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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Left to right, they are Dorothy Jernigan, Cecil Cullen and Rose Flynn
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 13.-—Attor
ney General A. Mitchell Palmer \n.l
day took steps io protect the ;rxhll-'|
against high -prices of meot produbts |
that might result from hoarding by
speculators of available supplies. The
food edministration’s sudden action|
in letting down the bars by 1 aving
restrictions against storage for more
than a period of 60 days. has aroused |
A storm of protest from many (uUar
-lers, chiefly from those (ovenment!
agencies in Washington which are
trying to force down the cost of H\‘-‘
mg. ' |
Secretaries Houston and Rediield,
at a Cabinet meeting, were foremost
in bringing to the attention of the
Attorney General the neceasity for a
prempt and vigorous tep to nip in
the bud altengets unlawfu! hoard
ing of meats DV the big packers or
their affiliated concorns
Boon after the food administration’s
crder lifting the resirictions was pro.
mulgated, there followe over the
wires reports-—sald to have been ine
spired--of probable zreat shortage in
pork and pork produets These re
ports attributed coming shortage and
higher prices to tpemendous foreign
arders. But officials scouted ihose re
forts, traced their origin, and, acting
ofl the direction as the Attoraey Gen
eral, Federal agents in every impor
tant meat producing snd storage cen.
ter were instructed so wateh for cases
of boarding and to report violations
to the Department of Justice. The
Department of Justice wil proceed
under the broad powers conferred by
the Lever act, forbidding hoarding of
foodstuffs for unreasonable periods,
during tlmes of «carcity in any par
ticular commodity, Prosecutions will
be handled by District Attorneys in
the digtricts wherein the violations
oceur
Federal prosecutors will “handle
without gloves” every individual, high
or low, who attempts (o influence
prices through hoarding of meats or
Any other of the staple commoditio
over which the food adminigtration
has reluxation. Departmeont of Juse
tice officiale made 1. very emphatic
that Its agents and inspectors will
keep a careful check upon packing
houses and their braunches throughout
the country, and that in this task they
will be aided greatly by the Inspvctorfl
of the Department of Agriculture.
Full International News Service
| Belleving it appropriate that the
{men who helped drive the Germunsi
|out of France should aid in celebrat- |
?ing the birthday of the miusionnryg
| who drove the snakes of paganism oulg
|of Ireland, the ladies of the altar so- |
| ciety of the Sacred Heart parish have
| decided to honor local soldiers at the
I St. Patrick’'s Day entertainment to be
lgl\'nn next Monday night at the Au
ditgrium. Several hundred men sta
‘l\ionmi at Camp Gordon and Fort Me
" Pherson have been invited to be the
‘lgmmls of the ladies on this occasicn.
I The committee in charge of the en
| tertainment, headed by Mrs. A, C.
Bromberg, has been. busy for several
| weeks working ont a program of
“lnusir, dancing and drama for SL‘
|l'a(ri(~k's Day, and the result will de
v!ligm those who attend the p»rtorm-‘
{ance. Some of the prettiest girls ln‘
the ecity will tuke part in a dramaic
£kit that is to be a big feature of the
| program
! Tickets were placed on sale at the
| Catfle Piano Company Thursday and
| the demand shows widespread inter
'l est in the entertainment.
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5% .- which those who have cat- (|
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(¢ and other live stock to sell |
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Pt salo \hruuxfr this medium,
: 2 If you are in the market for
good live stock of any kind,
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{5 read where you will find
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By BERT FORD,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8. |
BREST, March 13.--Encountering||
a strong southwest wind and heavy|,
seas, the liner George Washington, ‘
| with President Wilson on beard, is
[ln-n hours behind her schedule and
Imay not arrive until after 8 o'clock |
tonight. Unless the weather and sea ;
moderate the presidential party may
‘| remain on board the ship all night,
leaving for Paris tomorrow morning, |
| A reception comumittee, including!
Colonel E, M. House, of the Alnt-rh'un|'
commission; Andre Tardieu, of the
| French commission, and M., Ley ueun,!‘
| French Minister of Marine, arrived !!
from Paris this morning. "
: The popular opinion is that the!l
| second coming of President \‘.|:-mn‘
will shorten the peace deliherat un&l‘
In some way the impression got!l!
abroad that Mrs. Wilson was not ac-,
| companying her husband on his sec- |
:‘mul visit and itwcaused much disap-|!
1 pointment The public was glad tol'
:' learn that she is aboard the George
| Washington, especially the milliners|!
Z‘nml dressmakers, who are hoping for|!
i further patronage {
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;‘leson in Hurry to |
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| Get Down to Work g
E' By John Edwin Nevin,
;;scm Correspondent of the Interna
| tional News Service, |
;' ON BOARD THE U, 8, 8. GRORGE|'
| WASHINGTON, EN ROUTE TO BU-|
FROPE WITH PRESIDENT WIL-|
| BON, March 12, night—by wire-|
"Mnnu. With the French shores draw- |
| ing nearer every hour, President Wil-|
'.\un today sent off a nvaiber of wire. |
| less messages to Colorfe! B, M, House |
:‘\sl“ retary of State andng and othep |
| members of the American commissior
{in Paris, outlining his plans and ex
t pressing the hope that nothing will
"lw allowed to interfere with his gei
ting down to business Immediately
after his arrival in Paris.
President and Mrs. Wilson were
guests of Captain Edwar! McCaulev
{Jr, commander of the George W ash
[ ington, at dinner tonight
1 Tt is now expected that the George
Washington will arrive at Bres W
tween 8 und 830 Veloek tomorrow
night If the present plans are car
{ried out the President will leave for
| Paris wight away on a special train,|
Jarviving there about % o'clock Fridayl
i morntu. : |
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1919
LONDON. March 13.—8 y a*surprise
attack the German (Government troops
have outflanked and driven back the
Spartdvides at Lichlenberg, an ecast
ern suburb of Berlin, sald a Central
News dispateh from Amsterdam this
afternoon. The reds fell back in panic,
abandoning material
The main Sorce of Spartacides 19
reported to have been isolated with
the Government troops advancing
|wi;;ing out “nests.”
Government troops began their sys
[tematic assaults on the Spartacist
stronghold at Lichtenberg Wedhes-
Idn_\, sald another news agency dis
patch from Copenhngen
I The eastern part o fßerlin is being
occupied by the troops supporting the
ltiu\'-nnnwn' Driven into a corner,
the reds are committing brutal atroc
ities, said another dispateh from Am
sterdam. Both sides nare fighting
without mercy
The Berlin streets are littered with
ruing and wreckage caused,by artil
lery fire. The unfortunate inhabitants
are in & pitiable condition
At Dusseidorf, which has iong been
a storm center, the revolution was
i“:p,fl'l"-nvd by Government troops
| using artilery and machine guns
The real situation at Berlin is ob
scure. If the revolt has rcally been
crushed the Government troops acted
with great suddenness, tor fighting
WHSE reported in progress in and
around Berlin as late as Tuesday
night It must he remembered that
the Nauen wireless nlant, from which
the report of the Government's vie
ihll" wos sent, is in the hunds of the
Government authorities
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Report of Government
Victory Is Denied
By H. J. GREENWALL
(Exclusive Cable by the International
News Service and The London
Daily Express.)
BERLIN, March 12 (via Londén
March 13).—~Despite the Wolff Agendcy
bulletin that the Governinent troops
had won a victory over the Sparta
ide recording te pl driving
them back a mile and inflicting losses
the soldiers supporting the Govern
ment were forced to take tne defen
sive in the northern part of the eity
last night, ]
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Seven huge airplanes similar to
those used in bombing raids overseas
flew over Atlanta shortly before noon
Thursday, having made the trip of
113 miles from Americus in 1 hou:
and 10 minutes, a rate of little less
than 100 miles an hour. Colonel ¥, T.
Dickman was in command of the
squadron, which flew in battle formi
tion, and came to greet Colonel W. A.
Bishop, noted (‘anadian ace, sched
uled to lecture in Atlanta Thursday
night
The aviators proceeded directly to
the country club at Kast Lake, w hm.'
they landed on thg west side of the |
golf course e landing was with-!
out incident, save slight damage lul
| the wing of one machine incurred in |
an effort 1o dodge a flag left standing |
on the golf course. A committee r--p-’
resenting the Southern Aero Club and |
the Atlunta Woman's Club met lh"'
fiyers, who were given luncheon at!
the East Lake Club house. Their ex- !
hibition flight over the city wasg post
poned until 2:30 p. m. because of the
mrdm::ss.u!' Colonel . Bishop's train.
i First Scheduled Fight.
On previous occasions when air"
Planes have visited Atlanta there |
{ has been but one or two and they |
]h:t\-- drified over the city unheralded ,
|;~md unsung This time a schedule!
{ has been arranged which will be fol-|
i!uvw.l rigidiy '
‘ The Southern Aero Club has two
{ reception committees named for the
\dav, one to weet the visiting avia-'
| tors from Souther Field and one to!
lrm-m Colonel Bishop upon his arrival. |
| Mayor James 1. Kev was to extend a
| welcome to Colonel Bishop on behalt
lnl‘ the city A luncheon was given
the visiting flyers at East L.ake by
the Woman's Club of Atlanta imme
diately after they landed and while
the gasoline tanks of their machines
were being filled '
The Weman'’s Motor Corps will fur
nish ecars for Colonel Bishop and the|
visiting flyers, This corps\has been |
disbanded and the members released |
| from their obligatory war-time sery i
{ices, but they have volunteered their!
Bseivices i their eagerness to share |n;
lp;n'mg honor to the war's :.:rv:nrs(l
'flyer on his visit here
} Mrs. George Harrington and .\lrs.l
{ Robert Wessels wi!! drive the cars
tin which Colonel Bishop and his par- |
[ty ride from the Terminal Station,!
'and Miss Rosalie Mayer, Miss Alexa
| Stirling, Miss Elizabeth Martin, .\lxss’
| Harry 1., Schiesinger and Mrs. L.am- |
bert drove the cars which met 'lhui
| fiyers from Souther Field
| Types of Planes, %
! There were three kinds of (nl:nu'%t
{ in* the squadron, acco ding to ad
j vance information from Americus ‘
{ The DeHaviland-Fow with 12-evl-
I:V‘-Il'l 400-horsepower Liberty engine; |
the Curtiss IN-6HG, with S-cylinder ‘
'IOO-hersepower ||l'~']l:lul' Suiza en
| gine, and the Curtiss JN-4D \\nh‘
| 8-eylinder 90-horsepower oxs engine, |
| The officers whe will take part i
were indicated in orders as follows: |
Lieutenant Colonel ¥, 7T Dickman, |
commanding Souther Field, with \l.w'
jor John W. Butts, executive officer i 3
| Lieutenant Walter ¥. Sutter post ad- |
Jutant, with Lieutenant David M.
1.-lvlll!r Lieutenant Alfred W \;uw»,'
chisf flying officer of the field with
| Lieutenant Edward A Burgtorf, !
| transportation officer Licutenant !
| Herkert G Blackeslee, chief engineer|
oflficer, with Lieutenant Wilfria B |
Warde; Lieutenant Perry W, Black |
ler, with Licutenant Joabin R, Irwin |
| Lieutenant Samuel . Stout with |
| Lieutenant John K. Macßae
1 To Fly for Wounded, !
The aviators were to hover above|
the Terminal Station at the time of|
Colonel Bishop's arrival and again 10,
| give their exhibition fllght over the |
city, showing many of the d.muo-vnufig
‘.,.;q-rn cut by airmen. The ~-\mmln-n'
| was to divide later, part of the ma
{ chines flying to Camp Gordon and |'h‘!
|others to Fort McPherson. to ma- |
[ neuver for the entertainment of lim!
Leonviasednt soidiers
| Colonel Bishop was to be escorted |
to the Beorgian Terrace Hotel by al
| commibtte representing the Atlanta
| Womain's Club and the Southern A« ro
Clully with Mayor James .. Key x|
'lnmflnx A welcome to the ,1,._“,,,}
gt shed guest The Woman Maotor
1"--!‘;78 furnished carsg for Colonel !
Bishop and members of the commit- |
tea |
C'olon€l Bishop is to 'ecture at the !
Auditorium at 8:15 o'clock, under the
auspices' of the Atlanta Woman's Club
for the bhenefit of the proposed home
for the feeble minded, He I the reost !
I!‘mmm aviat v produced By the wa
| Me is officlally credited with bringing
down 72 German planes and unofM- |
Clally eredited with¢llo. He won all|
of the honors bestowed by the Britisn |
Government, and was awirded thn-vl
medals at one time by King George,
issued Daliy and Kiterad s Seccod- Clase Matte? st
he YostoMce at Atianta Usder Act of March §, 1879
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Ticket service at the Terminal Sta- |
tion, suspended for a few hoturs)
Thursday by the walkout of ~‘L|hn||!
employees, wag restored to some ex
tent about 2 o'clock, when several
“,:'-uvml passenger agents and ulhn-l}
higher officials of the roads operat- |
’mg into the station took places at the |
ticket windows and provided p,msrnv‘
gers with transportation It was|
stated by railroad authorities that |
this service would be augmented fur- |
ther, and that the public would nm;
‘hr inconvenienced by the walkout |
‘ Several experienced baggage men |
were suid to have been engaged lu‘
’v.‘rv for the baggage passing through |
the Terminal, removing trouble at
this end.
| The walkout at the Terminal Sta
tion, Union Station and the Consoli
' dated ticket offices included ticket |
sellers, train callers and bagge men
as a protest against the action of G,
' B. Harris, district passenger agent,
and other officials of the N, . & St
L. Railroad in selling tickets and
rrhw-klng bagguge for service on the
K. & A-N,, . & St. L. route.
The walkout in the Terminal Stas
tion was the most effective, practical
1y every employvee there going ou!,|
‘The number who struek at the Termi.
nal Station totaled more than 160
men and women, while twelve went
out at the consolideted ticket office
n the Flatiron Bullding and thirteen
went out from the (‘nion Station
Few on Job. |
At the consolidated ticket office |
tickets were still being sold by tive of
the officials of the Railroad Adminis i
tration, but the crowds who falled to
arvive long before the usual time lim 1
its were forced to go away ticketless
The nion Station for walked out
in a body, but tickels were being
sold Thursday by the station agent|
and baggage was being checked from
this station by G, B. Harris, district
passenger agent of the N, O, & St. L.
whose actions at the Terminal Sta
tion precipitated the general walk
out At the Union Station there was
a jam of passengers at the ticket
window and greal confusion in the
baggage room, where Harris was at
tempting to handie the work of sey
eral men
Director Explains,
B. L. Winchell, director of rail
roads for the Southern region, made
the following statement concerning
the administration’s side of the con
troversy
It is a matter of regret that the
public will be temporarily and un
necessarily inconvenienced by the |
action of the ticket sellers, haggage l
clerks, mail handlers, gate men and
certain other classes of employees l
who have heretofore served the
rallroad administration
We received a demand this morn
ing that the ticket agent at the
Terminal Station (not & member of
the Clerks' Brotherheod), must re
fuse to sell tickets and that the
general baggage agent must check '
no haggage over the Nashville
Chattanooga and S Igouis Rail
road; further, that the trains of
that line should not he announced
in the station for the Information |
of the public and that the station |
gates must not be opened to allow
passengers to enter or leave the
Dixie Flyer
The gate was very properly open
ed by the superintendent of the sta
tion for the public accommodation
Strike Called. |
The local chairman of the Broth
erhood at the Terminal Station ’
now advises ns a result we have |
suspended busihess in the ticket |
office and around the Terminal Sta |
tion"
The United States Railroad Ad
ministration will take the sLens
necessary to resume the operation
of this station and to replace the
ticket clerks at the consolidated
United States Railroad Administra l
tion ticket office who have also ad
vised us of thei rintention to retire
from the service at 10:30 o'clock
this morning
Términal in Confusion. |
Widespread confusion prevailed at|
the Terminal Station, with no one b t|
military and city policemen to dire ty
the outgoing and incoming crowds |
KEven the information bureau sus.|
pended business. Passengers desiring !
to take trains at this station were|
compelled to leave what baggage they l
had, except what could be earried in |
their hands:, they l'nul& secure no in
formation, purchase no tlckeis ind |
had to find their own trains. There|
were no callers to call the departing
trains, no gatemen to direct passen
gers to the proper tracks and no signs
to indicate on what track the various!
outgoing trains were standing )
Paseengers who went out on ihe
Dixie Flyer, just at the time the mvn‘
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$ AILWAY clerks refuse to |
listen to the voice of Uncle |
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lfi Sam, and whole trains of
R cheese and garlic are now In an |
% wwiul jam; they declare they see |
y the scheming of the raiiroads in |
§ the fight, and they'll stand or fall |
§ together, for they think they're in ;
{ the right, Eugene Debs lets loose :
?somp language, 'ere he goes to:
serve his time, and attacks our |
courts and judges and besmears |
them all with slime; calls them |
e :
| names and paints their pictures as 3
B { {
l‘ bewhiskered, powdered gents, and (
| allows as how the judges make a !
' noise like thirty cents. Murdrr§
1§ trial is now iln progress, and, uf}
course, the crowd is there, as they
S,alwu_\x come in bunches for a
; chance (o hear and stare; but the 4
S\\om:m witness failed them, and |
§ they called tne "show™ a frost, ana :
W they voiced their keen displeasure |
‘2 at the time that they had lost. Qid s
{ Bill Bishop's in our city, and he's §
1; going to make a spiel, and en- !
¢ lighten us and tell us just how |
2 good it makes him feel, when l\n%
| wakes each morning early. at thv;
|} rising of the sun, and recalls his ¢
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f‘. flights in Kurope when he In-lp«-d{
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lflta‘l&'l‘n AT NEW ORLEANS.
FIRST - Clasntiig —porse 8500, malden
2-yvear-olds, four turlongs; Oleaster 110
(Hrown), 6 to & 1 to %4, | to 4, won; HBi
deledee 111 (L. Gentry), 4 to 1, & to 6, 4
to b, secomd; Lady lene 105 (Mooney), 12
to 1, 10 to 1, 5 to 8, third. Time, 49 4-5
Kerry Lass, Alice Hdigh,: Smile, Spencer
Lady, Ogden Girl and Miss Horver also
ran
AT NEW ORLEANS,
FIRST —Purse for maiden year-olds
avd ug i Lfurlongs Black Wing 103,
Peaceful Laura 101, Positive 103, Saof
Conduit 108, Lariat 198, Vision 103, Padua
103 Assumption 108 Loyal Peter 108,
Dou Dante 108, Donna A 103, Dancing
Girl 103, Connecticut 108, Clip 10%
BECOND—Purge for maiden 3-year-olds
and up; 6 furlongs: Uranium 116, Coneeit
116, Malice 111, Elkwood 108, Ann 8. 103,
Duke of “Latona 116, Vintage 111, Laura
| Sells 111, Hand Grenade 11 108, Plurens
103, Speedster 116, Notate 111, Vuleanite
105, Dioily 103 Also eligible: James Sher
idan 108
| THlßD—Claiming; 3-year-olds and up;
4 furlongs: Ninety Simplex 118, Sureget
114, Loftus 114, May Worth 100, Mumbo
Jumbo 109, Prosperous Baby 114, Scara
mouch 114 Laura Miller 109, Little
Maudie 100, Margaret N. 104, Roadmaster
104, Wetonn 104, Allbright 114, Sybil 109,
Lassar 100, Also eligihle: Oriental 104,
‘\\‘4 tons 104
FOURTH-The Shrewshury Consolation
Purse. f.year-olds and up; mile: Frank
lin 112, Hanovia 107, aWar Mask 97, Bu
ford 110, Dabright 106, Frederick the
Great 10K, ssume 107, (a—Leonard and
Dustios sl
FIFTH ~Claiming i-year-olds and up:;
6 furlongs Hoederer 114 Sosius 114,
Bracelet 108, Apple Jack 109, Lady Smali
104, Commignn 114, Thirty-seven 114, Ruth
Strickland 109, R. H. Anderson 109, Pro
phecy 108, Parior Boy 114, Merry Lass
109, Leoti Fay 100, Azalea 104 Also eli
gibie: Dartworth 114
SIXTH-—Clatming; 3-year-olds and up;
nitle and 20 yards: Boxer (11, Thornwood
111, Ambuscade 108, Safranor 106, Sister
Marjorie 104, Hand Blue 92, ¥ . Cole
111, Dundreary 111, Hasty Riches 109
Meddling Miss 108, Handful 109, Baby
Rasch 111, Colonel McNab 111, Hope 107
Bit of Blarney 104, Maunchen 106 Also
eligible: Man of Honor 109, Bon box 111,
Saxham's Journey 104
SEVENTH—Clgiming; 3-year-olds and
up; 1 1-16 miles Amalgamator 108, Indo
lenge 106, Thursday Nighter 108, Dervish
108, Pluviada &8, Fabily 108, Leah Coche
ran 104, Kilmer 111, Benefactor 109
Weather clear. Track fast
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Lutheran Church
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Papers To Be Merged
COLUMBIA, 8, C., March 18 --The
Lutheran Chureh Visitor, official organ
of the United Synod of the Lutheran
Church in the South, and published in
Columbia since 1904, will be discontin
ued after May 12, The Lutheran Church
in America was formed last November
by the consolidation of the General
Synod, the General Council and the
I'nited Bynod A natural sequence of
this consolidation was the merging of
the three organs of these bodies. The
new publication will appear the first
week in May from the plant in Phila
delphia.
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Mrs. Abbott Pays Visit
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To Grave of Hushand
Mrs. John Abbott, recently convicted
of voluntary manslaughter and sen
tenced to serve a term of ten years for
the death of her husband, now out un
der bond of SIO,OOO pending a hearing
on motion of her attorneys for a new
trinl, Wednesday afterncon visited the
grave of her husband at Greenwood
vemetery Mrs. Abbott was accompa
nied by a friend and remained at the
grave only a few minutes, She was per
ceptibly weakened, but stood the ordeal
well
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Mrs. A. B. Milton Dies
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At Home in Thomasville
THOMASVILLE, March 13.-~Mrs. A
B. Milton died suddenly here at mid
night from .urnlrlvn Bhe was the wife
of Chief of Police Milton and' was for
mer president of the State Rebekah As
gembl She was about 47 years “1!
THE WEATHER., "
Forecast—Fair tonight and Fri
day. Little change in temperatuce,*
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‘ Testimony was :-nm‘lvted in the Al
”‘mn-ly! trial at 3:30 o'clock, the State
g:n that time ending its rebuttal
\'l'u]-.‘n:ulmus were made at onte to
i\..-um arguments, two of which were
| scheduled for the alternoon- The
\"ur\ will haev the case hefore noon
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, Albright's statement follows
‘I work for the Geneval Fue Ex
"vmuu.\hvn Company 1 have bheen
| there over six wears. The reason I
!\\ 18 at work instead of in the army
;f\\ as because | was turned down when
| 1 volunteered for service and was pat
in the fifth class in the draft exami
nation as physically unfit,
Ten years ago my mother moved
to Atlanta from North Carolina, and
bought out a boarding house here.
Mr. and Mrs. Febuary boarded with
her 1 was just a boy of 15 at the
time and waited on the table. Mr.
Febuary used to take me to picture
shows and baseball games. After
| shey moved away 1 visited their
[hiouse often and took Mr. Febuary
to different places of amusement, re-
I membering how kind he had been
to me,
Friend of Febuary.
‘ After they bought their home on
Muathewson street | used to go out
and stay with Mr. Febuary while
‘)Il\ Febuary was away on these de
tedtive trips
On the afternoon of January 2
Mr. Febuary called me at my place
of business and asked me to come
out for a game of cards. He said
that Lindsey and my brother, Dr, Al
bright, would be there After T got
home the weather was so bad that
!l called him up and asked him to
| put the game off to some other time.
He said Lindsey had already left his
| office and there was no way to get
in touch with hign, and that my
brother was going away and it would
be his last chance
After supper my brother and |
went up to our room to wash up and
my brother remarked that he had
l;-_wm and no place to leave it. 1 had
S4OO, including my salary and bonus
II“““‘ Knowing that the Febuary
home was in the woods and it being
|such a dark night, | decided to take
my pistol,
Man Annoys Mrs. Febuary.
‘The pistol had five bullets in it
When I got on the car 1 saw Mrs.
il':hu:n\ on a seat by herself and a
(man sitting in front of her, She mo
tioned to me to sit by her, and I did
I'he man in front demanded that she
sit by him. Mrs, Febuary said he was
14!1\4‘1\111: and to pay no attention,
| "I sat there talking to Mrs. Feb
uary, when Christy leaned over and
ik'h\l’ what T w sAving I said 1
{was talking to Mrs. Febuary She
| leaned over wnd started talking to
‘|~ hrist I told her everybody was
| noticin b ) aid she couldn’t
help it, that Christy was drinking
ind hod a gun and | mustn't start
inything. She begged Christy not to
{etart any trouble He kept saying,
| ‘T'm gaing home with you. If he can
o, I can go.
| | got seared and excited I had
| intended getting off the front, but I
|didn’t want to pas Christy, s 0 we
| ot off at the bac Mr. Febuary
| was waiting and we all threg got un.
| der his umbrella and started to the
| house
| Expected Trouble
' “Christy followed us up ihe street
Fehuary asked who he was, but 1
| didn't answer When | noticed him
| following us I knew he meant trouble,
I turned round and watched him, he
ause 1 feared he would shoot me in
the back
i When | started up the steps Chris
"\ called to me I was afraid to go
on, so 1 stopped He said: ‘Come up
[‘lnu way,' and | replied You've been
'Jnnl\u\;' Gio on home now and see
me later He sald, ‘1 heard you were
[ olng to kill me,” and 1 replied, ‘Hell,
no; what would I want to kill you
]‘m He walked toward me, holding
' ip his poeket, pistol and all. He said
[to me You are a Har,” and
| I backed off and hegan shooting
| got tu the door and they et me
in, and | nid He's trying to kifl
e
{ Still Afraid.
The tried to take my gun away
but | wouldn't let them, because |
was afraid Christy would come in
there
I'm sorry it happened, gentlemen,
l""[ I am wmorry for his mother, be
cause I know how my mother has
| shot
Solicitor Bo noasked permission
l‘” put in evider the record of, Al
bright's testimonsy 1 he 4'4»[:;.“'~‘!
inquest M Arnold objected, Fhut
- Continued an ’W !