Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-12

MACON, Ca, March lois the board of
trustees of Wesleyan university thinking
about making a change in the presidents
Office? Reticence on the part of the trus.
tees make it difficult to receive a direct
confirmation of the rumor but of late the
name OF Rev. w. n. Ainsworth. of Savan-
nah. has been men ioned as a probability.
Rev. Mr.. Ainsworth was formerly pas
tor of Macon's leading Methodist church.
the Mulberry Street church.. and while
here lie made a splendid impression Oh
many people. He is now at the head of d
large, church in Savannah where he has
been. doing many, things to keep himself
before the public gaze.
President Dupont Query has been at
The head of Wesleyan since the days Of
eX-President Roberts and has done =
great deal to bring that institution up to
its present day standard. He has large
following and it is doubtful il a MOVE to
relieve him of the position this summer
would be successful. Nothing definite can
be done until the trustees meet in Macon
during the commencement in June.
The report that Rev T. d. Ellis. of the
Mulberry Street Methodist church. may
become a successor to President Dickey,
at Emory, was not entirely denied by Mr..
Ellis. He stated that his name had beer
mentioned in the past. but said that he
has heard absolutely nothing about the
matter in many months.
State Commissioner of Agriculture T.
c.. Hudson, who returned to his Office
Wednesday morning after an official trip
Washington. states that he saw none Of
the inauguration ceremonies of President
Taft. Sickness laid him low at his hotel
on the preceding Tuesday he states, ano
ne did not leave his room again till hi
started home Friday. Re arrived Sunday
in Americas. and recuperated there,
coming to Atlanta Tuesday.
AUGUSTA Ga, March 10.--Locked in
her house unable to get out and without
anything to eat near, Mrs. Gus Mertins. OF
Washington street. was found late Mon
day night. Mr.. Russell Veno was passing
the place with a young lady and heard
someone calling for help. Having no way
to get to the woman he called an of1cer,
who found the womans husband, search
ed him, found the keys and unlocked the
house. letting Mrs. Mertins out.
She says that her husband beat her and
locked her in the house so that she could
not associate with her neighbors. He was
fined $45 by the recorder this morning.
MOULTRIE.-w. NJ. Hines was convict
ed of running blind tiger" in the city
court of Moultrie. This is the
first conviction of the kind since the pro-
hibition law passed, went INTO erect, and
his honor, ]. d. Mckenzie, judge of the
city. court, passed full sentence OF l.
months in the Changing, without the
right to pay out.
MACuN.-News- has just been received
I'm Macon of the promotion given to MI.
r. P. Walker, of this city, as an in
structor in English at Yale university.
Mr.. Walker went there two years ago aho
last year he was assigned to teach
freshman class in English. His promotion
is in the form of $500 increase in sal
ary each year. Mr.. walker was former
ly in newspaper work, both in Macon ana
in Atlanta. t
NACON-Ladies of the Daughters of the
Confederacy, Of Macon. intend to make
determined move on March nth, at At
Ianta, to secure the celebrated Wirz mon
ument for hits city. The local d. A. r.. s
have been working quietly along this line
for some time and hope to be able to car
ry out their designs.
AUGUsTA-Judge William F. Eve has re-
turned from Atlanta, where he went to APP
near before the prison commission in an e.
fort to get more convicts for Richmond coun-
ty. He succeeded in5getting Is more than the
number up to Sc. TAN of the convicts are
negroes. 80 "'- f
MACON.-The court of appeals will take up
the case Of Ika Bashinski versus the city
OF Macon. This is the case in which Bashin-
ski is trying to recover from the city certain
liquors which were confiscated last April and
which are still held by the city's police.
MACON.-Just as Gordon Bailey was pre-
pairing to leave the county Jail 20 begin work.
ing out sentence of II months upon the
chaingang a reprieve was brought in by mail.
This stays the execution of the sentence until
March 18th, and I'm the meantime the prison
commission may do something.
MACON. To-day a bill Of exceptions will
be sent to the supreme court in Atlanta by
attorneys for Ed Cassidy, OF Macon. Cassidy
Is the man from whom the city has undertake ken
to take back a near-beer license Issued in
January because he was found guilty of vio-
lating the blind tiger ordinance. At hearing
before Judge FELTON, on Monday the judge said
the city's ordinance was perfectly valid, but
at the same time he granted extension of
the temporary injunction to Cassidy until the
supreme court can reach a verdict
ST MARY'S.-Superior court is in session
here this week with Judge T. A. Parker, on the
bench and solicitor Thomas for the first time
in his term. There is n big civil docket for THIS
court, also three murder cases. The case of Ed
Racer for murder Of a white by the name
of Kirkland. at Kingsland which was tried at
the last term OF court. may be brought up again.