Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-12
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FIRST Lieutenant Thorne Strayer, of
the Seventeenth infantry. Z. S. A..
Eort Mcpherson, has been ordered to
trenton, y. j., as inspector instructor
Oh the organized militia of New Jer-
sey' Lieutenant Strayer has many
friends at the fort and in the city who
VIII De sorry to see him leave.
Friends of Lieutenant Albert S j.
| 1ucker, I. >. A, who is on trip with
General Robert X. Evans. commander
OF the Department OF the Gulf, in sew
eial OF the Gulf states are preparing
warm welcome home" for the popular
young army officer This is his first
( trip III this capacity. Lieutenant Tuck
er is n member of the noted Tucker
lanlly of Virginia, son of former
Congressman Tucker. and a great
grandson Of General Albert Sidney
Johnston. His grandfather was at one
time president of Tulane university
He has Travelled extensively, one of his
Trips carrying him by way of the
| Trans Siberian railway from China
whence he went from the Philippines.
J Frederick s. Crofts manager of the
educational department of The Century
| Company, New York city, is expected
! to visit Atlanta this month or early
| in March. Mr.. Crofts is a Cornell grad
uate and well known in several quar-
tiers of the United States, where he has
| travelled
Eb I. Williams, widely known as q
| stump speaker, has returned from the
Mardi Gras at New Orleans Colonel
! Williams is passionately fond of the
violin. Like 'F'iddling Bob" Taylor, he
| sits in chimney corner these long
/ winter evenings and thrums-or saws"
the violin strings, and the neighbors
can't resist the temptation to drop in
unannounced. The other night, while
the sweet strains were floating out of
| the chimney, Colonel Williams heard a
| scratching at the window. Going out
side, he saw 'possum peeping through
| the blinds. First time I knew" de-
! clared the colonel, that 'possum had
an ear for music" Colonel Williams
| friends accuse him of nature taking
when he tells this tale, but he points
to the fact that he lives in West End
and there is a persimmon tree in the
front yard. @. Z. D.
| The CniVersalist church has installed
a full Pledged grocery store in the Sun
! day school room. over 100 manufac-
! turers and local concerns responded to
the call for supplies sent out by the
| congregation, and the store will be
! opened to the public tonight. over $500
worth Of edibles have been contributed
Atlanta is twentieth in the list of
| postottices, New York being first, of
| course in the business done in the
parcel post division during January,
| according to figures just made public
| Atlanta did more business than Denver
Los Angeles, New Orleans. Louisville,
Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Seattle and
Portland, each having far greater pop
ulatiOn.
John w. Henley, assistant district at
torney of the Federal courts for the
northern district Of Georgia, who went
to New Orleans last week to represent
| the government in an appeal taken
some time since by Warden Meyer, of
the Federal prison here, against Chas
Anderson, a prisoner seeking liberty by
habeas corpus, has returned TO Atlanta.
| Anderson was convicted in the Oregon
! courts on charge of robbing a post
! office and sentenced to serve three
| terms, one for five and two for two
and half years each. After serving
his first term, Anderson asked for lib
erty on the plea that he could not serve
more than once for the same Offense
| No decision has as yet been handed
down in the case
! At the New KimbaIl house tonight
| the Ad Mems club will hear an adj
dress delivered by Herbert Myrick
president of the Orange Judd Company,
publishers of Southern Farming. The
! third lecture in the Associated Adver-
Using Clubs of America on Human
Interest in Advertising" will also be
read.
! Federal deputies have removed Cas-
| tro /. Rivera, arrested here last Mon
| day and held in $4,000 bond on a charge
of violating the laws of the District
/ Of Columbia to Washington. Mary
= yesterday is named as q material wit
ness in the case, according to the copy
Of an indictment brought against the
man last May. 1t is alleged that Rivera
deceived the woman in the case by
mock marriage.
Asserting that he was robbed of $40
| while a guest at the New KimbalI no.
tel \. H. Hutchinson, a commercial
! traveller, TO-DAY instituted a damage suit
| for that amount in superior court. The
suit was brought against Will thinner
and G.. A. Lougee Hutchinson main
| tanned that some one gained entrance
into his room through a door leading
from an adjoining bath and ritied his
| trousers pockets.
j. s Franklin, d clerk residing in
! Atlanta, today filed voluntary petit
ton in bankruptcy in the bankruptcy
division of the United States district
court. His liabilities are scheduled at
| $34290 with assets of $50, claimed to
| be exempt.
Governor Brown today drew his
warrant for $624,330 in order that the
payment of the first Confederate pen
sions for the year 1913 might be made
at once. This amount will take care
of nearly half the counties, and the
governor hopes to complete the pay
mcntS within the month.