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ft VOL. VI. NO. 111. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1907. PPTPT?. In Atlanta..TWO CENTS, i. ■»VJ-v/Xj• on Train*..FIVg CENTS. Crowd Packs Courtroom Hear the Testi mony. JOHNSON INSISTS IT WAS ACCIDENT Case Went to Lawyers Por Argument at 1:30 O’clock. BUSY DAYS FOR XMAS SHOPPERS Andrew Johnson, alias "Black Sport,' the negro charged with the murder of Patrolman J. A. Manter, In Peters street, last Friday afternoon, was placed on trial for his life In the su-. parlor court, criminal division, Thurs day morning at 9 o'clock. At 10:10 o'clock the Jury to sit In trial of the case was secured and at noon all the evidence was In. Argument In the case was begun at 1:30 o’clock. Solicitor Hill opening for the prosecution. Solicitor Hill, In opening for the pros ecution, cited the decision rendered by former Chief Justice Simmons In the case of Brooks vs. the State. In which he held that when an officer was shot down In attempting to make an arrest that It was murder, not manslaughter. Solicitor Hill said that he would prove by the testimony of Johnson's own witnesses that he was guilty of murder In the first degree. At 2 o'clock Attorney Chapman opened for the de fense. . _ It wilt be late In the afternoon before argument Is concluded. When Johnson was led from the pris oner's room at 9 o’clock Thursday morning the court room was so densely packed with people that the force of bailiffs on duty was kept busy keeping open the passageways. It is probable that no murder case ever tried In Ful ton county aroused greater Interest or attracted more people to the sceno of the trial. The first Juror In the case was se cured at 9: IS o'clock, and, although three panels and port of a fourth wero exhausted, this phase of the case was disposed of rapidly and at 10:10 o'clock the twelve Jurors were In their seats. The following Jury was accepted: Vf. H. McLain, salesman. J. J. Buffington, bookkeper. V. M. Alborson, grocer. E. C. Selz. architect. F. O. Spain, salesman. J. T. Carter, collector. T. C. Fincher, grocer. E. S. McCandless, insurance. B. E. Bankston, carpenter. E. A. Rauschenberg, metal worker. C. M. Brown, transfer clerk. Frank L. Fleming, engraver. Showed Little Emotion. During the progress of the trial John, son evinced little- emotion. He was apparently composed and conferred frequently with Attorneys Hammond and Chapman. When placed on the witness stand In his own defense, the accused showed some nervousness, but appeared eager to talk, several time; going over statements previously made, as If to Impress them upon the minds of the Jury. The first witness placed on the stand by the state was Dr. J. W. Hurt. He testified to an examination of the body of Officer Manler. Bartow Blackman, the negro who pursued Johnson and captured him, was the next witness. 'The first I knew of Johnson on the day of the shooting,” sold Blackman, "was when a girl In my restaurant at 115 Peters street asked me to make him get away from the front of my place, where he was cursing. I went to the door and saw Officer Manler catch •Sport' by the band of his pants. 'Sport' pulled the pistol out of his bosom and shot him." Blackman then told of chasing John son down the street and catching him under the house of Dr. Turner, on Walker street. He testified that John son offered him money If he would let him get away. With the conclusion of Blackman’s testimony, Solicitor Hill offered the pis tol and Johnson’s hat as evidence, and rested for the state. Wltneseee for Defense. P. M. Hatfield, a negro who operates a pool room and barber shop In Peters street near the scene of the murder. Continued on Page Nine. Pepper Hurled In Cyclists’ Eyes In 6-Dau Race BRYAN STOCK UP SINCE ROOSEVELT SPOKE OUT; WASHING TON STUNNED Visiting the Down-town 8tores. Animated Scene In Whitehall. COL A, S. COLYAR REPORTED DYING Noted Historian and Mem ber of Confederate Con gress Stricken., New York, Dec. 12.—In a daring al- t'-mpt to disable the leaders In the six- day bike race In Madison Square Gar- 'lon, quantities of red pepper wero hulled Into the eyes of Moran and Itutt "“lav. temporarily blinding them. The desperate act waa committed at the Very moment when the Yankee and German were engaging In a terrific "Print which threatened to cost their upponents another lap. Arthur Vanderstuyft, of the Ameri- rr.n-I)e|gjan team, tried to punch JuC ■ ogler of tha leading Inter-city team **fl the track today. Empress Hss High Fever. St. Petersburg, Dec. 12.—Empress Alexandra continues to suffer from a hlth fever today, and much uneail- Is felt concerning her. Physicians till? Sha has been much weakened by “wtment to reduce her weight. Special to The Oeorglan. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 11—Colonel A. S. Colyer, of this city, for many years a prominent lawyer anil newspaper man sod one of the few surviving members of. the Confederate * congress, was taken III this morning sun Is dying. He Is In his 90th year. He was a man of remarkable vigor of mind and body. When 85 years old he wrote hla history, "The Life and Tlfnea of An drew Jackson," which baa boon In lltlgntlon since. Relatives believe that worry over this baa had much' to do with hla falling health. IALK5 FINANCE $100,000 OFFERED Doesn’t Believe That Banks Should Profit by Use of Government Loans. Washington, Dec. 12.—Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, lunched with the president today at tho whlto house. He was a guest on the Invitation of the (Mldmt, -who wished to know hie views on the currency system and on railroad rate regulation in the South. Governor Smith eald that tho finan cial situation should be normal In leoa than sixty days. He Is In favor of an elastic currency, tut does not believe that any Increase In the currency ought to be In tho hands of corporations engaged In the business of making'hioney by the sale of tho use of money, in other words national banka. Governor Smith believes the govern ment should .put a atop to gambling in all stocks, bonds and particularly ag ricultural products, especially cotton and wheat. If this were done a panto such os the country recently experi enced would hardly again bo possible. The governor Is In hearty accord with Governor Olenn, of North Carolina, and Governor Comer, of Alabama, In their effort to regulate passenger and freight mtes on Southern railways. Ills ad ministration Is seeking through an ablj and reorgailxcd railroad commission to work out the problem of Justice both to the public and to the railroads of Georgia In all transportation matters. Corner Hunter and Whitehall. BIG CONVENTION Denver Anxious to Have Big Gathering in 1908. ~ DROPS DEAD IN THE COURTHOUSE Hampton H. Penny Falls During Trial of An drew Johnson. Washington, Dec. IX—Rntlior than do bus- Ineis on Friday, the 13th. Chairman Thoa. Tagagrt la trying today to hnve the Demo cratic national committee finish two days’ work In one. He wants the place for bold ing the next convention, the time and the manner of selecting delegates decided upon by tonight, ao that no one need hesitate to vote for tne ticket on the ground that It had Its Inception under a hoodoo. Lonlavllla has popped up st the last min te as a very lively contestant for the cou ventlon honors. In fact, early today she seemed to be about the only city renlly eager for the convention with the excep tion of Denver. SHALL WOMEN HOLD OFFICE? NOX DECLARE TWO WHO WILL OPPOSE MEN IN HOT DEB A TE $90,000, while Henan., too moat of the committeemen, tins tempted the committee with a purse of 1100,000 In gold. Conversation In the lobby concerning the statement of the president waa gen eral and Informal. There was an opin ion, however, for almost every Demo crat present. Briefly analysed, the tour leading observations of the Demo, crats were as follows: To Cut Off Clamor. Flrat. That the president had be gun to realize that the nomination might not be.ofTered him, and had seen best to take the first step In this way, In a manner going upon record aa cut ting off the public clamor for a third term. Second. Expressions of surprise that the president had spoken at this time, In that many Democrats professed that It was the original Rooseveltlan plan to have the nomination offered him by the Republicans and then refuse it, thus going down In history as the only man to refuse a third presidential term. Declaration Ambiguous. Third. That the president’s declara tion did not really say that he would not 5’leld to public clamor If the occa sion arose, but that he "was not a candidate for the nomination.” Fourth. That the president waa sin cere In his original declaration*, and would under no circumstances accept a third term, even If offered him on a silver platter. BLIND COW WALKS THROUGH A WINDOW A’ blind cow, one of a drove of aeveral being driven without leash through the heart of the business section about noon Thursday, calmly walked thrpugh a window on the Edgewood avenue side of the Goodrum Tobacco Company atre, at Peachtree. Edgewood and De catur streets. A panic ensued nmong the large number of ladles waiting at the corner for car*. Aa the cow shoved her head through the heavy glass screams and crlee of fright collected an Immense crowd. After smashing the window, the cow backed out and proceeded quietly on her way, "She was a perfect lady,'* remarked one of the clerks. Mr. Cohen, owner of the cows, paid the damages—$15.50. Steeple Jack Climbs Pole. Crowds gathered on Broad and Ma rietta streets Thursday afternoon to watch a steeple Jack climb the pole on the Empire building. The aerial artist too far West for MISS MINI.Mi ELLIS. MISS COHrllE OZMER. They will represent the Philathea Class of Wesley Memorial in debato against tho Baracas. Resolved, That women should hold public offices." This question will be debated hotly by representatives of the _ Philathea class, an 'organisation of young wom en, and the Baraca claas. an organisa tion of young men, at the Wesley Memorial church at 5:16 o'clock Thurs day evening. The 'young ladles. Miss Corrie Ox- mer and Miss Minnie Ellis, sprang a surprise upon their opponents when they chose the negative side of the question, leaving the men. Dr. O. O. Fanning and H. Boggarly, to gallantly endeavor to prove woman’s fitness for the duties of public life. The Phllatheas challenged the Ba raca-. who selected the question. Then It was left to the feminine debaters to select the side. In choosing the ques tion the masculine debaters had ar gued to themselves that surely the young women would take the affirma tive side In support of their sex, and they had already begun thinking of arguments to prove that women are not capable of holding public offices. It rather took the wind out of their sails when the Phllatheas announced their decision. The speaking will be spirited without doubt, and possibly spicy. At a recent debate between the Philathea classes of the Raptlst Tabernacle and the Wes ley Memorial church the young women made such cutting remarks about their opponents that several late comers thought they had landed In a red-hot political stump speaking. On Thursday night each debater wllj be given ten minutes for the first speech and three minutes for rebuttal. It is said that the three minutes will be the most Intw'-vOog. The public Is Invited. LAST WORD FROM ROOSEVELT ON THIRD TERM CANDIDACY Washington, Dec. 12.—President Roosevelt last night made public the following announcement concerning hi* attitude toward the Republican presidential nomination: •‘On the night after election I made the following announcement: ” 'I am deeply sensible of the honor done me by the American people In thus expressing their confidence In what I have done and have tried to do. I appreciate to the full the solemn responsibility this confidence Im poses on me, and I shall do all that Is In my power not to forfeit It On the 4th of March next I shall hnve served three and a half years, and this three and a half years constitute irty first term. The wise custom which limits the president to two term* regards the substance and not the form, and under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination.’ ”1 have not changed, and shall not change, the decision thus an nounced.” HAMPTu.% ...KERRY, He fell to the floor in court house Thursday and died In a lew mo- aments. Penny was standing near several gen* •n when be suddenly sank to the floor, vss hastily carried into the office of ting In new ropes. While standing near the door of the crowded court room where Andrew John* son was on trial Thursday morning for the murder of Patrolman J. A. Manler, Hamp ton II. Penny, 75 years old, the assistant night watchman at the court bouse, was seised with au attack of heart failure and died within s few moments without utter ing s word. Mr. I tlemen He was Chief Turner, of the county police, and County Physician J. W. Hurt, who was la the court room, was summoned, hut life was extinct before medical aid could reach him. It Is not probable that Coroner Thomp son will hold an Inquest, as the death of Mr. Penny waa witnessed by several per sons. Mr. Penny was well known In Atlanta, where he had resided practically all bis life. He was a Confederate veteran and was a member of Camp Tlge Anderson. For sev eral yrnrs he had been assistant night Wiitchmuu at the court house. Mr. Penny Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susie Penny, Hint three children, Jesse and Misses Noble am! Fannie Penny. Mrs. Pen ny Is In n critical condition as the result of her hustmnd's death, and it Is possible that she will not re»*ovcr from the shock. Tlie arrangements for tho funeral have not yet been made. Mrs. Longworth Under the Knife 00000000000000000000000000 a O ROOSEVELT STATEMENT O DIDN'T SURPRISE BRYAN. O o o O Lincoln. Nebr., Dec. 12.—WII- O O Ham J. Bryan expressed no aur- 0 0 prlaa at the president's announce- 0 O ment. Mr, Bryan said: 0 0 “I have assumed from the be- 0 0 ginning that President Roosevelt 0 S would not be a candidate. The 0 statement that he Issued the nlf 0 of election left no room for m 0 understanding; and I have felt 0 O that his friends were doing him O 0 an injustice In suggesting that 0 O he would change his position on 0 0 the subject.” O O000000000O0O0000000000000 O 0 0 WHAT CANDIDATES SAY 0 0 OF ROOSEVELT’S STAND. 0 0 O O Speaker Cannon: “The presl- O 0 dent speaks for himself. It would O 0 be useless and Inappropriate for 0 0 me to attempt to Interpret the 0 O president's words." 0 0 Senator Foraker: "That has 0 O been his position all the while. 0 O I suppose, but I don't care to dls- 0 0 cuss the matter, thank you." O O Senator Knox: "I am not at all 0 O surprised. I believed him the first 0 C lime. The president's word Is nl> O 0 ways good with me," _ O 0 Secretary Cortelyou: ‘T can not O 0 dlscu.-H fif. —g O0000000000000000000000000 Washington, Dee. 12.—President Roosevelt’s announcement formally re Iterating his determination not to ac cept anothor nomination has struck Washington like a blow between the eyes. Almost universally, the announce ment Is looked on as putting him Irre vocably out of consideration for the nomination. A few old third-termers are still clamoring for him. It was demonstrated last week at the meeting of the national committee that tho president did not control the committee, but that his opponents did. The friends of Fairbanks, Foraker, Hughes, Knox and Cannon went away from Washington openly declaring that they not only had contrdl of tho con vention, but had votes enough to pre vent the president from controlling the convention. Continued on Page Five. IN LEAD TO THEORY Tha minimum salary paid In Atlanta 3400. while the maximum Is IttO. In Cincin nati It Is $6oo-$l,0u0, and In Jersey City It Is ffiOO-11.272. Cooper Had Been Shot Twice Through the Brain. Washington. Dec. It.—Burgeon Gen eral Rlxey, of the navy, announced to day that the operation on Mrs. Nich olas Longworth for appendicitis has been perfectly successful. He says her condition is satisfactory Rumored Taft Has Resignea New York. Dee. It.—It I. reported In YYall street lhl« afternoon tlist Secretary Taft Itefore sailing <m the sleninshlp President Grant., cabled bts resignation to President Roosevelt. Where the rumor originated Is not known, but It Is no less tierslatenL brokers and men of finance are Inclined to believe that Mr. Taft has taken such action. Not Baliavad In Washington. Washington, Dec. It.—Nothing- la known here as to the reported resigns- .... _. tlon of Secretary Taft and the story la set to work painting the pole and put- given no credence at the war depart ment. Hpeclal to The Georgian. Oarteravllle, On., Dec. 12.—A sensa- tlon developed In thla city today upon the atatement of Dr. Lindsay Johnson that Eugene Cooper, whose body was found at the rear of the Cox home, ot Cass Station, did not kill himself, as first thought. Coroner James Harrison, who held an Inquest over the body, also expressed doubt that the pistol wounds found In Cooper's head could have been self-inflicted. Dr. Johnson who examined the wounds In Cooper's head at the undertaking establishment, said to a Georgian representative to day: "Just as sure as you are sitting In that chair, Eugene Cooper was murder ed. It would have been Impossible for him to have fired more than one of the shots, both of which penetrated his brain. One s|>ot was fired bark of the chin and through the roof of his mouth Into his brain. The other shot was fired Into his right temple and through his brain. Either shot would have caused Instant death or paralysis, mak ing another shot Impossible. It would have been Impossible for him to have fired two shots Into his brain.” To add to the mystery. It la said that three shots had been fired from the pistol found lying by the side of the dead man. One shot had failed to fire, as shown on the cartridge in that chamber. It was rumored that the alleged sui cide had written a letter to Hon. T. C. Milner, telling of hla'determination to end his life and Inclosing a check to pay his taxes, but Mr. Milner said today that he had received no commu nication from Cooper. Cooper was 70 years of age and well known In thla city. He hod suffered mentally. It Is said, on account of a sa ber cut dealt him by the Union soldiers when he was a young man. Salaries In Buffalo. It will he of Interest In this connection to note that the board of hMermen of Buf falo voted last week to pay women teacher* the Mote salaries that men teacher* receive and thla action Involved an increase of something like 150,000 In the expense of con ducting tne public school! of that city. Ill the article referred to above, which waa published In The Georj* I ahowu that the.teachers of 'a much smaller salary that. — # %. ... Atlanta engaged In an occopatloa where aklll and year* of preparation aro required. The minimum salary I* $40 per month, which I* Anally Increased to the maximum, $40 per month, after six years spent In teaching In the public schools. The smallest salary re ceived by*an artisan In Atlanta Is $75 per month, while the maximum often excoeds $150. The Atlanta Federation of Trades, com posed of every labor organization In the city. Is seriously Interested In tho proposi tion to secure Increased salaries for the tearhera and will push the movement with enthusiasm and vigor. REV. C. P. BRIDEWELL AGAIN A PASTOR Rev. C. P. Bridewell, formerly pastor of the Ktret Preebyterlan church of At lanta, who wna suspended from the ministry on account of an unfortunate offalr about a year ago, ha* been re stored to the ministry by the presby tery of Hope, Ark. After his suspension from the minis try here Mr. Bridewell removed with his family to Arkansas. Nothing had been heard of him until an Arkansas paper announced that the office ot the ministry had been given him again. O0000O0O00000O000O0OO0OOO0 0 RAIN DUE FRIDAY) O 0 ALSO WARMER WEATHER. 0 O The • weather map is plaatered O o with “highs" and "lows" Thursday, O 0 and as a consequence It Is churn- 0 0 Ing up dampness for this section. O 0 Rain Is duo some time Thursday O O night. Forecast: O 0 "Rain late Thursday night and O O Friday; warmer." O O 7 o’clock a. m 35 degrees O O 8 o’clock a. m 39 degress 0 0 9 o’clock a. m 43 degrees 0 0 in o’clock a. m 47 degree* * 0 11 o'clock a. m 30 degrees O 0 12 o'clock noon 53 degrees O O 1 o'clock p. m 54 degrees 0 0 2 o'clock n. m 33 degress O 00000000000O0OO0OOO0O00OO0 General Belief in Washington That House Resolution Forced President to Make Statement. FEDERATION TO ASK BETTER SALARIES FOR CITYTEACHEBS To Present Petition to City Council On Next Monday. ( : At the meeting of the Atlanta Federation of Trades, held In the Federation Hall in Forsyth street, Wednesday night, tha reso lution Introduced by Jerome Jones calling upon the mayor and city council to appro priate to the department of education a sum sufficient to Justify an Increase In tho Juries of the teacher* In the public schools whs unanimously adopted. / A committee, onslatlng of Jeromo Jones, William Bob- ttsun »ud William Ntrnuss, was appointed o tnke jibe.mutter before the city couacil at the meeting next Monday afternoon, * .also to go before the bosrd of educa- wfttrtlie proposition, me resolution, setting forth the reasons why the teachers In the public schools should hove Increased pay, had previously been adopted by Atlanta Typographical union No. 48, and the action of tha Federa tion We<l need ay night was a forceful sanc tion of the action taken by the printers' union. mo resolution also called for the appoint* merit of a committee from the priatere’ union to urge the proposition before council uud the board of education, and a strong committee will ho appointed by President Wade P. Harding. Ask Support of Counoll. In speaking of his resolution and tho ap pointment of a committee to go befora council, Mr. Jones said: “Of couruo we understand that these ap propriations to the various department a art looked after by the fins ace committee, but the flnnuce committee la composed of i get the benefit of Its Influence and support. We are also going before tho board of education and make an effort to get Its support In our attempt to secure for the Atlanta teachers A salary commensurate with the labor they perform.’* That the teachers In the AtbratA public school* are not paid salaries equal to those paid teachers In other cltlen of tho popula tion of Atlanta wn* shown In MU article printed In The Oeorglan several days ago. In seven cities selected from a list of more than forty It was shown that the minimum and maximum salaries exceeded those of Atlanta by front tJOO to $500. THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—-Rain tonight and Friday; somewhat warmer. The Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, steady, 6.30: Atlanta. Arm, 11S: New Orleans, firm. 11 T »: New York, steady, 1*20; Savannah. Arm, 11 5-16: Augusta, steady. JV 2 : Mobile, steady, 11 15-16; Charleston, nominal, 11 5-16.