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TEE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
]Lg JUSTICE courts cease to EXIST-
AS MUNICIPAL JUDGES TAKE SEATS
Eugene 1). Thomas (left), chief justice: .lames It. Ridley and T. O. llatheoek.
Minister and Judge in Tilt Over
the Former's Attitude in a
Street Melee,
■ Kirsrf-rl with attacking and beating
.heir aged father, Harold and Merrill
Vkinf. 23 and 20 years fdd, respert-
■,-piv. were held for trial under JlOrt
,,nd each hv Recorder Broyles Wed
nesday.
The Rev. C. A. Reese, pastor of the
Kssf End Methodist Church, was a
spectator of the encounter and was
of the witnesses at the hearing.
] was testified that when the cry
1, so to stop the fight between father
aru' =ons the Rev. Reese urged the
p.-nwd to ''let them fight it out." and
remarked that trouble had been brew
ing for weeks and that it might as
well he settled by fists.
So you're one of those ‘fighting
parsons," are you?" inquired Recorder
Broyles, with a touch of sarcasm. "I
thought rhinisters were supposed to
l>n peacemakers."
Well," retorted the dominie, “they
e[.p supposed to do what thev think is
night, and that is what T did"
Boy Claims Self-defense.
Merrill admitted that he had struck
his father, but declared that it was in
self-defense- Harold, from the testi
mony, did not appear to have as ac-
tlve a part, in the front-yard melee
Thich look place at No. 8 Well street,
where the bova and their mother live.
S. c. Akins, their father, testified
that he had been separated from Mrs.
A kina four or five years and that the
trouble arose over the custody of two
minor children, William, aged 12. and
Elizabeth, aged 1ft. 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 him
to bring them to her for a visit and
that she, would not take advantage of
th» opportunity 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, but said that he
received no satisfaction there, in
stead being beaten up by the two
sons who came out in front of the
house to attacn him.
The trial of Harold and Merrill wilt
lake place in the DeKalb County Su
perior Court.
W. H. Quinn Named Hackett to Lecture on
President of Owls q, Henry His Friend
Officers elected by the Order of
wls for 1914 were announced Wed-
►sday morning by A. T.. Headington,
cording secretary, as follows:
W. H. Quinn, president; F. H. Hew-
tt, vice president: Wesley Taylor,
vocator; L. C. Raoul, financial sec
tary and treasurer: A. L. Headibg-
n recording secretary; J. \V. Pow-
! warden; T. J. Mitchell, sentinel;
W Barnett, Jr., picket; Drs. E. I.
orton and F. S. West, physicians;
lariie Hirsch, L. H. Brands*. John
Rousey 3. W. Stafford and Dan
-mdlin, trustees, and Fred Bips, Dr.
cst and Paul Camp, house commit-
Comes to Atlanta to
Visit: Now a Bride
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 ine
Walton News, a weekly paper published
8 *M^Twock was visiting relatives
here. Hearing that she was in Atlanta.
Hester came immediately and persuad
ed her to marry him. The couple were
married at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
H igh Haralson. 8? West Harris street.
The ceremony was performed by K. A
caldweil. editor of The Walton News
and partner of the groom.
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. Genevra 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
Ruby 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 by-
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 he the patrons:
Mrs. John M. Slaton. Mrs. J. K. Ottley,
Mrs. O. .1 I laden, Mrs Samuel Dump-
kin, Mrs Hugh Willet Mrs. Keats
Speed-. Mrs. A. P Coles. Mrs. Percival
Sneed, Mrs. Clark Howell. Mrs. W. S.
Elkin. Mrs. A. Wood, Mrs Corra
Harris. Mrs. R. D. Cooney, Mrs. Haral
son Bleckley and the patrons of the
Players’ Club.
Mr. Hackett was a personal friend of
the late O. Henry.
!■’. McClelland (left) and Luther Z. Rosser, Jr.
Wilkinson at Dinner
To Commerce Agent
Braw Scot Usurps
Bathtub; Arrested
Having decided that the bathtub in
his room at the Piedmont Hotel was
not large enough for him, Bob Good
win. of Glasgow. Scotland, dressed
himself in a turldsh 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 called and
Goodwin was taken to police head
quarters. He will tell Judge Broyles
.ibout it Wednesday afternoon.
Radium Speck, Worth
Mell R. Wilkinson, the new presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce,
will take his new post Thursday, suc
ceeding Wilmer L. Moore, retiri tg
head. Mr. Wilkinson announced that
he will inaugurate plans for construc
tive work toy the chamber.
Ralph M. O’Dell, special agent fur
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, will come to Atlanta
Thursday under 'he auspices of the
chamber. He will be the guest of
honor at a luncheon Friday at which
Mr. Wilkinson will preside.
Civil Service Chief
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 E. H. Jen
nings. civil service secretary here for
the last wo years, who will go to New
Orleans to take charge ‘ the same
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.
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$4,500 Disappears Sues City for Scaring
Her Boarders Away
1ICAGO, Dec. 31.—A speck of
im. weighing 35 milligrams and
h $4,500, has mysteriously dis-
ared at St. Duke’s Hospital. De-
ves are searching for it. The
im was in a liny platinum tube
was being used to treat Marie
:>n, a daughter of a wealthy De.-
les family, who is suffering from
er.
ie vanished radium was the hos-
s entire supply.
ckefeller's Men
Claiming that the regrading ot Ivy
street has ruined iter property and bro
ken up her boarding house trade. Mrs.
\ A. Pickard has filed suit in the Su
perior Court against the c ty for $2,500
damages. Her home is at No. 99 Iv>
** The rut in the street at this point,
she claims, has disfigured her property
bv leaving the yard eight feet R.bove the
street. The boarders i>a!ked 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.
Can't Use Cigarettes gt p au i' s Church to
Hold 'Watch' Service
DENVER. Dec. 31.— An order signed
by John D. Rockefeller, chief owner of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
has been posted in the company's plants
prohibiting the smoking of cigarettes by
employees, whether on duty or not.
v AYCROSS ELECTION SATURDAY
\Y AYCROSS, Dec. 31.—The formal
' election will he held here Satur-
a* The primary nominees are Scott
T Beaton, tor Mayor; Dr. .1 H Dat-
' mer, \V. \V. Sharpe, Jr, and Mc-
• n eg"i Mayo, for Alderman, md J.
T Bowden, for member of Board
Ul Krim.ftip.r.,
An old-fashioned “watch service’’
is to be held from P 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 bread and water will he
served and short addresses will be
made by the pastor and a number of
laymen.
Atlanta’s new municipal court is
ready for its formal opening Thurs-*
day, and a new era in the handling of
small court business will begin. With
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 Thursday
morning in the tirst division of the
Superior Court in the old city hall
building at South Pryor and East
Hunter streets. There will be ad
dresses by Governor John M. Slaton,
Judge John T. Pendleton, senior judge
of the Atlanta Superior Court; Judge
Eugene D. Thomas, of the Municipal
Court, and others. President Edgar
Watkins, of the Atlanta Bar Associa
tion, has issued a call for all mem
bers of the organization to attend the
opening.
Work of the court will be handled
by five judges, of whom Judge Thorn
as is the chief justice. The other four
are Luther Z. Rosser, Jr., D. V. Mc
Clelland, J. R. Ridley and T. O.
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 the clerk
of the new court, while W. T. Buch
anan is marshal. Each has a large
force of assistants and for the next
three months expects to be extremely
busy getting the work on a systemat
ic basis.
The now 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 suits
involving less than $500. That this
will greatly relieve the dockets of the
Superior Court is regarded as certain,
and will also serve to give litigants
an farlier hearing.
The removal of these cases from
tlie Superior to the Municipal Court
will materially reduce the revenue of
the Clerk of the Superior Court and a
cut in the force in this office may fol
low. The places of Captain Miller
and others who went to the Municipal
Court have not yet been filled, how
ever, and (’Jerk Arnold Broyles con
siders 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 new 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 held his place since
1892: Judge C. H. Girardeau, Judge
F. M. Powers, Judge Don K. John
son. Judge O. H. Puckett. Judge J. R
Ridley, Judge A. A. Owen and Judge
W. T. Jordan. Judge Puckett goe*
into the office of the new court as a
deputy marshal.
Tiie new court is expected to prove
a money-maker for the county, the
highest estimate of the operating cost
compared with the lowest estimate of
Municipal Court
Attaches Warned
Against Misconduct
It's the strait and narrow path for
the attaches of Atlanta's new Municipal
Court, according to an order signed by
the five Judges decreeing that drink-
| ing on or off duty or misconduct of
any kind will not be tolerated.
The order reads:
“On and after this date any miscon
duct or conduct unbecoming an officer
of this Court, either on or off duty,
will he considered a ground of dismis
sal, and so treated, and especially we
emphasize this rule in regard to all in
toxicating drinks. This does not mean
intoxication only, but the indulgence
to any extent will be considered a. vio
lation of this rule.
K. D. THOMAS.
D Z. ROSSER, JR .
T. O. HATHCOCK,
J. B. RIDLEY.
D. F. M’CLEDLAND.
Even beer is tabooed.
receipts, based
various justice
margin for the
that all of the
the new court
good salaries.
$3,600 a year,
judges $3,000.
$2,400 and the
assistants will
salary of $100
on the receipts of the
courts, show ing a wide
latter, despite the fact
judges and officers of
are to be paid fairly
The chief justice gets
anu the other four
The clerk will draw
marshal $2,000. Their
be paid an average
a month.
Cache of Stolen Clothing Found.
Three Bound Over and Four
Fined by Recorder.
The masiers of detective fiction of -
en have dignified the “trail of blood”
:n tracking a criminal. But it was a
trail of salt-—plain, common, useful
salt, from a large chunk of plain,
common, useful “sidemcat” that led
two officers Wednesday morning u
the capture of a gang of negro bur
glars. believed to Do tile same organ
ization that has robbed most of tn«
grocery stores recently.
When Elmer Hardin opened his iD-
tle grocery store at No. 450 _ Edge*
woou avenue Wednesdax morning, no
saw at once that it had been robbed.
Among other things, mainly groceries,
a tub of lard and a section of "side-
meat” were missing. He telephoned
the police.
Gang of Saven Arrested.
Officers Bozeman and Dow e w ere
detailed. It didn’t take them long to
pick up a trail. Right away from the
store led an irregular trickle of coarso
salt, evidently spieled or shaken from
the meat that hau been stole.c
The trail was followed, with some
difficulty, for nearly a mile. It ended
at No. 2 Walkers alley. In the house
were seven negroes—four men and
three women. They were arrested and
taken to headquarters, where they
gave the following names:
Charley Davenport, Eddie Jones,
Henry Burley, Blaii Johnson. Dilzie
Burley, Fannie May Thompson ana
Elzadia Binson.
Two Confess.
Daven»ort and Jones promptly con
fessed 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. »< eries, there
was discovered more than $100 worth
of new clothing, identified as that
stolen a .'ew ni;.fits ago from the store
of Max Yudelson, No. 303 Kdgewood
avenue.
Davenport and Jones were bound
over under $1,000 bail each on two
cases. Burley, charged with receiv
ing the stolen property, was held un
der $500 bond. Johnson and the three
negro women could not be connected
directly with the robbery and we*e
fined $15.75 eac h.
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 Oot-
ton 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
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
Howell Mill Road Is
Assured of Car Line
Residents of the Howell Mill road
section are rejoicing Wednesday over
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
line be extended. The greatest ob
stacle was the Southern Railway
bridge, which was too weak to bear
the weight of trolley cars. President
Arkwright said he would recommend
that $1,600 be spent to strengthen the
bridge. The directors met Tuesday
afternoon and adopted his recommen
dations.
Grading has already started and
tracks will be laid as soon as mate
rials arrive. The extension will stop
at present at Collier road.
business notice.
Only One "BROMO QUININE”
That is DAXATJVE BROMO Ql’ININE.
Dook for the signature of E. W. GROVE
Cures a Cold in One Day, Cures Grip in
Two days, 25c.
A HEALTHFUL HABIT.
The habit of learning how cold ii m
before dressing for the day may pre
vent mad) a cold JOHN I*. MOORE A.
S' *\S have WINDOW THEUMOMt
TERS that will give you the exact tem
perature. 4- N. Broad street.—Advu
On the “Threshold”
of 1914
Take a took 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 Bank \
on savings Crust Corporation
CANDLER BUILDING. ATLANTA
BRANCO BANK CORNER MITCHELL & FORSYTH STS.
Children's Home
Society Has Good
Year; Free of Debt
With Ii*4 children placed in good
homes ii 1913, and only fourteen now
under the society's protection await
ing disposition, the Georgia Children’s
Home Society held its annual meeting
Tuesday, w ith all the attending mem
bers in a happy frame of mind.
The treasurer's report showed that
during the year $6,140 had been re
ceived from the society’s supporting
members and that all obligations
could be met before the new year be
gan. In the aid department 65 ehil-'
dren were cared for during the year.
These officers were elected for
1914' J W. English, Sr., president.
Albert Howell. Jr., first vice presi
dent; li C Worthen, second vice
president, W I). Beatle, secretary,
anti George R Donovan, treasurer.
Ceremony to Mark
Laying of Y.M.C.A.
Cornerstone Jan. 1
The cornerstone laying of the new
$300,000 i win building of the Atlanta
Young Men’s Christian Association will
be held Thursday at II o’clock J K.
Orr. prominent In the movement that re
sulted in the new' building, will preside
as chairman, ami II Y McCord, chair
man of the building committee, will
have charge of the laying of the stone.
Addresses will he made by Rev. C.
W. Daniels, on “The Y. M A. and
the City,” and Rt. Rev. C. K. Nelson, on
“The Y M. A. and the Church.”
There also wdll be songs and prayers
by Rev Richard Orme Elinn and Rev.
W R. Hendrix.
A. A. Jameson, for eight years con
nected with association work in N>*
York, has arrived to take charge of the
hoys’ department here
FIRE MAKES 200 IDLE.
SHENANDOAH PA., Dec 31.-
Two hundred persons were thrown
out of work by a factory fire here to
day. The building was destroyed.
Loss $100,000.
NGENDIARY FI mi CRASH ON
FATAL TO 8
NEW YORK. Dec. 31. Eight per
sona were burned to death and three
were probably fatally hurt early to
day in an incendiary fire which swept
through th“ 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 thei*- homes at night.
Firemen and policemen formed hu
man chains and rescued a number of
panic-stricken women and children
from the fire escape landings.
Most of the bodies were found on
the upper floors. 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. D
Willis, F. J. Dudley and D. M. Grif
fin. well-known business and profes
sional men.
MOBILE, De 31. .Sawing ft
switch lock thirteen mile above Mo
bile, unidentified persons wrecked
train No. 2, fast pa-senger, on the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad late Tues
day night. One lif«* was lost and
three persons were Injured, and only
through the presence of mind of En
gineer William H. Rigean in putting
on emergency air brakes were the
lives of the passengers saved.
The dead man is Fireman John M.
Hodge, of Meridian. scfHrled to death.
The injured are Engineer RJggan,
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 Relieved in
Fifteen Minutes
No need to dose with nauseous
drugs or alcoholir syrups. Simply
rub a little Vick’s “Vap-O-Ruh”
Croup and Pneumonia Salve well
over the throat and chest. The va
pors inhaled loosen The tough chok
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breathing One application at bed
time, covered wit It 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.
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ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS
May Your Search for “ The
Blue Bird” Be Successful
in 1914!
To-night when little Tyltyi steps forward
at the close of Maeterlinck’s delightful play
and says “If ally 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 he search of happi
ness.
Ii is our wish that you find him!
It may he, as in the play, that your search
for him must begin and end within yourself.
Then tin* first step is New Year’s re^olu-
t ions.
Let’s plan to be happy!
At 1 he beginning of 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 public, full of 1 lie knowledge that
as \v<‘ search and plan within ourselves, so
shall we serve better and have a happier busi
ness yea r.
Special
New Year’s
“Good Luck''
Dinner
75c
Tlie Tea Room,
12 to 2 o’clock.
A good way to begin
the new year aright.
Turkey, with Cranberries
Riee anil Gravy
Sweet Potatoes
Spaghetti ati Gratia
Rolls
Mince Pie
('offer
and
15c Extra
Flog Jowls and Peas.
A New Year 's Greeting From
The Junior Department Floor
A New Year’s greet ing from the -I unior I tepartnient, Tilir Floor.
Children’s $3.00 and $3.75
Dresses $1.70
In fact, some are $5 dresses! (ling-
hams and linens, in sizes six to four
teen years, but not all sizes in every
style. A clearaway.
Children’s $10.00 to $10.50
Dresses, Half Price
Velvets and novelty fabrics. Sizes
six to ten years. Beautiful styles,
Children's Coats, HalTPrice
All are included, sizes two to six
years and six to fourteen years. You
iiuiv choose from nianv and save half.
All $20.0(1 and $25.00 Junior
Coats $10.00
Zibelines, “fancy” weaves, htmetes
they are all included for a great day
of savings. With these are six $35
coats at $15, broadcloths and velvets.
$45.00 Junior Suits $17.50
$25.00 Junior Suits $10.00
$15.00 Junior Suits $7.50
The hist call for Junior Suits and
the best. Styles chosen because the}'
were worthy and attractive—but just
see what tin 1 (’tearaway prices really
stand for.
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