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Hearst Gives $5,000 to Oglethorpe; The following telegram was read to the Oglethorpe University Committee to-day: Mr. John Temple Graves, Atlanta Georgian. I am extremely interested in the rebuilding of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. I wish you would kindly subscribe $5,000 from me toward that fund, and through The Atlanta Georgian or any other of our Sees South as Leader in Education publications that could be of service enter heartily into the agitation of this project. For a long time the South led all America in the fame and excellence of its universities. There is now no reason why it should not do so again, and there is every reason why Atlanta should be in the front rank of the advancing columns of education and human progress. Please make sure that our papers do their full share in this great work. December 10, 1913. W. R. HEARST. OVER I00 f 000 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN'S NET PAID CIRCULATION The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results HOME EDITION 1 ne national Southern Sunday Newspaper VOL. XII. NO. 112. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1913. ByWl&Vgirbo 2 CENTS. F *,T R *°| FAIN PICKED FOR NEW POLICE BOAR D HEAD WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE 18 TO MARRY. I ADVISES GIRL,17, SEEKING DIVORCE 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.” Mrs. Sophie Meyers, 17 years old, and the mother of a 3-year-old boy, who is seeking a divorce. Man Restrained From Annoying Suing Wife An order restraining J. C. Hender son from annoying his wife, was is sued Tuesday by Judge Pendleton^ following the filing of a petition for divorce by Mrs. Henderson. Hender son was arrested and later released under $500 .bond. Mrs. Henderson was a witness in the Lee will case. She said this made Henderson so angry he treated her cruelly. You Touch a Magic Button When you become a Geor gian “Want Ad” user. Like thousands of others, Mr. Mecklin is amazed. W A NTED—fo" 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 of labor, who knows the value of hogs, how' to look after cows, garden vegetables, a summer boarding house and who has money enough 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 aarried until they are at least 18 or 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 bv 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 w r hat 1 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. • •t...* u;o»ks after baby came 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 p- 5 r1 like that again if I had been there,” she inter jected, angrily. "After that he left ine," 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 Nd. 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 air Wednesday and Thursday. HEARST’S OGLETHORPE GIFT (5X3 Threatened Life STIRS WORKERS J. J. Lee, in Divorce Court. Tells of Wife Pointing Gun in His Face. Sensational testimony marked »he hearing of the petition for temporary aliYnohy pending the suit for divorce brought by Mrs. Cora 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. Lee had sprim®' upon him and beat 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 te3- i 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 .j purchase clothes she would give me the exact amount necessary a: 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 - lure cost 91,800. “Yet she never attempted to clean it, and forced me to do so every Sun day. “Finally, under the constant strain of her nagging, I broke down and was forced to quit work. Then she be came angry and one night came into my room with a revolver in her hand. “She polnt?d 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 sho 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 hearing with r 1 ... d o r.inm. * Atlanta Couple Put Under Bond on Girl's White Slave Story Samuel A. Stoe, a saloonkeeper at No. 319 Peters street, and his 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, where they forced 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.— 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 last year; New York City’s Police Courts, all 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 lfl.-ln a sharp brufih with Francisco Verri, 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 that the record for 81 hours was shattered by eleven miles and one lap. The hot pace maintained all day continued during the sixty-second hour, and at 2 p. m. the riders had broken the previous record by four teen miles and three laps. At that hour the leading teams had covered 1,266 miles and one lap. Elihu Root Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 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-eds danced the tango at the Havenhall Dormitory ball, 75 of them have been ordered not to attend any dances at all, and during the next two weeks to be in their rooms by 10 n'olnnlf buhh » I «rh t Gifts of Building Material Worth $17,500 to $25,000 Also Announced John Temple Graves, representing William Randolph Hearst. treated the Oglethorpe University fund aubcom- mittee chairmen to a surprise Wed nesday by appearng unexpectedly at their noon funcheon in the Piedmont Hotel and announcing a $5,000 gift from Mr. Hearst. The appearance of Mr. Graves, who was well known to most of those present, was the signal for an ovation which developed Into a near-riotous demonstration when the purpose of his visit became known. It was a day of big contributions The cheering for Mr. Graves had hardly died down when James R. Gray announced that building mate rials aggregn’ing from $17,500 to $25,- 000 In value had been donated by a corporation hat wished its identity withheld for the present. Day’s Total $27,643. Other contributions brought the day’s total up to $27,643, the largest since the noon luncheons were insti tuted two weeks ago. L. P. Botter.- field’s committee bore off the paim for the day, bringing in $1,093 in sub scription®. "I have a groat personal Interest In Atlanta and In the project to locate Oglethorpe University here." said Mr. Graves when he was introduced by Vice Chairman Ivan E. Allen. “It Is one of the greatest undertakings ever assayed in the South and one most worthy of support. "I arrived in Atlanta only this morning. When I went to The Geor- Continued on Page 3, Column 6. Hobson Near a Fist Fight After Calling Congressman Liar WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—-Only In terference by bystanders prevented Representative Hobson of Alabama and Representative Donovan of Con necticut coming to blows on the threshold of the House chamber this afternoon, after the lie had been passed. Hobson upbraided Donovan for ob jecting to the presentation of the pe tition for prohibition by the W. C. T. U., and is reported to have called Donovan a Mar. Donovan retorted: “You can’t tell the truth, either in the House or on the platform." Friends of the two men interfered. Bad feeling is said to have existed between Donovan and Hobson for the pasrt two months on account of Don ovan’s attacks on the floor accusing Hobson of chronic absenteeism from the House. Insurance Firms Hold $75,000,000 Realty Secretary W. H. I^eahy. of the Indus trial Bureau of the Chamber of Com merce, Is compiling statistics showing the value of the real estate Investments of the 60 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 $76,000,000. Slaton Party Guests Of Kahns at Opera NEW YORK. Deo. 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 IOLA, KANS., Dec. 10. —Wearing her hair down over her rarn In the pre vailing fashion will result In Miss Maude Rodgers being permanently deaf. She pierced her ear drum with a hat pin. GET YOUR SEATS FOR THIS GREA TSHOW NOW Get your tickets now for the Empty Stocking Fund Star j > 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 j 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 l ' Athletic Club. All these, and then some more—and then the great climactic ; | act from “Fine Feathers,” with Robert Edeson, Wilton Laek- ) \ aye, Max Figman, Rose Coghlan, Lolita Robertson and Lydia ( \ Dickson in the star roles. Also a Doll Auction, of dolls dressed by Atlanta society I women, with Forrest Adair as auctioneer. The prices are: Orchestra. $1; entire balcony, 50 cents; j i entire gallery, 25 cents. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW ! 1 j W. P. Fain, Second Ward Rp^» resentative, will be elected 8110^ eessor 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 Wednesday are that the flght finally will narrow down to Mr. Fain and W, A. Vemoy. Commissioner from the Third 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 of the twelve member** will cast their ballot for Mr. 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 and Mr. Vernoy; and every step points more and more clearly tt» the election of Mr. Fain. The position of only one man cast® 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 friends declare that sine* the adjustments of the last few day* there is no doubt that Mr. Smith will throw his support to Mr. Fain. A. R. King also is a candidate for the chairmanship, but he is said to be ready to withdraw in favor of Mr. Fain. The support of Mayor Woodward, and his new appointees to the com mission is counted on through th» pressure of expediency. The Mayor will not vote for Mr. Vernoy and h® is personally very friendly with Mr* Fain. Dozier Urged to Return. There is a report that Mayor Wood ward is urging Graham P. Dozier, who resigned as Tenth 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 G. P. Dixon already has been agreed upoiz as Mr. Dozier's successor and It »Mm< that Mr. Dozier is out for good. From present indications the line up on the election of chairman will be as follows: For Fain—Robert C. Clark, A. R. King, Dr. J. H. Baskin, slated to be elected to succeed Carlos Mason as First Ward representative; Marcellus 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. Vemoy—George Johnfon and G. R. Gamer. Not oounted—*>in and Vernoy, 1