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DEPOSED GEORGIA
POSTMASTER HELI)
FOR OLD SHORTAGE!
Abram D. Ross, former p<-stnmst<i
of Chula, Ga., was arrested toda\ for
embezzlement of money order funds on
May 16, 1910. This waa announo-d tn u
telegram to Chief Inspector George Sut
ton. of the postoffice department, from
Inspector Britten, at Albany, Ga.
Though Ross was deposed from of
flee when the shortage in funds was
found in the Chula postofllc« . he was
not arrested, and for 'two years the
question had not been agitated. Every
one thought it had been forgottt n and
Ross was taken by surprise when lo
wa* arrested this morning.
A Federal grand Jury took action y< s
terday, without the knowledge of Ros
and he was indicted.
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See our Window Display and the beautiful stock of Umbrellas near
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J.M.HIGB C(MNY.
I FORCED TO ATTEND
COURT 2 DAYS. SHE
ASKS SSOO DAMAGES
Mrs Salih- BV.-ilk<r told . itj court
today that sit. thought that two days
• itt( t.danc • upon a justice court sea
sion and paying a lawyers fee of J4.5U
wa-. worth ju-i in damages SI. ■
brought suit for this amount against
S. Etd> Istcdn. ti .n-fer.o for tin- A '.on
son Mercantile Company.
She said that suit had b< <-n brought
again.-t her for a judgment of HU L
me rchandise sb.- did not buy Justice
I’oweis told her to hunt up Eidelst' in
if she wanted the action dismissed, and
Eldelsti In, when loc ate d, said it wa- a
mistake . and h< could dismiss the emu-.
• She had her suspicions, she said, and
so sb.- consult. <1 a lawyer. who charged
her $4.50 In fees. This lawyer went ti
the justice- court and had the action
■•ropp. d.
'TIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AXD NEWS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1912.
COSTNER MN
asks sjojob.no
Sues Southern for Damages for
Death of Engineer Husband
Killed in Wreck.
CLARKESVILLE, GA.. Dei. 18.—Sult
for f'.0.000 ugaltist the Southern Rail
way Company has Just been filed here
by Mr.-. Minnie M. Costner, of Atlanta,
for the death of her husband. Jacob M.
Costner, in the Southern railway wreck
of October 4 between < ’ornelia and
Baldwin. The suit war: instituted here
as the county seat of Habersham coun
ty, In which the wreck took- place.
Costner was engineer of the ill-fated
train No. 43 that was derailed while
speeding to Atlanta about 4 o’clock on
the morning of October 4.
Mrs. Costner sues as exeoiitrix of the
estate of the dead engineer. She
charges the wreck was due to negli
gence of the railway company, alleging
that the track was defective at the
place where the derailment took place.
She seta out that her husband was
earning $250 per month at his occupa
tion and that he was 50 years of age.
Three other suits, each for $3,000,
have also been Hied as the result of
this wreck. The plaintiffs are G. D.
Dally, Mrs. Ruby Dally, his wife, and
A. A. Zaehery. Each suit is based on
personal injuries alleged.
The Southern railway will resist the
suits on the contention that the derail
ment was caused by train wreckers,
who had tampered with the track. To
that end two arrests have already been
made, Ed Renfroe, who boarded in the
Costner home, and a youth named)
Tankersley now being confined in the
jail here.
KILLS SELF BECAUSE
HE COULD NOT RESIST
TEMPTATION TO DRINK
MONTGOMERY. ALA.. Dec. 18. Sup
posedly driven insane because of his in
ability to keep a resolution never again
to drink, F. W. Reid, a young man, em
ployed by a mercantile firm of Union
Springs, committed suicide there today
by shooting himself through the head.
Late yesterday he resolved to die rather
than drink again.
Reid was 35 years old, a native of Che
raw, S. C., and had been in Union Springs
two years. He resided for some time in
New York. He was unmarried.
GOVERNMENT TO SUE FOR
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LANDS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18.—The de
partment <>f justice, through Agent
Townsend, will file a suit against the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company In
Sail Ernrh-lsco on Saturday to reclaim
title to an area of land alleged to have
been fraudulently acquired under the
hind laws. This is the first of the
number of suits to be filed against the
Southern Pacific in other Western
states.
COMMERCE COMMISSION HERE.
The interstate commerce commission
will meet in Atlanta for the first time
in several months this afternoon at 2
o'clock, when a hearing w ill be held in
-the room used by the United Slates
court <>f appeals, in the Federal build
ing.
FORMER FACTORY
HEAD ACCUSED OF
PLOT TO HOLD JOB
A-sorting that <>. T. Hennes< e. for
mer pre:- lent of the Warren Manufac
turing Company, suspender makers at
58 1-2 8V > st Mitchell street, sought by a
fraudulent transfer of -’3O shares of
the company'.- stock to perpetuate him
self a<- pr idem, at a salary of $3,000,
E. .1. Spratling and 88’. < >. Steel. direc
tors of the company, went into supe
rior court today and asked an order
enjoining Hennessee from voting the
s took.
Il wa< asserted that after Hennessee
secretly had caused 230 shares of stock
to be executed in his favor, secured
only by his personal note for SI,OOO, lie
had Spratling, who was secretary and
ti- tsurer of the company, approve the
sale of the stock on the representation
that I was merely a transfer of a for
mer sale,
lte< -utly, the suit states. Hennessee
re-|gned as president of the company,
but imendf to vote the 230 shares to
further his own ends. It was maintained
that he obtained the stock, without the
knowledge or consent of the directors
and stockholders, at S6O a share, where
as the par value of the stock was SIOO.
CRISP COUNTY FACES
SUIT OVER BILL FOR
DAM USED FOR ROAD
CORDELE, GA„ Dec. 18.—The By- |
rom Corporation, operating one of the I
largest grist . mills In the state at ■
Daphne, Is threatening to sue Crisp I
county to collect a bill of $1,175 for the I
construction of a dam across Gum
creek at Daphne, which, the county i
commissioners claim, Is owned solely ■
by the corporation.
A dam was originally built across the I
creek by the Byrorn Corporation to ;
furnish power for the grist mill. It i
was constructed within a 80-foot strip |
provided for a public road. After it |
was completed it was used for the I
roadbed. Heavy ratns several months j
ago washed the dam away.
The county commissioners let a con
tract to the Byrorn Corporation to work I
the road over the dam. The company I
rebuilt the dam and rendered a bill to j
the county.
After an investigation with a com- I
mittee from the grand jury, the com- I
mlssloners concluded that they or Crisp i
county was not responsible for this ac
count, and refused to approve it. After I
several citizens threatened injunction
proceedings it was approved.
SHOOTS FATHER OF
WIFE, WHO RETURNS
FIRE WITH EFFECT
BAINBRIDGE. GA.. Dec, 18. —-Officers
from Bainbridge today are searching
for Ike Dean, who late yesterday shot
his father-in-law, Ross Merkenson,
probably fatally, and shot at his wife
and her mother, missing both. Mer
kenson returned Dean's fire, wounding
him. Dean dropped ills gun and fled.
Dean’s wife had left him, returning
to the home of her parents. Dean, car
rying a shotgun, followed her there,
saying he had come to kill the whole
family. Ho opened tire on Merkenson,
the charge of shot taking effect. Then
he turned the gun toward the women
and fired, but his aim was bad.
Dean ran out of the house and was
climbing the fence when Merkenson ap
peared at the door with his gun. His
shot struck Dean, but lie is not thought
to have been badly wounded, as he
succeeded In escaping. Thus far offi
cers have failed to get a trace of him.
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY MACHINISTS UNION
Atlanta Lodge, No. 1, and Contract
Lodge, No. 43, of the Machinists union,
have elected the following officers for the
ensuing year:
Atlanta Lodge—\V. M. Layton, presi
dent; S. H. Brady, first vice president; S.
A. Eubanks, second vice president; R. L.
.Johnson, recording secretary; J. p. os
born, financial secretary; G. M. Godlin,
Jr., treasurer; J. H. Thompson, J. M. Qu
ber and J. M. Long, board of trustees;
Chester Donnely, conductor, and A. H.
Summers, sentinel.
Contract Lodge—W. S. I>endall, presi
dent; Bert Jones, first president; <>. C.
Jackson, second vice president; 11. C.
recording secretary; T. E.
Whitaker, financial secretary; Roy R. But
ler, treasurer; J. A. Tucker, conductor;
S. A. Baxter, sentinel; Egler, Chapman
and Samuels, trustees.
R. L. Corley has been re-elected bus!-
[ ness agent for both lodges.
KNOXVILLE BANK CRASH HIT
GEORGIA LIFE CO. FOR SSOOO
CORDELE, GA.. Dec. 18.—R. L. Wil
son, general manager of the Georgia
Life Insurance Company, in an inter
view here today states that his com
pany. though on the bond of the Knox
ville Banking and Trust Company, se
curing the $38,000 deposit of the state
of Tennessee, has not lost more than
$5,000. The remainder of the bond was
reinsured in other companies, says Mr
Wilson, but he is not prepared to give
the names of these companies. He
says $5,000 is the limit of the Georgia
Life Insurance Company on big risks.
MILK WAR CON i INUES:
ANOTHER DEALER FINED
The war of the city health depart
ment on bad milk is still being waged.
Another case was before Recorder
Broyles yesterday afternoon, when R.
D. Rowland, manager of a dairy in
Peachtree, was accused of dealing in
bad milk. Too much bacteria in the
I milk was the report of Mi k Inspector
| Harwell. Judge Broyles imposed a fin,
I of $25.75. with a warning.
NEW YORK WOMAN SETS
DIVORCE RECORD AT RENO
RENO, Dec. 18.—A record was estab
lished here when Mrs. Julia Ely Griffin,
niece of a former mayor of New York,
was granted a divorce within four
hours after filing of her suit against
Benjamin G.itlin. a wealthy glass man-
UfiU tin • r of New Y •! k
IMOF PRISON
VAN TU BE TRIED
George Hamilton, former driver of
the . tockade van. who recently freed
prisoners while on a joy ride in the
(.an. must face Recorder Broyles on
' ’ll; istmas eve. despite strenuous efforts
of his fii'mls to have the case dis
miss,-,] without a trial.
88 hen the case was called j'esterday
afternoon for the second time a doc
tors certificate was presented showing
that Hamilton still is ill. At the same
time a lengthy petition, signed by many
citizens, was tendered the recorder, re
questing that the case be dismissed
and that Hamilton be relieved of ap
pearing In court. Dr. J. 88’. Carmichael,
Hamilton’s physician, also made a
strong plea for the dismissal of the
case.
Judge Broyles promptly declined the
request, explaining that this would be
highly improper and out of keeping
with the court’s policy, and directed
that Hamilton appear on Christmas
eve. He intimated tiiat tills was final;
that Hamilton would have to be in
court that day, <-ven if he had to be
brought in an ambulance.
Today Is the Birthday of
THE VAUDETTE
(Motion Picture Pacemaker of the South)
Entering upon its fifth year, The Vaudette still holds first place in the hearts of the
motion picture lovers of Atlanta.
<ini’constant endeavor to shoßv only the best pictures made has met with the ap
proval of our friends and patrons, and it is with pardonable pride that we offer this
tribute of appreciation:
The Vaudette lias Won and Held the Leadership of the
Motion Picture Business In Atlanta
. Ours is a success won by fair dealings. Our growth and prosperity are the result of
untiring efforts to please. Go where you will, The Vaudette is recognized as the great
est picture theater in the South.
And Here Are a Few of the Reasons Why
the Vaudette Is the Recognized Favorite
Our pictures are the very best obtainable, and are produced by the most successful
artists in the world. Our singers are the best that money will secure. Our musicians are
artists of unquestioned ability. Our operators receive the highest salaries of any in the
South, and our attendants are people of refinement, while the theater itself is one of
the most beautiful in the world, especially designed for comfort, containing five hun
dred seats thirty-seven inches apart, allowing ample room for passing through a sec
tion of seats without disturbing anyone. The acoustic properties are perfect, and an air
of quiet elegance pervades the house even when every seat is occupied, and the lobby
filled with eager pleasure-seekers.
Just a Word of Appreciation
Notwithstanding our efforts, however, without the generous patronage the people
have accorded us. our enterprise would have failed, and we feel that we owe a debt of
gratitude deep indeed to all persons who, by their presence in our theater, have eon
tributed so vitally to our success, and particularly to those regular patrons who have
from our opening day been regular attendants. We feel a personal interest in each
and every one of them, and wish for them a full measure of happiness during the com
ing year.
In Appreciation of the Faithful Services of The Vaudette Employees
We will say. that co-operation has been a great factor iu the popularity of The Vaudette
We feel and knoßv that in the heart of every employee there exists but one ambition to
contribute something to the pleasure and comfort of all who patronize us; and we vvish
to thank publicly
Mr. L. F. Henderson,
Chief Operator and Electrician.
Mr. John Henderson,
Mr. James Oliver, Thiee Absolute First Run.
Operator. pjT XO
Mr. J. H. Pickel, U IJL M O
Pianist. -r. , ~
Mr. Earle Willey, Each Da Y
Pianist.
Mr Dav *vmX. Next Week The Ever
Mr. Richard Shine, Popular Singer
Drums and Bells. • ~ _
Mr Ha 7,.“' Belts Jack Lamey
Mr - G “ y sta*£ S ' Will Begin an Extended
Mr. James McGowan, Engagement.
Miss Grow"SyfleW, BEGINNING THE WEEK
Cashier. OF DEC. 30,
BL , D^or e Man. Both Jack Lamey and Joe
Mr. Belas Jonas, Combs.
Usher.
Mr. H. D. Burroughs,
Usher.
THE VAUDETTE
Admission At All Times
FIVE CENTS
NO VAUDEVILLE
John and Gus Evins, Owners and Managers
FOUR PLEAS FAIL
TO SAVE FARMER
WHO SHOT WIFE
M’ALESTER, OKLA., Dec. 18.—Al
though he had pleaded the unwritten law,
Insanity, self defense and accident, a jury
in the district court, after 25 minutes’
deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty
against Willis J. Owens, a young farmer
who shot and killed his wife and Marion
Pickens, a neighbor, at a picnic at Canad
ian, on July 25, last. Life imprisonment
was fixed as the penalty. The trial was
for the murder of Mrs. Owens. Several
hundred people witnessed the killing.
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$5 Crown and
Bridge Work
Set of CttS
cWS Testh
I I O4her dental work at prieee that
'>l Y V V y \ r wlu please- Plates made and dellv
''--'■yj 111 ered same day.
Dr. E. G. Griffin's Gate City Dental Rooms
24y a WHITEHALL STREET.
Bell Phone 1708. Hours: 8 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sundays, 9a. m. to 1 p. m.
CHILDREN'S COLDS
TREATED EXTERNALLY
Don’t dose the little stomachs with in
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VICKS SALVE
is applied externally to the throat and
chest: the body heat releases soothing an
tiseptic vapors which are inhaled directi'v
to the. affected parts. Relief is almost
immediate. The worst cold is cured over
night—croup in fifteen minutes. 25< 50e
and sl. Liberal sample mailed on're
quest. V ick Chemical Company, 125 Ash
street, Greensboro, N. C. (Advt)