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HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1013.
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Georgia Girl’s Pranks Startling
. j- Mrs. Effie Pope Hill Alsop, Georgia girl wife of aged New
Tennessee Company to Set Aside j York millionaire, who is now ehum of Mrs. “Tom” Pierce.
$16,500 Annually to Pay the
Claims of Farmers.
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ENDS EIGHT-YEAR LITIGATION
Arbiters To Be Named by State of
Georgia and the Ducktown
Corporation.
An arbitration agreement by which
farmers on the Georgiu-Tennessee
line near Ducktown, TVnn., whose
crops are damaged by fumes from the
smelting plant of the Tennessee Cop
per Company will be reimbursed, has
finally brought to a close the eight-
year controversy which grew out of
the deadly effect of the factory fumes
on surrounding vegetation, according
to a statement issued by attorneys in
the case Saturday.
By terms of the agreement, the cop
per company will deposit annually
$16,500, out of which will be paid
damage to the sufferers at the discre
tion of an arbitration board of two
representatives of the State and one
representative of the corporation,
which will be appointed.
For years the residents of Duck
town and the neighboring country in
Georgia suffered greatly because of
the fumes. At first the situation was
unbearable, until the concern operat
ing the smelter installed gas-consum
ing plants, transforming the objec
tionable vapor into sulphuric acid. As
a result, where the deleterious fu?nes
once escaped to the harm of vege
tation now tons of acid are produced
daily.
In spite of the improvements, how-
ever. much of the gas at times es
capes. Litigation growing out of the
situation was bitterly fought in State
and Federal courts.
Railroads ‘Rotten/
Says Lafollette
Senate Declares That Mellen’s Case
is Typical of Entire Sys
tem in Nation.
MADISON, WIS„ July 26. Senator
LaFollette, in the current issue of
his weekly paper, praises the men who
caused an investigation of the New
Haven Railroad and disclosures that
led to the resignation of Charles 3.
Mellen as its president. In an edi
torial, under the captain of “Rot
ten." Mr. LaFollette says:
“The passing of Mellen is of no
consequence. He \vn f s morally the
agent of Morgan in the execution of
plans operated on all of the big sys
tems. The history of the New Haven
merger is the history of every merger.
The whole system is rotten.”
Investigations by the Interstate
Commerce Commission in other rail
roads would cause more resignations,
said Mr. LaFollette.
Louisiana Governor
Sues for $100,000
Criticism of New Orleans States Over
Land Deal Leads to Dam
age Claim.
NEW ORLEANS, July 26.-Govern
or Luther IT. Hall, of Louisiana, to
day sued The Daily States for $100,-
00ft damages as a result of what ho
alleges was a libel on him in The
States' « riticLm of his attitude in the
Tensas Delta land deal.
Thi States accuse'’ the Governor of
changing front on t!ie sale of about
000,OOft ;ures of land disposed of at
low figures to a Maryland firm. Tha
sale was made by the Delta Commis
sion.
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Recent Abandonment of the Case!
Against Mrs. Flanders Causes j
Effort to Free Physician.
Their claim based on the declara
tion that the recent abandonment of
the murder charge against Mrs. Fred
Flanders is palpable evidence that
powerful Emanuel County forces had
sought to railroad Dr. W\ J. Mi-
Naughton, of Swainsboro, to the gai-
lows, Emanuel County friends of the
convicted physician have renewed
their efforts to have him pardoned
or at least granted a new trial.
The application will soon be pre
sented to Governor Slaton and lie
will be the third chief executive to
play a part in this, the most bitterly
fought criminal case in Georgia’s his
tory.
Friends Claim Plot,
Nolle pros of Mrs. Flanders’ case,
McNaughton's friends say, is proof
conclusive of their contention that
the relatives of her dead husband
have always known that her trial
would establish the physician’s inno
cence, and that for three years they
have had the ease postponed in the
hope that McNaughton would b».
hanged before the truth could be es
tablished.
Fred Flanders, prominent in Eman
uel County’s business, social and po
litical life, died at his home in Co
vena.
A few da vs later Dr. McNaughton,
his attending physician, and Mrs.
Flanders were arrested and charged
with having poisoned him. ublic
sentiment ran high against the doctor.
Relatives of the dead man declare.j
Wife of Aged Millionaire and Fa
mous Society Hoyden Give New
England Coast Thrill.
Young Mrs. Edward D. Alsop—Mrs.
Efflo Pope Hill Alsop she is, you
know, of Atlanta and Washington,
Ga., and New York City—-is up to
pranks, naive, tomboy pranks, that
startle all the folks along the New
England Coast around Peabody. Mass.
Gossip >f sopiety tolls how this South-
< rn girl wife of the rich and aged New
York millionaire each day opens the
eyes of the natives with a feat as gay
and irigenuous as any schoolgirl (hired
conceive.
Nothing that is indiscreet, under
stand. She is merely a girl, full of
life and the joy of living, the gossip
relates. And then, too, she has for a
“pal" the gayest and most dashing
young woman known to society, Mrs.
“Tom" Pierce.
Keep Coast Alive.
Mrs. Pi« rce is just chock full of*!
energy, and now has found a chum
who likes the same things she likes —
lo play, to romp, to tly about the
beach in a long, rakish runabout,
bareheaded, blouse-clad, happy,
laughing and shrieking. Adele Ritch
ie was formerly her chum, but now
the winsome Adele has taken herself
a husband and bns no time to romp.
“Down to Peabody” the folks all
swear by Mrs, Pierce. She has the
biggest h« art and the most sympa
thetic soul of any person alive, they
say. Wherever she may be, Peabody
says, she is the lady And so they
laugh indulgently at the hoyden that
she is and at the hoyden that her
new-found chum from Georgia, Mrs.
Alsop, is.
The "girls” are everywhere up and
down the coast, sailing, motoring,
driving. The Alsops are Mrs. Pierce s
guests, and the cay hostess is about
as happy as anybody can be nowa
days that she has found a kindred
spirit in the girl wife of tlw* rich old
Mr Alsop.
With ; 11 their play together, the
rich old Mr. Alsop is left alone in the
Pierce home a good deal of the time.
They say that many people, passing
the place, see the lonely figure of the
aged millionaire out on the front
porch, and ask each other, wonder-
ingly:
"1 wonder what the ‘girls’ are up to
now ?”
Talk of Pajama Parties.
They wonder. They know that
Mrs Pierce has* for her close friend
Airs. Raymond Belmont, the chorus
girl daughter-in-law of August Bel-
| mont. And they know that down at
the place of Mrs. Raymond, on the
Jersey Coast, there was talk of pa
jama parties and swimming sessions
I in which one-piece bathing suits were
the vogue.
| They laugh at those pranks in which
their good friend. Mrs. Pierce, in
dulged. and wonder if there is a repe
tition now at Peabody, with Airs.
Pierce aqd that gay girl chum of
j hers. Mrs. Etflo Pope Hill Alsop. in
the search for excitement and for
i "something different.”
Reid to Prosecute
In Crawford Case
Stone Mountain Circuit Solicitor Is
Appointed Because of Dorsey’s
Disqualification.
C. S. Reid. Solicitor General of the
Stone Mountain circuit, will conduct
the prosecution of Mrs. Mary Belle
Crawford on warrants charging her
with the death of her husband, Joshua
B. Crawford. Mr. Reid was appointed
Saturday by Judge W. D. Ellis, of the
Suprrior Court.
Solicitor General Dorsey is disMuali*
tied from the prosecution of the case
be huso his firm is interested in the
civil litigation out of which the mur
der charge grew.
CONFEDERATE HEROINE
DIES IN NEW YORK STATE
NASHVILI.K, July 26. Mrs. Mary
Bradford Johns, of this city, whose
death is reported at the residence of
her son. Edward B. JoliVs. in Rock
ville (’enter. N. Y , is famed as a
Confederate heVoine. Tn the first days
of the battle of Nashville she rushed
in where the fire was the thickest
from the enemy and sought to rally
the stampeded Confederates.
Mrs. Johns before leaving Nashville
to visit her son had a presentiment
she would never return alive.
that he had given his patient arsenic
in order to possess his wife.
McNaughton's trial was sensational.
He was convicted and sentenced to
hang. Then began his remarkable
legal fight. The Supreme Court lius
ruled on his case from every con
ceivable angle. And always it nas
ruled that McNaughton must hang.
Brown Stays Sentence.
As a last resort the McNaughton
faction appealed to Governor Brown.
At that time the story was circu
lated that powerful political forces
were working to have the doctor
hanged before Mrs. Flanders eodid
be tried.
This was told Governor Brown , 5 o
convincingly thht he gave McNaugL-
ton n prieve after reprieve as court
term after court term passed without
the trial of the accused woman.
As soon as Governor Brown left
office, the case against her was dis
missed, and the physician’s friends
grasped this po-int to urge his par
don.
BOLLING H. JONES CALLS
MANUFACTURERS TO MEET
A meeting of Atlanta manufactur
ers will be held Monday afternoon on
the fourth floor of the Chamber of
Commerce building at 5 o’clock. A
call w as issued Saturday afternoon by
Chairman Bolling H. Jones, who an
nounced as the purpose of the meeting
a consideration of details of the
manufacturers’ exhibit.
POETESS URGES
FREE DIVORCE IF
NIT FREE LIST
Mrs, Horatio Winslow, Constantly
Inspired, Declares No Limit
Should Be Ptft on Separation.
NEW YORK. July 26.—“If we can't
as yet have free love, let us at least
have free divorce.”
This startling doctrine was pro
pounded to-day by Mrs. Horatio Win
slow. formerly Miss Rosalind Gug-
genheimer, of St. Louis. Mrs. Win- i
slow, who is known in literary cir
cles as “Jane Burr,” has made poetry-
writing a regular business. She de- I
elares she does not have to wait for 1
inspiration when she wishes to dash |
off a few verses.
"I have always inspiration,” she
said to-day while sitting at her desk,
surrounded by stacks of ready-made
or made-to-order poems. “But to re
turn to the subject of free divorce—
“You see, I think we all have a
right to be happy, we all have a right
to choose the right companion. Why
s-hould we have to continue to live
with a man, or a man with a woman,
when they know they are unsuited?
Pensions for Children.
"The children? Oh, when we have
become sufficiently civilized to alter I
our marriage laws, the State will pen- |
si on the children, as it should be.
Now, eugenic marriage®, of which we
have heard much lately, are all very
well, but somewhat impracticable.
Why should a man or a woman have
to lead a lonesome existence, lead a
weary and unhappy life. Just because
they are physically deficient, or be
cause they have some sort of an ill
ness?
“No, let them be allowed to marry
—at least, let them get a. certificate of
permission to live in the same house
or apartment, as d* manddti by society
—but make it a criminal offense to
have •children in this sort of marriage.
“Now, as to why I left society, there
are many reasons for that. In the
first place, because you can’t be at
the game. To see all those poor wom
en struggle and fight for supremacy is
really pitiful.
"You think you have reached the
top and you find there is somebody
there before you. They are all so
sadly uncertain of themselves, they
are afraid to do this, afraid to know
that person. In short, the continual
struggle is simply appalling.
No Mentality in Society.
“Then, moreover, no man of intel
lect can find any mental stimulus or
mental food in the ultra circles of
society. You can’t be an individual;
you have to go with the biggest and
try to get in the front row by hook or
crook, just the same as the chorus
girls are trying to get nearest to the
footlight now. No, that life has no
attraction for me. I want to be inde
pendent in my actions and in my
clothes.
“There is one great task I have set
myself, and will carry out some day,
viz: to adopt twelve children, and
bring them up from the cradle. They
must not be over 1 year old, and 1
want them from the very lowest ranks
of society. Then I will be able to
prove that 99 per cent is environment.
Take a child away from a criminal
parent, give it a decent education,
end you’ll make a decent citizen out
of it 99 times out of a hundred. Leave
it with its criminal parents and 99
times out of 100 it will turn out a
criminal."
Mr. and Mrs. Winslow live in a fiat
in East Seventy-seventh street, "it is
largely a matter of economy,” ex
plained Mrs. Winslow. ‘ l My father
wants to allow me $500 a month, but
I prefer to be absolutely independent
of everybody and earn my own liv
ing.”
M C. MAXWELL, new ad-
. vertising manager for
tin* Rhodes-Wood Furniture
Company.
Believes in Honesty
For All Advertising
M. C. Maxwell, of Rhodes-Wood Fur
niture Company, Takes Active
Hand in C’vic Affairs.
M. C. Maxwell, one of the best
kno«wn advertising men in the furni
ture business, has joined the staff of
the Rhodes-Wood Furniture Com
pany, Whitehall and Mitchell streets.
Mr. Maxwell, who formerly was
with the Rhodes Syndicate in
Charleston, S. <\. has-definite ideas of
standard advertising. He believes the
Baltimore slogan, which seeks to
eliminate the fraudulent advertisers
and those who make misstatements,
is a good one, one which should be en
forced to the letter He himself has
a thorough knowledge of the adver
tising business and in addition is a
popular Salesman.
Mr. Maxwell has made application
for membership in the Atlanta Ad
Mens’ Club and also has enrolled
in The Georgian’s 500,000 by 1920
campaign. His many friends in At
lanta predict as much success for him
in his new work as in his former
field. Mr. Maxwell was president of
the Ad. Club of Charleston several
years ago.
CONDEMNED MAN FIGHTS
FOR REHEARING OF CASE
TIFTON. July 26.—I. B. Hall, who
has been sentenced to hang August 22,
has retained Attorney John R. Cooper,
of Macon, to represent him in his pe
tition for new trial, which will be
heard before Judge W. E. Thomas in
Valdosta Saturday, August 2.
Hall remains optimistic over the
final outcome of his case. He seems
to have little doubt that a decision
will finally be given in his favor.
While Hall is apparently unconcerned,
his immediate relatives are much
worried.
Hoot mon! Dinna ye hear the call
for the clans to gather? It was is
sued Saturday by Chieftain A. Cruick-
shank. of the Atlanta Scottish Asso
ciation, who announced that members
of that organization will meet in the
Kiser Building at Hunter and South
Pryor streets, Friday night, August 1.
He calls in true Caledonian fashion,
to wit:
“Gang hame braw and early; get
yer taw ties and saut and tak yer
braw brefeks or kilt and yer best cra
vat oot o' the kist.
"Meet wi’ us a’ on Friday nicht. Au
gust 1, at aucht o’clock in the K. of
P. Hall, Kiser Biggin, Hunter and
South Pryor streets."
GATE CITY LODGE CONFERS
THIRD DEGREE ON TUESDAY
The Third Degree will be confer
red, in full form, by Gate City Lodge,
No. 2, A. F. and A. M., Tuesday even
ing at 6:30 o’clock. The communica
tion will be held in the Masonic Tem
ple.
The degree will be given by Charles
E. Hall, past district deputy of the
Fifth District, and the lecture on
symbolism will be delivered by Past
Grand Master Thomas H. Jeffries, of
the Grand Lodge of Georgia.
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Our special sale of eyeglasses will con
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We are thoroughly equipped to fit you
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DIVORCE LIS
Roan Would Give Mother Prefer
ence in Awarding the Cus
tody of Children.
The attempt of Judge Henry C.
Hammond to have the law regarding
the awarding the custody of children
in divorce cases changed so that the
mother would have the preference is
regarded favorably by Judge S. L.
Roan, of the Fulton County Superior
Court.
“Judge Hammond is quite an able
man, and 1 agree with him in his ef
fort," said Judge Roan. “Under the
law the father has the preference,
where all things are equal, and I think
that in the cake of children of ten
der years the mother should have the
preference if the evidence shows she
is not an improper person.”
Judge Hammond has addressed a
letter to Representative Sam Olive, of
Richmond, asking him to introduce a
bill changing the law so that this may
be possible.
This action followed the awarding
two minor children to the father
in the divorce su’t of Julian J. Zach
ry vs. Mrs. Mary W. Zachry, at Au
gusta, and which has been featured
by Mrs. Zachry leaving Augusta with
the children.
Judge Hammond made the state
ment that, while he awarded the chil
dren to the father’s custody under
the requirements of the law, he really
thought the mother was the proper
person to have them. His hands were
tied, however, he declared.
if FUTRELLE
IN NEW Ml
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Atlanta Writer’s Most Recent
Work, Founded on Husband’s
Story, Produced at Utica.
MUSIC FEATURES SERVICES
AT NORTH AVENUE CHURCH
There will be a special service of
music at both the morning and even
ing services at the North Avenue
Presbyterian Church Sunday. Joseph
Ragan, Jr., the organist and director,
arranged the program, which will be
participated in by Miss Annie Laurie
Langford, soprano; Mrs. Charles Bel-
lingrath, contralto; Charles Brown,
tenor, and J. R. Regnas, basso.
According to telegraphic dispatches,
the brilliant society play by May Fu-
trelle, of Atlanta, was successfully
presented by Walter Vincent’s stock
company at Utica, N. Y., last Mon
day.
“Lieutenant What’s His Name” had
its origin in “The Simple Case of
Susan,” which Jacques Futrelle, one
df the heroes of the Titanic, wrote
several years ago, and which he in
tended converting into a play.
Mrg. Futrelle decided last season
that the time was ripe for a society
play, and set about rewriting “Th^
Simple Case of Susan,” which was
changed into “Lieutenant What’s His
Name” to suit the stage.
“I believed a play of this kind
would succeed, and when “Years of
Discretion” was produced its recep
tion confirmed my faith. Although
I had Mr. Futrelle’s shadowy form
of the play to build from, I was not
in the frame of mind to take up th$
work with the activity it required,
and that is why I did not get it
pushed last year.
“Mr. Futrelle never embellished the
idea he had for the play, so I took
it up and worked it out, rewriting
the pieces entirely and filling in the
points of strength necessary for a
stage production,” said Mrs. Futrelle.
"Lieutenant What’s His Name" has
been changed into a novel by Mrs.
Futrelle and will be brought out at an
early date.
Mrs. Futrelle is also engaged upon
two big plays, one a farce and the
other a human play, which she hopes
to have ready for a try-out by next
season. She is writing two series of
short society stories, and has the
plots of many other stories well un
der way. It will be seen by this
that she is a very busy writer.
Mrs. Futrelle has left New York
and is at present at Stepping Stones,
her seaside home at Scituate, Mass.
Men’s Linen
Dinna Ye Hear Gall
For Clans to Meet?
Chisftan Cruickshank Skirls Braw
Summons for Scottihs Associa
tion of Atlanta, August 1.
STODDARDIZED
The price of STODDARDIZING Men’s Woolen Suits
is ONE DOLLAR—but we ST0DDARDIZE Men’s
Linen or Palm Beach Suits for FIFTY CENTS.
A WAGON FOR A PHONE CALL.
We pay Charges (one way) on Out-of-Town Orders of $2 or more.
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Stoddard
Bell Phone, Ivy 43
Atlanta Phone 43
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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
“THE OLD MILL”
98 WHITEHALL ST.
The beautiful Whitehall Street Theater
has changed hands, and in the future will be
operated upon an entirely new policy, under
the name of
LYNCH’S
It shall he the determination of the new
management to offer its patrons the highest
class entertainment obtainable. At all times
are shown
FIRST RUN FEATURE PICTURES
and wonderfully fascinating music from the
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MISS VERNA STERKX
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