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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2;,1907.
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PRTPTC• ,n Atlanta..TWO CENTS.
a AVAV-zU. On Trains..FIVE CENTS.
Atlanta’s Progress Is
Shown by Old
Directories.
MARTHASVILLE HAD
350 PERSONS IN ’47
City and Suburbs Grow to
More Than 160,000 in
1907.
If Han. John C. Calhoun were alive
today he would see that a prophecy he
made when passing thru Atlanta many,
many years ago to the Memphis con
vention had been fulfilled.
An old directory on flic In the office
of Joseph-W. Hill, publisher of the At.
lanta directory, recites the fact that the
famous statesman said’ Atlanta would
some day be a big city.
At the time this directory was pub
lished, ‘Atlanta had Jaken on the grow.
Ing habtr, but It was then what Atlanta
folks today would call a village.
Mr. Hlll haa these directories In nn
unbroken Una for .ten years or more,
(ind he has others as'fyr back as 1850.
A comparison of these and the esti
mates, to be made from them as to the
population of Atlanta shows wonderful
changes.
In a Vllrtfctory published In 1859 It Is
declared In a historical sketch that At
lanta, then Marthasvllld, had 350 pop
ulation In 1847. The directory for 1908
estimates the population at more than
160,000. .
The figures are taken from the dlrec.
torlea published for the years named
end are based on estimates made from
the number of, n»mes In. the hooka. The
oldest directory Mr. Hill has on tile Is
about the slio of a New Testament,
while the now directory for 1908 re
srmbles a dictionary.
With the exception of the first year
mentioned; the figures all represent the
population In Atlanta and the suburbs.
In 1900 an official census was taken by
the government, and this gave Atlanta
Inside the corporate limits, 89,872, but
the estimate of the entire population
of the city and suburbs .was In the
neighborhood of 120,000.
Mikado Urges
More Cordiality;
Jap Diet Opens
Toklo, Dec. 28.—Stress Is laid by the
mikado in a speech before the house of
peers at the Japanese diet opening to
day, on increasing the country's cor
diality in foreign relations. *The two
houses will reply briefly and then ad
journ.
HOW ATLANTA STEADILY GREW
The story of Atlanta’s growth from the village of Marthasville in 1847 to the teeming city
of 1907 is shown at a glance in the black lines, drawn from careful calculations of the population
in succeeding years as gathered from old directories and histories. The dates given are those of
the directories from which the statistics are gathered.
«. 360 in 1847
" ■ , 20,288 in 1806
—' " 36,003 in 1880
43,463 in 1881
— 88,939 in 1890
- , 120,000 in 1900
.i ' ..... 127,846 in 1901
i - 129,712 in 1902
- 139,980 in 1903
... 145,682 in 1904
i—i i — 147,909 in 1905
' , , . 160,250 in 1906
158,026 in 1907
'. 160,633 in 1908
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Identified by Owner
Jof Mont Clair, N.J.,
Help Agency.
WANTED WORK
AS HOUSEKEEPER
BY ms UNCLE IN
James Humphrey, of Atlan
ta, Killed While On
Vacation Trip. '
Police Believe She Was poi
soned On Board
Passaic Boat.
TAFT CUTS LOOSE FROM
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Boston, Dec, 28,—Word from Arthur
I. Vorys, manager of the Taft presi
dential boom, that .the secretary of war
In his speech here next week will cut
loose from President Roosevelt, has
caused a tremendous rush for tickets
to the dinner of the Merchants! Asso
ciation, at which he will be the princi
pal speaker.
Having secured Taft for the guest of
honor this year, the association Is pre
paring for a record-breaking event on
Monday night.
It Is the secretary's present Inten
tion to'leave Washington Sunday even
ing and arrive In Boston early Monday.
He will make three speeches In Bos
ton kionday. Tuesday he goes to Mill-
bury, where his' mother died.
TAFT WILL SPEAK AT
M'KINLEV DAY BANQUET
Cleveland, Ohio, Ded. 28.—Secretary
Taft will be the chief speaker at the
McKinley day banquet of the Tippe
canoe club here January 2. The Invita
tion to Secretary Taft was cabled to
him while he Was abroad. The secre
tary's acceptance was not made pub
lic until today. ' The banquet will be
preceded by a -reception to Secretary.
Taft t . . -«v
—i .
A MISSING WEDDING RING;
A TALE OF A NEAR-TRAGEDY
Says Another Man Gave It
to Her and He Didn’t
Like It.
This, then, Is the singular story enti
tled "The Missing Wedding Ring," or
"The Troubles of a Prospective Bride
groom."
Gariy on Christmas morn J. A. Rents,
of Ocala, Fla. and his friend and
best man, E. E. Robinson, arrived In
Atlanta and registered at the Pied
mont. Mr. Rents came to Atlanta,to
get married. The young lady lived be
tween Atlanta and Decatur.
December 28 was the wedding day.
In the morning Mr. Rents and hla best
man Journeyed to a Jeweler and bought
a wedding ring. It was ordered sent
to Mr. Robinson, at the Piedmont. It
was sent.
The ting was placed In a small, nest
box and this was placed In an enve
lope. It was addressed to Just plain
ack-
Mr. Robinson, at the Piedmont.
Charles E. Jenkins received the
age and signed for It. It looked like
medicine to him, so he put It In .the
box of Dr. W. C. Robinson, who boards
at the hotel. Shortly afterwards Mr.
Jenkins went olf duty.
The marriage was scheduled for 6
o'clock. Before 5 o’clock the best man
asked for the ring. A search, another
search and then the Information that
there was nothing doing.
A hasty call-to the Jewelry firm fol
lowed. Yes. the ring had been sent anti
Clerk Jenkins signed for It. Jenkins?
Gone off duty. No, thay didn't know
where he was.
Clerk Jimmy Jones was Interviewed,
No, he hadn't seen any package. And
he wouldn't know a wedding ring If he
saw one. B. M. Bradatreet, the other
clerk then on duty, knew nothing about
any weddliig ring.
The groom was ready to Journey to
the bride's house. Th ebest man was
ready except for the ring. The hands
on the clock crawled toward the hour
of 8. Another trip was made down
town and another ring secured from
the Jewelry store.
Just as the best man and, the groom
were leaving the hotel for the scene of
the wedding, Mr. Brajlstreet put his
hand In box 612. It belonged to Dr.
Robinson. He pulled put the key and
an envelope. The best man grabbed
It and with the groom he Jumped In a
waiting automobile.
"Throw her wide open,” said the
groom. .
i’l pay the fine,” said the best man.
"She's wide open and going some,
said the chauffeur. <
And the wedding bells rang out.
FLOWERS’ FRAGRANCE SMOTHER
LOVERS IN ROME CONSERVATORY
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Rome. Dec. 28.—The beautiful Mar
chioness Cugllelmettl. daughter of one
of the wealthiest aristocrats In Rome,
and her wooer. Signor SpolletU, a tenor
engaged to appear next aeason at the
Metropolitan Opera House, were found
dead today In a conaervatop' on the
outskirts of the city. The tragedy Is
probably due to parental opposition to
the couple's courtship.
The police believe they were suffo
cated by the Intense fragrance of Mag
nolia and tube roses In the cldaely-ehut
conservatory and suspect some one
dosed and locked the door upon them.
This theory led to the areat of the
marquis’ wife.
Want Ads Free—
cnS wS,dl, th* they Ml be
t0 SeU TeMOftiwMande of working people want and need such things, and in
timesSMTSSSftSSSfor jus P t such articles « yonihajTVeljpjto
bring the two together thru our free Want Ads, and m addition to the little good
we may do, The Georgian will be a better paper for it.
bar. th«m? If you fail to get
answerTtheVst time, bring or send your ^ujiUtbovmtissaUdlod.^
Any legitimate local advertisement of a personal nature, unaer tne 101
lowing heads:
WANTED ROOMS,
WANTED SITUATIONS,
WANTED HELP,
FOR EXCHANGE,
FOR RENT ROOMS,
LOST AND FOUND,
FOlt SALE MISCELLANEOUS.
Charging that her husband, Joseph
E. Burkett, who resides near Lake-
wood, has mistreated her and that she
fears for bar life, Mrs. Burkett, a bride
of less than three months, Friday aft
ernoon swore out two warrants before
jqatlco of the Peace Dodgen against her
husband, one being a peace warrant
and tho other charging him with as
sault and battery.
Burkett was later agrested and locked
In the Tower In default- of bond. Jus
tice Dodgen fixed a bond of 1200 each
In the two cases. The preliminary
hearing la scheduled for Saturday aft
ernoon.
Burkett, when eecn In the Tower
Saturday morning, declared that tho
whole trouble had been brought on by
hie brlda. In receiving the attentions of
another man. The husband 1h accused
of striking Mrs.' Burkett Thursday, the
day after Christmas, but this he de
nies.
"I will admit one thing." enld ho,
"and that Is that I took a gold watch,
that hail been given my wife for a
Christmas present by this other man,
and smashed It Into a thousand pieces
on the floor. This man has been Inter--
ferlng with my home, nnd I would cer
tainly not permit him to give my wife a
Christmas present."
He denied he had threatened the life
of his wife.
WITNESSES MIXED
IN TESTIMONY IN
TRIAL OF POWERS
Georgetown, Ky., Dec. 28.—In the
Caleb Powers trial the entire forenoon
today warn taken up with reading from
the official records of this and former
trials for the purpose of citing alleged
contradictions In the testimony of nu
merous witnesses. For this purpose
Official Stenographer Walker was put
on the stand nnd kept there two hours
and a half.
New York, Dec. 28.—The name of
the good-looking young woman victim
of the Jersey swamp mystery, whose
nude body was found In a pond In
Ilarflson, N. J., was Annie Evans, ac
cording to a positive Identification
made this afternoon by Mrs. Margaret
Wright, of Mont Clair. .
Mrs. Wright called at the morgue, In
Harrison, this afternoon and viewed
the body of tho slain girl after careful
ly Inspecting thi clothing. She was
positive in her identification.
She Is the owner of an employment
agency at Mont-Clair. She said today:
"This woman camo to see me Decem
ber. 17, about 2 o’clock In the afternoon.
She was dressed In the clothes I have
just examined and wore a black hat
with, a-white feather. She filed an ap
plication with me for u position as
housekeeper, and snid she would pre
fer to keep house for a bachelor. She
said her name was Mrs. Annie Evans.
'Tasked for her address. 8he would
not give m*- une, but said slu* would
keep In touch with me. She said sho
had kept house for two families In
Brooklyn and had friends in Newark
with whom she was staying.
T did not see her ;again, nor
frdm her, but I am positive this Is the
woman. These are the clothes she
wore when she came to see mo."
Circumstances developed by the po
lleo today pointed strongly to the fact
that the woman wan poisoned on board
a Passaic boat not far from tho pond
in which her body %vns found.
JAMES I. HUMPHREY.
11-year-old Atlanta boy who was
shot by accident in South Card*
llna.
NEW TRIAL DENIED
NEGRO JOHNSON
A motion for a now trial In the cnae
of Andrew Johnson, the negro convict
ed and sentenced to be hanged for the
murder of Officer J. A. Manler, was de
nied by Judge Roan of the criminal di
vision of the superior court Haturday
morning. Judge W. R. Hammond,
counsel for Johnson, stated that he
would carry the case to the supreme
court end a stay of execution will be
secured.
Judge Hammond based his motion
for a new trial upon certain exceptions
which he took to Judge Roan's charge
to the Jury and upon the ground that
tlje verdict of the Jury was not Justified
by the evidence.
Judge Roan held that the verdict of
the Jury was In accordance with the
evidence and overruled the objections
made by Judge Hammond to his
charge.
Johnson was sentenced to hang on
January 2. but his execution will be de.
layed until the higher court takes ac
tion In the case.
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220 BODIES TAKEN
FROM PARR MINE
Jacobs Creek, Pa., Dec.28.—The num
bers of bodies recovered from the Darr
mine up to today Is 220. It Is believed
many workers, however, are yet to be
found under the piles of slate and
earth, which fell at various points.
, Yilman Maffet't.
Tllman Maffett, aged. *' years, died
at the residence of hts parents, Mr. and
Mrs. it W. MsITett, 47 Oak Hlll-ave-
near Bonnie Brae, Saturday morning
at 10:20 o'clock, after an Illness of two
weeks with pneumonia. The body will
.. be sent to Buford. Oa., Sunday morn-
‘ ! | Jng at 7 o'cloclf for funeral and Inter-
„„i menu
U.S.ToBack
Bank Issues
In All Crises
Washington, Dec. 29.—The senatorial
triumvirate of the finance cortmltteo,
consisting of Senators Aldrich, Allison
and Hale, assigned to .the task of pre
paring flnanclnl legislation with a view
to preventing a recurrence of the re
cent money stringency, have almost
completed the work. '
Th** Ilian provides for additional
banking currency of some form as Is
now in circulation and backed by the*
United States government’s guarantee.
What limitation la to be placed on the
amount Issued by each bank Is not de
termined.
A provision will be made for the fund
to be raised by a small tax Imposition
on K" v«'i ament or i-xtatliig < In u hit I* *n.
which will guarantee the United States
from loss. -
WOMAN ENDS LIFE
AT ARMY HALL
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Go.. Dec. 28.—Mrs. S. E.
Ellis, a-woman over 60 years of age, en
route to Mlllen, Go., from Furman. 8.
C„ It Is thought committed suicide- at
the Salvation Army hall last night. She
was found dead Inher room this morn
ing. :
NEGRoTs KILLED;
SLAYER ESCAPES
Jlpi Parker, a negro-fireman for the
Seaboard Air Line railroad, was shot
three times and Instantly killed Sat
urday shortly before- noon by an un
known negro In the railroad yards just
beyond Howell Station. The slayer
made hts escape and started to-the
city.
The cause of the killing Is not
known. The two men are said to have
been walking along the railroad track
when the slayer suddenly pulled a pis
tol and shot Parker three times.
Merry Elected Mayor.
Pelham, Go.. Dec. 28.—H. H. Merry
was elected mayor by a unanimous
vote. J. L. Hand. C. R. Nesmith. H.
B. Tucker add W. 8. Hill, were elected
councilman at yesterday's election.
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Christmas vacation ended tragic
ally Friday for James I. Humphrey,
tho 11-ycnr-old son of Charles
Humphrey, of 272 Courtland-st.
While out hunting near* Aiken, S. C.,
ho was accidentally shot and Instantly
killed, by his uncle, B. F. Tyler. So
shocked and grieved was the lad’s un
cle that he is'said to have'attempted
to tcommlt sulddo after the tragedy.
News of the boy’s death was received
In Atlanta Friday afternoon by tha fa
ther nnd ho left on tho next train for
AJken. Mr* Humphrey 1h bookkeeper
for the Trultt-Sllvey Hat Company and
he sent Mrs. Humphrey and his chil
dren, two boys anil a girl, to Aiken to
visit Mrs. Humphrey's family.
The visit had tang Leon looked for
ward to by the children, nnd young
James bud planned over and over
ngaln what he would do when he got to
his uncle’s home.
Mr. Tyler Is Mrs. Humphrey's broth
er, arid .Friday he went «»tit In a field
to shoot' doves, and James wen
him. Jttat how the accident or
has not yet been learned, but It is sup
posed that the hid Wiih assisting In the
dove drive -witch he was shot. Tho
charge tore off the top of the lad’s head
and he died Instantly.
After he realized uUat he had done
Mr. Tyler tried to kill himself, and It
was with-difficulty that he was pre
vented., Together, with MC9- Humphrey
and other members or the family he la
prostrated with grief.
The boy nttonded * the Ivy-st
School and was one of .the brightest
pupils In the fifth grade, and was pop
ular with, the children In the school.
The funeral will probably . beJield In
Aiken, where Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey
lived before coming to Atlanta.
DESERTED IS
ATLANTA BETRAYS
ClERKTOSLEUTH
*
Believed To Be Thief Who
Took $l,061*From Ex
press Co.
Cleveland. Ohio. Dee. 28.—Over- O
O come by the fascinating excite- O
of a poker game, Thomas O
clear out when O
0 ment of a poker
O Bach's heart gave
O he was dealt four aces In a frleifd- 0
New York, Dec. 28—His whereabouts
betrayed 'to the prfltce. by a companion
whom he had deserted' In Atlanta. Go.,
a man believed to bo L. Clarence Zelg-
ler, formerly a receiving clerk of the
Long leland Exprees Company, who
disappeared November 21. last, at the
name time a package -containing 21.-
081.44 waa missed,, was arrested today
In San Francisco. Detectives from Ihlo
city are on their Way to San Francisco
to Identify the man wh# gave his
name ae Fells. Detective Dell*, who
waa aaelgned to the case, traced
Zelgler from this city to Boston nnd
then Iff, Atlanta. He met a man who
said he had been traveling with Zelg-
ler nnd a woplan companion.
The man said Zelgler on reaching
Atlanta gave him 225 nnd then left
ihlm. The man betrayed Zelgler to the
police. .v
MONEY CRISIS
IN NEW YORK
_HAS PASSED
New York. Dec. 28.—Facte that in
dicate the passing of the recent money
crisis are brought out In that pre
miums’ <Jn currency have dropped from
1 per cent to 1-4 of 1 per cent. This
decline has lessened demand for for
eign gold.-as It Is no longer profitable
to Import It.
EVELYN THAW
STILL QUITE ILL
O ence road, and the player pitched O
O from his chair and was picked up O
O n corpse. There waa only 28.75 In 0
O the pot. O
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. New York, Dec. 28.—Evelyn Nesblt
O ly game at a resort on fndopend- O Thaw Is still quite III. She has be
come extremely nervous and the small
est thing!* are said to annoy her. She
has beer, so HI during the fall and win
ter that she missed many visits to her
husband In the Tombs. IBs trial Is set
for January 6.
KEEPS OLD
“Horns Others Off,”
Says Dr. W. S.
Kendrick.
ROTATION SYSTEM
MAY BE ADOPTED
Disagreement Over Medical
College Teaching Brings ’
On Discussion.
practically unanimous sentiment
prevails among the physicians of At
lanta In favor of the proposition ad
vanced by Dr. W. 8. Kendrick that
the members of ihe medical board of
Grady Hospital be elected for a speci
fied term of years under the rotation
system, and not be*ellg!blo for re-
election.
Dr, Kendrick’s suggestion grew out
qf tho recent dissension ’among mem
bers of the board upon the-proposition
to allow students of medical colleges
access to the charity wards of the hos
pital. Ho has been a member of the
medical board for about fifteen years,
but declares that he believes the rota
tion system should be adopted and that
no physician, regardless of his qualifi
cation or ability, should be given a life
tenure.
In speaking of the proposition Dr.
Kendrick said:
"Under present conditions members
of the board are elected by the board
of trustees of the hospital for a term
of one year theoretically, but as a mat
ter of fact they are elected to this
position *year after year, and there Is
never a vacancy unless somebody re-
sfgns or a death occurs. I am a mem
ber of the board myself, and have been
for seventeen years, but I am Just as
heartily In favor of the rotation system
,b I would be had I never served, nor
xpccted to serve, in this capacity.
Other Doctors Birred.
"For many years the medical board
of Grady Hospital has been a close
corporation, horning off everybody else
and conducting affairs to suit Itself.
There are three hundred physicians In*
Atlanta, practically every* one of them
capable of holding a position on this
board, and they should not be barred •
from nerving on It because of a foolish
custom of keeping Its members In of-
flee f* I' Hf“.”
Dr. Kondrick’s suggestion Is that the
board should be composed of fifteen
members; that they should he elected
for a term of three years, and that at
th** ♦ii*l of «M.li year five members
should be rotated out of office and their
Continued on Page Three*
CRAWLS UNDER BED
ID SHOOT SELF
Body Found Saturday at
Home Nine Milos
From Atlanta.
John Kennedy, a farmer, waa found
dead under hla bed In hla room at th*
family home on Sandtown road, about
miles from Atlanta. Saturday, death
resulting from n bullet wound. It la
believed that he rolled under the bed
nnd there ahot himself.
He was a farmer about 40 year, of
age and single. He had been In III
health several months. It Is stated.
His brother found the body.
INGE WILL ISSUE
STATEMENT MONDAY
Mobile, Ala.. Dec. 28.—Df. H. T. Inge,
president of the Mobile baseball club,
who Is still very III at the Inge Bondu-
rant Sanitarium from the effects of an
operation performed five weeks ago,
said today that everything pointed to
a satisfactory settlement of the dispute
between the Cotton States League and
the Mobile clum.
Dr. Inge expects to have an official
statement of Mobile’s formal entry
Intp the ranks of the Southern League
ready on Monday.
EDITOR COLLIER
HURT IN IRELAND
Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 28.—P. F. Col-
Ifer, of Now York, was painfully hurt
while riding at Dowdatown with the
Meath hounds today. His horse rear
ed and fell backward upon him.
Race Results. j ‘
NEW ORLEANS.
First Bate—Apache, 9 to 2, won;
Dew of Dawn. 10 to I and 9 to 2. sec-
1, 6 to 2. 9 to U6