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*• 1 i-i. ii- \ cx I J 1 A UI'.UJtUlAJN AINU iN EVTO. THEY WILL RIGIDLY ENFORCE THE LAW Continued from Page One. ..(fenders to the stockade, but mu*t bind 'them over. Thla he will do, fix liig heavy bonda In each cate. He also] f»vora the sending of all offenders to| the chalngnng without a fine, ■ ••Under the new law.’’ saya Judge Broyles, "both the sale of whisky and the keeping of whisky on hand for the purpose of sale are state offenses and there will he nothing for me to do but hind over to the state courts. As far *« In my power, I will see that the law la rigidly enforced. Any person proven guilty will be promptly bound over nndei a heavy bond. I will flx the bond at such an amount as will Insure the presence of the offender In the courts for trial. And for every offend er convicted I favor a chalngang sen tence. I do not believe anyono should be let off with a fine, l’ut them In stripes at hard labor and wo will be bothered very little with blind tigers. This Is the only way to stop the Illegal ssle of whisky. ■7 am satisfied that Chief Jennings and the police mean to enforce the law to the letter, and that the state court Judges and solicitors mean to do tlielr full duty. The people want this pro hibition law enforced, and there will be no halfway ground. With thla senti ment prevailing In the courts, I feel certain that very few people are going lo be so reckless as to take the chance of going to the chalngang for a good, lung term.” Police to Enforce Law. Police Chief Henry Jennings will spare no effort to trap any blind ti gers that attempt to operate after the first Of the year, and to have all'vlola- tors of the prohibition law punished, ’’When the atate prohibition law goea Into effect the flrat of the year,” atatea Chief Jennings, "It means that no mora liquor must bo told In Atlanta. We will enforce the law to the letter. The whole police force will be on the alert, and blind tigers will find It a dllYoult mutter to exlat. We do not propoae have any blind tlgeri here. Any obe caught violating the law In any manner will be arrested and promptly arraigned before the courts." Atlantan* Law-Abiding. That vigorous prosecutions will fol low all violations of the prohibition law Which find their way Into the city court was emphatically stated by Solicitor Lowry Arnold, of the city court, and Assistant Solicitor John A. Hynds. "I do not anticipate any wholesale violations of the law,” aald Solicitor Arnold. “The people of Atlanta are vary law-abiding, and In so far as I bavs been able to observe they are de termined to meet the changed condi tions manfully and obey the law, whether they like It or not. "However, when violations do occur and the coaea come Into thle court, they will be vigorously prosecuted, and every effort will be made to convict the guilty party.” Believe Will Obey Law. Judge Andy Calhoun, of the city court, criminal d.vlslon. said: “It might not be advisable for a Judge to sny what he will or will not do. Law la law. and muat be obeyed. 1 do not anticipate any unusunl en croachments upon the provisions of the prohibition law, and 1 believe that even the strongest antl-prohlbltlonlata Intend to abide by the law and assist In the effort to see that It Is enforced.” In his charge to the Jury several weeks ago, Judge Pendleton, of the civil division of the superior court, urged unusual vigilance on the part of the grand Jury In detecting and lnvestlgat- SMITH URGES THREE CANALS FOR GEORGIA Continued from Page One. Inntlc, crossing the state of Georgia. Facilities Insufficient. Governor Bmlth raid: Tor n half century our country hna. with few exceptions, depended almost exclusively upon steam railroads that have Increased until their mileage In the United mates, without refrence to double tracks, amounts to 114,040, and their annual charges for hauling freight reaches K.OOO.OOCOOO. Of this amount It Is aafe lo say that one-third comes from handling the heavier classes, such ns Iron, coal, lumber, marble, granite, wheat, corn and cotton* "It Is conceded that the volume of freight which the rat I rood companies are now called upon to handle far ex ceeds, their rapacity and the demand upon them Is Increasing more rapidly than they arc' able to Increase their ability for carriage. From all over the country cornea tho complaint of tardi ness In transportation and excessive charges. Theso complaints are due at least In part to the.fact that the rail road compnriles handle a class of water transportation. If we can adopt a policy by which water tranaporUtlon can bo furnished for the class of heav- commodltlcs to which I .hare referrci not only will the present congestion Irsnsportatton hs relieved, but the it of transportation will he reduced, < Cost Is Ons-SIxth. “The average cost of water transpor tatlon Is about one-elxtli of the cost of rail transportation. Tho heavy freights properly to be assigned fo water, now handled by railroads must coat now 1000,01)0,000 a year. The reduction of tho cost of transporting these com' •modifies five-sixths would lie an sen nomio saving of 1500.000,000 per an. nun. The lessened cost of transports tlnn would enormously Increass tha amount of this class of goods shipped from section to section, and If It Is In. slated that It will be Impossible to eub. stltute water entirely for rail with ref. erence to them, tho Increased ship, ments should equal the amount not saved from rail transportation, and In a few years the net saving should still be a full 1440,000,000 per annum. •The heavy commodities which have classified as properly to be trans ported by water ore now carried by the railroad companies at their lowest rates. The railroad companies freed from the burden of this class of ship ments, confining- their attention to shipments of the higher grade, can make a lower rate for th* average transportation of commodities which they continue to carry and yet receive a higher average rate than that which they now collect on all of the commod ities which they carry.” Two Georgia Canals Wanted. The governor spoke with enthusiasm 1 the proposed Bt. Marys and gulf ca nal. This waterway, he said, would constitute a part of the plan for an In land routs from the New England coast to the gulf and finally to New Orleans. Ths Bt. Marys river and the famed Buwanee both rise In the Okefenoke* swamp, the Bt. Marys flowing east ward Into the Atlantic and the Su- wanee flowing In a southwesterly di rection Into the gulf of Mexico. The Immense Oketenokce swamp averages Ing alleged violations of the law when It goes Into effect, and suggested that a word of warning to the public might not be out of place. Judge Pendleton's Advice. •Let the’ people know,” said he, "that this law Is going to be enforced. Let them know, whether some people may Ilka It or noL It I* on the statute books, and muat he obeyed, and that when It la violated the grand Jury will Indict, the petit juries convict and the courts Impos3 penalties In every case.” When atked for a statement In re gard to the enforcement of th* prohl billon law, Bollcltpr Charley D. Hill, of the superior court, said: "These violations, provided there are any, will Involve misdemeanor, and the majority of them will, therefore, come up for trial in th* city court Should any of them come before the grand Jury they will be Indicted, pros ecuted and convicted If there la evi dence enough to Justify It.” PIANO m—ii n m ii i in —— BARGAINS $125, $175,* $200, $250, $275, $300 Upward to a Steinway. Slightly Used—New—Uprights and Grands. Easy terms when desired. OPEN EVENINGS PIANOLA PIANOS EASY TERMS. Phillips & Crew Co. 37 PEACHTREE ST., ATLANTA. A Wireless to Santa Claus from our Second FI oor Did you know that m our Childrens Department on the second floor, in addition to tke regular line of wearables, we have a perfectly splendid assortment of Dolls and Teddy Bears? RAG DOLLS—We have Rag Dolls in various attractive patterns, all made up and dressed. We needn't say a word about tbe durability of these toys and the amount of ill-treatment they will stand at tbe bands of their strenuous owners and all that. Web ave: American Maid . . . 50c and $1.25 Sailor Boy ." 4 25c Sailor girl 25c Little Red Riding Hood, 50c and . .- $1.00 Clown 25c Topsy Turvey $1.00 and a full line of otker Rag Dolls from 25c to $5.00 Teddy Bears t»/t 7 7AV* - We have tke best dollar Teddy Bear in Atlanta. Tke way we know is ky wkat folks say. Tkey look and look and tken kuy kere. We tkmk ourselves it's a migkty good value in tkis favorite toy. Wekavekrown andwkite kears, all sizes, from $1.00 to $6.00 Imported Dolls of Frenck make and German make, keauties all, and of admirakle qual ity, $1.50 to $15.00 f Rag Toys Tken we kave Rag Toys in tke flat—tkat is to say, designs stamped on skeets ready to ke sewed up and ^stuffed— Cats, Dogs, Monkeys, Japanese Dolls, and so on, 5c, 10c, 15c •Tigc Buster s famous playmate is kere in krown, wooly coat, witk kis marvelous eyes, and apparently ready for many an escapade. $1.25 Ckamberlin-Jonnson-DuBose Company three feet deep In water and th* en gineering problem la no more difficult than was the construction of tha Dis mal swamp canal In Virginia. The In land route along the Atlantic would cut off the dangers of Cape Hatteraa and the open ocean, while the St. Mary* canal would cut off the dangers of over athousand mile* around tbe Flor Ida key*. Th* governor al«o strongly urged the canal from the Tennessee river aero** the state of Georgia to n stream con necting with th* Atlantic, thua con necting the MlMlMlppt, Ohio and all their tributaries with the ocean. . Five Branches. There arc five great branches in the governor’s plan for waterway davel- opment, the Improvement of the MIs- elppl and othar riven, th* Erie canal, which la already In existence, the Im provement and extension of the Inland route along the Atlantic, the construc tion of the canal from the. Tennessee to the Atlantic and tha construction of the Bt. Mary* and gulf canal across south Georgia and upper Florida. "What cltlxen of the union.” said the governor, "can contemplate our harbor* property developed and than turn to hi* map and trace these Are inland waterway* completed ami In full use, loaded with the product* of our Industry, Immensely Increased by the reduced cost of transportation. ank God he I* an American cltlten. Th# South’s Great Crop. "South of the Potomac we long to contribute our part in this great growth of our nation. We are ready to load vessels with Iron and coat and lumber and marble and granite. We are ready to receive the great products of the East and West, but above all we are ready to furnish East und West with that commodity which the Infl- nlte haa given our country practically as a monopoly. May I not be par doned for referring to It? During the last century the United States received from th* export of cotton .tana bil lion dollars. During the six years prior to KOt It contributed from foreign countries to our national prosperity over two billion, and during the past three years It brought back from for- elgn shores one billion two hundred million dollars to give life and force to the commerce of our country, and during the present season It will bring from abroad four hundred millions of gold to relieve the stringency of the money market and to do full part toward restoring universal confidence and national prosperity. Proud of Showing, “W# are proud of the fact that our section can make such a contribution to our nation. I mention It not In n splitit of boasting but f trust with an excusable pride due to our desire that you should understand how full a part we seek to take In all that may con tribute to the welfare of our future, to the prosperity of our nation and to the glory of our flag. "The Inland waterway from Cairo to the south Atlantic coast to which 1 have referred I* estimated by th* en gineer* as one which complete would cost 140,000.000. I have referred to the fact that ft will pierce the great cot ton section of our country. You know that it will reach the granarlea of the middle nest. It will also furnish fer use to millions of our people llmllles* Iron and coal and lumber. To bring these great commodities at an enor mously reduced Cost within easy reach of all these people would cause a stim ulus to manufacturing and to devel opment upon all lines, the benefits of which would make the co*t of con struction though large In figures small by way of comparison. Country's Rapid Growth. "It may be asked It the picture is not overdrawn why have these oppor tunities been neglected In the past? Two satisfactory reason!* can be given. "First, things have been moving so rapidly thut the value of water trans portation haa been overlooked. There ha* been a sentiment against It upon the idea that It was too alow. At pres ent there are those In our land who realise how unwise It I* to seek the Bcqulrement of riches too rapidly. Economy and safety In the long run have advantages over, speed. “Second, the great railroad compa nies until recently have thrown tlielr Influence against water transportation and thalr Influence has been conjroll- lug. It should be a source of congrat ulation that the wisest leaders In rail road development now openly declare themselves In favor of the enlarge ment of our water facilities and there Is no reason for regret that the Influ ence due to the contribution by these great corporations of money Into poli tics will not lie countenanced In fu ture amt that the public will not tol erate the effort by corporations to dic tate'’ the policies or congressional or state legislation. Begin With $50,000/100. 'If iher# are those who shrink when they contemplate the coat of the development of our harbor* and Inland waterways upon a broad scale we may well remind them over and over again that two-thirds of our national reve nue Is spent either on account of war or In preparation for war and the ways fifty millions and Increase the amount five millions every year for tho next ten yea is. and thla would make pos sible Immense progress. We should sde^to It that no private corporation controls our waterways. They must be developed as a source of Independ ence for our people. "With the Improvement of our port* and the opening up of our Inland wa terways, with the national and slate railroad commissions intelligent!.'. wisely and Justly protecting the rail road properties from reckless specula tion and shippers from rebates and discriminatory and excessive freight charges, we may hope that the country will lie saved from the necessity of government ownership of railroads and we can look to the future with con fidence, determined thnt In all things we will consider the opportunity of the great masses of th# people of our land." RAISE BEER TAX TO AID WATERWAYS IVashlngtuu, Dee. A.—The brewers *nd lieer drinkers of tbe country are about t" be "pinched” If the resolution Introduced by Representative Ernest Aebeson, of Peon syiranla. In tbe honor, Is to ho taken serl- uiisly. He suggests In s somewhat rolumi nuns document tbnt the tax on beer he rslsisl from It to K a barrel and that th’’ revenue therefrom he plarrd to the credit of the rirrre and barbors of the eonntrf. Veteran Physician Daad. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 6.—Dr. Chet. . Dorman, who was In attendant * uron JefTersof! Davis while the presi dent of the Confederacy was Impris oned and »lek In Fortress Monroe, died — at his home here yesterday from *P* ought to be able to begin with eplexv.