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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1917
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From The New York American.
VIANY NATURAL ADVANTAGES
0 ROME, GA., FITIT AS SITE OF
$11,000,000 ARMOR PLANT
Admiral Fletcher Said
ToßeMuch Impressed
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By City — Soon to
Start on Imspection.
State’s Delegation Will
Make \Strong Fight.
Is Backed Up by Ver
dict of Seientists.
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Daniels Pledges Selec
tion of Place * Most
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Suitable for Navy’s
NewManufactory.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—Secre
tary Daniels announced today that no
fnfluence would be permitted to pre
vent the $11,000,000 Government arm
or plate plant being located in the dis
trict shown to offer the greatest num
ber of advantages for the economic
manufacture of high grade steel.
Rear Admiral F. F. Fletcher, presi
dent of the board, authorized to se
lect a site for the armor plant, ex
pects to leave Washington on a tour
of inspection within the next three
weeks. Admiral Fletcher is said to
have been much Impressed by the
ola!ms made for North Georgia.
The Georgla delegation In Congress
is urging thta Rome be selected as
the site. Senator Thomas W. Hard
wick, Senator Hoke Smith aré Rep
resentative Gordon Lee have given
The New York American their rea
sons for advocating the claims of this
point.
THINKS ROME IDEAL SITE.
Benator T. W, Hardwick said:
“Undoubtedly the Government must
yecognize the flne claim that Rome
has to consideration in this matter,
and I have no doubt that the show
ing the city will make will be of a
character to carry conviction to the
Federal Board.
“T would be mod‘\mwmlng to see
the armor plate plant located other
wise than where it would be of the
greatest advantage to the Govern
ment and of most use to the up
bullding of our navy. As a good
American, I take it there will be no
differences of opinion along that line.
“Naturally, I would be glad to see
a 4 city in my own State qualify as
the site of so tremendous an experi
ment, but before indorsing Rome,
tentatively even, I went to, some
trouble to inform m‘v"nelf as \o the
facts. | am sure that the ocity is
ideally located for such a plant, so
far as its military status is con
cerned. It would be most favorably
located, strategically. It would be
next to Impossible for an invading
army to reach.
“The first thing, however, s wheth
€r our ores are suitable and whether
the various things necessary to the
manufacture of armor plate may be
quickly and economieally / assembled
‘l’wrfi: whether ecoal in proper quan
tity and of a right kind is near by,
and whether power !s available for
thf operation of the plant.
I am satisfled that Rome has all
these things, and will be able to
femonstrate that to the Govern
ment. If she can not, she will not
deserve to win; if she can, she will
‘le's-rve to win.
‘That, it seems to me, sums the
situation up. I am convinced that
the Rome territory is ideal for the
plam. and I expect to do all that I
fan to make that plain to the na
tional authorities. There is, of course,
no question of politicg in this matter,
and there certainly should not be.”
BURE ORES ARE FIT. |
f';!ndator :ioko Smith said: |
‘1 do not think there is any ques
gon about the amuitability of the
ofoutham ores for the manufacture
th“‘”“OP plate. I already have talked
. t phase of the matter over with |
l:G ot the most eminent authorities
- the United States on the question
: !'fl'%el manufacturing. Ido not care
O g!ve his name, for there are rea
¥ons why 1 should not. ‘
ore 1o says that while the Southern
8 do contain a somewhat lar:er‘
percentage in many instances of
f&-'g-'nhonu than is desirable never-‘
thé":" this is so easily eliminated in
Heatle T®e of manufacture, at prac
& ‘*l{ No cost whatever, that it no‘
‘“l."- s to be counted as welghing
yFuinst these ores. Twenty years or
h‘r: 0, the case might have been dif
rnanr.\,té"but nobody is proposing to
the 'ture armor plate today after
.xmv:thodu of twenty years ago.
w“m taking a great deal of In
slaat In the proposed loeation of this
ot G Rome, bacause I am parsuad
-, At Rome presents ideal advan
- g | believe she is the very strong
th ';”"bli oandidate today before
.N'v oard for consideration. 1 be
ol Rome will win eventually,
.tlt:;;e.y on the merits of the propo
am It OVver and above that, 1 aleo
Goubs ‘rested in establishing the un
ores o 1 integrity of our Southern
e t.-»r steel manufacture, for all
m“..‘;"c" We know we have the
"vt and grades of ores, and
Stand sh the entire nation to under
& bro 3" much, So, I{ou see, there is
the :':P Aspect to the question than
Rome ¢ locating of the plant at
‘T am In thoron
Qe o &h sympathy with
-br:.‘,,:"” Proposal as involved in the
Government aberimenty I wish the
Mot THENL to go so along the
s qmler:nlbla lines, and 1t certainly
At the 'ole that the plant be located
“At doint of greatest advantage,
that R:o”. time I am fully persuaded
Wrone eIB at that point. If lam
witis", 4nd can be shown, then I am
not 1o (0 ChAnge my mind. But Ido
KN(;;‘,M‘ I am wrong”
Rey ": TIRHITQRY CONSIDERED
"m.m.",',"‘"ve Gordon Lee said:
#ong) located in my congres-
G’trm. and I know the terri-
Experts Show Why
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Rome’s Locationls
Ideal for Factory
XPERTS who have studied
E the question of the best site
for $11,000,000 navy armor
plate plant give the following rea
sons why Rome, Ga., is in the
most desirable location:
ORE: The district is the center
of the great brown ore fields of
Northwest Georgla and also the
center of large manganese beds.
The ore is suitable for the manu
facture of armor plate, and the
supply is virtually inexhaustible.
COAL: The famous Durham
coal flelds are near the city. Dur
ham coal leads in value, its per
centage of fixed carbon being 79.1,
as compared with 74.65 for Poca
hontas, Va., coal, and 59.07 for
Connellsville, Pa. The coke values
compare: Durham, 90.31; Con
nellsville, 88.34, and Pocohontas,
87.54.
WATER POWER: .The Oosta
naula and Etowah Rivers, if prop
erly harnessed, will *develop 200,-
000 horsepower. The Coosa River
Valley also is available and is al
ready equipped with Government
locks and dams.
STRATEGIC VALUE: The city
is virtually out of reach of any
invading army. o
’tory involved. If Rome doesn’t qual
ify thoroughly as a place of location
for this plant, then I am not at ail
well informed as to what the re
quirements of such a plant are.
“Two things are to be considered
primarily—has Rome the coal supply
near by and has the section around
‘Rome the right quality of ore Yor the
‘manufacture of armor plate? I un
derstand the questjon of Rome’s loca
tion from a military standpoint al
ready is admitted, tentatively, any
way.
“Authorities on ores assure me
that thm in the Rome vicinity are
fully suftable to making steel of ar
mor plate quality. I do not know as
much about that from a standpoint of
personal knowledge as from reliable
information given me by men who do
know. When it comes to the ques
tion of coal, however, I am informed
from personal knowledge.
“The plant will use approximately
800,000 tons of coal annually. The
Durham coal flelds, within 40 miles of
‘Rome, will be able to supply it. What
about the quality of the Durham coal,
although this coal will not be by any
means the coal that must be depend
ed upon wholly? An analysis of that
coal shows it carries an average of
79.1 per cent of fixed oarbon. I do
not believe there is another coal in
the nation that carries so high a per
centage. The coal of the Connells
ville, Pa., district carries 59.7 per cent,
and that of the Pocahontas, Va., dis
trict, 74.65. One Is away under the
Durham coal and the other well under,
This is a great advantage for the
Durham coal.
“The Durham coke analyzes in fixed
carbon 90.31 per cent, while the Con
nellsville coke analyzes only 88.34,
and the Pocohontas 87.54. In both of
these great elements, it will be seen,
the coal near the Rome site has a
great and convincing advantage,
“The water power available around
Rome is nothing less than amazing.
Few persons have any knowledge of
the facts as they honestly exist., The
power that may be generated at Car
tersville and Carters Quarters, on the
Oostanaula and Etowah Rivers, which
join at Rome, will easily run as high
as 200 horsepower. Besides this,
there still remains the Great Coosa
River Valley, with {ts Government
locks and 4 dame already constructed.
Now, with these great fundamental
facts established—to my satisfaction,
at least—and the further facts of
Rome’s avallability by rail and its
climate, which permits even the out
door laborer to work nearly every day
of the year, and in an extraordinarily
health climate, will make the North
west (Georgia town practically unas
sallable as a fit and proper site for
tils great plant.
“So, Rome deserves to win—and
in my opinion will win when the final
showing comes.”
The entire Georgia delegation,
headed by Senator Hoke Smith, is
ready to appear bdbefore the special
navy board and give detalled reports
on the advantages of Romae.
The town Is tucked away In the
heart of the richest ore flelds in the
South, and has the necessary railroad
facilities for a plant of the magnitude
gs 'tdhnt the Government proposes to
ulld,
The special navy board announces
that hearings will be held only In
towns and eities which will be in
um‘.
ORE FIELD UNEXHAUSTIBLE,
Representative Willlam Howard, of
Kirkwood, a suburb of Atlanta, sald:
“Rome is better adapted as a lo
cation for the armor plamt than any
other place In the United States, 1
make this statememt not because I
am a member of Congress from
Georgia, but after having talked
with experts familiar with the re.
quired conditions. It is a matter of
record that the ores now being mined
within a sow miles of Rome are
shipped to Pittsburg, Pa., and Bir.
mingham, Ala., for the purpose of
making steel of the quality that Is re
quired in armor plate, |
“These ore beds at Rome are in
exhaustible. Why not locate the ar.
mor plant in the midst of this rich
ore fleld 7
Seaborn Wright, representing the
Rome Chamber of Commerce, will
appear before Rear Admiral Fletcher
and the board av the earliest oppor
tunity. He sald: |
“Rome is the center of the great
brown ore fleld of Northwest Geor.
gin. Rome also is the center of great
manganese deposits, The Clinton ores
that extend southwest to Birming
McWhorter New
Head of Branch
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- Fonville McWhorter was one of
‘those raised from the ranks to an of
ficer’s plate by the new year’s changes
In banking institutions in Atlanta, and
Wednesday he was holding down the
seat of assistant cashier and mana
ger of the Mitchell street branch of the
Central Bank and Trust Corporation.
After a coursg at the University of
Georgia, Mr. McWhorter came to At
lanta eight years ago and went to
work for the Central Bank and Trust
Corporation. He is a son of Vase
McWhorter, of Woodville, Ga., and a
nephew of Judge Hamilton McWhor
ter, of Athens, For the last several
years he has served as teller at the
Mitchell street branch of his bank
and is thoroughly familiar with that
important part of the Central Bank
and Trust Corporation’s business.
He succeeds as manager of the
branch Henry C. Heinz, who, at the
meeting of the bank directors Tues
day afternoon, was promoted from
assistant cashier to assistant to Vice
President A. P. Coles, the place for
merly held by Barrington J. King
who resigned.” Mr. Heinz's time will
be divided between the interests of
the bank and the Atlanta Warehouse
Company, the million dollar cotton
storage plant built by Asa G. Cand
ler, of which Mr. Coles is manager.
Atlanta and Fulton
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National Banks Elect
The Atlanta National and Fulton
National Banks Tuesday re-elected
old directors, who in turn re-elected
thefr old officers. The Atlanta Na
tiopal's directors are C. E. Currier,
W/ L.. Peel, R. F. Maddox, Frank E.
Block, Albert E. Thornton, Dr. W. 8.
Elkin, E. H. Inman, J. J. Spalding,
S. C. Dobbs, James L. Dickey, H.
R. Durand, James 8. Floyd, George
R. Donovan, J. T. Holleman and J.
Epps Brown
The officers are Charles K. Currier,
chairman of the board; R. P~Mad
dox, president; Frank E. Block,
James S. Floyd, George R. Donovan,
T. J. Peeples, vice presidents; J. S.
Kegnedy, cashier; J. D. Leitner, D.
B.\)&‘lauuum. R. B. Cunningham,
James F. Alexander, assistant cash
jers.
The Fulfton,_ National's directors
and officers aré Hoke Smith, W. H.
Brittain, F. W. Pattillo, W. J. Bla
lock, J. Howell Green, W. W. Heaton,
E. C. Callaway, Walter H. Rich,
Henry B. Kennedy, Clarence Haver
ty, H. C. Bagley, W. E. McCalla, J.
R. Mobley, Bolling H. Jones, A. B.
Simms, A. C. Blalock and Dr. Dunbar
Roy. ' The officers are W. J. Blalock
president: A. B. Simms, vice presi
dent; Bolling H. Jones, vice president:
Henry B. Kennedy, cashier, and R. G.
Clay, assistant cashier.
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Music Study Club
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Artists in Atlanta
John Barnes Wells, tenor, and Anna
Louise David, harpist, nlved in At
lanta Wednesday to appear in the
third concert of the Music Study
Club’'s season of artists’ recitals.
Their program will begin Wednesday
evening at 8:15 o'clock, fn Cable Hall,
The concert will offer a novelty in
this serfes, as the program will be
made up of light music for entertain
ment rather than education. Mr.
Wells is a widely known singer, and
Miss David one of the leading harp
ists of the country. It is largely due
to her work that the harp has become
accepted as a solo instrument, ‘
ham are inexhaustible In Northwest
Georgia. These ores are now being
extensively mined sixteen miles from
Rome, on the Rome and Northern
Railroad.”
HIGH-GRADE IRO(J MADE.
Mr, Wright quotéd the report of
the Georgia State Geologisf™ show
that there are five or more different
lines of fron ores, such as are used in
armor plate, In the district around
Rome. He continued:
“The Rock Run furnace, located 25
miles from Rome, has been making
high-grade charcoal iron for the last
80 years, gnd it probably is of a quale
ity that has no superior in the United
States. There is a furnace of similar
capacity at Rome, and another at Ce-‘
dartown, near by,
The Clinton ores In this district nt‘
the present time are being mined and
shipped to an extent of approximately
1,000 tons & day. l
“The best coking coal 'in the entire
South Is found In Northwest Gmr-l
gia, of which Rome is the center, Thl-‘
vein of conl extends southward from
Lookout Mountain, and the only rea
son it has not been developed more
fully 1s because there has been no In..
dustcy at Rome of suficient Impor-.
tance to warrant its mining and cok
ing. |
“Rome offers advantages in it mag
nificent potential water powers for
electric processes possessed by no
other city in the world,” =
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In spite of the fact the people of
Atlanta had to pay more for the ne
cessities of life in 1916 than in 1915, |
retailers of this city did not contrib
ute materially to the high cost of liv
ing, for their profits did not increase
in proportion to the increase in their
sales.
This is shown by the annual re
port of the merchandising research
committee of the Associated Advertis
ing Clubs of thé World, just received
here.
Sales in all lines reporting showed
an increase of 20 per cent, while prof
its were only 10 per cent above what
they were in the corresponding period
of 1915,
Grocers, for example, increased
their sales 24 per cent, while their
profits showed a decrease of 2 per
cent.
The following table shows in
creases (stated in percentages) in
sales, advertising, stocks and net
profits in representative Atlanta
stores in the several lines investi
gated, except where a figure is pre
ceded by a minus sign, when it in
dicates a decrease. e
It must be borme in’ mind that an!
increase or decrease in net profits
does not mean the variation was that
much of the gross sales of the mer
chant. For example, if a merchant
reported an increase of 5 per cent in
net profits, he meant his profits hpd
increased 5 per cent over the same
period of the year before. In other
words, if his profits in a given period
were SIOO and he increased them 5§
per cent, they were $lO5 in 1916, |
Except in the column describing the
condition of collections, all figures are
for the index month of November,
1916, as compared with the same
month of 1915. In the case of collec
tions, the figures represent the per
centage of accounts on the books of
the retailers on October 31' which.
were collected during November. The
table follows:
que™ TT O T D I A
Adv, & —1 81 4 —2l — ¢ 1
Stock 8 17 14 50 20 —1 20
Proit 6 — 2 12 0 s 33 10
Col'ct 43 5 53 39 34 19 32
Decatur Makes New
Xmas Seal Record
With an aggregate of 24,000 seals,
Decatur surpassed this season all its
former efforts in the sale of Red Cross
stamps, making the third successive
year the town has led the Southeast
in its proportionate sales.
Glenwood School led the Decatur
sale, with 8,400 and the eighth grade
led in that school. McDonough Street
School .was second, with 6,800, and
Oakhurst School third. Professor E.
E. Treadwell, of the Decatur schools,
managed the campaign. ‘
Drugged Man Found
In a Cotton Field
(By International News Service.)
MEMPHIS, Jan. 10.—Drugged, rob
bed and left to dle, A. W, Cogswell,
a wealthy Berkeley, Cal., man, was
found lying in a cotton field near this
city early today. He said he had no
recollection of how he came to be in
Memphis.
Moaning piteously, he told (pollce
who discovered him that he feared
he was to be murdered. Physicians
said he is suffering from paresis.
Father Walsh Takes
Over Albany Church
ALBANY, Jan. 10.—The Rev. Em-I
mett Walsh has arrived and takenl
charge of the affairs of Saint Teresa's
Catholic Church, of which he was re
cently appointed rector. He is a na
tive of South Carolina, spent his
youth and early manhood in Savan
nah and graduated from St. Bernard's
Seminary, Rochester, N. Y. He came
to Albany from Atlanta, wHere he had
been with the Church of the Immac
ulate Conception since March, 1916,
Embalmers’ Board
Holding Examination
Applications for license to engage in
embalming were being considered by
the Georgia State Board of Embalmers,
In session Wednesday at the Pledmont
Hotel, The advisability of recommend-
Ing changes in the law covering the
transportation of bodies was to be con
sidered by the board.
The members of the board are E. F
Bond, Atlanta, president: W, g Platt,
Augusta, secretary; J. B. Hart, Macon:
Albert Goette, Savannah, and J, L. Mar.
vil, Waycross
H"“ o’. _— |
A.C.L.Trains Fly |
On Past Fairfield
Atlantio Coast Line trains Wedne ..l
day did not stop at Fairfleld, the
Georgia Rallroad Commission Turu-l
day having authorized the discontin.
uance of the station as a flag stop for
PASSENEOrs
The Georgia, Florida and Alabama
was authorized to discontinue Nich.
olasville as a flag stop and to remove
its siding at that point.
3,000 Fi Fas To B
’3,5 1 Fas To Be
Issued by DeKa,lbl
| The Issuanes of i fas for hel\'nlh,
County delinquent 'nxp;\vu- will be
completad this week by J. . Mas i, AN
sistant in the office of Tax Collector
Forrester There will be about L 0 |
i fas, Involving payment of about $50.. |
000 in taxes '
One i fa Issued against & PFulton
County resident calls for 6,100
Express Office Is
.
- Closed by Robberies
The BSouthern Express Company |
wat ready Wednesday (o discontinue |
the use of its station at l‘nrklnlhum,t
on the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantie Rallroad, because of many ruh.i
beries ‘
l The Georgin Nallroad (‘nmmln!«ml
'authorized this action, In view of the
fact that the town Is not Incorporated
and has no poliee protection,
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
Mountain Li
SlayssDogs,
L Fight
A\QISTON. Jan. 10.—Five good
coon hounds are dead and several
others are so badly scratched up they
lell never look the same, but John A.
Carter, Jr. real estate dealer and
lsportsman. proudly is showing a cat
amount killed on Pulpit Rock a few
dayswago by hounds trained by him
self and other local huntsmen.
They cat weighed a trifle over 120
pounds, and was one of the largest
eéver seen in this section. It was
brought to bay in a rock pile on Pul
pit Rock, Horseback Mountain, south
of here. A circle was formed and
the fight started as the dogs began to
close in. It was such a fight as rare
ly has been witnessed, say the hunts
men. Such a snarling, screeching and
barking and biting never before had
echoed from-the granite cliffs of Pul
pit Rock, the witnesses of the fight
understanding for the first time what
it means to “make fur fly.”
Five of the dogs were clawed,
scratched, bitten and jumped on un
til they took the count. Two fled
with their talls between their legs,
taking cautious glances backward
over their shoulders from time to
time; but the rest stayed in the fight
till the finish, when the cat gave up
all its nine lives at once. Its hide will
be stuffed and placed on display.
The Georgia State Board of Health,
at the annual meeting Tuesday, con
sidered many applications for the po
sition of secretary, to succeed Dr. H.
F. Harris, whose resignation was ten
dered some time ago.
Applications have been received
from all parts of the United States
and Canada. Out of that number all
have been gliminated except five or
Bix, who are to be investigated fur
ther. -
The annual report of the secretary
showed substantial gains in the work
in all departments. A resume of the
report shows: Bacteriological exami
nations, 11,664; number doses of
typhoid vaccine dispensed, 108,267;
number of doses of tuberculin dis
pensed, 174; number of diphtheria
culture tubes sent out, 10,924; number
of sanitary water analyses made, 375;
amount of diphtheria antitoxin sent
out, 19,379,000 units; number of pa
tients receiving pasteur treatment for
nrevention of hydrophobia, 1,600, and
number of brain examinations, 493,
The members present were Dr. H.
J. Williams, presiding; Drs. W. H.
Doughty, Jr., W. W. Owens, J. H.
McDuffle, W. L. Funkhouser, J. L.
Walker, A. L. Crittenden, B. C. Teas
ley, H. F. Harris, Giles Hathcock, M.
8. Brown and Professor M. L. Brit
tain,
Woman Mayor to
Crush Mere Man
(By International News Service.)
UMATILLA, ORE. Jan. 10, —
Women assumed charge of the Uma.-
tilla municipal government today
when Mrs. Laura J. Starcher, wife of
the retiring Mayor whom she de
feated at the last election took office.
With her were a woman treasurer and
four council women.
Sharply satirizing “mere man”
Mayoress Starcher said she would not
appoint a town marshal, and that the
‘unP male holdover in the Council
would be left off committees.
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Profs. Kill Students
Naughty Publication
CHICAGO, Jan. 10.—Because it car
ried too much stuff about “warm, lin
gering kisses,” and had a naughty
cover, the “Helluva” number of The
Northwestern University Candle has
been suppressed by the faculty,
One verse that stirred the profs.
was this:
“Her lips, both shaped like Cupid’'s
bow,
With most ecstatic passion quiver.”
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Robinson After Two
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Cardinal Players
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Charles Eb.
bets, owner of the Dodgers, Intends to
| Btop off in St. louis on his way to Hot
‘F;-r“.ngu, Ark., next Friday, and may en
gineer a trude with the Cardinals.
| It Is s.ld sundry members of the
Dodgers will be offered Milier Huggins
In exchange for Jack Miller and Frank
Snyder. Merkle, it is sald, In to be in
cluded In the deal Pltcher Appleton
;un.l Ollle O'Mara may also be offered.
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DIXIE LIMITED,
VIA THE W. & A. R. R. AND THE
N, C. & BT. L. RY.
First train northbound. St Louls,
i"hl:':utu and the Northewest, leaves
Atlanta at 7:62 p. m Wednesday,
January 10, 1917,
This train is in addition to all.
year-round Dixie Flyer trains e aving
Atlanta 8156 a. m. and 4:56 P. m~
Advertisement,
CARD OF THANKS. |
We take this means of expressing our
sincere thanks to all our friends who
were so nd to us during the HHiness and
death of our dear hushand and father
C. E. Plerson, also for the beautiful
floral offerings ‘
FROM THE FAMILY., |
LODGE NOTICE.
A regular communiecation of
of Capital City lMu No, 842,
F. & A M., will held In
Fraternity l'hll. fll:? Mari
etia streot, this (W ""“H
evening, January 10, 1817,
commencing at 7:30 o'clock
| sharp. The Entered Aporen
tice Degres will be conferred by ”&oth.r
Junior Warden _John T. Mel nald,
Candidates in afl the degrees are re
uested to be present for exnmination.
.1" duly qualified brethren are cordially
and fraternally Invited com wu: us.
By oderof W. W W e W. M.
ED MINCEY, Secreiary.
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AMERICUS, Jan. 10.—Brs. Yeartie
Howell, who has lived in Americus
off and on for more than a year,
swore she saw Dr. C. K. Chapman,
the defendant on trial for the murder
of Walter Wade, fire the two shots
which killed Wade. She said that in
the Wade car were herself, Dr. Chap
man, Wade, who was driving; John
Ethridge, W. 1. Johnson and C. K.
Chapman, Jr.
She testified that after the car
pulled to the side of the road a second
car drove up beside it, wHhich con
tained Walter Johnson and another
person who she could not recognize.
Mrs. Howell spoke clearly and dis
tinctly. She sald she wore this morn
ing the same clothing she wore on
the night of August 17, with the ex
ception of a large white hat.
She was a striking-looking woman,
wearing a black skirt, a white shirt
walst and a striped coat.
The State’s attorney questioned her
for an hour, when W. P. Wallls, for
the cross-examination, took charge of
the witness.
W. T. Patton, the first witness,
swore he heard Dr. Chapman say
-hat he (Dr. Chapman) was being im
plicated in the crime, but he (Dr.
Chapman) “would kill about a half
dozen people if they came for him.”
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Robert S. Parker, attorney and sec
retary of the Atlanta Bar Associa
tion, Wednesday began his adminis
tration of the Ansley Park Civie
League, which *has for its slogan bet
ter streets, more policemen, a trolley
line penetrating its interior, eto.
The election took place Tuesday
night at the home of W. D. Hoffman,
No. 48 Prado, and other officers cho
sen were Devereaux Fore McClatch
ey, vice president; Joseph H. Atchi
son, secretary, and George L. Word,
treasurer. T. T. Flagler, the retiring
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ATLANTA, GA.
president, reviewed the activities of
the year. .
Mr. Atchison was re-elected secre«
tary unanimously. He is with the
Southern Bell Telephone Company,
and identified with several civic or=
ganizations. He urged that the leagus
give loyal support to Mayor Can<
dler in working out the city’s probe
lems.
Vice President McClatchey will
entertain the league at its next meet=
ing on the evening of January 28,
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English Produce
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Prices Are Stated
LONDON, Jan. 10.—Baron Devone
port, the food controller, has fixed the
following prices which home growers
may charge for their 1917 crops:
Wheat, 60 shillings for 504 pounds
oats, 38 shillings 6 pence for 33‘
pounds; potatoes, 115 to 130 shillings
a ton.
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