Newspaper Page Text
—
THE 'ATLANTA
A SUMMER NIGHT’S TRAGEDY
WITH A COMIC DENOUEMENT
To two of the little scene It was n
tragedy; to her whose presence of mind
and lawn hose prevented a cataclysm
and earned for her a claim to the Car
negie medal for heroism, and the one
who, from the point of view of a
very much Interested spectator, wit
nessed the whole thing. It was the
funniest bit of extravagant comedy
ever seen on or off the stage.
Here's what happened:
The other night, a young couple were
strolling down one of the beautifully
shaded streets of one of Atlanta’s most
delightful residence sections. It itai
Just after supper; the atmosphere,
iarm nn<! balmy, was aurcharged with
serenity nnd peacefulness. There was
not a nol.e to be heard, aave the oc
casional lyric of the lanler In a grove
or one of the streets most beautiful
yards, nnd the raucous scraping of a
Jack-o’-lantern, drawn along the tiled
aldewalk by a little girl. . ,
The couple were very muchj£ l,0 ^! d
In their conversation. The girl, pos
sibly eighteen, was with her first
sweetheart, agalnat whom no charge
of beard could be preferred. The girl
waa beautiful, her aplrftuelle face be
ing made all the more entrancing by
the filmy white dreas she wore.
They were talking, and were loat to
the world.'
The little girl, pulling along the
gaudy Jack-o'-lantern, drew nearer,
hut the couple wotted not. The little
girl didn’t either. She waa rubbering
across the street, nnd brushed against
the vision In whlta.
Then them waa a flash of flume, a
frightened flutter, and n frenxled. fu-
rloso shriek. The girl's flliny skirt
had caught lira In the rear from the.
Jack-o'-lantern!
Then came the ludldrous rescue. .A
buxom matron, who was sprinkling
the lawn before which the tragedy
look place, calmly turned her hose,oh
the flaming girl, the deluge of cold
water Immediate)’ extinguished the
blaze that’ waa about to consume the
youthful She: , the boy caught a blast
II In th<
.If knock
th# wobbling :
the little
the lmp<
nnd the Jack-o’-
lantem was left, a drowned wreck,
with naught lef( of Ita pristine beau
ty.
The young couple returned to’ the
girl's home, presumably for repairs,
but they were not so absorbed going
back. '
CONGRESS HOLDS TEDDY
FROM OYSTER BAY HOME
ny Private heated WJr». '
Washington, June 21.—President
Roosevelt and, staff hope to get away
from ’Washington for \ Oyster Bay
within a day or two after congress ad
journs. .y „. ‘ / _»
.Practically all preparations have
been mad, to .that end. It is not known
at ,the White 'House, of course, when
'congress will, wind up Its business. If
ft should do ho by next ■ Thursday, as
some hope, the president, will Jeave for
his Oyster Bay.home the Saturday fol
lowing.
DOWMAN-DOZIER MFG. CO.
Manufacturers of
Fire-Proof Windows, Doors, Cornices,
Skylights, Crestings, Finials,
Dixie Ventilators.
Contractors for All Kinds of Sheet
Metal Work.
20-22 Trinity Ave. Both Phones 525.
Our Specialty is dimension lumber
for large buildings,
DAVID T. CROCKETT & CO.
Wholesale Dealers
LUMBER, LATHS AND SHINGLES
605 4th National Bank Bldg:
Phone 202. Atlanta, Ga.
B. L.WILLINGHAM, H. H. TIFT,
President. Vlee-Prss.
W. B. WILLINGHAM,
8ec’y snd Tress.
WILLINGHAM-TIFT
LUMBER COMPANY
Roash snd ’Dressed Lnml>er, Rash, Doors, Blinds, nullders'
Hardware.
'«» Murphy Avenue. Take Kaat Point nr College Park
(hr nnd set off at .tlrt'all'a Crossing op Dee Street. Bell
pbonn K West; Atlanta Phpna 711. ,
C. A. GOUGE.
83 N. Pryor St.
Tin and Sheet Metal Worker,
made of metal, see me.
BELL PHONE 1443.
If it’s
W. R. JONES.
Practical Slate Roofer.
And Dealer in
All Kinds of Roofing Material.
15 Waverly Place.
Atlanta Phone 841.
Bell Phone 8177 L. , P. O. Box Sl«.
Bell Phone SMS J. Atlanta Phono ISM.
FRIDDELL BROS.
Painters, Decorators and Interior Fin
ishers.
Interior Wall Tinting and Painting a
Specialty.
Out of town work given enreful atten
tion. 69 Ivy Street.
MONCRIEF FURNACE CO.
103 S. Forsyth St.
Heating Plans and Estimates Free.
The place to get your furnace. They
install the best for any kind of fuel in
residences, schools and churches.
Both Phones.
All Kinds of Building Material. Get
Prices From
ALEXANDER LUMBER AND MANUFAC
TURING COMPANY.
Factory and Yard*, comer South Pryor and South
ern Railway. Phone 2354. City office, 0 North For
syth. Austell Building. Atlanta phone 400. Bell I0S.
ATLANTA
STRUCTURAL STEEL CO
1020 Fourth National Bank Bldg.
Atlanta, Ga.
lahed on All kind* c
ihlpments from »to
Phones, Hell And Main 4428.
WE SELL MANTELS,
TILES AND GRATES
Cheaper Than Any other Concern.
J. E. HUNNICUTT & CO.
56 Peachtree St.
HUNNICUTT & TURNER.
PLUMBING & HEATING.
Estimates on Short Notice.
105 N. Pryor St.
Phones 1066.
Bell Phone 3505 J. Atlanta Phone 1900.
G W. HAYNES,
Interior and Exterior
HOUSE PAINTER
Wall Tinting and Graining.
Office and Shop 69 1-2 Ivy Street.
ATLANTA. OA.
WILLIAM WILSON.
Cement and Wood Fiber Plaster.
BUILDING SUPPLIES
Sec our .$11.75 Cabinet Mantels with
Grate and Tile.
, 59 S. Forsvth Street.
BOTH PHONES
HAHR-DAVIS LUMBER CO.
PLANING MILL8, OFFICE AND YARDS: 3)3 TO
339 DECATUR STREET.
Rough and Dressed Lumber. 8hlnglei, Laths,
Sash, Doors, Blinds and Builders’ Hardware.
’Our saw mill Interests In Tift County, Oa., af
ford us facilities to give prompt service and at the
lowest prices. Dimension Umbers a specialty.
Both Phonos 3725.
LIME, CEMENT.
Plaster, Sewer Pipe and other Build-*
ers’ Supplies Low prices and quick de
liveries.
SCIPLE SONS.
33 N. Broad St Atlanta.
TOMLINSON & DIDSCHUNEIT,
Contracting Painters.
Out of. Town Work a Specialty.
Bell Phone 1451L. 79 N. Pryor Street.
Atlanta, Georgia.
WOODWARD LUMBER CO.
Hardwood Interior Finish & Mantels,
Doors, Sash & Blinds
Send Your Plans for Estimates.
Atlanta, . Georgia.
WOOD FIBER WALL PLASTER.
The original product, and the only
plaster manufactured in Atlanta. Can
be put on at as low cost as the lower
grade substitutes that have come into
the market. We can readily show this,
so do not be misled.
GEORGIA WOOD FIBER
PLASTER COMPANY.
Whitehall St. & Cent. R. R. Phone 1152.
Dixie
r Tile and'
Cement
Works
TILE WALKS,
CEMENT STEPS
AND FLOORS.
Bell Phone 445 West,
538 Whitehall Street.
GEORGIA ROOFING TILE CO.,
Manufacturers of Cement Roofing Tile.
An Everlasting Roof.
Bell Phone 3764. 5 S. Broad St.
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
ACTIVELHT WORK
SUPERINTENDENT RICHARD8 IS
SUES STATEMENT TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE 8TATE.
, HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORT8. HOTELS AND SUMMER RE3QRT8. HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS
WHERE TO SPEND THE SOMMER
The Anti-Saloon League of Georgia
expects to carry the fight for prohibi
tion before the voters of the state nt
an election to be held next year,
statement has been given to the preax
by Superintendent G. B. Richards, In
which he tella of the work of the league
and what It hopes to accomplish In the
near future.
A call lx made to the citizens of-the
state to rally to the support of the of
ficials of the league In their fight
agalnat the liquor traffic In Georgia.
The officers of the league are: Judge
W. R. Hammond, attorney, Atlanta,
president; Will D. Upshaw, editor of
The Golden Age. Atlanta, flrxt vice
president; Rev. A. W. Qullllan, pastor,
Thomson, second vice president: Rev.
J. L. White, pastor. Macon, third vice
>re«ldent; Rev. A. C. Ward, poator, At
anta, secretary; Hon. J. N. McEach
ern. Insurance, Atlanta, treasurer
Rev. J. C. Solomon, A.M., state super
Intendent; J. B. Richards, district su
perlntendenl.
The state board Is composed of the
following gentlemen: Rev. A. R. Hol-
derby, pastor. Atlanta: Rev. J. W.
Millard, pastor, Atlanta: Hon. James
L. Mayxon, city attorney, Atlanta; Mr.
Charles Holt, tailor, Atlanta: Rev.
Sparks W. Melton, oastor, Augusta
Hon. G. J. Peacock, merchant, Colum
bus; Hon. Seaborn Wright, attorney,
Rome; Rev. A. J. Hughes, paator, Mor
gan; Rev. Frank E. Jenkins, pastor,
Atlanta: Hon. W. Woods White, Insur
ance, Atlanta.
NDICTED THE RICH
ON BOODLE CHARGE
Cincinnati, June 23.—Henyr Burk
holdt, former cashier of the Franklin
Bank, waa Friday noon Indicted for ob
taining money under false pretenses as
a result of the Investigation Into tha
city coal contracts by tha Hamilton
county grand Jury.
Rudolph H. Bleybolte, millionaire
vice president of the Marmet Coal
Company, waa Indicted on the same
charge. William ’ Marmet, connected
with the Marmet Coal Company, waa
charged by the grand Jury with per
jury In an Indictment returned agalnat
him. Thb Marget Coal Company and
the Luhrlg Coal Company as corpora
tions, were Indicted for violating tha
Valentine anti-trust law. It la not
known what bearing this charge has
on the city coal contracts.
An Indictment on the charge of be
ing Interested In public contracts was
returned against E.P. Crltchell, for
mer superintendent of city parks of
Cincinnati. It waa charged by the
Drake Investigators recently that
Crltchell (old to Forest City plants,
which he, as superintendent, had in
his charge.
RAILROAD NOTES.
new line of railroad from Nash
ville. Tenn., through Huntsville, Ala.,
with diverging lines via Birmingham to
Pensacola, Fla., and via Anniston and
Talladega to Pensacola, Atlanta and
the East, thereby making one of tha
moat Important railroad systems In the
South, le the possibility of the next
tew weeks, and local railroaders are
taking considerable Interest In the re
ports which are coming from the ecene
of action.
meeting at Nashville on Fri
day afternoon a trade was made
whereby the building of the proposed
road Is said to be assured.
The general Idea of the new road la
riot a new one, and a company waa
recently formed for the promotion of
the Idea, J. H. Connor being made
president. On Friday, however, It was
announced that President Connor dis
posed of the road to New York capital
ists, and he and the old directors of
the company will retire, although the
new dwnera will have their co-opera
tion and hearty support In the build
ing of the road that will connect Nash
ville by a direct route to tha Bir
mingham district, and thence to At
lanta and the coast.
Mr. Connor Is authority for the state
ment that the new purchasers have
agreed to complete the road within
fourteen months, and that already the
second division of the line Is nearing
completion, the American Railway
Construction Company having charge
of the work and having progressed
rapidly. This company also has tha
contract for tha building of the second
aectlon of the road, which connects
Huntsville with Nashville.' and work
on that division la to begin next
From Huntsville, Ala., the road la to
continue south, and will cross the Ten
nessee river at either Point Deposit,
Neeman’s Ferry or Whtteaburg. Cross
ing Sane Mountain the route will -be
through Anniston, Talladega, Mont
and ao on to the gulf.
... ..jcusalng the sale Mr. Connor
has stated that negotiations for the
sale had been pending with the New
York people for some time, and while It
hod been regarded as a sure thing, tha
Eastern capitalists had held brick on
account of the price.
A study of the map shows that a
road from Huntsville, via Anniston, to
through the counties of
Montgomery, through the counties of
Madison. Etowah. Calhoun and Clay,
would traverse the moat attractive
Held In the entire South for a new
railroad enterprise.. By diverging a
little from the line aa already planned,
and It Is said the matter la being con
sidered. the line would traverse a aec
tlon of western Georgia enormously
rich In agricultural, mineral and tim
bered properties It la quite probable
that Georgia railroad Interests will be
affected by the new line.
Chief Clerk Higgins, of the offices
of the West Point road at# the terminal
station, Is enjoying a leave of absence.
r esident Charles A. Wlckersham. of
Atlanta Terminal Company, has
returned from a tour of Inspection over
the line between thla city and Mont
gomery.
The office of Chief Architect Philip
E. Robinson, of th# Southern railway,
will be located In Savannah. Mr. Rob-
Inaon was formerly connected with the
Big Four as chief architect, with head
quarters at Cincinnati. Thla will be a
new departure for tha Southern rail
way. heretofore Ita contract work hav
ing been let on a contract basis
Joseph Stettenkamp, who has been
central passenger agent of the Louis
ville and Nashville lines, has resigned
and will become recruiting agent In
the Panama canal commission's ser
vice. Hla duty will be to secure flrat-
class artisans to go to Panama to work
HOTEL GATES
“THELAND
OF THE SKY.”
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C.
Something about this new hotel—It is five stories high,
has 138 sleeping rooms; its floor space is 200,000 square feet.
The verandas are 300 feet long, 20 feet wide; the dining room
45x65 feet, ball room 45x60, main lobby 50x50, guests’ waiting
rooms 28x30 feet, main parlor 25x40, besides on each floor a
parlor 20x30. The fittings and furnishings are the best that
could be found in the markets of the North and South. There
are 750 electric lights. The orchestra engaged for the season
is the Quaker City, of Philadelphia, Pa., famous at Atlantic
City and other noted watering places. The hotel has its own
laundry and ice plant. Each room has the hotel and long
distance phone connections. For further information write
for booklet, rates, etc., to
A. A. GATES. PROP.
HEARD ON AN OPEN OAR;
THE IMPERTURBABLE MAN
Continued from Pago One, 2d Section.
common people In thla here town.'
Young woman with peek-a-boo
waist: "Ain’t Fred a conductor on thla
lino 7"
Her friends: "No, he Is,working for
an auto garaah. Sex he lx goln' to
take us riding. Won't that be •well?"
Fat man: "I want that transfer.
Think I am going to pay 'nuttier fare?'
Thin woman: ‘‘Goodness! I thought
thht horrid man had gone."
Fat man: "No, madam. I have not
gone, and I am not goln' till I get that
transfer. What do 1 care for a nlckle?
There (throws four pennies and
dime In the street)."
Hum of awe and surprise through
the car.
Small boy: "Kldo, there's goln' to be
light. Gee whllllklns, I’m glad I'm on
thla car."
Fat woman with bundles: "I think It
_ ahame for a man to lose hla' head.
That money la wasted, when It might
have been given to charity."
~m Just atandlni
Fat man: "I'm Just standing out for
my rights. I'll be blanked If any trust
shall rob me. People who let theae
conductors run over them are the ones
that's encouraging the packers and
Rockefellers and ‘s' a outrage, 's' what
la.”
Dlrty-fared man: “Watt till my can
dldate la elected. The common people
will get their rights. Kick fer your
transfer, old man."
Wan-faced one: "Curse the trusts.'
Frit man: “Gimme my transfer."
Conductor (flrmly): "Can't do It"
Fat man: "Won't, heyr (Pulls reg
later lever violently, ringing up a dol
lar In fares) "There. I guess that'll
llx the blank fool."
Conductor: "Pay ma those fares.
Won’t, hey? Bmtllklns.”
Motorman stops car and cornea run
ning back with brass controller raised
over hla head. Male passengers take
fat man's part. Police appear. Wo
men get excited and talk about the
danger In riding on street care Increas
ing. Verbal riot after which fat man
pays fares he rung up and conductor
gives him hla transfer.
Dirty-faced man: “This country's
getting worse 'n Ruaahur. I'll be glad
when Mike le elected to the legislature.
He says ha la going to put n stop to
It all
Car proceeds on Ita way, conductor
smiling nnd perturbed but little.
on the canal for the government
Electric fans will be used to keep
ool the passenger cure of the Louis
ville end Nashville Limited out of New
Orleans thla summer. This splendid
train la composed - entirely of Puli-
“EVERYBODY WORKS IN BROOKLYN;”
NEW SONG FOLLOWS CRUSADE
"Everybody works in Brooklyn" la
the title of a unique verse, a parody
on “Everybody Work* But Father,”
composed by R. S. Morrison, of 20
Rock street, following the crusade
agalnat loafers In that celebrated sec
tion of Marietta street by Officer Zach
Rowan and hla corps of plain clothe*
officers.
The plain clothes officers recently
made a tour through “Brooklyn” end
put a good slsed gang of loafers on the
run. Morrison, noting the good ef
fects of the crusade, wrote his verss
and dedicated It to Officer Rowan.
The following Is Morrison's Idea of
the crusade:
"Everybody Works In Brooklyn."
Everybody loafs In Brooklyn,
That's what they used to aay:
But a man by the name of Rowan
Has got things going his way;
He passes through the bar rooms
TELEPHONE.
VISITS
Talks over the telephone with friends at
home or far away are practically the same
. as personal visits. The home equipped with
fl. Bell telephone can enjoy this pleasure.
With extension sets you can talk from up
stairs or downstairs.
Bell Service Is Satisfactory.
The Rates Are Reasonable.
. Call Contract Department, Main 1300.
Southern bell Telephone
and Telegraph Co.