Newspaper Page Text
\
\
L
v-
ALWAYS FIRST ® ®
The SUNDA Y
AMERICAN
it NOW”
The Atlanta
Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT
Georgian
ADS---Use for Results
- N
EVENING
EDITION
Both Phones Main 100
VOL. XII. NO. 26. ATLANTA, GA., TUESD AY, SEPTEMBER 2,1913. 2 CENTS. p ^°
MISSING GIRL IS FOUND AT HOSPITAL
^*•4*
■H+ •!•••!• 4**+ <••+ +•+ +•+
+•+
•5**+
+•+
+•+
+•*
+•+
*1* • -;*
+•+
*•*
+ •+
Swears McNaughton ‘Victim’ Poisoned
4-»4- +•* ■}••* +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+
COTTON SOARS ON U. S. REPORT
Continued Drouth and High Tem
peratures in Southwest Cut
Average to 68.2.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2.—The con-
dition of the cotton crop over the
entire belt averaged 68.2 on August
25, the lowest condition of that date
recorded since 1909, according to the
estimate of the United States Cen
sus Bureau, announced at noon to
day.
Reports of continued drouth and
high temperatures in Texas and Ok
lahoma had made it apparent to the
trade that there wold be heavy de
preciation from the July condition of
79.6. but the most pessimistic private
authorities had looked for a condition
of not worse than 69.6 and the pri
vate estimates ranged fro mthia fig
ure to 70.6.
The decline in the condition of cot
ton for the mofir>: Is 11.4 points. In
August, 1909, a condition of 63.7 was
recorded, and in August. 1902, the
condition was 64.0. In August, 1900,
the condition also was *68.2.
Cotton futyres in New York were
strong today. Shorts were fearing an
extremely bullish report and the
weather during the three days that
the exchange had been closed has
been most unfavorable to the Texas
and Oklahoma cotton. At noon, when
the trading came to a standstill to
await the flash of the government
figures, quotations were from 19 to
33 points over Friday’s close, with
January options standing at 12.44
cents. Fifteen minutes after the flash
January touched 12.53, May 12.71.
The average August condition for
the ten years from 1903 through 1912
was 74.7. For July, the ten-year con
dition average was 80. The ten-year
average decline in condition, there
fore, has been 6.4 points, compared to
11.4 points this year.
Once, with a low August condition
figure, there was a big crop. This
was in 1911, when the August figures
■were 73.2. It qow is suspected that
the government made an error in
computing the average than , r , and
besides, the weather during the lat
ter part of August and all of Sep
tember 'hat yea* was ideal for the
crop. Viis year the drouth in Texas
and O Jbhoma remains unbroken to
date a week after the date of the
Ceif ms Bureau
report.
Atlanta Holds Own
As Cotton Center
Cotton received at Atlanta for the
Season ended September 1 amounted to
200.000 bales, in round figures, compared
to 350,000 for 1911, which was the bump
er crop year.
Even*' indication points to a large
crop this year, and consequent heavy
receipts in this pity. Atlanta, accord
ing to those in the trade, is holding its
own as a cotton center. There is conskL
erable business in cotton compressed
here in transit, but the amount sent here
direct also i.i large.
Finds Lost Husband
When She Asks Work
Forced to seek employment to sup
port herself and tw’o small children
when her husband left her in Ander
son. S. C., Mrs. M. B. Wallace ap
plied at the Fulton Bag and Cotton
Company Tuesday morning. She was
asked to place her name and address
in the company’s application register.
As she did so she noticed the name of
the applicant before her. It was that
of her husband.
She threw down the pen and pan
from the buildings, returning later
with a policeman. Wallace was ar
rested on his wife’s charge of de
sertion. She declared he disappeared
Aur^t VI.
Lillian Russell In
Airship; Thinks It
Helps Complexion
PARIS Sept. 2.—Lillian Russell,
who left Paris recently for Germany,
telegraphs the following graphic ac
count of her experiences in a Zeppe
lin airship:
Yes, I flew r through the air over
the City of Berlin to-day. ®nly
one w ord describes the trip—Won
derful.
I have often envied the birds as
they flew through the air, but to
day I flew faster than any bird.
When the dirigible balloon is per
fected there will be no more wars.
There will be universal peace, and
I shall be glad of it. From our
commanding position to-day a
whole army could have been de
stroyed.
I could not advise 'women with
weak hearts to make this trip.
But the wonderful air should be
food for complexions.
LILLIAN RUSSELL.
Abruzzi Wins Prize
As BestTango Dancer
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VENICE. Sept. 2.—An aristocratic
dinner party given here by the Duke
of Abruzzi was followed by a dance
at which prizes were offered for
couples who gave the best per
formances in various classes in Ar
gentine tango competition.
The Duke himself, with Miss Genia
Lenie, as partner, won the first prize.
Tries To Do Tango on
Bell Buoy; Rec6vers
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 2.—Accept
ing a dare to dance a tango on the
swaying top of a bell buoy at Long
Beach, Mrs. Katherine Call narrowly
escaped drowning.
After swimming a quarter of a mile
to the buoy she attempted to dan?e
on its surface, but was hurled in r o
the sea. Life guards rescued her.
John D. Keeps Men
Working Labor Day
CLEVELAND. Sept. 2.—Employees
at Forest Hill, the estate of John D.
Rockefeller here, worked as usual on
Labor Day.
When discussing the day, the
world's richest man said:
"My employees are better off work
ing. Holidays often lead to extrava
gance.”
Price or Dent to Hurl First of
Four Games -on Which the
Pennant Hinges.
The Crackers face to-day the most
Homeric task that has confronted a
Southern League ball club since 1904.
when another Atlanta team faced
New Orleans with the job of win
ning four straight games or losing th*
pennant.
That club lost the game—and the
pennant.
No man can say what Bill Smith’s
club will do. But this much is cer
tain—is well in the records, and a
part of baseball history:
Bill Smith and the Atlanta ball
club have made as great and game
a fight for this slender chance as
any manager and any ball club ever
made in any league.
Must Beat the Gulls.
Of their last eighteen games, the
Crackers have won fifteen, lost two
and tied one, Of the last dozen games
they have won eleven.
Now they are confqpnted by the
Mobile Gulls. Mike Finn’s hard-hit
ting bunch, with a three-game lead
and a four-game series to play.
Atlanta must win all four games
of that series.
Winning three and losing one, the
Gulls would leave Atlanta leading by
one game. Then Atlanta would have
to win Saturday’s game from Chatta
nooga while Mobile lost Saturday’s
and Sunday’s games to New Orleans
to finish in front.
Mobile is not likely to lose two
games to New Orleans.
If the Crackers can win four games
Continued on Page 2, Column 8.
“My Own Beauty Secrets”
ANNA 6 " HELD
The Most Instructive
and Highly Inter
esting Series of Its
Kind Ever Pre
sented to Beauty-
Seeking Girts and
Women, Superbly
Illustrated by Spe
cially Posed Photo
graphs.
BEGINS ON
THE WOMAN’S
MAGAZINE PAGE
NEXT
THURSDAY
El Li TO
"This Is Going to Kill Me Some
Day,” Friends Declare He
Often Remarked.
Statements that Fred Flanders, al
leged to have been murdered by Dr.
W. J. McNaughton, the Emanuel
County physician under sentence of
death, took his own life by slow' de
gree poispning in an effort to combat
the ravages of Brights disease were
made in'affidavits of two Thomasville
citizens, filed with the Prison Com
mission Tuesday morning by Judge
fcaffold, McNaughton’s attorney.
Judge Saffold personally presented
to the commission the evidence, which
he declared is absolute and indisputa
ble proof that Flanders died by his
own hand and not by the hand of Dr.
McNaughton. The new affidavits, he
asserted further, could result only in
an absolute pardon for the Emanuel
County man. The commission will
consider the new evidence with other
affidavits filed Monday afternoon.
Swear He Took Medicine Daily.
The affidavits were made by W. J
Taylor, clothier, and A. J. Stanaland,
County Surveyor of Thomas County.
Both swear they became acquainted
with Flanders on the occasion of his
visit to Thomasville, where he was
interested in the lumber business ior
several weeks.
They also corroborate each other in
the statement that Flanders seemed
to be ill and took medicine daily,
sometimes several times during the
day. They assert further that Flan
ders remarked every time he took tht
medicine that it was going to kill him
some day. Here is Stanaland’s state
ment.
"I recall distinctly Mr. Fred Flan
ders, who came to Thomasville for the
purpose of looking over some mill
timber which he and a Mr. Thompson
afterward bought. I accompanied
them over the property as guide and
surveyor, and was with them daily for
a week or ten days.
Took Liquid, Tablets, Pills.
"I remember Mr. Flanders took
medicine daily, sometimes several
times during the day while with me.
We always stopped for lunch where
we could get water, so that he could
take his medicine. Some of it was
liquid, and some small tablets or pills.
Sometimes he would take one or the
other, and again 1 have seen him take
both.
“I remember one day I was in the
store of W. J. Taylor, at No. 6 Broad
street, in Thomasville, and Mr. Flan
ders said to Mr. Taylor, ‘Would you
mind taking some medicine?’ Mr.
Taylor said, ’Certainly not.’ Mr. Flan
ders then walked to the water bucket,
and while preparing the medicine,
which he had put in a glass, said
This is goihg to kill me some day.’ ”
Mr. Taylor in his affidavit cor
roborates Mr. Stanaland, and adds
that Flanders on several occasions
took his pencil out and mashed some
thing, and that while stirring it in
the glass remarked that "This is go
ing to kill me some day.”
Flanders, he swears, made this
statement every time that he took the
medicine in his presence, which was
three or four times.
The good character and reputation
of both Taylor and Stanaland is at
tested in the affidavit by W. H. Rock
well, president of the First National
Bank of Thomasville.
Judge Saffold and Colonel John
Bennett, attorneys for Dr. McNaugh
ton, are being aided in their tight for
the physicians life by the Rev. Dr.
John S. Wilden, pastor of the South
Side Baptist Church, of Savannah,
who has been McNaughton’s pastor
during his incarceration. Dr. Wilden
arrived in Atlanta Tuesday morning.
He declared that Dr. McNaughton
was confident of receiving a full par
don.
DOCTOR WHO IS MAKING DESPERATE
FIGHT TO ESCAPE THE GALLOWS
W. J. M’NAUGHTON.
DR. HINKLE SEES
PLOT BY ENEMIES
MACON. Sept. 2.—Thus far efforts
of mutual friends to bring about a
reconciliation between Dr. A. B. Hin
kle and his wife, Mrs. Nita Hinkle,
who are estranged, have been un
availing, and Mrs. Hinkle has reiter
ated her intention of immediately
suing for divorce. She has placed the
matter in the hands of John R. L.
Smith, her attornev and it is stated
the suit will be filed as soon as he
can prepare the papers.
Dr. Hinkle declares that his ene
mies are urging his wife to take this
course. He says he still loves her
and their children, and does not pro
pose to do anything to bring further
disgrace upon them. He declares ne
intends to remain in Macon and prac
tice his profession and in time con
vince the public that he has been a
true and loyal husband and father
during his 25 years of married life.
Scores Husband’s Conduct.
Mrs. Hinkle, on the other hand,
charges that her husband’s conduct
has been such as to cause her and
the children to be ostracized by thei:
former friends, and that she had fully
determined to seek a legal separa
tion.
Mrs. Hinkle and the children hava
for the time being left the palatial
Hinkle residence and are residing
with Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Lanier in
the Navarro Apartments. Dr. Hinkle
and his 80-year-old mother. Mrs.
Laura Hinkle, of New York, whose
hip was broken in the family melee
Saturday night, are occupying the
Hinkle home. Mrs. Nita Hinkle cays
she will not molest her husband un
til his mother has recovered, but he
must then leave. The aged Mrs. Hin
kle is in a serious condition.
The Jiome and practially all the
other property Dr. Hinkle has ac
cumulated was transferred to the wife
some time ago, the combined value
being estimated at $100,000. If she
succeeds in holding this property, and
indications are that she will, Dr. Hin
kle will be left a poor man. He says
his wearing apparel and personal
trinkets are about all he has left.
According to dispatches from Amer-
leus, Dr. Hinkle and his father, Dr.
James Hinkle, killed Dr. James Wor-
shum, a prominent Americus dentist,
in 1890. The elder Hinkle was give.a
a life sentence and committed suicide
in his cell. The son afterward was
acquitted. The Hinkle trials were
perhaps the most sensational ever
held in Sumter County.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Probably fair Tues
day and Wednesday.
Accused by Woman
As Husband’s Slayer
LEXINGTON, Sept. 2.—Upon affi
davit of Mrs. Jake Motley, Eugene
Hunt, 49 years old, has been lodged
in jail charged with the murder of
Jake Motley, w'ho was shot from am
bush an he was entering the barn at
his home.
The woman charges Hunt had re
peatedly urged her to obtain a di
vorce and marry him, and particu
larly on the night of the assassina
tion he urged her to go to the home
of her father, which she did. Hunt
was to spend the night with Motley.
Hunt claims he was in bed when the
shot was fired and later assisted the
wounded man to the house
Insane Savant Dies;
Labor Cure a Failure
JEFFERSONVILLE, IND., Sept. 2.
Allen L. Harbolt, former principal
of the Charleston School and one of
the most prominent educators in In
diana. is dead here to-day, having lost
his mind through overstudy.
Harbolt, realizing his condition, at
tempted to regain his health by work
ing as a day laborer.
AGED RAILROADER DEAD.
AUGUSTA.—John S. Cook, for
nearly 40 years the master mechanic
at the Georgia Railroad, died at
John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
He was 86 years old, and was born
in Brooklyn. W .A. Watters, assist
ant master mechanic, will probably
succeed him.
Miss Clara Bell Griffin, of No.
265 North Ashby street, myste
riously missing since Monday
morning at 6:30 o’clock, was lo
cated Tuesday noon by her broth
er in Grady Hospital, where she
had gone of her own accord
Monday forenoon.
A thorough search of the buildlni
occupied by the National Pencil Com
pany was made Tuesday by Detec
tives Black and Bullard in an effort to
find clews which will lead to the so
lution of the mysterious disappear
ance of Miss Clara Bell Griffin, an
employee of the factory, who left her
home at 6:20 Monday morning and
has not been heard of since. Chief of
Detectives Newport Lanford ordered
the investigation.
Chief Lanford’s action arises out of
the sensational statement of the girl’s
mother, who declared that her daugh
ter had said that she was going to
the pencil factory to do some work.
"I am sure that my daughter went
to the pencil factory,” said Mrs. Grif
fin Tuesday. "She said to me just
before she left home that she hated
to have to work on a holiday, but
that she had to be there at 11
o’clock.”
According to Mrs. Griffin, mother of
the missing girl, the young woman
was told Saturday evening before she
left the pencil factory to report Mon
day morning for a half day’s work.
Mrs. Griffin said that her daughter
said that evening when she came
home. "Mother. I will not get a whole
holiday Monday like the boys. Mr.
Darley told me to report for work at
the usual time, and he would let me
off at noon.”
Intended to Hurry Home.
Miss Griffin was making a new
dress, according to her mother, and
did not take her lunch with her Mon
day morning, saying that she would
be home as soon as possible and finish
the dress.
"My daughter was always frank
and honest with me,” declared Mrs.
Griffin, "and I know that when she
left home yesterday morning she ex
pected to have to work until noon.
She refused to take her lunch, say
ing she would be home in plenty of
time for dinner.
"My daughter has never in her life
been out late at night, and has never
before been away this long without
my knowing where she was. I am
sure something has happened to her,
but I know she would fight to the
very last to protect herself. She is
a good girl, and has always taken a
great deal of interest in church
work.”
A sinister coincidence is that Mon
day was a holiday; as was the day
when Mary Phagan went to the fac-J
tory and was foully slain.
Louis A. Griffin, brother of the
mysteriously missing girl, was at the
factory Tuesday morning to demand
what had become of his sister.
"Yesterday was another holiday,”
he told the factory attaches, "and to
day another girl is missing. What
has become of her?”
Said She Was Going to Factory.
Griffin, who left his work at the
Gate City Coffee Company, where he
is a machinist, to take up the hunt
for his sister, was assured by Fore
man N. V. Darley that no one had
been working at the factory yester
day, on account of it’s being Labor
Day, and that it was preposterous to
believe that Miss Griffin had been
there.
Miss Griffin is 21 years old and lives
with her mother and her brother,
Louis A. Griffin, at No. 265 North
Ashby street. Her relatives were dis
tracted when she tailed to come home
from work Monday night. They im
mediately began an inquiry at the
homes where she might have stayed
all night.
No one had seen her. An alarm