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WOMAN RUSHES THROUGH
FLAMES TO SAVE PET CAT
Four families Flee, Scantily Clad, From Burning Cooper St,
Dwelling-Officer Rushing to Fire Injured by Fall From
Bicycle
When Mrs. Rex Johnson, a boarder at
M Cooper street, detected the odor of
smoke'* Wednesday night about 'lO
. a'ciock, just after. shc»h4d retired. she
her husband and then went
to each Veera frf the house, awakening
the occupants by shouting fire. Four
•tantiiy-clad families wer e rushing
—•com the buildin*, and the roof above
the . kitchen had lust fallen in. when
Mrs. Johgd on remembered that her pet
eat ‘ SBOokums;** was still in the room.
Without a thought of her own safety.
Mrs. Johnson went back after the cat
and was carrying it downstairs In her
arms, when the feline, excited by the
tire and prpQKe.jumped. away. and.out fit
his mistress' arms and disappeared.
The big two-story rooming house
was owned by Mri.*X ‘G. CL fefoodwbrth’
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of whyw had retired when Mrs.- John*
son detected the fire. Besides the fam
ilies of .Mrs, .Bloodworth. and . Mcs.
Johnson, the other occupants of apart
ments wsfe Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Daniel
and Mr. and Mrs. Guantier. All were
cared for at the Red Cross sanitarium
during the cold night, and several of
the nurse» from the institution assisted
the members of the several families in
saving some of their valuables.
Early Thursday morning, Mrs. John
son left the hospital and commenced a
search for the cat. which she had
carried from the flames, and the feline
was soon found wandering disconsolately
around in the snow.
While all/of the occupants of the
house suffered during the several min
utes which they were forced to stand
around on the snow covered ground,
after they ha rushed half clothed from
the burning building, they were soon
«n the warm hospital, and none of them
are any. the worse physically for their
exciting experience.
The only accident in connection with
the fire occurred when Bicycle Officer
M. C. Folds, rushing to the fire, sllp-
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-1 ment and dislocating his shoulder. The
'officer, too. bad his injury, attended to
at the Red Cross sanitarium, and was
soon carried to his home.
The bU Cooper street house was gut
ted names,-which caused a loss
lof several thousand dollars, a part Os
i which is covered by insurance. fj’.j
According to Mrs. Bloodworth, she
now thinks that the fire was caused by
one of the boarders putting hot ashes
: into a wooden box on the second story
! veranda.
PATRICK FREE AT LAST;
DIX GRANTS FULL PARDON
Prominent Lawyer Was Con
■ victed of Murdering Wil- i
I• • * • liam M, Rice
(By Associated Brees.)
f- OSSINING. N. Y., Nov. 28.—Albert T.
Patrick.. thrice in the shadow of the
death chair, having been convicted as
the murderer of William Marsh Rice,
will leave the gray walls of Sing Sing
prison today a free man, pardoned bjr
Governor Dix. /
White employes in the warden's office
waited for the mall from Albany bear
ing the governor's document, which
transforms Patrick from "lifer” to a
free man, Patrick dressed himself care
fully in his cell and and looked out
through the bars to the snow-flecked
Hudson. He was expecting not only his
liberty, but a Thanksgiving dinner in
New York with his wife and a few in
timate friends.
Attaches of the warden'** office said at
9 o'clock this morning that the mall
had not yet arrived, but that the par
don would surely come today and that,
barring a change of plans, Patrick wouM
leave the prison wi|h his wife, dressed
in the ill-fitting garb supplied by the
state.
ATLANTA SHIVERING UNDER A COUNTERPANE OF SNOW
INAUGURAL PROJECT
IS ASSURED SUCCESS
fly LARGE COMMITTEE
Leading Citizens "of Atlanta
Meet in Chamber of Com
merce and Map Out Plans to
Carry Georgians to Capital
Prefaced by a aeries of enthusiastic
speeches the Inaugural committee of
100 leading citizens named by the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce to make
arrangements for carrying thousands of
Georgians to witness the inauguration
of President-elect Woodrow Wilson, met
Wednesday afternoon and began real
work. They weathered the snowstorm
and came in great numbers. The as
sembly room of the chamber was tilled;
in fact only one or two of com
mitteemen were absent.
Governor Joseph M. Brown, chair
man, paid no heed to the inclement
weather. He is enthusiastic over the
idea of Georgia being well represented
at Washington when a family of Geor
gians are ushered into the White
House, and he faced the storm of snow
to be there/n person and preside over
the meeting.\ His speech to the com
mittee setting forth vital reasons why
Georgia should be thoroughly aroused
with enthusiasm over this inauguration
was received with much applause.
Leading workers for Atlanta were
present In large numbers. In fact every
one present was from that class of
men who have made Atlanta what it is
today. The Atlanta spirit took charge
and ruled and the project became an
assured success instead of a proba
bility.
Governor Brown will, during the
next several days, name the chairmen
and committeemen of nine sub-com
mittees which will have a specific de
tail of the arrangements to look after.
These committees will report back to
the executive committee of eight, who
will have supervision over the entire
arrangements.
Most important are the accommoda
tions for the Georgia delegation at
Washington, and a special committee
for that purpose will begin work at
once. This will figure on
the approximate number of Georgians
going and then* several of the
committee ''will ko bn t 6 Washington
to make- arrangeftnents with, the hotels
there. ‘ .
TO MAKE RESERVATIONS AT ONCE.
It was through the suggestion of H.-
H. Cabaniss that the committee decided
to begin work at once f»r hotel accom
modations at Washington. Every
available hotel and boarding house will
be filled to its limits on March 4, and
if the present plans do not slip many
of them will be filled with Georgians,
for the committee is going to lose no
tithe in making reservations.
After due deliberation the committee
passed a resolution creating the fol
lowing sub-committees: Executive and
steering, transportation, arrangements
military, military schools, commercial
travelers. Young Men’s Democratic
league. Ad Men. and publicity. Govern
or Brown announced that his appbint
ments for the membership of these va
rious committees would be ready with
in the next few days.
BUTTS COUNTY CONCERNS
PAY BIG ASSESSMENT
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
JACKSON, Ga, Nov. 28.— 8 y looking
over the tax digest it Is found that the
corporations in Butts county pay near
ly one-third of the total amount col
lected for county purposes. The Central
Georgia Power company is the largest
the coffers of the county >9,000.
The Southern railway Is next with
>4,259.50. The Southern Express com
pany, the Flovilla and Indian Spring
railway, the Towaliga Falls Power com
pany, thei Western Union Telegraph
company and the Southern Bell Tele
phone company brings the total up' to
111,955. * .
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1912.
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COUNTING THE DAYS
BROTHERS BATTLE
AS MOTHER PLEABS :
TO SWOOSHED
Wallace and Howard Slagle
Meet in Duel After Mother
Had Vainly Tried to Save
Them From Harm
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) , ;
CALHOUN, Ga., Nov. 28—Ignoring
the futile pleadings of their aged moth
er, who had succeeded in preventing
bloodshed in her home, Wallace and
Howard Slagle, two brothers, promi
nent farmers, living eight miles from
Calhoun, met in the public highway
Monday, and fought, a duel which re
sulted in the serious injury of both
men. ,
The brothers met at their mother’s
home a short while before, and became
involved in a dispute over some trivial
matter. Hot words passed and guns
were drawn by both men, but their
mother prevented any fight in the
house. *
The men left the house shortly aft
erward, and the quarrel was renewed.
The two brothers immediately opened
fire on each other and Wallace shot
Howard through the shoulder.
As he fell, Howard fired at Wall»aa.
the bullet entering his cheat-
New Banking House ’
((Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov. 28—The Ex
change bank, of which Mr. W. W. Os
borne is president, will move into its
new marble home on Broughton street
on Saturday. The new banking house
has juat been completed after many
delays and the bank is anxious to get
into It
SNOW FALL, 2 1-2 INCHES DEEP
MAKES WHITE THANKSGIVING
*■ Is there snow enough for‘you? The
first man who skated down his front
doorsteps Thursday morning tried this
an old weather insult on
his neighbor, and since then the city has
been repeating It. - -
And do you remember the snow In June
that covered the Candler building and
buried the lady on the dome of the
capital to her eyebrows?
Like the snow-enough-for-you ques
tions, these reminiscences of mighty
snows of the past are piling up. The
Old Reporter himself says that he re
calls distinctly the day when Thanks
giving would not have been Thanksgiv
ing unless snow lay five feet deep; and
he has authentic Old Citizens to support
him.
Records at the weather bureau show
that Atlanta has experienced many white
Thanksgivings, but that snow has never
before been so heavy in .this early part
of the winter. The forecaster estimates
that the amount of the fall Wednesday
afternoon and night war from 2 1-4 to
2 1-2 inches. In the early morning
Thursday the temperature dropped to 28
degrees, which is the lowest that it has
reached since the beginning of the win
ter.
A NOVEMBER RECORD.
Those who are interested in Weather
records may note that on this Thanks
giving snow is deeper than it has been
for thirty-five years in November. But
It is also a fact that snow fell in 1910
on October 28.
Everyone must have felt On his first
look oub-of-doors Thursday morning
that the white covering was a foot
deep. It clung to the trees, covered
the roofs, and in the early morning
was an unbroken carpet of white for
the streets.
SENATOR JAMES GORDON
DIES IN MISSISSIPPI
Succumbs to an Illness of Sev
eral Weel<s-Was 79
Years Old
(By Associated Press.)
OKOLONA, Miss., Nov. 28.—After an
illness extending over several weeks,
former United "States Senator James
Gordon, aged seventy-nine, died here
early today. .
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k The funeral will take place Friday
morning. ,
His death was due to the infirmities
of old age.
Senator Gordon became prominent In
the senate when he delivered the fa
mous “good will” speech Immediately
after his appointment to fill the unex
plred term caused by the death of Sen
ator A. J. He was appoint
ed to the senatorship December 27, 1909,
and served until February 22, 1910. In
that short attracted national
attention by the quaint utterances and
his unbounded optimism.
Senator Gordon served throughout the
war between the states as a captain in
the Confederate army. He was a suc
cessful cotton planter, an author and
poet. -
His poems and other articles have ap
peared in many Important publications
throughout the country.
Senator Gordon was born in Decem
ber, 1833, and until a few months before
his death had been in excellent health.
AUSTRIA TO FIGHT
-IF SERVIA DEMANDS
ARE NOTMDDIFIED
Austrians Announce They Will
Not Permit Servians to Pos
sess Durazzo Under Any Cir
cumstances '
(By Auociated PressA
LONDON, Nov. 38.—The Vienna cor
respondent of the Times says some of
the foreign offices* organs assert the
Austrian demand on Ser via igzan Irre
ducible minimum from which neither
powers noy Sepvia will be able to sub
tract an article.
The Neuse Weiner Tagblatt declares
he adds, in a semi-official note that
Austria will not allow Servla to pos
sess Durazzo undeaany circumstances."
Turkish Fleet Is Ready
To Attack Greek Forces
(By Associated Prta.)
LONDON, Nov. 28.—The Turkish
fleet with the exception of the cruiaer
Hamldieh lv reported, by special cor
respondents in Constantinople, to be
ready to go out and fight
It is still doubtful, however, whether
the Ottoman military authorities will
agree \to allow its use against the
Greek 'fleet despite the reported inten
tion of the Greeks to transport large
forces to Xeros bay behind the Darda
nelles. This move would seem to give
the Turkish destroyers the chance for
which Turkish naval officers profess
to long.
Tor gut Schevket Pasha Iff now In
command of the garrison guarding the
forts of the Dardanelles. The troops
under his command have been strongly
reinforced and are said to number at
least four divisions.
The report of the arrest of 600
Turkish officers and a number of civ
ilians, including Dr. Nazim Bey, the
chief organizer of the Union and Prog
ress, by the Greeks in is tel
egraphed here by a special correspond
ent. M ; ;
The grrested men have beers de
ported to Greece. The corresponden*
says th.s step by the Greeks was jus
tified because the Turks violated the
terms of capitulation, broke their pa
role and got away in some cases by
using fraudulently obtained passports.
The correspondent adds that the im-*
portance of this development will be
understood when It is realized that the
character of the war in Macedonia has *
changed and that the Greek army i>
noy seriously harassed by numerous
guerilla bands largely /composed of lib
erateu soldiers.
Moreover, the Bulgarian commanders
have complained that Turkish
have left by steamer from Salonlkl to
proceed to Constantinople for the pur
pose of joining their comrades fighting
at Tchati-lja.
It was discovered that Dr. Nazim
Esy meetings and
Ing numerous Intrigues against the au
thorities.
KNOXVILLE SENTINEL ;
HAS CHANGED HANDS
(By Associated Press.)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. Nov. 28.—For
mal announcement is made today of the
change in ownership of the Knoxville
' Sentinel.
Mr. G. F. Milton. disposes of his en
tire two-thirds Interest in the property
to Mr. Curtis B. Johnson, who will have
immediately associated with him in the
ownership of the property Messrs.
Frank M. Haynes, Hugh M. Johnston,
D. C. Chapman, 8. M. Johnston, Wiley
L. Morgan, H. A. Rivera, J. B. Kees
thig, X D. Clanton and T. J. Clafk, all
of Knoxville.
Mr. C. B. Johnson today becomes pub
lisher of the Sentinel and retains the
majority of the stook in the new com
pany and will also be its president Mr.
Wiley Morgan continues as managing
editlr, which position he had held for
fourteen years.
Mr. Milton acquires Mr. C. B. John
son’s practical Interest in the Chat
tanooga News and will give his entire
time to that publication, associated
with him in the ownership of which is
Mr. Walter C. Johnson.
First Corn Exhibit
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ANNISTON, Ala, Nov. 28.—The first
exhibit for the Calhoun county boys’
corn club show has just been received
at the office of Countg, Superintendent
H. T. Persons tn this city. It was sent
in by two brothers, Jones and Patter
son Brown, who live out on one of the
Jacksonville roads. The prizes will be
awarded on December 14, following
which a dinner will probably be served
the boys.
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