The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, September 21, 1906, Image 4
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
BIDS SUBMITTED
FOB CHINK LABOR
ON THEBIG DITCH
Mongolians Can Be Had as
L<nv as 10 Cents an
Hour.
DENTISTS CLOSING
BRILLIANT SESSION
Hour.
Washington, Sept. 20.—Proposals "for
furnishing Chinese laborers for work
for the Panama canal were opened at
the offices of th Isthmian canal com
mission this morning.
The American China Contracting
Company proposed to furnish Chinese
laborers at 10 cents, gold, per hour for
each working day of ten hours; fore
men and Interpreters at 2rt cents per
hour; cooks and barbers at 15 cents
and doctors at 40 cents.
The International Contracting Com
pany, of Washington, proposed to fur
nish laborers and cooks at 13 cents per
hour; foremen one and one-half times
that; Interpreters, two and one-half
times that; doctors, three times, and
assistant doctors, twice that amount.
Wah Me Lee Hint: A Co., of Haiti
more, proposed to furnish laborers,
clerks and barbers at 12 1-2 cents;
foremen and Interpretors at 15 cents
and doctors At 25 cents.
Joel Julian Reuben, of Washington,
D. C„ represented by Messrs. Cham
bers and Bates, proposed to furnish
the first 2.500 laborers at the follow
ing rates: laborers, 11 cents per hour;
foremen. 40 cents; doctors and Inter
preters. 60 cents; cooks and barber\
*0 cents.
CLOSES ITS DOORS
Thursday’s Meetings
Were Wholly
Technical. N
Board of Directors Proposes
to Liquidate All
Claims.
Washington. Sept. 20.—The Comp
troller of the currency announces that
the Oates National Bank of Butler, Mo.,
was closed today by action of the board
of directors for the purpose of going
Into liquidation.
W. J. Butler has been appointed re
ceiver. The resources and liabilities of
the bank as shown by the last report
of conditions, September 4, 1904, were
1239,912.74 each.
DEAD BODIES FOUND!
3 HELD FOR MURDER
Two Brothers Charged With
Having a Hand in the
Killing.
Most of the members bf the National
Dental Association, which has held
Its annual meeting In Atlanta Septem
ber 1#, 19 and 20, leave for their homes
Thursday night or Friday, after one
of the most successful meetings In the
history of the organization.
Section 1 of the general association,
the section having under discussion
such subjects ns bridge work and tooth
fixing of that Ilk, held Its session on
Thursday morning. Dr. Burton Lee
Thorpe, one of the leading dentists of
St. Louis, Is the chairman of this de
partment.
Here's what they talked about: A
paper prepared by Dr. C. N. Thomp
son, on “Shadows Accompanying Por
celain Inlays;” an address from Dr. H.
Herbert Johnsop, of Macon, Ga., on
“Forced Eruptfon—A Case in Prac
tice;" Dr. A. P. Burkhart, of Buffalo,
N. Y., who told about “Rubber Dam
Method of Abutment, Preparation, In
terchangeable Facings and Cementa
tion," nnd a paper on “General Prac
tice." from Dr. W. Leon Ellerbert. of
Salt Lake City.
Cne of the most interesting papers
presented at the general session was
from Dr. J. P. Corley, of Greensboro,
Ala., In reporting for the committee on
oral hygiene, of which he Is chairman.
Thursday afternoon the members of
the association are enjoying a tally-ho
ride over the city.
Wednesday evening a meeting of the
Southern branch of the association was
held at which President W. G. Mason
and the rest of the old officers were re-
ejected. It was decided to hold the
next meeting at the time of the James-
town Dental convention during the
Jamestown exposition.
The supreme council of the Delta
Sigma Delta fraternity is In session
at the Piedmont hotel Thursday after
noon.
3 LITTLE CHILDREN
Lsncsitrr. Ky„ H»pt. SO,—Samuel and
Jonea Slmpann, brother,, and Bert
East are under arreat here today,
charged with the murder of Jamee Ca
gey and Nathan Tnylor. The charred
bodlea of Cnaey nnd Taylor were found
In the rulna of Caaey’a home, which
burned laat Hundny night.
STIACHAM GOES TO
SECUREJMMIGRANTS
J. A. 8tlacham. Appointed special
Immigration commissioner for Georgia
aome time ago. left Wednesday even
lng for New York, from where he wll
tall on the Caladonla Sunday for Scot
land.
Commissioner Bltacham will spend
several months In Scotland In an ef
fort to Induce Immigrants to come to
Georgia to locate. It Is proposed to se
cure parties of Scotch people who In
tend coming to this country to Iota to
In Georgia. Special Inducements will
be offered In good lands at very rea
sonable prices and on easy terms.
TRAILED TO HIsfLAIR,
FUGITIVE KILLS TWO
Hinton, W. Va.. 8ept. 20.—After fol
lowing A. L. Herman across the con
tlnent and Anally locating him li
Brlmm. Raleigh county, In an effort to
arrest him for the murder of Jerry
Davis, Frank nnd Kenner Finley, the
former of whom was Herman’s broth
er-in-law, were shot and instantly
killed last night at Herman's home near
Prison.
JOHN M’GRAW TAPS
A BIG OIL WELL
Cumberland. Md. f Sept. 20.—John T.
McGraw. the West Virginia Democratic
politician, who Is experimenting for oil
near Grafton, struck a third gasser on
the Morrow farm which flows a mil
lion feet daily. His three wells flow
f.ooo.ooo feet, enough to supply Grafton
and the adjacent country.
FRATERNITY QIVE8
DELIGHTFUL BANQUET.
Throwing aside th© technical discus
sions and studies of the day, those
members of the National Dental Asso
ciation who are members of the Inter
state Dental Fraternity met for a most
enjoyable banquet at the Piedmont on
Wednesday night.
Composed ns It Is of the brightest
and most congenial spirits of the na
tional organization of one of America’s
most cultured pro feet ions. there is that
about these visitors within our gates
that warms the heart to good fellow
ship and cordiality.
Acting os toastmaster was that most
perfect host and gentleman. Dr. T. P.
Hlnman, of Atlanta, and the Arst to re
spond was Dr. Frank Holland, who. In
u speech of welcome, told the visitors
that each was a red rose to him. ths
Aower he loved best and pressed often-
est to his heart.
The toast, "Our Fraternity," was re
sponded to by Dr. J. D. Patterson, 4!
Kansas City.
In Introducing the next spenker Dr.
Hlnman referred to him ns the silver-
tongued speaker of the fraternity, and
right well did he live up to his Intro
duction. Dr. Burton Lee Thorpe, of St.
Louis, spoke of "The Houtbland"
Dr. Thorpe said In part:
"I>r. Holland In his welcome tonight
has exempliAed that characteristic trait
so prevalent nnd typical of the Houth-
ern hospitality, and has given us the
same welcome as did the Hon. John
Temple Graves, when he said to Presi
dent Roosevelt on his recent visit to
Atlanta, *1 present to you In the blood-
red petals of this Georgia rose the
warm heart of the South.’
“The whole South Is a wonderful
country from the standpoint of geog
raphy; Its mountain peaks are so high
that one can stand on their tops and
shake hands with the Democratic an
gels In heaven, nnd Its valleys are so
deep that when In their bottoms one
can kick Ice on the sweltering heads
of the Republicans In hell.
"From the mountain tops flow that
park ling crystal beverage which Dr.
tilnimiQ assures me no true Southern
gentleman would drink, a liquid At
only for bathing purposes, while In
many valleys I* secreted the Illicit still
where Is brewed that amber colored
distillation of white and yellow ’cawn*
hloh Is so clear that when held to the
sunlight one can see the nigger boy
nnd white mule that plowed the 'cawn.
one drink of It will soften the cockles
of the most hardened heart and mnke
the whole world kin with brotherhood;
and three drinks of it would make u
‘rabbit spit In a bull dog's face.'
“Georgia Is a great state; iffnce 1902
It 1ms led In the pnnluctlon of peach
es. supplying Eastern markets. Walk
ing down the streets today 1 saw' a
hundred or more ‘peaches,’ any one of
whmn would have made Adam forsake
the Garden of Eden.
“The state of Georgia has done her
share toward contributing to the na
tion’s brilliant achievements. She gave
us that Anlshed orator whose tlery elo-
quenco entranced Ids hearers, one of
the greatest painters of words the
world has ever known—Henry W. Gra
dy. Atlanta has given u» Richard Mai-
com Johnson, whose dialect stories
of the old time ’mammy’ and the old
uncle’ have Immortalized the old time
darkey of 'befoh de wah.’ And 'Uncle
Remus,* the greatest exponent of dla
lect folk-lore in the world, and one of
the most celebrated American literary
men of the day.
“In closing Just a word of tribute to
the most charming feature of the whole
South—her women. All hall and all
honor to God’s choicest gift, the Aower
of all creation, the Southern woman.
hether she be sweetheart, wife or
mother.”
The other toasts responded to were:
“The Shade Drive"—Councilman F.
O. Foster, of Atlanta.
“The Past’’—Dr. James McManus, of
Hartford, Conn.
"The Present"—Dr. George E. Hunt,
of Indianapolis.
“The Future ’—Dr. B. Holly Smith, of
Baltimore. _ _
"The Country Dentist"—Dr. F. O
Hetrick, of Ottawa, Kans.
BY THIER FATHER
Jam,, R. Patty, one, connected with
the Atlanta police force, la being aought
by the police. At hla home, 165 Hun*
nlcutt atreet, there are three children,
two glrla, 14 and V years old, and tgie
boy, 12 year, of age. Their mother
la dead.
Notice has been given that the chil
dren will hare to leave, aa the rent has
not been paid.
Patty disappeared Tuesday morning.
When he left the,home he gave no
warning of a long absence, and It la
feared that some mishap hua befallen
him.
The children believe that he would
not forsake them.
Deaths and Funerals.
WILL PAY REGULAR DIVIDEND.
Boston. 20.~T1»»* regular quarterly
dividend of iv 4 per cent on the slock of
the Chicago. Burlington nnd Oulncy |(nll
r«»*d Company will b«» until OetoWr 1. IbMtkn
cJom* September 25 aud reopen Oeto»»er 2.
Mrs. John Snavel.
Hpeclnl to The Georgina.
Decatur, Ala., Sept. 20.—Mrs. John
Snavel died here Sunday after an Ill
ness of several days. Her husband
survives her. The remains were taken
to Trinity for Interment.
Mrs. J. W. Caldwell.
Bpeclnl to The Georgian.
Marietta. Ga., Sept. 20.—Mrs. J
Caldwell died at her residence on Cher
okee street Tuesday morning and the
body was burled In Atlanta today. Mrs.
<‘aldweil Is survived by her husband,
Jasper W. Caldwell, and one daughter.
Miss Eleanor.
Mary Lou Eubanks.
Mary Lou Eubanks, two years of
age, nnd daughter of Mrs. 8. A. Eu
banks, of 171 Kelly street, died Thutu
day morning, on Friday the body
will be taken to Tate, Ga., for Inter
ment.
Mrs. C. D. Barron.
Mrs. C. D. Barron, age 34 years, died
at her home In East Point, Thursday
morning at 3 o’clock, after an illness
of only three or four hours. She leaves
a husband and five children. The fu-
eral will take place Friday at 2 o’clock,
the interment at West View cemetery.
Wilhelmina Will.
The (nteimtyit of little Wilhelmina
Will, the two-year-old daughter of J.
L. Will, of Flat Shoals road, who died
recently of diphtheria, will take place
Friday at 2 o’clock, on the Flat Shoals
road.
Jack Kelly.
Jack, the four-months-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. <\ H. Kelly, 119 Garnett
street, died Thursday morning of men
ingitis. The funeral will be held Fri
day at 2 o’clock and Interment at West
View cemetery.
Robert W. Powell.
H|>©clnl to The Georgian.
Rome, Ga., Sept. 20.—Robert W,
Powell, aged 32, died yesterday
noon at 3 o’clock at his home In the
Fifth ward, after an Illness of several
months. He Is survived by a father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Pow
ell, live sisters nnd one brother, Dais
Powell. The sisters are Mrs. W. H
Simmons, Mrs. P. R. Roser, Mrs. W. J.
Roser, Mrs. Mark Hill, all of Rome, and
Mrs. A. 8. Pierce, of Mobile, Ala. The
funeral took place yesterday afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. C.
L. Conn.
Mary Elizabeth Wilson.
Hpeclnl to The Georgian.
Rome, Ga., Sept. 20.—Marie Eliza
heth, the two-months-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wilson, died yes
terday at the homo of her parents. In
East Rome. Her father Is a conductor
on the Southern railroad. The remains
of the child will be carried to Buford
for Interment.
Mrs. Mary A. Walker.
Mrs. Mary A. Walker, uged 76 years,
died at 42 Atiburn avenue Wednesday
night at S o’clock. She is survived by
daughters. Mrs. A. M. Moll Inshed
and Mrs. V. E. Bailey. The funeral
will be held at the residence Friday at
2 h’clock and Interment at Hollywood
cemetery.
SANITY DF SAGE
TO DE ATTACKED
IN CM WILL
Charge That Aged Financier
Was Unduly Influenc
ed Is Expected.
New York, Sept. iO.—When court to
day takes up consideration of the will
of RusseJI Sage It will be urged that
he was mentally Incompetent and that
lie wa, also subject to undue Influence.
The principal light agalnat the ad
mission of the will Is to be made by
the Adirondack Trust Company,
Saratoga, which 1s guardian of the
estate of Edson Cooney, eight years
old.
The will has a clause which states
that any person contesting It shall
forfeit hla share of the estate.
FLOYD SUCCESSOR
TO BURTON CLARKE
A. B. Floyd w*aa appointed secretary
to Manager Park Woodw*ard at the
regular session of the water board,
hold Wednesday afternoon, to succeed
Burton Clarke, resigned.
Mr. Floyd was for a number of years
secretary to C. A. Wlckersham, presi
dent of the West Point system, and
has both a pleasing manner and the
experience to All the new position with
much credit.
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CENTENARIAN DIES
AT HAWKINSVILLE
Hpeo|*l to The GeorgUn.
Hawklnsvllle, Ga., Sept. 20.—Amanda
Love, the oldest person In Pulaski
county, was buried Sunday. She hud
reached the age of 102 and was one «>f
the good old-time negroes who had
many friends among white people.
MAYOR JOHN W. MADDOX
AOORESSES WILDER'S MEN
Hpeelnf to The Georgian.
Chattanooga. Teun., Sept. 30— General
Wilder’s tuen were the guent* of the Joe
McConnell L’ulted Confederate Veteran
camp nt Chlcknmnuga. Over 3.000 soldier*
and their frlenda f>«rtldpnte.l In the re
ception. The principal uddretses were
tuade by ex Congressman John W. Mnddos
and Congreaman Gordon Lee. of Georgia.
Others who spoke were General John T.
Wilder, of Kuoxville. who arrlted lu the
city laat night; General Smith It. Adkins,
nnd President t. 8. Kilboru. of Muttoou,
Ills.
born, Colonel M. B. Cnee. General Wilder
and others delivered addresses. A entnp
t the auditorium tonight will close
the reunion.
No Harm Wat Meant.
New York. Sept. 20.—W. J. Johnson,
who has returned from the Argentine
Republic, says no harm was meant
Secretary Root while he was there,
and that the report* that he was stoned
were based on a boy throwing a stone
wildly.
O TYPHOID FEVER HOLDS O
2.20S AT QUARANTINE. O
O
New York. Sent. 20.—Health of- O
O fleer Doty decided today to hold O
O the White Star liner Cedric, on O
O which a case of typhoid fever de- O Canada was announced by the mlnis-
O veto pod during her trip here from O' ter of mine* In the legislature of On*
• : O Mediterranean |w>rts, at quaran- Oltarlo. The report I* that extensive
. . 8 ,? * * 0 . ^ O ttne until every one of the 2.20* O j beds of anthracite exist on the Hudson
M harii-Mown, " • ' Sept. The j q p a n**nger* has been rigorously O hay *lo|>e. In the neighborhood of Al-
■nth annual convention of the United O examined. Ojhanv river, which forms the dividing
daughters of the Confederacy for West! O O I line between Ontario ar.d the north-
-Virginia convened here today. I hOOOOQOODOODOOOOOOOOODOOOQ weat territory.
ASTOSCHOOL TAX ACT
According to an opinion rendered
Comptroller General Wright by Attor
ney General Hart, the provision* of
the revised McMlchael school tax act
are not operative until next year, In
so far aa the school districts ere con
cerned.
He holds, however, that under the
old act the taxes In the counties are
collectable this year. The recent
amendment passed expressly states
that the provisions are not effective
until January. 1907. Judge Hart holds
that this will probably prevent the col
lection of special school levies In dis
tricts, but where the entire county has
passed upon Jt that the tax can be
collected.
This opinion Is of especial interest to
FuJton county, as the entire county
outside of Atlanta has voted for the
special tax.
DISTINGUISHED FOLK
AT SAGAMORE HILL
Oyster Bay, N. Y„ Sept. 20.—A dis
tinguished list of guests took luncheon
with President Roosevelt at Sagamore
Hill today. It Included Archbishop Ire
land, Postmaster General Cortelyou,
Bishop O'Oorman, of Kansas City; Ja
cob A. Rlls, William Allen White, of
Kansas, and Horace B. Knowles, of
Wilmington. All the guests declared
their visits were without political slg
nlflcance.
By CHARLOTTE STEWART.
The most talked of, thought of worn
an In Atlanta Thursday la Mrs. William
Jennings Bryan. Upon being told that
Mrs. Bryan would tee me. I hurriedly
left the parlors of the hotel and to on
was knocking at the door of her apart
ments in the Piedmont. The door was
opened by Mrs. Bryan herself. She
jald she was lying down taking a rest
before the reception. She wore a black
silk kimono and did not show the least
sign of fatigue after her long Journey.
This well-known woman would not
consent to be Interviewed, so after talk
ing some time to her, one can only
give an Impression, since she was very
guarded In what she said. To begin
with, Mrs. Bryan appears to be a wom
an of wonderful physique. She Is above
the average In height, and although not
fleshy, she Is very solid. Her hair Is
Just turning gray and was parted In
the middle and brought down over the
temples and done In a loose knot on
the top of the head. 8he wore only a
few jewels, these being rings. Mrs.
Bryan Is a person of great aelf-posaes-
alon and la capable of meeting any
emergency, whether It be success or
defeat. There is nothing of nervous
energy or excitability about Mrs. Bry
an. She Is Just a plain, matter-of-fact
woman, who makes the best of every
thing. The wife of the great man
thoroughly understands men In general,
or she never would have taken op the
study of law just to be an Intelligent
listener TO her husband. She knows
well that men do not want advice—all
they want Is some one to listen.
During their travels abroad Mrs,
Bryan learned to use the typewriter
and copied all the articles Mr. Bryan
wrote for the papers. While In the old
country Mr. Bryan and his wife were
entertained by a great many celebrities,
but not even they could turn this worn
an’s head, so great Is her self-posses
sion and poise.
Another Impression gleaned from
few minutes' talk Is that the wife of
the great commoner, like a number of
other people, likes newspaper people,
but not their methods.
PUIS CIVIL SERVICE
WISHED MOTHER CR UCIFIED
AND BURNED ON A CROSS
New York, Sept. 20.—Recommending
that his aged mother be crucified and
then burned by a slow Are, It the man
ner In which one of the sons of Mrs.
Oliva Either. 9* years old, would for
ever settle the question of the woman's
support.
“When spoken to about contributing
to the support of his mother,” said Miss
Emily Dei Jardlns, a granddaughter,
“one of my uncles said, ‘Oh, why don't
you crucify the old hag? She ought to
be nailed to a cross nnd a Are built
undsr her. That's the way to support
that old witch. I’d flx her.’"
VICTIM OF GEM THIEVES
IS HELD IN $10,000 BAIL
New York, Sept. 20.—Solomon Ur
bach, the Malden Lane diamond deal
er. who says he was robbed of 240,000
worth of diamonds on September 11
In a sleeping car on hla way to Balti
more. was arrested today on a writ of
detention, Issued on the complaint of
Hayes A Herchfleld, attorneys for the
Jewelers' Alliance.
The complaint sets forth, among oth
er things, that Urbach Is a chronic
sufferer from Insomnia. Urbach al
leges he hid the Jewelry in a wallet
under his pillow and slept so eoundly
he was not awakened when the wallet
was stolen.
Judge Hough held Urbach In 110,080
ball. On Monday a petition in bank
ruptcy wits filed against Urbach.
KNIFE DUEL IS FOUGHI
BY INTOXICATED MEN
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 20.—E. H. Br
tin. 2* years old, of New York, a
Robert Golden, aged 90, of St. Lou
had a desperate knife duel near thi
city laat night. The dispute arose be
tween the men while drinking, and
r.' fought It out. Bectlti suffered two
'> wounds In the kidneys and fell
at. He wae brought to the city hos-
,al and may die.
141s opponent received two deep
wounds In the bedy. He disappeared
and has not been seen since.
ULTON MEN ARE INTERESTED
IN NEW RAILROAD PROJECT
CHERRY TREE 0WEN8
IS REPORTED DEAD.
Speelsl to The Georglnn.
Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 20.—Amot
Owens, of Amos Owens Cherry Tree
Company fame. Is dead at hla home in
eatern North Carolina. This noted
case was tried In 1202. It was figured
that In an endless chain aystem of
selling cherry trees the company as
sumed obligations of 120,000 In two
weeks and ths alleged fraudulent use
of the malls brought the death blow
to the scheme.
CONFEDERATE DAUGHTERS
TO ERECT BUILDING.
Richmond, Va., 8ept. 20.—Richmond
Chapter. United Daughters of the Con
federacy. him Indorsed the plan of the
Jamestown committee that each mem
her subscribe 50 cents toward the erec
tion of a building at Jamestown.
The Atlanta Georgian
Is On Sale Regularly at tbe
Following Hotels and
News Stands.
BUFFALO, N. Y.
Iroquois Hotel.
BALTIMORE, MD.
The New Holland, Belvldere Ho
tel.
BOSTON, MASS.
Barker House. Young’s Hotel,
Summerset Hotel.
CHICAGO. ILL.
Great Northern Hotel, P. O. News
Co., Palmer House, E. H. Clark,
112 Dearborn sL; Auditorium
Hotel, Joe Herron. Jaekson and
Dearborn streets.
CINCINNATI, O.
Gibson House, Grand Hotel, Pal
ace Hotel.
OENVER. COLO.
J. Black, H. H. Smith.
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.
English House, Grand Hotel.
NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.
Hotel Astor, Hotel Imperial.
OMAHA. NEBR.
Megeath Sta. Co.
SAN DIEGO, CAL.
B. R. Amos.
ST. PAUL, MINN.
N St. Marie. 94 E. 5th St.
SEATTLE WASH.
A. M. Kny
ST. LOUIS. MO.
Hotel l-aclede. Southern Hotel.
Planters Hotel.
TOLEDO. OHIO.
JelTers.m Hotel.
TORONTO. CAN.
King Edward Hotel.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Hotel Wlllnrd, McKinney House,
Raleigh House.
Speelsl to The Georglsn.
Waycross, Ga., Sept. 20.—A petition
for a charter for the Georgia and Flor
ida Pine Belt railway has been made
to the secretary of the state of Geor
gia. This railroad will be (0 miles, as
near as can be estimated. It will be
gin at Waycross, Ga., Ware county,
and run In a southwesterly direction
through tho counties of Ware, Clinch
nnd Eclloli, passing through or near
the town of Colon, In Clinch county,
Georgia, to the Florida state line, at
or near the south-central part of the
Thirteenth district In Echols county,
Georgia.
The capital stock of the railroad
company to begin with will be JiO.OOn
and the petitioners ask the right to
Increase the sum not exceeding 11,00ft,-
000. The principal office of the compa
ny will be located In Waycross. The
petitioners are: W. B. Ellington, W.
W. Sharpe, Leon A. Wilson, George T.
Youmans and J. & Bailey, of Ware
county, Georgia; W. C. Dodson, C. J.
Hoden and B. W. Blnckstock, of Ful
ton county, Georgia; W. I,. Hercndeen,
of Ontario county, New York, and D.
C. Newton, of Tattnall county, Geor
gia.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
She Points Out That Divorce Is Preferable to
Poison and ChiIJren in a Home of Dis
cord Are Worse Than Orphans.
Officially Declare for Ex
ams For New
Cop.
At the called meeting of the polict
commission Wednesday night It «,,,
decided that all applicants for pos|.
lions on the police force should sign
civil service application blanks to be
prepared by the commission.
It was also agreed to put civil ser
vice Into effect on Tuesday, October 2,
at which time the applicants will have
to stand a physical examination, on
October 3 they will have to stand on
educational examination. Commission-
er Oldknow was instructed to proceed
.with arrangements for these exam Inn-
tlons. The educational examination
will bo held In the Boys' High School
Commissioner Oldknow raised the
question as to whether the present so-
pernumerarles would have to take the
examinations, and It wns ruled they are
exempt. Hereafter, however, all appll.
cants will have to sign the regulation
civil service blank and show themselves
competent both physically and mental
ly. The physical examination will be
conducted by two physicians, to act in
conjunction with the city physician
Theae physicians will be chosen by
Commissioner Venable.
Mayor Woodward brought to the at
tention of the commissioners the denth
of Policeman McGhee, the oldest mem
ber of the force, and resolutions of
sympathy were adopted. Chief Jen
nings was also Instructed to purchase a
floral offering, the money being raised
by subscription among the commis
sioners.
The election of a successbr to the late
Sergeant,Mitchell was postponed until
the regulate meeting.
motheheryTl,
CHILD PISSES MY
While Mrs. W. R. Baldwlnt of Daw
son, Ga., was recovering from an oper
ation for appendicitis, her little Infant
son, Wiley, died Thursday morning at
private sanatorium of this city.
The body will be taken to Dawson
Thursday night for funeral and Inter
ment.
DRAKE ORDERED HELD
BY CORONER’S JURY
Special to The Georgian.
Athens, Ga., Sept. 20.—John N.
Drake, accused of the murder of hla
child, Is In Jail here, with the verdict
of the coroner's Jury agalnat him. it
charged that night before laat
Drake came home about 1 o'clock In the
morning, drunk, and at once began to
abuse and strike at his wife, who with
the child had retired for the night, one
lick, possibly meant for his wife, struck
the child on the head. The child suf
fered much for awhile, It Is charged,
but after awhile the mother thought
she had soothed It to sleep, for II be
came quiet. The mother then fell
asleep. On awakening late yesterday
morning the child was found cold. In
death. Dr. Goss was called In, hnd In
his testimony before the Inquest of the
coroner stated that the entire right side
of tbe child was badly bruised and that
Its death was evidently due to vio
lence.
B
(Copyright, 1906, by American-Journal-
Examiner.)
ACK In the olden day* divorce
was not known, or known only to
kings who had absolute power to
fu*h!on laws to lit their moods and
serve their purposes, and then to order
them Invalid before other common in
dividuals took advantage of them.
Today divorce Is an everyday occur
rence. Its prevalence Is, Indeed, some
thing like an epidemic In the land.
Yet In the days when no divorce was
possible with the masses, murder by
poisoning was almost as common as
divorce Is today.
Any one who doubts this statement
needs only to read histories of the old
Italian cities; and not alone in Italy
was the amiable art of poisoning pur
sued, but In France, Spain and Eng
land political diplomats and court in
triguers thought little of ridding them
selves of enemies and rivals by means
of subtle poisons.
We can ask no greater proof of the
growth of public sentiment toward
higher Ideals of morality than Is shown
by the widespread horror when a cast
^ poisoning is discovered.
The highest circles of Europe did
not feel this horror when such occur
rences took place a few hundred years
ago.
There was no newspaper notoriety
for the murderer to dread; no law
chlch could not be made to serve his
end* if he held a position of power,
and chemical analysis of the digestive
>rgans was not known. So the poison
er had things pretty much his own way.
The Borgia family was particularly
addicted to poisoning people u* a pas
time. But they lived live hundred
.ears ago, and the human race ought
to make progress In half a millennium,
surely.
There Is no form of murder more
deliberate and premeditated than pois
oning. It suggests the cold-blooded
plan, carefully conceived and unrelent
ingly executed.
It does not allow the excuse of hot
headed anger and momentary Insan
ity, but bears witness to hours, and
days, and nights of plotting a cruel and
often torturing death of a fellow being.
Ji testifies to the existence of a per
sonal devil, inhabiting the human form
of the murderer, and watching with re
lentless eyes the slow nnd fatal ©f-
There Is nothing which proves more
conclusively to me that-obsession is a
fact and not a superstition than the
tecurrence of this crime In the present
enlightened era. No man possessed of
his reasoning faculties, cultured and
educated, und with all his rentes on the
alert, could lend himself to such an
ubomlnable act ns the destruction of
another life by this monstrous method.
It surely must be, when the man al
lows his reason and his will to become
the prey of some hypnotic influence
from the border lands of earth, and is
possessed by devils, like the two men
from whom Christ drove the demons In
the country of the Gergesenes, that
such an evil deed can be carried Into
execution.
However alarming seems the divorce
epidemic In our land today, It is cer
talnly a better solution of marital mis
ery than ground glass or arsenic.
When two people flml life under one
roof and one name obnoxious, separa
tion Is the only moral and decent
course to pursue.
Perhaps there would have been less
crime In the olden days, when human
life was held at such small value, If
divorce had been possible to the com
moners as well as to the monarch* of
that era.
Perhaps, despite our higher Ideals
and greater refinement, there would be
more frequent crimes today were It not
lor divorce.
Surely, of the two evils, divorce Is
preferable to murder.
When the god of love goes out of a
household there Is always a chance
for the devil to get in. He comes In
various disguises. Sometimes as dis
grace. sometimes as discord, sometimes
as murder, sometimes as Insanity
Where reconciliation and a return of
the blind god are Impossible In a home,
let Its denizen* make divorce welcome
before the devil enters to take up his
abode In any form.
Whether he comes as a great trage
dian or a vulgar comedian, he Is pref
erable to the devil.
Where tove is not. hate too often Is,
and hate is the devil.
Love, and love only, renders marriage
respectable, and only the children rear
ed In homes where love exist* are en
vironed with respectability.
Children brought up In a home of
discord are more than orphans.
Arretted for Murder,
Washington, Sept. 20.—After keeping
atch In the down town section of the
ity for two days, detectives today ar
rested Anot Orter Resold, 37 years old.
who Is wanted by the authorities of
Los Angeles, Pal., oji a grand jury In
dictment charging him with murder.
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Spain and Russia are the only Euro-
feet* of the awful crime perpetrated pean countries which produce more
against another. wool than they consume.
Burton Clarke Resigns.
As was foretold In Wednesday's
Georgian, Burton Clarke, who for a
number of years has been secretury to
Manager Park Woodward, of the city
water works department, tendered his
resignation at the meeting of the wafer
board Wednesday afternoon. The resig
nation was accepted with reluctance
after complimentary speeches from
every member of the board and the
passage of resolutions wishing Mr.
Clarke the same success In his new
profession ns was his while with the
city department. Mr. Clarke leaves f-*r
New York Thursday afternoon to enter
the Art League.
Daily Services Under Tent.
Under a new tent at the corner "f
Woodward avenue and Connally street
services are being held each evening at
7 o’clock. Dr. John E. White, pastor
of the Second Baptist church. preach**
forcefully and eloquently at the*-*
meetings, and a splendid revival Is re
sulting. The public Is Invited to come
out.
County Court of Jenkins.
Governor Terrell Thursday morning
created the county court of Jenkins
the grand Jury making the recommen
dation. He Immediately named aa
Judge of the same A. S. Anderson for a
period of four years, and James A.
Dixon as solicitor for two years. J* 0 *
kins is one of the new' counties created
by the legislature of 1905.
Four Thousand Qales.
Hpecial to The Georgian. . „
Hawklnsvllle, Oa., Sept. 20.—Four
thousand bales of cotton have been
brought Into Hawklnsvllle this *ea*on.
The three warehouses are full and tne
compress running at fts full capacity
Weather conditions are favorable [ [
picking. The crop Is fairly good In thiz
section.
Charged With Retailing.
Special to The Georgian. .. .
Rome, Ga., Sept. 20.—Benjamin K n-
ols, who conduct* a store In »
Rome, was arrested yesterday r
United States Marshal W. L. i’ap» ‘J
a charge of retailing whisky, and
bound over to the Federal court un
der a bond of |200.