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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1916.-
[OM FELDER, ON STAND,
TELLSOFCUTTING AFFRAY
Thomas B. Felder, on the stand
Wednesday in Judge Ben Hill's gourt,
described in detail the attack alleged
10 have been made upon him in the
Kimball House on the night of Au
gust 3, for which G K. Vason, of
College Park, was on trial, charged
with assault with intent to commit
murder. Mr. Felder was given a
ross-examination by Ben Conyers,
¢ounsel for the defense.
“1 did net know Vason, except by
sight,” said Mr. Felder, in reply to
opening questions. “I had seen him
at the door of the House of Repre
sentatives, but -did not know his
name. .
“I went to the Kimball House on
the night of August 3 about 7 o’clock
to attend a caucus of the anti-recall
faction in the Legislature.” ‘
“Were you taking an active part in
the Savannah recall bill legislation?”
asked Luther Z. Rosser, of counsel
for the State.
“A very considerable part,” said
Mr. Felder. “I directed all the legis
lative movements against it.”
Saw Two Men, He Says.
“The caucus was being held in
Room 106,” he continued. “As I had
another engagement I addressed the
meeting early and left the room. I
turned through the corridor into the
main hall and started for the Harris
headquarters, Room 119,
“At the corner of the hall near De
catur street I saw two men. One of
them was Vason and the other a
taller man with a moustache, who I
neven saw before nor have seen
since. They stepped in front of me
and obstructed the passage.
“Vason said: ‘This is Tom Felder,
now,” and the tall man put out his
hand as though to shake hands. 1
extended my hand and he grasped
and held it in a tight grip. He
looked toward Vason, who said:
‘That’'s the damned scoundrel that
killed our Savannah bill.’
“Then he dded: ‘He's the scoundrei
who said he was going to camp on
Bill Burwell’s trail.’ (Mr. Burwell was
Speaker of the House.)
“I sald: ‘Gentlemen, there is no
difference between Mr. Burwel and
me, and no need of any trouble here.,
I jerked my hand loose and_ tried to
sidle down the hall.
Swears Vason Cut Him.
“Vason put his hand in his pocket,
as though to seize a pistol, and kept
turning in my way. I knew there
were people in room 119, and tried to
reach it. Just then Vason jerked his
tand from his pocket, and I saw the
flash of a blade. He lunged viciously
and stabbed me.
“We continued to struggle, and I
tried to drag hinwv into room 119. We
got into a room where there were
three men, Ryals, Jordan and Arnold.
I called them to help, but they grab
bed me. We had fallen over a trunk.
1 told them to get the other man, as
he was stabbing me to death, and
then they separated us, escorted him
to the door and liberated him. 1 was
placed qn a bed and afterward sent
to St. ?nseph's Hospital.”
Dr. Willis Westmoreland testified
as to the extent of Mr. Felder's
wound, a deep and dangerous cut. Mr.
Felder stood before the jury, opened
his clothing and showed the scar in
Lis body. He was put through a
cross-examination by attorneys for
hoth sides.
Examine Felder's Knife.
Several witnesses were called to
identify a small knife in a leather
case as one taken from Mr. Felder's
rocket immediately after the affray.
They identified it, and said it had
teen in the case, which was snapped
ticht, and bore no blood stains.
This testimony was taken to ah
swer a statement made by Vason just
after the affray that “if Felder was
stabbed, he did it himself with his
own knife.”
Dr. C. M. Ledbetter, of Guyton, tes
tified he was in the Kimball lobby
A woman came into a Menter Store
the other day and bought a Lovely
Vaist for $4.00, a Stunning Mat for
$5.00 and a Fall Skirt for $5.50, making
& total purchase of $14.50
v I g She paid
oul, @ SI.OO Down
45 - and agrecd
R L ‘7 pay SI.OO
f % § a Week and
g the goods
were sent to
. her home
& - This par
ticular case
not b€ of enough interest for us
brint were it not for the fact that
€ woman told us after the transaction
Vas closed that In looking around in
rious stores she had been told In one
ice that Menter advertised SI.OO Down
L 10 get people Into the store and
t Menter did not live up to the slo
ga We do as we advertise.”
§ particular woman was delighted
Vith the goods, the price and the terms
4 we know that we have made a per
inent customer
Ve do as we advertise On any
hase of %15 or less, our termsg are
SI.OO Down and SI.OO a Week and on
T purchases most Eenerous terms
eerfully given
¢ gladly open accounts with people
£ I Fast Point, College Park,
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Marletta, Ga
ne and see ‘our big fall line f
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Skirts You can buy here n such
terms that you will never mis
money, Menter, 71% Whitehall St.,
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COLUMBIAN 225,
B Whitehall Street,
just after the stabbing and was using‘
the telephone, He said he heard Va
son, a few feet away, say to some-l
body:
“I told him if he con}lnued to camp‘
on Bill Burwell’s trail*as Cole Blease
camped on his I would kill hirh.”
“1 asked Vason if he was the man
who stabbed Felder,” said Dr. Led
better. ‘“He answered, ‘lf Felder is
stabbed he did it himself with his
own knife.””
Jury Held Together. :
After the cross-examination of Mr.
Felder, Judge Hill adjourned court
until 9 o'clock Thursday, announcing
he would hold members of the jury
together. \
The jury was selected from the Grand |
Jury lists, despite the protest of the
defense. Four panels were drawn and
the following men were selected for
srvice: J. H. Hilsman, R. A. Donalson,
F. J. Merriam, Fred W. Cole, M. C.
Strickland, D. B. Baker, M. S. Harper,
E. M. Page, W. T. Watts, E. F.
Cox, B. W. Lovett and E. L. Hum
phries.
The defense was represented by Ben
Conyers, who challenged the taking of
the Grand Jury lists from which to
'choose the trial jury. His objection
was overruled by Judge Hill, who
lhimself had ordered this to be done.
‘The State was represented by Solici
tor Eb. Williams, who was assisted
by Luther Rosser and John A, Boy
!kln, Solicitor-elect, Mr. Rosser took
}up the work of examining the wit
nesses.
At the State’s table sat Mr. Felder
‘and several prominent Anti-Saloon
FLeague workers, among them W. S,
Witham, W. Woods White and Eu
gene Callaway. :
Elder’s Testimony.
The first. witness called was H. A.
Elder, Representative from Tattnall
County. He said that the evening of
the stabbing he was attending a con
ference in the room of W. E. Stubbs,
either No. 106 6r No. 109, Kimball
House. The meeting had been called,
he said, to discuss plans for fighting
' the attempt in the Legislature to re
'call Savannah city officials. He said
lboth Felder and Vason were in the
'room and Felder was addressing the
‘chairman ot the caucus when he no
!ticed Vason walking around Felder,
| apparently “sizing him up.”
Elder said Felder announced at the
close of his talk that he was going
to the headquarters of Governor Har
ris, on the same floor of the hotel,
and left the room. Vason, Elder said,
left the room shortly before Felder
did. Elder said he next saw Vason
near the elevator shaft on the floor
on which the conference had been
held, and later saw him in the custo
’dy of the police,
Elder, on cross-examination, said
Vason, so far as he knew, was not
fighting the recall, and never before
had attended one of the conferences
| of the anti-recall men.
.
Ask Rate Rise on
Sea Island Cotton
ASK RATE—2
«An increase in its freight rate on
Sea Island cotton was urged before
the Railroad Commission Wednes
day by C. McD. Davis, general freight
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, one
of the carriers’ witnesses in the rate
case. This proposed increase would
apply to all petitioning lines except
the Central of Georgia, which now has
an individual rate preseribed by the
commission in 1913
The rate sought is the same as that
prescribed by the Interstate Com
merce Commission between Florida
and Blackshear.
Randall Clifton, assistant freight
agent of the Southern Railway, pre
sented proposed changes in rates on
agricultural implements and vehjcle
material. Increases are sought in
nearly every instance
Motorman Is Cited
‘ |
I For Carrying Pistol
_ |
E. C. Young, a loyal street car mo
torman, living at No. 1174 DeKalb'
avenue, was to appear before Record
er Johnson Wednesday afternoon on
charges of carrying a pistol without
permit.
Detective Morris said he saw the
pistol in Young's pocket when he
boarded a Walker-Westview car Sun
day afternoon.
German Guns Kill 2
.
Americans, Is Report
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 11.—The Icho
de Belge declares that two Americans
have been killed in Brussels streets
by German gunfire directed at British
aeroplanes, The American Minister
at Brussels is said to be making an
investigation,
Irwin Says Giants
Runs and Then Win
BROOKLYN, Oct. 11.—Arthur Irwin,
the veteran scout, who used to play
shortstop for l'mvidmm back In the
eighties and later was anager of the
Glants, declares that the present Gilants
look like the best team he has ever seen
He says they can thrash any club in the
world,
“How much stronger than the Red
Sox are they? he was asked,
In answor he declared
“They can give the Iled Sox a hangi
cap of two runs per game to start with
lund then win more than half the
games.''
That's going pretty strong. but the
old scout seems to be sincere In his
statement
Wilde and Zulu Kid
To Fight for Title
LONDON, Oct, 11.~Jimmlie Wilde, the
Eanlh champion, and Young Zulu Kid,
of New York, were matched today to
box here for the world's flyweight
champlonship. They will meet in De
cember. No definite date has been set
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SBPRINGFIELD, ILL., Oct. 11.—Ray
Schalk, catcher for the Chicago White
Sox, and Miss lavania Graham, of
Farmersville, will be married here In
two weeks, it was announced today,
Atlanta to Dance Honolulué
Style, This Girl Predicts!
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German-Atlantans Wednesday were
discussing with interest the good
v i
time they had Tuesday evening at|
the celebration of “German Day” ml
the Turnverein Club. The principal
feature of the celebration was an ad
dress by Dr. W. Mueller, German
Consul of the Southeastern District.
Dr. Mueller declared the Germans
were not alarmed over the advance |
by the Allies, the German s\nw(-\-s.-si
having been far more important th;m'
those of the enemy. |
F. E. Radenslaben declared signs |
of early peace were in evidence; that |
a German emissary had been in l'r*\-!
rograd all summer, and steps \wrel
being taken toward arbitration
Miss Ruth Oppenheim, coloratura
soprano, sang “Caro Nome” and Ali
bieff’'s “Nightingale.” Miss Ethel
Philipson, violinist, played a Hunga
rian air Dancing closed the pro
gram ]
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Chautauqua Founder
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son Speaker
Is Luncheon Speaker
Alonzo . Wilson, of Chicago, founder
of the ~hautauqua circuit diea in Amer
ica, was peaker at a luncheon at the
Chamber of Commerce Wednesday when
a number of leading Atlanta citizenys
met with officials of the Alkahest Ly
ceum System and the newly founded
Lincoln C(Chautauqua
Mr Wilson's subject was “The Re
lation of the Chautauqua to Community
Building He is president of the new
Lincoln Chautauqua, which will have
headquarters in Atlanta and which will
be affiliated with the Alkahest System.
Governor Harris was among those in
vited to the luncheon
Bandage Materials ‘
An appeal to Georgians for gifts nf‘
cotton or linen for making surgical
dressings was made Wednesday by the
Georgia section of the National Surgi<
cal Dressings Committee, of which Mrs
F. . May lg chairman. The materials
will be sent to France
Mrs. May asks for castaway table
clothe napking, pillow cases, sheets, cot
ton blankets or anything that can be
converted Into bandages. The only fb-{
gquirement is that they be clean. They
ghould be sent to room 414, Grand Bulld.
ing.
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dy, over-red, blotchy or freckled, noth- |
ing will so surely overcome the condi
tion as ordinary mercolized wax, 1t
Hterally takes off a bad complexion
absorbs the dead and near-dead par
ticles of surface skin, gently, adually,
causing no inconvenience at .llfr A hew
t'uml‘wxh-n i# then In evidence, clear,
spotiess, delicately soft and beautiful.
One ounce of this wax, procurable at
any drug store, will rejuvenate even the
worst cu'r‘nx)lexlmx. It Is used like cold
cream. — vor(lumv.
They’ll soon be dancing Honolulu
style right here in Atlanta.
More than that, doing the “regu
lar” Hula Hula with the approval of
all censors.
Take the word of dainty Pauline
Thurston for it. Such already is the
case in rapid-pacing Newport, says
Miss Thurston. She introduced the
fad herself at a brilliant fiesta there,
“And Atlanta,” she points out, “isn’t
so very far behind Newport.” s
Which means, says Miss Thurston,
that Atlanta is to progress in point
of culture and artistic appreciation.
Also she thinks that dancing will in
crease very perceptibly in popularity.
The dancing of Miss Thurston, one
of the foremost exponents of the
dances of the islanders, features Gar
ry McGarry's spectacular Hawaiian
dance pantomime, which is one of
the headliners of the Keith vaude
ville bill at the Forsyth this week.
The Hula Hula she does at the For
syth is nearer like the dance as it is
executed in Hawaii than ever before
offered in Atlanta, critics declare.
The dance is quite proper and artis
tic when offered amid Hawaiian set
tings, says little Miss Thurston, and
quite the opposite when presented on
a side-show platform.
Miss Thurston is a Southern girl—
a native of Dallas, Texas.
.
Lumber Business Is
Flourishing in State
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WAYCROSS, Oect. 11.—According to
' W. D. Youmans, manager of the En
terprise Lumber Company here, the
lumber business is improving stead
ily, better prices being obtained and
more orders placed than at any time
in many months.
Just Received
A Shipment of Gray and
Brown Buckskin Boots
for Women
These are laced, as the new mode dq
mands, through tiny eyelets, with
round cord lacings: glace kid trimmed
to match, extremely high arched and
high ecut, gracefully modeled; with
leather Freneh heels and flexible soles.
The fashionable shades,
SB.OO and $9.00
27-29 Whitehall St.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
A meeting to pave the way for ar
bitration between the Georgia Rail
way and Power Company and its
former employees who are on strike
Is to be held at the Red Men's Wig
wam at 2 o'clock Wednesday aft
ernoon, at the call of the four rail
road brotherhoods.
The brotherhoods have asked that
members of all trade unions in the
city and all commercial and civic or
ganizations attend the meeting. They
plan to begin a movement which
they hope will bring about a peace
ful settlement of the differences be
tween the men and the company.
Disorders resulting from the strike |
were few during the last circus day
and Tuesday night. They included
an attempt to short circuit the heavy |
volt line from Bull Sluice station, the
throwing of a bottle from the Kiser
Building and the rocking of Inman |
Yards cars at Howell Station., |
The Journal of Labor, of which Je
rome Jones is editor, Tuesday began
the publication of a dally issue, in
which the interests of the strikers are
to be given due publicity. The first
issue said that, while the three daily
newspapers of Atlanta were entirely
in harmony with union labor and
employed union men in all depart
ments, they could not be expected to
devote more space daily to the strike
than the news developments justified,
and for this reason there was a need
for an official organ to aid the street
car men in winning their fight, Strik
ing carmen Tuesday evening were
selling cepies of The Journal of La
bor on the streets, and will continue
to do so.
Sheriff Mangum has announced
that, since there no longer is any dis
‘order in connection with the strike,
he shortly will dismiss many of the
special deputies who have been guard
ing the cars and the trolley com
pany’s groperty. At the meeting of
the Police Board Wednesday evening
at 8 o'clock, the policemen likely will
be put back on the eight-hour sched
ule. They have been on twelve-hour
shifts since the strike began.
.
Talks Self Into Six
Months’ Prison Term
|
| Jack Knott, of Spalding County, was
due Wednesday to start serving a six
months' sentence in the Atlanta Peni
tentiary for conducting a moonshine
still below Griffin. Jack talked himself
into prison, according to the belles of
the court officials, He made a 30-min
ute detailed statement in which he told
all about the family cat, the dog, the
sow, the pigs and how he did not run
the still His lawyer tried to stop him,
but in vain Jack's defense statement
was as lengthy as the old-time preach
er's prayer, and he never recovered
from {t.
P. A. Johnson was fined SIOO and sen
tenced to six months for conducting a
still near Criffin. He must pay the fine
first and then begin s=erving Revenue
ralders say he is an old offender and a
| penitentiary sentence will do him good.
l}{e is reputed to be as well off as moon
| shiners ever get to be
Circus Visitor Loses
Finger inJitneyCrash
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D. M. McConnell, of Simsville, one of
the many visitors to the city on circus
day, had his right hand so badly smash
el when a bicycle collided with the jit
ney bus in which he was riding that am
putation of a forefinger was necessary,
The accident occurred at Bellwood
avenue street. McConnell and Law
rence Whitfield, 18, who was riding the
bicycle, were taken to Grady Hospital
for treatment. Whitfleld received sev
eral cuts and bruises. ‘
D.J.Gantt Hereon
Official Business
Daniel J. Gantt, former revenue agent
' here, has arrived to check u‘v the ac.
counts of the office of Internal Revenue
Collector Blalock In the Federal Build
ing. He is in charge of the accounts
‘depurtmnnt of the service, having suc
| ceeded Colonel Briscoe B. Bouldin, who
is now agent at Cincinnati.
Mr. Gantt will be here a weak or ten
days, stopping at the Imperial Hotel,
' His wife {s with him.
200 Corporations
Fail to Pay Taxe
!, Two hundred Fulton County eorpora
| tions have not pald their corporation lje.
ense taxes, upon which there will be a
| penalty of SSO after October 31, the
i Secretary of State announces.
| In the State at large there are ap
| proximately 2000 State and foreign cor
porations which are yet to make the
payment,
Paul S in Fil
On Georgian Screen
A motion picture event that is being
looked forward to by all lovers of the
silent screen is that announced by the
Georgian Theater for Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of this week. On those
days there will be presented Paul Swan
and assoclates in an artistic spectacular
film in colors, “Diana, the Huntress.”
Tt i{s a picture of extraordinary merit.
The nymphs, in their classic dancing,
present a symphony in grace and action,
which reaches a grand climax in the
mist dance and the filne art poses from
the old masters.
All Atlanta will remember Paul Swan,
who plays the leading part, as the artist
who created such a favorable impres
sion in classic dances introduced at the
Atlanta Theater last season, assisted by
several of Atlanta's fairest daughters.
A man who gave his name as G. W,
Robertson, Wednesday was belng held
for burglary after a downtown police
x'}‘mse in which he was fired on Tuesday
night.
Robertson ran into the arms of Police
Captain Terry and Patrolman Tuggle,
after being chased into the Marietta and
Forsyth streets undnrgau by Policeman
Corley. Corley says Robertson and an
other man, who escaped, were attempt
ing to break into Jeream’s tailor shop
at No. 50 Marietta street.
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7 Decatur Street - - - Near Five Points
incheade, are again in ‘
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off SLIPPING AND TRIPPING.
AKE it impossible for & man to alip or
trip and you will cut out & very large
proportion of accidents, Indesirial and
other “Slipping sad tripping” do not (
figure Jargely as causes in the tables of secl- A
dents, bLut they are the starting points from
of | which sertous injuries aad fatalities prisg An
lITe fordinary loss.of balance may be wnattended with
NS | garious results, but on the other band. it may
NA'|throw ome downstaire. off & moviag car, iste
78 | mackinery In operation, or against & live wire
PT | In & pamphiet published by the Philadeiphis
'lll-'u National Safety Counell Mr H Weaver .
"‘loc-vy & safaly snginesr, treats “slipping and YA
8 tnpping™ a 8 the most serious peblic and n
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MOTe casuaition than from a.most any other
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Y gven 16 asch OF Ihe above mentionsd hasards
| Which combined, are less productive of ensualties | Ae
‘ “Avtomobile fatalities, still on the increase
|Are Sgain in the lead, The sest iy Talls on |of
(F (Virests’ and sidewalks These wmight be called
Nipping and tripping fatalitien, for over haif of | 1 '
(hem ware caused directly by slipping In the
[ four yoars Just past there were 425 recorded fa
* | alities in Menhattan from this sourcs alone In
te l 1914 and 1915 there wan & tetal of 198 from ity
R* [ ping, tripping. sic onstreets and sidewalks. while
"""-M total for the ssma perind from eleval ]
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*" Feystamatic offort were made 1o prevent alipping
T*{and tripoing & Jarme proportion of secidents
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CATS PAW
RUBBER HEELS
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Live stock from the West was arriv
ing Wednesday for the Southeastern
Fair, while preparations were going for
ward In all departments for the opening
Saturday morning.
The Red Polled herd of George Inie
chen, of Geneva, Ind., among which are
several prize winners in Western cattle
shows, was the first to reach the
grounds. | Other shipments of cattle and
hogs were expected in during the day.
The live stock department threatens
to tax the r‘aru(_‘h_\' of the pavilions,
While the entries in the cattle depart
ment will not close until just before the
opening, J. Hall Miller, chairman, an
nounced Wednesday there were seven
hundred entries with the prospects of
at least three hundred more.
The Red Polled herd will compete for
the $516 in premiums offered in this
class. The.total premium money in the
cattie department is slo,ooo—one-sixth
of the total amount offered outside the
Grand Circuit races.
Four cars of hogs were scheduled to
urrkve Wednesday from St. Louis. This
is the first consignment of the thirty
cars due here from the Omaha Swine
Show. One car of Tamworths, owned
by W. W. Morton, of Russellville, Ky.,
has arrived and a shipment of twenty-
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ATLANTA, GA.
two of the seventy-seven entered by Will
Essig, of Tipton, 111., are here. %
The American Royal Live Stock Show
from Kansas City is en route and should
reach here Friday. There are eighty
cars in four special trains bringing this
exhibit. All preparations have been
made at the fair grounds for their ar
rival,
Reports received by the Fair Assocla
tion indicate that thirty thousand school
children will be In Atlanta Tuesday for
“Georgia School Day” at the fair. The
requests to the Boards of Education te
allow the children a holiday has bean
generally complied with, it is undere
stood.
St oS i R .
Atlanta Baptists
.
In Bth Yearly Session
Baptists of Atlanta Wednesday wers
in the midst of the eighth annual ses
sion of their association, the Wood
ward Avenue Baptist Church being
chosen this year for the convention.
The morning session was devoted to
the report of the executive committes
by Chairman W. W. Gaines, and dis
cussions of several phases of church
work led by T. T. Davies, W, H. Ma
jor and Dr. John F. Purser. There
will be sessions Wednesday afternoon
and evening, and the meetings will
continue through Thursday afternoon,
Dr. John F. Purser, pastor of the
West End Church, was elected mod
erator at the Tuesday night meeting,
and the opening sermon was prea.ched
by Dr. Henry Alford Porter, of the
Second Baptist Church.
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