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VOL. NT. NO. 74,
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SUREST
Mrs. Costner Declares Railroad
Trumped Up Charges to
Avoid Her Suit.
DECLARES engineer
BEFRIENDED ACCUSED
Brought Him to Their Home
and Found Work in the
Atlanta Yards.
—, —
"Mr. Renfroe loved Mr. Costner as
he would his own brother. He had no
motive whatever to prompt him to take
the life of my husband. He is inno
jent”
Mrs. Minnie Costner today made this
Sefense of Edward Renfroe, who had
ons boarded with the Costners in their
(Vest End home, 403 Gordon street, and
ffho is in prison accused by Southern
railway detectives of having, a few
weeks ago, caused the wreck of a
Southern train, in which Engineer Ja
■ b M. Costner. Mrs. Costner’s husband,
ost his life. Mrs. Costner added that
the whole thing is just a scheme on
he part of the railroad to make it
appear that Mr. Costner was foully
lone to death.”
Hr?. Costner Is
’lanning Suit.
“That's the only way I can see it,”
ihe said.
Mrs. Costner confirmed the report
hat she is planning to sue the South
ern railway for damages for the death
if her husband. She has consulted law
yers, she said, but has not decided on
:he sum for which she will ask.
Mrs. Costner is indignant over the
lew turn given the tragedy, and as
serts that Renfroe is being done an in
lustice by reason of the sensational
charge against him,
Mrs. Costner laid stress on a denial
)f the statement given out that she
purchased an automobile just a few
lays following the death of her hus
land.
“As to this ‘blue roadster’ that is
tausing some talk, I want to say this,”
said Mrs. Costner. “That car, a Mar
lton roadster, was ordered by Mr. Cost
ier himself six weeks before his death.
According to agreement, it was to have
teen delivered a week prior to the time
>f the accident, but was delayed in
shipment and didn’t arrive until the
ireek following the wreck. That’s how
I came in possession of it. We have
twned autos for years, and I couid see
that no harm would be done by
taking this particular car out of the
iepot when it arrived.
"Mr Renfroe and Mr. Costner,” she
iontlnued, "had known one another for
i long while and had been the best of
'riends. They boarded at the same
Jlace in Greenville, S. C., long before
Hr. Costner and I were married. Mrs.
S Logan, mother of W. M. Logan.
By first husband, conducted a board
ing house in Greenville for railroad
®en, and Mr. Renfroe boarded with her
°r quite a while. All during this time
n Greenville, Mr. Costner and Mr. Ren
roe were fast friends.
lusband Brought
tenfroe to Home.
'Mr. Costner and I were married in
December. 1910, and went away on a
’"deling trip, returning to Atlanta in
l“c 1911. We were unable to get
H'sscssion of our home here at once.
‘ lived in Western avenue until Feb
fiarj. when we moved to this house.
" is Just after our marriage that my
•hand brought Mr. Renfroe to At
,!lH. urging him to come here, as he
i always get plenty of work, and
him ‘there was nothing in Green
him.'
'■ Id' : brought Mr. Renfroe hero,
nne to our home. He had
■ us ever since. Before we
om Western avenue. Mr. Cost
him work to do, sending him
'he io Gordon street to tear
i| old barn and build a garage.
. ine this, he built a servants'
'”■l then did other work about
Completing Mr. Costners
H'-nfroe afterward did carpen-
I, '■ about the city. Six months
'' "k a job as switchman in the
• ’ho Southern railway.
i, ■ 1! ' nfroe had always Impressed
F . -in honest, good - hearted.
bu'watd man. There was but
’ I could find with him—he
r '. drink a great deal. He has had
of Jobs on the railroad, but
' "> be- mse of sprees.
, ’ trouble of any kind between
r , isiml and Mr. Renfroe—that is
: It's absurd. In all of the time
■nfroe has been in our home, he
'■ Costner never bad a cross
a' 'eh If -s a quarrel They got
L’- Ik ' like brothers. As for qunr-
j. with me. Mr. Costner never once
'■•ssiy t ( , |j|>. to my children
■By first husband."
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Resists.
Pickpockets, in Macon,
Rob Policeman, While
On Duty, of His Watch
I .
Officer Misses Gold Timepiece
After Assisting Two of
Drinkers to Hotel.
i MACON, GA., Oct. 29.—When he was
i relieved on his "heat” this morning at
I 6 o’clock Policeman James R Robinson
■ reported that during the night pick-
I pockets had robbed him of his gold
j watch.
I Policeman Robinson is the oldest pa
i troiman, in point of service, on the Ma-
I con force, and he was on duty on Mul-
| berry street when his timepiece was
taken.
"Three young men who had been
drinking were on their way to a hotel,"
said the policeman, "and as they were
not disorderly I did not arrest' them,
but sought to assist them to their des
tination. I remember now that they
were very familiar, hugging me, patting
me on the back, and so on. Five min
utes after I left them at the hotel 1
missed my watch, which I know I had
| in my pocket just before T met them."
The three men. who say they are
i traveling salesmen, were later arrested
•.and searched, but the watch could not
I be found, they were released.
ESSIE CARTER WEDS
VOGHT DOZIER TO GET
EVEN FOR FLOGGING
’ MACON, GA., Oct. 29.—“1 had two
( reasons for marrying Vogt Dozier,” de
clared Essie Carter today. "One is that
I love him and he loves me. ami the
, other is that I wanted to get even with
I his father for whipping me last July.
“We were going to Charleston. S. C..
! today,” she continued, “but I am sick
i with chills and fever, and the trip will
,be postponed now until I am well
( enough to travel.
"I did not entice Vogt Dozier into
marrying me. He came to Macon with
' out any solicitation on my part and
j asked me to marry him, saying that he
t owed me that much. Now that I am
, his wife, I am going to be a different
woman altogether.”
The young woman is now in a house
in the restricted district, where she has
stayed ever since her flogging in July
, by W. S. Dozier on account of his son's
infatuation for her. The announcement
t yesterday that young Dozier had ob
tained a license to marry the young
1 woman created much interest tn Macon.
Several ministers declined to perfoim
( the ceremony, but they were finally
united in wedlock by Justice of the
~ Peace Burnett.
' Dozier has gone back to Dawson "to
I get his clothes,” he told his w ife.
1
SHERMAN HOLDING
! HIS OWN; CONDITION
ST ILL UNCHANGED
UTICA, N. Y., Oct. 29.--Vice Presi
’ dent Sherman passed a fairly comfort
able night and his condition today re-
■ mained unchanged from yesterday. It
■ was the most restful night Mr. Slier-
■ man had had since Friday, and mem
’ bers of the vice president’s family ap
-3 peared to take hope that there is a
1 chance of his surviving his grave ill
-3 ness.
Doctors spent practically all of last
3 night at the bedside of the vice presi
-3 dent watching for any possible unto
f ward development in his patient’s eon
-3 dition, but there appeared to be none.
Mr. Sherman had less difficulty in
3 breathing anil there was less sufrci
r ing from the kidney complication than
t in some hours.
3 Excepting the members of his family,
‘ the physicians and nurses, no one is
• permitted to see Mr. Sherman. The
■ greatly weakened condition of his heart
• makes it imperative that he be not
1 excited in the slightest degree.
.
WOMAN WORTH $35,000
STARVES FOR 18 DAYS
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 29. —Police broke into
the home of Mrs. Johanna I'. Bier at Alton
after she had isolated herself for eighteen
1 days, and found her almost starved to
i death. Mrs. Bier is 35 years and is sep
> arated from her husband.
Although Mrs. Bier is said to be worth
$35,000, owning several farms at Pana,
' 111., there was nothing but a stove, one
■ chair and the sofa in the house. The
• police are seeking her husband, to urge
• him to have her sanity inquired into.
GULPS QUART OF WHISKY
1 TO WIN WAGER: IS DtAD
NEW YORK. Oct. 29.—Edward Kane.
■ a driver, drank a quart of whisky, win-
! i ning a bet. smiled, walked home and
. I then died. John Mann, who held the
’(other end of the wager, has been ar
'' j rested.
SWALLOWS MOOSE PIN:
TAFT DOCTOR CALLED
’I IOWA FALLS, IOWA. Oct. 28—The
| three-year-old son of Robert O. Fowler
1 ' today swallowed his father's Bull Moose
, j , lin . ’ The attending physician, although
1 ’a Taft st and patter, said he did not think
I lan operation necessary.
•GENEVIEVE (CLARK) CURL’
IS NEWEST HAIRDRESS FAD
' WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 The "Gen-
4 evieve Curl." originated by Miss Gene
’ vleve Clark, daughtm of the speaker
■I of tin house, is the latest and most
; J popular fad. Tim curl is a baby ringlet
just under the right e *r.
RIGHFDHSVTH
FIRMER 15
IICTIM OF
ASSASSIN
D. W. Elliott Dying After Mys
terious Night Attack as He
Travels Lonely Road.
IDENTITY AND MOTIVE OF
ASSAILANT NOT KNOWN
•
Cumming and Countryside Are
Aroused by Crime—Further
Trouble Is Feared.
CUMMING GA.. Oct. 29.—With his
l
skull crushed, D. W. Elliott, a wealthy I
Forsyth county farmer, lies at the point
of death today, having been assaulted
by unidentified persons while returning
to Cumming from Gainesville, late last
night.
Mr. Elliott is ths father of Mrs. L.
Tatum, of 622 West Peachtree street.
Atlanta.
The identity of the persons guilty of
the crime and their motive thus far are
mysteries. Deputy Sheriff Lummus
went to the scene, seven miles north
of Cumming, this morning and is mak
ing an investigation. Mr. Elliott has
been unable to throw any light on the
affair, as he has been unconscious since
the attack. ■
The assault occurred about 10 o’clock
last night as Mr. Elliott was driving
along a lonely section of the road in
his buggy. He had been to Gainesville
yesterday to transact, some businesßAnd
was returning home atone. Shortly
after 10 o'clock a wagoner, driving
along the same roa'U found the uncon
scious man lying in the highway. He
took him m his wagon and carried him
to a nearby farm house.
Head Crushed
By Blunt Weapon.
Dr. W. B. Pirkle. who was call d to
attend the wounded man, said today
that Mr. Elliott could not recover. Ap
parently he had been struck by a blunt
instrument, the back of the skull being
crushed.
The attack on Mr. Elliott is believed
by some to be an outgrowth of the
recent lawlessness in this county, while
others are of the opinion robbery was
the sole motive, it was known gen
erally that Mr. Elliott was a wealthy
man’, and it is probable his assailants
believed he was carrying considerable
money with him on his return from
Gainesville.
This attack, coming so closely after
recent troubles in this county and the
double hanging here last week, has cre
ated a great deal of excitement in Cum
ming and the surrounding country. Mr.
Elliott is one of the most popular and
substantial citizens of the county and
indignation because of the crime is
high.
If the identity of his assailants be
comes known it is feared there will be
further trouble.
ATHENS WELCOMING
VISITORS TO STATE
U. D. C. CONVENTION
ATHENS, GA.. Oct 29.—The G oigia
division of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy will begin a three days
session here tonight, at which time
many of the leading clubwomen of the
state will be pi--eni The advance
guard of delegates began arriving on
the early morning trains, among whom
were the state president, Mrs. Walter D,
Lamar, and the first vice president.
Miss Ida Holt, both of Macon. Dur
ing' the convention there will be more
than 200 visiting delegates from every
city of any importance in the state.
Tonight the convention will be form
ally opened with an address of wel
come by Mayor Hugh Rowe, welcom
ing addresses from the local chapter
U. D. Confederate Veterans ami
Sons of Veterans. Miss Holt will re
spond on behalf of the visitors.
Athens is in gala attire for the re
ception of the distinguished visitors,
all of the down-.own merchants hav
ing decorated their places of business.
Many social functions have been plan
ned.
FAREWELL TO PASTOR.
COLUMBUS, GA.. Oct. 29.—A fare
well service was held at Rose Hill Bap
tist church of Columbus for the retiring
pastor, Rev. R. C. Granberry. who re
cently resigned to accept the pastorate
of the Tattnall Square Baptist church
in Macon. .Mr. Granberry will leave
Wednesday for Macon. He is succeed
ed ns pastor of the Hose Hill church by
Rev. J. C. Wilkinson
ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1912
Southern Cooking at White House if Democrats Win
GOV. WILSON LOVES CHICKEN
Candidate’sJ'avorite Dinner Includes Fried Pul
lets, Sweet Potatoes and Various Vegetables.
PRINCETON, Oct. 29.—1 f “Win With
TA ilson’’ comes true, white house guests
must be prepared to like Southern cook
ing.
Governor Wilson likes no other food
but good old-fashioned Southern cook
ing—the kind his mother used to make
sure enough—and this is on the word
of no less an authority than his wife.
At the pretty home here which the Wil
sons have rented furnished for the win
ter, Mrs. Wilson told today of her hus
band’s fondness for Southern food during
the course of a delightfully informal
conversat ion.
Governor Likes Chicken.
“Yes, Governor Wilson since his mar
riage has lived on Southern cooking.” she
said. “You see, we have always had
ow . U J
Ey*? I *• I Miss Margaret Wilson.
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RS -i' ! fjlLiiCXt, A| I
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B , kv.
F cooks from the South or those who were
j Southern horn, and they know how to
j cook chicken better than anybody in the
! world, the governor thinks. He would
j rather have chicken Southern style than a
I foreign-cooking banquet.
"The governor's idea of a fine dinner
j includes chicken Southern style, rice and
i candied sweet potatoes, with beans and
j corn, fruit and a salad.
“Never do we have a meal without
| rice." said Mrs. Wilson.
“And can you cook rice—said by many
j cooks to be the most difficult of vegeta-
I bles?” she was asked.
I “Yes, indeed, I can cook rice. I have
i always taught my cooks ever since mj
‘ marriage to cook rice as I have- taught
I them how to cook anything we liked which
! they did not know how to cook. Now, ;
: there are two. ways of cooking rice—one ■
!is steaming it, by taking two or three
WEALTHY WOMAN
NOW LEARNS SHE
MAY BE CHANGELING
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 29. —Mrs. Daisy Auer
> Ogden, who for thirty-one years supposed
; she was the daughter of wealthy Mr. and
! Mrs. "Andy” Auer, has learned through
court testimony in her suit to obtain a
i share in the SIOO,OOO Auer estate that she
’ may be a changeling, the daughter of a
I servant in the Auer household.
; The woman who Mrs. Ogden thinks may
I have been her mother appeared as a wit
I ness and told of the strange manner in
I which ti e baby liai been found in the
I house the morning after Mrs, Auer's baby
| was supposed to have died.
LA GRANGE VOTES WATER,
GAS AND SCHOOL BONDS
LA GRANGE, GA.. Oct. 29.—Citizens
of LaGrange voted unanimously yes
terday for bonds to build a $150,000
waterworks plant, cairled a $40,000 gas
plant bond issue with only 19 opposing
votes, and $40,000 additional public
schools bonds with only 21 votes
'against. The total vote was 349 out of
a registration of 383. The bonds will be
issued shortly after validation by Judge
R. \V. Freeman of the Troup superior
court.
The passage of these bond Issues
I means that LaGrange will build water
i works and gas plants for a city of
I 50,000 persons, and public schools to
I take care of the populace for the next
twenty years
Miss Jessie Wilson.
quarts of boiling water, putting in salt
to taste and a cup of dry rice, cleaned
by rubbing through a napkin and poured
in a little at a time. I let it boil hard
twenty minutes, then drain through a col
ander and let it stand on a hot part of
•Jr'
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
the stove for a few minutes. If that
isn’t beautifully cooked rice, ask any
Southerner!” laughingly added the little
woman.
Mrs. Wilson said that in her home in
Rome, Ga., she was taught something of
cooking as a girl, but that when she
married Mr. Wilson she went in for cook
ing with a vengeance.
“I never do things by halves,” added
Mrs. Wilson, “and so I took up cooking
as an art and learned to cook from Mrs.
Rorer in Philadelphia. When 1 married,
Mr Wilson afterwards told me the
pleasantest surprise in his life was to
find that I combined the practical domes
tic sense with my artistic dreamy na
ture. ’But it wouldn’t have made any dif
ference at all,’ he told me, ‘even if you
didn’t have al! these domestic virtues,
but nevertheless it is certainly a de
lightful surprise.’ ”
GIRL OF WEALTHY
BALTIMORE FAMILY
SLAIN FOR JEWELS
CHICAGO, Oct. 39.—Miss Sophia G. Sin
ger, said to be the daughter of a wealthy
Baltimore family, was found slain in a
room early today in a boarding house
Her body was on the floor, wrapped in a
bed comforter. A towel was wrapped
tightly about her face to hold another
towel stuffed Into her mouth. Iler legs,
arms and body were twined about with
Cord. Several d< <q> gashes were found on
her head.
Robbery is believed to have been the
motive Jewels valued at SI,OOO and $45
in bills can not be found.
Wllfiam R. Warthan. who is said to
have come to Chicago from Baltimore
wi'h Miss finger two weeks ago. found
the body. He was taken to a police sta
tion and questioned.
COSTLY TO SQUEEZE ARM:
WOMAN RECEIVES SI,OOO
TEXARKANA, TEX., Oct. 29.—The
Bowie county court, upon the verdiet
of a Jury, has ordered the Texas &
Pacific Railroad Company to pay dam
ages in the amount of SI,OOO to Mrs
G. W. Brewer, because a bik ru in in
the road's employment squeezed her
arm.
The brakeman admitted the squeez
ing, but claimed he had meant no of
fense and that lie only wanted to be
friendly, Mrs. Brewer is young and
handsome.
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[III. MERRITT TO
FACE FIRE TROW
Superintendent of Anti-Tuber
culosis Sanitarium Will Take
Witness Stand.
Dr. S. W. Merritt, superintendent, and
Miss Hunt, the head nurse, of the Bat
tle Hill tuberculosis sanitarium, will take
the witness stand in defense of the in
stitution before the special committee
of council this afternoon.
The testimony promises to be rather
sensational at the investigation this after
noon. Aiderman A. H. Van Dyke and
Dr. R. R. Daley, of the Anti-Tubercu
losis association, the two men who are
pressing the charges of mismanagement,
will give their evidence.
Chairman W. G. Humphrey and the
other members of the committee hope to
complete the investigation this afternoon.
"We do not want to stop short of a
thorough investigation,” said Dr. Claude
A. Smith, head of the city’s laboratory
of hygiene, who is championing the cause
ot the institution, today. “There are lots
of improvements needed at the Institution
and we are going to take advantage of
this investigation, to Impress council with
the merit of our requests for appropria
tions.
"I have no doubt that when the in
vestigation is complete it will have adver
tised our institution favorably.”
PENNSYLVANIA ROAD
SAID TO HAVE EYE ON
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
WAYCROSS, GA., Oct. 29.—Unoffi
cial but persistent reports coining here
from Savannah state that there is a
strong possibility of the Pennsylvania
railroad getting control of the Atlantic
Coast Line in a short time. In fact,
it is reported that Hie (uestion may be
settled at a meeting of the Coast Line
directors in November.
Rumors of negotiations between the!
two big t stems have been current for
months and a year ago Baltimore tinan- 1
eial circles apparently held the news j
officially The Pennsylvania is seek-1
Ing outlets on the South Atlantic and!
Gulf coasts which the Coast Line con
trols at present.
LAND COMPANY ASKS CHARTER.
BRUNSWICK, GA., Oct. 29.—A peti
tion for charter has been asked of Mc-
Intosh superior court by the Mclntosh
County Land and Improvement Com-
I any, with a capital stock of $10,0’40.
The Incorporators are W. G. Tyson, J.
F. Thompson and Charles M. Tyson, all
of Dalien.
POULTRY SHOW FOR WAYCROSS.
WAYCROSS, GA., Oct. 29.—H. Let
ter Marvil, president of the Ware Coun
ty Poultry association, will call a meet
ing shortly to plan for a poultry show
tor Waycross some time during the
winter. ThJ poultry industry is grow
ing rapidly in Ware.
FAYETTE RALLY PLANNED.
FAYETTEVILLE, GA., Det. 29. The
layette County Democratic executive
committee is planning for a meeting of
the Wilson and Marshall supporters here
next Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A.
II Blalock. J. \\ Wise. J. W ’"ulpcnper
W t: Hollingsworth and o' .ers will
EXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P^ R 1 C
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P. IN
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Inspector McMichael Declares
Atlantans Pay $5 Each An
nually for Breathing Dirt.
D A M A G E TO PROPERTY
BY NUISANCE RUNS HIGH
Central Heating Plant Is Sug
gested as an Aid for the
Domestic Consumers.
Expert estimates made today show
that Atlanta coal consumers pay $236,-
250 a year for the privilege of filling
the atmosphere with smoke which
should be consumed in their furnaces
and macle to produce steam. Atlanta
citizens pay $875,000 a year, or $5 each,
for breathing this smoke, their loss
being an indirect one, through damage
to homes, clothing and other property
Inspector Paul McMichael pointed
out the remedy—properly constructed
furnaces and correct methods of fir
ing.
Mr. McMichael, first smoke inspectoi
under the recent ordinance creating the
office, has made a careful study of
conditions and has studied remedies
used in other cities with marked suc
cess. He made a rough estimate to
day for The Georgian of the amount ol
coal used in Atlanta, ns average cost
and the possible saving through propet
combustion.
Here are his figures:
Each Person
Uses Three Tons.
Tonnage of coal used, including man
ufacturing and domestic, 525.000, oi
three tons per capita of 175,000 popula
tion.
Cost of coal at average price of $3
a ton. $1,575,000.
Saving possible ‘by correct methods
of combustion, 15 per cent, $236,250.
The last named sum represents what
coal consumers could save in actua
dollars and cents, by burning less coal
and producing the same number ot
heat units as are produced now with
that 15 per cent flying out of the smoke
stack.
But there is an indirect charge
against the whole city through the
overplus of smoke in Atlanta’s atmos
phere. This is the terrible loss
through damage to property of various
kinds. In Chicago, where statisticians
have made a close study of smoke con
ditions for a term of years, this loss Is
fixed at sls for each man, woman and
child in the city. Inspector McMichael
believes it is lower in Atlanta. But.
fixing the per capita loss at only $5, to
be conservative, Atlanta's 175,000 pop
ulation loses $875,000 a year through
ruin by smoke. One down-town manu
facturer told inspector McMichael that
the firm's loss was SIOO a week, through
materials and finished garments ruined
by soft coal smoke settling on them.
How Smoke Piles
Up the Losses.
i These losses are itemized, in part, as
| follows:
Increased laundry bills through
quickly soiled garments. Consequent
short life of garments through fre
quent washing.
Loss to retail stores, merchandise
soiled and sold at reduction.
Loss to wholesale stores, same.
Loss to manufacturers and business
houses by extra cost of light. With
smoke in the air it is necessary to turn
on the lights an hour earlier than oth
erwise. Some houses burn them all
day. This means decreased efficiency,
also, for skilled work by artificial light
is never so good by sunlight.
These might be detailed indefinitely.
But there is another loss impossible to
estimate, its results may be found in
the tubercular hospitals and the ceme
teries. It is the tremendous loss to hu
man health through breathing smoke
surcharged air.
"Don't think that stnoke-reducliif
methods can be used only by the bii
