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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
JUSTICE COURTS CEASE TO EXIST
AS MUNICIPAL JUDGES TAKE SEATS
Eugene D. Thomas (left), chief justice-, .lames B. Ridley and T. 0. llatheock.
Minister and Judge in Tilt Over
the Former’s Attitude in a
Street Melee.
Charged with attacking and heating
their aged father. Harold and Merrill
\klns. 23 and 20 years "Id, respect
ively were held for trial under 3100
bond each by Recorder Broyles Wed
nesday.
The Rev ('. A. Reese, pastor of the
Kast Knd Methodist Church, was a
spectator of the encounter and was
one . f the witnesses at the hearing.
It was testined 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.
"So you’re one of those 'fighting
parsons,’ are you?’’ inquired Recorder
Broyles, with a touch of sarcasm. “I
thought ministers were supposed to
be peacemakers."
"Well,” retorted the dominie, ’“they
„re supposed to do what they think is
right, and that is what I 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
tive a part 1n the front-yard melee
Which took place at No. S Mell street,
where the bovs and their mother live.
S. c. Akins, their father, testified
that he had been separated from Mrs.
Akins four or five years and that the
trouble arose over the custody of two
minor children, William, aged 12. and
KlizabeLh, 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
the opportunity to keep them.
He came to Atlanta and registered
ai 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 tils wife and
went to her home, but said that he
received no satisfaction there, in
stead, being beaten up by the two
s„ns who came out In front of the
house to attacK him.
The trial of Harold and Merrill will
take place in the DeKalb County Su
perior Court.
W. H. Quinn Named
President of Owls
Officers elected by the Order of
wls for 1914 were announced Wed-
•sday morning by A. L,. Headington,
cording secretary, as follows:
W. H. Quinn, president; F. H. Hew-
tt, vice president; Wesley Taylor,
vocator; I,. C. Raoul, financial sec
tary and treasurer; A. L. Heading-
n, recording secretary; J. W. Pow-
I, warden; T. J. Mitchell, sentinel;
W Barnett, Jr., picket; Drs. E. L.
orton and F. S. West, physicians;
larlie Hirsc.lt, t,. H. Brandes, John
Rousey, J. W. Stafford and Dan
nodlin trustees, and Fred Bips, Dr.
est and Paul Camp, house commit-
Comes to Atlanta to
Visit; Now a Bride
Much interest centered Wednesday in
tiie 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
b t Monroe
Miss Aycock was visiting relatives
here. .Hearing that she was in Atlanta.
1 tester ,-ainc immediately and persuad
ed her to marry him. The couple were
married at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Haralson. 8? West Harr's street.
The ceremony was performed hv E A.
Caldwell, editor of The Walton News
and partner of the groom.
Braw Scot Usurps
Bathtub; Arrested
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 called, and
Goodwin was taken to police head
quarters. Ho will tell Judge Broyles
about if Wednesday afternoon.
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 he supplemented by
instrumental selections by local artists.
Hackett to Lecture on
0. Henry His Friend
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. C. J Haden, Mrs Samuel Dump-
kin, Mrs. Hugh Willet Mrs. Keats
Speed. Mrs. A. P. Coles, Mrs. Percival
Sneed, Mrs. Clark Ilowell. 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.
McClelland (left) and Luther Z. Rosser, Jr.
Wilkinson at Dinner
To Commerce Agent
Mell R. Wilkinson, the new presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce,
will take his new post Thursday, suc
ceeding Wiimer L. Moore, retlri ig
heed. Mr. Wilkinson announced that
he will inaugurate plans for construc
tive work by the chamber.
Ralph M. O’Dell, special agent for
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.
Radium Speck, Worth
$4,500 Disappears
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—A speck of
radium, weighing 35 milligrams and
worth $4.50ft. has mysteriously dis
appeared at St. Duke’s Hospital. De
tectives are searching for it. The
radium was in a tiny platinum tube
and- was being used to treat Marie
Colton, a daughter of a wealthy Dej
Moines family, who is suffering from
cancer.
The vanished radium was the hos-
pii.U'3 entire supply.
Rockefeller’s Men
Can't Use Cigarettes
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 rigarettes by
employees, whether on duty or not.
WAYCROSS ELECTION SATURDAY
' V A YCROSS, Dee. 81.—The formal
iry election will be held here Satur-
The primary nominees are Scott
T. Beaton, for Mayor; Dr, J. H. Hut-
timer, W \V Sharpe. Jr, and M< -
Gregor AJay«*, f..r \ldernian. and J.
E F Browdeu, for member of Board
ol EuuufcUua#
Civil Service Chief
In Atlanta Changed
The arrival of Butler B. Hare, of
South Carolina, recently named to
take charge of ie 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 2 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.
Sues City for Scaring
Her Boarders Away
Claiming that the regrading of Ivy
street has ruined her property and bro
ken up her boarding house trade. Mrs.
A A. Pickard has filed suit in the Su
perior Court against the city for J2 ..00
damages. Her home is at No. 99 Ivy
**Tbe cut in the street at this point,
she claims, has disfigured her property
by leaving the yard eight feet above 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 ut St. Paul’s Meth
odist ChuR-h, at Grant and Sidney
streets, to celebrate the passing of the
«>ld year and the advent of the new in
the style of days gone by.
Unleavened br^aJ and water will be
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 first 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 Thom
as is the chief justice. The other four
are Luther Z. Rosser, Jr., L. F. Mc
Clelland, J. B. 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 new court will have a greater
scqpe 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 earlier hearing.
The removal of these cases from
the 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 Clerk 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 II
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 goes
into the office of the new court as a
deputy marshal.
The 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 tiiis Court, either on or off duty,
will be 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.
E. D. THOMAS.
L. Z. ROSSER. JR.,
T. O. HATHCOCK.
J. B. RIDLEY,
L. F. M’CLELLAND.
Even beer is tabooed.
Cache of Stolen Clothing Found.
Three Bound Over and Four
Fined by Recorder.
The masters of detective fiction of -
en have dignified the "trail of blood” 1
in tracking a criminal. But it was a
trail of salt—plain, common, useful
sail, from a large chunk of plain,
common, useful "sldemcat”—that led
two officers Wednesday morning to
the capture of a gang of negro bur
glars, believed to be ine same organ
ization that has robbed most ot tn«
grocery stores recently.
When Elmer Hardin opened his 11.-
tle grocery store at No. 450 Edge-
woou avenue Wednesday morning, he
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 Seven Arretted.
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 hau been stole.».
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, Blair Johnson, Dilzle
Burley, Fannie May Thompson a no
Elzadia Binson.
Two Confess.
Davenrort 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 x eries, there
was discovered more than $100 worth
of new clothing, identified as that
stolen a .’ew nights ago from the store
of Max Yudelson, No. 303 Edgewood
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 an^ the three
negro women could not be connected
directly with the robbery and we?e
fined $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-
j dence early Wednesday morning at the
i commissary store of the Exposition Cot-
i ton Mills, No. 1084 Marietta street, a
short distance from the big mill. The
large iron safe had been skillfully blown
I 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
I 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.
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 ihe receipts of the
courts, showing a wide
latter, despite the fact
judges and officers of
are. to be paid fairly
The chief justice gets
ana the. other four
The clerk will draw
marshal $2,000. Their
be paid an average
a month.
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 buiid 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 w (fight 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 ('oilier road.
BUSINESS NOTICE.
Only One "BROMO QUININE”
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE.
I/Ook 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 it is
before dressing for the day may j>?«
vent many a cold. JOHN L. MOORE A
SONS have WINDOW THERMOME
TERS that will give you the exact tem
perature. 42 N, Broad »tre«t.— 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
GfrntraHBankSs
on skims Urust Corporation
CANDLER BUM DING. ATLANTA
BRANCH BANK CORNER MITCHELLS. FORSYTH STS.
Children's Home
Society Has Good
Year; Free of Debt
With 1 "4 children placed In good
homes in 1913, and only fourteen now
tinder 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 $6,140 had been re
ceived from tlie society’s supporting
members, and that ill obligations
could be met before the new year be
gan. In the aid department 65 chil
dren were oared for during tin* year.
These officers were elected for
1914: J W. English. Sr., president;
Albert Howell, Jr, first vice presi
dent; H C Wort hen, second vice
president; XV I). Beetle, secretory,
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 will
be held Thursday at 11 o'clock. J. K.
Orr. prominent in the movement that re
sulted In the new building, will preside
as chairman, and 1C. 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 f\ A and
the City,” and Rt. Rev. C. K. Nelson, on
"The Y. M. C. A and the Church."
There also will be songs and prayers
by Rev Richard Orme Flinn and Rev.
\V R. Hendrix.
A. A. Jameson, for eight years con
nected wltfi 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 bv a factory fire here to
day. The building was destroyed.
Loss $100,000.
lEHY FI FATAL CRASH 1
IN TENEMENT! M.&O.LAIDTO
FATAL TO 8
NEW YORK. Dec. 31. Eight per
sons were burned to death and three
were probably fatally hurt early to
day in an 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 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.
MOBILE, Dec. 31.—Sawing *
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.
Tiie 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.
MUSCOGEE EQUALIZERS NAMED.
COLUMBUS, Dec. 31.—The Musco
gee County Commissioners have
named as county tax equalizers J. L
Willis. F. J. Dudley and D. M. Grif
fin, well-known business and profes
sional men.
Croup Relieved in
Fifteen Minutes
No need dose with nauseous
drugs or alcoholic syrups. Simply
rub a little Vick’s ”Vap-0-Rub r ’
(’roup and Pneumonia Salve well
over the throat and chest. The va
pors Inhaled looeen the tough chok
ing phlegm and case the difficult
breathing. One application at bed
time, covered with a warm flannel
cloth, is a sure preventive Vick’s
is quicker than internal medicines
for nil 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—26c. 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 Tyltyl steps forward
at llie elose 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 he very near the time when
we will all start afresh in the search of happi
ness.
ll 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 the first stop is New Year’s resolu-
t ions.
Let’s plan to be happy!
At the 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 the knowledge that
as wo searedi and plan within ourselves, so
shall wo serve better and have a happier busi
ness year.
Special
New Year’s
“Good Luck"
Dinner
75c
The Tea Room,
12 to 2 o-’clock.
A good way to begirt
the new year aright.
Turkey, with Cranberries
Rice and Gravy
Sweet Potatoes
Spaghetti au Gratin
Rolls
Mince Pie
Coffee
and
15c Extra
Hog Jowls and Peas.
A New Year's Greeting From
The Junior Department
A New Year’s greeting from the Junior Department, Tihr Floor.
Third
Floor
Children’s $.100 and $3.15
Dresses $1.70
In fact, some are $5 dresses! Bing
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, HalMYice
Velvets and novelty fabrics. Sizes
six to ten years. Beautiful styles.
Children’s Coats, Half-Price
All are included, sizes two to six
years and six to fourteen years. You
niav choose from rnanv and save half.
All $20.00 and $25.00 Junior
Coats $10.00
Zibelines, "fancy” weaves, boucles
1 hey 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 last call for Junior Suits and
the best. Styles chosen because they
were worthy and attractive—but just
sec what the Clearaway prices really
stand for.
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