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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS* WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1011.
a
SPECIAL SALE
of Genuine Hand-Hammered $1.98
Brass Goods; values to $6.50 JL
Til this shipment now being opened,-especially
rushed to us for this Sale, we find far better val
ues than we or other stores have ever been able to
offer at this low price.'
Among the hundreds of articles may be found
large Jardinieres, PVases, Smoking Sets, - Lov-
Vases, Smoking Sets, Lav- '
ing Cups, Hanging Baskets, .. Tt -
Trays and too many others »
to mention.
Remember, each
piece bears the Im
perial Russian stamp
and is guaranteed
solid Brass.
Sale begins Thursday
morning at 9 o’clock; val
ues to no
$6.50 «pl«J70
Special Prices on Christmas Furniture
Mail Orders Filled
Goldsmith=Acton=Witherspoon Co
Formerly American Furniture Co.
62 Peachtree “LIFETIME FURNITURE" 61 N. Broad
SHOP TALK
CONVICT CHARGES CRUELTY;
FULTON OFFICIALS DENY IT
Fred Sisk Says Drunken Guards
Beat Prisoners Shamefully
at Utoy Camp.
HavHig Just completed a term of
two years In the Fulton county convict
camps for the burglary of tho Gorman
cafe In South rryor-st., Fred Bisk, a
youth of about nineteen years, whose
homo is In Tampa, Fla., liantls out a
red-hot roast for tho Utoy Springs
tamp, situated Just beyond Cascade
Springs, tho convicts of which arc
working on tho Ben Hill road.
Sisk called • at The Georgian office
Tuesday afternoon und unfolded a story
of drunkenness and brutality on tho
part of guards, which, ho declares,
makes life miserable und almost un-
itnaralJlo for tho convicts under them.
He says lie makes tho complaint not
only for himself, but in behalf of tho
50 other convicts in the camp, numbers
of whom pleaded with him when he
left tho camp Monday afternoon to
bring tho matter to public notice and
endeavor to get them relief. '
"No Wsy to Toll 8tory” .
"The convicts in tho Utoy camp have
a flerco time of it,” said Sisk, "and they
Just have to grin and bear It, too, for
then's no way to get help. If ono of
them should write a letter to tho prison
commission, it would never get out df
the camp—tho officials would destroy
It. And then none of the convicts
would have the nervo to write to tho
commission, for they know the letter
would he conOscatcd In tho camp and
that the writer would be beaten almost
to death. Tho convicts are not allowed
to talk to the prison commissioners
when they visit the comp, either. If
they were, they would ho afraid to
complain, for they know full well what
would be coming to them.
"Tho chief complaint tho convicts
out there have Is against tho guards,
ono man in particular, Charllo Wood.
This man gets drunk frequently, some
times staying drunk for a week, and
then ho makes it hot for tho convicts.
He seems to have no feeling for the
convicts and treats them brutally.-
Brutal Beatlnga Charged.
"Other guards do the same thing, but
this man is the worst. When he Is get
ting over a drunk ho acts like a wild
man, and sometimes has a whole squad
whipped at a time.
"I was whipped eight times, and most
of these whippings were for no real
cause. Twice I was beaten because I
was unable to lift heavy stones. At
another time, Marvin Thomas, a guard,
*tid I was not working enough, altho I
wta working as hard as I could, and he
took mo on In a swamp, where no one
could see us, and gave me 25 lashes.
For a week my flesh was black where
Its struck me.
''The whip used In the camp Is an
awful thing In Itself, and It Is laid on In
brutal fashion, too. It consists of a
long leather strap, fastened onto a big
handle. It Is about six feet long, a little
broader than n man's hand, and has 48
brads In It. Now. when they strip a
convict and beat his naked flesh with
’bat thing, you can Imagine whether
It hurts.
Man Cheaper Than Mulee.
"On one occasion out there a pair of
tnules were trying to pull a wagon
load of stone and were straining tliein-
•Clves so much that one of tho guards
ordered the mules taken out and made
'ho convicts pull the wagon. That's
»n actual fact. When he did this he
remarked: 'We don't want to hurt
those mules, but we can get plenty of
men.'
"They work the convicts hard out
' tore, and this, too, on mighty poor ra
tions. They feed corn bread three times
l" day and it Is so hard It seems as tho
tt might have been cooked six months,
•or breakfast tho convicts get a piece
or this hard bread and two little pieces
or meat. For dinner It's corn bread
?nd cabbage—cabbage every day, ami
nnlf-cooked at that. I'vo eaten cab
bage until I don't hardly want to aee
' t.ohagf any more.
For supper, com bread and two lit—
t|* pieces of meat ,.r<' dished -"it again,
hlv-ults are allowed but twice a week—
' ‘dnesdays and Sundays. On Sunday
"fly two meals' are served—breakfast
tbl dinner.”
Sisk said he would apply to the As-
’oclated Chart I!-* for help, as he i, a
tranger In Atlanta without friends or
'h»y. He said he would do Me best
;■ vet on his feet again ■ail' fate-*
’"■-'h start In the world.
County Oommissioners Say the
Story Is False—No Drunk
enness in the Camp.
Young Sisk's charges against tho
camp and the guards wore denied by
members of tho county commissioners,
and Captain T. It. Donaldson, county
superintendent of public works and
county warden. Wednesday morning.
S. B. Turman, of tho county commls.
slon. wns visibly surprised when Blyk'p
statement was brought to his notice.
He said :
“I am certain there can't be anything
going on out there such as this con
vict describes.' and many of his charges
I know to a dead certainty to be false.
When he says that-the convicts do not
have a chance to talk with-members
of the county commission or tho In
spectors of the state prison commission
unless guards aro present to overawe
them, lie doesn't tell tho truth. Not
more thnn a mong ago I vlBlted Utoy
camp with my family. I had started
to Cascado Springs, and got* caught In
tho rain, and dropped In on the camp
unannounced,
“I spent several hours there, and
talked with at least ten convicts when
no guards wore present, and while most
of the convicts Insisted that they were
wrongfully Imprisoned, none of them
said anything about brutal treatment.
As a matter of fact, I don't put any
stock In the charges of habitual drink
ing brought against Wood and Thoma
son, and I understand that neither one
of them Is allowed to punish a man by
whipping. By order of the prison
commission tho whipping Is all done
by tho warden or by some one man
delegated by him to do It under his di
rection.
-That story about men being sub
stituted for mules to pull a wagon out
of tho mlro Is preposterous, as there
are not enough convicts at Utoy camp
to pull a wagon .when two mules have
failed. It may have been that the men
were used to turn tho spokes to help
the mules.”
“Not True," 8*y* Donaldson,
Captain' Donaldson was even moro
emphatic In.his repudiation of tho story
than Mr. Turman. Reached by The
Georgian at 11:30 o'clock at hts resi
dence he laid-Just returned from a trip
to the Utoy camp, where ho had been
escorting a few members of tho senate
penitentiary committee thru the place.
None of the committeemen could be
reached, as they, had left for Decatur
to visit DcKuib county camps. Captain
Donaldson said:
“Thera Isn't a-word of truth In the
story. Utoy camp Is oncTif the state's
prise camps. There Is no better con
ducted camp in the state. The guard
referred to as Marvin Thomas Is evi
dently Marvin Thomason, a brother of
the deputy warden, C. A. Thomason.
"As far &s whipping Is concerned,
man Is never w hipped except as a last
resort to enforce discipline. Under the
direction of tho state prison commis
sion one man Is delegated to do tho
whlppln'g. C. A. Thomason, as deputy
warden. Is assigned to that task. Thero
Is no drinking among the guards at
Utoy camp or any other comp In tills
county. That I know to a certainty.”
Several members of the senate com
mlttcc on the penitentiary visited Utoy
camp Wednesday morning, and accord
ing to Captain Donaldson were pleased
with the conditions found there. Utoy
camp was complimented by the last
grand Jury over the other camps In the
county.
Prisoner’s Clothes Ruined.
Secretary Yancey, of the prison com
mission, says that Sisk called at the
commission's offices Tuesday afternoon
to complain against treatment hf re
ceived upon leaving tho Utoy camp,
but did not claim ho or the other con
victs had been overworked or abused.
says Bisk’s complaint was about his
clothes.
Sisk.” said Mr. Yancey, "told mo
that when he went to tho ramp two
years ago,- the clothes ho then wore
—Shoes and all—were tied up In a sack,
put in water and boiled a while, and
then hung up to drip and dry. When
he was ready'to leave, 8lsk said, these
me clothes, still In the bag. were
mled over to lilm, after having been
hanging up there for two years. And
as the worst looking suit I ever
It had h—n n fairly good stilt.
...uld iiaw- been "till good If It
he«-n pressed out and put away.
STILL CONSIDERING CASE
Not Believed There Will Be a
Disagreement — Verdict Is
Expected Any Minute.
Americas, Gs„ Dec. 13.—The Jury In
tho Childers case was still out at
o’clock. A verdict is expected any min
ute. It is not believed thero will be a
disagreement. The trial was concluded
at II’::In O'clock Tuesday night.
No new evidence was Introduced, and
the state railed to prove that the de
fendant carried Insurance on the life of
his wife.
BAND OF ENGLISH SPIES
Sharp Justice Was Meted Out
to Men Who Betrayed Ger
man Military Secrets.
Lalpaio, Germany, Die. 13.—Sharp
Justice was meted out today to a band
of spies alleged to be In the employ of
England to betray German military
secrets. Max Schultz, the leader, was
sentenced to seVen year* Imprisonment
and twelve others were sent up for
from two to three years.
W00DWARD-AVE. HOME
THANKS ITS FRIENDS
The Woodward-ave. Baptist church
desires, gratefully, to acknowledge the
kindness and promptness of Its friends
In responding to the appeal for help to
furnish the boarding house for young
ladles employed In the city.. Thru their
kind liberality the house, excepting a
few articles yet needed, Is completely
furnished, and the furnishings are, of
tho very best.
Last Tuesdtt.
gave a shower of kitchen
bringing a large assortment of needed
articles for the kitchen and dining room.
The result of this kindness la that
the homo Is able to offer to those who
wish a first-class boarding place, at a
reasonable price, a service for 52.10 per
week. That this supplies a want long
folt must go without the saying. Any
further help needed will be thankfully
received and promptly acknowledged
The location Is at 438 Woodward-avc.
and Is now open for guests. Applica
tion may be made to Mr. and Mrs.
Webb. In charge, or to C. H. Bolton,
chairman of the board of trustees, 401-2
West Mltchell-st.
but it certainly did look disreputable
when he put it on again. The prison
law requires that each felony convict,
when ho leaves a camp, be provided
with a new suit of clothes worth IS.
Fulton county should have given him
that. The clothes he wore when he
went there were his already. The law
provides that discharged convicts be
paid railroad fare back to the county
of their conviction, but as he was con
victed and served his time In Fulton he
could not draw railroad fare. It seems
Bisk came from Florida, and got In
trouble hero. Now he Is far from home
with no way to get bark."
Sisk Is said to have come from an
old Habersham county family that
stood well, his grandfather having been
prominent In that county.
Complete lines of samples,
silverware, cut glassware,
Sheffield plate at wholesale
cost. 94 Whitehall-st. The
Normandy Company, Manu
facturers’ Agents.
GEORGE A. DRIFFIlL.
Another Interesting evidence of tho
growth of tho South, and Atlanta, la
shown hy the volume of business re
ceived by the O. ,E. Conkey Company, of
Cleveland, Ohio, probably the largest
manufacturer of poultry and stock reme
dies In the country.
The Conkey Company has opened an of
fice at 42 Inman Bldg., with their vIco
president, George *A. Drlfflll, os Southern
manager.
From Atlanta will bo distributed their
well known products, and as this*branch
la to be truly Southern In all respects, the
offiro force will be made up of Southern
te T--
partlcuiany imeroiuns, sna-provpi, naaui
very conclusively what a fixed principle,
followed out anal hacked by progressive
advertising will accomplish.
In 1891 G. E. Conkey started to manu
facture Conkey’* roup remedy. His pot.
ley. dependable goods, absolutely guar
anteed. fair treatment and one price to
all alike. Even in these early days Mr.
Conkey foresaw the necessity of getting
away from tho cure-all proposition, and
the Conkey Company became specialists,
carefully studying each disease and cre
ating a remedy for It until now there are
moro than twenty Items In, their poultry
lines. In \hls particular they are plon-
About 1900 J. T. Conkey became asso
ciated with the business as general man
ager. Under the greatly Increased busi
ness foltowfng his advent, the same prin
ciple nnd policy became moro pronounced,
and has never been deviated from. Today
every article rnadn by the Conkey Com-
iny Is sold on tills guarantee:
"Your money back If any Conkey rem
edy ever falls.”
Bach year has shown a very decided In
crease in tho business. Each year some
helpful feature for the retailer has been
added, until Conkcy's co-operation means
much, and Is eagerly sought after by the
At 'the close of their fiscal year tho
Conkey Company call all their 20 sales
men from tho four corners of North
America, and a happy reunion la on, old
friendships are cemented a little closer,
selling Plans discussed, new men lust
starting for tho company are Instructed
how to sell tho goods, but tho strong
point Impressed Is, Conkey s policy and
principles must bo followed, promises
must bo kept, and Conkey character must
show In every tnnn's work.
As In the North and West. Conkey will
employ a number of salesmen, working
from tho Southern office, and they have
engaged George A. Uonlnson. of Mobile.
Ala., as the llrat member of their South
ern selling force.
The Bouth fs showing manyevldences
diversified farming, bu^ln no Instance
„ the promise so bright or moro sure
than In tha poultry buslnes, properly oon-
ducted.
F. E. Chambers, representing the At-
antn branch of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company, la In Atlanta for a few
days on business.
No little attention Is being attracted
hy the new restaurant and lunch room ol
Nathan's bakery.-The place. opimsite
the Candler Bldg., on Peachtree-st.. Is
fitted up In excellent shape and very at
tractive.
'A window display of electrical toys and
_ miniature moving picture machine Is
attracting much attention at the W. E.
Carter Electric Company.
other business
Interests in Macon and Is ono of the Cen
tral City*! HVe ettlxens
FUNERAL NOTICE.
STOKES—The friends of Mias Ethel A.
Stokes. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stokes,
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ulordan, Mr.-and
Mrs. It. M. Stokes, Mr. and Mra. P.
W. Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Smith,
Mr. Henry Stokes and Mrs. Estelle O.
Blltett ere Invited to attend the fu
neral of Mlaa Ethel A. Stokes Thurs-
day morning at 10 o'clock from SL
Anthonys church. West End, Rev.
Father Jackson officiating. Interment
Greenwood cemetery. The following
gentlemen are requested to act as
iiattbearcrs and meet at Greenberg &
Bond Co.'* at * a. m.: Mr. A. McD.
Wilson, Jr.. Sir. Charles Brady, Sir.
Charles Skinner. Mr. Charles Oall-
niard, Sir. Joseph Pendergrast and
Str. Arthur Kline.
WANT ADS
Published by all the Atlanta
papers for the week ending
December 9,1911, six days
to the week:
Georgian ™s° 3,005
Journal 2,138
Constitution 1,351
On yesterday the Atlanta
papers carried Want Ads
as follows:
(jeorgian 589
Journal 391
Constitution 243
THE. GEORGIAN prints no beer,
whisky or unclean advertising.
To rtelp those who are out of a
petition or who deeire a better one,
THE GEORGIAN print* want ad*
under the classification "Situations
Wanted” free. Other classifications
ONE CENT A WORD
Thursday at Rogers’
There’ll be a rush of bus
iness at the Rogers stores
if bargains in most desir
able and seasonable pure
foods mean anything. Look
over the Specials quoted in
this advertisement and give
orders early.
No attempt is made t o
give in this advertisement
an adequate list of tho hun
dreds of extra values that
will be on sale here tomor
row, Every store is crowd
ed with money-saving offer
ings. See them.
Carload New Crop Nuts
TBEWOTEBS UBIOM TSXJEGBAPH OOMPA&Y.
•mOMWMTI*-
MgOOO OFfriCKS IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD*
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fclbib*piii*ipiwd*i*<ehM>o*y>yq|»>*tl*c*PW^t* lotfc*—rllf tUMoii for oompmWbn.andU* Company will aot bold it—If ttabiefr* «mn«
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afw ran—gn f Wad pomp—T Nrn«. ' f ‘ >
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RQIBWT C. CLOWRV, Prtildsnt and Otfitrul Manager. j
L.
al76-ny px 06 nl
. * New York, Dec. 5-11
W. Rogers Co., •
Atlanta, Ga.
We are forwarding tonight's mail bill lading for carload of
new crop nuts shipped by today's steamer, care Central
Railroad, over thirty thousand pounds, one of the largest
single oars we have ever shipped. We take this occasion to
congratulate you on the good business Judgment displayed not
only in buying .the best varieties, but in notifying us to
withhold shipment until such qualities arrived of best nuts.
Business dealings under such conditions can only be a source
of pleasure to all oonoerned, and we thank you for the
opportunity of serving you in this connection.
s R. C. Williams & ,Co.
This great carload shipment of nuts has arrived and the qualities are
the finest that ever came to Atlanta; vet such large buying enables us to
quote the following very low prices:
Tnragona Soft Shell Almonds, pound ... .22c
Paper Shell Almonds, pounds 27c
Thin Shell Pecans, pound 26c
Paper Shell Pecans, pound 60c
Marlmt Walnuts, pound 20c
Grenoble Walnuts, pound 26c
barge Brazil Xuts, pound 20c
Extra largo Brazil Nuts, pound 26c
10 per cent discount on purchases of 10 pounds or more:
Special sale of new crop mixed nuts containing equal quantities of thin shell AI
monels, thin shell Pecans, large Brazil Xuts, Filberts and Marlmt Walnuts; best
quality offered anywhere at the.price; OA*
per pound
10 per cent discount in lots of 10 pounds or more.
Special prices on bag lots-to dealers.
Thursday
sell extra
only we will
fancy quality
Pumpkin Yams
at 19c a peck
Special Sale of Tetley’s
India & Ceylon Teas
20c cans ^ J^40c cans 21c
at only
Finest Florida Oranges
Another Carload Just In
Another carload' of these delicious Florida Citrus Exchange Oranges—the
Bull Bog and Camel brands, which are the finest shipped under the Citrus Ex
change brand and sold in Atlanta only by the Rogers stores.
300 boxes in this car and probably the last shipment of this fine fruit we
can get before Christmas. Good oranges are very scarce. Better place -your
Christmas orders early Thursday.
Extra large size;
128 to box; doxen..
Largo el*e: 150 •
to box; doxen
OEa I Medium xlxe; 178
. WWW I to box; dozen
4/I m I Small xlxe; 318
WWW I to box; dozen
ANY SIZE AT 53.25 PER BOX.
25c
20c
TomatoesPacked byClarke
County Girls Club
At our 109 Peachtree St. store we
have a limited stock of the fine Toma
toes canned by the Clarke County
(Ga.) Girls’ Canning Club.
100 Cans No. 1 f _ 75 Cans No, 7I
3 Size al, Gan. 11C 2 size at, Can • 2L
Fruit Cake Materials Best
Stock In Town
In Glace Fruits, Raisins, Figs, Cur
rants and other fruit cake materials we
have now the largest stocks of finest
qualities we have ever offered—yet our
prices are niost attractively low.
Following on Sale Thursday Only
Walter Baker’s Choco
late:
1-2 pound cake . ,19c
Per pound .... 37c
Walter Baker’s Cocoa:
1-2 pound tin —-21c
Extra quality Grated
Pineapples; No 1
cans 1 .. 10c
No. 2 cans Crushed Pine
apple; best for cakes;
per can 19c
Fresh Cocoanuts; largo,
each 10c; small, each. 5c
Shredded Coeoanut,
package 5c
.Shredded Coeoanut, in
bulk, per pound.... 20c
Rogers* 34 foS Stores