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IS BEGUN By CITY
EARLY SATURDAY
Upward of *00 restaurant*, eating
houses and lunch rooms will be closed
by October 1. The rattle of the war
drum :ia* been sounded and the eam-
pHtgtj against these - "dives” now oper
ating under city licenses has been
smrted in earnest.
The Roberts ordinance placing
mictions around all restaurants and I
eating houses was passed at the laat|
session Of council.
Saturday morning License Inspectors!
It. A. Ewing and II. O. Kayes com-
m< need delivering notices to the pieces
under Are. These notice* are In the
i o n of petitions to council and will
have to be signed and returned before
:/.• last of September. They will then
be referred to the police committee,
which will Investigate the location anal
csMur the reports of the Inspectors as I
to the.general character of the places.
The petitions will then be referred
bn.k to council and passed or turned
down.
Inspector Ewing said Saturday:
"Nearly every restaurant and lunch
h "iso In Decatur street will receive a
cross mark, and If the ordinance Is
enforced wilt be put out of business.”
Inspector Hayes said:
The lunch houses and ‘dlvea’ on Pe
tal* stmat are even worse than those
on Decatur. They will also be closed
NEGRO’S WILD ORATORY
I MADE MERCHANTS FEA R
RACE WAR MIGHT COME
Street Preacher Was
Trying to Excite
Blacks.
V’ouncllman C. M. Roberts, author of
ihf ordinance, .which was drafted the
ft ret of last month, said Saturday:
"The purpose of the ordinance Is to
put an end to all this vagrancy. The
negro** go Into these restaurants and
there light and drink. Most of the
amaller «ne« are located next to sa
loons end are need by women who are
not allowed to go to tbe bant. These
•dives' have caused more trouble than
anything else In Decatur, Ivy and Pe
ter* etreets."
The ordinance places around the
restaurants and lunch rooms restrlc.
tions almost as strict as those around
the saloons. Proper iiermlssltm from
the adjoining neighbors must be ob
mined, the restaurant must not be lo
rate,i next to a saloon and the owner
moM be of good repute so tar as hts
r< i ord in running such places Is con
cemed.
There are In Atlanta *60 restaurants,
rating bouses and lunch rooms. Out
of this large number only ten come
under the head of restaurant. These
tmd ihe better class of. rating houses
Will m.t Be Interfered with by the or
dlnancc.
t.'nunrllman Roberts stated Saturday
that the ordinance would tend to help
the cltv's health to a great degree aa
the lunch moms were selling stuff not
rn to eat. Especially was this true of
i lie Decatur and Peters street places,
he said.
EXTENSION OF STATE
ROAD MAY BE NEAR
Steed, of Carroll, and Alex
ander Will Both Intro
duce Bills For It.
Senator-elect E. T. Steed, of Carroll,
will Introduce a bill to extend the state
mad to the sea on the first day of the
fusion of the next senate.
He made that statement at the cop
Itol Saturday morning. He will also
reintroduce and press to psesage his
bill to elect the county school commis
sioners by the people of their respective
• "unties, just as tb* other county of.
llcer* are.
Senator Steed will represent the
Thirty-seventh senatorial district In
the senate. He I* the only candidate
for president pro tern of that body.
For the past two term* .he represented
Canoll In the house.
After attending to some business at
tb* capital, Henator-olect Steed at
tended the Sacred Harp convention,
which opened It* three days' session
Saturday at the Broughton Tabernacle.
In speaking of the extension of the
Western anu Atlantic, Senator Steed
sal«f that lie would advocate making a
direct appropriation for the common
echooIs. taking part of the convicts lo
put upon the extension and diverting
th* rental of this road to this work.
Aa the fertiliser fees will now go to
the district colleges, being diverted
from the school fund, he thinks It
• lually advisable to withdraw this half
"f ihi rental of the Western and At
lantic from the school fund to aid lit
thin extension, supplying this detlclt In
tin- school fund with a direct appro
priation from the state treasury.
It Is also understood that Hon. Hoop
er Alexander, of DeKatb, will again
offer his bill for the same purpose In
the next house, and the passage of
one or the other of thee* measures
see me now more assured than at any
previous time In the history of state
legislation.
Deaths and Funerals.
Catherine Bailey.
Catherine Halley, 6 months old. died
of typhoid fever at 28 Lampktn street.
Funeral services will be held at Poole’s
chapel at 10 o'clock Sunday morning,
and Interment will be at Weetvlrw.
Mrs. J. 8. Msgs*.
Mrs. J. S. Megee, 74 years old, died
of Inltusnxa at 390 Gordon street. Fu
neral aervlces will be held at the resi
dence at * o'clock Saturday night, and
tho body will be carried to Daltun. Ga..
for Interment Sunday morning.
Mrs. Augusta Ltamon.
Mrs. Augusta Leamon died at a pri
vate sanitarium Thursday ntght. The
funeral services were held at the
residence, 264 Glenwood avenue, at
4:10 o’clock Saturday afternoon, and
Interment wn# at Westvlew.
Joseph A. Scott.
Funeral services of Joseph A. Scott,
who died Thursday night at his resi
dence at Howell's Station, were held at
the residence at 111 o'clock Saturday
morning. The Interment was at Hol
lywood.
Mrs. 8. W. Copeland.
Mrs. 8. W. Copeland. 62 yean old.
•died at 12; to O'clock Saturday at a
jirtvate sanitarium. The body was car
ried to Gainesville, Ga., for funeral
service* and Interment at 4 o'clock
Saturday afternoon.
Fearing that the eloquent phrases of
J. B. Williams, a negro and a leader
among his race, would cause a race
war, a number of the Peters street
merchants have petitioned Mayor
Woodward to revoke the permit grant
ed the radical.
Mayor Woodward notified the police
Saturday to take In the license at the
first opportunity.
The petition was signed by J.
Mayson, of the Maysoa Furniture Com
pany: Campbell & Poole, 1(1 Peters
street; J. B. Williams, the Reid Dry
Good* Company. 166-176 Peters street:
the Banknlght Furniture Company, 166
Peters street, and others.
It Is stated that Williams, who re
ceived hi* permit from the mayor by
representing himself as a minister, se
lected such texts as "The White Man's
Crime," "The Lynching Question," "The
Rigid of the Negro" and others equally
sensational.
It Is further stated that hi* eloquence
would arouse the members of his race,
who crowded around, to dangerous
heights and that trouble of serious na
ture would result If the preaching was
not stopped.
Mayor Woodward when he heard
about the case derlared that he was
going to put a stop to most of the street
preaching. “After this 1 will not Issue
permits to any other street preacher*
nnless i know they are really worthy,"
said he. "I am going to call In nearly
every one that Is out and make the
negroes go to work. They are not do
ing any good, but are only exciting
other negroes and taking their earn
ings."
Williams dropped Into the fiiayoris
olfice at an early hour and seemed to
have been severed from all his sealous
eloquence against the white man. "I’m
a good nigger and want to do what’s
right,” he said.
”1 do Inside work," he replied when
some one offered him a Job of sawing
wood.
FUBNIM TICKETS
Name Will Not Appear on
Regular Democratic
Ticket.
"B. a. McLendon, Democrat; T. C.
Crenehajv.”
That Is the way the election blanks
to be eent out to the various precincts
by Secretary of State Cook read for
railroad commissioner.
The Socialists have no candidate for
railroad commissioner, os they nomi
nated their state ticket before the
legislature passed th* law making
these officers elective by the people.
Candidate Crenshaw through a per
sonal representative wanted Secretary
Cook to place his name on the Demo
cratic ticket.
Becrelary Cook returned him word
that he had no authority over that
matter, as these tickets were printed
and sent nut by the state Democratic
executive commltee.
It will be seen, then, that Colonel
Crenshaw will have to provide his own
tickets, reprinting the names of the
other nominees with his name sand
wiched In for railroad commissioner.
Hie name Is on the ticket only where
the Australian ballot system prevails.
Friends of Candidate Crenshaw at
the eapltol Saturday were making the
contention that Nominee McLendon
bolted the national Democratic ticket
In 1896 and 1909, voting for Palmer anil
Buckner In th# former campaign, and
for McKinley and Roosevelt in the lat
ter.
If this fight Is carried to the hust
ings In the next three and a half weeks,
the contest tor railroad commissioner
will assume more Importance than was
attached to Mr. Crenshaw's meteoric
announcement when first made.
O AND HIS JOB KEEPS HIM
O GUESSING ALL THE TIME. O
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O Saturday temperatures:
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BURTON WINS FIGHT
ING.O. P. CONVENTION
Cleveland. Ohio, Sept. 8.—Congreaeman Burton won the first fight In
the Republican county convention Saturday when Francis W. Treadway,
his candidate for chairman, was elected to that office by cn overwhelming
majority over William M. Bayle, the candidate of th# Dlck-Foraker forcea.
WILL BE PUBLIC
Special to The Georgian.
Cleveland, Ga, Sept. 8.—Bob Moore,
the negro who assaulted the little 7-
year-old daughter of J. C. Hood, form
er tux collector of White county, will
bo hanged on Monday, September 10.
Everything la In readiness for th#
hanging. It Is stated that the execu
tion will be In public. There le a uni
versal demand for a public hanging.
Hundreds of people from the surround
ing counties .of Hall, Habersham, Ra
bun, Town*. Union and Lumpkin will
come to (Cleveland on that day. This
crime was committed on August 17, the
negro arrested on Saturday, August
18 und tried on Monday, August 20.
This I* about aa speedy a trial and
execution as can be had under the
Genrgtu laws, n* twenty days must
elapse between the sentence and the
hanging.
ATLANTIC COMPRESS
TAKES LAND OVER
CANDIDATES .TALK'
OFCOURTOFAPPEALS
There we# filed In the office Superior
Court Clerk Broyles on Saturday morn
lag for record a warranty deed from
the Capitol Compress Company to the
Atlantic Compress Company for nlot of
land lying on the corner of Pearl street
and the right of way of the Georgia
railroad. The consideration named wee
178,000. The date of the paper was
August 31, 1806.
At the same time was filed a deed of
trust from the Atlantic Compress Com
pany to the Savannah Trust Company,
conveying to them not only the above
mentioned lot, but aleo lots in Savan
nah. Macon, Cordete, Thomasvllle and
Montgomery, Ala., to be security for a
bond Issue of It,000,000 S per cent 20-
year gold bonds. The deed of trust was
signed by C. C. Hanson, president of
the Atlantic Compress Company.
The funds realised from this bond
Issue will be utilised In the Immense
Improvements which the compress
company expictn to make soon, and
when these are completed the facili
ties of tho Atlantic Compress Compa
ny will probably be greater than those
of any other company of the kind In
existence. As told In The Georgian
some time ago, a large amount of this
money will be expended In Atlanta,
making this one of the largest spot cot
ton markets In the country.
REPORT Of CLEARINGS
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
Atlanta's steady Increase In business
Is clearly Indicated by the clearing
house report for the week. Issued Sat
urday morning. The Increase for the
past week over the corresponding week
last year Is something over $600,000.
The figures are a* follow*:
- ' .1 701,740.33
Saturday
Corresponding day last
year ..
This xyeelf .. ,'
Corresponding week last
year
“The king of France marched his
army up the hill and then marched
down again.”
And that was what the convention of
candidates for the proposed court of
appeals did at at state eapltol Wed
nesday.
After an hour’a informal discussion
among themselves, they reached the
conclusion that It would be entirely Im
proper tor them to make any sugges
tion to the state Democratic executive
committee and adjourned without tak
ing any notion whatever.
There were Just fourteen candidates,
active and prospective, present. Thera
were only "It" at first, but Judge Fos
ter came In and broke the unlucky
spell.
Tho session woe held In the supreme
court library shortly after the noon
hour Saturday and adjourned after an
hour's Informal talk among the lawyers
present. Judge 1. M. Roberts, of East
man, was chairman and Logan Bleck
ley. secretary.
Those present were: David M. Rob
erts, Eastman; Bartow 8. Willingham.
Forsyth: P. P. Proffitt, Elberton; Ar
thur O. Powell, Blakeley; T. J. ehap-
pell, Columbua; W. R. Hammond. At
lanta; T. F. Greene, Athens; C. G.
Janes, Cednrtnwn; Frank Harwell. La-
Grange; E. P. Davis, Warrenton; H. C.
Peeples, Atlanta; B. H. Hill, Atlanta;
W. M. Henry, Rome; P. C. Foster,
Madison.
A letter from Chairman A. L. Miller,
of the etate Democratic executive com
mittee, to laigan Bleckley waa read to
the meeting, stating that It was Impos-
rtble for him to attend, but that he
would with pleasure submit any sug
gestion they might make to the meet
ing of the state committee when they
met next Wednesday.
Three plans for naming these judges
will probably be considered by the com
mittee next Wednesday, as follows;
1. To nominate three candidates at
th* October election to be voted for at
the November election, a separate box
to be put at each polling place In the
J,700 districts In the state.
3. To call a primary election some
time during October.
3. To let the candidates run It out in
scrub race at the November elec
tion.
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TO CONVINCE WORLD
PASSES ARE SAFE TO'
HARBOR ENTRANCE
Special to The Georgina.
New Orleans, Sept 8.—New Orleans
Is determined to show to the world that
the passes at th* mouth of the Mis
sissippi river forming the entrance to
the harbor are perfectly safe to all
navigation. Business men of the city
through the Progressive Union today
made a formal request upon Secretary
of the Navy Bonaparte asking the ap
pointment of a commission of com
petent engineers to investigate and re
port upon the depth of the water. This
step Is actuated by a report coming
from Washington that the bureau of
navigation objects to sending the new
battleship Louisiana here to receive the
silver service that the citizens of this
state have contracted for to present the
state's namesake on the ground that It
I* dangerous to tend the big ship
through the shallow passes. . The rec
ords show th* fear* of this character
to be groundless. Every congressman
and senator In the Mississippi valley
has been asked te assist In securing
this commission.
BAD MEAT CAUSES
DEATH OF I, B. BIN
Meal in Local Restaurant
Results in Ptomaine
Poisoning.
SEVERAL MAY RUN
FOR WATER BOARD
n. Hlx, one of tho proprietor* of the
Kitdlura Kprlng Writer Company, died nt
Orftdy boapltn) nt fl:30 n'cJtU’k Pridfiy morn*
In? front ptomaine poisoning, which be
hnd nnld reunited front eating tainted
moot in n rextanrmit in Atlanta last Mon*
day afternoon.
Hlx. who lived at HtorkhrJd**, Ga.. had
Just mine to Atlanta on aome buxine**, and
atopped to get a lunch nt the reataurnnt.
He called the attention of the manager to
the condition of the meat, hut 1he latter
pretexted tlint It wax good, Monday night
while at tie* rexldenm of h«« partner. J.
It. Collins. Hlx wax taken violently ill.
nud declared be wax potaened by the meat.
Hlx hnd nt one time taken two .year*
of a medical count, and ao waa able to
dlngnoac hlx own cnao. Tldx rifnguiwfa
wax borne out by the pliyalclan who at*
tended him. 'lie wax taken to Hrady boa-
pltal on Thuraday and died there Friday
morning, after Buffering Intcnxo pain.
The frteiulx of Mr. Hlx decline to give
the unuie of the reataurnnt where he wax
(Mdxmied. aa they abate they intend to prea-
ccnte the proprietor aa soon aa they can
get aufflclont evidence.
The dcccaxcd fa anrvlved by a wife and
three children. Tho l»ody waa carried to
tlnlncxvltle, tia.. for funeral aervtcea ntid
Interment at 4:» o'clock Saturday after*
noon.
STOLElisowFcow,
COUNTY POLICE SAY
News Forecast of the Coming Week
Washington, D. C., Sept 8.—Though there will be no Bryan home
coming to enliven things, the coming week wlU not be entirely barren
of political Interest.
On Tuesday the Independence League is called to meet In convention
In New York city to name William R. Hunt for governor of Nr
York.
The same day the Republicans of Ohio will assemble In state con
vention at Dayton to name candidates for the state offices to be filled
at the November election. The Indications are that Roosevelt Is to be
the Issue of the convention. It Is believed that Senators Foraker and
Dfck are inclined to prevent the convention indorsing the president In
too strong terms.' On the other hand the president's followers have taken
up the gauge of battle and insist that the president be approved In plain
language.
On Tuesday the Democrats of Connecticut are to hold their conven
tion. Mayor Charles F. Thayer, of Norwich, appears to be the leading
candidate for the gubernatorial nomination. The convention wlU Indorse
Bryan for the presidency.
Republicans of Colorado will meet In Denver to name a state ticket
Still another event of political Interest will be the election in Maine
on Monday. So far as the state ticket Is concerned, the election of the
Republican candidates Is, of course, assured. Principal Interest centers
In the result of Congressman Littlefield's fight for re-election in the
Second district, where President Gompert, of the American Federation of
Lub'ir, IiMH be»*n making hot speeches against him. The result <»f the
congressional contests in Maine will be generally regarded as some indi
cation of the way the congressional election* throughout the country
will go Jn. November.
An event of next Friday that undoubtedly will attract the attention
of the country wlU be the unveiling of the McKinley memorial at Co
lumbus. Ohio. Mrs. Nicholas Dong worth has accepted an Invitation to
unveil the statue and the principal addresses will be delivered by Judge
Day, of the supreme court, and Senator Daniel, of Virginia.
The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, successor to the
New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, will hold a two-days'
meeting at Lake Champlain.
Another meeting of general Interest will be the annual convention of
the National Prison Association, which la to assemble at Albany, N. Y.
the last of the week.
Interest Jn naval circles will center In the graduation exercise* at the
Annapolis Academy next Wednesday. The embryo admirals will receive
their diplomas from the hands of Secretary Bonaparte.
THIRTY-FIVE BOYS ARE RELEASED
FROM THE WARD OF PROBATION
AFTER PROMISING TO BE BETTER
Thirty-five boys of varying ages and
color who have for months felt the
cords of the law binding their move
ments, were aet at liberty Saturday
morning after having proven their In
tention of reforming. The walls of the
court room at tha police station which
have heard so many tales ot violence
and crime, echoed only the recital of
Juvenile troubles Saturday and word*
of good cheer end commendation came
frinn the bench instead of stern sen
tences for malefactors.
The efficiency of Probation Officer
Qloer and the probation system was
fully proven when the history of the
probation boys was read. It showed
that boys may be led by kindness Into
a reform which no harsh Imprisonment
can bring about, that Instead of being
trained Into professional criminals by
confinement with evil characters they
may be brought to a sense of their own
mistakes and led Into making a new
beginning.
On one side of the court room sat the
probation boy* while on the other were
their parents and a number of ladles of
the various charitable and religious or
ganizations who have been Interested
n the work. Probation Ofilcer Gloer,
the official who has proven himself the
boys' friend and whom they have learn
ed to trust Instead of fear, read the
list of those who had shown Improve
ment and were ready to be dismissed.
Recorder Nash Broyles gave each boy
a word or two of kindly commendation
with advice to continue to be good.
Under ths probation system a Juve
nile offender Is not confined with com.
mon criminals or sent to the stockade
to serve a sentence. He Is turned over
to the probation officer, who takes his
address and requires him to make a
weekly report os to hi* Habits. No pro
bation boy I* permitted to remain idle.
He must go to school or work. Every
week they call at the office of the offi
cer and report that they have - been
working all the week and are behaving
themselves. And moat of them tell the
truth. If a probation boy I* arrested
the second time sterner measures are
used and he may be eent to the re
formatory It the circumstances war
rant tt.
The boys ranged from 10 to 14 years,
most of them bright looking little fel
lows. Their crimes varied from theft
to throwing rock* on the street. Four
negro boys were on the llet white one
Chinaman answered the roll when hie
son's name waa called.
Chines* Bey Goes to Celestial Home.
George Lee, a young Chinese boy,
was arrested nearly a year ago for ear.
rylng a pistol. His father, Sam Sing
T<ee, asked permission a tew months
ago to send the boy back to China
school, and this waa granted. Sam
Sing Lee thanked the judge and the
ofdcer smilingly when they scratched
hi* boy's name from their HsL
Mr. Gloer's report showed that nearly
every boy waa hard at work and was
being good. They were called up one
by one before Judge Broyles and their
history recited briefly. Some were
smiling, some were almost crying, but
not one seemed to be afraid of Officer
Gloer, and he talked to each of them
as to an old friend.
When Judge Broyles announced that
the boys would be freed from proba
tion, he made a short address, In which
he dwelt on the evils of cigarette smok
ing and paid especial attention to tjic
Star theater and Its reputation as
resort unfit to visit.
"How many of you smoke cigar,
ettei?" asked the judge. "Be honest
now."
Five hands went up. There were
several faces which looked ashamed.
"How many of you go to the Star
theater?" asked Judge Broyles. Only
one hand was raised.
"Those are two bad habits," contin
ued the Judge, "but going to the Star
la the worst. No decent woman ever
goes there and no boy should go where
he would be ashamed to see his moth
er. Keep away from the Star, my sons,
"Don't Smokt Cigarettes."
■And don't smoko cigarettes. They
will ruin you. I'd like all of you to
promise me that you won't smoke any
more of them.”
Several hands remained down on this
proposition and one or two of the boys
refrained from making any promises
about the Star theater, but most of
them appeared willing to try their best.
Probation Officer Gloer made a short
talk.
'We have been honest with you,
boys," he said, “and we want you to
be honest with us. The judge wants
to see you do right and so do I. It
would hurt either of us dreadfully to
have any of you be arrested again.
And don't any of you rorget that your
mother Is the best friend you ever had
or ever will have, and don't do any
thing that will bring tears to her eyes.
You may go now, and goodby.”
"Court Is adjourned,” cried Clerk
Preston. There were few dry eye* In
the. court room as boys and pa
rents filed out of the big doors.
CITY’S RATE OF INTEREST
IS LOWER THAN GOTHAM’S
Although many rumor* are afloat aa
to new candidates to All the vacancy
In the water board and the vacancy
In the water department, nothing new
ha* turned up on either aide of tha fac
tional light for the secretaryship or the
commtsalonershlp.
M. M. Turner, Mark CoiUer, Dr. E. C.
Murphey and others have been spoken
of as probable successor* to J. \V. Kll-
K trick. aside from M. M. Welch and
vld W. Yarbrough.
So far It looks as If the commission-
ership would go to the master plumber.
Aside from his strong support In the
Fourth, the master plumbers of the
Ity have signed a petition asking
ouncil that he be elected.
was stated Saturday that the
Fourth ward Intended calling a meeting
to name Mr. Yarbrough as their can-
tsttfcui
M4M82.SI I dtdate* and also to thank Mayor Wood*
I ward for making Impossible the elec-
3,049,879.82 1 tion at tbe last session of council.
According to the County police, J,
or Bber Kohols, who tried to commit xul
ctde Friday when he had !»een arrested for
horse stenting, I* sn old band at the trasl*
ness, but linx heretofore managed to keep
out of Jail. It la said that at one time be
wna out of money aud wished to sell hi*
now. but bis wife wouldn’t let him. He
needed the money too bud. however, to let
xtirh n little thing deter him, nnd. so the
story goes, stole his own eow during the
night.
Ill* effort to cut his thront Friday put
him In condition to 1h* sent to the hospital,
hut there It Is astd that his life fa In no
danger and that he U recovering antlsfao*
torily.
POLK'S INJUNCTION
DENIED BY COURT
Jwtga J. T. Pendleton Rntnnl.j denied
XV. K. Polk, Jr., she operate* th. electric
llsht plant nt Kant Point, an Injunction
■ gainst the Atlanta Telephone and Tele
graph Company ami maaotred tho tempo
rary retraining order recently granted
keeping the telephone |>eople from erecting
polen lietwecu the electric light wire*. The
defendant, .bowel to tbe .all,faction of
the i-ourt that they were acting within their
right, and the denial of the lujuneihsi re-
•oiled
Ahont twenty other petition, for pernio
nent Injunction, were wt for ItatnriUy, bttt
will not be ihpowil ot for about * week.
"The per cent of Interest on the bonds for several million dollars on
greater part of Atlanta's debt Is small
er then that of New York city, which
Is remarkable," said Starke M. Gro
gan, statistician for the United States
department of commerce and labor,
Snturday morning.
Mr. Grogan, who Is getting up the
figures for the department's annual re
port, checked up the debt this morn
ing and was both surprised and en
thusiastic over this feature.
"New York city has recently Issued
which she will pay over 4 per etnt. At
lanta has out 33,200,008 with an aver
age of 4 per cent."
The total debt on Atlanta Is only
$3,600,000, and, although there Is about
$300,000 drawing a larger per cent,
this Is on bonds Issued many years
back.
"The rate ot Interest paid by cities
Is usually much higher than that given
by Atlanta. The small Interest shows
that the city Is on an exceptionally
sound foundation,"
BUND CANDIDATE OSBORNE
IS RELEASED FROM STOCKADE
J. B. Osborne, the blind Socialist
candidate for governor who was ar
rested several days ago and placed In
the city stockade, has been released
under the condition that he will not
expound his views on the public thor
oughfares. The release* was signed by
Mayor Woodward Saturday morning.
Councilman Walter A. Taylor, who
was acting recorder when Osborne was
tried and sentenced to 30 days In the
city stockade, communicated with the
mayor and asked that the release be
signed.
It was claimed, through Attorney H.
M. Patty, representing O*home's broth
er, that the Socialist was unable to pay
the fine and that the brother, who is
a poor farmer, would have to stand the
cost. ,
The proviso to* the pardon Is rigid.
The mayor atates that everything will
be done to keep street speaker, from
blocking the thoroughfares.
FORGOT TO OPEN COURT
HOUSE FOR SOCIALISTS.
"I Just forgot that they hod request
ed permission to meet at the court
house," explained Clerk Henry W.
Wood, of the county commlsloners. In
regard to a Socialist meeting which
as not held Friday evening. The So-
lallsts had arranged to hold a meeting
to protest against the incarceration of
their blind leader and gubernatorial
candidate, J. B. Osborne, tor speaking
on the street without a license.
They gathered at the court house
Friday evening with the Intention of
holding their meeting In one of the
court rooms. But the watchman
wouldn’t let them In because he hod
not been told to. Mr. Wood had failed
to give him instructions to permit the
meeting.
And now the Socialists are complain
ing that they were discriminated
against because people Insist on asso
ciating Socialism with anarchy. The
Socialists had made preparations to
hold the meeting and had distributed
hand bills over tbe city announcing Its
object.
After waiting and talking the matter
over (or about half an hour, the little
group which hod gathered broke up
with the Idea that they had been dis
criminated against and neglected. Mr.
Wood said this morning, however, that
It was simply a cash of forgetting and
hts action was In no way meant as a
alight.
Mr. Reynolds Changes Position.
Special In The Georgian.
Dalton, Ga, SopL 8—Frank T. Rey
nolds, who for the pest several years
has been secretary of the Sbowalter
Company, and one of the editors of The
Cftfxen. has accepted a similar position
with the Duane Chair Company.
TEY A WANT AD
IN THE GEORGIAN
ONE MAN KILLED,
FOUR ABE HURT,
Bluefleld, W. Va„ Sept. 8.—An »
plosion tn the Dupont Powder Mill*
grinding department at Nemours at ,,
o'clock tills morning killed C. E. Clark
and fatally Injured four other persona
womaTescapes
DEATH IN A FALL
. FR0IYI_ BALLOON
Uhcrtyvlllo. HI*.. Kept. 8,-Aflrr |,|u„
lay 600 feet In a parachute whirl, rrtusni
to' open. Story Z, Keyea, of Chicago ,
woman aeronaut, today ramped death, hut
sprained both* her ankles and win
wise bruised.
Thousands of persons witnessed her f,|i
from a balloon in which she hud mid*
an ascension.
During the ascenalou. Mlaa Kerea
the life of a negro attendant .who honnuc
entangled In the cordage and wns <-nrrle,i
40 feet In the sir head downward. Th,
neronant released some of the gas | 0 the
balloon and landed him In safely,
LOCAL HOLINESS UNION
IS CALLED TD MEET
The Atlanta Holiness union > In called to
meet nt the United Brethren tabernacle at
“ o'clock Tuesday evening.
Important mnttera relating to the third
annual holiness convention will be ronoid.
—j Thl* convention will be held lu At-
GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
Little Girl Improving.
Sperlnl to The Geurghin. 8
Cleveland, Ga., Sept. 8.—The report
from Gainesville to the effect that the
lltle girl, victim of Bob Moore. ua«
dead, is a mistake. While she hae
been very low and expected to die,
she Is now Improving, and it Is thought
will get well.
Building Boom At Newborn,
Special to The Georgian.
Newborn, Ga., SepL 8.—In, addition
to the three pretty brick storerooms of
the Newborn Supply Company, which
Is now nenr completion, at n cost of
$6,000, and the fine brick store Iwunc
of W. E. Stowe & Company, now un
der ertnitruetton, Newborn 1« mill to
have another mercantile supply com
pany with a capital of $20,000. Fifty
per cent of the stock hag.been.quickly
taken and the-,: organisation of tin
company Is assured.
To Move to Newborn.
Special to The Georgian.
Newborn, Ga., 8ept. 8.—S. XV. Rib-
erts, of Jasper county, will build a nice
residence here at a coat of I2,0WI, to
be completed by January. He come*
to Newborn for the purpose of plac
ing hts children tn Palmyra Inatltutc.
Diphtheria In Walker. '
Special to The Georgian.
Chlckamauga, Ga., Sept. 8.—There It
some diphtheria In the Pond Spring
district of Walker county. There have
been two death* and other cases are
under treatment. The echoed closed
and a revival meeting In that commun
ity was closed on account of the <ll»-
ease.
Street Paving af Waycrost.
Special to Ths Georgian.
XVaycross, G*., Sept. 8.—At the
meeting of the council next week there
wllfbe several petitions for street pav
ing from property owners. The *a!e
of the city’s bonds this month will
place $120,000 available for street pav
ing In XVaycross; and many resident*
the city want their street paved.
Errlbrjl College Outlook Good.
Special td The Georgian.
Emory College, Oxford, Ga., Sept 4.
Preparation* are being made here for
the opening of college on September is
President Dickey states that he expects
the enrollment this year to go beyond
that of any year In the hlntory of the
college. -
STATISTICS.
BIRTHS.
T.» Mr. nn<r Mr*. William
. nt M
nt 1*
To Mr. niul Mr*. John
Wont Bakov afreet, a aoa. . .
To Mr. and Mr*. A. I*, Day, nt la o.ikloua
avenue, a non.
DEATH 8. ,
Anbury II. Wellborn.-18 month* "]«• “JS
from street nxr ncrldwtt at wrnrr «trwoo»
xtivot nml Ch**roket» im-nm 1 .
J. J. McKay. G5 year* old, tiled <>r ne
roixln at Decatur, On. ,. ... at
Auguxta A. laottuiou, 45 yixirx old. dteu
*J. 1 * A?*Krot tf*JI year* old, died of
la at Howell* Station. ,, „
Catherine Halley. 6 month* old. dte»»
>l»old fever at ‘JS iMtupkln , #
tint. J. 8. Mojcee. 74 year* old. dl*» yI
Influenza at 29J Gordon atreet.
property"transfers.
$160—Asn G. Cnttdler to XV. I’.
on Clay street seer Porter itreet. » «
ranty deed. h
I1.2M-F. B. Baldwin to Jo***l»f » r _*£
»t on <Jeor*la avenue near CmmallJ * {TX
Loan de#d. , ' „ , t*
$$.499. Penal Ksm-It. J. Holler "'.‘..J,
Bridewell, lot on Mills Greet uoar XX ntum
treet. Bond for title. . .
tlJ00-C. P. Bridewell to.T. J. Trend*" 1 ’
•nine lot. Loan deni. . .. . „ 9
1500—8, I*. AveriH to It. C. I. ***
Mid nvenue. Warranty devil. .
12.450— Mr*. Ix»na Cham Idee to J[rx- *
trade Votbtrff. lot on Chextmit ***»«* u ”
Fort xtrpet. Warranty deed. »,i,Dtlr
97S.OOO—Caidtnl Coutprexx Co. to AtbJ^
ComnroM Co., lot on corner I** 11 ”,
nud tieorlffn railroad, Warrenty d'*' 1 -
nud Ueorlga railroad.
BUILDING PERMITS.
$LM0-W. P. Kelly ft t’o.. to b»*W£
Gory frame dwelling at 433 drum "
tm-A. F. lev. to add to one «( ry fn>**
dwelling at fiflti Banner a ream*.
$150—T. W. Iyer, to re-cover frame dw*
line nt 28 mute atreet alley. . , , )lU sl4
$1,«0—A. I*, and K. C. Kent*. *•» "
one-xtory tiriek liulhlln* nt. £>88
•treet. , ... ,.ge
$2,S»-W. I*. Kelly A Co., to MJ'W
•tory frame Uwellius at 31 Augu* ta