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LONG HELD OEM.
FENN IO BEGIN
LIFE KNEW
Former Wealthy Cordele Man
Returns to Family. Now
Suing for Insurance.
NEW ORLEANS. LA. OU. -’■> - Be - |
lieved dead for more than two yeais. |
following hi* mysterious disappeaiam e
during final •ia difficulties. Augustus
J Penn, formerly a wealth.' lumber
man of Cordele. Uh will lea'c New
Orleans tonight so: his home Ilu re,
for the first time since his disappear
ance. hr will gieet his wife and • hll
dren who hate hern fighting in the
courts for a long time to collect $15,000
in life insurance on the 'dead husband.
It is probable that the.' "ill not recog
nize him unles- he is pointed out His
hair is gray. his eyes sunken, and lig
has a sand' mustache since he tied
from Cordele
■|'d ne'er hate returned if it hadn't
been for ne life insurance Suita.' he
said tnda.'.
Although in company with Sheriff!
John Ward of t'ordtle. Fenn is not.
under arre«i. There is no criminal j
< hgrg ■ against ,him. ami he will re- ,
turn t<> st.i r t life am " .
Fenn Tells His Story.
Penh in his room at the tlrunewaid
hotel, -talked with a reportei today.
"I haven't anything to say. 11l tell it
alt "hen I gel hone said Fenn eva.s-1
ively and edging to the door. The re
porter made himself "at home." so did
Mr. Fenn. Foi fifteen minutes Mr. I'enn I
declared emphatically that he "didn't j
have anything to say." Then the j
"dead" man talked
"Il's title that I left betause of finan-I
rial difficulties The' hounded me. and I
1 had to I couldn't gat. a square deal. [
All, 1 asked was a chance. anil I |
couldn't get that I disappeared all I
right. I haven't done anything dishon
est. and 1 went away io get a clean I
start. I'm going to tiegin again all |
over."
I "Not Worth $15,000."
'lfiat Fenn would be "dead" yet had It
not been that he learned in Mexico City,
through an Atlanta paper, of the in
surance suits, "ns his assertion
“Oh. yes; I'll be glad to see my
family, but 1 guess they'd rather have
the $15,000. I never saw a man yet
that was worth that much to any one,”
he resumed.
Fenn said that when he learned the
Insurance companies would be paying a
fraudulent claim he left Mexico City.
irrnuMi iiwimiiiihii
WHY DISC RIMINATE?
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To the General Council of Atlanta: T1 f n . , . . .. . . , . .
1 lie rollowing order is signed by every member who desires to be served
Gentlemen—Keeling sure that there is not one member of vour honorable from a locker, and is kept inviolate:
body who would willingly do any one an injustice, the Order of Bees submits the
tollowing appeal lor your consideration:
MR. B. B. OWEN, Secretary; ' MO,
I' l ft*' ’ I’l'i' ( . the Oldei of Bees is a bona fide beneficent organization, I authorize you to order for me, from time to time. either in my name or by you as agent, or in conjunc-
which pays not only death benefits, but pays a weekly sick benefit as well. These tio n with other members of The Order of Bees, from some point out of this state, and in such manner as not to
benefits are not merely a superficial part of the constitution and bv-laws but v '° late ” W '’ UCh Vi "° U ‘’ spirituous or malt liquors as may be neces ” ry t 0 keep my * tock of such articles
l i i , ’ kept your Club locker fully supplied up to the amount of $ Have bill for same forwarded to
have been paid tn a number of instances. In fact, there has never been an in- me care of ciub.
stance where an application has been turned down since the hive was organized. Thi * o r <t«r »haii remain in force until revoked by me.
I he Order ol Bees has a membership of 750—each and every one of whom have
paid the regular initiation of $2.50, and who have paid their dues to date.
I heie has never been an arrest in the place, neither has there been a distur
bance. and the statement of Councilman Greer to the effect that it was one of the Order of Bees courts investigation at any time, and if it is found that
cleanest dubs in Atlanta is undoubtedly true. The Bees go even further than there is the slightest violation of law, either direct or implied, it will be remedied
any other dub. in that they disbar a man when it is shown that he neglects his once.
family or his business because of his connection with the order. The club is operated by the order, and not by any individual, consequently
The Bees go further than other dubs, in that the'- do nO t issue cards to mt- could not be purchased or sold. The Order of Bees elects the president, secretary
01-tov u visitors. Thev ran only fie served when accompanied bv a member, arid manager, and they are subject to removal at any time when they violate a
then mly when they arc served from the locker of the member and-at the expense law or ru^e or d er - No one man operates the club.
ol the member. XU one except a member of the order can pav for a purchase in ' as ** een ie a hn and desire of the Order of Bees to live within the strict
’lds chib. sense of the law. and to conduct a dean, reputable place—one that anv one
Hollowing i> a sac-simile of the check issued Io members, and it will be seen could visit or join without feeling that he was in any way connected with a bar
Giat a member must only sign his name, but is required to give his locker number. roo,n , ’ 1 * runi
This <an be verified bv the secretary, and is done in every instance where a N ° woman is permitted under any circumstances to visit the club, and when
question of doubt arises: an Y member shows by his conduct that he is not a gentleman, he is immediately
debarred from the benefits and privileges of the order.
—— v We ask for a permit to continue our existence on merit alone, and guarantee
tock.r No. Date 191 in the future, as in the past, to conduct a place that will not bring discredit to the
citv of Atlanta or the Order of Bees.
mon L h 'L b °° U °J COU ° OnS ”‘° * PPI> ‘° <n th ‘ f0,,0w '"9 = Sov.nty.five oer cent for Placing OUT future CXi Steilce ill VOUT hands.
y dvanced on account: and twenty-five per cent for services and maintenance of lockers
hespecttullv,
ORDER OF BEES
L rrrz.
Finding of Fenn
To Stop Suits
Suits for $15,000 insurance money
started by his wife after his supposed
drowning will in all likelihood be drop
ped from the court calendars as a re
suli of the finding of Augustus I. Fenn,
former!' a lumbei dealer and naval
>io <s manufacturer in Cordele. <>a..
and some time ago legally deflated
"dead."
Mrs I’enn had two suit* for a total
of sls.out) pending against the South
ern States Life Insuiance and the Se
cuiity Lift and Annuity <'ompanies.
I Tl.“ Southern States Lift's determined
search resulted in the finding of Fenn
I in New < irleam*.
Insurance Held Up.
Finn was said to have- been drowned'
|in the Apalachicola river two mid a
half .'ears ago. but,the insurance com
panies refused to pay the sls boo be
cause of the obscurity of hi* death. The
widow brought suit, and tiie attorneys
fought for the fortune in court, while
detectives weie searching everywhere
for .i solution of lire m.' i<-i' of Fenn's
“death "
Wli.t theie was a mystery no one ex-
< ept the insurance companies know, for
two men swore that thev ware in a boat,
with Fenn, going on a lumber explor
ing expedition from Bainbridge (la., to
Ochefee. Flu., when he stumped his toe
on a valise and fell overboard. Graph
ically the' dr-scribed their efforts to
tench him and how thev failed to give
aid before he disappeared beneath the
I waters. No one saw him thereafter,
i bul the insurance companies doubted,
i The Pinkertons undertook the ease, and
I after th-- widow brought suit the in
-uiance companies offered a reward of
. $2,500. for his. apprehension.
Proof of Death Demanded.
The Fenn family was apparently
prosperous and happy, and his business
va.' supposed to be in good shape when
jhe disappeared. Several months later
>lh< widow demanded $5,000 insurance
I from tin Southern Slates Life of At-
I lanta and SIO,OOO from the Security Life
land Annuity Company of Greensboro,
iN. <'. Suit was brought when they de
manded additional and absolute proof
[of his death before they would pay
lire companies found evidence that
I but two men started on the boat trip
I down the river, and the search for the
[ 'dead" man began.
i
| where he was working in limber mills
las i day laborer He arrived in New
11 leans hist Wednesday, and imme
! diately communicated with J T. Hill,
of c'ordele. attorney for one of the in
sui.ime companies. Mr. Hill imme
diately came to New Orleans, and at a
1 local hotel Fenn was found, registered
under the name of W. H. Smith. He
told hi« story to the attorney. Mr. Hill
wired Sheriff Ward, of Cordele, a close
friend of Fenn, who immediately came
here
This afternoon. J. G. Jones, of Cor
dele. attorney for Mr Fenn, is ex
pected. Fenn will return then, and his
identity will be established by those
who knew him several years ago
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1912.
FINEST POULTRY
IT LOCAL SHOW
Next Week’s Exhibition Will Be
Best and Most Representative
South Has Ever Known.
Tiie Great Central Poultry Show of
the South, which "ill be given next
week by the Georgia Poultry as-otia
| tion in the Atlanta Auditorium-Armory,
will be the most representative exhi
bition of high-class standard birds that
the South.has ever known.
This is a pretty strong statement and
one that treads on the metaphorical
too- of a lot of flrst-elaa* poultry as-«
social ions —notably those of Augusta,
Savannah, Birmingham. Memphis,
Nashville and New Orleans. But it
goes, for all tirat.
Never -before in all Dixie have so
many high-class exhibitors entered
their best birds for any one show. And
, nev-i- hive these exhibitors had better
stock than this year. Next week the
best birds of Dixie w ill' compete with
, the best of other sections—and if past
. exhibitions are any criterion, the
■ Southern birds will not get any the
worst of it in the Judging.
An<J speaking of judging—never be
fore has the South had such an im
posing array of judges as this coming
' Great Central Show —F. J. Marshall,
W. c. Pieroe. F. H. Shellabarger and
Alf Bertling. F. J. Marshall, of Col
lege Park, poultry editor of The Geor
’ gian, is a poultry judge of national
i reputation. There are not a half dozen
more sought after judges in all America
r than Judge Marshall, and his reputation
is on a par with the very best.
Judge Pierce a Red Expert.
\V. C. Pierce, of Indianapolis, another
of the judges. i« unquestionably the
’ best Rhode Island Red judge in Amer
ica A breeder of the highest class of
Reds for years and years, he has made
[ a deep study of this class—which will
be one of the strongest, perhaps the
very strongest, at the coming show
and his w ord is absolutely final. When
1 W. C. Pierce has passed on a bird, the
last word lias been spoken.
F. H. Shellabarger. another of the
judges, is not well known in the South.
And yet it is a fact that the Georgia
Poultry association has tried to secure
1 his services every year since its organ
' ization. The reason it has always fail-
I ed has been that Mr. Shellabarger is
, always engaged for the New York. Bos
! ton and Chicago shows, and one of
these has always heretofore conflicted
with the Atlanta exhibit. This year.
, because of the early date of the show,
i it was possible to secure Mr. Shella
barger. and no time was wasted in
AT THE THEATERS I
MANY PRETTY GIRLS ARE
COMING IN "LOUISIANA LOU"
“Louisiana Lou," the LaSalle Opera
House success, will be given here at the
Atlanta for three days, beginning Monday.
October 28 Thirty-two pretty girls will
be seen when "Louisiana Lou" is given
here. The Chicago maintains a
school for singing and dan ing girls -that
is why the Harry Askin casts are al
ways so admired on tour for their skill.
When it was decided to send out West
the orignal "Louisiana Lou." the girls
“al school in the LaSalle were cut in
one by one at the home theater, until a
complete new body of thirty-two choris
ters and dancers had been Installed, while
the original thirty-two were given a
fortnight's vacation, with pay. while the
principals of the traveling cast went to
rehearsal
“MADAM X" AT LYRIC
IS PLEASING CROWDS
"Madam X" is being given a splendid
presentation at the Lyric this week by
a company of artists, headed by Miss Eu
genie Blair, well remembered here for her
clever work in "Zaza." Miss Blair is
given excellent support by Mr diaries
as the son, and his work in the great
trial scene is superb. "Madam X” will
be the attraction at the Lyric for the bal
ance of the week, with matinees on Thurs
day and Saturday.
BILL OF HEADLINERS PROVES
ATTRACTIVE AT THE GRAND
There is everything on tiie bill at the
Grand litis week that has to do with the
success of the vaudeville bill that is
drawing great crowds this week.
There are headliners that are not gen
erally on the same bill, but lhe Grand
management assured Atlanta theater
goers that there would be the best in
the market, and the promise is being kept.
Lilian Herlein. the prima donna, is mak
ing a. personal hit tliat eclipses any
other, and the splendid acts that are in
cluded in the program make the offering
well worth while.
Next week will bring "The Apple of
Paris." a great act with ten people, and
a feature will be "Dick," the only dog in
the world which writes and draws with
pen and ink.
LITTLE EMMA BUNTING IS
DRAWING CROWDS TO FORSYTH
“Little Lord Fauntleroy.” as presented
by Emma Bunting and her players, at
the Forsyth, Is the best attraction that
has been in the popular theater since
the introduction of winter stock. It is
the climax of all the great successes of
the dainty leading woman.
Miss Buriting is a delightful little en
tertainer. but she has never done any
thing half so pleasing or half so good as
the play in which she takes the title role,
a boy part, and she has won hundreds
of new friends. Her supporting company
is excellent and the entire ; erformance is
a treat.
doing It. Mr. Shellabargar was an
old-time breeder of Barred Rocks, but
is practically out of the breeding game
now, on account of his large number
of judging dates. He comes from West
Liberty. lowa, in the very heart of the
greatest poultry state of the whole
Union.
The fourth judge is Alf Bertling, of
Chamblee. Ga.. a veteran 'poultryman,
who is now in charge of the Folsom
farm. He has been a breeder of many
varieties and is one of the best in
formed poultrymen in tiie South.
All in all, it will be a big show —<
great big show of high-class fowls, the
best in the land.
WINTER THRIVES,
FROST EXPECTED
Colder Weather Predicted for
Tomorrow, and Atlantans
Rush to Idle Overcoats.
The cold wave from the West some
what surprised the weather man this
morning and he has taken back his pre
diction that no frost will arrive before
November 1. He says that frost will
fall tonight and that tomorrow morn
ing will be even colder than this morn
ing was.
Winter has officially arrived. When
ever the mercury descends below the 45
mark in the fall that is considered suf
ficient grounds for declaring that win
ter is here.
It is said that an unusual rush to
many “uncles" was made this morning
by persons caught unawares and un
prepared for the cold weather. It is
cold in early fall when the mercury
drops to 43 1-2 as it did this morning.
Overcoats of every shade and degree
were rescued from hangers where they
had been reposing since last spring, and
many garments which hide behind pis
tols and rings and band saws and other
odd junk of a pawn shop in summer
are today flaunting their airs in the
chilly breeze.
Tomorrow morning, the weather man
says, it will be colder than it was this
morning, and it would not surprise him
a bit to see the mercury hit 40. That
is exceedingly chilly for October, and
as the weeks preceding have been
rather warm, the cold will be felt all
the more.
PREACHER, ARRESTED
ON PERJURY CHARGE,
DENIES ALLEGATIONS
ROME, GA., Oct. 23. —Charging him
with perjury, T. L. Stewart, a farmer
living near here, has had Rev. J. F.
Gilreath, a Methodist minister, arrested.
The preacher maintains that he is in
nocent.
Gilreath had taken out a distress
warrant for 1910 rent on his farm, he
alleged was due him by Stewart. The
latter says that he paid the money and
declares that the pastor swore falsely
in his attempt to collect the money
twice.
Pastor Gilreath was here on.a visit
from Virginia, where he has been for
two years, when he was served with
the warrant charging him with per
jury. Both parties are prominent and
an interesting fight in the courts is
anticipated.
KENTUCKY GOVERNOR
HEEDS WOMEN; SIGNS
MAN’S DEATH ORDER
LOUISVILLE. KY„ Oct. 23.—Pleas
of Kentucky women that a man be put
to death have been heeded by Governor
McCreary in the case of James Ellis,
convicted of the murder of Magistrate
C. J. Beatty at Burnside. Ky. Gov
ernor McCreary refused to commute
Ellis' sentence and signed the death
warrant for his execution in the elec
tric chair at Eddyville November 22.
Ellis conducted a soft drink stand
near Burnside and was accused of sell
ing liquor there. When summoned to
Beatty’s court he went there with a
companion, entering while Beatty was
signing warrants for his arrest. Shoot
ing began immediately and both Beatty
and Constable Heath were slain. A
delegation of the leading women of
Burnside called on Governor McCreary
ten days ago and urged him not to com
mute Ellis’ sentence.
FIRE AT lUFORDCAUSES
TOTAL LOSS OF $30,000
BUFORD, GA., Oct. 23.—Fire caused
a loss of $30,000 when ten business
buildings were burned here yesterday.
The blaze started in the livery stable
of A. M. Light in the rear of the princi
pal business block of the city. The
losses were: A. M. Light, livery stable
and equipment. $4,000; W. E. Sears,
livery stable and equipment. $1,500; W.
J. & Harvey Pearce, grist mill, $2,000:
John M. Deaton, blacksmith shop, sl,-
000; J. Lass Shadburn, store building,
. $5,000; Buford Grocery Company. $800;
Minor C. Shadburn, general merchan
. dise, $6,000; T. L. Sudderth, general
merchandise, $4,000; Morris Gavo
rouski, genera! merchandise. $3,500;
i Edmondson. Brogdon & Co., grain deal
ers. $2,200.
Only about twenty per cent of the
losses were covered by Insurance.
ILLINOIS STUDENTS
EXPELLED FOR RIOTS
CHAMPAIGN, ILL., Oct. 23.—J. K.
Walton, of Anna, 111., a sophomore, was
expelled, and V. H. Halperin, of Chi
i cago, a freshman, was dismissed for a
year from the University of Illinois as
a result of the riot following last Sat
• urday’s football game. Dean Thomas
A. Clark today said others were to be
dismissed for engaging In the riot, in
which several persons, including three
chorus girls, were injured.
inspecting central Property.
1 COLUMBUS, GA.. Oct. 23.—Presi
■ dent Charles A. Markham, of the Illi
nois Central and Central of Georgia:
Vice President W. A. Winburn, Gen
eral Manager T. S. Moies and General
Passenger Agent J. C. Haile, of the
Central of Georgia, spent four hours in
Columbus yesterday afternoon inspect-
- ing the Central of Georgia’s property.
They went from here to Americus and
' Macon.
“Madame X,’’ the moth
er home drama, at Lyric,
LAD OF 15, SPURNED
BY GIRL, 13, SHOOTS
SELF; HE WILL DIE
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—Fifteen-ye
old Tobias Tyson, of 144 Flatbush a.?,
nue, Brooklyn, infatuated with thir
teen-yea.r>old Alva Ross, forced his way
Into his sweetheart’s home today.
the girl ran away from him, the bov
drew a revolver and shot himself t\vi ce
in the head.
The boy will die. The girl is in a. se,
rious condition from grief and frig
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