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AND NEWS
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VOL. VI. NO. 127.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1907. PRICE:
MISS PROHIBITION NOW HIS "STEADY"
Prohibition’s Rule
Promises New
Prosperity.
WORDING OF LAW
LEAVES NO EXCUSE
Legalized Liquor Traffic
Ends in Georgia at
Stroke of 12.
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O LAW BECOMES EFFECTIVE a
0 AT MIDNIGHT DECEMBER 31. 0
0 0
0 "There l§ nothing* In the Idea 0
Cl that the prohibition law li not et- O
0 feetlva on account of the wood- 0
fr in* of the act,” eald Attorney Gen- 0
O eral Hart Tuesday. “In the first 0
0 place It Is alto*ether a question 0
O without merit. As snloon licenses 0
0 expire December 31. they would 0
0 be as strong violators as under 0
0 total prohibition If they attempted Q
0 to sell on January 1. Then I take 0
0 It that the word "from” was not O
0 used In the act without a pur- O
0 pose. Its purpose Is the same as O
.0 'on.'” O
0 Even granting that the law is 0
0 not effective until January 2. no O
0 saloon man would think the game 0
0 worth the candle. In the first O
0 place he would have to pay the 0
O city 1500 cash In advance for a 0
0 full quarter. He would then have O
6 to pay the state 5300 license tax. 0
O on top of that would be the Fed- O
0 eral tax. 0
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The water wagon begins Its tong and
tireless Journey In Georgia Tuesday
night at 10’ o'clock.
On t,h!s date. John Barleycorn, In
whatever guise he may cloak himself,
t> an outlaw within the borders of the
Umpire State. His demise will be se
rene. Contrary to the Outside Ideas,
the finish will be marked by no drunken
revels or disorder.
Promptly at 10 o'clock Tuesday night
barkeeps will lock the front doors on
barren places. There will be no liquor
In any form In any place In Georgia
now occupied for the purpose of sell
ing Intoxicants.
At 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
' fry few arrests had been'made by the
police for drunkenness There seems
lo be no extraordinary amount of
'’linking, and unusual quiet prevails at
ihe police station. The police antici
pate no trouble.
That forlorn hope of battling against
the law has vanished, and the men en
caged In the business will turn to other
avenues of endeavor, or move on to
other cities. Even the faint hope nick
ering up for a moment over the point
raised that tho wording of the prohibi
tion bill does not make the law effective
until January 2 died away Ifi the
knowledge that expiring licenses would
knock that out. even tho the attorney
general had not held that the point did
not amount to anything.
In three great churches watch-night
services will be held to mark the pass
ing of the liquor traffic. In the Bap
tist Tabernacle, Dr. L. G. Broughton
"111 preside over a great service, with
Seaborn Wright, Dr. L. G. Hardman,
author of, the prohibition bill, and
others, as'.speakers.
From a local liquor house has come
the flask of whisky that Dr. Broughton
"ill smash at midnight. It will be
a great meeting.
At Wesley Memorial church, another
great watch-night service will be held.
5 will be presided over by Dr. J. T.
Caves, presiding elder of the Atlanta
district. Hon. James L. Mayson, Dr.
J S. French and others will make ad
dresses.
. A watch-night service will also be
held In the Second Baptist church from
9 to 12 o'clock Tuesday night. Talks
will be made by Judge George Hlllyer
COES TO VOTE
OF TRUSTEES
Admission of Students
• Now Seems As
sured.
MAY BE REFERRED
TO A COMMITTEE
Mooted Question Up to the
Board of Trustees On
Tuesdav Afternoon.
REAL ESTATE MAY
BE ACCEPTABLE 10
U. S. ASJECURITY
Understood New Financial
Bill Makes Mortgages
Good For Circulation
\
Washington, Dec. 31.—Besides Hocks
and bonds, It Is understood that the
new financial bill, which Is being pre
pared by leading senators, will author
ise the acceptance of*glit-edged com
mercial paper and real estate mort
gages as security for national bank cir
culation.
This was dictated becauee of the
fact that manv of the smaller banks
throughout the South and West partt-
ularly do not possess bonds, but put
on deposit with the treasurer In order
to secure their circulation. Efforts are
being made to avoid any lengthy finan
cial debate In congress when the pro
posed remedial measure It Introduced.
100 CARLOADS OF LIQUOR
SHIPPED OUT OF STATE ON
EVE OF PROHIBITION LAW
Atlnut«\ just now Is In proceaa of dumping
about 100 carload* of liquor Into Chatta
nooga. A dozen liquor houses are moving
their stocks to the Tennessee city, where
they will open business next mouth.
Already about half tbo tidn/lre/l carloada
Is on the move, nqd by the end of the
week It will nit be gone. The ltorerooma
and warehouses In Atlanta arc rapidly be-
' >g emptied and the contents carted away
» the freight depots.
The Western and. Atlantic, the Southern
railway and the Central of Georgia have
smaller business In IIol_.
The liquor Is of all kinds urn) In alt
shapes. Ileer, whisky, wines, brandies,
ami nil the rest are itelpg sent away In
Jiuu. barrels, bottles, demijohns nnd varl-
lotvit other receptacles, home of It Is crated,
. barrels. The dealers are
method. Just so they can get It out of the
city and state In time.
Itlutbenthal & Illckart Is probably the
only concern that will reestablish Itself
anywhere except In Chattanooga. They go
to Baltimore. All the rest are making for
. The express companies are handling
great amount of whisky In small packages,
altho uot as much ns was expected. All
over the state the people are "laying In a
supply,” and the Jug trade Is brisk.
The wholesale houses are for the most
part the ones that are shipping the liquor
away. The retailers have disposed of s
large portion of their stock already and In
some cases hardly have enough to last
through the day. One saloon has ruu out
MARRIAGE GAME—ODDS, 8 TO 1;
WEDDINGS, 2492; DIVORCES, 308
IS FULTON COUNTY’S RECORD
'' •Her Duncan. R. R. Shropshire and
Dr. John E. White. There will be reel-
*atlon» and good music, and refresh
ment, will be served.
It will he a quiet and orderly pass ng
the traffic.- While every precaution
h «s been taken by the police to guard
**ain,t any outbreak, none Is expected.
Many an old aoak will have his first
look at the water wagon Tuesday night.
ATLANTA BREWERY
TO MAKE ICE NOW
If you want to sell malt or spirituous
'■i’jor, In Geoigla after Wednesday anil
"t* willing to take a chance with the
state authorities but want to square
k' urtelf with Unde Ham's revenue de-
Kliment, you can do It.
R ut there Is going to be • big tie-
w-nt of risk In It,
ln the past persona who aold liquor
in violation of municipal or county reg-
ulatlom have generally secured a spe-
v” 11 tax from the revenue department,
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0 BEAUTIFUL NEW YEAR
IS THE FORECAST. 0
0 0 (
O Weather man le going to give a O
0 clear, beautiful New Year day. If 0
0 It Is like the one furnished for the 0
0 funeral obsequies of 1907, It will 0
O be all to the good.
0 Forecast: , ... . „
0 "Fair Tuesday night .and Wed- 0
0 nesday: warmer Wednesday.
0 Tuesday temperatures:
0 7 o'clock a. 2i degrees.
0 8 o'clock a, m.. .
9 o'clock a. ni.
0 io o’clock a. m..
0 11 o'clock a. ni..
0 12 o'clock noon..
0 i o'clock p. m..
0 --o'clock p. m..
. .38 degrees.
. .10 degrees.
..4S degrees.
. .47 degrees.
..49 degrees.
,.51 degrees.
. .54 degrees.
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o COMPLETE BANK CLEARINGS 0
0 SHOW A GAIN OF *8,968,007.92. O
0 The Increase In bank clearings 0
O for the year 1907 over the year O
c 1908 Is nearly 19.000.000-to be ex- 0
0 act *!.9e8,007.92. • g
O The total clearings for the 1'ear. O
0 as shown by the books of the 0
O “earing House Association, were 0
0 |264,98M02.94. The total clewr- O
O Ings for last year were I23-.997.- *
0 '’ne figures for 1907 Include the 0
0 clearings for Tuesday and are O
0 therefore complete.
Marriage licenses—2,492.
Divorce suits—108.
That Is Fulton county's record of
marriage and divorce for 1907, and It
Is very probable that the records of
all previous years hare been broken by
both.
During the past year more people
have embarked upon the matrimonial
sea than has ever been the case be
fore. But at the same time the number
of divorces have also Increased and
the approximate ratio of 8 to l probably
holds good. . _ .
In other words, If you live In Fulton
county and get married there are eight
lchances to one that you will “live hap
py ever after," but there Is still the one
chance thet your bark may founder In
a troubled sen.
In the opinion of a number of court
house officials divorce has been on the
Increase In the county for the'past few
years. The enormous amount of suits
of this'character that have accumu
lated In the superior courts and
rlogged the wheels of Justice was tha
principal reason for the act of the leg
islature creating another division of
the court at the last sssslon of that
body. At that time there were several
hundred divorce suite which had been
pending In the count for two years or
more.
/-0
In his annusl report to the board
of trustees. Superintendent Meedor, of
the Grady Hospital, will urge that the
muchly talked of nurses’ home be built
as soon as possible.
Mr. Meador regards the building of
this home es a necessary Improvement
to the hospital, and will state fully Ills
reasons In his report The nurses now
have very poor quarters, and It Is
expected that the trustees'wlll take up
the new home proposition et once. This
will be the most Important recommen
dation In the first ennual report to be
submitted by the new superintendent.
The report will show that during the
year a total 'if 1.905 patients have been
received In the hospital. The number
Continued on Pag* Five.
Add to this Ihe public service rendered,
for which the city would have been
forced to pay If the waterworks were
- privately owned, and the total profits
OOC0O0OCOOOO00O0OO00OOO0OO of patients now In the Institution It 83. will be In Ihe neighborhood of 5200.000. will approximate *400,000.,
PROFITS OB WATER
E
The total cash receipts for the water,
works department In 1007 will reach
about 5525.000, thereby showing an In-
creass of about 535,000 over the receipts
of 1908.
The total receipts for the year up to
Saturday night were *523,378.84. The
total receipts for 1908, the entire year,
were 3290.471.74. The increase up to
Saturday night waa 312,954.90.
The total cost of operation for the
waterworks during 1907 will probably
not exceed 1130.100. The total amount
of w ater furnished free—public service
—will approximate 3170.010.
The total profits for the year In cash
•'Resolved, That the wards of the
Grady Hospital shall be opened for
clinical teaching to the henlor students
of all medical schools (4) In the city
and to visiting physicians under the
direction of the medical board.”
This Is an exact copy of the resolu
tion which was adopted by a vote of
0 to 4 by the medical board at Its ses
sion Monday night and which the trus.
tees of the Grady Hospital nil) bo
called upon to consider at the meeting
at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
It Is provided that this resolution, If
adopted, be Incorporated In tho new
rules and regulations which will be
submitted by the medical board to tho
board or trustees Tuesday afternoon.
The new rules are reported unanimous,
ly, but tho resolution has caused a se
rious split In the board.
The action of (he board of trustees
may not be final, as It Is contended that
If an entirely new set of rami mat
regulations governing Grady Hospital
are adopted by tho hoard, that It will
be only In the nature of a recommen
dation to council, and that council will
have the final say on the matter.
If the matter comes to a vote before
the board squarely on Its merits the In.
dlcstlons are that the resolution will be
adopted. This appears from tho In
tervleu's that appeared In The Georgian
Monday from members of the board
et trustees.
R. N. Pickett, who was not seen,
nnd who waa put down as doubtful,
states that he will most certainly vole
against the resolution.
•'I do not believe In making tho hos
pital an adjunct to a medical college."
he stated, “and I don’t think v.-e will
be showing the proper consideration
for the unfortunate people who are
thrown upon our charity to open tho
charity wards to medical students."
As nearly ns can be Judged from
what the members of the hoard have
stated, and what others state they have
stated, the line-up will be about as
follows:
P’or the Resolution—Joyner, Hlrech,
Culberson. Northern Martin, English
and Elkin.
Aralntt the Resolution—Longlnu
Flckett, Harding and Dorses'.
No Idea can be obtained as to what
K sltlon will be taken by Colonel R. J.
wry.
It la poaalble that the matter will be
referred to a committee.
OF
MS
Luncheon at Kimball
Closes Splendid
Year.
RETIRING HEAD
MAKES ADDRESS
President Candler Delivers
Address and Secretary
Cooper Submits Report.
ERECTED IN 1907
The books of the building Inspector
sjiow that 4,189 permits were lesued In
1917, aa against 3,741 In 1908—an In
crease of 428 for the year Juet closing.
The report show* further thet the
number of visits made during 1907 was
21,752,' a* against only 14,000 In 1(08.
The average cost of the dwellings
erected In 1907 was 31,840, aa against
31.729.85 In 1908.
Because of the fact that the Candler
building and the Louisville and Nash
vile freight terminals and other large
atructuree were completed In 1908, the
total amount spent for buildings, a*
shown by the permits, was smaller In
1807 than In 1001. The depression of
the last few months also tended to cut
down the building permlta.
The figures are 1807, *4,654,771; 1908.
55.158.149.
The work done by the department
speaks well of the new building In
spector. EM R. Hoys, and hie predeces
sor, F. A. Pittman.
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O 102.LUNATICS IN 1907 O
O SENT TO MILLEDGEVILLE. 0
0
O The year 1907 has proven a O
o banner year when It com*! to 0
0 lunacy trials. During the past 0
O twelve monthe. exactly 102 people 0
O have been tried for lunacy and 0
0 committed to the state eanlta- O
0 rlum at Mllledgeville. O
0 The average number of lunacy 0
0 cases for a year le between 75 O
O and 85, but the average was ex- O
0 ceeded this year by about 16. O
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The annual meeting and luncheon of
the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, at
hlrh new officers for the coming year
were Installed, was held Tuesday at 1
o'clock In the convention hall of the
Kimball House and proved a brilliant
affair.
The chamber adopted a resolution
calling a mass meeting for January lb
to dlacusa the canal proposition.
Fully threo hundred of Atlanta's mis',
prominent business men were In at
tendance and gave enthusiastic atten
tion to the reports upon tho work of
the great organisation nnd the an
nouncement of plans for the coming
year. /
J. WUIe Pope, retiring president
opened the business part of the gath
ering with a speech in which he re
viewed the ucvonipljMhnH'nt- of the
chamber during lit# your, tie was f<d-
lowed by Secretary -Cooper. uT.o gn\e
In detail a'report upon' the growth und
work of the organization.
Joseph T. Ormc. treasurer of the
chamber, showed the body to bo In
splendid flnnnclul condition.
As.’l G. Candler, the new president of
'lie . hamper, made liN Insuguiul .-'<1-
lie's, hi which he touche.I upon Mlti-
Jicte of vital Interest to the City AMI
state and In a way outlined his policy
for the coming year.
John H. Finney, of Atlanta, repre
senting the American Institute nf Elec,
ttie'll Engineers, made t, .M.-iidM plea
■for the perpetuation of the forests of
the South ns n means of preserving the
Water |a,wi I and uni, r nippl:. .• r this
section. He sought the old of tho cham
ber for a bill now before congress pro
viding for dn Appalachian forest pre
serve.
A simple but delightfully served
luncheon was given the 300 business
men present. The meeting lasted sev
eral hours anil great enthusiasm, was
shown throughout.
President Pope's Address,
The address of J. Wllle Pope, retir
ing president of the .chamber, woe lis
tened to with greet Interest by his
hearers. Mr. Pope said In part:
"Today end* my official connection
with you after six years' service as
director, vice president and president,
and I may bs pardoned for inking a
brief retrospective glance at tho poat
year, covering as It does my term as
your president.
"First, let me say that much credit
belongs to the board of directors for
what has been accomplished. No pres
ident of this chamber could feel more
grateful to the loyal, public-spirited j
OFTENNESSEF
Mrs. Hattie Hull Con
fesses That She Is
Step-Sister.
CAME NORTH WITH
MAN NAMED MYERS
Mrs. Hull at First Said Dead
Girl Was Mrs. Young,
But She Was Alive.
Ith
New York. Dec. 31.—Confronted
10 proof that Mr*. Agnes Young,
hom she had Identified as the N«*"
Jorsoy swamp victim. Is alive, Mrs.
Hattie Hull broke down today and con.
fessed that she had used Mrs. Young'*
name to shield, as she said, the name
of her own step-sister.
Tho dead girl, Mrs. Hull now de
clares, Is Minnie Agnes Gaston, "f
Tennessee, her step-sister, who came
North with a man named Myers. She
said she lived with her step-sister at
No. 1402 Arnstardain-ave.. and that all
the other facts as she has applied them
to Mrs. Young actually refer to h»*r
sister.
Police In all parjs of the country
have been wired to look out for t’hailes
Moyers, the man said to have been seen
Christinas with Miss Gaston.
on the Information by Mrs. Hull
the New York police, complying with
the request from Harrison, have seized
a desk In tho Hull home nbld to coniuln
letter* and documents which they think
may reveal the motive for the murder.
Mrs. Hull was told this afternoon
that the authorities werje preparing
bury the body of tho slain woman in
potters’ Held.
"Oh, don't do that," she sobbed.
"Send It to daddy at Sevlervllle. Tenn..
and he will have It decently burled In
St. Elmo cemetery.”
"Oh. It Is true that this girl •
Agnes Young,” wailed little Ml
"I used the name of a good woman
shield that of my own stepsister. Th
girl Is my stepsister, Minnie Agn
Gaston.
"She ran away from fhattnnoog
Tenn., with the man Meyers I told y<
about. It was she who went with hi
to Newark on Christmas day, nnd n
Mr*. Young."
Hull.
Bandits Hold Up
Trolley Car and
Gel $2,899Cash
Rqchenter, N. Y.. Dec. 31.—A ilarlng
lintJ-up of a trolley car "n. made here
this morning by two men In nn uut.,-
rr.nblli-. The highwaymen succeeded In
and self-sacrificing board over "which relieving the .trolley crew of
have bed Ihe honor to preside. Per
fect harmony has marked our every
meeting.
"Among the undertakings of the year
may be mentioned first the effort to
seep re the sub-treasury for Atlanta.
While we were unsuccessful In this
movement I feel that as a result of our
efforts, when one It established In the
southeast. Atlanta will get It.
"During the year the chamber has
also Inaugurated the ‘commercial news
department.' This service has been
Continued on Psgs Five.
INENT
IS FI
Body Discovered in Chatta
nooga at an Early
Hour.
Special ta The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 31.—James
McGuire, formerly superintendent of
the waterworks of Rome. Oa., and' a
prominent cltlten nf that place, was
found dead at an early hour this morn,
ing and removed lo the office of an
undertaker, who will ship the body to
Rome today. He was about 55 years
of age.
. Pearl Martin, n prominent white man
of Whltwell, Tenn., waa found uncon
scious at St. Elmo this morning from
morphine poisoning. This Is the third
or fourth person found here either dead,
or unconscious from poison recently,
and It Is believed a band of footpad.,
I* back of the crime.
chest containing 52.899 In earn nnd
making th.lr escape before the police
could be summoned. A vigorous search
for the robbers Is being made.
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