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VOL. XII. NO. 25
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1913.
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SNAKE GOWN WORN BY
ATLANTA SOCIETY GIRL
New and Dazzling
Costume Makes
a Big Hit With
Friends of Miss
Macy.
Absolutely the
latest thing in
birthday parties
has been origi
nated by Miss Eli
nor Maey, of No.
80 East Four
teenth street, who
entertained her
friends last week
with a snake-skin
party. The friends
of Miss Macy
were taken com
pletely by sur
prise.
Miss Macy, who
is extremely pret
ty, not only suc
ceeded in “stun
ning” her guests
in her dazzling
costume, but she
held them inter
ested for some lit
tle time by the
story of the cap
ture and captivity
of the monster
reptile.
The snake, a
real South Amer
ican boa-constric
tor, was taken
years ago in its
native forests by
a band of nomads
who traffic in rep
tilian products.
After a dozen
years of circus
wanderings
through South
America the snake
Was brought to
the United States,
where it was
dubbed “Teddy.”
in honor of the
strenuous one.
But like the rea'
Teddy, the boa-
constrictor could
not bear confine
ment, and, pining
away in the nar
row confines of a
-dreus cage, he
soon succumbed.
All that is mortal
of Teddy arrived
months ago and
w a s forthwith
given to Mrs.
Grace Sanders
Keefer, mother of
Miss Macy. When
the giant skin is
not in use at
birthday parties
it hangs on the
wall of the Keefer
home, an object of
interest to the
many friends of
Miss Macy and
her mother.
MISS ELINOR MAC Y IN SNAKE GOWN.
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Wealthy Physician Fights Son, Injures Wife
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GIRL TEACHER DRINKS POISON
tTUNTIIN NEARLY
ACKSONVTLLE, Sept. 1.—George
Stafford, of Atlanta, was swept
eath the waves at Pablo Beach
iday afternoon Just as he was re-
•ing an introduction to L. D.
Dot, City Engineer of Jacksonville,
was unconscious when rescued by
Dot and others. He recovered con-
msness shortly afterward, and is
arted much improved to-day.
Allow me to introduce by husband,
Stafford,” said Mrs. Stafford,
> had previously met Smoot. As
Dot turned with a smile of greet-
a giant wave struck Stafford, and
disappeared.
oth Mrs. Stafford and Smoot be-
to laugh at the sudden disappear-
e expecting Stafford to rise at
e. When he failed to appear,
not, who is almost a giant, dived
i the water and caught the drown-
man just as the undertow was
rying him out to sea.
fter hard work, Stafford was re-
and carried on a stretcher to
life-saving station, and from
re to the Oceanview Hotel, where
lical aid was summoned. Mrs
fford worked faithfully in revlv-
her husband.
Worth $25,000, He
Grinds Street Organ
CHICAGO, Sept. 1.—Mike Rocco
will appear in coi.rt to-morrow to ex
plain why he insists on playing on a
grind organ for pennies when he has
a fortune of $25,000.
Rocco was arrested, but obtained
his release in a few minutes on bonds
signed by his sister, who scheduled
$0,000 unincumbered property.
Miss Naomi Wells, Widely Known
in Georgia Educational Circles,
Takes Acid at West Point.
| Camp Perry Shoot
Scorer Fatally Shot
CAMP PERRY, OHIO, Sept. 1.—
Corporal Fennisy, of Company M,
Third United States Infantry. wa?
shot and probably fatally wounded
while serving as scorer in the inter
national rifle matches here to-day.
The bullet passed through his ab
domen and lodged in his side.
SCRAMBLE "OR OFFICE.
GAINESVILLE, FLA., Sept. 1.—
There is a scramble for the office of
game warden for Alaohu county, and
aopllcants are busy circulating petl-
j tions for signatures The appoint-
■ ment it is said will be made this
| week
WEST POINT, GA., Sept. 1.—-Miss
Naomi Wells, of Thomson, newly
elected teacher of English and his
tory in the West Point High School,
to-day lies unconscious at the point of
death from the effects of six drams
of carbolic acid, drunk with suicidal
intent.
The cause of her attempt to end her
life is a mystery thus far, although it
is believed to be contained in sealed
notes found in her room addressed to
her parents at Thomson, to Miss Rosa
Woodberry, principal of the Wood-
berry School In Atlanta, to Miss Millie
Rutherford, of Athens, and to other
'riends and relatives. Telegrams have
been sent to each one for whom a
note was found. They will not be
opened until her parents and friends
arrive or give instructions as to their
disposition.
Miss Wells came to West Point Fri
day morning preparatory' to begin
ning her service in the high school,
which opened to-day. Friday after
noon she attended the teachers’ meet
ing. when she met Professor W. P.
Thomas and the other members of the
faculty. She secured board with Mrs.
Samuel Lovelace, where other out-of-
town teachers stay. She appeared in
the best of spirits and was enthusi
astic over her school work on Friday
and Saturday.
Found Dying on Bod.
On Sunday morning she went to
church and in the afternoon mingled
with the other boarders, entering into
the conversation and displaying an
attitude of cheerfulness. Sunday night,
however, Miss Wells remained in her
room. She sat up until past midnight
writing the notes that were found to
day.
She drank the poison some time in
the early morning and lay down upon
her bed. At 7 o’clock this morning,
when Miss Wells did not appear at
the breakfast table with the other
boarders, someone was sent to her
room to call her, w r hen she was found
lying unconscious across the bed.
Physicians were summoned, but after
working with her for some time, an
nounced that she virtually had no
chance to recover.
The only intimation that Miss Wells
had given of despondency was late
Sunday afternoon, when she told Miss
Lucy Nunnally, of Monroe, another
new teacher, that she had “the blues.”
She did not explain the cau^e, how
ever.
Because of the attempted suicide
Professor Thomas dismissed school
immediately after it had been con
vened at 9 o’clock, announcing that
Miss Wells was critically ill. The
Board of Education met later In the
day to determine what course to pur
sue as to Mh<s Wells’ position in the
faculty.
Parents Know of No
: Reason for Attempt.
THOMSON, Sept. 1,—Mr. and Mrs
J. M. Wells, parents of Miss Naomi
Wells, who attempted to commit sui
cide at West Point to-day. are unable
to explain her desire to end her life.
They received a letter from her on
Saturday, but It contained no intima
tion of trouble. They will leave for
West Point this afternoon.
LITTLE INTCRES IN CHARTER.
i WAYCROSS.—Little Interest Is be
ing taken in the charter election to
| be held early in October, if the spe
cial registration is any Indication,
few hav ng registered. The book,
l close September 20.
Wedding Postponed, hi i
‘Best Man’ and Maid A j
of Honor to Marry »»*-L
MEMPHIS, TENN., Sept. 1.--Guests
who were disappointed at the post
ponement of the wedding which to
day was to have united the Warrens
and the Benedicts, two of the oldest
and foremost families socially In Ten
nessee, were invited to attend an
other equally great social event as a
substitute.
Mias Blanche Evans, who was to be
maid of honor, and Warren Lewis, of
Birmingham, v Ala., w'ho was to be
best man at the postponed wedding,
will be married Wednesday.
Miss Evans and Lewis met for the
first time last Friday. They were tak
ing part in the first rehearsal of their
friends’ wedding when the bride
groom, Harry H. Benedict, became
ill suddenly. While Benedict was be
ing operated on for appendicitis,
Lewis proposed to Miss Evans and
was accepted.
Wife, Children, Coin
And Employee Gone
PENSACOLA. Sept. 1.— Claiming
that a man named Hice had chloro
formed him and stolen his wife, four
of his seven children and $329, E. S.
Gilmore, a resident of West Pensa
cola, telephoned the Sheriff’s office
to-day asking the arrest of Rice and
recovery of the money and children.
Sheriff Ellis and deputies are investi
gating.
Gilmore said Rice is an English
man, and came to Pensacola on a ship
sometime ago. He said he employed
Rice to work on his farm a few’
weeks ago, but later discharged him.
English Doctor to
Discuss Pellagra
SPARTANBURG, Sep.t 1— Dr. M.
B. Sambon, a noted English scientist
and pellagra expert, arrived here this
afternoon from Columbia to attend
the Pellagra conference to be held
Wednesday, when he will deliver an
address relating his experiences in
the study of the diseases.
On Thursday evening a smoker w ill
be tendered Dr. Sambon and other
physicians, invitations having been
sent to the Governors of North and i
South Carolina and other prominent I
men of the South.
Slays His Wife and
Shoots at Officers 1
Dr. A. B. Hinkle To Be Sued by
Wife Following Family Row.
Prosecution Dropped.
MACON. Sept. 1.—No court proced
ure other than a divorce suit will follow
th« riter between Dr. A. B. Hin
kle, wealthy Macon physician, and
his wife and son on Saturday night.
Although Mrs. Hinkle had the doctor
arrested on the charge of wife-whlp-
ping and the son sought the protec
tion of the Sheriff and asked for the
issuance of warrants. It has been de
cided that there will be no prosecu
tion.
Dr. Hinkle and his wife have been
separated for more than a week
though living under the same roof 1n
their handsome home on Orange
street, and Mrs. HtnfcTe has declared
that she Is going to institute a divorce
suit.
Saturday night Dr. Hinkle reproved
h!s 17-year-old son. James, for urging
Mrs. Hinkle to sue for divorce, and a
fight followed between father and son.
In which the latter won. He threw
his father on the floor and would not
let him up until he made certain
promises. In the melee Mrs. Hinkle
was struck In the face—Dr. Hinkle
says accidentally—and the doctor’*
80-year-old mother was knocked down
and sustained a broken hip.
The affairs created great excitement
In the fashionable section of the city
and an enormous crowd surrounded
Hie house. Two policemen dragged
Dr. Hinkle out, but released him at
Mrs. Hinkle’s request, after he had
agreed to appear In court. The crowd
threatened Dr. Hinkle, believing at
the time that he had badly abused his
wife and mother, and was only dis
persed upon the personal plea of Ko-
l.'citor General John P. Ross.
4n interesting phase of the situa
tion is that Dr. Hinkle’s properiy,
amounting to several hundred thou
sand dollars, is wholly in his wife's
name.
Doomed Man’s Attorneys Declare
They Have Proof of Innocence.
Go Before Prison Board.
MOBILE, Sept 1.—W. D. McKin-
non is In Jail at Geneva charged with
the murder of his wife. He chased
her through their home on Sunday
and as she was jumping from a win
dow shot her, firing both barrels of a
shotgun. When deputies came to ar
rest him, McKinnon shot at them
without effect. He made no further
resistance and was easily Jailed.
Both McKinnon and his wife were
members of prominent families.
Goes by Special Train
To Son Killed in Anto
MOBILE, Sept. 1.—Henry Lindsey,
son of Martin Lindsey, one of the
wealthiest men in the South, was
killed late Sunday night near Pace,
Fla., when a speeding automobile he
was driving turned turtle as one of
the tires blew out.
Martin Lindsey chartered a special
train from Mobile to Pace when he
learned of the accident.
Young Lindsey was popular in so
cial circles in Southern Alabama.
Test for Teachers
In Florida Tuesday
GAINESVILLE, FLA., Sept. 1.—The
annual State examination of those
w r ho desire certificates to teach in the
public schools of Florida will open
Gainesville Tuesday in the high
schooi building.
The law requires a certificate of
good character and a fee of $1 from
each applicant.
‘Arsonettes’ Active;
Defy Mrs. Pankhurst
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Sept. 1.—The ars»»n
squad of th*. Women’s Social and Po.
litical Union refuses to give up vio
lence in deflanc. of Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst’s orders. The pavilions >f
the international schools at Hamp
stead were burned to-day.
This fire followed a conflagration
on the estate of Earl of Ken-
mare at Killarnev, Countv Kerry. Ire
land. Killarney House, the earl’s seat,
was destroyed. The total damage
from the two firer Is about $109,000.
City to Give Each
Blind Man a Dog
Touched by the whines of the con
demned dogs down at the pound and
the vain groping of blind men throifgh
Atlanta’s crowded streets. City Clerk
Walter Taylor has decided to give
each man a dog.
He said he wished he could save ill
the dogs on such a good excuse. but
that a number of the blind men al
ready have dogs. These he will give
free dog licenses.
U. S. Begins Physical
Valuation of Roads
WASHINGTON .Sept. 1.—The In
terstate Commen 3 Commission’s rail
road valuation board will begin mak
ing a physical valuation of ail tne
railroads In the l ed States to*
Declaring that they had the proof
showing Dr. W. J. McNaughton, the
Emanuel County physician under
sentence of death for the killing of
Fred Flanders, to be an Innocent
man without the shadow’ of a doubt,
Judge F. H. Saffold, of Savannah,
and Colonel John W. Bennett, of
Waycross, attorneys for the defend
ant, Monday afternoon prepared to
wage a hot fight before the Prison
Commission for the life of their client.
The hearing of the case began at 2
o’clock.
Shortly after the commission con
vened Colonel Bennett and Judge Saf
fold presented a lengthy brief, which
was explained in detail, containing a
series of hypothetical question an
swered by a board of Savannah’s most
prominent physicians, which, it is
claimed, establish the fact that Flan
ders could not have met his death
by arsenic poisoning.
Colonel Bennett presented further
evidence in which he claimed that
the examination of the stomach of
Flanders for traces of arsenic was
made by parties who were not ex
perts in any sense of the word.
Before the hearing both attorneys
declared they were confident that
Dr. McNaughton would be pardoned
by the prison board.
Following the hearing of the evi
dence, which may extend throughout
Tuesday, the Prison Commission will
reach a decision, which will be re
ported direct to the Governor before
it is given out for publication.
Among other cases which are being
considered by the board are the
Maugham case of Griffin, in which
efforts are being made to obtain a
pardon for J. J. Maugham, cotton mill
man. who is serving a four-year term
in the penitentiary.
The board also considered Monday
the case of Lige Lane, negro, con
victed in Clinch County of an attack
on a woman and sentenced to be
hanged.
Sickles' Romance
Recalled; Alleged
Son Takes His Name
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—The romance
of the first marriage of General Dan
iel E. Sickles and his subsequent J-
vorce after the killing of Philip Bar
ton Key, United States Attorney,
were recalled to-day by the news th u
Alfred Summers Molyneux, a car oil
er on the Lackawanna Railroad in
Hoboken, has been christened as Al
fred Antonio Sickles, son of the W’-ir
veteran and Teresa Sickles.
Molyneaux often has maintained
that General Sickles Is his father, de
claring that his mother hid the fa :t
of his birth, which occurred after the
divorce, and that he himself onlv
learned the facts when he was 21
years old. Molyneux now is 55.
Stanton Sickles, son of the general
b ■ his second marriage, has aided h3
claimant in his efforts to straight. i
the tangle surrv>undlng his birth.
Scent Phagan Case
In Woman's Cries;
Building Ransacked
A woman's screams reawakened mem
ories of the Phagan case in the minds
of pedestrians on Alabama street short
ly after noon Monday and a crowd be
sieged the cafe run hy J. E. Poulas
and the adjacent building seeking to
solve the mystery.
They hunted high an I low' through the
building at No. 21 West Alabama
scouring the place from basement to
roof. A crow’d of three hundred per
sons assembled, interfering with trade
and Jamming the street.
It was finally discovered by some un
masked Sherlock Holmes that the
screams came from a woman io a ne
gro dentist’s office across the street. No
policeman was In evidence all during
the Jam and the search.
Fire Sweeps Ship at
New Orleans Docks
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 1.—Fire to-
j day swept the steamship Nessian, of
the Leland Line here. Captain W. B.
Hannaford, w'hile leading the ship’s
crew in fighting the flames, was nearly
asphyxiated and his condition Is crit
ical. He was rescued from the hold
of the steamer with great difficulty,
his wife assisting in bringing him to
the open air safely.
The flames still are beyond con
trol, although ten engines and five
harbor boats are on the scene.
The Nessian is a 5,000-ton steamer
It was predicted that the loss would
reax'h $100,000. Spontaneous combus
tion was believed to have caused the
fire.
morrow, act jrding to a member
the corniiiission here to-day.
Militants Repeat
Attack on Premier
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, Sept. 1
Miss Winnie Wallace and Miss Flora
Smith, young militant suffragettes
whn Assaulted Premier Asquith on
the golf links at Elgin last Thursday,
attacked the Premier in church at
Elgin during services yesterday, ac
cording to word received here this
afternoon.
The girls wort out on ball. Dur
ing services the girls entered the
church as though they were belated
worshippers and then, with shouts
of rage, hurled themselves upon the
Premier.
Georgia Men Score
Well at Camp Perry
With a splendid individual record for
each member, Georgia s crack rifle icam,
which participated in the national r
shoot, at Camp Perry. Ohio, will arrive
In Atlanta Monday night. All of the
men. Including Adjutant General Van-
Holt Nash, with the exception of four
who remained for the Internationa!
shoot, will return
According to dispatches from Camp
Perry, the Georgia marksmen made
some of the best scores. The men are
said to be in the best of health and Jn
fine trim for any sort of service they
may be called upon to perform.
Wooden Leg Halts
Deserting Husband
When Isaac Wesley, a negro, form
ulated a plan to leave his wife he
did not take Into consideration the
fact that he had a wooden leg. He
went to his home In Decatur street
Sunday night and Informed his
spouse, Maggie Wesley, that as soon
as he had taken a nap he was going
to leave her.
While Isaac was asleep Maggie un
strapped his artificial leg and was
Just hiding It under the bed when he
awoke, Isaac seized the prop and
beat his wife with It, He was fined
$7.75 by Recorder Pro Tem Preston
Monday morning.
6 Girls Sell 20,000
Kisses to Aid Charity
SALEM. OHIO, Sept. 1.—Twenty
thousand masculine lips pressed those
of six fair members of prominent
families In a scheme whereby $20,-
000 was raised for a fund to endow
Salem Hospital through the dispens
ing of women’s kisses at $1 each.
When young and old stood in line
to enjoy the osculatory performance,
all the women were single. One
married w'oman seeking to do her
part compromised by shaking hands
at 25 cents a shake. One of the vic
tims, her husband, she charged $2.
Result of Fifteen Councilmanic
Elections Will Determine Police
Policy if Reform Wins.
The wiping out of Atlanta's Police
Commission and a threatened war to
oust Police Chief James L. Beavers
have become the paramount issues
in the elections to be held on a new
charter and on fifteen members of the
General Council.
Amid all the complexities of th*
fight over the new charter submitted
to the people by the General Assem
bly and the personal clashes In tht
various wards over seats In the
Council the contest of the severa’
factions for control of the police de
partment stands out as the one issue
which has aroused the clans, and wifi
arouse them more.
Developments Monday revealed the
fact that the various leaders are plan
ning their campaigns on this Issue. It
will be the first opportunity the voters
have had to say whom they want to
frame Atlanta’s police policy.
Issue Never Before People.
With the Council changing half of
its personnel every year, the Mayor
with but little authority In the mat-
ter and the members of the Poller
Commission elected for different
terms, it has been impossible to ger
the Issue directly before the people.
But with the new charter elect!' i
and the selection of fifteen new Conn-
cllmen coming within a week of each
ether, Atlanta's police policy—wheth
er there shall be a "tight*’ town, as*
now, or more liberal rule—becomes
the vital question.
The new charter, if adopted, pro
vides that the Police Commission
shall be abolished on January 1. The
formal wording of this document, sub
mitted to a vote of the people on Sep
tember 24, obscures its meaning on
this point. It is none the less true,
according to no less an authority than
City Attorney James L. Mayson.
Powers United In One Board
In the place of the Police Commis
sion a Board of Public Safety is cre
ated. It is to have charge of both
the police and fire departments, and
its members are to be elected by the
new Council the first of the year.
The charter further provides that
all * officials, whether elected by
Council or a board, shall serve out
their terms.
Ftre Chief W. B. Cummings, there
fore, will serve out his term. But
Chief Beavers Is not elected for any
term. He serves at the will of the
Police Commission, except that he car:
not be removed unless far cause; and
the same civil service rules hold in the
new charter with a board of public
safety over him.
Should the charter be adopted the
fight would be only one-third over, for
the councilmanic election the next
week, September 30, would be just as
important. And the final test would
come still later when the new Council
went to eleot a board of public safety.
All Want New Charter.
It is an odd situation that practi
cally all of the present Council and
Police Commission, who are in per
sonal harmony, ;f not in agreement, on
the city’s police policy, are for the
new charter. It is their child, adopted
by Council and sent to the Legislature
to offset the movement for more dras
tic reforms.
Despite the fact that the Beavers
i*9ue has become far more significant
than was at first anticipated, the fa
thers of the charter, the Chambert
faction, nave been holding conferences
to aid its passage.
Carlos H. Mason, chairman of ths
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