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Every Effort Madg in Means Trial
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to Show Mrs. King Was
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,\.‘OLRTHOUSE, CONCORD, N. €.,
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;h"‘- 28.—The State plunged deep into
Me evidence against Gaston B,
Means, on trial for the murder of
Ars. Maude A. King, when court
obened todgy. According to North
Carolina practice, the State makes no
OPéning statement of its case,
The first task of the State as to
establish the fact that Mrs. King was
murdered, when she met her death by
gunshot at the Blackwelder Spring
the night of August 29.
“,The_ first witnesses were L. A.
“,“'m}ns‘ton, undertaker, and Captain
V. S. Bingham, one of the party
Which went target shooting with
Mrs. King.
Weddington's testimony concerned
the condition of Mrs. Kini's body
ghpn he received it to prepare for
urial. The State, in its examination
of Weddington, lald the basis for its
first circumstant.al evidence that Mrs.
ng was Kkilled, Weddington testi
fied there were no marks about the
wound from which Mrs. lg'lng died.
This was the first step by the State
to prove that under the circumstances
she could net have killed herself.
Weddington was also closely exam
ined as to the orders he was given
by Gaston B. Means as to the pre
baring of Mrs, King's body. The
State attempted to show that Means
evidenced haste in the disposal of
Mrs. King’s body.
Captain W 8. Bingham is the sole
member of the fated party who has
been called to appear for the State.
Bingham offered testimony that he
went with the defendant, Mrs. King
and Afton B. Means to Blackwelder
Springs to shoot at targets. He told
of wandering away from the party
“to shoot a rabbit.’’ Then, as he
turned to join the party, he met Af
ton Means and in a moment they
heard a shot and Gaston Means
called: “Come here quick, Afton;
Maude has shot herself.”
The State hopes to bring out con
demning evidence from Captain
Bingham on cross-examination.
The State has 30 witnesses td, of
fer, and it is expected it will take
them several days to present their
case,
I£. T. Cansto, atorney for the de
fense, was dt his best, and his cross
examination was pitiless. \
I"'or the first tlme Mrs. Mary C.
Melvin, sister of Mrs. King, appeared
in court. She was heavily veiled as}
she sat beside the defendant with
bowed head. 1
Dr. John McFayden told of the
bringing of the body of Mrs. King to‘
the Concord Hospital. He testified
that Mrs, King was not only shot in |
the head, but her left ankle was,
bronen, which' he believed was!
eahsed by a sudden turning of the
ankle. |
When the defense produced the‘
clothes offered by ‘the Means family
as those worn by Mrs. King on thei‘
night of her death, Dr. McF‘ayden]
eould net id ‘ntify them. He had said
Mrs, King wore a purplish-gray
gown. The dress produced was brown.
Patient Dies Under
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Ether;M.D. Indicted
MACON, Nov. 28.—Dr. W. W.
Meriweather, an intern at the Macon
City Hospital, was indicted by the
Grand Jury Tuesday for involuntary
manslaughter in the performance of
a lawful act without observing neces
sary discretion and precaution. It
was charged that in administering
an anesthetic to G. W. Hawkins, 16,
for the purpose of setting a fracture
of a forearm, he gave too strong a
dose and allowed the boy to remain
under it too long, and he died.
A true bill also was returned
against Robert E. Collins for the
murder of N. T. Spinks, on Novem
ber 17. Collins claimed that Spinks
had “wrecked his home.”
Customs Official
(By International News Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28.—Con
gressman James Buchanan, returning
from Honolulu, where he went with
the congressional inspection party, is
glleged to have reached for a pistol
when customs inspectors attempted to
gearch his trunk as the liner Wilhel
mina drew into port. He prevented
the customary inspection of h{ lug
gage.
In the party of returning Congress
men were Senator King, of Utah, and
Congressmen E. C. Dinwiddie and
William Gordon. The rest of the del
egation is exvected at a Pacific port
next week.
Man Dies at Jesup
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From Alcoholism
JESUP, GA,, Nov. 27.—Z. O. Shu
ler, of Elloree, S. C., died here today
from acute alcoholism and an over
dose of medicine. He claimed he
had been on a several days’ drunk
in Jacksonvil'e and was returning
home and stopped over in Jesup and
gecured some medicine from a local
physician and took an overdose, aft
er which he drank more liquor. He
was sitting in front of one of the
banks and fell to the sidewalk. Two
of Jesup's best doctors were sum
mened bu* before they could render
him their services he died. His body
will be shipned to his home at El
leree, S. C.. Two doctors were present
when he dird, =0 it will not be neces
sary to hold an inquest.
Chanees are Made
In Chinese Cabinet
n Chi Cab
(Bv International-News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Tuan
Chi Jui has resigned as Premier and
Minister of War of China, according
%o cablegrams to the Chinese Lega
tion. Foreign Minister Wang will
succeed him temporarily as Premier.
The chief of staff of the army will be
the new Minister of War. Temporary
lasve of absence has been granted the
Minister of Finance. His place will be
taken by the first secretary of thes
sainistry.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ¢"0 A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes @@ 3 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28. 1917,
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Here's C(aruso’s singing version of The ‘‘Star-Spangled Banner,”” in his own handwriting.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—1 n order to ac
quire a clear, correct pronounciation of
the English words of ‘‘The Star Span
gled Banner,”" Enrico Caruso, unknown
to a great number of his close friends,
and even the Metropolitan directors,
seized upon a novel method. ’
The Italian tenor went (}uletly to work
and had a friend, whose identity is not
rev%aled. glowly repeat the words.
Seated at his writing table in his suite
in the Knickerbocker = Hotel, Caruso
wrote down 2 phonetic reprdsentation of
each word as it appealed to him or
would to any other Italian. The result
of this labor developed a manuscript by
which the tenor could quickly master
White New Head of
_W. H. White, Jr, of the W. H.
White Provision Companpy, has been
’elected president of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce for a one
year term to succeed van E. Allen.
'The reaults were announced Tuesday
afternoon following the closing of the
‘ballot boxes at 5 o'clock.
,The other new officers are: E. P.
Mcßurney," first vice president, two
year term; J. Epps Brown, second
vice president, two-year term; Henry
W. Davis, treasurer, two-year term.
. Directors for two-year terms are
P. S. Arkwright, E. D. Duncan, L. D.
'Hicks, George D. McCutchéon, W. R.
’Prescott, Haynes McFadden, Allen F.
’Johnson and E. M. Hudson,
Directors to fill unexperide terms of
one year each are Lee Ashcraft and
W. D. Sllis, Jr.
The new officers Wwill go in Jan
uary ‘l. o
Hinshaw Calls Wilson
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Chief Brewer' of U. S
(By International News Service.)
Ci{ICAGO, Nov. * 28.—President
Wilson was called the “chief brewer
of Ameriea” by Virgil G. Hinshaw,
chairman of the Prohibition party in
a statement condemning the Presi
dent's decree that beer may contain
no more than 3 per cent of alcohol.
Hinshaw declared the President is
ten years behind Congress and twen
ty-five years behind the American
npeople in considering beer a rela
tively harmless beverage.
“It is the evident aim of the ad
ministration,” said Hinshaw, “to stem
the tide of prohibition. If the Presi
dent had given the food administra
tion full sway national prohibition
would now obtain.”
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25 Illinois Cities %
Ask for Waterway
(By International News Service.)
PEORIA, ILL., Nov. 28.—~One hun-|
dred and twenty-five delegates sep
resenting twenty-five cities from Chi
cago to St. Louis, most of them situ
ated in the lllinois valley, unanimous
ly adopted resolutions calling for the
immediate construction of a water
way connecting the Great Lakes with
the I'linois River, according to the
Dunfe No. 3 plan on the statute
books, and asking the Governor to
take up with the Federal Government
the question of simultaneous im
provement of the lower portion of the
river.
The war was urged as the reason
for imm-=diaté construction of the
waterway.
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Fitzgerald Fanciers
Plan Poultry Show
FITZGERALD, Nov. 28.—The Fitz
gerald and Ocilla Poultry Association
i arranging to hold a poultry show in
this city for three days in December.
The fanciers here have carried off a
number of prizes in the shyws at the
varipus fairg” this fall and are now
planning for annual poultry shows in
their home town. Red Jones, a breed
er of Barred Rocks, will exhibit his
birds this season in the National
Poultry Show at Chicago.
;he Englisb. A copy of it is reproduced
ere. ’
When the Metropolitan opened this
geason Caruso. much to his regret,
found’ %reat difficulty in rendering the
national anthem with the fervor and en
thusiasm he desired because the words
were unfamillar. After the perform
ance of ““Aida,” which opened the sea
son’s repertoire and at which *‘The Star
Spangled Banner” was sung after the
second act, the tenor commenced work
on the phonetic manuscript.
It ean now be stated that his pro
nunciation is superb. Speaking to a
visitor about his method Caruso said:
“T am very happy. I shall be able to
Chicago Man ‘Finds'
Icago vian "rinas
Stick of Dynamit
CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Patrotman E,
H. Gessler travels a beat from the
East Chicago avenue station. He was
approacked by a well-dressed young
man last night, who handed him a
package with the remark:
“Here, I found this. I don’t know
what to do with it. You’'d better
take it.” .
Then the young man walked away
as quickly as possible. The po'ice
man learned why when he removed
the wrappings and found in his pos
session a perfectly good, husky eight
inch stick of dynamite,
,;-:{'s @ %
!:smoked the famous ‘».
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give a splendid touch to your Ameri
can anthem and it is a great honor to
me, and it was all so very easy. Now
that I have mastered the verse I am go
ing to read the wonderful story about
the man ~ho wrote those words.”
Here Sigaor Caruso produced a small
book which narrated the story of Fran
cis Scott Key.
“The version I have written,” explain
ed Caruso, ‘‘is identically the way the
English words gound when an Italian
hears them »ung. I have carrlacxt all
over with me and when time allowed I
would glance at the words until I be
came perfect.”
Price of Turkeys I
rice of Turkeys Is
Reduced in Chicago
educed in Chicag
(By International News Service.)
CHIZAGO, Nov. 28.—Chicagoans
who waited until today to purchase
their Thanksgiving turkey haved
money by their patience, State Food
Administrator Wheeler gave Chicago
a cause for thanksgiving by cutting
four cents per pound off the price of
the Phanksgiving bird.
Fresh turkeys are being sold today.
at from 35 to 41 cents per pound in
stead of 37 to 42 cents, and storage
birds are retailing at from 30 to 36
cents a pound instead of 34 to 39
cents. .
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Cold Comfort for Atlantans in
Prognostications of Profes
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sor Snider, of Griffin,
Here we are again; nearly a monuw
ahead of time, with iron-clad predic
tions of a white Christmas by our
own pet weather prophet, Professor
A. L. Snider, of Griffin, Georgia.
Says Professor Snider, in part:
“Special to The Georgian.
“Cheer up—the worst is yet to ar
rive. Be of good heart—the coal bins
are empty and a sweeping cold wave
and a snowstorm are on the way.
Never say'die—the snowstorm will
get here first, and it will be so awful
you will sigh for the cold wave.”
This is, indeed, encouraging. True
the snowstorm is not scheduled to
reach this hapless and coalless town
until Christmas Eve, so there {s yet
time to split up the Morris chair and
the mision table drawers that stick,
anyhow.
But trouble ig impending plenteous
ly. Listen:
“December will be . cold, wet and
stormy,” says the prognosticator. *“lt
will be known as the sharpsshooter
morith for the cold waves, which will
be sharp and piercing. The coming
winter will be the coldest we have
had in many vears. It will be a stun
ner—a corker—a hummer.”
The professor adds that if you want
the full details of the impending ca
lamity you can acquire the same at
the reasonable price of a dime (no
war tax) sent to him at Grifiin for his
celebrated “Alamanac and Collection
of Poetic Gems and Thoughts."
The gartis prediction concludes:
“This should make the weather bu
reau sit up and take notice. I want
to show them that I am around here,
and down here, and I don't believe
anylmd) will drive me in.” \
JEALOUSY CAUSES SHOOTING.
CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—1 n a fit ot
jealousy, Edward Robinson shot Ed
darnae Thomas, his sweetheart, and
Edgar Shoemaker in a boarding house
at Hammond last nighg.
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you cur!
He'd come, in the arrosance of his mii
lions, to crush a man and a girl. With his
merciless trap of Libel he’d hound the man forever
from editorial %ower. The girl he’d blacken with
hideous Scandal. But suddenly the tables are turned. Face te
face with a righteous man no longer in his power, he feels an
iron fist crash aFaimt his jaw hean the wrathful shout; “You don't
win, Van Kreel! YOU LOSE! And then you grip your seat and
hold your breath waiting — yes, aching for the Ledger's fighting editor to smask
Van Kreel on the jaw again.
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Liberty Men Encouraged
To Win War by Click of
Women’s Knitting Needles
! Thig story is merely a way of tell
}lng women everywhere that not a
single stitch of their sewing, not a
‘single flutter of their knitting nee
dles, not one word or smile of en
‘couraglement is wasted if it is for a
' soldier, Perhaps nothing has been
done more effectively to hearten and
inspire the boys of the United States
army than the knowledge that tHe
women and girls are behind them,
working for them, cheering them at
the start of a desperate and glorious
venture.
Here is a letter to prove it. It was
written to an Atlanta woman by a
Georgia soldier in Camp Wheeler,
whose sponsor she is, and it shows
‘that in the American army is a fine
spirit that will lead it “over the top”
with a rush no power on earth will
stop:
- “The nice muffler and wristlets
were received some days ago, and I
am very proud of them. 1 intended
writing sooner, but for some reason I
neglected it.
"I want to thank you for the many
kindnesses you hate ¢one me. I am
sure every boy in this company feels
the same way.
- “Of course, we know soma one has
to go over never to come hack, but I
guess each one of. us hopes he will
be the lucky one. Still, some say
they know they will never come back.
T don’t know whether it {g patriotism
or not, but I really want to go.
“We hope it will be settled some
Way soon. But when you see that
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Tomorrow Night
SEAT SALE NOW ON
At Cable Piang Co., 92 N, Broad
St. Prices, sl, $1.50 and $2, plus
ten per cent war tax. Mail or
ders filled as received.
Seat reservations must be taken
up today or seats will be resold,
DAN A. McGUIRK, Manager,
dear old flag coming and the band
playing ‘Star Spangled Banner I will
say there is no American boy who
will turn back. For in that flag is
everything—the safety of our people,
most of all, the-honor of our entire
country. We all passed in review of
the Wheeler sisters today, and 1 was
glad 1 was a soldjer.
“Ne one knows the feellng you
have when you look at 22,000 sol
diers passing and at the head of
them all the flag. That flag is what
makes them fight—they won't see it
g 0 down, and you can bet on that.
“l would like very much to hear
from you again before we leave here,
for it is a pleasure I enjoy ever so
much, You asked me for the names
of some who did not have sweaters,
Some are: Sergeant John A. Stand
ard, Sergeant Charles W. Childs, and
Sergeant George L., Walker, who also
says he would like to have a sponsor
to write him in France, and Sergeant
C. W. Robertd. 1 am sure they would
appreciate one very much.”
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SNOW IN NEW YORK. 5{4‘51
NEW YORK, Nov. 28—New York
and the surrounding country. Wwas
covered with a light blanket of snow
early today. A rising temperature
and a slight drizzle, however, ‘?:
it certain that Thanksgiving would
be whiteless. St e
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