aaa called a meeting of the riil' -t
i’'nmmitt .-of the commission to rescind
i its act ion.
! Th" committee at the same time will
'frame a new set <lr regulations for the
| guidance of the- commission itself,'
which will he submitted to the hoard
Hie board's action in modifying tho
1,1 h.,.'. regulations of council
rmng th. emission of smoke of
'ii.'ing d< n.-iiv was denounced as a
usurpation of authority bv many coun-
Cilmen and by City Attorney Mayson.
i Abolition Os th., smoke board, which
was declared to be Handing in the way
t ri’torm, «.i< seriously urged.
War to Enforce
Smoke Ordinance.
Couneilmtrnt Charles \V. Smith, fath
er of the smoke ordinance, said today
r .It whll< be iiad n , lf decided whether
iho wo.mi introdtg l? an ordinance ta
I'hollsh the -moke commission at tho
meeting of council this afternoon, ho
would begin his fight to see that thd
original st.ioke ordinance Is enforced.
Chairman Harwell declared that
I Councilman Smith was too hasty in
'ini' sing tip. smoko commission. He
. -aid that he was oppos <| to the action
! (’oin'nission in amending the citv
I smoke ordinance and that he informed
I the oilier members that such action was
: i'l' *• a(l(L’(] that the commission
j <Lti not want to iiinder the movement
1 ’ » abate the smoke nuisance.
•Wy came into office in-xperienced,”
■’ ,i( “ p ar ' dealing w ith a com-
I 1 ' 1, . '.i.diio'ii \y.. n ..st proceed de
liberately at first."
j Coumiim tn Smith held a confor>>nca
with Cif. Atiorm.y Mayson toda-- to
Idi ii'imim the exact legal status of the
I -moke law.
j The commission I; ,s changed radi-
I * silly the Jaw <>f council. < '!:y Attor-
I Ma.' snl ts ruled i ; t s action
I uas illegal. < "oitneji Smith intends in
; 1 < " ,| ncil to ink",a definite stand on
jthe!. la. ’ < I. ; J| [,I- -(
I Mashn Al. o Would
Abolish Commission.
Cmineilm m Claude C. Mason. In an
1 nl ' r ' v « t(>< ] •\. joined Councilman
iSr/.iLi in r.; • •.! m to abolish the smoke
'■ ,, u |r ' i' ;t tiie commission does not
t ”■ iL t<> < n 11 <• the smoko ordinance.
“Tht • Iginnl smoke ordinance did
| not e.inti mulati a smoki board,” he
[said. "T:’e board was added as a com.
1 |.romisi>, anu ;t is given exceptionally
wide authority . It i-epms to inc to have
proved .■> failur. ."
(is ar Sis. .1 wealthy manufacturer
and om‘ 01 . 1 membi rs of the smoke
1 eimnis; inn h. voted to amend coun
cils moi <• on 1 inan< e, called on several
I members of eouneil today and request
i <-'! them to give him a hearing before
I abolishing the snudtc commission. He
I was promised that council would refer
t|i" matter to a committee and give
one an opportunity to express
their opinions before taking final ae-
I tion.
Mr. Elsas said that he Intended to
|< mply with the smoke ordinance at
; om-e with his ow n plant, the Pulton
, Bag and Cotton mills. He said he had
I already employed an "Xpert to tell him
| just what was needed to consume the
' smoke generated by bis furnaces.
WIFE, SELF-POISONED.
NEAR DEATH BEFORE
TELLING KIN OF DEED
SAVANXXH, GA., Sept. 16.—As *
' n suit i f taking rat poison Friday nigly,
Mis C nee Hunt died last night at
iPiuk View sanitarium.
Mis Hunt suffered from the poison
I for a number of hours before advising
I her family of the trouble and getting
i medical assistance.
Mrs Hunt was 45 y ears nld and it
"o' ve of Aroostook county, Maine. Her
I mother, Mrs Samuel B Russell, of
( Bo ton, survives, un does het husband
| and one son.
