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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
BATCRDAY, SEPTUMnnl 8. '3X.
CRUSADE OK DUES
IS BEGUN By CITY
EARLY SATURDAY
T’pward of 200 restaurants, eating
houses and lunch rooms will be closed
by October 1, The rattle of the war
drum has been sounded and the cam*
pa Isrn against these “dives" now oper
ating under city licenses has been
started in earnest.
The Roberts ordinance placing re
strictions around all restaurants and
eating houses was passed at ,the last
session of council.
Saturday morning License Inspectors
H A. Ewing and H. O. Hayes com
menced delivering notices to the places
under tire. These notices are In the
/"t m of petitions to council and will
have to be signed and returned before
tin last of September. They will then
be referred to the police committee.
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which will Investigate the location anu
hear the reports of the inspectors as
t«* the general character of the places.
Tin- petitions will then be referred
back to council and passed or turned
down.
Inspector Ewing said Saturday:
"Nearly every restaurant and lunch
house in Decatur street will receive a
cro.-I mark, and If the ordinance is
enf reed will be put out of business."
Inspector Hayes said:
"The lunch houses and ‘dives* on Pe
lt . s street are even worse than those
on Decatur. They will also be closed
up." *
Councilman C. M. Roberts, author of
the ordinance, which was drafted the
last month, said Saturday:
"The purpose of the ordinance Is to
put an end to all this vagrancy. The
to gross go Into these restaurants and
there fight and drink. Most of the
•mailer ones are located next to aa-
and are used by women who are
n*t allowed to go to the bars. These
•dives! have caused more trouble than
anything else in Decatur, Ivy and Pe
te ra streets."
The ordinance places around the
restaurants and lunch rooms restrlc-
tfrnis almost as strict as those around
tho saloons. Proper permission from
the adjoining neighbors must be ob
tained, the restaurant must not be lo
cated next to a saloon and the oVvner
must be of good repute so far as his
record In running such places Is con
* erned.
Thire are in Atlanta 350 restaurants,
eating houses and lunch rooms. Out
of this large number only ten come
under the head of restaurant. These
and the better class of eating houses
will not be Interfered with by the or
dlnance.
Councilman Roberts stated Saturday
that the ordinance would tend to help
the city** health to a great degree as
Cl/- lunch rooms were selling stuff not
fit to eat. Especially was this true of
the Decatur and Peters street places,
he paid*
NEGRO’S WILD ORATORY
MADE MERCHANTS FEAR
RACE WAR MIGHT COME
Street Preacher Was
Trying to Excite
Blacks,
EXTENSION OF STATE
ROAD MAY BE NEAR
Steed, of Carroll, and Alex
ander Will Both Intro
duce Bills For It.
Senator-elect K. T. Steed, of Carroll,
mil Introduce a bill to extend the atate
'• ''■'I to the sea on the drat day of tha
see,Ion of tha next aenate.
lie made that statement at the cap
ital Saturday morning. He will aleo
reintroduce and preait to paaaage hi,
bill to elect the county echool cominls-
tl"Mpr, by the pfople of their respective
i "imtle*. Just hh the other county of
ficer, "are.
senator Steed will repreaent tha
Tlilrty-ieventh aenntnrlal district In
the senate. He la the only candidate
l"t l-rcaldent pro tem of that body.
For (lie paat two term, he repreaented
Carroll In the houae.
After attending to Rome bualneae at
the capttol, Henutor-elect Steed at
tended the Sacred Harp convention,
ahich opened tta three daya' aeaalon
Saturday at the Broughton Tabernacle.
lit spfuklltg of the extenalon of the
Wrttffrn and Atlantic, Senator Steed
mid thnt he would advocate making a
direct appropriation for the common
ft pools, taking part of the convlcte to
out upon the extenalon ami divert
the rental of thla road to tlila work.
Aa the fertlllier feea will now go to
the dlatrlct crtllegea, being diverted
from the school fund, he thlnka It
i itially udvlaablc to withdraw thla half
■ f the rental of the Western and At-
hintlc front the achoot fund to aid In
thi. cxtehilon, mpplylng thla deficit In
the school fund with a direct appro-
pit.-it Ion front the atate treasury.
H la aleo understood that Hon. Hoop-
Cl Alexander, of DeKnlh, will agnln
..IT. r hi, bill for the aame purpose In
the next house, and the passage of
oiu or (he other of these measures
seeing now more assured than at any
I r. vlou, time In the history of atate
IcglUStMp.
Fearing that the eloquent phrases of
1. B. Williams, a negro and a leader
among bis race, would cauu 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. C.
Mayson, of the Mayson Furniture Com
pany; Campbell & Poole, 1(1 Peters
street; J. II. Williams, the Held Dry
Goods Company, 165-175 Peters street;
the Banknlght Furniture Company, 168
Peters street, and others.
It fs stated that Williams, who re
ceived hla permit from the mayor by
representing himself as a minister, se
lected such texts a, “The White Man’s
Crime,” "The lynching Question," "The
Right of the Negro" and others equally
sensational.
It Is further stated that his 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 slopped.
Mayor Woodward when he heard
about the cose declared that he was
gojng to put a stop to most of the street
preaching. “After this I will not Issuq
permits to any other street preachers
unless I know they are really worthy."
said he. ”1 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 mayor’*
office at an early hour and seemed to
have been severed from all his sealous
eloquence agalnat the white man. “I’m
a good nigger and want to do what’s
,” he said.
do inside work,” he replied when
some one offered him a Job of sawing
wood.
I
Name Will Not Appear ou
Regular Democratic
Ticket. ,
”8. O. McLendon, Democrat; T. C.
Crenshaw."
That Is the way the election blanks
to be sent out to the various precincts
by Secretary of State Cook read for
railroad commissioner.
The Socialists have no candidate for
railroad commissioner, as they noml
noted- their state ticket before the
legislature passed the law making
these officers elective by the people.
Candidate Crenshaw through a per
sonal representative wanted Secretary
Cook to place hie name on the Demo
cratic ticket.
Secretary Cook returned him word
that he had no authority over that
matter, as these tickets were printed
and sent out by the atate Democratic
executive commltee.
It will be seen, then, that Colonel
Crenshaw will have to provide hla owi
tickets, reprlptlhg the names of tiv
other nominees with his name sand
wlclied In for railroad commissioner.
His name Is on the ticket only where
the Australian ballot system prevails.
Friends of Candidate Crenshaw dt
the capltpl Saturday were making tha
contention that Nominee McLendon
bolted the national Democratic ticket
In 1896 and 1900, voting for Palmer and
Buckner in the 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 for railroad commissioner
will assume more Importance than was
attached to Mr. Crenshaw's meteoric
announcement when first made.
BURTON WINS FIGHT
ING.O. P. CONVENTION
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 8.—Conffrespman Burton won the first fight in
the Republican county convention Saturday when Ernnclp W. Treadway,
his candidate for chairman, was elected to that office by an overwhelming
majority over William M. Bayle, tho candidate of the Dldk-Foraker forces.
Catherine Ballsy.
Catherine Bailey, 6 months old. died
of typhoid fever at 28 Lanipkln street.
Funeral services will be held at Poole’s
chapel at 10 o’clock Sunday morning,
nnd Interment will be at West view.
Mrs. J. 8. Megee.
Mrs. J. 8. Megee, 74 years old, died
of influenza at 290 Gordon street. Fu-
n« ral services will be held at the resl-
nee at 8 o’clock Saturday night, and
the body Will be carried to Dalton. Ga..
for Interment Sunday morning.
Mrs. Augusta Leamon.
Mrs. Augusta Leamon died at a pri
vate sanitarium Thursday night. The
funeral services were held at the
r*.-idence t 254 Glen wood avenue, at
6 30 o’clock Saturday afternoon, and
Interment was at West view.
Joseph A. Scott.
Funeral services of Joseph A. Scott,
died Thursday night at his resi
dence at Howell’s station, were held at
V residence at 10 o'clock Saturday
m ming. The interment was at Hol
lywood.
Mrs. 8. W. Copeland.
Mrs. 8. \V. Copeland, 62 years old.
died at 12:10 o’clock Saturday at a
private sanitarium. The body was car
ried to fjfilnesvllle, • Or., for funeral
eork*e*. and interment at 4 a o’clock
rday afternoon.
L BE PUBLIC
Special tu Tho Georgian.
Cleveland, Go., Sept. I.—Bqb Moore,
the negro who assaulted the little 7-
year-old daughter of J. C. Hood, form
er tax collector of White county, will
be hanged on Monday, September 10.
Everything ia In readiness for the
hanging. It la Mated that the execu
tion will be In public. There la a uni
versal demand for a public Hanging,
Hundred, of people from the yurrouml-
Ing countlea uf Hall, Hubcrsham, Ra
bun, Town., Union und Lumpkin will
come to Cleveland on that day. Thly
crime waa committed on Auguat 17, the
negro arreated on Saturduy, Auguat
II and tried on Monday. August 20.
Thla la about »« spefdy a trial and
execution aa can be hud under the
Georgia laws, aa twenty days must
elapse between the sentence and the
hanging.
AILANMAPRESS
TAKES LAND OVER
There was filed In the office Superior
Court clerk Broyles*oh Saturday morn
Ing for record a warranty deed from
the Capitol Compreya Company to the
Atlantic Compress Company for olol of
land lying on the corner of Pearl street
and the right of way of the Georgia
railroad. The consideration named waa
(78,0110. The date of the paper was
August II, 1901.
At the same time waa 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 also lots In Savun-
nah. Macon, Cordele, Thoinasvllle and
Montgomery, Ala., to be security for a
bond Issue of (1,000,000 6 per rent 20
year gold bonds. The deed of trust was
signed by C. C. Hanson, president of
the Atlantic Compress Company.
The funds renllsed from this bond
Issue will be utilized In the immense
Improvements which the compress
company expects to make soon, and
when these are completed the fnelll
ties of the Atlantic Compress Compa
ny will probably be greater than those
of any other company of the kind In
existence. Aa told In The Georgian
some time ago, a large amount of thlk
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’* steady Increase In business
clearly Indicated by the clearing
house report for the week. Issued Sat
urday morning. The Increase for the
pa*t week over the corresponding week
last year Is something over $690,000.
The figure* are as follows:
Saturday $ 708.789.32
Corresponding day last
year 538,184.01
Tills week , 3,818,982.53
t'orrespotiding week last
year 3,048,579.32
CANDIDATES TALK
OFCOURT OF APPEALS
"The king of France marched his
army up the hill and then marched
down again.”
And that waa what the convention of
candidates for the proposed court of
appeal* did at at state capitol Wed
nesday.
After an hour's Informal discussion
among themselves, they reached the
conclusion that It would be entirely Im
proper for them to make any sugges
tion to the state Democratic executive
committee and qdlourned without tak
ing any action whatever.
Thera were just fourteen candidates,
active and prospective, present. There
were only "It" at first, but Judge Fos
ter came In and broke the unlucky
spell.
The session was 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 I. M. Roberts, of East
man, was chairman and Logan Bleck
ley, secretary.
Those present were; David M. Rob
erts, Kastman; Bartow 8. Willingham,
Forsyth; P. P. Proffitt, Elberton; Ar
thur G. Powell, Blakeley; T. J. (’hap
pen, Columbus; W. B. Hammond, At
lanta; T. F. Greone, Athens; (.’. G.
Janes, Ccdartown; Frank Harwell, La-
Grange; E. P, Dnvls, Warrenton; H,
Peeples, Atlanta; H. H. Hill, Atlanta;
V, M. Henry, Rome; F. C. Foster,
Madison.
A letter from Chairman A. L. Miller,
of the state Democratic executive com
mittee, to Logan Bleckley was read to
the meeting, stating that It was Impos
sible for him to attend, but thnt he
would with pleasure submit any sug
gestion they might innke 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
the October election lo be voted for at
the November (lection; a separate box
to be put at each polling place In the
1,700 districts In the state.
2. To call a primary election some
time during October.
J. To let the <'and|i|ates run It out In
a scrub race at the November elec
tion.
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PASSES ARE SAFE TO
HARBORJNTflANCE
Special to The Georgian.
New Orleans, Sept. g.—New Orleans
is determined to show to the world that
the passes at thq mouth of thff Mis
sissippi river forming the ontg^Hj}
the harbor are perfectly safe a Sli
navigation. Business men of ttvg etty
through the Progressive Union toddy
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 Bending the new
battleship Louisiana here to receive the
sliver service that the citizens of this
state have contraCted'for to present the
state's namesake on the ground that it
Is dangerous to aend the big Ship
through the shallow passes. The rec
ords show the teats of this character
to be groundless. Every congressman
and senator In the Mississippi valley
has been asked to assist In securing
this commission.
MEAT USES
HEATH DF h H. I
Meal ill Local Restaurant
Results in Ptomaine
Poisoning,
It. Illx, one of the proprietors of the
Itsdlura Spring Water Company, died at
Grady Uespltnl st 6:39 o’eloek Friday aura-
lag from ptomaine polsoulug. which he
had said resulted train cstlqg tainted
meat In a restaurant In Atlanta Inst Mon*
day afternoon.
till, who lived at Stockhrldge. Ga., had
Just come to Atlanta on aome buslnes*. and
stopped to get a lunch at the restauraut.
lie called the attention of the nmtmgiff to
the condition "f *he meat, hut the Inttor
protested that It waa good. Monday alght
bile at the residence of h<e partner, J.
. Collins, Illx was taken violently III,
anti declared be wae polsoiird !>J the tuvat.
Ills had nt one time taken two yeafi
of a medical conrte, apd to w»» able *«
diagnose hla own caae. Thla dlagnoals
waa poroe out hy the pkytlclnn who at
tended him. lie waa taken to Grady hos-
pltul on Tltutaday tind died there Friday
morning, after suffering lntenae pain.
The frlenda of Mr. Ills deellna to give
the name of the reatnurant where lie waa
imlsqiied, aa they atata they Intend to proa-
rente the proprietor aa toon aa they can
get sufficient evidence.
The deceased la aurvlved hy a wlfo ntid
three children. The laxly waa carried to
Gainesville. On., for funeral nervleet nnd
Interment at 4:30 o'clock Saturday after-
uoou.
stole HisowiTcow,
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 will 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. Hearst for governor of New
York.
The same day the Republicans of Ohio will assemble In state con
vention at Dayton to name candidates for the Btate offices to be filled
at the November election. The Indications are that Roosevelt Is to be
the Ipsue of the convention. It Is believed that Senators Foraker nnd
Dick 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 aye to hold their conven
tion. Mayor Charles F. Thayer, of Norwich, appears to be the leading
candidate for the gubernatorial nomination. The convention will 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 GomperS, of the American Federation of'
Labor, has been making hot speeches against him. The result of the
congressional cpntests In Maine will be generally regarded as some Indi
cation of the way the congressional elections throughout, the country
will go in November.
An event of next Friday that undoubtedly will attract the attention
of the country .will he the unveiling of the McKinley memorial at Co
lumbus, Ohio. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth has accepted an Invitation to
unveil the statue nnd 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 ia to assemble at Albany. N. Y.,
the last of the week.
, Interest In naval circles will (enter In the graduation exercises at the
Annapolis Academy next Wednesday. The embryo admirals will receive
their diplomas' from the hands of Secretary Bonaparte.
ONE MAN KILLED,
FOOD ABE HDD!
IN
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 set at liberty Saturday
morning after haying proven their ln-
tentlon of reforming. The walls of the
court room at the police station which
have heard ao many tales of violence
and crime, echoed only the recital of
Juvenile trouble* Saturday and words
of good cheer and commendation came
from the bench Instead' of stern sen
tences for malefactors.
The efficiency of Probation Officer
Gloer and the probation system was
fully proven when the history of the
probation boys wa^ road. It showed
that boys may be led by kindness into
a reform which no harsh Imprisonment
cah 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 hoys while on the other were
their parents and g number of ladles of
the various charitable nnd religious or
ganizations who have been Interested
n the work, probation Officer 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
n word or two of kindly commendation
with advice to continue to be good;
Under the probation system a Juve
nile offender Is not confined with com
mon criminals or sent to the stockade
to serve a sentence. He la turned over
to the probation officer, who takes his
address and requires him to make a
weekly report as to hla habits. No pro
bation-boy Is 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 most>of them tell the
truth, if a probation boy Is arrested
the second time sterner measures are
used and he may be sent to (he re
formatory l f the circumstances war
rant It.
The boys ranged from 10 to 14 years,
most of them bright looking little fel
lows. Their.crimes varied from theft
to throwing rocks on the street. Four
negro boys were on the Hat while one
Chinaman answered the roll when hla
son’s name was called.
Chinese Boy Goss to Celestial Home.
George Lee, a young Chinese boy,
was arrested nearly a year Ago for car
rylng a pistol. His father. Sam Sing
Lee, asked permission a fety months
ago to send the boy back to China
school, and this was granted. Sam
Sing Lee thanked the Judge and the
officer smilingly when they scratched
his boy’s name from their list.
Mr. Gloer’s report showed that nearly
every boy was 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 or 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 evil* of cigarette amok
Ing and paid especial attention to t'
Star theater and Hr reputation as
resort unlit to v)slt.
“How many- of you smoke cigar
ettes?” asked the Judge. "Be honest
now.” . ‘
Five hands went up. There were
several faces which looked ashamed.
"How tnany of you go to the Star
theater?'’ asked Judge Broyles.. Only
one hand was raised.
"Those are two bad habits/’ contln
ued the Judge, "but going to the Star
Is the worst. No decent woman ever
goes there and no boy should go where
he would be ashamed to see his moth-
Keep away from the Star, my sons,
"Don't Smoke Cigarettes.’
’And ilon’t smoke 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
retrained from making any promises
about the Star theater, but mOBt of
theip appeared willing to try their best.
Probation Officer Gloer made a short
talk.
“We have been honest with you,
joys," he said, "and we want you to
je 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 forget that your
tnothcr 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 wbre few dry eyes In
the court room as boys and pa
rent* filed out of the big doors.
CITY'S RATE OF INTEREST
IS LOWER THAN GOTHAM'S
"The per cent of Interest on the bonds for several million dollars on
SEVERAL MAY RON
FOR WATER BOARD
Although many rumors are afloat as
to new candidate* to All the vacancy
in the water board and the vacancy
In the water department, nothing new
has turned up on either side of the fac
tional fight for the secretaryship or the
omml**loner*h!p.
M. M. Turner, Mark Collier, Dr. E. C.
Murphey and others have been spoken
* as probable successor* to J. W. Kil
patrick. aside from M. M. Welch and
David W. Yrthrough.
8o far It look* a* if the commiaalon-
erxhlp would go to the master plumber.
Aside from his strong support In the
Fourth, the muster plumbers of the
Ity have signed a petition asking
mmcll that he be elected.
It was stated Saturday that the
Fourth want Intended calling a meeting
to name Mr. Yarbrough a* their can
didate. and also to thank Mayor Wood
ward for making impoaatble the elec
tion at the last session of council.
According to the county police, J. P-
or Bl*er Kehnls. who tried to commit sul*
cldc Friday when he had l»een arrested for
horse stewing. Is an old band at the busi
ness, but ha* heretofore managed to keep
out of Jntl. It Is fa Id Unit st one time he
was out of money and wished to sell hlf
cow. lint his wife wouldn't let him. He
neesW the money too hnd. however, to let
such a little thing deter him. nnd. so the
story goes, stole his own cow during the
night.
Uis
effort to cut his throat Friday
„ T ...... put
him In condition to be *ent to the hospital,
lint there It is said that hi* life Is it)
d/iiiger i
torlly.
greater part of Atlanta’s debt Is small
er than that of New York city, which
remarkable," aald Starke M. Gro
gan, statistician for the United States
department of commerce and labor,
Suturday morning.
Mr. Grogan, who Is getting up the
figures'for the depsrtment'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 cent. At
lanta has out (3,200,000 with an aver
age of 4 per cent.”
The total debt on Atlanta Is only
((,500,000, and. although there Is about
1(00,000 drawing a larger per Cent,
this Is on bonds '
back.
"The rate of 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.”
BLIND CANDIDATE OSBORNE
IS RELEASED FROM STOCKADE
POLK'S INJUNCTION
DENIED BY COURT
Judge J. T. Peudleton Saturday denied
4V. tt. I*olk, Jr., who operates the eleeltlc
light plant at Hast Point, aa Injauetlon
against the Atlantn Telephone and Tele
graph Company and dissolved the tempo
rary restraining order recently granted
keeping the telephone profile front meeting
txdea lietween the eleetrle light wires. The
defendant, .hewed to the antlSfnetiou of
the eonrt thnt they were aetlnx wlthio their
rlghta anti the detdel of the mjunetton re-
aulte-I.
Abont twenty other iietttiona for pernta
J. B. Osborne, the blind Socialist
candidate for governor who was ar-
rgstfd several days ago and placed In
the city stockade, hB» been released
under the condition that he will not
expound hie views on the public thor
oughfares. The release was signed by
Mayor Woodward Saturday morning.
Councilman Walter A. Taylor, who
waa 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. Fatty, representing Usborne's broth
er. that the Socialist waa unable to pay
the fine and that the brother, who la
a poor farmer, would have to atand the
cost.
The proviso to the pardon Is rigid.
The mayor states that everything will
be done to keep street speakers from
blocking the' thoroughfares.
FORGOT TO OPEN COURT
HOUSE FOR SOCIALISTS.
"I Just forgot that they had request
ed permission to meet at the court
house," explained Clerk Henry W.
Wood, of the county commlsioDcrs. In
regard to a Socialist meeting which
was not held Friday evening. The So
cialists had arranged to hold a meeting
to protest against the Incarceration of
tbelr blind leader and gubernatorial
candidate, J. B. Osborne, for 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 had
not been told to. Mr. Wood had tailed
to give him Instructions to permit the
meeting.
And now the Socialists are complain
ing that they were discriminated
agalnat because people Insist on asso
ciating Socialism with anarchy. The
Socialists had made preparations to
hold the meeting and had distributed
hand bills over the city announcing its
object.
After waiting and talking the matter
over for abotn half an hour, the little
group which had gathered broke up
with the idea that they had been dis
criminated against and neglected. Mr.
Wood said thla morning, however, that
It was simply a case of forgetting and
his action was In no way meant aa a
slight.
Mr. Rsynolds Changes Position.
Hpcclnt to The Grarxlsn.
Dalton. Ga., Sept. 8—Frank T. Rey
nolds, who for the past several years
has been secretary of the Showalter
Company, and one of the editors of The
Cttlsen, has accepted a similar position
with the Duane Chair Company.
TRY A WANT AD
IN THE GEORGIAN
Bluefleld, W. Va.. Sept. 8—An e X -
plosion In the Dupont Powder Mill,"
grinding department at Nemours at ,t
o'clock this morning killed c. E. clary
and fatally injured' four other person,
WQMArESCAPES
DEATH IN A FALL
FR0M_ BALLOON
Libertyvllle. III®., Sept. 8,-After plant,
lug 500 feet lu tt pamchute which refuel
to open* Maty Z. He yen, of Chicago. t
woman aeronaut, today escaped death, hut
apralued both her nukteti «ud was other
wise brulaed.
Thousands of. peraon* witneased her fall
from a balloon lu which the had made
op aacentlou.
During the nacenalon. Miss Keyes kuv«i
the life of a negro attendant who became
entangled In 1he cordage and \va* carried
40 feet In the nlr head downward. The
aeronaut released some of the gas in iu«
balloon and landed him In safety.
LOCAL HOLINESS UNION
IS CALLED TO MEET
'The Atlanta Ilollness unbjn Is called to
meet at the Uulted Brethreu tabernacle at
$ o’clock Tuesday evening.
Important matters relating to the third
animal holiness convention will be rnn»bh
ered. This Convention will be held In At-
Ihfcta October 24-28.
GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
Little Girl Improving.
Special to The Georgian.
Cleveland, Ga., Sept. 8.—The report
from Gainesville to the effect that the
lltlc girl, victim of Bob Moore, was
dead, Is a mistake. While she has
been very low and expected to die,
she Is now Improving, and It Is thought
will get well.
Building Boom At Newborn.
Special to Thu Georgluu.
Newbqrn, Ga., Sept. 8.—In addition
to the three pretty brick storerooms of
the Newborn Supply Company, which
Is now near completion, at a cost of
(8,000, and the fine brick store hou»e
of W. E. Stowe & Company, now- un
der construction. Newborn Is still lo
have another mercantile supply com
pany with a capital of (20,000. Kitty
per cent of the stock has been quickly
taken and the organization of the
company Is assured.
To Move to Newborn.
Bpeclnl to The Georgian.
Newborn, Ga.. Sept. 8-—S. W. Rob
erts, of Jasper county, will build u nlre
residence here at a cost of (2,000, to
be completed by January. He come,
to Newborn for the purpose of plac
ing his Children In Palmyra Institute.
Diphtheria In Wflker.
Special to The Georgian.
Chtckamauga, Ga., Sept. 8.—There ll
some diphtheria In the Pond Spring
dlatrlct of Walker county. There have
been two deaths ond other cases are
under treatment. The school dosed
and a revival meeting In that commun
ity was Closed on account of the dis
ease.
8treet Paving at Wajrerosa.
Special to The Georgian.'
Waycross, <3a., Sept. 8.—At the
meeting of the council next week there
will be several petitions for street pav
ing from property owners. The sale
of the clty'e bonds thl* month will
place 8120.000 available for. street pay
off In Waycross, and many resident*
of the city want their street paved,
Emory College Outlook Good.
Special to The Georgian.
Emory College, Oxford, Ga., Sept. S.
—Preparations ore being made here n>r
the opening of college on September 13.
President Dickey states that he ox|iect,
the enrollment this year to go beyond
that of any year In the history or tht
college.
STATISTICS.
BIRTHS.
To Mr. anil Mrs. William C. New, at
kl'r?2lh«n" iMEr. s. *
Went linker street, n *011. llill(l
To Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Bay, nt 15 Oakland
nveuup, a «on.
DEATH 8.
Anbury II. Wellborn, 18 month* obi.
from ntrwt ear net*bU»nt nt comer Orm»ni
•treet and Cherokee avenue. , .
J. J. McKay, 65 year* old, diet! of »*’ u ‘
might at Iterator, Os. ,,
AngiiKta A. Leamon, 65 year* old, died
, Lurkie Htreet. .. , #
J. A. Hcott. 31 yearn obi, died of pncinio-
nin nt Howell* Station. ,,
Catherine Hatley. 6 ihoAtht old. died r
typhoid fever nt 28 Dimpkln -
Mr*. J. S. Megee, 74 year* old, died
Intlueiixn at 290 liordon street.
PROPERTY~TRANSFER8.
(150-Aki tt. Candler to tV. P. WnltMH
tot on Clay street ucnr Porter street. " :ir '
rauty deed.
(1.353—K. It. Itnlilwln ti> Joseph ll[r*'»*
.A on H»*orgln avenue near Connolly * ir ‘ •
Loon do«*d. ,. p
$3,400. IVnal Kmn-B. 4. Boiler to , »•
Bridewell, lot on Mill* street near Blllww 1
street. Bond for title. . ^
(1.500-0. P. Bridewell to T. J. Treadwell,
naliie lot. Loan deed.
(500—K. P. Avertll to tt. C. Little. I"'
Uelld avenue. Wnrrnuty deed.
IS.4S0— Mrs. I.eim Clminnlee to Mf •
Volherg. lot on Chestnut avenue •
. .... -in-el. Warranty deed. »,i.,i,,te
(78.000—t’apttal Compress Co. to Allan' 1 .
Coinpre** Co., lot ou corner I earl * ,r
and tieorlga railroad. Warranty deed.
buildinTTpermits.
I1.MO-W P. Kelly Sc Co., to liulld
story frame dwelling nt 4» Grant * lr " .
(Sw—A. V. lav. to add to one story Iran*
dwelling nt 508 Sunset avenue.
(150—T. W. Ivey, to revover frame dw.n
Inz at 38 Hlnte street slley.
(I.sno—A. L. nnd K. C. Kmitx. to
one-story hriek building at 80-86 M-"i
* ,r "**- , o i „ne
(3.230—W. r. Kelly It Co., to W *
story frame dwelling st 51 Augusts aiea'»