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ft VOL. VI. NO. 111.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1907.
PPTPT?. In Atlanta..TWO CENTS,
i. ■»VJ-v/Xj• on Train*..FIVg CENTS.
Crowd Packs Courtroom
Hear the Testi
mony.
JOHNSON INSISTS
IT WAS ACCIDENT
Case Went to Lawyers Por
Argument at 1:30
O’clock.
BUSY DAYS FOR XMAS SHOPPERS
Andrew Johnson, alias "Black Sport,'
the negro charged with the murder of
Patrolman J. A. Manter, In Peters
street, last Friday afternoon, was
placed on trial for his life In the su-.
parlor court, criminal division, Thurs
day morning at 9 o'clock. At 10:10
o'clock the Jury to sit In trial of the
case was secured and at noon all the
evidence was In. Argument In the case
was begun at 1:30 o’clock. Solicitor Hill
opening for the prosecution.
Solicitor Hill, In opening for the pros
ecution, cited the decision rendered by
former Chief Justice Simmons In the
case of Brooks vs. the State. In which
he held that when an officer was shot
down In attempting to make an arrest
that It was murder, not manslaughter.
Solicitor Hill said that he would
prove by the testimony of Johnson's
own witnesses that he was guilty of
murder In the first degree. At 2 o'clock
Attorney Chapman opened for the de
fense. . _
It wilt be late In the afternoon before
argument Is concluded.
When Johnson was led from the pris
oner's room at 9 o’clock Thursday
morning the court room was so densely
packed with people that the force of
bailiffs on duty was kept busy keeping
open the passageways. It is probable
that no murder case ever tried In Ful
ton county aroused greater Interest or
attracted more people to the sceno of
the trial.
The first Juror In the case was se
cured at 9: IS o'clock, and, although
three panels and port of a fourth wero
exhausted, this phase of the case was
disposed of rapidly and at 10:10 o'clock
the twelve Jurors were In their seats.
The following Jury was accepted:
Vf. H. McLain, salesman.
J. J. Buffington, bookkeper.
V. M. Alborson, grocer.
E. C. Selz. architect.
F. O. Spain, salesman.
J. T. Carter, collector.
T. C. Fincher, grocer.
E. S. McCandless, insurance.
B. E. Bankston, carpenter.
E. A. Rauschenberg, metal worker.
C. M. Brown, transfer clerk.
Frank L. Fleming, engraver.
Showed Little Emotion.
During the progress of the trial John,
son evinced little- emotion. He was
apparently composed and conferred
frequently with Attorneys Hammond
and Chapman. When placed on the
witness stand In his own defense, the
accused showed some nervousness, but
appeared eager to talk, several time;
going over statements previously made,
as If to Impress them upon the minds
of the Jury.
The first witness placed on the stand
by the state was Dr. J. W. Hurt. He
testified to an examination of the body
of Officer Manler.
Bartow Blackman, the negro who
pursued Johnson and captured him, was
the next witness.
'The first I knew of Johnson on the
day of the shooting,” sold Blackman,
"was when a girl In my restaurant at
115 Peters street asked me to make him
get away from the front of my place,
where he was cursing. I went to the
door and saw Officer Manler catch
•Sport' by the band of his pants. 'Sport'
pulled the pistol out of his bosom and
shot him."
Blackman then told of chasing John
son down the street and catching him
under the house of Dr. Turner, on
Walker street. He testified that John
son offered him money If he would let
him get away.
With the conclusion of Blackman’s
testimony, Solicitor Hill offered the pis
tol and Johnson’s hat as evidence, and
rested for the state.
Wltneseee for Defense.
P. M. Hatfield, a negro who operates
a pool room and barber shop In Peters
street near the scene of the murder.
Continued on Page Nine.
Pepper Hurled
In Cyclists’ Eyes
In 6-Dau Race
BRYAN STOCK UP SINCE
ROOSEVELT SPOKE OUT;
WASHING TON STUNNED
Visiting the Down-town 8tores.
Animated Scene In Whitehall.
COL A, S. COLYAR
REPORTED DYING
Noted Historian and Mem
ber of Confederate Con
gress Stricken.,
New York, Dec. 12.—In a daring al-
t'-mpt to disable the leaders In the six-
day bike race In Madison Square Gar-
'lon, quantities of red pepper wero
hulled Into the eyes of Moran and Itutt
"“lav. temporarily blinding them.
The desperate act waa committed at
the Very moment when the Yankee and
German were engaging In a terrific
"Print which threatened to cost their
upponents another lap.
Arthur Vanderstuyft, of the Ameri-
rr.n-I)e|gjan team, tried to punch JuC
■ ogler of tha leading Inter-city team
**fl the track today.
Empress Hss High Fever.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 12.—Empress
Alexandra continues to suffer from a
hlth fever today, and much uneail-
Is felt concerning her. Physicians
till? Sha has been much weakened by
“wtment to reduce her weight.
Special to The Oeorglan.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 11—Colonel A. S.
Colyer, of this city, for many years a
prominent lawyer anil newspaper man sod
one of the few surviving members of. the
Confederate * congress, was taken III this
morning sun Is dying. He Is In his 90th
year. He was a man of remarkable vigor of
mind and body. When 85 years old he wrote
hla history, "The Life and Tlfnea of An
drew Jackson," which baa boon In lltlgntlon
since. Relatives believe that worry over
this baa had much' to do with hla falling
health.
IALK5 FINANCE $100,000 OFFERED
Doesn’t Believe That Banks
Should Profit by Use of
Government Loans.
Washington, Dec. 12.—Governor Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, lunched with the
president today at tho whlto house. He
was a guest on the Invitation of the
(Mldmt, -who wished to know hie
views on the currency system and on
railroad rate regulation in the South.
Governor Smith eald that tho finan
cial situation should be normal In leoa
than sixty days.
He Is In favor of an elastic currency,
tut does not believe that any Increase
In the currency ought to be In tho
hands of corporations engaged In the
business of making'hioney by the sale
of tho use of money, in other words
national banka.
Governor Smith believes the govern
ment should .put a atop to gambling in
all stocks, bonds and particularly ag
ricultural products, especially cotton
and wheat. If this were done a panto
such os the country recently experi
enced would hardly again bo possible.
The governor Is In hearty accord with
Governor Olenn, of North Carolina, and
Governor Comer, of Alabama, In their
effort to regulate passenger and freight
mtes on Southern railways. Ills ad
ministration Is seeking through an ablj
and reorgailxcd railroad commission to
work out the problem of Justice both
to the public and to the railroads of
Georgia In all transportation matters.
Corner Hunter and Whitehall.
BIG CONVENTION
Denver Anxious to Have Big
Gathering in
1908. ~
DROPS DEAD IN
THE COURTHOUSE
Hampton H. Penny Falls
During Trial of An
drew Johnson.
Washington, Dec. IX—Rntlior than do bus-
Ineis on Friday, the 13th. Chairman Thoa.
Tagagrt la trying today to hnve the Demo
cratic national committee finish two days’
work In one. He wants the place for bold
ing the next convention, the time and the
manner of selecting delegates decided upon
by tonight, ao that no one need hesitate to
vote for tne ticket on the ground that It
had Its Inception under a hoodoo.
Lonlavllla has popped up st the last min
te as a very lively contestant for the cou
ventlon honors. In fact, early today she
seemed to be about the only city renlly
eager for the convention with the excep
tion of Denver.
SHALL WOMEN HOLD OFFICE?
NOX DECLARE TWO WHO WILL
OPPOSE MEN IN HOT DEB A TE
$90,000, while Henan., too
moat of the committeemen, tins tempted the
committee with a purse of 1100,000 In gold.
Conversation In the lobby concerning
the statement of the president waa gen
eral and Informal. There was an opin
ion, however, for almost every Demo
crat present. Briefly analysed, the
tour leading observations of the Demo,
crats were as follows:
To Cut Off Clamor.
Flrat. That the president had be
gun to realize that the nomination
might not be.ofTered him, and had seen
best to take the first step In this way,
In a manner going upon record aa cut
ting off the public clamor for a third
term.
Second. Expressions of surprise that
the president had spoken at this time,
In that many Democrats professed that
It was the original Rooseveltlan plan
to have the nomination offered him by
the Republicans and then refuse it,
thus going down In history as the only
man to refuse a third presidential term.
Declaration Ambiguous.
Third. That the president’s declara
tion did not really say that he would
not 5’leld to public clamor If the occa
sion arose, but that he "was not a
candidate for the nomination.”
Fourth. That the president waa sin
cere In his original declaration*, and
would under no circumstances accept a
third term, even If offered him on a
silver platter.
BLIND COW WALKS
THROUGH A WINDOW
A’ blind cow, one of a drove of aeveral
being driven without leash through the
heart of the business section about
noon Thursday, calmly walked thrpugh
a window on the Edgewood avenue side
of the Goodrum Tobacco Company
atre, at Peachtree. Edgewood and De
catur streets.
A panic ensued nmong the large
number of ladles waiting at the corner
for car*. Aa the cow shoved her head
through the heavy glass screams and
crlee of fright collected an Immense
crowd.
After smashing the window, the cow
backed out and proceeded quietly on
her way,
"She was a perfect lady,'* remarked
one of the clerks.
Mr. Cohen, owner of the cows, paid
the damages—$15.50.
Steeple Jack Climbs Pole.
Crowds gathered on Broad and Ma
rietta streets Thursday afternoon to
watch a steeple Jack climb the pole on
the Empire building. The aerial artist
too far West for
MISS MINI.Mi ELLIS. MISS COHrllE OZMER.
They will represent the Philathea Class of Wesley Memorial in debato
against tho Baracas.
Resolved, That women should hold
public offices."
This question will be debated hotly
by representatives of the _ Philathea
class, an 'organisation of young wom
en, and the Baraca claas. an organisa
tion of young men, at the Wesley
Memorial church at 5:16 o'clock Thurs
day evening.
The 'young ladles. Miss Corrie Ox-
mer and Miss Minnie Ellis, sprang a
surprise upon their opponents when
they chose the negative side of the
question, leaving the men. Dr. O. O.
Fanning and H. Boggarly, to gallantly
endeavor to prove woman’s fitness for
the duties of public life.
The Phllatheas challenged the Ba
raca-. who selected the question. Then
It was left to the feminine debaters to
select the side. In choosing the ques
tion the masculine debaters had ar
gued to themselves that surely the
young women would take the affirma
tive side In support of their sex, and
they had already begun thinking of
arguments to prove that women are not
capable of holding public offices. It
rather took the wind out of their sails
when the Phllatheas announced their
decision.
The speaking will be spirited without
doubt, and possibly spicy. At a recent
debate between the Philathea classes of
the Raptlst Tabernacle and the Wes
ley Memorial church the young women
made such cutting remarks about their
opponents that several late comers
thought they had landed In a red-hot
political stump speaking.
On Thursday night each debater wllj
be given ten minutes for the first
speech and three minutes for rebuttal.
It is said that the three minutes will
be the most Intw'-vOog. The public Is
Invited.
LAST WORD FROM ROOSEVELT
ON THIRD TERM CANDIDACY
Washington, Dec. 12.—President Roosevelt last night made public the
following announcement concerning hi* attitude toward the Republican
presidential nomination:
•‘On the night after election I made the following announcement:
” 'I am deeply sensible of the honor done me by the American people
In thus expressing their confidence In what I have done and have tried to
do. I appreciate to the full the solemn responsibility this confidence Im
poses on me, and I shall do all that Is In my power not to forfeit It On
the 4th of March next I shall hnve served three and a half years, and
this three and a half years constitute irty first term. The wise custom
which limits the president to two term* regards the substance and not
the form, and under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept
another nomination.’
”1 have not changed, and shall not change, the decision thus an
nounced.”
HAMPTu.% ...KERRY,
He fell to the floor in court house
Thursday and died In a lew mo-
aments.
Penny was standing near several gen*
•n when be suddenly sank to the floor,
vss hastily carried into the office of
ting In new ropes.
While standing near the door of the
crowded court room where Andrew John*
son was on trial Thursday morning for the
murder of Patrolman J. A. Manler, Hamp
ton II. Penny, 75 years old, the assistant
night watchman at the court bouse, was
seised with au attack of heart failure and
died within s few moments without utter
ing s word.
Mr. I
tlemen
He was
Chief Turner, of the county police, and
County Physician J. W. Hurt, who was la
the court room, was summoned, hut life
was extinct before medical aid could reach
him.
It Is not probable that Coroner Thomp
son will hold an Inquest, as the death of
Mr. Penny waa witnessed by several per
sons.
Mr. Penny was well known In Atlanta,
where he had resided practically all bis life.
He was a Confederate veteran and was a
member of Camp Tlge Anderson. For sev
eral yrnrs he had been assistant night
Wiitchmuu at the court house.
Mr. Penny Is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Susie Penny, Hint three children, Jesse and
Misses Noble am! Fannie Penny. Mrs. Pen
ny Is In n critical condition as the result of
her hustmnd's death, and it Is possible that
she will not re»*ovcr from the shock.
Tlie arrangements for tho funeral have
not yet been made.
Mrs. Longworth
Under the Knife
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Washington, Dee. 12.—President
Roosevelt’s announcement formally re
Iterating his determination not to ac
cept anothor nomination has struck
Washington like a blow between the
eyes.
Almost universally, the announce
ment Is looked on as putting him Irre
vocably out of consideration for the
nomination. A few old third-termers
are still clamoring for him.
It was demonstrated last week at
the meeting of the national committee
that tho president did not control the
committee, but that his opponents did.
The friends of Fairbanks, Foraker,
Hughes, Knox and Cannon went away
from Washington openly declaring that
they not only had contrdl of tho con
vention, but had votes enough to pre
vent the president from controlling the
convention.
Continued on Page Five.
IN
LEAD TO THEORY
Tha minimum salary paid In Atlanta
3400. while the maximum Is IttO. In Cincin
nati It Is $6oo-$l,0u0, and In Jersey City It Is
ffiOO-11.272.
Cooper Had Been Shot
Twice Through the
Brain.
Washington. Dec. It.—Burgeon Gen
eral Rlxey, of the navy, announced to
day that the operation on Mrs. Nich
olas Longworth for appendicitis has
been perfectly successful. He says her
condition is satisfactory
Rumored Taft
Has Resignea
New York. Dee. It.—It I. reported In YYall
street lhl« afternoon tlist Secretary Taft
Itefore sailing <m the sleninshlp President
Grant., cabled bts resignation to President
Roosevelt. Where the rumor originated Is
not known, but It Is no less tierslatenL
brokers and men of finance are Inclined to
believe that Mr. Taft has taken such action.
Not Baliavad In Washington.
Washington, Dec. It.—Nothing- la
known here as to the reported resigns-
.... _. tlon of Secretary Taft and the story la
set to work painting the pole and put- given no credence at the war depart
ment.
Hpeclal to The Georgian.
Oarteravllle, On., Dec. 12.—A sensa-
tlon developed In thla city today upon
the atatement of Dr. Lindsay Johnson
that Eugene Cooper, whose body was
found at the rear of the Cox home, ot
Cass Station, did not kill himself, as
first thought. Coroner James Harrison,
who held an Inquest over the body,
also expressed doubt that the pistol
wounds found In Cooper's head could
have been self-inflicted. Dr. Johnson
who examined the wounds In Cooper's
head at the undertaking establishment,
said to a Georgian representative to
day:
"Just as sure as you are sitting In
that chair, Eugene Cooper was murder
ed. It would have been Impossible for
him to have fired more than one of the
shots, both of which penetrated his
brain. One s|>ot was fired bark of the
chin and through the roof of his mouth
Into his brain. The other shot was
fired Into his right temple and through
his brain. Either shot would have
caused Instant death or paralysis, mak
ing another shot Impossible. It would
have been Impossible for him to have
fired two shots Into his brain.”
To add to the mystery. It la said that
three shots had been fired from the
pistol found lying by the side of the
dead man. One shot had failed to fire,
as shown on the cartridge in that
chamber.
It was rumored that the alleged sui
cide had written a letter to Hon. T.
C. Milner, telling of hla'determination
to end his life and Inclosing a check
to pay his taxes, but Mr. Milner said
today that he had received no commu
nication from Cooper.
Cooper was 70 years of age and well
known In thla city. He hod suffered
mentally. It Is said, on account of a sa
ber cut dealt him by the Union soldiers
when he was a young man.
Salaries In Buffalo.
It will he of Interest In this connection
to note that the board of hMermen of Buf
falo voted last week to pay women teacher*
the Mote salaries that men teacher* receive
and thla action Involved an increase of
something like 150,000 In the expense of con
ducting tne public school! of that city.
Ill the article referred to above, which
waa published In The Georj*
I ahowu that the.teachers of
'a much smaller salary that. — # %. ...
Atlanta engaged In an occopatloa where
aklll and year* of preparation aro required.
The minimum salary I* $40 per month, which
I* Anally Increased to the maximum, $40 per
month, after six years spent In teaching In
the public schools. The smallest salary re
ceived by*an artisan In Atlanta Is $75 per
month, while the maximum often excoeds
$150.
The Atlanta Federation of Trades, com
posed of every labor organization In the
city. Is seriously Interested In tho proposi
tion to secure Increased salaries for the
tearhera and will push the movement with
enthusiasm and vigor.
REV. C. P. BRIDEWELL
AGAIN A PASTOR
Rev. C. P. Bridewell, formerly pastor
of the Ktret Preebyterlan church of At
lanta, who wna suspended from the
ministry on account of an unfortunate
offalr about a year ago, ha* been re
stored to the ministry by the presby
tery of Hope, Ark.
After his suspension from the minis
try here Mr. Bridewell removed with
his family to Arkansas. Nothing had
been heard of him until an Arkansas
paper announced that the office ot the
ministry had been given him again.
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General Belief in Washington That House
Resolution Forced President to
Make Statement.
FEDERATION TO ASK
BETTER SALARIES
FOR CITYTEACHEBS
To Present Petition to City
Council On Next
Monday. ( :
At the meeting of the Atlanta Federation
of Trades, held In the Federation Hall in
Forsyth street, Wednesday night, tha reso
lution Introduced by Jerome Jones calling
upon the mayor and city council to appro
priate to the department of education a
sum sufficient to Justify an Increase In tho
Juries of the teacher* In the public schools
whs unanimously adopted. / A committee,
onslatlng of Jeromo Jones, William Bob-
ttsun »ud William Ntrnuss, was appointed
o tnke jibe.mutter before the city couacil
at the meeting next Monday afternoon,
* .also to go before the bosrd of educa-
wfttrtlie proposition,
me resolution, setting forth the reasons
why the teachers In the public schools
should hove Increased pay, had previously
been adopted by Atlanta Typographical
union No. 48, and the action of tha Federa
tion We<l need ay night was a forceful sanc
tion of the action taken by the printers'
union.
mo resolution also called for the appoint*
merit of a committee from the priatere’
union to urge the proposition before council
uud the board of education, and a strong
committee will ho appointed by President
Wade P. Harding.
Ask Support of Counoll.
In speaking of his resolution and tho ap
pointment of a committee to go befora
council, Mr. Jones said:
“Of couruo we understand that these ap
propriations to the various department a art
looked after by the fins ace committee, but
the flnnuce committee la composed of i
get the benefit of Its Influence and
support. We are also going before tho
board of education and make an effort to
get Its support In our attempt to secure for
the Atlanta teachers A salary commensurate
with the labor they perform.’*
That the teachers In the AtbratA public
school* are not paid salaries equal to those
paid teachers In other cltlen of tho popula
tion of Atlanta wn* shown In MU article
printed In The Oeorglan several days ago.
In seven cities selected from a list of more
than forty It was shown that the minimum
and maximum salaries exceeded those of
Atlanta by front tJOO to $500.
THE WEATHER.
For Atlanta and Vicinity—-Rain
tonight and Friday; somewhat
warmer.
The Atlanta Georgian
AND NEWS
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, steady, 6.30: Atlanta. Arm,
11S: New Orleans, firm. 11 T »: New York,
steady, 1*20; Savannah. Arm, 11 5-16:
Augusta, steady. JV 2 : Mobile, steady,
11 15-16; Charleston, nominal, 11 5-16.