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T7TE ATLANTA GEOK(iIAN AND NEWS.
There Is Still Time to Help 250 Poor Children Get an Education
Atlanta's schools opened yesterday, but there still are many poor children who will not be able to attend and get the education necessary to make them good citizens.
'Their parents are too poor to buy them books and suitable clothing. Superintendent Logan of the Associated Charities has sent out an appeal for funds. The Georgian and
Sunday American has headed a subscription list with $50. Won't you help? Your nickels and dimes and dollars will make for a better citizenship in Atlanta. Contri
butions may be sent to the Associated Charities or to The Georgian.
CALLED ‘CASSIE
Life of Wilmington, N. C.. So
ciety Leader, Accused as Em
bezzler of Thousands, Bared.
WTLMTN’GTON. N. C„ Kept.
With Borlfty circle* of the State
ptlrrprt hr they aeldom have been be
fore hy the reopening of the ca» |
against Mrs. Elizabeth Van R. Nich
ols. Indicted as the embezzler cf
thousands of dollars, confidence was
expressed hy the authorities to-day ot
their ability to prove that In the ac
cused they have a second Classic
Chadwick.
The State, officials also continued
to dig Into Mrs. Nichols' past life to
day.
Mrs. Nichols returned to Wllmlng- |
ton to make her home a few years
ago following a divorce from her sec-
ond husband for Incompatibility of
temperament. Until the death of Mr.
Sands sne received a considerable
sum as alimony.
She was a close friend since girl
hood of Mrs Eemassena, who had
great confidence In her ability as a
financier, and who is now her accuser
All told she turned over to Mrs. j
Nichols about $27,000 to be invests 1
It Is stated that Mrs. Nichols would !
pay over to Mrs. Lemassena certain
amounts at stated Intervals, whlc/t |
were supposed to represent the Inter
est or dividends on the investments.
This continued, It i» certain, until j
about six months ago. when Mrs.
Nichols suffered a nervous break
down and was taken to a s Itarium
In the North for treatment.
Indicted on Three Counts.
An Investigation by John D. Bel
lamy, engaged as counsel by Mrs
Lemassena. resulted In the return of
indictments by the Grand Jury a fen
w-eks ago charging Mrs. Nichols
With embezzlement In three cases.
The amount alleged In the Indict
ments aggregated $14,476.
I The Indictment of Mrs. Nichols
created a distinct sensation on ac
count of her prominence and high
social standing Kor several years
*he lived In Wilmington, where her
relatives formerly resided, and was
recognized as a leader In exclusive
social circles of that city and sec
tion. She entertained lavishly- She
Is a woman of charming personality
and was a great favorite In fashion
able circles in which she moved
Mrs. Eemassene came here from
Philadelphia and appeared before the
Grand Jury- She has beeh brought
to hard circumstances by reason of
operations of her friend, she says.
In two of the cases Wilmington j
bankers are marked as witnesses. J
V. Grainger, vice president of the
Murchison National Bank, appearing
In one. and Chafles E. Taylor, Jr.,
president of the Wilmington Savings
end Trust Company, In the other.
It Is alleged in bills that on Jan
uary 1, 1909, Mrs. Nlchola received
$10,090; on September-1, 1911, $3,075.
and July 11. 1912, $1,000.
A civil action Instituted later al
leged that Mrs. Nichols “willfully,
/ -wrongfully and fraudulently con
verted $27,000 to her use, which
amount was advanced by the plain
tiff (Mrs. Lemasseno) to defendant
for purpose of investment and pur
chase of certain stocks and bonds.’'
Jewelry and silverware belonging
to the defendant was sold and brought
$300, which amount was credited to
her account, according to complaint.
Woman’s Furniture Seized.
A warrant of attachment was se
cured with the filing of the complaint
in the civil action and all furniture
belonging to Mrs. Nichols in her fash
ionable home on South Front street
was seized by the Sheriff. Hearing
on an attachment on the home will
be held this week, and It Is likely
that an order will be given by court
for the sale of the property.
Mrs. Nicnols was thought to be In
New York at the time the indict
ments were brought and probably
was. but information now Is that she
has gone to Europe.. There was talk
that she would return to Wilmington
for trial and settle up claims. A
movement looking to this apparently
has been abandoned.
Nothing In social circles in many
years has created so much Interest
and gossip as this case. Mrs. Nich
ols always took an interest in the
North Carolina Society of Colonial
Dames and also was at the head of
several charitable organizations.
She has one son, Spencer Nichols,
who was a student at the University
of North Carolina. He is in New
York now.
FDR CHILD
Millionaire Barlow on Way From|
Cuba to This Country to Press
Suit Against Ex-Wife.
Price Approves Moving Picture
Crusade in Fight on Cotton
Boll Pest.
The dreaded boll weevil has bobbed
Up in Bainbridgo, Decatur Count>.
Georgtn. according to Information re
ceived by the State Agricultural De
partment. The report has not been
confirmed nor has It been reported to
State Entomologist LpV Worsham.
Commissioner Price Monday morn
ing: placed his stamp of approval on
the plan to have moving: pictures of
the boll weevil exhibited throughout
Georgia as an aid in the fight against
the plague. Although plans along this
line are not completed, it is probable
the Georgia Agricultural and Ento
mological Departments will inaugu
rate such a campaign soon.
According to announcement Mon
day. State Entomologist Lee Worsham
will be one of the speakers at the
National Conservation Exposition in
Knoxville next Saturday, lie return
ed from South Georgia Monday morn
ing.
GAINESVILLE, Sept. 9.—The city
police have made a raid on the Den
of Lions, secret and insurance order
with several hundred members in this
city.
It is claimed that the Lions do not
conform to any curfew regulations,
but on the contrary that the "den’*
remains open all night sometimes.,
and that intoxicants are indulged in
by it^ members.
Teacher, a Mother,
Is Back in School
CHICAGO. Sept. 9.—Mrs. Katherine
C. Edgell, the Erasmus Hall High
School teacher, who left her desk last
May to become the mother of a thriv
ing son, is back at work as instruc
tor, apparently a victor in the coun
try-wide discussion she precipitated.
Eminent school authorities said hav
ing a child unfitted her for her duties
as a teacher.
GIRL'S USSNLI
Explorers Reach
Head of Amazon
PHILADELPHIA Sept 9.—The
I Amazon exploration expedition sent
out by the University of Pennsylvania
several months ago has just report
ed reaching Caracari, a small set
tlement at the headwaters of naviga
tion on the Rio Branco, and near the
borders >>f the Gutanas, in South
America.
It is abou' 2.000 miles from the
imoutn <»f the Amazon and is almost
4 unknown to civilization.
Boy to Cross Sea
With Broken Back
ST PAUL. MINN Sept. 9.—In an
effort to see once more his mother
and home In the fatherland, Mike
VVasuek, 19, suffering from a broken
back, will leave here for Warsaw.
The lad has been in a local hospital
for thirteen months
Town Can't Pay Light
Bill; Current Cut Off
LOUKPORT. ILL.. Sept. 9 —This i
town to-day faced bankruptcy fol
lowing the action of the Will County
Sanitarv District shutting off electric
current and plunging the town in
darkness.
The town is unable to pay a $6,000
electric light bill. It also is unable to ]
pay $27,000 in other claim*.
No Clew Found to Identity of
Tramp Who Attacked Utoy
Farmer’s Daughter.
Posses of policemen and citizens
Tuesday were still searching for the
tramp who attacked a 16-year-old
girl near Utoy Monday afternoon.
While the young girl, a daughter of
a farmer, has recovered from the
shock, the feeling of outrage in the
district is unallayed, and there is
threatening spirit of a mob wher
ever the men congregate.
No clew as to the identity of the
tramp has been found since hlood-
hounds lost his trail late Monday
night. The man, described as rough
ly clad in overalls and with an un
shaved face, followed a small stream
in a flight for liberty ami thereby
threw the dogs ofT his trail.
The young girl was passing along
the creek bank when he attacked
her. She screamed and struggled
with a strength of terror that caused
them blth to topple into the stream.
County Police Chief Zaek Rowan
rushed to the scene with an automo
bile full of officers.
Servian Army Men
Die in Train Crash
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BELGRADE, SERV1A. Sept y — A
number df high officers in the Servian
army were killed or injured in a train
wreck near Uskub, on a branch of the
Orient Railway, to-day.
Eight persons were killed outright
and 30 mortally hurt in the collision
Part of the Servian general staff was
on one of the trains.
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to Massachusetts with the child an!
he remaining in Cuba. He brought
suit for divorce against her In 1911,
coming to Stewart County, his aid
home, to do it. He alleged cruelty
and Immoral conduct.
The question of Jurisdiction was
bitterly contested, but It was decided
that the Stewart County Superior
Court had power to adjudicate the
couple’s differences, and a total di
vorce was granted. Barlow, In lieu
of alimony, paid a lump sum of
money to the defendant and deeded
certain lands in Stewart County and
other places to her and their daugh
ter Madeline. He was given the care,
control and custody of the girl, with
the agreement that she should be al
lowed to visit her mother at reason
able Intervals.
He married Mrs. Maud Carter, a
widow and a sweetheart of his boy
hood days, soon after the decree was
granted. Early last month, when the
third Mrs. Barlow* was visiting in
Lumpkin, the divorced wife came to
the same hotel and asked the privi
lege of taking the child with her >n
a visit.
Kidnaping Attempt Charged.
The wife cabled Barlow*, w*ho was
in Cuba. He promptly and briefly re
plied, “No.” The mother then asked
if she might not have the child with
her In her room at the hotel. Tnis
request readily was granted. Th6
hotel guests w*ere startled about fc
o’clock the next morning by the
alarm that the mother stealthily had
left the hotel and had taken her
daughter with her.
Officers at once were sent to the
railroad station, where a train was
due at 3 in the morning, and all ot
the garages were watched to prevent
the woman getting out of town by
automobile. The next day she wjs
found in one of the homes in the*
town, to which she said he had gone
with no intention of kidnaping the
child.
Mrs. Maud Barlow at once obtained
an attorney and instituted habeas
corpus proceedings. The habeas cor
pus not only was denied by the Ordi
nary before whom the case was
heard, but the Superior Court virtu
ally was overruled by the perm t-
nent award of the child to its own
mother, Mrs. Edith Barlow-
Father Hurries From Cuba.
Barlow* hurried from Cuba to the
United States and to Atlanta, where
he engaged Burton Smith and the
firm of Little, Powell, Hooper Sz
Goldstein to look after his Interests.
The Ordinan w*ho decided against
Barlow* and his present wife in the
habeas corpus proceedings strangely
enough is an uncle of Prank A.
Hooper, one of the attorneys for Baj -
low. v
Attorney Smith immediately car
ried the habeas corpus decision to the
Superior Court of Stew’art County by
certiorari, where it now is pending,
and also began habeas corpus pro
ceedings in Pulton County for the
possession and custody of the child.
Further complicating the situation,
Mrs. Edith Barlow’s lawyers have
begun proceedings before Judge Lit
tlejohn in Stewart County, in which
it is contended that the divorce
granted Barlow was obtained by
fraud, as he was not a resident of
Stewart County.
Seeks Child and $25,000.
The Judge is petitioned to set aside
the present marriage to Mrs. Maud
Carter, to declare Barlow in contempt
of court, to give the permanent cus
tody of the child to its mother, and t
award the mother $25,000 alimony for
the supnort and care of her daugh
ter.
The case is set for September 27
at Lumpkin. It Is likely that tha
proceedings in Atlanta will be waived
so that the court of original Juris
diction may pass on all of the vari
ous angles of the interesting matri
monial mix-up.
Arrested Here on Complaint of
Columbus Dupes, Who Be
lieved His ‘Love Stories.’
A stylishly dressed young man. who
gave his name as Dr. M. L. Harrison
when arrested by Atlanta detectives
in the lobby of a local hotel, was sent
back to Columbus. Ga., Tuesday,
where there are some highly enraged
individuals w*ho claim they cashed bo
gus checks for him before he left there
Saturday.
The young man, according to the
stories from Columbus, came there a
few days ago and made an immediate
Impression by his modish clothes and
polished manners. He came presum
ably to see a well-known young so
ciety woman of the city and through
her he met a number of the prominent
people of the city, among them sev
eral physicians.
Being of a prepossessing appear
ance, he easily made friends, and as
the acquaintance between himself and
his newly formed friends ripened, he
became confidential w*ith them and
informed them that he was going to
wed the young lady whom he was
visiting. Friday the young woman
came to Atlanta to visit friends.
Doctor” Harrison thereupon in
formed some of his new found
friends, it is said, that he carelessly
had allowed himself to run short on
funds and asked them if they would
not cash some small checks for him.
Being of an accommodating nature,
four of his newly-made friends were
eager to oblige him and indorsed the
checks, which w*ere on the Bank of
Tampa and the First National Bank
of Si. Petersburg. It was then that
Dr. Harrison informed his friends
that he was going to Atlanta to see
the object of his affections, and on
Saturday afternoon he came to At
lanta.
The checks, which amounted »n
$125, began to come back Monday
w*ith the announcement, "No funds.
Such a man not know*n.” Those who
had been duped proceeded to get
busy and had warrants issued. The
Atlanta police were notified and late
Monday afternoon Dr. Harrison was
arrested.
Contributions to
Schoolbook Fund
Here are the contributors to
the school-book fund
started
by The Georgian and
Sunday
American for the poor chil-
dren of Atlanta:
Atlanta Georgian and
American
$50.00 ,
Cash
. 10.00
W. L. Peel
.. .00
J. P. Allan
. 2.00
Cash
. 2.00
“An Atlanta Girl” ..
. 5.00
Cash
. 1.00
Cash
. 3.00
George Winship
M. W. Meyer
. 25.00
. 5.00
Fred Lewis
. 5.00
J. 0. Bagwell
. 1.00
Anon
. 7.00
Mrs. J. T. Huss
. 5.00
Rutherford Lipscomb
. 25.00
Ed Jones
. 5.00
H. A. Maier
. 5.00
Carl Hutcheson
.. 100
Anon
. 1.00
Mrs. John A. Boykin .
.. 1.00
Cash
.. 2.00
Jacobs’ Pharmacy ...
. 5.00
Mrs. C. S. L’Engle .
. 2.00
W. B. Woody
. 1.00
Billie and 0
1.00
F. F. Moore
. 5.00
Mrs. C. B Howard ..
. 3.00
Inma nPark Girls’ Club 10.00
Miss Carson's class, Cen-
, tral Congregational
church
$6.00
Southern University of
Music
. 5.00
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Busy Allotting Clothes and
Supplies to Poor Children,
Officials of the Associated Chart-
Superintendent Logan, of the As-
That the amount necessary and
citizens become
Mr. Logan and his co-workers la-
eho came to get their supply of
The latest contribution received for
Artillery Private Is
Made a Lieutenant
From private to first lieutenant of
the Third Company, Coast Artillery
Corps of the Savannah Volunteer
Guard, is the record established by
John Young Dyer, of Savannah. An
nouncement of Dyer’s promotion was
given out at State Military Headquar
ters Monday.
Lieutenant Dyer succeeds Robert F.
Riley, w*ho becomes captain of the
Third Company.
Of Queen Victoria
! Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Sept. 9.—Queen Mary is
collecting personal belongings and
souvenirs of Queen Victoria.
She has found a most Interesting
diary which Victoria kept when a
girl, also some charming love letters
from the Prince Consort, which will
be kept from the public eye.
FOR INDIGESTION
Take Hertford's Acid Phoiphate
Half a teaspoonful In vater before meals will
he found a grateful relle; from distress after
eating. Ad*.
Martello Tower at
Tybee To Be Razed
SAVANNAH, GA.. Sept. 9.—The
Government’s order to dynamite the
old Martello tow*er on Tybee Island,
erected by Oglethorpe, aroused his
torical societies here to action to
day.
Officers at Fort Screven complain
ed to the War Department tnat it
was in the way of the fort’s guns
and obscured the view of the ocean.
Defies Officer With
An Open Razor; Slain
ASHEVILLE, Sept. 9.--While re
sisting arrest, T. B. Curry was shot
and killed by H. Ben Barnes, of
Marshall, special deputy sheriff.
Barnes immediately surrendered to
the Sheriff. He claims that Curry
was advancing on him with an open
razor when he fired on him. The of
ficer shot four times.
“Developer of Efficient Executives"
Train for Efficient Managers
The demand for $10,000
men Is greater than the sup
ply. Why? Because they are
paid for thinking out plans
that can be executed. The
thinking man gets away from
ruts. You can grow if you
kill your indecision. Start
now to build a wheel of prac
tical thought too big to stay
in ruts. Climb for the plane of
efficient managers. There's
more elbow room. Get busi
ness knowledge and training
—the kind that makes deci
sion possible. The kind you
can cash. You have the de
sire. We give you the train
ing.
Take our collegiate courses in Commerce. Accounts, Finance and
Commercial Law. Class hours don't conflict with your work or
pleasure. Number of students limited. Your future life and hap
piness may be In the balance. Decide right. Enroll now. Work be
gins September 15th.
Evening School of Commerce
Georgia School of Technology
J65 W. North Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
Gasses 6:J5 to 8:15 Ivy 4775 Free booklet on request
$2.00 TO CHATTANOO
GA AND RETURN
W. and A. Railroad will sell
round trip tickets from Atlanta to
Chattanooga and return for train
leaving Atlanta at 8:35 a. m.
Thursday, September 11, 1913,
good returning not later than
train arriving Atlanta 7:35 p. m.
Saturday, September 13, 1913.
C. E. HARMAN.
General Passenger Agent.
Society Brand Clothes
Our new line of Society Brand Clothes for Fall and
Winter has arrived and ready for selling—
They are perfection of Ready-to-Wear Clothes—Don’t
fail to see them before you buy—
*22 50 to $ 40 00
The general line of apparel for Gentlemen is ready,
too—
Plain and Plaited Shirts—Fine Silk Neckwear—New
Soft and Stiff Hats—and an unusual range of Stylish » D rirtg Sranhffiuthw
Footwear.
(WHO l»u 4Ur* Dvfctr * Cafes
BIRMINGHAM EXCUR
SION ROUND TRIP $2.50.
Special train leaves Old;
Depot September 22. Re
turn on regular trains. I
SEABOARD. I
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