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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
SECOND CHARGE
OF CRUELTY TO
CITY^PRISONERS
Man Appeals to Mayor Aft
er Story of Cruelty in
Stockade.
For the aecond time In the laet few
weeks charges have been brought
against the city stockade authorities
tor cruelty to prisoner*.
It was only a short while ago that a
man who had Just come out of a hos
pital after Are months lying between
life and death was sent to the stockade
on the charge of being drunk.
This man was working on a steel
structure In Birmingham, when he fell
about forty feet fo the hard pavement
below, his head striking an Iron beam.
His skull was fractured. His life was
saved, but when he came out his health
was broken and the Injury to his head
subjected him to epileptic fits.
While In Atlanta on his way to his
home. In Norfolk, Va., he took several
drinks, which precipitated a lit on the
streets, he states. He was given a
sentence at the stockade, and was made
to work out there In his terrible condi
tion until the stockade physician, upon
learning that he had had a At at the
stockade, ordered him released.
The latest charge Is brought by
man whose name Is withheld because
he fears that If It Is learned that he had
been to the stockade for being drunk
he would lose his position.
This man's right , hand Is swollen to
twice its normal else, and his left hand
Is cut. The swollen hand Is bruised
severely, and the skin Is torn In several
plnces.
He was given a sentence of twenty,
one days In the stockade for being
drunk nnd disorderly. He began his
sentence on October 18.
He charges that he was worked so
hard that hts hand became bruised and
swollen.
"I pleaded with the authorities.” he
told the mayor Wednesday morning,
"not to make me work In my condltiSi,
but Mr. Grogan; the head guard. Just
told me to get In line. I had to work
several days when my hand was throb
bing and paining me almost to death,
even more than It does now.
"Finally. I Just had to refuse to go to
work. I couldn't stand It any longer.
Two days before my sentence expired I
was turned out. Now I am In such a
(lx that 1 have to appeal to the city to
do something for me.”
Commissioner of Public Works Col
Her will, no doubt, make an investlga.
tlon.
FIGHT EXPECTED
BEFORE COUNCIL
The special session of council, for
the purpose of considering the pro
posed salary raises and of the pro
posed whisky regulations, will be held
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
There will be determined opposition
to both of the measures In part. Mem
bers of council are practically unani
mous In favoring further restrictions
of the whisky trafAc In the city, but
they are sadly divided as to what these
regulations should be.
The same applies to the salary
raises. Council, as a whole, favors the
raising of the salaries of a number of
officials, but the members are almost
hopelessly divided, as to who shall get
till' raises nnd how large they shall be.
There Is also opposition to the pro
posed reduction of the salary of the
lire chief from 14,000 to 13,000. Coun-
i liman Terrell is leading this oppo
sition.
WISHED BOTTLE
"W-l-l-t-h. l»y cum. thla Ixrttle bail a baie
uu nt to it. I'd nffer quit drinking." #
With n big quart bottle, which ho had re-
••nitly emptied of wbiaky, In hia bonds and
Razing longingly down its neck, oue of tbo
resident* In the Krog atreet neighborhood
KJit on the ground Tuesday evening near
Hi- Southern railroad and phlloaophiced an
above. Before he emptied the lwttle hla
head fell over on hla arms, but with manly
• ffort* he raised the bottle to his mouth tin-
HI It was duiued. lie then longed for a
i>ii*oiuent to the bottle, so he could drink
more.
Earlier In the day, this anme man waa
riding n bicycle, when the machine becama
unmanageable under the Intoilcated man a
direction. He fell to the ground, but sroae.
wiped the dust from bis face and smiled
i tanking a quiet Investigation.
CAPTAIN WORCESTER
MYSTERIOUSLY ABSENT
Given Month’s Leave
of Absence, But Fail
ed to Return.
ACTION FOLLOWED
CHARGES PREFERRED
Case Under Investigation at
Headquarters in Atlanta.
Report Is Awaited.
8peel,1 to The Georgian.
Augusta. Ga., Dec. 6.—Colonel John
D. Twlgga, of this city, commanding
the Third Georgia regiment of Infantry,
haa received an order from the head
quarters of Georgia troops In Atlanta,
transferring the military company at
Sparta from the Second regiment to the
Third regiment. The transfer will be
made before the holidays and the Spar
ta company will be under the direct
command of Colonel Twiggs. The Third
regiment now contains seven comps,
nlea and the addition of the Sparta
company will mako the number eight.
Colonel Twiggs stated In an Inter
view that companies are being formed
at Monroe, Covington. Conyers and
Washington, Ga., nnd that when all
these are added to the Third regiment
as la now planned this regiment will
contain twelve companies and will be
one of the largest In the state. The lo
cal military companies are very pros
perous at the present time and the in
terest taken In the drills la greater than
ever before.
Captain Wore#,tar Disappears.
It Is thought very probable that
Company I, Third Georgia, will be
without a captain, and may be without
one at the present time. Captain Ru
pert Worcester, who was elected to the
captaincy of the company several
months ago, has had charges preferred
against him by Colonel Twiggs and a
report on the case has been made to the
headquarters In Atlanta. Captain Wor
cester was given a leave of absence of
a month and action on the cose was
postponed until he came back. More
;han a month's time has elapsed and
Worcester has not returned. His wife,
whom he left In the city, left here sev
eral days ago, so It Is said, and no one
seems to know whore he or she Is.
RAY SUES CLAYTON
FOR CARELESSNESS
For loss of sertlee* of kle wife In caring
for the home and family and tor her per
manent disability, W. II. Kay brought eult
In the superior court of Fulton county
Wednesday morning for 15.000 damage*
against George A. Clayton, through wboao
negligence, It la alleged, tb* Injury to Mr*.
Rny occurred. Mrs Bay also Bled eult
against Clayton for 110.000 damage! for her
Yt Ha'alleged that on Imbor Day. Saptem
her 3, 1900. defendant left a pile of lumber
lu front of a building ho woe erecting on
Whitehall atreet near Alabama A sharp-
pointed plank projected from the pile And
'he crowd* near the place pushed Mrs.
Bar ngainst the plank. Injuring her .pine
and left aide so severely that her life haa
tieen despaired of several time*. It la said
she la permanently disabled.
EXPRESS ROBBED
OF 1110,000 CASHs
Train Robbers Entered Car
While Crossing Plains
of Texas.
Special to The Georgian.
Paleatlne, Texas, Dec. 5.—After fa
tally wounding the express messenger,
near Eylan aiding, Saturday night, rob
bers secured 3110.000 from the express
safe. The oAlciaia of the Pacific Ex
press Company refute to talk about the
affar.
Tlfe messenger's books show the
amounted atated above.
About 380,000, It waa learned, was
from the local treasury department of
the Cotton Belt at Tyler, and consigned
to General Treasurer S. C. Johnson, at
SEC, BONAPARTE
BAPS LOUISIANA
FORJNDECISION
Says Silver Service Must Be
Presented or Indefinite
ly Postponed.
IN THE EXCHANGES.
The Atlanta Georgian
It On Sal* Regularly at the Fol
lowing Hotels and Ntws Stand*.
BUFFALO. N. y.-lroqoota Hotel.
BALTIMORE. Ml).—The New Holland.
Belrtdere Hotel.
BOSTON. MASS.—B a r k * r House.
Young', Hotel, Rummerset Hotel.
CHICAGO, ILLS.—G rest Northern
Betel, p. o. News Co., Palmer Ilona*. B.
II >'lark. 112 Dearborn Bt.; Auditorium
lioici, joe Herron, Jackson and Dear-
DENVER. COLO.—J. Black, II. U.
Smith.
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.-Bngllah Houe*.
Orind Hotel.
NEW YORK. N. Y.—Hotel Aetor, Ho-
*-l Imperial.
"MAIIA, N—
«AS DIEGO. CAL.
BT. PALI, MINN.-N. '.t. Marl*. M B.
Hfth street.
PRATTLE. WASH.—A M. Kay.
XT. LOL'IH, MO.—Hotel lAclede, Bonth-
•ru Hotel. Planters not*!.
rOt.F.OO. OHIO.—Jefferson Hotel.
OHONTO. CAN.—King Edward llotet.
WAMIIXOTON. D. C.—Hotel Wlllaul.
M'-hiunvy llonar, Ralrlgli Ilona*.
It'a hard to try and rnn a Muff
And have tome duffer call;
But It la worae to hare four klnga
And not gat called at all.
—Uouaton Poet.
It la easy to spoil a lot of religious logic
with a little off color religious llvlng.-
Chlcngu Tribune.
A funny thing Is the way n woman ran
keep her feet wnrm by wearing u pearl
necklace.—New York I'reae.
It la maintained of Senator Bacon, of
Georgia, that he can use more language to
conceal hi* tbonght than any man In public
life.—Omaha Bee.
A church pew In New York baa Jnat Iwen
told for 33,516, but IN* I* atilt far Mow
the quotatlona for a sent on the Stock Ei-
chaage.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
"Shirt walsta one-third off," adr*rtl*ee
a Buffalo dry goods how. In the bargain
counter mah they are likely to come off ah
together.—Washington Pott.
New Orleans, La., Dee. 5.—The In
decision In' regard to tha presentation
of the 310,000 silver service to the bat'
tleshlp Louisiana was settled by a rath
er tart telegram from Secretary Bona
parte.
New plans were wanted to tlx the
date for January 8, but Governor Cox,
of Tennessee, who was to present
service to the cruiser Tennessee, urged
that the date be fixed on December 15.
New Orleans asked for that data and
to have a Joint presentation. Without
notifying the New Orleans people, the
Tennesseeans brake oK negotiations
and fixed on Hampton Roads for their
celebration.
New Orleans then tried to have the
original date of January 8 reinstated,
hut In a telegram Secretary Bonaparte
mid: I
_"Re&ret not to be able to comply
with your request* but must say po*i-
tively that visit must taks place aa ndw
arranged for* or be Indefinitely post
poned."
Parker Is Appointed.
Washington* Dec. 6.—C. W. Parker
has been appointed postmaster at £1-
berton, Ga.
COMMISSION CRITICISES
RAILROAD'S SERVICE
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson. Hiss., Dec. 1—Chairman Me*
Nalr, of the railroad commission, who has
been making an Inspection of the Mobile,
Jackson and Kansas. City railroad, has
filed hla report, In which ne criticises the
service furnished by that road. He says
that In several places along the Una all
tha saw mills have been compelled to close
down by reason of the fset that they can
not get cars with which to ship their
products and that the tlepqfs are bad and
Inadequate.
NEED TO BE TAUGHT
METHODS OP FARMING
Special to The Georgian.
Jackann. Miss.. l»cp. 8.—Professor W. II.
Hays, of Washington, connected with the
department of agriculture. Is In the state,
making a study of agricultural methods
In Mississippi. The chief object of Pro
fessor Haya^ visit to Mississippi Is to co
upon the people of the rural dlatricts ___
establishment of rural high schools, at
which the jroutb can bt taught practical
and scientific farming.
First lessons In acquiring the poker face
come when the boy ran toAJgKT 0 * •***{
having eaten one of his mothers Jars of
choice Jam.—Florida Tluiet-L nlon.
Senator Beveridge says no man haa need
of 11.000,000, The senator will change hla
view If he ever has a son at roHtgt, ja
fashionable wife nnd an automobile all at
the same 1 time.—HounlQP lost.
The woman who buys her goods at the
nearest corner store Is Just as well off* and
Jnnt a* happy In life, as the friend that Is
rinulng. tearing, and snorting front one bar
gain counter to another In the department
store.—At more Spectrum.
The Chicago coupcll wants to hire a presa
aiiut at n salary of $10,000 a roar to boom
the iHmulatlon. 9 It would bo cheaper to
send *sfenta out to chloroform the people
of the surrounding town* and bring them
In with their hands tied.—Rochester Her-
aid. '
No. gentle reader, that du^ sickening
thud you heard on Tuesday evening of last
week was not a meteor striking the earth,
ti was the report that come from the office
if the * permit* geDrin^rntwhen the editor
hit the celling.—Clifton Mirror.
The Nashville American thinks the chlj-
atr«n of the cotton belt could aim a hand*
stun In one month. We have always
advocated the postponement of the opening
iS?While school* until pea picking and
picking aw* dvsc.—Sevlerrllle tlndl-
itor.
a Connecticut man sent BO cents to a
JLSSPSm VP "• *»cw and cheap way
The Wisconsin man wrote
- iSS! thenV on nn elevator." The
fSonecttradman Isn't iimrly so well pleos-
‘ a. If be L.1 sold the Wisconsin men a
, ot wooden BUtBiexa.-SaT.nnah News
if the senate should undertake to ones-
Jmil fatlier-lnlaw of General r.raklnx-
RADIUS OIAMOND8 MAKE GOOD
XMAS GIFT8.
TO ELECT MEMBER
OK MEDICAL BOARD
The truateea nf the Grady hospital will
meet at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon for
the purpose nf eleetlox a aneeeaaor to the
late I)r. Hurt, ae a member of the medical
Itonrd.
There are fire phyalcltne In the race for
the iHMdttou, and the election will lie nplr*
Ited. The meetlns will be held nt the turn-
pltal.
A 80J0URNER IN YE8TERDAY.
Did you love Yesterday ao well
That when at lenffth Ita twilight
ram*,
You made your bed aome graaay dell.
Nor annwered when you heard your
name
Your fellow traveler* called at day.
Departing on their newer way?
You did not choose to hear their call.
But lingered In your choaen spot.
While fainter and fainter their footfall
Returned that day—and answered not
But tarried atlll: nnd still you stay, '
A sojourner In Yesterday.
Was Yesterday so fair to you.
Or did you weary of the quest—
The endless quest we still pursue?
O. were you weary—would you erst.
Poor pilgrim, travel worn and gray
From dusty roads of Yesterday?
—Richard Kirk. In Smart Set.
The baby of a Maryland family haa been
through a tlefe nf rblcketi-pni. The In
fant's atater. a Ctrl 10 years old. being met
..*•* some I tetter, thank yon.” .aid the
little girl, a shy amt non-committal ehlltl.
"Very much lietter. I trust,” said the
minister's wife.
ami naSSTCrjrtW U «An* to hare a "Ob. be eoultls'l lie very much better,”
^ uru "'™- **• ”■
Twenty Days and Christmas is With Us.
If there’s anything needed in kitchen furniture or utensils or table wares
come here and secure it. We give a few helpful suggestions herewith—but
there are many other things in our great .stocks. that lack of space forbids
mentioning’
Quality considered, you’ll find that our prices average considerably less
than most dealers—and, remember that our guarantee of satisfaction is behind
every sale we make.
r~
Shaving Case, $4.50.
Shaving Case, $3.50.
Shaving Case, $3.00.
Shaving Case, $2.50.
4-Piece Tea Set, $8.00 to $20.
CANDLESTICKS. 75c to $30.
CANDELABRAS $5 to $15.
Fern Dishes, $1.50 to $6.00.
Bread Tray, $1.50 to $6.00.
Baker, $1.75 to $4.00.
Shaving Mug and Brush, Silver Cup, this one Sugar and Cream, $4.00 to Bonbon Baskets, $1.75
$2.00 to $5.00. • $1.00. $5.00 per pair. to $3.00.
wM
This special Bread Tray only
$1.50.
Syrup Stand, $1.50 to $6.
Crumb Set, from $2 to $5.
Table Silver for Christmas
It is generally acknowledged that Community Silver has achieved a popularity never approached by
any other plated ware. The reasons for this remarkable success are:
First, because it has the “style” and appearance of sterling. The Community Silver designs are care
fully studied. The ornamentation is extremely rich and deep in both the effects of sterling.
Second, because it represents the truest economy. At the present price of silver, the heaviest plate is
tile most economical. Triple plate will wear three times as long as single, while its additional cost is by no
menus three times as great.
Community Silver is made only in a plate heavier than triple and is guaranteed (both by the manu
facturers and our selves) to last twenty-five years. Any piece proving unsatisfactory will be exchanged
for a new one. * ’
•A'
COMMUNITY KNIVES AND FORKS
COMMUNITY TEASPOONS
COMMUNITY TABLESPOONS
COMMUNITY DESSERT SPOONS ....
SHIPPED ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, PREPAID.
Turkey Roasters, Etc.
Royal Roaster and Baker, in
4 sizes, priced from $1.00
to $2.25.
■Turkey Roasters of best en
ameled, wnre, at from $2.26
to $2.50.
Universal Coffee Percolator,
“The pot that pumps,”
$3.00 to $5.50.
Universal Food Chopper,
with n hundred uses, $1.25
to $2.25.
CARVING SETS, ETC.
KING HARDWARE
53 PEACHTREE ST. 87
$5 and $8.50 per Set
.■'.,..$1.50 per Set
..$3.00 per Set
$2.75 per Set
V
Great Line of Chafing Dishes
A Chafing Dish is u xource of
entllens dellxht to a clever en
tertainer nnd her.friends. Can
you think of a Christmas xlft
that your friend would ■ appre
ciate so much or that you’d pre
fer for yourself? Here's a II a*
of beauties to pick from. The
newest designs—the . .latest Im
provement*—the best -value*
There are various nixes and
styles. In copper and nickel plate,
tanging In price
From $2.50 to $15
(A special line of excellent val- ■
ues at five dollars.) •
Trays and other chafing dish
accessories.
WHITEHALL ST.