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CATRON ACCUSES
FORSYTHSHERIFF
Militia Commander Declares
Officer Tried to Incite Riot
at Double Hanging.
That W. J. Reid, sheriff of Forsyth
county, sought to incite riot at a dan
gerous and critical time and deserved
arrest for his conduct is the assertion
made by Major I. T. Catron, of the
Fifth regiment, in his report of the re
cent double hanging at Cumming. Ma
jor Catron’s charges have been filed
with Adjutant General Obear and will
be sent to Governor Brown today.
"The sheriff so conducted himself.”
•aid Catron, "that if the sentence of
the court could have been carried out
without him I would have placed him
under arrest for inciting riot.
"I believe he was playing for political
advantage and would have welcomed
an opportunity to espouse openly the
Bide of the mob. He was boisterous;
went where everybody could see him,
and wrestled with a young man, drag
ging him down hill by the foot, and In
other ways tried to create a scene.
"The mob around the fence behind
which the negroes were held awaiting
execution kept calling to him to let
them know when he needed them, and
he would call back to them that he
would do so.
“He was yelling constantly to people
outside of the fence. He Insisted on
wearing his revolver where everybody
could see It, and his Bon also carried a
revolver all of the time.'*
Urges Law to Cover Such Cases.
Tn making recommendations to the
adjutant general for the handling of fu
ture cases. Major Catron urged the
passage of a state law which will per
mit the governor to remove such a
sheriff.
Major Catron said that when the
troops arrived In Cumming after mid
night of October 24 they learned that
the fence around the gallows had been
burned. The law requires executions to
take place privately and the troops of
fered to rebuild the fence. The offer
■was refused, although the lumber was
at hand. Major Catron maintained that
Sheriff Reid purposely delayed the ex
ecution from 10 o’clock tn the morning
until noon to permit the mob to gather.
Tn conclusion, Major Catron says:
"1 had every reason to believe that
the sheriff was entirely tn sympathy
With the would-be mob and that he se
lected the place for the gallows solely
that the fence might he tom away and
the spectators might have a good view
Os the execution. 1 believe that he con.
nived with the mob In tearing away the
wall and that his own hencnmen actu
ally did the work."
MRS. LINDLOFF, SEER.
GUILTY OF MURDER,
GETS TWENTY YEARS
CHICAGO, Nov. s.—Twenty years'
imprisonment was the sentence for Mrs
I.oulse Llndloff, spiritualist and crystal
gazer, found guilty of murder by a jury
In Judge Wlnde's court last night. She
was charged with the poisoning of her
fifteen-year-old son, Arthur.
The woman laughed hysterically and
glanced at the Jury when the verdict
was returned. Later she collapsed
while standing in an ante-room sur
rounded by her friends. She was re
vived and led back to her cell in the
county jail.
“There is no Justice here," the con
victed woman sobbed. “The guilty are
turned loose and the Innocent get the
worst of it. I will show my Innocence
before lam through It will only be a
question of time. 1 did not kill my boy
or any of the others. 1 am innocent,
and God Is my witness.”
Motion for a new trial was made by
her attorney, and the court set No
vember 13 as the date for hearing argu
ments.
The Llndloff boy died June 13. last.
•nd the state argued he was poisoned.
Mrs. Llndloff was arrested June 14 on
•usplclon of having poisoned two hus
bands and her three children.
The bodies of William Llndloff. one
of the woman’s husbands, and Alma
Llndloff, a daughter, were exhumed.
June 27 Professor Walter S. Haines,
after a chemical analysis, reported he
had found arsenic in the Internal or
gans of both. On June 29 came a dis
patch from Milwaukee that arsenic had
been found in the body of Julius Gra
nunke, a former husband of Mrs. Lind
loff
Police investigation proved that the
boy Arthurs life had been insured.
Other evidence was found, and on July
17 the seeress was indicted by the grand
Jury. The charge was murder, and
based on the death of her ion. Arthur.
EXCITEMENT KILLS MAN
AT DEMOCRATIC RALLY
ASHEVILLE, N. C„ Nov. s—Over
come by the excitement of a big elec
tion rally at Barnardsvllle. John E.
Hurst, a prominent farmer of the Big
Ivy. suffered a paralytic stroke that
resulted in his almost Instant death. A
great crowd had gathered for tne rally
attracted' by the fact that Hon. Locke
Craig. Democratic nominee for govern,
or. was to speak. Just as J. J. Mackey,
one of the speakers, mounted the plat
form a slight commotion was heard in
one corner of the school house, and it
found that Mr. Hurst had reeled
in his Beat and died. The meet
■St was canceled.
OPERA DIRECTOR DIES
PHILADKLPHIA. Nov 5 Siegfried i
Behrens, a well known grand opera dlre<
tor of this city, died at his home here |
today Os hemorrhage of the btaln He
•*i 74 >ears old '
j AT THE THEATERS
"THE MAN FROM HOME” VISITS
ATLANTA THEATER TONIGHT
Every line of "The Man From Home,"
| In which William Hodge is to be seen
at the Atlanta tonight, was written on
the beautiful terrace of the Hotel Re
gina Margherita at Sorrento, Italy.
There Booth Tarkington and Harry
Leon Wilson, the authors of the play,
sat day by day and drew their local
color and inspiration together while
building the drama. Atlanta critics arc
a unit In proclaiming this play im
mense. Tonight election returns will be
read between acts. A matinee will be
given tomorrow.
AFRICAN HUNT PICTURES
COMING TO THE ATLANTA
Paul J. Rainey, whose motion pic
tures of his recent African hunting ex
pedition will be shown at the Atlanta
theater on November 7, 8 and 9. broke
so many photographic records that the
mere recital of them would become mo
notonous. The remarkable expedition
which journeyed to British East Africa
won, among other things, the honor of
photographing wild animals In their
native state at closer range than ever
before In the annals of the camera.
The perils amid which these pictures
were taken naturally heightened vastly'
their Intrinsic Interest. Near the fa
mous water hole from which every va
riety of the beasts of the Jungle came
to drink Mr. Rainey stationed hls cam
era men in a tree. They stayed there
for many days, too, sometimes securing
many feet of film, and then for weary
hours at a stretch none at all.
The results, however, fully warrant
this patient enterprise.
NO SPEED LIMIT FOR
“GIRL IN THE TAXI”
Presented by' the same high-class
company which played at a higher
priced theater In this city last season.
"The Girl in the Taxi" raced through
the three acts last night at the Lyric
with the "high speed" on and no limit
to the laughter.
Miss Clara Joel, as the girl around
whom all the fun centers, not only Is a
very beautiful woman, with all that that
expression Implies, but she wears three
up-to-the-minute costumes, which were
the envy of every woman in the au
dience, and the admiration of every
mere man
Roy Sumner, as Bertie Stewart, the
novice in love affairs, played an excel
lent opposite to Miss-Joel, and hls
songs in the second act were splendidly
received, with especial reference to the
one called "Row, Row, Row!"
Atlanta theatergoers who saw the
play last season may readily recall the
excellent cast which presented it, and
take that as a tip to see it again. Those
who did not see It have a treat In store
The story of the play Is somewhat
risque, and It would be well to remem
ber that the speed laws are ignored by
"The Girl in the Taxi,” who rides by
nightly all week, with afternoon trips
today', Tuesday and Saturday.
“LEAH KLESHNA” PLAYED
WELL BY EMMA BUNTING
Miss Emma Bunting and players were
again greeted by a splendid audience
at the Forsyth last night, at the open
ing performance of the well-known
melodrama, “Leah Kleshna."
As the daughter of the Parisian gen
tleman criminal. Miss Bunting aggin
exhibited her splendid versatility and
her rare talent, and she was given ex
cellent support by the whole company.
The play takes the entire strength of
the Forsyth company, and was well re
ceived last night.
“Leah Kleshna" will be repeated
nightly all the week and today, Thurs
day and Saturday at matinees.
GRAND BILL MAKES HIT
WITH A PACKED HOUSE
The Grand bill has several splendid
numbers this week, notable on the pro
gram being the song and dance number
by Miss Laura Guerite and Arthur
Conrad, Bert Fitzgibbon, an Atlanta
favorite, and Redford and Winchester,
In their Juggling act, which is one of
the best of its kind.
Miss Guerite wears some of the most
stunning costumes ever seen in At
lanta. and has a clever and original
repertoire of songs. Her dances with
Mr Conrad brought down the house,
and at the close of their number at last
night’s performance, a “nice little cur
tain speech” was in order from Miss
Guerite. Mr. Conrad is clever, and does
hls part toward making the act a suc
cess.
Fitzgibbon was given something in
the nature of an ovation. His line of
talk was new, though delivered in the
same old happy-go-lucky manner, and
hls songs were—well, they might be
called songs, by stretching a point.
One of the jugglers, in their "big hit
act," remarked upon Fitzgibbon’s per
formance: “If that fellow had any
sense he’d starve to death,” which re
mark explains Fitzgibbon's act most ac
curately.
"The last word in burlesque jug
gling" will not fail to make the per
son least Interested in feats of this kind
sit up and take notice.
Bert Leslie and hls company, in the
latest of the Hogan series, are good, and
Armstrong and Manley present an
amusing sketch. The Pony Ballet is
pretty and shapely, but they have an
unfortunate selection of songs. If the
ugly hoop-skirt number and the old and
infirm Scotch and bagpipe selections
were discarded in favor of songs with a
tune and a swing to them, the little
girls would have a much better act.
Ben Beyer and Brother open the bill
with an exceedingly clever bicycle act.
Incidentally, the biggest audience of
the year was present to witness the
opening bill last night It looked like
"standing room only," with all the
boxes, balconies and main floor seats
filled.
RAISES 157 BUSHELS ON ACRE.
FHOMASTON, GA., Nov. s.—The record
for the largest yield of com to the acre
In I’pson county was broken this vear bx
W A Franklin, a member of the Bur’,
kette Corn club By actual weight Mr.
I-ranklin made on one acre of I’pson up
land 157 bushels and 37 pounds of Hast
Ing’s Prolific corn.
DON’T MISS THE BIG
MUSICAL SHOW AT
BONITA THEATER
Lovers of pretty girls, good music,
classy singing and side-snllttfng com
edy will surely enjoy the bill at the
Bonita this week, as "Montana Bill."
one of the best comedies in the Allen A
Kenna repertoire, is being presented.
The opening performance yesterday
made good from the start, and the
"Aviation Girls" received encore after
encore.
An exceptionally fine lot of moving
pictures have been billed for every dav
this week.
Continuous performances every aft
ernoon and evening (Advt.l
"Broadway Jones," a thrilling
story of ’' The Great White Way, ’'
based on George M. Cohan's play
now running in New York, will
begin in Friday 's Georgian. It is
well worth reading. *
IE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1912.
“BOY WIZ” BUYS
- BIG RISK H
Young Financier Controls In
surance Concern With $68,-
000,000 Liabilities.
NEW YORK. Nov. 5.--Another “boy
wizard of finance" has come to the
front in Wall street in the person of Ira
C. Kringel, who has obtained control
of the Manhattan Lit/ Insurance Com
pany.
Mr. Kringel, at 35 years of age, owns
the capital stock of a company with
268,000,000 of outstanding insurance
contracts SIOO,OOO capital, and total as
sets of $22,000,000. He has rivaled the
coup of Thomas Fortune Ryan in buy
ing the Equitable Life Assurance so
ciety from James Hazen Hyde. He
has had hls rise In the financial district
as a corporation note broker, by no
means a spectacular employment.
"I have had this option for about 60
days," he said today, “and have just
completed the deal. I have bought the
stock for my own account.”
A. A. Greene, of Houston, Texas, who
is manager for the company in that
state, will be the next president of the
company. Some years ago Mr. Greene
was offered the vice presidency of the
Equitable Life, but declined.
COL. J. R. SAUSSY DEAD;
LEGISLATOR DURING
RECONSTRUCTION’ ERA
SAVANNAH, GA., Nov. 5. —Colonel
J. R Saussy is dead at his home here.
He was 77 years old. He had been in
failing health for several years. Colonel
Saussy represented hls county in the state
legislature for a part of one term, but
with his colleagues was ejected during
the Reconstruction era. by the Republican
majority, which sustained a contest.
Colonel Saussy was pastmaster of Solo
mon lodge of Masons, member of Pales
tine commandery Knights Templars, and
of Allee temple of the Mystic Shrine. He
is survived by his wife, three children,
Charles W. Saussy, Mrs. Mattle S. Vard
ner and Frederick T. Saussy; three broth
ers. G. N. Saussy, Clement Saussy and
Robert Saussy, and three sisters, Mrs.
T. H. Judan, Mrs. R. J. Stewart and Mrs.
George P. Walker.
TOOTHACHE VICTIM IS
TAKEN FOR BURGLAR
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.—A man with
an aching tooth went to the house of
Dr. Emanuel Leavitt at No. 717 Bush
wick avenue, Williamsburg, for relief.
Becoming timid, he paced to and fro
on the porch in an effort to muster up
courage. Hls footsteps awakened a
member of the family, who suspected
the Intruder was a thief and summoned
detectives.
"Broadway Jones," a thrilling
story of '' The Great White Way, ’ ’
based on George M. Cohan's play
now running in New York, will
begin in Friday’s Georgian. It is
well worth reading.
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LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA
MRS. CLARA S. WIGHT
BURIED HERE; CAME
TO GEORGIA IN 1845
The funeral Services of Mrs. Clara S.
Wight, wife of Major Samuel B. Wight
and mother of Mrs. A. P. Coles, who
died at the home of her oldest daugh
ter, Mrs. Charles W. Tift, at Albany,
Ga., Sunday evening, were held this
morning at 11 o'clock at the home of
Mrs. Coles at 565 West Peachtree
street.
Dr. Dunbar Ogden, pastor of the
Central Presbyterian church, of which
Mrs. Wight was a member for 40 years
until she moved to Albany 25 years ago,
conducted the services. The grandchil
dren of Mrs. Wight, who acted as pall
bearers, were Ed L. Wight, Jr., R. E.
Rushton, W. W. Rushton, W. S. Wilson.
Jr., James S. Dougherty, A. R. Har
rell, B. J. King. H. R. Huffman and
Clyde L. King. Interment was at Oak
land cemetery.
Mrs. Wight is survived by the fol
lowing cnildren: Colonel Ed L. Wight,
Mrs. Charles W. Tift, Mrs. A. P. Coles,
Mrs W. S. Wilson, Charles W. Wight
and Samuel B. Wight. She leaves
eleven grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Wight was a native of Ashburn
ham, Mass, being born there 89 years
afo. her father, Grover Scollay, emi
grating from Scotland to that place In
1790. She was married to Colonel Sam
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Men and Religion Bulletin No. 28
THE LAW
“Thy Law Is Truth”
“Ye Shall Know The
Truth, and The Truth
Shall Make You Free”
Pilate asked:
"Art Thou a King, then?’’
Jesus answered:
"Thou sayest that I am a King.
"To thia end have I been born and to this end am I come into the world, that
I should bear witness unto the truth.
"Every one that is of the truth heareth My voice."
Pilate said:
"What is Truth?" t
And closing his eyes to the Truth standing incarnate before him in the Man,
Jesus of Nazareth, Pilate crucified Him; and some thought-that the Roman had
made an end of the Nazarene, His Kingdom and His Truth.
"What is Truth?"
Carlyle tells of the Irish widow with her three children applying for help in
Edinburgh; this association referred her to that; none helped; she sank down in
typhus fever, died, infected the alley in which she lived and seventeen other per
sons died of the disease.
Carlyle says it was as if she had cned:
Behold, lam sinking, bare of help; ye must help me! I am your sister,
bone of your bone; one God made us; ye must help me!’
"They answer:
" ‘No, impossible; thou art no sister of ours!’
"But she proves her sisterhood; her typhus fever kills them; they actually
were her brothers, though denying it."
Government statistics show that 50,000 persons disappear annually in the Unit
ed States.
A great proportion of these are girls.
The men usually reappear; rarely are the girls seen or heard of again by their
friends and families.
In the report on Condition of Woman and Child Wage Earners in the Unit
ed States, issued by the United States Government, this appears.
"The story of the superintendent of employees who says to the girl protest
ing against the small wage, ‘But haven’t you a man friend to help support you?’
is current in every city. Its very prevalence is the very proof that there is some
reason for it. Department store officials quite generally and quite openly express
a preference for girls living at home. Three men said to the agents enguged in
the investigation with perfect frankness that the wage did not permit a girl to
live honestly elsewhere,"
With no imagination, you can see what occurs.
The girl seeks to be independent, or maybe to help her family.
The city offers opportunities.
She comes and finds employment.
Then, without a ripple, she disappears.
Between 36 and 37 per cent of the inmates of the Houses which were in our
midst, had been employed in stores and factories.
They gave up the struggle for existence.
Not all were girls.
One said:
"I couldn’t take care of my baby working at three dollars a week."
Os the 134, who had had previous employment,
Twenty earned between three and four dollars a week.
Forty-six between four and six dollars a week.
Twenty-nine between six and eight dollars a week.
Sixteen between eight and ten dollars a week.
Ten between ten and fifteen dollars a week.
Sixteen between fifteen and twenty-five dollars a week.
Deduct from three to four dollars a week, four a week for board.
How much is left for clothes?
Pay a girl five to six dollars a week, when board costs four and carfare sixty
cents a week.
Will she be able to clothe herself, find recreation and save for a day of sick
ness with the remaining forty cents?
Consider and answer.
The Houses have been closed and will never be permitted to reopen, but what
of the problem of the girl and the living wage?
The wonder is not that here and there one falls.
The miracle is that the majority are wholly pure in the face of conditions
which tax endurance to the uttermost.
But if our frailer sisters fall trying to live upon less than will keep body
and soul together, whose is the fault? 7
"What is Truth?"
Only a living wage can be reconciled with the Law of God.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
MEN AND RELIGION FORWARD MOVEMENT.