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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TUEBDAY, DECEMBER U. IMS.
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GO VERNMENT EXCLUS
OF AEROPLANE INVENTED BY
WRIGHT BROS., OF DA YTON, 0.
Taft Issues an Order
Granting Ex-Soldiers
a Chance.
Wu.hiii if toil. Dec. 11.—Secretary Tuft of
the vrur itepsrtment tins decided ou the plan
,f nroeednre In rrnpect to the application
1 re enlistment of former members of
f°mpanlea B. C and f> of the Twenty-5fth
infantry .colored), who were discharged for
he seed of the service following the gov-
ernmenfs failure to ohtsin evidence against
The memlo-rs of the regiment who parllcl-
Iiated In the riot at Brownsville. Tex.
secretary Taft. In an order to General
Ainsworth, the mllltnry secretary, says:
•°Tbe applicant will present to the i
. enlrtnir officer* such evidence In writing „
tie 1 desires to aliow that, notwithstanding
' orders of rtlsvhars*. he was neither
Implicated In tthe murderous raid on
Hrowusrllle nos withheld any erldenet
which might leiid to the discovery of the
icroetrators thereof. This evidence, to.
inher with I he« application, should lie for
warded hr the recruiting officers to you
f .r consideration and Investigation. Hesse
.rivlse the recruiting officers under your
control of tills, the form of procedure I aui
now Instituting relative to evidence for spe.
,1.1 reference to particular aiipllcarts.''
It la understood that Gilchrist t'tewart,
renrearntlag all * the men who nre dis
charged Is aliout to present evidence on the
main Issue to the president which the presl
dent will refer to this department for In
instigation and report."
Three members of the company, among
them Sergeant IMngn. appealed from the
order of dlscahrge and brought about this
action. They say they gvern able to p
that they were In lied at the time of
riot and could give no evidence to assist in
the arrest of the gnltty persons.
Mi* Mary 'Cecil Gresham.
The fmieral services of Miss Mary
Cecil Gresham, who died Monday aft
ernoon at it private sanitarium, were
conducted In the private chnpel of
Barclay * Brandon Tuesday morning
at in o'clock. The Interment was In
West View cemetery,
Robert Powers.
The body of Robert Powers, who died
Monday nt the Grady hospital, will be
vent to Eufauln, Ala- Tuesday night.
He Is survived by his uncle, F. W. Jen
nings, of Kufuula.
To I nspeet Ports.
Brigadier General Duvall, accompa
nied by Lieutenant E. T. Donnelly, act
ing military secretary, will leave At
lanta Wednesday for Key West, Flo.,
to Inspect tho Key West barracks.
Boris Dade and DeSoto, near Tampa.
Fla., will also be Inspected before they
return. - •
Lochrane Connor*.
The funernl of Lochrane Connors, the
little son of Mr. and Mr*. George W
Connors, of .10* Peachtree street, will
take place Wednesday nt 12 o'clock.
Dr. W. W. Landrum will conduct the
ceremony and the following will be
pallbearers: Messrs. 8. T. Weytnan,
•lames W. Austin. Sam P. Paul and W,
M. Hoke. Mr*. James Ellard, a sister
of Mrs. Connors, will arrive from Baltl.
more Tuesday afternoon.
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
(Copyright,, 1006, by W. R. Hearst.)
In the center Is a sketch of the
Wright aeroplane. Illustrating how
It could be used In time of war to
attack the enemy. On the behalf
of the United States government,
General Crosier, chief of the ord-
nnneo department, has made the
Wrjght brothels an offer for the
exclusive lights of the device, nnd
the matter now rests, awaiting
their acceptance or refusal. On the
left Is Orville Wright, one of the
Dayton, Ohio, bmthers, who joint
ly Invented the aeroplane. On tho
right Is William Wright, brother of
Orville.
Receivers Continue.
Judge Pendleton declined to' grant
the motion made before him Monday
afternoon for the removal of the rases
‘gainst the Atlanta-UIrmingham Insur
ance Company and the Prudential Fire
Insurance Company to the United
States circuit court for 'the northern
district of Georgia. Diversity of citi
zenship of those 1 Interested was the
ground on which the removal
•ought.
Struok By Train.
While going home from work In the
lulton Hag and Cotton mills Monday
afternoon, W. M. June*, of 114 South
Boulevard, was struck by a train at the
Boulevard crossing and on* of his feet
*o badly crushed It hsd to bo ampu
tated.
Coast Lin* Officials.
K. Ksy, Jacksonville. Fla., gen
eral ottnse! of the Atlantic Coast Line
•id a member of the executive de
partment of that load: R. A. Urand.
' " iltclngton, X. freight truffle
manager; James Menzies, of Savannah,
general freight agent of the a ,uth lines,
and other officials of the Coat* Line were
11 Atlanta Tuesday and registered at
Die Piedmont. Their visit to the city
at this time, when rumors are nlloat
concerning the entrance to tills city ol
Dwt dn#. is regarded with some Impor-
,»fe. It is understood In railroad clr-
l| *’ that the Atlantic Coast Line will
'"m- Into Atlanta over Its own rail*
' "in Macon, the line to lie built to
""m'> t with the Macon, Dublin and
savannah recently bought.
l!OV ELECTROCUTED
BY GRASPING BARS
i" »n Th* n<*orftan.
j«den', Ala., Dec. 11.—Roy Burn*,
* 9 -year-old boy, wu electrocuted at
' biant of the Southern Steel t'om-
dTiy at Alabama City In a most pecu-
^ a anner. The boy and several com-
i’fi. ns "'*•'* Playing near the con;-
# !,**>* and In some manner the boy
1 against a window, which Is pro-
, M by an lion grating. Thla grat-
,.** 'as connected with a wire which
heavily changed with eleetricitv.
h • hasped the grating with both
hfa feet being on the wet
JLv 1 completed the circuit. The wire
placed In the window by o
met clerk In the commissary and :ts
* r «*euce was not noticed.
* t h-l investigating
GUINN’S ASSASSINATION.
Mutiny in tht Ranka.
■'The bugler sounded the retreat,"
said the old soldier, "but more than
half the men In my company paid no
attention to It."
"Disobeyed the order.” 1
"Yes. You see, they were Dutch and
didn’t believe In either treating or re
treating."—Cleveland Press.
Of Course It Is.
"Do you think a widow has any busi
ness getting married the second timer'
' "My boy; getting married the second
time Is a widow’s business."—Cleveland
Press.
The Only Way.
i you Ilk. your hair cut?'
"How do
asked the barber, who was anxious to
please.
"Off," replied the customer, who was
a man of few words.—Cleveland Press.
Uneartain Meaning.
"Spouter thinks quickly on his feet."
"On 'em? Or do you mean with
them?”—Cleveland Press.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT .
RECEIVES LOWES! SALARY
That’s Why Ohio Man Did
Not Get Into Cabh>
net.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Dec. 11.—The coal
of Bellamy Storer and 111* wife to make
Archbishop Ireland a cardinal of the
Catholic church Is better understood
In Cincinnati than In Washington.
To Archbishop Ireland Is given the
credit for tho conversion of Mrs. Storer
and later her husband, from Protest
antism to Catholicism. It was Mrs.
Storer who fostered the movement to
establish the Catholic cathedral in Cin
cinnati. It waa she who offered the
archbishop of Cincinnati a palace on
the hill tops.
Sirs. Storer'* political and social ac-
. - .. ... ... ., . . .... ... .1 tlvlty In Cincinnati has been great. Her
At the recent meeting of council the a big chief Therefore, big chief gat > husband represented the first district
regulating of salaries was the chief, heap more. The salary or the super- tn congress at one time,
practically the whole, topic of discus- ! ’?"’??!} * > h*? r ' ! To tho friendship of Archbishop Ire
■ • H 1 ■ 11 was Mayor Woodward who ap- land wlt „ the storer* was credited the
peered before council while In the midst hearty support given President McKin
ley by tho church dignitaries. Arch
bishop Ireland’s service for the Repub
lican ticket In 1696 made him a national
figure, and when President McKinley
was elected suitable reward was sought
for Storer.
Storer preferred a cabinet position.
He was slated to become assistant sec
retary of state. At that moment Sena
tor Joseph B. Foraker loomed up. and
his opposition to Storer caused Presi
dent McKinley to cast about for an
other berth. A consular position was
suggested. Foraker was asked If he
Imu any objection to Storer being sent
out of the country.
"The farther the better," he replied.
ESTIMATE TOO BIG,
OF
BUREAU'S' REPORT
alon.
When It was proposed to raise the
salary of the chief of police from 92.250
to *2,000 not a dissenting voice was
heard, because this would make the
pay of the head iof the police depart
ment conform to the pay of the heads
of other department*. The chief of
the Are department must get 12,000,
the chief of police 22,000, the city en
gineer 12.000, the city comptroller
$2,000, the recorder 12,000, the city at
torney 13,000, the mayor 13,000, the
commissioner of public works $3,000,
the city clerk 23,000, the tax collector
$3,000 and the superintendent of wa
terworks $3,000.
Tile heads of all the departments
must receive the same, except the su
perintendent of public schools. He
must get $400 less. The mere l fact that
he lias 250 teachers and thousands of
children under his chut-ge, as compared
to 160 policemen under the chief of po
lice and a hundred or so firemen under
the chief of the lire department, mokes
difference. Council must consider
circumstances. One Is but a superin
tendent of public schools. Another Is
of deliberations, nnd urged the council-
men to do something for the pay of the
teachers, as they had not been raised
In 15 years. As a result of some agi
tation, a "resolution" was adopted, de
claring, in effect, that If the city had
more money than It needed, next year
the pay of the teachers would be raised.
Bright prospects for the teacher*.
And In the meantime, the superin
tendent of public schools will have to
continue to work for less pay than the
head of every other Important depart
ment In the city government.
"It'a a Disgrace."
■'It's a disgrace," said Mayor Wood
ward, "that the teachers of the public
schools get such small pay, as com
pared to the salaries of other city of
ficial*. and that the superintendent
of public schools should get less than
the hesds of other departments.
"Think what responsibility attaches
to the superintendent. He has under
Ills charge about three hundred teach
ers. thirty school houses, and 14,000
little children. And yet, here are about
a dozen officials, with nut nearly the
responsibility, getting much larger sal-
arles.”.
$20,000,000 A VAILABLE
TO PURCHASE COTTON
Ridge. Oa., Dec. 11.—The coro-
■?’ ha * not yet concluded It*
steo- n ,h ® Guinn murder case at
Th ® report is that It may be
mSE MnTe nn<1 ' n *"**
t'*®' number of wltnessc have
"worn and all evidence Is kept
T " unt Alien In still In custody.
Washington, Dec. 11.—In order to re
lieve the money situation In the South
and other part* of the country. Sec
retary of the Treasury Shaw announces
that h» will make $20,000,000 avail
able for cotton. He purpose* depos
iting 210,000,0(10 in depositories In cer
tain cities and will buy 310.000,000 of
the bond* of 120T, registered bond* ex-
lnterctt at 101 and coupon bonds at 10..
The deposits will be made as *ol-
lows:
New York and New Orleans, $1,500,-
000 each; Boston, Philadelphia, Baltl
more. Chicago and St. Louis. 31,000.000
each: Cincinnati. Louisville, Atlanta
and Memphis. 3500,000 each.
"These deposits," sold Mr. Shat* “are
to be secured by bonds acceptable for
savings bank investments under the
laws of New York and Massachusetts,
taken at 90 per cent of their value:
these deposits to be returned one-half
on the 20th of January and the re'
mainder on the let of February."
CONS! 17 UTION OFOKLA HOMA
WON'T RECOGNIZE CHRIS!
Guthrie, okla.. Dec. Il.-Recoplsing
neither God nor Christ, the Oklahoma
convention lia» made astart
writing the basic law of the new state.
Th* first constitutional proposition to
be reported back front n standing com.
tnltlee was one on "preamble, pre
sented by the preamble and bill of
rights committee today. This pream
ble avoids the use of the term "Al
mighty God" or "Jesus Christ," to
which there were some objections by
certain religious sects and other classes
In Oklahoma.
The estimate of the bureau of sta
tistics of 12,546,000 bales of cotton for
the crop of 1906-7 was received with a
great deal of surprise Tuesday'by Har-
vle Jordan, president of the Southern
Cotton Association. President Jordan
regarded the glnners' report of 10,045,-
445 as being of a bullish nature.
"It Is much larger than I expected,"
said President Jordan." "If we ginned
the same amount of cotton this year
from December 1 to the end of the sea.
son as was ginned In 1905, the crop
cannot exceed 12,000,000. In view of the
early frosts and the unusual tropical
storms, I am satisfied that there Is not
now anything like as much cotton In
the fields to be gathered and ginned as
was the case a year ago.
•'There Is no necessity for alarm on
the part of spot holders. I am of the
opinion that the yield has been over
estimated. If the cotton Is marketed
slowly good prices will be maintained."
o Your Holiday
Buying This Week
This season we are breaking all past records in our Toy and Doll Department.
►Stocks are larger, assortment? better, values more attractive and selling greater.
Come and make your purchases this week, for stacks will soon -be':broken and
inaiiy lines become incomplete. Delay and you’ll be disappointed. •
Take small packages with you whenever possible, for little things are apt to
get lost in big delivery wagons.
Toys and Dolls On Second Floor
Christmas Bells of red tissue;
special values at 10c and .. ,28o
Dolls, dressed or undressed;
positively the best in Atlanta
for $1.00
Buster Brown Stamps in com
plete sets with ink pads; 25c
and 60c
Magic Lanterns with slides;
very great values at 25c to.$1.00
Automatic See-Saw—a new and
interesting toy; special at. ,60c
Rubber Snakes—a “barrel of
fun” in every one; special. ,26o
Bubber Balls in fancy colors
and designs; large size, 10c
and 25o
Specials—First Floor
P aper Weights of heavy glass with Atlantn
scenes; special at 10c
Pocket Mirrors—souvenirs of Atlanta; special
value at 10c
Hand Mirrors in new holiday designs; good
values at only 10c
Glove Boxes nnd Handkerchief Boxes in pret
ty styles; special 10c
Men’s Silk Garters, best style'and cheap at, per
pair 10o
Jewelry Novelties—Hat Pins,* Scarf Pins,
Brooches, etc.; at, choice 10c
Combination Banks—heavy and
strong; good values at 25c
and 60c
Iron Train—freight or passen
ger; very special values at.60c
Automatic Train with track, en
gine and 2 oars; great value
at $1.00
Doll Tea Sets in a great variety
of sizes and patterns; 5c
to . .$1.00
Child’s Table Set—consisting
of knife, fork and spoon; 10c
and 16c
Masks in a variety , of funny
styles; 5c,'10c and 26c
Medallion Pictures in various
pretty subjects; 5c to 26c
Transparent Slate*—education
al and entertaining toys... .10c
Bargains in the Annex
Towel Bars of brass, full nickel-plated and very
cheap at ••••• l^ 0
Trays, nickel-plated, round shape; 13-inch size;
tomorrow 10c
Frying Pans of heavy steel; 10-inch size; spe
cial at 25c
Pastry Boards of select white wood; sizo 14
by 20 inches 25c
Chafing Dish Pans of nll-white enameled ware
with ebony handle 60c
Oake Gutters in fancy shapes; a good line
at 5c
Holiday Specials In Basement
Shaving Mugs—decorated and
tinted—very specinl value
at 25c
Water Sets and Lemtinade Sets
in colors or crystal deco
rated .$1.001
Parlor Lamps in very hand
some designs; large size . .$1.00
Children’s Set of Japanese chi
na-plate, cup and saucer; spe
cial 10c
Bisque Figures, Vases,' Cups
and Saucers, etc.; special val
ues at lOo
McClure Ten-Cent Co.
MAIN STORE—Corner Whitehall and Hunter.
OF DR, CURTIS, WHO
SPEAKS HERE SOON
RAY IS APPOINTED
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Hpeclsf to Tho Georgian.
Columbia, S. Dec. 11.—The gov
ernor has decided to appoint Duncan
C. Ray attorney general to (III out the
unexplred term of LeRoy F. Voumans,
who died last week.
Attorney General-elect B. Frasier
Lyon, who waa here today, was offored
the appointment but declined In favor '
of Mr. Ray, who haa been aervlng as '
assistant attorney general.
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED
ON 80UTHERN ROAD.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbia, 8. C„ Dec. 11.—A' freight
derailment on the Southern near Her
bert this morning has blocked traflln
on ths Columbia-Spartanburg line of
the Southern for several hours.
Rsasonabl* Doubt.
I owe you a debt of gratitude, old
man."
Thanks. Shall I put that in my list
of assets or liabilities?"—Cleveland
Press.
Day grounds for children and
hat great benefit they are will be
thoroughly discussed In Atlanta on De
cember 17 by Dr. Henry 8. Curtis, sec
rotary of the Play Ground Association
of America.
Dr. Curtis comes to Atlanta upon the
Invitation uf the Atlanta Sociological
Society and the Associated Charities
and will make an address on "Play
Grounds and Their Relation to Child
Development."
He Is n leader of the movement
hleh Is spreading throughout the
country and Is now on a tour of South
ern cities to give it Impetus in this sec
tion of the country. Not only Is Dr.
urtls 1 thoroughly conversant with
cry phase of the situation, hut in
dltlon he Is an eloquent speaker ant
till Illustrate Ills lecture by some ex
client stereopticon views.
This feature of n child's training ;.
now recognized by experts as a most
portant one and the results obtained
New York and other cities have beet:
little short of remarkable. It has been
found that children who spend their
vacations In a play ground, mixing with
other children and engaging In healthy
pastimes are much more competent pu
pils when school opens after summer
vacation*.
This movement will be pushed In At
lanta by the Associated Charities and
tho Sociological Society and plans will
be made for the opening of piny
grounds In connection with the public
schools.
Few Woman Do.
You keep a cook, of course, madam,'
said the imllte agent, who waa trying
to sell a new kitchen utensil.
"No, I don’t.’’ snapped the woman.
'The best I ran do Is to give one em
ployment."—Cleveland Press.
SHOES AS GIFTS
For those who would combine the practical with the
beautiful in their Christmas presents, we make this sugges
tion:
Give a pair of pretty shoes. Every woman who has the
slightest regard for her appearance wants pretty, well-fitting
shoes. The more dressy kinds—patent, kid or a combination
of the two—are really very attractive. You may be sure they
would have appreciative welcome, coming via the Santa
Claus route.
Look at our Dressy Shoes and see if we are not right In
suggesting them as appropriate for gifts.
Holiday Hosiery for Men, Women and Children