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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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might throw light on the mystery,
end yet no club was found.
“There’s absolutely nothing to it
“In Frank's private office we found
a small piece of broomstick, hang
ing by a cord beside his desk There
were no blood stain* on it, and it
showed no evidence of having been
used ae a weapon. In the first place,
It was too light to serve as a weapon
This wajf the only olub found in the
factory at the time any possible weap
ons should have been found and
would have been found."
Date Still in Doubt.
Reuben Arnold said Wednesday
that the defense would ask for no
continuance of the Frank case except
for such imperative reasons as the
absence of material witnesses or the
illness of counsel. Luther Rosser,
chief of counsel, also has indicated
that no move will be made by the de
fense for further delay in the trial
unless an emergency arises of the
sort described by Attorney Arnold.
Informal conferences between the
counsel in the Crawford will case
and those in the Frank case, in both
of which Rosser and Arnold appear
as attorneys, have resulted in the
announcement that the persons In- i
tereated in the Crawford hearing are
willing to waive the priority of their
case and permit the Frank trial to
go on Monday.
of Feudist
Gets Life Sentence
LEXINGTON, July 23.—Andrew
Johnson, charged with being one of
the men who assassinated Ed Calla
han, former noted feudist of the
Breathitt County mountains, has I
been found guilty at Winchester, Ky., |
and given a life sentence.
Court immediately began the trial j
of Fletcher Deaton, charged wjth
conspiracy In the assassination plot. |
Eighteen more will be tried for the |
Actual murder, and twelve others for
perjury. Thejw* cases are expected to
consume five weeks. The feature evi
dence In each case Is that of the wom
an who traced the murder plots or
who heard the conspirators plan th^
murder.
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fore Grand Jury.
Two Hustlers in
Shetland Contest
Residents Will Demand Reason
for Delay—Quest Vain De
clares Mayor.
7 DAYS LEFT AND
LAST FOIfVOTE
Widow, 94, Sues for
46 Years' Alimony
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y., July
23.—Mrs. Deborah VanNess, of Gar
den City, 94 years old. has begun suit
In the Supreme Court here to collect
46 years’ alimony from the estate of
her husband. Cornelius VanNess. who
died three years ago.
She was granted a divorce from
her husband in 1867, and discovered
recently that she was allowed $600 a
yeAr alimony.
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GEORGIA
POLITICS
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The Committee on Constitutional
Amendments Ip the hardest worked
committee at present in the House,
but when it has cleared away the new
county propositions, which it is try
ing manfully to do, It will get a much
needed and deserved breathing spell.
Mr. Myrlck. of Chatham, the chair,
man of the committee, is one of the
Legislature’s really tireless workers,
and sits patiently through the most
exhaustive hearings, without express
ing the slightest desire to cut any
body off or shut up the noise.
He seems determined to give every
new county proposition coming up a
"square deal" and a full committee
hearing, no matter what happens
thereafter in the House.
After the new counties are disposed
of, however, the work of the Con
stitutional Amendments Committee
w ill be by no means at an end. There
yet is to come up Mr. Edmondson’s
bill calling for a Constitutional con
vention, and while the Impression is
that no such bill likely will pass the
HoQse at this session, that would by
no means stop the 'Constitutional
Amendments Committee from consid
ering, and recommending it, one way
or the other, to the House.
Besides this, there are half dozen
other proposed amendments to the
Constitution, some of which will have
aggressive and most influential back
ing. All of these Chairman Myrlck
| intends giving a hearing, if time holds
out.
The only thing that can head off
the chairman of Constitutional
Amendments Committee in the mat
ter of hard work is adjournment—
and that will not come for twenty-odd
days yet.
Phil Cook. Secretary of State, Is
happy!
He think? he is going to get a new
Great Seal of State soon, and that is
what he has been looking for—thesq
many days.
For long, long years, Secretary
Cook’s pet grievance—he hasn’t many
grievances of any sort—has been that
worn-out Great Seal of State, which,
despite his best efforts, can hardly be
made out on legal documents
Secretary Cook Isn't at all foolish
about great seals of state, either. He
figures that he could have wabbled
! along without them, had they never
been invented, and he would be. per
haps quite as happy, had he never
1 heard tell of one.
Still, if Georgia must have a great
j seal of state, he opines that it should
j be one that might be differentiated
from other and less important seals,
and that without the aid of a 40-
! horsepower microscope.
"Look at this thing, now," said the
i Secretary, exhibiting a specimen of
; the present great seal's most deadly
work. "Could you tell whether that is
the great seal of Georgia or the great
seal of Kamchatka? I couldn't, if
j I didn't know. What’s the use hav-
I ing such a great seal?"
Nobod^could answer that, and so
^LveoUxi. 11* tenia* agreed tli*u iho
EDITORS READYTO
SELECT OFFICERS
Final Business Session of Geor
gia Weekly Press Association
Convenes at LaGrange.
Legislature should, and probably will,
pass the present bill of Mr. Nunnally.
providing for a new great seal.
"The best office in Bibb County”
will not be the best office after the
first of January if a bill proposed by
Representative Wallace Miller Is
passed by the present Legislature.
This is the office of Clerk of the
City Court, now held by Charles H.
Smith, 23 years of age, who draws an
income of $8,000, collected in fees.
Mr. Miller’s bill puts the clerk on a
salary basis and provides Tot a salary
of $2,400. The clerk is appointed by
the Judge, who now receives a salary
of $3,300, but for whose benefit there
ha?; already been a bill introduced,
raising the pay to $6,000.
The duties of this Clerk of Court
are very light, and as he has a well-
paid assistant, the office is really a
delightful one. It has long been con
sidered the choicest office of the
county. *
Professor J. -W. Boyd, of Fair-
mount, Gordon County, whose elo
quent plea for Tate County was suc
cessful before the House Committee
on Constitiutional Amendments Tues
day, is one of the most picturesque
men that ever served in the Georgia
Legislature.
When a member of the State Senate
in 1908, he introduced the famous bill
abolishing the convict lease system
In Georgia, and no man fought for
the passage of that measure through
both Houses and both committees
more aggressively and more effect
ively than Boyd.
He is an orator of the old school,
with a "halleluiah lick" that reminds
one instantly of that- other eloquent
North Georgian, the late Congress
man William H. Felton Undoubtedly,
it was Boyd’s great effort before the
cpmmittee on Tuesday that carried
the day for Tate.
The argument winning the great
est favor, perhaps, was that wherein
Boyd assured the committee that the
creation of Tate would result, by
reason of the amalgamation therein of
the Republican end of Pickens, in the
abolition of one rock-ribbed Republi
can county—Pickens—and the crea
tion of a new rock-ribbed Democratic
county of Tate.
It has been years since Pickena sent
a Democrat to the Legislature, all
because of the Republican end of the
county that Boyd proposes to whack
off. The Republicans of Pickens,
needless to say, are bitterly opposed
to Tate and are fighting it tooth and
nail. The pressing of this partisan
point before the committee, however,
was effective. v
Of course. Senator Boyd urged oth
er points, such as earnest desire upon
the part of the population effected,
necessity of location, wealth and
Tate’s ability to take care of itself,
but the big card undoubtedly seems
to have been the anti-Republican ar
gument before a Democratic commit
tee.
Tate will go before the House when
it does go with considerable favor be
hind it.
As "exclusively predicted”—ahem'
—In this column of uplift, the bill to
compel the reading of the Bible in
the common schools of the State was
1U coup .grace Tuesday alu
LAGRANGE. July 23.—When the
Georgia Weekly Press Association
convened for its second day’s session
this morning at 9:30 o’clock chief in
terest centered in the election of offi
cers for the ensuing year and the se
lection of the place for the 19J4 meet
ing. A number of papers will bt>
read at this session.
Thia afternoon Fuller E. Callaway
will tender the party a barbecue. A
ball game, automobile drives and
other things for the pleasure of the
guests are on the program. A ban
quet to-night by the citizens of La-?
Grange will be the closing, event.
The members of the association re
turned to LaGrange from West Point
late Tuesday afternoon, after a re
ception at the home of W. Trox
Bankston, editor of The West Point
Lanett-News, and old old-fashioned
Georgia barbecue served on the banks
of the Chattahoochee River by the
citizens of that city.
A Session of the conversion w r as
held in the courthouse Tuesday night.
Besides routine matters there were
interesting papers from a number of
the leading members of the associa
tion on subjects of live interest to the
weekly press of the State.
GAINESVILLE. July 22.—Repu
diating her confession as to the shoot
ing of her ball player husband, Tom
Wood, and charging a man with fir- j
ing the bullet will be the sensational
testimony of Mrs. Pearl Thomas Wood
before the Hall County Grand Jury ,
this afternoon. This man comes from
a prominent family and his arrest is
expected.
This man was an old friend of Mrs.
Wood’s, and when she was told by
her husband that he was going to de
sert her, it is said, she appealed to
him. He came to the Wood home on
Athens street, where a quarrel began,
ending in the probably fatal wounding
of Wood.
Gainesville is greatly excited over
the shooting. The statement this
morning that Mrs. Wood would com
pletely repudiate her confession and
charge the man with firing the shot
aroused intense interest. The Grand
Jury is in session, and the Solicitor
announced this morning that an Im
mediate investigation would be held.
At a local hospital Tom Wood lies
in a dying condition, a bullet hole in
one of his lungs and with but two
days at the most in which he can pos
sibly live. At the county jail is his
bride of a few months, completely
prostrated Tuesday night ?he con
fessed to the killing, declaring that
she had determined to kill her hus
band rather than have him desert her.
She declared that he had decided upon
a separation and was preparing to
leave Gainesville.
Quarrel Precedes Shooting.
According to the account of the
shooting, which, it is said, Mrs. Wood
will make to the Grand Jury, ner hus
band, another man and herself were
in the Wood home when a quarrel en
sued, during which the other man
dfew a pistol. Wood ran from the
house and as he darted out me front
door the other man shot. Wood falling
fatally wounded upon the porch.
Neighbors rushed in and found
Mrs. Wood weeping over the body of
her youthful husband. An automo
bile was obtained and the wounded
man placed in it. Mrs. Wood accom
panied him to the hospital, holding
his head tenderly in her lap, while
her cries drew the tears from others
in the machine. In contrast to her
piteous condition the husband
charged her time and again with
shooting him. His protestations that
"She shot me!” "She shot me!” con
tinued after he had been placed upon
the operating table.
Bride Goes to Jail.
A few moments after the wounded
man was t^ken to the hospital Sher
iff Spencer arrived there. Mrs. Wood
surrendered to him and admitted
that she had done the shooting. She
begged to be allowed to remain with
her husband, but owing to his con
dition and his continual charges that
she had done the shooting, it was
thought best to remove her. She
was taken to the county jail, where
she spent the night weeping and pit
eously declaring her love for her hus
band.
"He was preparing to desert me,
and was going away at midnight,”
she told the Sheriff. "He came to the
house to tell me good-bye. I made
up my mind I would rather kill him
than have him desert me.”
Mrs. Wood is a bride of but a few
months. Wood has played with the
Gainesville hall club for a long while.
The courtship began a few' months
ago. when he was introduced to her
at the ball park. She was Miss eParl
Thomas, and comes from a highly re
spected family, which has been living
in Gainesyille for ten years. She was
extremely popular and a host of her
friends called at the county jail this
morning.
Wood’s home Is in Nashville and
his parents are expected to arrive
to-day. Doctors state there is no
chance for his recovery.
A delegation of Ansley Park citi
zens will go before the Streets Com
mittee of Council at its meeting a
week from Friday to protest against
the lack of work in Ansley Park and
to insist that Peachtree Circle and
South Prado, for which money has
been appropriated, be paved at once.
These citizens declare they will de
mand to know who is responsible for
R. C. Overstreet, Svlvania, Ga.
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Vivian Broom, 493 Woodward
avenue.
Gets $7,692 Year to
Let Tobacco Alone
MORRISTOWN, PA.. July 23.—
Leonard Thomas, of Haverford, will
receives $100,000 on his twenty-first
birthday if he can swear on that day
that he has never used tobacco in any
form during his life, according to the
will of his grandmother, Elizabeth
Van Horsen Nicholson, probated here.
Leonard is 8 years old and has not
used tobacco yet.
Divers’ Heads Crash;
1 Dying, Other Hurt
OONNERSVILLE. IND., July 23.—
Edward Voltz was fatally hurt and
Frank Davis may die of injuries re
ceived in diving at a beach here.
Davis dived from a high spring
board and was followed immediately
by Voltz. Just as Voltz reached the
water Davis bobbed up and the**
heads met with a crack. Davis was
under water two minutes.
the delay. The money was appro
priated January' 1 The property own
ers are to pay a greater proportion
than the city. Yet not a pick has
been stuck in the park during the
seven months of the year, with the
exception of one short block on Lom
bardy street.
Mayor Woodward declared Wed
nesday that little relief from such
conditions could be expected so long
as our present system of government
was in effect. He said he had been
trying to tell the people all the year
that they could not trace responsi
bility in matters of such gross incom
petency and negligence.
"This new' charter of Council’s the
Legislature is about to submit to the
people is far worse,” he said. “It
provides for a board to supervise the
construction department, which will
be about as satisfactory as the re
mainder of our boards.
"The Ansley Park citizens will have
to frighten the whole city government
Into action to get any real results.”
Realty Men Invited
To Meet in Atlanta
An Invitation to hold its 1916 con
vention in Atlanta will be extended to
the Association of Real Estate Ex
changes, which soon will hold its 1913
gathering. The Atlanta invitation
will be drawn up by Mayor Wood
ward and presented to the convention
by President Harry White, of the lo
cal branch of the organization.
Alderman I. N. Ragsdale, of the
Tenth Ward, is back of the movement
to bring the real estate men to the
Gate City.
HE SAVED 89 LIVES.
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., July 23.—
Captain Patrick Grace, 76. who had a
record of having saved 89 persons
from drowning, is dead at his home
in Montgomery.
Judge, Not Coroner,
Gets Daring Joker
YONKERS. N. Y.. July 23.—Pas
sengers on a street acr here dove from
every available exit w'hen Stanzianno
Nazzano. a laborer who sat on a rear
seat, absently-mindedly knocked the
ashes from his cigar with a stick of
dynamite.
He was arrested and fined $30.
NOMINATION BLANK
I hereby nominate as the most beautiful girl in Atlanta:
Name
Address
Only one of these blank* will be credited to any one
contestant.
Student Dedicates
Chinese Restaurant
"If people would look about them
and learn from others, the. world
would bs better,” declared Timothy
Tingfang Lew. a young Chinese stu
dent of the University of Georgia, in
an address at the opening of a new
Chinese restaurant at 86 1-2 North
Broad street Tuesday night.
"Everybody can learn something
from those about him," he continued.
"And every nation can learn some
thing from the study of the customs
of other nations. If people would
study other people they would know
more.”
WHY, CHARLES ROBBINS!
THOMSON. CONN.. July 23.—Nine
days after he had been presented
with a baby carriage as a premium
for getting married, Charles S. Rob
bins, 60, sued for a divorce.
Sharpest Competition Due in
Home Stretch—Extra Ballots
Only on American.
Just one week from Thursday The
Georgian and American pony contest
closes! Think what this means to
the contestants. Just seven days in
which to hustle in votes!
Nothing counts now save subscrip
tions to The Georgian and Sunday
American, and there are no bonus
votes except for subscriptions to The
Sunday American.
On The Sunday American, there- '
fore, the contestants should concen
trate their efforts. The "Red Letter
Ballots” may save the day for any
boy or girl. Red letter ballots are
good for 4,500 votes, in addition to
the regular schedule, when accom
panied by a two-year paid-ln-ad-
vance subscription to The Sunday '
American; 2,000 votes when accom
panied by a year’s subscription and
800 votes when accompanied by a
six months’ subscription.
No matter what newspaper, or how
many newspapers, the resident of
Atlanta or the South reads during
the week, every one wants The Sun
day American. Therefore, while this
bonus offer is not as liberal as those
which have gone before, it should be
of great assistance in piling up votes.
And how the votes will roll up dur
ing the week! The standings will be
published every day, for a time.
Watch them, and see how keen is the
race for the ponies.
It is a safe prediction that every
day will see startling changes in the
standings. This last week of the
contest is not going to be pleasant
for the over-confident, for the easy
going. or for the faint-hearted. It
will be a cruel pace set by the leaders,
with every one guessing, and every
one in the dark.
There is not a boy or a girl in any
district who can be sure of success,
not a one but needs every possible
vote that can be solicited, entreated,
or cajoled from relatives, friends, or
strangers.
It is the home stretch which the
contestants are entering now, and the
going will be swift.
“TIGER” GETS NEW TRIAL.
COLUMBUS.—W. A. Waters, a
former member of the Columbus po
lice force, convicted of violating the
prohibition law and sentenced to six
months on the Estate farm, nas been
granted a new trial.
Why is the soda cracker today
such a universal food?
People ate soda crackers in the
old days, it is true—hut they
bought them from a barrel or
box and took them home in a
paper bag, their crispness and
flavor all gone.
Uneeda Biscuit—soda crackers
better than any ever made before
—made in the greatest bakeries
in the world—baked to perfection
—packed to perfection—kept to
perfection until you take them,
oven-fresh and crisp, from their
protecting package. Five cents.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
emoon. when the Senate Committee
on Education declined to recommend
it for passage.
The bill succeeded in stirring up a
lot of hard feeling and a lot of talk,
but outside of that amounted to verv
little.
It now hath gone where the wood
bine twineth, and there will be few
regrets, in the Legislature, at least.
The membership generally was op
posed to it. but rather hated to be
forced on record against it. If it
had gone to the floor of the Senate
it likely would have been slaughtered,
and had it gone to the floor of the
House, it certainly would have been.
The average disposition in the Gen
eral Assembly is to keep religion and
politics unmixed as fpuch possi
bly
VOTING COUPON
For any regularly nominated Candidate in the
BEAUTY CONTEST
Name of Candidate.
Address .'
Fill out this Coupon and send it to "Booster Button” Editor of
The Georgian and American.
BANKRUPT SALE
WHOLESALE MILLINERY STOCK AND FIXTURES
0‘ Myers MiUinery Company, Bankrupt
In pursuance of an order passed by Hon. F. H. Adam*, Rafferoe In
Bankruptcy, I will receive sealed bids on the stock of millinery, con
sisting of items invoicing approximately as foHossag
Ribbons, |5,300; wtae, *194; Bat Ptna, *0Bt Ttoaead. e*!V «2S9t
Mourning Veils, *100; Hat Band*, eta, *3TO; Braid, *800; Ve*aateest
sits; Velvet, $1,285; English Crepe, *155 ; Fait, *87; Furs, *47; Mallue,
$,'167; Chiffon, Scarfs. *188; VeUlng. *708; Lace, $812; MtSL
*124; Silk, *1,000; FI nines, $3,3»; Aigrettes and Fancy Feathers,
$2,800; Flowers, $8,282; GhUdreofa Headwear, $845; Ladle* Hat* aad
Frames, $1,750. Total $28,000.
Also office and store fixture* tnvolcto* $1,825.
Also bankrupt's leasehold Internet In a fleo story btkTfffng erprtpped
Alabama
Street.
Tenting at
with elevator located at No. 88 Bast
$200 a mouth, lease expiring Jane 80, 1016.
I will accept said bids op and tmCS 1} O*t4or4 A. BV «Cj4
July 25, next, at which time said Udh Wfll he opened, at Hoom,*
l*ant Building, Atlanta. Ga Bide any be mbmUte\ as at^«ottMt*r or
separately on the stock or fixture* or loose and are subject to the con
firmation of the ooort. For further information and aaapeettea at
stock and Inventory apply to
H. A. FERRIS, Trustee
402 Rhodes Building, Atlanta. Ga.
Mayaou k Jotmasa.