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Hearst Gives $5,000 to Oglethorpe; Sees South as Leader in Education
December 10, 1913.
Mr. John Temple Graves,
Atlanta Georgian.
, . 1 am extrerr »ely interested in the rebuilding of Og thorpe University in Atlanta. I wish you would
in ly su scribe $3,000 from me toward that fund, an through The Atlanta Georgian or any other of our
publications that could be of service enter heartily ina the agitation of this project. For a long time the
South led all America in fame and excellence of univesities. There is now no reason why it should not do
so again, and there is every reason why Atlanta shoul be in the front rank of the advancing columns of
education and human progress. Please make sure tht our papers do their full share in this great work.
W. R. HEARST.
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ATLANTA, (iA„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10,
1913.
Copyright, 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
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advises girl, 17, seeking divorce Says Horsewh ipping Wife l hreatenea Life
She ran away
from home to
wed when she
was 13 years
old. Now she
advises girls to
go to school,
and “when you
plan to get
married,
don’t.”
Man Restrained From
Annoying Suing Wife
in order restraining J. C. Hender-
, from annoying his wife, was is-
d Tuesday by Judge Pendleton,
owing the filing of a petition for
orce by Mrs. Henderson. Hender-
was arrested and later released
ler $500 bond.
frs Henderson w'as a witness in
Lee will case. She said this made
nderson so angry he treated her
You Touch
a Magic
Button
When you become a Geor
gian ‘'Want Ad” user.
Like thousands of others,
Mr. Mecklin is amazed.
WANTED—To get in cor
respondence with a man who
is honest and capable of look
ing after a six-horse farm, a
water mill. grinding corn,
lathes, cow feed, etc., who is a
Christian and a manager or
labor, who knows the value or
hogs, how to look after cows,
garden vegetables, a summer
boarding house and who has
money sfiough to guarantee
that he is no fakir. Address
A. H. Mecklin. Toccoa. Ga.
Toccoa, Ga., Dec. 4, 1913.
Want Ad Man, Atlanta, Ga
Great Scott: The replies I
received from this “Want
Ad!” It’s remarkable how
many people read The Geor
gian. Yours very truly,
A. h. MECKLIN.
Child-Wife, Married Four Years,
Tells in Court of Shattered
Love Dream,
“My advice to girls is not to get
married until they are at least 18 ojr
20 years old.”
Out of the wisdom of her 17 years
pretty Mrs. Sophie Meyers offered this
sage counsel Wednesday.
Although Mrs. Meyers is still a year
short of the minimum limit that she
lays down and is just a mere slip of
a winsome girl, she is qualified to
speak, for she has not been married
lo, these four years and has she not
at home the cutest specimen of a
three-year-old youngster that ever
made a happy mother?
Yes, she was but a wee maid of 13
when her girlish heart was captured
by Frederick G. Meyers and she ran
away to marry him. Wednesday—
four years later almost to the week—
she sat in the witness chair in the
court of Judge Ben Hill and patheti
cally told a story of abuse, ill treat
ment and desertion.
Wed in Short Dresses.
Though she is three years a mother
and speaks with the manner of one
with eons of worldly wisdom, the
child-bride on the stand looked as
though she should still be in the
schoolroom and playing and enjoying
all the girlhood amusements of her
young companions.
“I wasn’t out of short dresses then,”
she said. ‘‘I didn’t know what I was
doing.' I was just a foolish, foolish
little girl. I liked Fred mighty well,
and when he suggested getting mar
ried I thought it would be fine to have
a home just like a grown-up woman.
• It wasn’t very long before I found
out my mistake. Fred began drink
ing heavily and soon he began to beat
me and abuse me terribly.
•‘.iiuar thr«a waaks after babv cams
Fred attacked me and knocked me
over a trunk that was in the room.”
Mrs. John Slemons, mother of Mrs.
Meyers, was standing by listening to
the recital.
“He wouldn’t have had the oppor
tunity to treat my little cirl lfke that
again if I had been there.” she inter
jected, angrily.
“After that he left me,” Mrs. Meyers
continued, “and I never have seen him
from that day to this. That was in
1910. I went home to live with mamma
at No. 160 Haynes street and I’ve been
there ever since.
“Of course. I am very proud of my
little boy—Frederick, Jr., I call him—
but I would warn girls never to get
married until they know their own
minds and are able to use a little
judgment in selecting a husband.
“No. I am not prejudiced against
married life,” she added, in response
to a question. And she smiled. “I
know' that many, many people are
happy. My own father and mother
are. But I repeat my advice to girls
who ought to be in school: ‘When
you plan to get married, don’t.’ ”
Mrs. Meyers' story in court won her
a “first decree.” She was represented
by Attorney J. W. Weaver.
Duke Bets $2,500
On Self at Tennis
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 10.—The Duke of
Marlborough and the Right Hon. Fred
erick Edwin Smith, M. E., are to play a
tennis match shortly on Maxine Elliott’s
hard court at Bushey Park. Each play
er will back himself with $2,500.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—F a i r Wednesday
and Thursday.
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TURNER PROVEN A GRAFTER, SAYS CHAMBERS
J. J. Lee, in Divorce Court. Tells
of Wife Pointing Gun in
His Face.
Sensational testimony marked the
hearing of the petition for temporary
alimony pending; .the, suit- for divorce
brought by Mrs. (‘ora L. Lee against
J. J. Lee. a railroad man, in Judge
Pendleton’s court Wednesday.
Lee, on the witness stand, declared
that his wife on several occasions
had pointed a revolver at him, and,
placing her finger on the trigger,
said:
“Now, you hound, you are going
to die.”
Again, the man testified, Mrs. Leo
had sprur.o' upon him and b£ht him
severely with her fists. Also that when
he caught her hands and held them
she bit him on the forearm. The wit
ness displayed several deep lacera
tions in his arm to bear out his tes
timony.
“My wife continually nagged me for
money,” said Lee. “I gave her every
cent I made. She gave me 10 cents
every day for car fare, and when I
wanted to purchase clothes she would
give me the exact amount necessary
ai d no more
Forced to Clean House.
“With the money I gave her, Mrs.
Lee rented and furnished a house at
No. 388 Peachtree street. The furni
ture cost ?J,800.
“Yet she never attempted to clean
it, and forced me to do so every Sun
day. V
“Finally, under the constant strain
of her nagging, T broke down and was
forced to quit work. Then she be
came angry ind one night came into
my room with a revolver in her hand.
“She pointed the weapon # at me and
said, ‘Now, you have got to go to
work. I am tired of seeing you
around here.’
“I protested, and she then said,
‘You miserable beast, I might as well
shoot you, then.’
“I told her that I knew that when
the time came for me to die that I
couldn’t do anything to prevent it,
and for her therefore to go on and
shoot.
Hadn’t “Nerve” to Shoot.
“She said: ‘Well, I haven’t got the
nerve to shoot you, but there are
more ways than one to kill a cat.’
“At that I arose from my chair
and started to packing my suitcase.
I was going to leave. Then my wife
sprang at me like a mad woman and
sought to tear my eyes out.
“I caught her hands and held them.
Then she bit me time and again on
my arms, until finally the pain forced
me to throw her off.
“I left my wife because I was
afraid that she would put poison in.
my food.”
When Mrs. Lee took the stand she
was almost hysteircal. She wept at
frequent intervals, and was extremely
nervous.
Mrs. Lee denied almost every state
ment her husband had made. She
declared that he had treated her
cruelly.
Awards Alimony.
While the fourth witness, a physi
cian, was testifying that Lee’s con
dition required an operation, Judge
Pendleton stopped the hearipg with
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Atlanta Couple Put
Under Bond on Girl’s
White Slave Story
Samuel A. Stoe, a saloonkeeper at
No. 319 Peters street, and hie wife.
Mrs. Annie Stoe. were placed under
bonds of $1,000 each by United States
Commissioner Carter Wednesday
morning, on charges of violating the
white slavery laws in the transporting
of Annie Bond, 18, of Atlanta, to Bir
mingham and points in South Caro
lina. The preliminary hearing has
been set for Saturday at noon.
The girl, in an affidavit before the
United States Commissioner at Ath
ens late Tuesday afternoon, charges
Stoe and his wife induced her to ac
company them to Birmingham, where
they placed her in a resort. Later,
she says, they took her to other Ala
bama towns and to different places in
South Carolina. wjjygye ti^y her
to turn her earnings over to them,
with the exception of barely enough
to pay her living expenses. She says
she escaped from a place in Athens.
L. J. Baley, special Investigator for
the Department of Justice, is han
dling the investigation, and probably
will bring the girl to Atlanta before
the hearing for an interview.
Attorney Aldlne Chambers, repre
senting the Cotton States Electric
Company, declared Wednesday that
he hud proved his charges of “graft”
against City Electrician R. C. Turner
and that In arguing his case before
the Council Investigating committee
he would urge thit sufficient grounds
| had been established for. Turnee's.iui^ jjfolTku the Chamber of C om
City Police Fines
Rival New York’s
‘ The best policeman is the one who
can keep order with the least ar
rests.”—Mayor Woodward.
“Atlanta’s Police Court yielded
$80,000 in fines imposed upon prison
ers Jast year; New York City’s Police
Courts, ail in all, yielded only $120,-
000.—Philip Weltner, secretary of the
State Prison Board.
Atlanta policemen came under fire
Tuesday night at the meeting of the
Police Commission when Mayor
Woodward and Philip Weltner set on
foot a campaign to reduce the great
number of arrests which have been
made in this city during the past
year.
Fogler Grabs Lead
Of Six-Day Racers
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—In a sharp
brush with Francisco Verrl, the dar
ing Italian rider, Joe Fogler snatched
the lead in the six-day bicycle race
at Madison Square Garden this after
noon and set so fierce a pace thdt the
record for 6l hours was shattered by
eleven miles and one lap.
Fogler was unable to shake off his
pursuers, however, and at 1 p. m.
eight teams were still tied, having
traveled 1,245 miles and two laps.
Elihu Root Awarded
Nobel Peace Prize
peachment.
“By the testimony of electrical con
tractors and Turner’s own admission
on the stand, he received a gold watch
and some $520 In money from the
Elektron Company after his-election.
“All but two of ten contractors
called to the witness stand swore that
they opposed Turner In the election.
Including F. V. L. Smith, the manu
facturers’ agent, who was secretary
of the Elektron Company, and after
sums of money had been paid to Tur
ner by him, according to his own
testimony, was made chairman of the
City Board of Electrical Examiners
by Turner’s appointment.
Declares It Is Graft.
“Tf that Isn’t graft I don’t know
how you could prove graft.
“The contractors are the men Tur
ner is supposed to make comply with
the law. They fight him In the elec
tion, but when he triumphs over their
'protest they proceed to buy him out.
Smith, who swore he gave Turner the
money said ho didn’t know what Tur
ner did with it, but took it for grant
ed that he paid campaign debts. In
the eyes of the iaw there is no more
difference in that sort of graft than if
they had given him the money to pay
grocery bills or to spend as he chose.
“The fact that the bribes were ef
fective is proved by Turner’s discrim
inations against my clients. He has
pursued the Cotton States Electric
Company, which withdrew from the
Elektron Company, with a spirit of
venom and for no reason in the world
except his own prejudice he wanted
to exclude ‘metal molding,’ a rival
product to that sold by Smith.
UnhappyTennessee
Girls Drink Poison
BRUNSWICK,< MEMPHIS,
TENN., Dec. 10.J Dec. 10.—Wrtt-
Leavlng a fBw j ln K a letter aay-
.Ing she could
lines b a d 1 yl no t hear to see
scribbled on aj so much unhap-
plece of wrap-j plness In t h e
ping paper, say-j world which she
ing she was tired) was powerless
of living be-J to prevent, Mrs.
cause she was) A. J. Joyce, a
an orphan. Mlssj bride of two
Hattie Robinett.j months, drank
18, drank poisonj carbolic add and
and died here) died early to-
to-day. i day.
Insurance Firms Hold
$75,000,000 Realty
Secretary W. H. Leahy, of the Indus-
merce, is compiling statistics showing
the value of the real estate investments
of the 50 or more life Insurance com
panies doing business In Atlanta.
The figures already obtained, without
having covered more than half the
companies, indicate the total will reach
more than $75,000,000.
Slaton Party Guests
Of Kahns at Opera
NEW YORK. Dec. 10.—Mr. and Mrs.
Otto H. Kahn had as their guests at the
American premiere of the Rosen Kava-
ller last night at the Metropolitan
Opera House Governor and Mrs. John
M. Slaton, of Georgia, and Mr. and Mrs.
Clark Howell, of Atlanta.
Fashion;Hair;HatPin;
And Now Girl Is Deaf
TOLA, KANS., Dec. 10—Wearing her
hair down over her ears In the pre
vailing fashion will result in Miss
Maude Rodgers being permanently
deaf. She pierced her ear drum with
a hat pin.
White House Mint
Bed Hit by Reform
WAHHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The White
House mint bed. made famous by Theo
dore Roosevelt ip his libel suit, Is mys
teriously gone. '
Who gave the order for Its removal
Is not known
GET YOUR SEATS FOR
THIS GREA TSHOWNOW
CHRISTIANIA. NORWAY. Dec. 10.
Two Nobel peace prizes for 1912 and
1913 were to-day awarded to United
States Senator Elihu Root, of New
York, and to Senator LaFontain, of
the Belgian Parliament.
As no Nobel peace prize had been
awarded last year, there were two for
disposition this year, each worth
$40,000.
75 Syracuse Co-Eds
Punished for Tango
SYRACUSE. Dec. 10.—Because Syra
cuse University co-eda danced the tango
at the Havenhall Dormitory ball, 75 of
them ^iavft been ordered not to attend
any dances at all, and during th#» next
two weeks to bo ia their rooms by 10
o’clock each night.
Get, your tickets now for the Empty Stocking Fund Star
Matinee Friday afternoon, 2:30 o’clock, at the Atlanta Theater.
You can reserve them by calling Ivy 595—and you’d better
do it, because you’re going, and you want a good seat.
Here’s a partial list of the great bill:
Australian Boy Scouts, champion boy woodsmen of the
world.
Thomas Wallace, tenor, and Bayne Young, baritone, soloists
with Ellery’s band, accompanied by Ellery himself.
Yvette, violinist, headliner at the Forsyth.
Auriema, sensation of the movies.
Francis and House, crack tumbling team from the Atlanta
Athletic Club.
All these, and then some more—and then the great climactic
act from “Fine Feathers,” with Robert Edeson, Wilton Lack-
aye, Max Figman, Rose Coghlan, Lolita Robertson and Lydia
Dickson in the star roles.
Also a Doll Auction, of dolls dressed by Atlanta society
women, with Forrest Adair as auctioneer.
The prices are: Orchestra, $1; entire balcony, 50 cents;
entire gallery, 25 cents.
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
W. P. Fain. Second Ward Rep
resentative, will be elected suc
cessor to Chairman Carlos H. Ma
son, of the Police Commission,
unless something happens be
tween now and the time of the
election to disrupt well-laid plans.
The unmistakable signs Wednesda v'
are that the fight finally will narrow
down to Mr. Fain and W. A. Vemoy,
Commissioner from the Second Ward.
The situation Is inevitable In spite of
the fact that attempts to deny it will
be made by those concerned. And if
the vote is taken on only these two
at least eight o£ the twelve members
will cast their ballot for^fr. Fain.
The chaotic state of the race for
the chairmanship took definite form
during and following the meeting of
the Police Commission Tuesday night.
There were further developments
Wednesday.
Narrows Down to Two.
From a situation where practically
every member of the Commission was
a candidate to succeed Mr. Mason, the
situation has sifted to a fight between
Mr. Fain andiMr. Vemoy; and ever?'
step points more and more clearly to
the election of Mr. Fain.
The position of only one man casta
any uncertainty over the election of
Mr. Fain, so far as political prognos
tications go. That is the attitude of
Commissioner B. Lee Smith, also a
candidate for chairman. Mr. Smith
Is a warm personal friend of Mr.
Fain, whose friend's declare that since
the adjustments of the last few days
there is no doubt that Mr. Smith will
throw his support to Mr. Fain.
A. R. King also Is a candidate for
be ready to withdra win favor of
the chairmanship, but he Is said to
Mr. Fain.
The support of Mayor Woodward
and his new appointees to the com
mission are counted on through the
pressure of expediency. The Mayor
will not vote for Mr. Vemoy and ho
is personally very friendly with Mw
Fain.
Dozier Urged to Reurn.
There Is a report that Mayor Wood*
ward is urging Graham P. Dozier, who
resigned as Tench Ward Commissioner
at the last meeting of Council, to re*
turn to the Commission and stand for
the chairmanship. Should Mr. Dozier
decide upon such a course, Mr. Fain**
plans would be badly upset, but GK,
P. t>lxon already has been agreed upon
as Mr. Dozier's successor and it s«enu
that Mr. Dozier is out for good.
From present Indications the line
up on the election of chairman wlflf
be as follows:
For Fain—Robert C. Clark, A. H,
King, Dr. J. H. Baskin, slated to M
^l|ected to succeed Carlos Mason as
First Ward representative; Marceilus
Anderson, slated to be the new
Seventh Ward representative; B. Lee
Smith, G, P. Dixon, slated to succeed
Mr. Dozier from the Tenth; Mayor
Woodward and his appointee.
For Mr. Vernoy—George Johnson
and G. R. Garner.
Not counted—Fain and .Yernogt ,