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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWSt TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1911.
HERE Democrats Take Over State of Kentucky
THAN ANY.0LD PLACE
November Broke Cold Record
and Now December Is Tny
ing to Play June.
tor? of S? localoiftci of the United Slain
weather bureau, while Monday the self
same mercury rose to a point Just below
the record height for December.
The high water merit Monday waa 71
degreee. The record for December la 71
dcgreea. December JS. 1101. That mark
was reached In a winter warm epell which
extended from December 1 until Decern-
her 11. The preaent warm apell began
December «.
Hut. the weather forecaater warns, do
not let the preaent oppressive atmosphere
>•— you to the pawnshop with your over-
for In a day or so a decided change
com. 1UI Hi as ua; vs luvu vi.»~gv
will he noted, the temperature falling to a
considerable degree. On Tuesday night
ehowera will take hold of the situation, so
that by Wednesday night a decided chilli
ness will be noted.
The warm wave that la now with ua la
to bo felt all over the Eastern coaat.
Baltimore la but 4 degrees colder than
Atlanta. A cold wave exists In the West
ern states. *
CHILD FINDS REMAINS
Collector Borrows Glass From
Boarding House Keeper and
Drinks Acid.
When E. A. Cannon, a collector, about
11 years of age. walked Into his bean
house, 17 Woodward-sve., at noon T
day, ha sought the proprietress In the I
of the houao and asked her for a glass.
"If any one sends for my collection
cards you will And them on the dresser,"
ho remarl
'mo his r<™.„. . „
A few minutes later a little child dls-
in the floor of hla
mantel waa the
od a vial of car-
... „>e contenta gone.
Tho empty glass bote the fumes of the
deadly acid, the glass and bottle bearing
muto testimony to the cause of the death.
No note could be found, and no reason
Is known why Cannon ahould have desired
to end hla life.
He was employed as a
cher & Co., of 49*4 East
His mother. It Is understood, lives In
Nelson-st.
Coroner Donehoo is making an Investi
gation. .
Warning Is Sounded by Repre'
sentative Fitzgerald to His
Colleagues in Congress.
Washington, Dec. 12.—Tha house start
ed on the last lap of tbo long debate on
the Sherwood dollar-a-day pension bill
today, when Representative Fitzgerald,
chairman of the appropriations commit
tee, made a strong speech against tha
bill, taking issue with his Democratic col
leagues, and warned the party that if the
Sherwood bill were passed all chance of
the Democrats making an economlo t
ord at this session would ba lost '
treasury, he said, could not stand the
strain of nearly 1111,000,000 which would
result thru the enactment of the Sher
wood bill Into law.
He also warned the -Democrats that If
the Sherwood blU la passed it will bo Im
possible for the Democratic side of the
Rouse to lower the tariff because The
revenues of the government could not
withstand a further cut
DRUNK WITH A GUN
COSTS HIM A FINE
i county convict camp,
was Tuesday morning lined $25.75 by Re-
order Broyles and bound over to the
State courts In hood of (200 on the
charges of carrying a concealed weapon
sad — * —
LOOKING FOR PEACE,
HE WOUND UP IN FIGHT
Reconcllatlon of the differences of S. C.
Hicks, an engineer living at 14 Hlchmond-
st., and his wife, and the desire to with
draw divorce proceedings instituted by
Mrs. Hicks, terminated Monday after-
bc
___ _ . _ ■ leka and Attorney 8.
i,l t-dntlng a pistol at another. H. Jones, Jr.
Berger, vrith D. F. Bridges, who says Attorney Jones punched Hicks In the
i la also an employee of the oonvfot eye and considerably blackened It when
‘ Hicks is said to have termed the lawyer
"a little shrimp,” and to have made a
remark to the effect that tho lawyer
"was trying to keep him and his wfle
apart."
camp, la said to have approached a negro,
A. Thrasher, of 1*2 Fort-at, shortly after
midnight, while the latter was walking
lnrflenslvely along tha street, and to
have cursed and abused him. Anally pull
ing h IS pistol and shoving It fn the negro’s
Greatly frightened, the negro re-
Mrs. Hicks waa present at tho time,
having gono with her husband to aee the
lawyer In a mutual effort to have the di
vorce proceedings quashed. Hicks says
that they were drinking. They explained
the affair by saying thnt a negro hnd re
cently escaped from the convict camp
and they thought Thrasher to be tho fu-
caso was dismissed.
Cases were mads against both men,
and they appeared Tuesday morning be
fore Recorder Broyles—Hicks with a bad
ly bruised eye. Judge Broyles dismissed
the case of Attorney Jones, and fined
Htcks $10.75.
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FOR 8ALB—REAL ESTATE.
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REAL ESTATE AND RENTING.
701 Empire Building.
Night No. Ivy 4070-J.
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i 1-1 ACRES, between Atlanta and East Point; $>,000. on easy terms.
White Street Bargain
JUST off L-ee-itT have the exclusive sale of one of those little places where
the lot U worth the price asked for the whole thing. I can sell you this
place with a small nun payment and $20 per month; nothing better for
the price. See mo today If you want this.
JOHN D. MULDREW
REAL ESTATE AND RENTING.
Both Phones 3534 616 Empire Building
FOR SALE—FARMS.
FOR SALE—FARMS.
FARMS
acres bottom land. This farm Is close to Powder Springs, and haa one three-
EMMETT HIGHT
REAL ESTATE.
Phone M. 2887. 513-514-515 Empire Bldg.
Bargain in Farm and Timber Land
FOR SALE
wil
Th
1
293 ACRES within nine miles of center of city; 50 acres good
bottom land, now in cultivation; good five-room house, three
good tenant; houses; plenty of water; railroad through this;
within one mile of the station. Will cut 6,000 cords of wood.
This wood alone will pay for the land. Price, $57.50 per acre.
Are you looking for a bargain t Then here it is.
B. M. MORRIS
Eaat Point, Ga.
Bell Phone 228-J E. F.; Atlanta 68 E. P.
Frankfort, Ky., Deo. 12.—After nh ab
sence of 36 years, James B. McCreary,
a Democrat, today como bock to the
capitol as governor of Kentucky, for
the second tlmp In a third of a cen
tury taking the oath of office aa chief
executive of the state, at the age of 72.
Following the Inauguration ceremonies,
which wore held In front of tho capitol,
the new building which the state has
Just completed at a cost of $2,000,000,
was thrown open to the visitors and a
public reception was held by tho newly
elected state officials.
Tho upper picture shows tbo new
capitol at Frankfort and below Gov
ernor James B. McCreary.
Dr. Elliott Pleads That Fred Be
Kept From Cocaine or Kept
in Confinement.
Asking police aid tn breaking his
brother from the use of cocaine—the
somo habit that caused himself to take
the Hfs'of a fallow being end to go to
the penitentiary for life—Dr. J. M. El
ltott, whoso fight two or three years
ago to escape the gallows and who Is
now tn the Fulton county convict
cBtnpa, la still fresh in the minds of At
lantans, has written a pathetic letter to
Chief Beavers of the polios department.
Dr. Elliott declares that, by reason of
the failure of hla brother to work, he
la compelled to save hla Invalid mother
from starving by sending her what lit
tle money he can make by doing extra
work In tho convict camp. The warden,
he says, kindly allows him to make this
extra money, and with this ha supports
tho mother. Mrs Elliott and her son
both live tn Atlanta.
Dr. Rlllott pleads with Chief Beavers
to do all ho can to atop his brother,
whose name he gives as Fred Elliott,
from using cocaine and to force him
to go to work. •
"If other means fail," writes the con,
vlct brother, "Juit lock him up."
In the letter Dr. Elliott says that tha
cocaine habit caused him to commit
the crime that placed him In the pen!
tentlary, and odds;
“My brother la addicted to this some
habit, and there Is no telling what he
may do. I want him saved In time from
hla horrible situation.''
Chief Beavers will have the convict's
appeal looked after.
Dr. Elliott, It will bo remembered,
shot and killed a respected and Inof
fensive cltlsen of a small town a abort
dlatance below Atlanta, hla trial, con
viction and subsequent light for life
attracting widespread attention.
Ho was sentenced to hang and a hard
light was required to save his neck.
Feeling against Dr. Elliott waa strong,
but on the showing that he waa under
the Influence of drug at the time of
the tragedy, his sentence waa Anally
commuted to life imprisonment.
Since that time, it seems. Dr. Elliott
baa made a model prisoner, and Is di
recting his attention, according to bis
letter, to bis brother—to turn his foot
steps into the right patb. /
stripung~chIldren
GET $14 FROM SANTA
who are now
with their mother In Columbus, Ga., will
be able to partake of tha holiday spirit
after all.
These Joys are made poaalble thru the
generosity of Atlantans, who. In the pest
Jew days, have been contributing to a
funtl being raised In the Ftve Points
cigar store of Thomas H. Pitts. The fund
had reached $14 by Tuesday, and this sum
waa forwarded to one of tha Columbus
newspapers, to be given to the Stripling
children.
Confess to Murder.
Collins, Mitse—Robert Posey, who
was arrested two weeka ago charged
with the murder of a woman named
Jaxellel Reyes, haa confessed to the
sheriff and Implicated Wade Wylie and
Allen Deaklna.
claims of the Western city. There was
little or no enthusiasm.
Following him, Kollo Wells! mayor of
SL Louis, addressed the committee,
thanking them for the support they
had given his city, but announced for
tho good of the party he would with
draw.
• F. O. Lowden presented the claims
of Chicago, saying that the first Re
publican president was nominated there
and seven out of the thirteen since then
had been named In Chicago. ,
When the roll call was completed
the Denvpr voters were found among
the delegates from West Virginia,
Wyoming, Hawaii, the Philippines, Ida.
ho and Colorado.
After naming tho convention city and
Axing tha date, tho committee ad-
Joured until 2 o'clock. This was done
to confer over the attempt of Walter
L. Brown. Ohio state chairman, to
have an amendment Inserted la the call
of the national committee making pres
idential primaries optional. This was
regarded os lost long before the com
mittee reconvened.
Most of the delegates regarded the
proposition as one springing from the
party split in Ohio, and did not consid
er the Ohio man's proposition as of suf-
tlulont Importance to demand tho no
tice of the national committee.
Monday, alter many of the delegates
had arrived In the city, the advocacy
of Colonel Roosevelt for the nomination
was one of tho chief subjects of discus,
slon. Many were open In declaring
their support to the former president,
while others were equally as strong In
advocating President Taft for a second
term, and Btlll others made tho name
at Senator LaFolIotte of Wisconsin.
The advocates of Colonel Roosovclt's
nomination apparently based their ar
guments in his behalf upon the fact
that at no time had tho former presi
dent announced that he would not ac
cept the nomination If it wero ten
dered to him. It mis recognized thnt
he would not openly be a candidate,
they said, but they were busy sounding
members of tho national committee and
other prominent Republicans as to their
sentlmont In regard - to "forcing” the
nomination upon the colonel.
Thorn worn many who connected the
open advocacy of Colonel Rooaovelt’s
nomination with tho opposition to nam
ing a committee of arrangements dom
inated by administration nun.
It was apparent throughout the day
that friends of Colonel Roosevelt were
endeavoring In every possible way to
postpone action by the national com
mittee which would deAnltely commit
anybody to any man's candidacy. The
Roosevelt enthusiasts frankly stated
their hope lay in working up a de
mand for Colonel Roosevelt to be ex
pressed In the convention Itself.
Friends of Colonel Roosevelt also
declared today that they wero making
no attempt at this time to force the Is
sue. Their object was, they said, t<
leave matters sufficiently open to per-
mil of his candidacy at the psycholog
leal moment.
Many conferences, were held during
tho day and continued until the white
house dinner tonight, when President
Taft was the host to a body far from
united on the business which brought
It to Washington. In the executiva
state dining room, however. It waa
realized that animosities would have
to be laid aside, for the dinner was ar
ranged In formal honor of the commit
tee, the guests Including both tho ar
dent supporters and the lukewarm
friends of the president.
Ono of the most sensational features
of Monday's skirmishing was the fact
that Secretary HHIes, who Is the active
leader of the Taft forces In the cam
paign for renomlnatton of the presi
dent, and Postmaster Qeneral Hitch
cock, who managed the president's cam
paign three ycras ago, seemingly were
arrayed against each other. The ru
mors that the two were working
cross purposes Aew thick and fast.
Finally, Mr. Hitchcock Issued a state
ment In denial, but It did not entirely
set the reports at rest.
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GREAT CHICKEN DISPLAY
AT AUDITORIUM-ARMORY
RED cross stamps may
BE PUT ON ANYWHERE
de large amount of mail that
been plied up. on their hands and the
numerous complaints from builness
houses has caused the postoffice de
partment to recall the order regarding
the placing of Red Cross stamps
the address side of envelopes. Hi
after Red Cross stamps mny be placed
on any part of mall matter. Of course
the necessary postage must be affixed.
According to the previous ruling of
the department, all postal matter upon
which Red Cross stamps had been.af-
Axed on the address side would be
either returned to the sender or for
warded to the dead letter office.
When this rule was decided upon,
however, the liberal usage of the chari
ty stamps by business houses was not
taken Into consideration, and upon its
going Into effect the postofflee depart
ment found Itself almost swamped with
malt matter upon the address side of
which Red Cross stamps had been
placed. When sn attempt was made to
deal with this matter according to the
ruling, the complaints received were so
great that Postmaster General Hitch
cock decided to repeal the order and al
low the matter to be forwarded to Its
destination.
Southern Internationa! Poultry Show Not Quite Ready to Re
ceive the Public Tuesday, But Ought To Be a Brilliant
' Exhibition Later in the Week.
E ILL
By THE POULTRY DOCTOR.
The poultry show at the Auditorium-
Armory has the usual second day ap
pearance. Everybody connected with
It is os busy as a terrier Aghtlng a
caL Tom Poole, secretary; Loring
Brown, Harry Jennings, are all striv
ing to get the birds Into their coops
so tho Judges may commence their
work.
The Judges arc are all on the ground,
ready when the birds are ready. Owing
to the fact that the building was not
entirely cleared of the corn show, all
tho birds will not be In place before
Tuesday afternoon.
A good many of the 200 exhibitors
are with their birds putting the Anlsh-
Ing touches oh them.
The attendance Is unusually good
for so early In the week. The majority
of people evidently are waiting until
the awards are made and names of
owners put upon the coops.
With the large number of birds on
display but not In the regular com
petition. and the boys’ and girls’ de
partment the great auditorium Is pret
ty well Ailed, including Taft Hall.
'Among the exhibits not In the compe
tition'are a display of pigeons placed
nil around the walls of Taft Hall from
Oeorge Ewald's lofts, Cincinnati.
Mr. Ewnld is the best authority on
pigeons In ths world.
The Buschman-Plerce farms, Indian
apolis, Ind., have a string of their fa
mous Reds. The Red class Is repre
sented by more than twenty pens.
J. J. Wlngert, of Crawfordrllle, Ind,.
has enlarge entry of fawn and white
Indian Runner ducks.
The hottest contested class will be
the Orpingtons of all three varieties,
black, buff and white. The blacks har
ing a little the best of it In numbers.
The Blue Ribbon Poultry Farm, of
Columbus, Ind.. Is one of the entrants
In this class.
T. W. Simmons, of White House,
Tenn., is here with his great Mommoth
Bronze turkeys. The colors of these
toms rival the colors of the pigeons.
Barred Rocks are represented In a
class not equaled since the Arst show
in Atlanta held on Whlteholl-sL There
are 25 pens and a large number of
;lp entries.
11 the varieties ever seen In a
Southern show are here, and a few
never exhibited In the South before.
S. T. Campbell, secretary of the
American Poultry association, will be
here until Thursday night. He came
to attend the meeting of the Georgia
branch. The time and day of the meet
ing will be hnnounced later. All in
terested. whether members or not. are
welcome to attend this meeting.
The United States exhibit, under the
direction of H. C. Pierce, will give daily
demonstrations of picking, killing and
packing poultry for market, and will
give lectures on the commercial side
John A. Murkln, of Nashville, will
also give a few of hla lecture* with
stereoptlcon views.
The Southern-owned birds are not In
a bit of danger, and after the smoke
of battle has cleared blue ribbons will
be decorating a great . many of the
coops occupied by home-raised birds.
The ladlee of Ponce DeLeon-ave.
church have a booth In the lobby of the
building where one may secure an ex
cellent lunch.
The Judges should bo thru by Wed
nesday night, If not delayed too long
at the start Tuesday.
PEOPLE WILL VOTE
Continued From Page One,
of the Industry.
ernor Wilson is the strongest candidate
that he should be put forward.
W. H. Burwell amended the Stovall
resolution, that a presidential primary
be held not later than June 12. and
that the state committee meet In At
lanta on the second Wednesday of April
to Ax a date and plan for this pri
mary. Mr. Stovall accepted this amend,
ment and his resolution, as amended by
Mr. Burwell, was adopted. The reso
lution,, as adopted, provides for a stats
convention to follow the presidential
primary and select delegates to the na
tional convention, In accordance with
the Instruction of the peuple in the
presidential primary.
Communication* were read from
Clarke and Douglas counties petition
ing the state commute eto call a state
conventlont o declare the nominees of
the December 7 primary and adopt a
platform for Joseph M. Brown, guber
natorial nominee.
L. J. McConnell, of Franklin, moved
that the two petitions be referred "to
the Hon. Jack Bennett, of Jackson, and
the Hon. Clark Howell, of Fulton."
Reuben R. Arnold presented a reso
lution tn which it was resolved, sfter a
long string of "whereases:”
“Cheap Politics” Charged.
"That this committee puts Itself on
record aa declaring that the newspa
pers and politicians who have been
loudest In their criticisms are either
blinded by partisan prejudice or aim-
Machine Shop, Four Locomo
tives and Thirty-five Cars
Were Demolished.
Scranton, Ps„ Dec. 12.—Two men
were killed and Ave others seriously
Injured In tho Delaware and Hudson
yards at North Carbondale today when
a freight train broke In half and the
two sections ran wild. Many other cars
standing In the yard were demolished.
The two men killed were In a tool
shanty,, which one section of the Iran
demolished. Tha ruins Immediately
caught Are. The machine shop, four
locomotives and 35 care were destroyed
with a loss sof more $200,000.
this committee hereby de
nounces a* untrue and false In every
particular any charge or Insinuation
that It has nought to use the party ma
chinery to give any candidate an unfair
advantage over any other candidate,
and that It here and row declares that
It* only purpose and Intention hsx been
and la to fairly and squarely adminis
ter tho affairs of tho Democratic party,
and this- it proposes to do without being
mluffed or Intimidated by threats, de
nunciation or newspaper thunder.
"That this committee feels Itskl* ' n
every way capable and willing to dis
charge tho duties devolving upon «
for the tterm for which It was sleeted,
and that It proposes at all times sno
Bessons to shoulder every responsible -
ty with which It should be charged.
Jesse Mercor and others seconded
Mr. Arnold’s motion to adopt hlsr» -
olutton. The majority of the commit
tee applauded.
Mr. Stovall addressed the commute*,
urging that he did not think It oppor
tune to adopt this resolution nine* xne
primary was over and now was >”
time for conciliatory tactics ntner
than antagonism. ...
Mr. Arnold replied with
daring that the committee had o«g
"unjustly cussed out time and agaj”.
and he thought the time had come wne
the committee should speak out *"
express Its mind plainly what It thougn
of the criticism and antagon!» m from
Its opponents. , ,.„,n
R. L. McKinney, of Bibb, andCecii
—ell, of Muscogee, took Mr. Stove
view of the matter, while Mr. Dean. d
Terrell,, and Mr. O’Connell, oj "JH.
Iln, thought like Mr. Arnold. Mr- M"
cer said he thought It was unfortuna.
but this whole agitation was the
suit of one man's efforts to disrupt ™
Democratic party in this state. » n “ h , t
Ing the origin of these resolutions
have been sent here today, I think ■ „
Arnald's resolution should be ndoj ,
He referred to Thomas E. Watson a-
stlgator of this convention
The Arnold resolution was adopt™
by vlve voce vote. . u
Chairman Wright announced that
Judge Thomas \V. Lawson had dccii
to serve ns vice chairman, he wouia w
point R. L. McKinney, of Bibb, to tns
Office. , rtr lr
Thf« concluded the commljw**
and It adjourned at 2 o’clock.
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