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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN .ANT) OTEWS.
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FEARED DEATH
Mr*. Stevens' Lawyer Tells of
Her Obtaining Will Because
of Presentiment.
Attorn*? Harry Ethrtd*e, of At
lanta, for 15 years personal counsel
for Mrs. Sarah H. Stevens, the wo
man thought to have been murdered
at Constitution, when her home was
burned Wednesday night, gave In
teresting Information Friday regard
ing the life and character of the wo
man who had been his cUent.
"I have been closely associated with
Mrs. Stevens for the last 15 years and
am certain that I knew of every trans
action she was engaged In.
"Mrs. Stevens was the only wo
man- contractor In this city. During
her life she built nearly 150 houses
In and around Atlanta. In East At
lanta she built 53 houses.
"About four years ago Mrs. Stevens
had me draw up her will. Several
months ago she came to the office
and asked for the document, as she
stated she had a presentiment that
she had not long to live, although she
looked in perfect health.
"The substance of the will, so far
as I can remember, was that her hus
band was to receive a life interest,
and at his death the entire estate was
to go to the two children, Wade and
Nellie. I am of the opinion that the
will was burned In the Are of Wed
nesday night.
“Mrs. Stevens never kept a bank
account or money in the bank and
would not accept a check. She had
no faith In banks and this may be
responsible for her death. I am of
the opinion that she was murdered
by the negro the police now suspect
and that his motive was robbery.
However, I am sure the slayer did
not get any money in the house at
this time for Mrs. Stevens has re
cently met with several business re
verses and was hard pressed.
In Financial Straits.
“T knew Mrs. Stevens well. Two
days before the crime she was in my
office and I showed her a bill for $18.
She replied that It would be impos
sible for her to pay It because she
did not see how she could get the
money.
“Mrs. Stevens was trying to nego
tiate a loan several days ago to mort
gage the farm of 160 acres, which
was not entirely paid for, although
Mrs. Stevens had an equity in it of
about $10,000. *
“If Mrs. Stevens had the money,
she would have given her boy, Wade,
railroad fare to Chattanooga. He had
asked his mother for this several days
ago.
"One of the finest characters I have
ever seen In a human being Mrs.
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Stevens possee^ed. Her sense of jus
tice was keen and she was as honest
as the day is long. I have known her
to sell a house for less than it cost
to meet a note due. The last sev
eral years Mrs. Stevens had not beert
particularly successful and her real
estate transactions had barely netted
her a living. I very much doubt It
her total estate will amount to $8,000.
Paul Etheridge, brother of Harry
Etheridge and a member of the law
firm, met and talked with Mrs. Ste
vens often when she came to the of
fice for advice regarding business
matters. He volunteered to recite the
last conversation he had with Mrs
Stevens.
“She came In the •office and sat
dpwn and talked about things in gen
eral. Finally the conversation drift
ed to her son, Wade. Mrs. Stevens
told me what a fine boy he had turned
out to be; that he was ploughing and
had put in a splendid wheat crop.
She invited me out to see the place,
and especially urged me to come on
account of the wheat crop.
Says Boy Is Innocent.
“It is ridiculous to imagine the boy,
although he was a harum-skarum
boy, would burn up hig mother and
sister, and then leave to see his father
in Chattanooga. The boy has a
straight alibi. How could he have
been in Chattanooga the next morning
at 6 o’clock if he had burned the
house early the same morning.
“One thing I am convinced of, and
that is that his mother did not want
Wade to go to Chattanooga at this
time and leave her all alone unpro
tected on the farm with his little sis
ter. The boy’s sister, Nellie, hid
Wade’s clothes or took his Sunday
clothes to the home of Selfs, the near
est neighbor. This, of course, aggra
vated the boy, and he went to Chat
tanooga in spite of everything. No
money and ragged, he hoboed his way
to Chattanooga. Had his mother had
money to give him I am satisfied she
would have done so.
“When I first heard of the death of
Mrs. Stevens I immediately said to
my brother, Harry, ‘That woman was
murdered.’ Anyone familiar with
conditions out in that section and the
architecture of the Stevens house wiii
agree with me that the house never
caught fire accidentally.’’
Atlantan Held for
Motorcycle Death
MACON, GA., May 30.—Edward A.
Green, of Monticello, 59 years old,
who w'as struck by a motorcycle last
Monday, died last night. He was an
invalid and was being wheeled across
Mulberry Street when the machine,
operated by W. J. Radcliff, of Atlanta,
struck him.
Radcliff is under arrest and his
case will be investigated by the Grand
Jury to-day.
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THE SUMMER TERM BRINGING
MANY NEW STUDENTS TO THE
SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE
Enroll Now Before the Rush
Occasioned by the Closing of
the City Schools Begins.
Several Students Secured Po
sitions This Week.
Have you secured a seat for your
summer business course at the
Southern Shorthand and Business
University yet?
If not, you had better do so
just as early as possible, because
the indications point to the largest
summer term enrollment Jn the his
tory of this long established busi
ness school.
Miss Eunice Burkett has Just ar
rived from Sumter, South Carolina,
and enrolled at the Southern.
Miss Orabelle Jones entered this
week from Chattsworth, Ga.
Mr. W. N. Growden came in yes
terday from Tullahoma. Tennessee,
and entered for the combined book
keeping and shorthand course.
Mr. J. B. Hollis, of Shawmut,
labama, is among the new ar-
ivals.
Mrs. Emma Richards, of Mariet
ta; Mr. Alvin Hall, of Empire;
Miss Beulah Garner, of LaGrange;
Mr; A. H. Edwards, of Claxton, are
also among those who have just
entered the Southern.
Among those who have enrolled
this week living in the city are
Mr. Harry Grant. Miss- Leila Mel
vin, Mr. Louis Kay, Mrs. Kate
Chambers. Miss Gladys Cox.
Several Secure Positions.
Among the several students who
have accepted positions during the
past few days Mr. W. A Ware
writes badk to the Southern from
Lakeland, Florida, as follows:
“As you are aware, I am with the
J. Nesbit Hazlehurst Engineering
Company.
“I consider nothing more impor
tant for a young person than to
have a knowledge of Commercial
Law and Accounts.
“I have attended the Southern
Shorthand and Business Universi
ty, and can say with pleasure and
sincerity .that the training given
in this college is the equal of any
commercial school, to the best of
my knowledge, in the South.”
Mr. Ware belongs to that class
of young people who are going to
take their places as “leaders” in
the business world.
Good character and ambition,
coupled with the Southern s practi
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J success more quickly than anything
j rise,
/ Mr. J. C. Meredith, who came
' from Jackson, has just finished the
(' Bookkeeping and Shorthand course
j in the Southern, and yesterday the
W. ARTHUR WARE,
Who has just accepted a position
in Lakeland, Fla., after taking a
course irrthe Southern Shorthand
and Business University.
managers of the school sent him to
a firm at Ball Ground.
Mr. R. L. Martin, of Biscoe, N.
C., completed the combined course
at the Southern this week, and at
once accepted a steno-bookkeeper's
position with the Seaboard Air Line
Railway, Jacksonville, Florida.
Miss Allison, Mr. Starr, Mr.
Gantt, are others who have just
secured positions.
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—they are always seeking the
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A. C. BRISCOE. Pres.
L. W. ARNOLD. Vice Pres.
10 West Mitchell Street. Atlanta,
Ga.
Prof. Tlios. L. Bryan. lecturer
and Representative.
Send 25 cents for Professor Bry
an's hook on Punctuation.
Board Grants Him Promotion
Power and Passes Resolution
of Confidence.
Eleven of the twelve members of
the police board voted last night to
give Chief James L. Beavers plenary
power in selecting patrolmen and pro
moting officers in the line. The chief
thereby virtually is piade dictator in
hie department.
This action was embodied in a reso
lution expressing implicit confidence
in the chief, also in N. A. Lanford,
chief of detectives It broke a dead
lock in which the board stood six to
six on the election of a sergeant nom
inated by Chief Beavers.
Express Desire for Peace.
When the board assembled the
struggle between the Mason and
Woodward factions, instead of becom
ing accentuated, was abandoned by
leaders of both contingents, who ex
pressed a desire for harmony. J. B.
Newell, a detective who had been
nominated by Chief Beavers to suc
ceed the late Sergeant K. S. Foster,
was thereupon elected almost unan
imously.
Commissioner Clarke was not pres
ent. Mayor Woodward and Commis
sioner Johnson voted for other can
didates, explaining that they did so
only because of pledges.
Introduced by C. A. Garner.
The resolution making Beavers
chief of the poljce department in fact
as well as in name, and expressing
confidence in him and the chief of
detectives, was introduced by Com
missioner C. R. Garner. It was adopt
ed unanimously. Following is tha
resolution:
Whereas it is essential that
there should be harmony in the
police force and its officers; and
Whereas at this critical time
there shoujd be no mistake in the
public mind concerning the atti
tude of this board toward Chief
James L. Beavers and Chief of
Detectives N. A. Lanford, and
their work as chiefs of the forces
under them; be it
Resolved, That this board has
implicit confidence in the chiefs,
their work, and the entire force,
and be it further
Resolved. That it Is the sense of
this board that the chief of police
should nominate the officers and
men to serve under and with him
in his work.
Woman Leaps From
10th Floor to Death
CHICAGO, May 30.—Relatives of
Mrs. Bruno R. Belz, of Hinsdale, Ill.,
are trying to-day to find the reason
for her suicide last night.
The woman Jumped from the tenth
story of the Masonic Temple, struck
wtlh terrific force in the alley below'
and was picked up a few minutes
later dead. Her neck, arms and legs
were broken.
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ISSUE SEEN Bf
Says Finance Committee Probably
Will Urge Funds Both for
Crematory and Schools.
W. G. Humphrey, chairman of the
Council Finance Committee, declared
Friday that the committee would not
only provide for the purchase of the
crematory, but probably would also
recommend a bond Issue to Council.
"Out financial situation demands a
bond Issue,” he said. “The temper of
the committee seems to be to urge a
bond election for an English-Commer
cial Girls' High School and five new
ward schools—two in the Ninth Ward,
one in the Eighth Ward, a new Ira
Street School building and a new Da
vis Street School building. The cost
of these buildings would be about
$350,000.
“When we go Into the matter, the
proposed bond issue may be increased
to $1,600,000, providing for new girls
and boys' high school buildings, a
Cyclorama building and some money
for trunk sewers.
“Must Spend More Money.”
"Our tax rate is low. We’ve got to
spend more money to keep up with
the growth of this city."
Chairman Humphrey said his plan
for securing the crematory would be
to lease It for this year and take an
option to purchase It next year. In
this way, he explained, none of the
special improvements outlined would
be stopped and the incinerator would
be put into use as soon as possible.
“If we don’t pursue this plan, we
will have to put up all the money
now, stopping all special improve
ments, such as the Whitehall Street
reerading, the building of a Girls’
English-Commercial High School, a
nurses’ dormitory, etc.”
The Finance Committee met Friday
morning to take up the matter, but
adjourned until Friday afternoon be
cause City Attorney James L. Mayson
and h1s assistant, W. D. Bills, Jr.,
were engaged in a trial.
Hold Budget for Decision.
The members of the committee ex
pressed themselves as desiring to buy
the plant outright at once. They de
cided not to go any further with the
Jure budget until the crematory mat
ter was settled.
Samuel N. Evins. attorney for the
Destructor Company, is desirous of
selling the plant outright at once. He
said the price of $276,000 could not
be reduced, because under the credit
plan all the defewed payments were
to bear Interest.
Mayor Woodward said he was anx
ious to help Council get out of the
hole.
“I tried my best to prevent them
from getting into this mess, and now I
want to get out.” he said. “But that
plant Is not worth any $276,000."
Mrs. Willet Did NOT
0. K. the Turkey Trot
Th* Georgian very gladly give*
promlnenc* to the following letter:
Th* reported Interview bearing the
heed line*, “Mia. Willet Stamp*
‘Turkey-Trof a* O. K„” which ap
peared in your paper of May 26, ae
coming from Macon, O*-, wa* entire
ly unfolded and mleleadlng.
I beg that the following eta*ement
be given the same prominence that
the new's story carried:
While busily engaged in the morn
ing session of the district conven
tion of the Georgia Federation of
Clubs, I was approached upon the
platform by a reporter, who asked my
opinion of the “turkey-trot’’ and other
modern dances.
I promptly responded, "1 can give
no opinion upon that subject, ns I
have never seen the so-called mod
ern dances. In a general way, all
sensible people deplore extremes of
any kind.”
This concluded the Interview.
I make this statement despite my
aversion to further publicity In the
matter, because I feel that the in
terview, and especially the headlines
as used in your paper, misrepresent
not only me, as an Individual, but
the organization of which I was at
one time the head.
MRS. HUGH M. WILLET
Heiress Who Was
Abducted to Wed
ALLENTOWN, PA., May 30.—
Miss Anna E. Steckel, a Vassar
graduate, society belle and $1,000,000
heiress, who figured in a sensational
abduction case a few months back,
to-day announced her 'engagement
to Arthur H. Cole, Harvard student
and son of a Haverhill, Mass., at
torney.
Samuel Sinclair, Jr., former State
Highway Inspector, who was in love
with thje girl and wanted her to
marry him, is now in jail serving a
six months’ sentence on the charge
of abducting her last January.
Americans in Paris
Honor LaFayette
Special Cable to The Atlanta Oeoralaq
PARIS, May 30.—Services com
memorative of the memory of La
Fayette were held here to-day by
Americans. United States Ambas
sador Herrick, in the presence of
United States Consul General Frank
Mason and the entire staff of the
United States Embassy', plaoed a
wreath upon LaFayette’s tomb in the
Plopus Cemetery.
Nearly everybody In Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell
goods. Try it!
Griffin Takes On
Airs of Heal City
GRIFFIN, GA.. May 30 Griffin City
Council has voted $5,006 to the light,
water and sewerage commission for
extensions. A fifty-year franchise has
been granted Frank L. Fuller and ae
soctates, of North Carolina, for a gas
plant, a $5,500 auto fire truck has been
added to the fire department, and thc*e
Is now In progress a whirlwind cam
paign to raise a popular fund of $6,000
to establish a board of trade.
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WINS LAND CASE
Rabun Jury Declares State Has
No Claim to Tallulah Fall*
Gorge.
CLAYTON, GA„ May 30.—The
State of Georgia ha* no claim to the
lands In the gorge at Tallulah Falls,
where the Georgia Railway and Pow
er Company Is constructing Its dam,
power plant and reservoir, aocordlng
to a verdict of a Jury 1n Rabun Supe
rior Court. But the State will ask a
new' trial, and eventually appeal to
the State Supreme Court. The liti
gation will not end until the higher
tribunal hands down a decision.
Jury Out Two Hours.
The jury's verdict In the suit that
had bsen on trial here since Monday
to determine the State’* right to claim
title to the gorge land was returned
shortly after 6 o’clock laert night, after
the case had been In the Jurors' hands
two hours. The Georgia Railway and
Power Company was declared to have
legal titles to the lands it had pur
chased for the power plant.
Judge J. B. Jones. In his charge to
the Jury declared that a verdict must
be rendered on law' and justice and
not on sentiment or emotion The
jury was composed of eleven farmers
and a country school teacher. Daniel
M. Kell, a farmer more than 60 years
of age, was foreman.
Attacks Mrs. Longstreet.
In the argument for the power
company, before the case reached the
Jury, H. H. Dean, of Gainesville,
charged Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet,
who has been the chief spirit behind
the litigation, with "malicious hound
ing" of the power company. Com
menting on her failure to be present
at tbe trial, he said:
“She’s deserted at the very crisis
of the suit. She doesn't want this
case tried. She wants It postponsd
and dragged out so that It tsJsnt bs
held as a terror over the head of ths
power company."
The attorneys from Atlanta who
participated In the trial return fhere
to-day.
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