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/ ij_f i - M \ 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. Continued from Page 1. SafUJnjdJ aqs ‘paTUjndas Aaq* 0161 uj pue ‘Xdduq Aiajjjua jou bbm ajji pajj -JBtxi Jiaqj, *suojssjui ssaujsnq sjq jo duo uo ajaqj sb.v\ eq uaq-w '£061 inoqc uojsofi uj ;aui aq •pqqo Jjdqj qijM iquBjiv ui Suiaji st avou oqM 'puo 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 ii 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. 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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. 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