Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, December 31, 1913, Image 3

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\ t 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. ^ -A \*. *..*■*■ ^ j . n v H' $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 ing phlegm and ease the difficult 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. Chamberlin-Johnson = DuBose Co. 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. Chamberlin=Johnson=DuBose Company