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THE ATLANTA (tMJKIjUAIN AJNl» NKWH. Minister and Judge in Tilt Over the Former’s Attitude in a Street Melee. charged with attacking and beating . »*ir aged father. Harold and Meflrill \kins, 23 and 20 years old, respect ively, were held for trial under $100 bond each by Recorder Broyles Wed nesday. The Rev. O A. Reese, pastor of the East End Methodist Church, was a spectator of the encounter and was one of the witnesses at the hearing. It was testified that when the cry arose to stop the fight between father and sons the Rev. Reese urged the crowd to "let them fight it out,” and remarked that trouble had been brew ing for weeks and that it might as well be settled by fists. •go you're one of those ‘fighting parsons,’ are you?” inquired Recorder Broyles, with a touch of sarcasm. "I thought ministers were supposed to be neacemakers.” Well,” retorted the dominie, ‘‘they mre supposed to do what they think i? right and that is what I did.” Bov Claims Self-defense. .Merrill admitted that he had struck his father, but declared that it was in pelf-defense Harold, from the testi mony. did not appear to have as ac tive a part in the front-yard melee w hich took place at No. 8 Mell street, w here the hoys and their mother live. S. C. Akins, their father, testified that he had he*n Vein rated from Mrs. Akins four or five years and that the trouble arose over the custody of two minor children, William, aged 12. and Elizabeth, aged 10. Akins said that at the time of their separation his wife agreed that he might keep the children. A short time before the holidays she wrote him and asked lum to oring them to her for a visit and that she would not take advantage of the opportu-nit* to keep them. He came to Atlanta and registered at a downtown hotel with the chil dren. While he was on the street with Elizabeth. William mysteriously disappeared from the hotel, he as serted. He suspected his wife and went to her home, hut said that he received no satisfaction there, in stead, bewig beaten up by the two sons who came out in front of the house to attach him. 'file trial of Harold and .Merrill will take place in the DeKalb County Su perior Court. JUSTICE COURTS CEASE TO EXIST AS MUNICIPAL JUDGES TAKE SEATS W. H, Quinn Named Hackett to Lecture on President of Owls q, Henry His Friend Officers elected by the Order of Owls for 1914 were announced Wed nesday morning by A. -L. Headington, recording secretary, as follows: W. H. Quinn, president; F. H. Hew lett. vice president; Wesley Taylor, invocator: L. C. Raoul, financial sec retary and treasurer; A. L. Heading - ton, recording secretary; J. W. Pow ell. warden; T. J. Mitchell, sentinel; .1 W. Barnett. Jr., picket; Drs. E. L Norton and K. S. West, physicians; Charlie Hirsch, L. H. Brandes. Johr I. Rousey. J. W. Stafford and Dan doodlin, trustees, and Fred Bips, Dr. West and Paul Camp, house commit tee. Comes to Atlanta to Talented Soprano To Sing in Atlanta New Year's Concert An unusual entertainment is planned by the Atlanta Musical Association in the concert by Mme. ©enevra Johnstone- Bishop at the Baptist Tabernacle Thurs day evening at 8:15 o’clock. Mme. Johnstone-Bishop is one of the leading oratorio and concert sopranos of America. She is head of the Sher wood School of Music, of Chicago, and has just completed a tour through Eng land. Scotland. Australia. Hawaii and Mexico. She will arrive in Atlanta Wed nesday night, accompanied by Miss Rubv Askew The two will be the guests of Mrs. John M. Slaton, who is president of the Atlanta Musical Asso ciation, at the Governor’s mansion. The program will be supplemented by instrumental selections by local artists. Members of the Players’ Club of At lanta. of which Mrs. Thomas B. Felder is president were looking forward with interest Wednesday to the lecture hy Norman Hackett. of ‘‘The Double De ceiver" Company, will give on O. Henry Friday at 4 P. m. The club has ar ranged for him to speak at the Geor gian Terrace. The following will be the patrons: Mrs. John M. Slaton. Mrs. J. K. Ottlev, Mrs. C. J Haden, Mrs Samuel Lump kin. Mrs Hugh Willet Mrs. Keats Speed. Mrs. A. P Coles. Mrs. Percival Sneed. Mrs. Clark Howell Mrs. W. S. Elkin. Mrs. C. A. Wood. Mrs Corra Harris. Mrs. R. L. Cooney, Mrs. Haral son Bleckley and the patrons of the Players’ Club. Mr. Hackett was a personal friend of the late O. Henry. Visit: Now a Bride Wilkinson at Dinner To Commerce Agent Much interest centered Wednesday in the wedding of Miss Hattie Aycock, for merly of Monroe. Ga., but more recently of McKinney, Texas, and Clarence Graves Hester, business manager of The Walton News, a weekly paper published at Monroe. Miss Aycock was visiting relatives here. Hearing that she was in Atlanta, Hester panic* •immediately and persuad ed her to marry him. The couple were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Haralson, 89 West Harris street. r Hip ceremony was performed by E. A. «'aid welt, editor of The Walton News and partner of the groom. Braw Scot Usurps Bathtub; Arrested q—j Service Chief Mell R. Wilkinson, the_ new presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, will tak^p his new post Thursday, suc ceeding Wilmer L. Moore, rctiri tg head. Mr. Wilkinson announced that he will inaugurate plans for construc tive work by the chamber. Ralph M. O’Dell, special agent f<.r the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, will come to Atlanta Thursday under ’ e auspices of th*- chamber. He will be the guest «>. honor at a luncheon Friday at which Mr. Wilkinson will preside. Atlanta's new municipal court is ready for its formal opening Thurs- J day, and a new era in the handling of I small court business will begin. Willi the stroke of 12 Wednesday night the authority of the justices of the peace in Atlanta will cease, and in the fu ture their work will be handled by salaried judges and court attaches. Formal opening of the new court will take place at 10 o’clock Thursd. morning in the first division Superior I’ourt building Hunter Having decided that the bathtub ir. his room at the Piedmont Hotel was not large enough for him, Bob Good win, of Glasgow, Scotland, dressed himself in a turkish towel and a broad Scottish brogue Tuesday night and walked uncertainly to the bath room of another guest. He was dis porting himself merrily when the guest appeared. The hotel clerk was railed, and Goodwin was taken to police head quarters. He will tell Judge Broyles about it Wednesday afternoon. Radium Speck, Worth In Atlanta Changed The arrival of Butler B. Hare, of South Carolina, recently named ‘ to take charge of he Atlanta district of civil service, is awaited by R. H. Jen nings, civil service secretary here for the last wo years, who will go to New Orleans to take charge ■ T the ,sam'> work in that district as soon as Mr. Hare arrives. Mr. Jennings is directed to report to New Orleans in time to take over his duties there by January 15. Mr. Hare is expected in the next few days k-4. A U.J.XX rw ^ I ' ’ “ 13 CAJ/tv uu ... — - $4,500‘Disappears g ues city for Scaring Her Boarders Away HICAGO, Dec. 31.—A speck of radium, weighing 35 milligrams and worth $4,500, has mysteriously dis appeared at St. Luke's Hospital. De tectives are searching for it. The radium was in a tiny platinum tube nnd was being used to treat Marie <’olton, a daughter of a wealthy Dej Moines family, who is suffering from cancer. The vanished radium was the hos pital’s entire supply. Rockefeller's Men Can't Use Cigarettes I 'INVER. Dec 31.—An order signed b> John D. Rockefeller, chief owner of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, ha- hem posted in the company's plants i’.itii g the smoking of cigarettes by ' 'ujte.i, whether on duty nr not. V % C?3SSELECTION SATURDAY ".'CROSS, £>ec. 31.—The formal < ••ction will be held here Satur- The primary nominees areScotl ’ea,‘.n. for Mayor: Dr. J. H. l»at- V' F.iarpe. Jr. and Mr- t r r Alderman, and J. v Bowden, for member of Board Claiming that the regrading of Ivy street has ruined her property and bro ken up her boarding house trade, Mrs. A. A. Pickard has hied suit in the Su perior Court against the city for *3,500 damages. Her home Is at No. 99 Ivy Tl,e cut in the street at this point, she claims, has disfigured her property bv leaving the yard eight feet -bove the street. The boarders balked at walk ing through the clouds of dust in dry weather and thick mud caused by rain, and sought other boarding houses, the petition alleges. St, Paul's Church to Hold 'Watch' Service An old-fashioned ‘‘watch service” is to be held from 9 to 12 o’clock Wednesday night at St. Paul’s Meth odist Church, at Grant and Sidney streets, to celebrate the passing of the old year and the advent of the new in the style of days gone by. Unleavened l-reari and water will be served and short addresses will be made by the ftastor and a number of laymen. of the the old citv hail at South Pryor and East streets. There will be ad dresses by Governor John ’Al. Slaton, Judge John T. Pendleton, senior jutlgt of the Atlanta Superior Court; Jini'-p Eugene D. Thomas, yf the Municipal ('ourt. and others President Edgar Watkins, of the Atlanta Ear Ass.»c;,i tion, has issued a caU for all mem bers of the organization to attend tin* opening. Work of the.('ourt will he handled by five judges, of whom Judge Tlrun as is the chief justice. The other four are Luther Z. Rosser, Jr., L. K. M< Clelland. J. B Ridley and T. n. Hathcock. Of this quintet, Judge Ridley is the only man among Fulton County justices of the peace to land a berth in the new court. Many Assistants. Captain Tom C. Miller is i he clerk of the new court, while W. 'I'. Bm i- anan is marshal. Each has a large force of assistants and for the next three months expects to be extr^mel.x busy getting the work on a systemat ic basis. The new court will have a greater scope, than the justices courts, and will also cut in on the work of the Superior Court, taking all civil sun involving less than $500. That this will greatly relieve the dockets of the Superior (’ourt is regarded as certain, and will also serve to give litigants an * arlier hearing. The removal of these rases from the Superior to the Municipal Court will materially reduce the revenue of the Clerk of the Superior Court and i cut in the force in this office may f<>' low. The places ;f Captain Millet and other, who went to the Municipa Court have riot yet been filled, how ever, and Clerk Arnold Broyles con slders it quite possible that a cut in his force may not be necessary. Eight justices of the peace will lose their authority through the open ing of the r.ev> court, and but two of them have been cared for in the new organization. Officials Not Cared For. These eight are Judge Edgar H Orr, one of the hardest workers for the bill, the veteran justice of Geor gia who has heid his place since 1892: Judge C. H. Girardeau, Judge F. M. Powers, Judge Don K. John son, Judge O. H Puckett. Judge J. B Ridley, Judge A. A. Owen and Judge W. T. Jordan. Judge Puckett goes into the office of the new court as • deputy marshal. The new court is expected to prove a money-ma ker for the county, t ae highest estimate of the operating < o compared with the lowest estimate < Municipal Court Attaches Warned Against Misconduct It's the .strait and narrow path for the attaches of Atlanta’s new Municipal (’ourt. according to an order signed by tin- five judges decreeing that drink ing on or off duty or misconduct of any kind will riot i»e--tolerated. The order reads: “On and after this date any miscon duct or conduct unbecoming an officer of this Court, cither on or off duty, will he considered a ground of dismis sal, and so treated, and especially W9 emphasiz*- this rule in regard to all in- Inxioa r jrig dril l This does not mean intoxication only, toil the indulgence to any extent will he considered a vio lation of this rule. E. T>. THOMAS. !. Z ROSSER, JR., T o. HATHCOCK, J. B RIDLEY, L F. M'CLELLAND. Even heer is tabooed. SALT TRAIL Cache of Stolen Clothing Found. Three Bound Over and Four Fined by Recorder. The masters of detective fiction ofS en have dignified the “trail of blood” in tracking a criminal. But it was a trail of salt -plain, common, useful salt, from a largo chunk of plain, common, useful “sidemtat”—that led two officers Wednesday morning to the capture of a gang of negro bur glars, believed to ne me same organ ization that has robbed moat ol tne grocery stores recently. Win n Elmer Hardin open* d his lit tle grocery store at No. 450 Edge- woou avenue Wednesday morning, iie saw at once that it had been roboed. Among other things, mainly groceries, a tub of lard and a section of • side- meat” were missing. He telephoned the. police. Gang of Seven Arrested. Officers Bozeman and Lowe were detailed. It didn’t take them long to pick up a trail. Right away from the store led an irregular trickle of coarse salt, evidently spilled or shaken from | the meat that hai. been stole... The trait was followed, with some difficulty, for nearly a mile. It end* d at No. 2 Walkers alley. In the house were seven negroes—four men and three w omen. They were arrested and taken to headquarters, where they gave the follow ag names: Charley Davenport, Eddie Jones, Henry Burley, Blaii Johnson, Dilzie Burley, Fannie May Thompson and Elzadia Binson. Two Confess. Daverr art and Jones promptly con. feased when questioned by Captain Poole. They also made other admis sions, which led to a more thorough search of No. 2 Walkers alley. in addition to the stolen g. .cories, Qjere was discovered more than $’00 worth of new clothing, identified as that stolen a .'ew nif ’.its ago from the stove of Max YuJelson, No. 303 Edge wood avenue. Davenport and Jones xvere bound over under $1,000 bail each on two | cases. Burley, charged w ith recteiv- ; ing the stolen property, was held un der $500 bond. Johnson and the three negro women could not be connected i directly with the robbery and were lined $15.75 each. Mill Store Safe Is Blown; $360 Stolen. A shrewd bit of “timing” and an ex pert job of safe blowing was in evi dence early Wednesday morning at the I commissary store of the Exposition Cot- , tori Mills. No. 1084 Marietta street, a | short distance from the big mill. The ' large iron safe had been skillfully blown and $360 taken. Of the money, $300 belonged to the company and $60 to the night watch man, who was on his rounds through the mill property at the time of the cracking. One of the watchman's “stations” was near the store, but the length of his round through the mill was such that, with a careful check of his movements, the cracksmen were able to time the explosion when the watchman was I farthest away from the store. The safe was well muffled with blan kets and bedding gathered in the store, , and no one was found Wednesday morn ing who had heard the explosion. Children's Home Society Has Good Year; Free of Debt With 104 children placed in good homes in 1913, and only fourteen now under the society’s protection await ing disposition, the Georgia Children’s Home Society held its annual meeting Tuesday, with all the attending mem bers in a happy frame of mind. The treasurer’s report showed that during the year $8,140 had been re ceived from the society's supporting members, and that all obligations could he met before the new year be gan. In the aid department 65 chil dren were cared for during the year. These officers were elected for 1914: J. W. English, Sr., president; Albert Howell. Jr., first vi^e presi dent; H. C. Worthen, second vice president; W P. Beat Ie, secretary, and George R. Donovan, treasurer. Ceremony to Mark Laying of Y.M.C.A. Cornerstone Jan. 1 The cornerstone laying of the new $300,000 twin building of the Atlanta Young Men's Christian Association wi I he held Thursday at 11 o'clock. J. K. Orr. prominent in the movement that re sulted in the m w building, will preside as chairman, and 11 Y McCord, chair man of the building committee, will have charge of the laying or the stone. Addresses will he made by Rev. C. \Y. Daniels, on "The Y. M C. A. and the City," and Rt. Rev. K. Nelson, on “The Y. M. C. A. and the Church." There also wil’ he songs and prayers by Rev Richard Orme Fllnn and Rev. W R. Hendrix. A. A. Jameson, for eight years con nected with association work In New York, has arrived to take charge of the boys’ department here. FIRE MAKES 200 IDLE. SHENANDOAH, PA., Dec. 31, Two hundred persons were thrown out of work by n factory fire here to day. The building was destroyed. Loss $100,000.- FATAL TO 8 NEW YORK, Dec. 31. Eight per sons were burned to death and three were probably fatally hurt early to day in ah incendiary fire which swept through the five-story brick tenement house at Nos. 96-96 1-2 Monroe street, East Side. A score of others were less serious ly burned. Of these, eight were taken to hospitals and the others were taken to the homes of friends or relatives after being given first aid by ambu lance surgeons on the scene of the fire. Scores of men. women and children were driven into the freezing weather In their night clothing. The lives of twenty who were trapped on blockaded fire escapes were saved by the firemen. Fire Chief Kenton declared there was no doubt that the fire was the work of an incendiary. The fire escapes and apartments were piled high with bundles of va rious description. A number of the heads of families were push-cart merchants who carried their unsold stock into their homes at night. Firemen and policemen formed hu man chains and rescued a number of panic-stricken women and children from the lire escape landings. Most of the bodies were found on the upper Moors. Three of them were in bed. The body of a girl, burned beyond recognition, was found on the fourth floor. \ MUSCOGEE EQUALIZERS NAMED. COLUMBUS, Dec. 31. The Musco gee County Commissioners have named as countv tax equalizers J. L. Willis, F. J. Dudley and D. M. Grif fin. well-known business and profes sional men. MOBILE, Dec. 31.—Sawing a switch lock thirteen miles above Mo bile, unidentified persons wrecked train No. 2, fast passenger, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad late Tues day night. One life was lost and three persons were Injured, and only through the presence of mind of En gineer William H. Riggan in putting on emergency air brakes were the lives of the passengers saved. The dead man is Fireman John M. Hodge, of Meridian, scalded to death. The injured are Engineer Riggan, of Meridian, let arm cut off; Express Messenger C. T. Humphries, of Cor inth, Miss., badly scalded; Handy Christian, of Mobile, seriously in jured. ' _ Croup Believed in Fifteen Minutes No need to dose with nauseous drugs or alcoholic syrups. Simply > rub a little Vick’s “Vap-O-Rub" (’roup and Pneumonia Salve well over the throat arid chest. The va pors inhaled loosen the tough chok ing phlegm and ease the difficult breathing. One application at ben time, covered with a warm flannel cloth, is a sure preventive. Vick's is quicker than Internal medicines for all inflammations of the air passages from head colds and ca- ( tarrh asthma and bronchitis—down ■ to deep chest colds and pneumonia. Try a Jar now—25c, 50c and $1.00. Chamberlin-Johnson-Du Bose Co. ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS Howell Mill Road Is Assured of Car Line receipts, based on I lie various justice courts, margin for the latter, that all of th«* judge* the new court are. t< good salaries. The year i judges $3,000 The $2,400 and the mar* assistants will be pair salary of $100 n month scefpts of the . show ing a wide • if pit.- t he fact s and officers of > he paid fairly hief justice gels ' n> o;her four clerk will al $2,000. Residents of the Howell Mill road j section are rejoicing Wednesday over j the action of the directors of the Georgia Railway and Power Com pany in voting to build a trolley line out the road. Preston S. Arkwright promised a ; delegation to recommend that the I line be extended. The greatest ob stacle v as the. Southern Railway bridge, which was too weak to bear the weight of trolley cars. President Arkwright said he would recommend that $l,6d0 be spent to strengthen the bridge. The directors met Tuesday afternoon and adopted his reeommen- . dal ions. Grading has already started and | tracks will be lam as soon as mate rials arrive. The extension will stop at present at (filler road. May Your Search for “ The Blue Bird” Be Successful in 1914! To-night when little Tyltyl stops forward at the dose of Maeterlinck’s delightful play and says “If any of you find the Blue Bird, please let us know; we need him for our hap piness”—it will be very near the time when we will all start afresh in t ho search of happi ness. It is our wish that you find him. 11 may he, as in 1 he play, I hat your search for him must begin and end within yourself. Then 1 he first stop is New Year’s resol 1 ions. Let’s plan to be happy! Al the be egmning ol 1913 we, as store keepers, pledged our best abilities and efforts to the public. It brought us a successful, a happy business year. To-day we take a new start, and pledge afresh our best abilities and efforts to the ] mb lie, full of tin* know 7 ledge t hat as we search and plan within ourselves, so shall wo serve better and have a happier busi ness year. BUSINESS NOTICE. n dra vv Their cragt- Only One “BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE. Ixiok for the signature of E W. GROVE, ("hires a Cold In One Day, Cures Grip in Two days, 25c. y y A HEALTHFUL HABIT The habit of learning how cold it i before dressing for the day ma.v (in vent many a cold. JOHN L. MOORE A S' iNS have WINDOW THERMOME TERS that will give you the exact tem perature 42 N. Broad street. Advt. On the “Threshold of 1914 Take a look back ward and forward. Have you declared divi dends for the closing year in the form of Savings? Enter the New Year resolutely determined to Save systematically —making your deposits regularly with Central iBank 3 0NSA CANDLER BUILDING, ATLANTA BRANCH BANK CORNER MITCMCLL&fORSYTM STS. Special New Year’s “Good Luck’’ Dinner The Tea Room, 12 to 2 o'clock. A good way to begin the new year aright. 75c Turkey, with Cranberries Rice and Gravy Sweet Potatoes Spaghetti an Gratin Rolls Mince Pic Coffee 0 *■ and 15c Extra Hog Jowls and Peas. A New Year s Greeting From The Junior Department t„ save .... New Yea.-’*. Day must $20,011 and $25,111) Junior Coats SIO.IH) Third Floor Lie a got >d omen! Here Children’s $.100 and $3.75 Dresses $1.70 In fact, some arc $5 dresses! fling- hams and linens, in sizes six to four teen years, but not all sizes in every style. A elearaway. Children’s $10.00 to $16.50 Dresses, HalLPrice Velvets and novelty fabrics. Sizes six to ten years. Beautiful styles. Children’s Coats, Ha!f=Price All are included, sizes two to six years and six to fourteen years. You may choose from many and save half. Zibelines, “fancy” weaves, boucles —they are all included for a great day of savings. With these are siX $:>T) coats at $1"), broadcloths and velvets. $45.00 Junior Suits $17.50 A $25.00 Junior Suits $10.00 $15.00 Junior Suits $7.50 The last call for Junior Suits-and * the best. Styles chosen because they were worthy and attractive—but just see what the Clearaway prices really stand for. Chamberlin=Johnson=DuBose Company