Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-18
MAID
USES HICKORY
ON SUITOR
Pastors Daughter Forces Retrac-
ton With CIub-Seeks the
Brother Of Victim.
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stick and jumped from the buggy and
! followed, determined that she must
whip him II / had to hold him so she
could do IL. Mrs. Grier placed the
baby i'm the bottom Of the buggy and
came with us. She was as anxious
that Belle whip the man as I was.
Roy never saw us coming, and he
never knew we were in the neighbor-
hood until Belle grabbed his coat
sleeve and said:
What do you mean by telling
those scandalous lies on meg
Young Owensby looked around and
got pale as a sheet. Before he could
say anything Belle struck him with
the stick The long piece Of hickory
curled around Roy's body and cut a
big cash in young Ragsdale's arm. lie
howled and jumped from the buggy
and ran as fast as he could. We
could hear him crashing through the
underbrush as he ran across the
mountain.
Had TO Take Medicine.
Roy jumped from the buggy and
tried TO run, but my daughter knocked
him down with the stick He got up
again and then she began TO beat
him. He stood there and howled, and
finally drew his knife from his pocket
He opened il and acted as though he
were going to stab my daughter. but
! told him not to, and he Whined that
he wasn't Then he tried TO run. but
! grabbed him and told him to stand
up like a man and take his medicine.
Then the young wretch spoke for
the first time
I'm going TO-. he said, but that
hurts!"
"T stood there and watched my
daughter beat Roy Owcnsby until she
had worn out about three feet of that
stick on him, and he could hardly
stand. Then ] told her that she had
beaten him enough. Roy looked az
me and said.
Can ] go?
Git / told him
Made Record for Speed.
And then he started to run, and
such running / never saw i'm all my
life He cleared the open space in
front Of the church i'm two jumps
crashed through the underbrush at "A
gallop. and in his haste he fell over
a buff about eight feet high. | un-
derstand he ran an the way home.
climbed on a horse, without saying a
word to his folks. ran the horse all
the way through the gap of the
mountains. and was gone for two
days. Yesterday he went to Mariet-
ia and showed his back to Solicitor
Herbert Clay Mr. Clay told Dave
Fitzgerald the boy certainly must
have got a beating somewhere. his
back was black and blue. Roy want
ed to have Belle arrested but the
law wouldn't do it,"
After the battle Miss Grier and her
father, who says il was the happiest
time Of his life, calmly walked into
the church and took part i'm the sun
day school work. More than sixty
people, gathered for the services. Wit
messed the Chastisement that was ad-
mlnistered to young Owensby. and
congratulations were showered upon
Miss Grier for her courage and the
excellent job she did.
Friends Congratulate Girl.
During the afternoon four of her
young girl friends Misses Lucille
Fitzgerald, Mary Allison Fannie Abb
son and Pearl Eelly-Called on Miss
Grier bearing great armfuls of flow
erS for the victor. They Congrat-
ulated her on her action i'm taking
matters into her own hands. and each
declared that she did Just right"
The affair has created considerable
excitement in the New Home settle
ment. Many of the farmers claim
that the Owenshy boys have spread
SANDER about the members of their
families also, and II was intimated
that there viii be an exodus within
a short time of young men who per
stSt In spreading reports concerning
the Young women of the vicinity