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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
JURY To PASS ON
SLAYER'S SANITY
Clay Goes to Trial Wearing
LunaticaI Expression Which
Experts Say Is Assumed.

Wearing an expression that three At
lanta alienists have declared Is but an
assumption of insanity. Robert l.. Clay.
who shot and killed his wife, Katie
Clay, in the Lee street home of her
sister, Mrs. W w Hughes. two months
ago, was put on trial for his life in
criminal division of superior court to-
day.
The prisoner came into the court
room wearing the same wild eyed,
haggard expression he has affected
since the night he entered his sister
in-law's home and opened fire on his
wife. He took seat al the left of
the court room with his lawyers and
apparently paid little attention to the
examination of the jurors.
Drs. James Baird. ]. NJ Ellis and S.
H. Green. named by Judge Roam to
make an examination of the man as to
his sanity, took the stand in the order
named Each testified that Clay had
upon three different occasions been
submitted to the insanity tests and in
each instance the tests had proved he
was merely shamming lunacy.
Enter Special Insanity Plea.
Shortly after the jury was drawn
Clay's lawyers, w NJ Smith and Spen-
Ger McClelland, entered a special in
sanity plea. and the case went to trial
upon that phase.
When court adjourned at 100 o'clock
but four witnesses had been examined.
Deputy Sheriff j. NJ Suites, who has
been in charge of the prisoner since
his Incarceration in the Tower, assert
ed that Clay had at different times
dropped his hunted expression when be
thought that his jailers we're not
watching him.
The action of Clays lawyers~in en-
tering an insanity plea will give Clay
two trials II the jury finds the man
sane. he will be put on trial for the
murder of his wife.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
YOUNG PRIESTS KIN
HEAR HIM SAY HIS
FIRST HIGH MASS

Father Edv ard P McGrath. a young
Albanian. is receiving the congratula
tlons of his friends upon attaining full
priesthood in the Catholic church Fa
ther McGrath. who was raised to the
priesthood by Bishop John r. Gum last
Thursday, said his first solemn high
mass at Sacred Heart church yester-
day. in the presence of his father and
four brothers, who occupied reserved
peUs at the front of the church
Edward McGrath is one of the five
sons Of John H. McGrath, ST., well
known Albanian He was graduated
from Marist college in 1900 and after
ward from the Catholic university in
Washington, where he was ordained by
Bishop Gum last week. He is % years
old
A number Of dignitaries of the church
from other cities came to Atlanta 20
attend the mass, and the ceremonies,
with the long procession of clergy and
acolvtes. was particularly impressive
Father McGrath had the unusual pleas
ure of administering the sacrament to
every member Of his family.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
FOUR SPEEDERSFIN
ALL AUTOISTS Go TOO
FAST ON PEACHTREE

"Au autoists in Peachtree street ex-
coed the speed limit" asserted Police
man Chiles today in police court, in
giving evidence against several alleged
speeders. Officer Chiles is on special
duty in Peachtree to round UP the
speed maniacs.
Recorder Broyles agreed with the Of
ficer, remarhng:
yes. they all run entirely too fast
out there
-Four autoists were fined on the
showing made by officer Chiles. G. w
Johnson. chauffeur for J. Carroll Payne
was fined s1075 for speeding and driV-
ing to the left. H ]. Lee, an auto deal
err, and T ] McGill, agent for the
Westinghouse Electric Company, were
fined q. similar amount, Alex johnson
taxi driver. was fined 1913 for VIC
lating the muffler ordinance
The police say they are determined
TO break up speeding in Peachtree. as
well as all other thoroughfares.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
AtIantans Can See Rare Exhi.
bition of Swimming and
Diving at Piedmont.

Atlantans who care for diving and
swimming exhibitions needn't go to
New York and see Annette Kellermann
or even wait for her to come to Allan
ia trip to Piedmont park and a
slant a little Miss Jennie Perkerson. 81
East Twelfth street, will keep busy the
best pair of eyes in the city any old
afternoon.
Those who have seen the aquatic
wonder of Piedmont say that when
Miss Kellermann learns of her, Dick
Croker will thing he caught a green
lizard for pet and not a diving girl. .
Miss Perkerson, who hovers some
where between the mystic ages of eight
and twelve, can do most anything a fish
can. She can stand on a spring board
and dive off In good old Queen Eliza
beth fashion-or she can execute three
loops while in the air and come up with
her right foot in the palm of her hand.
When in the water she swims the over
hand stroke, dog fashion," sailor
stroke. on her back, on her side or on
under water for such a long time that
people begin to look for her, and she
can outswim in long distance races the
strongest man who frequents the lake.
outclasses Them All.
She has been pronounced the best
Young swimmer in the South by all
Atlantans who know the specific gravi-
ty of water and who understand and
appreciate the difficulties in the path
Of an ordinary fish Having all these
good chronological assets Miss Per-
kerson says she will likely go on the
stage if she ever receives an offer
When Piedmont lake opened last
summer the clerk smiled broadly at
the little brown skinned girl who came
up and wanted a dressing room This
year he takes off her hat and asks the
little girl, who is none other than Miss
Perkerson. what dressing room she
would prefer
who taught you how to SWIM"
some one asked her once.
Il taught myself" was the prompt
reply.
She then explained her methods.
First she learned simply to keep afloat,
then she learned the overland stroke.
After mastering these, she began on
fancy stunts, keeping after each until
she had repertoire Of stunts that
would do credit to trained seal. All
this happened to her in one summer
keep Your Face to the Shore"
Having secured for herself the fine
points of the game, she is well qualified
to tell others shat to do. One of her
essential rules Is: Keep your face to
the shore.
That applies especially to those who
don't know stroke. The sight of the
shore. she said, always inspires swim
mer with confidence and helps him to
keep his head.
Miss Perkerson refuses absolutely to
stay roped off with the other children.
and the park officials have about quit
asking that Of her.
Miss Peterson has one abiding su-
perstition Her superstition Is Lake
wood She is afraid Of Lakewood. in
spite of the fact that the pond is very
shallow all the way across.
I'm afraid / might drown there, she
said
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
GEORGIA WOMAN 1902
YEARS OLD DIES IN
WILKINSON COUNTY

DUBLIN, GA, June 24,-Mrs. Betsy
Billue is dead at her home in Wilkinson
countyJ less than a month after her
one hundred and second anniversary.
she was born in North Carolina on
MAY "a. 1910. but moved to Georgia at
an early age her family settling in VIII
kinson county, where she spent the re-
mainder of her life. Her brother, Re
mas Jordan. of Laurens county, is still
living A the age of %. on the occasion
of her last birthday family reunion
was held at Mrs. Billue's home when
she talked to more than 100 of her rel
atives for the last time.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
WEST SIDE CHURCHES
APPROVE VICE BOARD
AND WAR ON RESORTS

The west side churches Joined today in
resolutions approving the act of Mayor
VIM in appointing a city vice commits
sion Endorsing the attitude of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement in the
vice crusade, and declaring against seq
The resolutions followed addresses made
sunday by Secretary Joseph G. Logan. OF
Inc Associated Charities and Mrs Laura
AZ White principal Of the Atlanta night
school and associated with the Children
Home society
NIr Logan addressed meeting Of men
AZ he Walker Street Methodist church
,rd Mrs White a meeting Of women At
Wallace PRESBYTERIAN church The Tenn
ple Baptist and Mcdonald Baptist
.hurchcs joined in the resolutions.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
80 DROWNED IN
DOCK COLLAPSE

BUFFALO, n. Y, June 24.-With six
teen bodies recovered and fourteen
missing. all of whom are believed to
have persisted, scores of police and vol
unteer rescue workers dragged Niagara
river today for victims Of the collapse
of the excursion dock at Eagle park last
night
Police worked all night with Crap
CLING hooks ard nets They fear that
the swift current has carried the bodies
of some of the victims over Niagara
Falls and that they will never be
found, All the bodies taken from the
river have been Identified and claimed
The disaster came at the end of a
days outing Of Court Amherst, No. 2S2.
Order of Foresters. The steamboat
Henry Koerber had just warped into
the dock, which was jsmmed. while
scores of others We're crowdng upon
the staging. Captain Fox, of the steam
err, called out to the people to move
slowly but the crush continued.
Just as the gangplanl1 was thrown
out and those upon the edge of the
pier began moving on the vessel, the
crash came The planking held fast
to the timbers on both sides of the dock
leaving sort of chute or pocket into
which the frenzied stream of men wo-
men and children poured.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24
A Sale in Which Dainty Under
muSlinS Make New Low
Price Records

Please understand at once that these are not
Manufactured Bargains, not the kind of under
muslns that some makers put together in some
fashion for seemingly low-priced sales.
They are
The undermusins that appreciates.
Materials are SOFT laces are the kinds that wash
without hurt, embroideries are fine and sturdy
They are made as the careful woman would make
them for use.
You will not question their real worth when
you them.
AS for the prices here---
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-24

sprained ankle may as a rule be
cured in from three to four days by
applying Chamberlain's Liniment and
observing the directions with each bot
tie For sale by a. dealers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
cLAUD L'ENGLE'S TRIBUTE
TO HIS DEAD MOTHER

My mother lived in this world 4,
little more than eighty-two wears
ana those who knew her from child
Hood nave told me that she was coo,,
TO them. | had known her n ,i,t,o
more than half of her life in this
world. and she was ALWAYS pood :,
re. All my life | have known q,
Ter among her neighbors, and lnou
that she never gave or received tho
Gnkind word. She had faith in Tho
goodness of God and man: she had
hope for the fulfillment of tho bi,,
est aspirations of the soul; She had
cEarity broad and deep and alw,r,
awake to the needs of men Tho
same virtues that made her ioy ana
comfort to those who knew bor :,
the material world will open to no,
q ilmltless sphere of usefulness in N,
spiritual world. To me she was
TREND who had faith when others
aoubted, who had patience when m :.
faults made others leave me. who hal
sympathy when others were nm.
OF the need, and who had
'narity when others were weary"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27

congratulations TO Hon. r. NJ
Johnson. editor Of the Houston
'Tcxas) Post upon his appointmcnt
t. the United States Senate for TIL.
interim of three months before Hon
Norris Sheppard. successor to Sen.
ator Bailey. takes his seat. Mr.. John
son has made the Houston Post on,
OF the great papers of the South, ana
He has been for yeas one of the
s'rong individual forces in Texas
foiltlcs. lie is a shrcwd, able and
"hassnming man, perhaps not an or
a'or or a dehater, but mighty wise
III counsel. 1t has not been so many
/. ars since this new Texas senator
"as sticking type at the case" in
't' Old days of hand comnos;tion and
MS rise to fame and fortune is all
me more creditable to him for tb,r
'ason. The roll of American nota.
Lies who got their start at the nrin.-
er's case is a long one.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27

.Iant i.i..nAof. he Is a proio.hd stu
dent, not only OF the law, but OF lii
eF..ture; and he had applied Himself
r. the intricacies OF the Sca.ey con.
IGNITION for months. lis tash was
Id bOrious and his court WAS out OF
sympathy with him. but he fought
with a determination and an effee-
ti"eDess that gave him a wide &C
claim, for he had the great bulk of
the people with him and they ap.
i,lauded him enthusiastically.
"He came to the Senate with this
reputation as an able lawyer and an
eloquent orator. 4 considerable pOr-
ion of his service in the House OF
Representatives had been on the
foreign affairs committee. and he de-
voted his attention somewhat to for
e!gn relations in the Senate. espec-
tally as to the Russian out-ages on
he Jews. Except when defending
the constitution his addresses are not
numerous, but from time to time he
makes a speech on some topic OF
current interest. and he always ie
sure IF good galleries and an atten-
tive attendance on the floor. He has
a good gift of irony and satire AMI
1 highly developed method. Also, he
IS an able lawyer and we'll versed in
he statutes.
He is most courteous states
nan. His manners are exceptional,
!is voice is pleasant, and he deprc-
ates the use of any but pure En-
fish. His speechc: are liberal,..' !
applied with Chassis quotations and
Illusions. He is quite proud o.
lem, and sees to it that the cOrre-
pondents are adequately supplied
With advance copies. Being of a SEN
live nature, he delights in praise
nd naturally feels kccnly any neg
Get of it,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
So. E FLORIDA CENSUS
FACTS OF INTEREST

Tie thirteenth census gives the
following facts and figures concern
liz the population of Florida that
are of special interest:
OF the total population of Florida.
Az ia or $50 per cent. are whites.
and eos. 500, or Al per cent negroes.
The corresponding percentages In
800 were 56.3 and 43.7 respective
H. In IS of the AZ counties negroes
constitute from 25 to SO per cent of
the population. and in 10 the pOpula-
tion is more than one-half negroes.
Native whites of native parentage
constitute almost one-half (49.7 per
cent? of the total population of tn.
State and S4.3 per cent of the white
population. Native whites of foreign
o. mixed parentage constitute only
as per cent of the total population.
and foreign born whites as per cent
OF the urban population. 37.1 per
cent are native whites Of native par
entage: of the rural. 54.S per cent
The corresponding proportions for
native whites of foreign or mixed
parentage are ILL., and 81 per cent.
respectively. The percentage of for
eign born whites is 11.2 in the urban
population and IL in the rural: the
percentage Of negroes is 4O.4 in the
urban and 4l.2 in the rural.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
THE LATE SENATOR RAYNFR

Now that Senator Ravner is dnaa
the satirical but kindly sketch of
him which appeared on the "W'ho',
Who PAGE of the Saturday Eynpina
Post few days before his dcotb
takes on additional interest. From
that sketch we take the followiny
Tor the most part biorraphical.
W'on he was in the House. Sem
ator Rayner gained a reputation &c
an eloquent orator and forceful de-
hater, but his first countrywide
Iame came during the Admira,
schley court of inquiry. He was tho
enief lawyer for Schley and conduct
ed the admiral's case in a most bril-.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
Going Some y

We'll, what has my little girl
been doing today" asked a Kansas
Clty mother of her daughter of six
years who had just returned from
play.
why, was the reply, I'VE had n
couple get married. and then they
went away for wedding trim and
then they had baby and then the
paby died of spinal menin gifts oh
We had the most fun"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27

mat $500 fine which judge Bel
gave a pistol-toter up in Ocala vii,
oouptless have fine corrective effect
III that particular case, and If sucb
nnes were made general, going
armed for murder would soon ce...
TO be q popular habit.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
fron the same Office 10 Issued
THE LAKELAND NEWS
The HASTY JUDGMENT
OF AN IRATE NEWCOMER,

A man down in FCrt Myers eNi'
IDENTIFY a newcomer from the North.
writes to the Florida Grower and de-
hounces our grand old raZor-bacE
hogs as damn disgraccful things;
and he also makes a few remarks
oil a disparaging character about ta1
rem that own them.
Wrong in both instances. While
Florida was primitive and unsettled
and the greater part of her area con-
sisted of forests and swamps, no no )
but the ruzor-bacK would have filled
tie bill and he went wild and grew
eaunt ard lost his pulchritudc b.
cause it was root hog or die" Win
h,m ard he had neither tma nor op-
,oriunity to hcstoW upon his person
r cultivate the cpiellian aul,t., +
tat would lend yo,At Iin 10 !
features and lard 10 lis lean sid';.
10 N,s 4 prialitiyc hor ia /; nrimi
iYe latl. fccdin" Of i plimigi' ~
dcf, and Win hi hored.ty ana en-
,irorrc t. fer which Ne waa Tot r.
t,on}lla, he eoad lc neither more
ler il than wha; he WAS and wit;
IL IS.
III: such circumstances it is no
cnlg Ill oartnous ana unhind for
taTt newcomer Down at Fort Myers
tc lofer 20 him as "A damn DISGRACE
fui thin" hut il is obviously ami
scientifically unjust. lie holds his
place in the order of nature by le-
81 nate title, and process of cvo-
lGtion will dismiss him and super
tcdc him in due season, just as il is
doing with the long horn steer and
Tie mustang pony in the west.
Neither of these were considered dis
graceful In their day, but on the
contrary they were peculiarly adapt
Ell to their environment and to wha.
was required of them, and precisely
the same is true Of the untamed, rip
snorting razOr-back of the Florida
swamps and hammocks.
He Is a good hog in his way; he
has served his purpose well as "a pio-
Hecr porker enduring the hardships
OF the wilderness in which both he
and his master had to hustle for a
living, with scant regard for ap-
Eearanccs and none whatever for
the opinions Of newcomers; and now
when improved breeds are coming IA
u take his place he is at least en-
titled to resDcu as an old timer who
done his durndest"
&c is going, as the long horn AMI
tic old-iime milk COWS and tn,
F,ass-hcllied mustang are going. be
cause improved conditions call for
Improved hoes and cattle and horses
and it is as sensclcss to dcuoupco
him as to revilc the others. because
ne is not up to the standards of a
new day.
AS for his master he tco was 4
pioneer. with few advantages of en-
virOnmcnt, who used free range for
his hoes because it was here for that
purpose, and, like all pioneers. he
yields slowly to the encroachments
OF progress and rescnts what seems
the curtallment OF his ancient rights.
tie Will change with changing en-.
virOnment and see with cIoarer
vision later on. as all men do. bnt
H. his essential nature he is doubt-
less as good man and has as many
o. the cardinal virtues as his critic
Al Fort Myers, who under like condi-
items would insist that his razor.
backs should run at LARGE. eve,
though his neighhors had to fenc,
their crops and the ho~s themselves
were damn disgraccful things"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
A Bad SPILL.

tierc $ young woman that was
left half million dollars merely for
sElllin$ a little sunshine into an Old
mans life. Tier experience is
rlorc fortunate than mine. | once
spilled Il cup Of coffee into an old
man lap and he cut me oat of hi,
will altogether"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27

Returning from school the other
afternoon. says Lippincott's. . little
girl informed her mother that she
had learned how to "puncshate.
well, DEAR" said her mother.
''and how is 1t done?"
why. when you write 'Hark!'
you put a hat-pin after it: and when
you ask a question you put button
hook"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
He Caught It.

You look warm.
II have been chasing hat"
did your hat blow OFF,"
1T was not my hat; it happened
u be somebody else's. and it had a
pretty girl under it,"
Did you catch it,"
Eyes. My wife saw me chasing
it,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
Nothing Extraordinary.

u saw a woman at the circus
show the other night carry "a man
around on her head"
That's nothing. 1t is nothing
Unusual for the average woman to
have a man On her mind"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27

The history Of Florida. written b,
Il competent person, would hardly be
inferior in interest to that of am
state in the Union. and it will be :,
big task to write il rs il deserves.
T. is high time thai i, were bcin E,
donc. and in that connection we are
grad to see the following in the st.
Augustine Record:
NJ. I. Bauskctt is sand 10 be writ; :
ing history of Florida. 40 man in
inc state is better equipped to write
srch history as it should be writ
Ten. Ihere are incidents in Florida
history that rival in thrilling inter-
est any recorded in the history OF
the nation, and yet the KNOWLEDGE O,
them Is passing away with the older
generation simply because no cana
bic chronicler has preserved them on
the printed PAGE"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
ItOW THEY OpSTRuCT
JUSTICE III TEXAS.

TeNaS, to-. is cursed with The
Vicious little icsai tochnicilijy whira
ii the delight Of lawyers for the de-
iNn.e and tie chief obstruction in
he administration OF criminal jus
ttc in this country. But ~ stay.
iHg with il Ion% cnoush sometimes
Justice can defea, it and have is
WAY, but il mast be ion4-Winled ana
!tout-lcarttd to win ou;, as ii did in
lie following extraordinary case just
reported nom Texas under IA Dallas
date line:
After having been tried for muir.
Ger seven times, sentenced to daatl
SIX times and having spent nearly
eight years in prison pending his
tlials, Eurrcll Oates, Il negro, will be
hanged next week al the WaXahachic
prison to pay the penalty for the
murder of Sol AronOff in Dallas on
tEe night of Nov. 30, 1904 This
VIII bring an end to the most re
niarkable case in the criminal court
history of Texas and probably of the
whole United States. As an illus
tlation of the possibilities offered by
the criminal court practice in vogue
II this country, to delay the coursn
of justice by recourse to legal quih-
tIeS over mere technicalitics. tho
case has probably no equal in Amer
lean court history"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
We Favor strIeter state Boards.

We operate on general principles,
and discharge the patients in about
two weeks. Some are better than
when they entered: most of them are
worse. And yet few die. They have
wonderful powers Of resistance
From a Young Doctor in Honolulu.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
One That Il Visible

Has his family got skeleton in
its closet?" 81 don't know abou,
what they've got in the closet, but
they've got one in 4 hObble skirt"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27

The Village Grocer What are
you running for, sonny?
Tho Boy I'm tryin' to keep two
fcllers from fghlin'.
The Village Grocer Who are the
fellows?
The Boy Bill Perkins and me. -
Puck.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
John Is Caught.

Mrs. Nayberleish " Why, what ar,
you crying about?
Mrs. lounsbridc- Well, you know
John is away on business trip
Mrs. N.-les.
Mrs. founSbridc lie writes and
says that he takes my picture GU.
and kisses ii every day
Mrs. Nv Well, surely that's moth
iEg TO cry about.
Mrs. iounghride Yes, it is Just
to play Joke on him, took my
picture out of his strip on the day he
cr's in its place.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27

and when the calves come tripping
out.
The bald-heads all Opine.
No matter what the plots about,
The show is very fine.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-27
LITTLE NONSENSE
\DW AND THIN
Woof!

The n.en no make the "girly" show
DO not do things by halves:
They star a milkmaid chorus so
That il can show its calves.
Cincinnati Enquirer.