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t t 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. ChaniberliiKJo!inson=DuBose Company