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COUNCIL STIRS (IP
LOTS OF TROUBLE
IT DQESN7 FINISH
Higher Teachers’ Salaries
Recommended to Incom-
- ing Council.
. The last regular session of council
this rear, held Monday afternoon,
proved to be a lively and most Impor
tant one, nearly all the Important mat
ters that have s'lrred up council dur
ing the year passing In review In one
form or another.
The pump question came up in the
form of a communication from Coun
cilman Taylor. In which he proposed
a trip of Investigation to Milwaukee,
and to which he attached a letter from
the mayor of Milwaukee relative to
the pump. After a breesy discussion,
the entire matter was referred to the
water board and the special council
committee.
Lpter, Mayor Joyner received a tele
gram from the board of public works
of Milwaukee, stating that the pttmp
was eminently satisfactory. La*t night,
the mayor received a telegram from
• the mayor of Milwaukee In which he
withdrew any statement calculated to
reflect on the Wisconsin Engine Com
pany.
These last telegrams. It seems, will
settle the matter for good and all,
, The question of closing the saloons
came up In the form of a communica
tion from [he Georgia Antl-Snloon
League, requesting that tits saloons be
closed from December 21 to December
26. Referred to the mayor and police
board.
Highen Pay for Teaehers,
Higher pay for the teachers came up
In the form of a memorial from Atlanta
1 Typographical Union and the Atlanta
federation of Trades, which waif read
' by Jerome Jones. Following this ear
nest appeal for higher pay for the
jfltaggfisrs. Alderman qullllnn offered a
;• resolution providing a recommendation
»to the council of 1908 that the board
-of education be appropriated an amount
-itffb lently large to enable the board
'to Increase the salaries of teachers.
A substitute by Alderman Key, fix
ing n minimum salary of ISO, and agna
tion by Councilman Longlno, referring
the entire matter to the school board
and the school committee, were lost,
and the resolution by Alderman Qull-
, llan was then adopted.
The question^ of popular election of
,'clty officials canto up In the form of
a message from the mayor In expla
nation of his veto of Councilman Mar
tin’* "will of the people" resolution.
No effort was made to override tho
i veto. The mayor says In tho begin
ning: “The resolution, which I return
to you with my disapproval; seems to
me t > be a blank cartridge flred In
the air for purposes of celebration
- only and aimed at nothing In particu
lar. It puts no machinery In motion;
it provides for no legislation: It mokes
no. requests of anybody: It does noth
ing whatever and certainly would not
be n basis for any further action by
any one."
Mayor Explains Vato.
. The mayor states that from the mat
ters attached to the resolution, hs
Jttdgss it relates to the popular^elecllon
of city officials, In which case he says
he vetoed It because he does not agree
to It.
Tho mayor makes the point that,
although a large majority of those
voting did vote In favor of popular
election, only 29 1-6 per cent of those
registered voted this wny. He argues
that such a small percentage of the
registered voters should npt be allowed
to make such a radical change In the
city government.
The mayor argues that If the de
partment officials who are under coun
cil ore not elected by council but by
the peoplb thnt they will pay no heed
to the instructions and ordsrs uf coun
cil.
He argues further that unusual quali
fications In fire fighting are necessary
to make a capable Are tighter; that
unusual qualifications In finance are
necessary to make a capable comp
troller, and that unusual qualifications
In teaching and In hundltng men. wom
en nnd children are necossnry to make
a capable public school superintendent,
and tliat If these ofllclals were elected
by the people he Intimates that. In his
opinion, the main qualification necessa-
ry to be elected will be an ability to
"Jolly" and appear always “a good fe|-
The mayor concludes with the state
ment that the only trouble with the
present system In Atlanta .Is that alt
the department ofllclnls are not elected
hv council, nnd urges that If anything
further Is done It be along the line of
providing for the election by council of
those department officials who are now
chosen by the people.
Curtis Tries Again.
After tltd reading af the mayor's
message. Alderman Curtla made an ef
fort to gatfeis resolution providing for
popular elections before ths house. He
made several more efforts and finally
nearly succeeded. A motion to vote sep
arately on each office was loaf.
Councilman Harman moved to lay
the matter on the table, nad the mo
tion prevailed, and again Alderman
C'urtls was foiled In Ills attempt to get
a vote on the strict merits of his propo.
-it Inn to elect city officials by the peo-
pit
Thr advers# report on Councilman
Terrell’s ordinance limiting all fran-
chlses to bo granted In ths future to
thirty rears was adopted.
on re-dqjlon by Alderman Holland,
the families of Policemen Crabtree nnd
(Irani who were killed In the Pitts
burg riot, were given 1100 each,
A proposition to allow the city to es.
tobllsh a cemetery within the four-mile
limit was laid ovei* until the next meet-
'"councllman Huddleston's automobile
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
WILLMEETIN MACON
Two Hundred Delegates Ex
pected to Attend Con
vention.
Hperial to Tbe Georgina.
Macon, On., Dec. 17.—On January 9
and 10, members of the Georgia Anti
Saloon League will meet In Macon for 1
the annual convention. The sessions
will all be held In the city auditorium,
and several of the most prominent
workers In the Anti-Saloon League
will 1 deliver addresses.
Rsv. T. D. I'llls, president of the
Bibb County Anti-Saloon League,
stated that be expected at leaig two
hundred to attend the convention.
They will come from all parts of the
slate. -
One Dose
Atk year doctor to Ml you. hortsllj and
frankly. just urhat he thinks of Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral. Then Jo as he says.
Often a single dose of Ayer’s Cherry
Rectors) at bedtime will completely
control tbe night couflis of children.
It is s strong medicine, s doctor s
medicine, entirely free from alcohol.
Hade only for diseases of the throat,
weoebial tubes, and lungs. Full for-
■sUoneschUbd^^^^^^^jjijj!^,
CAN’T TELL WHERE HE WAS
DURING LONG ABSENCE.
Siwclal tn llie Georgian,
Macon, an., Dec. 17.—W. H. Har
grove, who has been missing from hi*
home In Macon since October 5. ha*
been located In Mississippi, after sev
eral months search by the police. Mr*.
Hargrove, wife of the missing man. re
ceived a letter from her husband Mon
day, stating thnt he had been sick ever
since he left Macon and* during the
time he has been away tils mind has
been a blank. He does not know
where all ho has been, but stated that
he would return home In a few days.
Hargrove was a passenger conductor
on the Central of Georgia railroad.
ACCIDENTAL 8HOT~
RESULTS IN DEATH.
8|ierlfll *n The Gebrglm,.
Macon, Ga„ Dec. 17.—Willie Tumlln,
a 14-year-old negro, died at the Ma
con hospital as the result of a wound
he received Sunday afternoon while
playing with a pistol.'
MANY CHANGES WILL BE MADE
ON MACON POLICE FORCE
flpedst to Tho Georgina.
Macon, Ga„ Dec. 17.—Although the
appointing of a new police force
take place Tuesday night by Mayor
Miller and tho new board of alder
men. the old officers who fall to be re
appointed will not leave the force till
the new oneR come on January 1. The
heads of many of the officers are doom
ed. ns those who took prominent parts
ngalnst Mayor Miller during the elec
tlon have/ learned that their jobs a
pollqemen will soon be things of the
post. ,
TROY TRIAL BEING HEARD
IN MIAMI COURT.
Special lo The Georgina.
Macon, Ga„ Dec. 17.—Attorney Mln-
ter Wimberly Is now at Miami, Fla,
where he'' Is representing Tom Troy,
charged with the killing of G. A. New
comb last May. The trial of Troy was
begun Monday, and will likely last
several days. Ho la represented by Mr.
Wimberly, of Macon, and Judge Wor
ley. of Miami. The many friende of
Troy oil over tho etate will tvnlch with
Interoet the outcome of the trial.
SCCOND DIVIDEND - PAID
TO EXCHANGE DEPOSITORS.
h'perlal to The Georgian. '
Macon, Oa., Dec, 17.—The eecond div
idend of (126,000 of the Exchange bank
Is now being paid out, and checks for
20 per cent of the depnslta have been
made out for all of the depositors.
Early yesterday morning a crowd gath
ered about the Home Havings bank,
where the money Is being paid out,
watting for their check.
The dividend that la now being paid
Is the second since the failure of the
bank, and It In very likely that another
will be paid some time In January,
after the bank’s fixtures and property
are sold. '
WILLINGHAM CHAIRMAN
OF STREET COMMITTEE.
bpeelsl to Tlic Georgian.
Macon, Ga, Dec. 17.—IJ. J. Wil
lingham has been nppolnted by Mayor
Miller os chairman of the street com
mittee to succeed Alderman W. A, Clrlf.
flth, who held that position under the
old administration. This office Is next
highest to that rtf the finance commit
tee. and as- Mr. Willingham, when he
was alderman several years ago. did
well at the heed of the street commit
tee, It Is repeated that he will again
put Ills shoulder to the wheel and look
OBJECT TO DISCONTINUING
VALDOSTA EXPRESS.
Special to The Ucargttin.
Macon. Go., Dec. 17.—Since the an
nouncement In Atlanta that the Geor
gia Southern and Florida Rallway
Company had made application to dis
continue! the Valdosta express, one of
the most convenient trains running
south out of Macon, there has been
much to. say regarding the proposed
change. Business men and the public
In gerieral will make efforts to retain
the train.
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
COMMITTEE MEETS,
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Oa., Dec. 17.—Professor J. S.
Murray, who holds the chair of Greek
and French at Mercer, left today to at.
tend a meeting of the Rhodes schol
arship committee. The committee Is
composed of a representative from Em
ory and Mercer, with Chancellor Bar-
row, of the University of Georgia, as
chairman. There are two scholarships
given to Georgia each year to Oxford
College, England, and the rotation sys
tem has been the practice by the three
leading colleges of the state, but there
Is likely to be a different plan adopted
at the coming meeting. Mercer furnish
ed one student who received the schol-
arshlp Inst year. D. B. Anderson, of
HawklnavHle. Oa.. secured the scholar,
ship, and he Is now at Oxford.
' Odd Fellows Elset Officers.
Bremen. Ga.. Dee. 17.—An election
as held by the Odd Fellows of this
city with the following result:
John H. Shelnut, noble grand; Rdy
Boatwright, vice noble grand; R. II.
Byrd, secretary; A. T. Park, treasurer.
ordinance was adversed by the com
mittee. trad the adverse report was
adopted. _ .
An ordinance by Councilman Roberts,
prohibiting special officers from wear
ing the police uniforms, was adopted.
Council found It Impossible to trans
act all Its business, and adjourned until
a o’clock next Monday afternoon.
/.
Doses $1
True only of Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the
one great blood purifier and general
tonic. This remarkable medicine has
effected many radical and permanent
cures that are the wonder of the world.
It eradicates all humors from pimples
to scrofula.''
Doses $1
In ascal liquid form or In chocolated
tablets known as Sarsataba. 100 doses $!•
BARTOW BLACKMAN
GETS FREE LICENSE
Bartow Blackmon, the negro res
taurant keeper who captured the slay
er of Policeman Manler, was rewarded
by the general council at the meeting
Monday afternoon. This reward was In
the shape of a free license to do busi
ness and the following resolution from
the tax committed made It porslble:
••Resolved by the mayor and general
council of the city of Atlanta. That we
appreciate the courage and good citl
u nship displayed by Bartow Blackman
In the arreat of Andrew Johnson for
the killing of Officer Manler. and In to.
ken of our appreciation of the same
that we give to the* said Bartow Block-
man a free license for the conducting
of hte present business on Peters street
for twelve months from January 1.
ms.
“Resolved further, That a copy of this
resolution, certified by the clerk of this
c«uncl!. under the seal of the city, be
forwarded to the said Bartow Black
man. ,
The Magic No. 3.
Number three la a wonderful mascot
for George H. Parris, of Cedar Grove.
Maine, according to a letter which
reads: “After suffering much with
liver and kidney trouble, nnd becoming
greatly discouraged by the failure to
find relief, I tried Electric Bitters, and
as a result I am a well man today. The
first bottle relieved and three bottles
completed the euro.*’ Guaranteed best
remedy for stomach, liver and kidney
troubles, by all druggists, 50c.
Aged Woman Dies.
Hpcclal ty Tbe Georgian.
Macon, Ga.. Dec. 17.—Mrs. Penelopa
Oliver, an nunt of Mrs. Jordan Mas-
nee and Lawson Brown, died Sunday at
her home In Veal. Ala,, and'the funeral
services were held yesterday afternoon
at Grovanla, Ga. She was 87 years old,
and was a resident of Macon for a long
number of years.
A pleasant'smoker
EEM Medicated Cigarettes—Cigar and
Drug Stores 5c.
clearing house -
-MONEY PROBE
Washington. Dio. 17.—John Sharp
Williams yesterrtny introduced a reso
lution In the house directing the aec-
rotary of the treasury to report wheth
er the 10' per cent tax on Issues other
thiut those prescribed'Is collected and
whether or not banks falling or refus-
Ing to pay, depositors. have been pro
ceeded against according to law.
ALABAMA'S NEW RATE
ADOPTED BY FRISCO.
Birmingham. Ala.. Doc. 17.—At a
nforence here between Governor Co
mer and Railroad Commissioner W. D.
Nesbitt nnd General Agent A. D. Light-
ner and Counsel E. K. Campbell of the
Frisco system, the railroad agreed to
dismiss its suits against the state, put
In the statutory rates and accept the
same general conditions as the Sea
board is now working under, except
that the Frisco is placed In the sec
ond class.
ASKS RELIEF FOR
ALL CONFEDERATES
IN CIVIL WAR
Washington, Dec. 17.—Representative
Johnston has Introduced bills for the
relief of Confederate soldiers and citi
zens of the Confederate states, and to
authorize the secretary of war to caose
to be Investigated and to provide for
the payment of all claims presented
on behalf of chqrchee, schools, libra-
nrs or hospitals destroyed by the
United States arniy during the Civil
war.
SPRY AT 77
Mads Young By Change of Food.
Any food or combination of foods
that will restore vigor to the digestive
organs of a person 77 years old who
had been troubled with Indigestion for
years Is worth looking Into?
This Kanses woman says;
"I am 77 years old and for many
yeara had suffered from Indlgeatton
which I supposed was caused by old
age. Thought the weakened organs
ould never do good service any more.
”1 became eo weak I could hardly
get about, my breath came with diffi
culty, I was really In a bad way. I
lived as I always hud, ate meat and
other things that were clearly too heavy
for my digestion, but [.did not know
any belter way.
Five months ago l came to the
conclusion that I would nut live much
longer without help of some kind. 1
as badly discouraged until one day
read about Grape-Nuts, what It had
done for others, and finally I concluded
to try It myself.'
"Wonder of wonders, what n change
It made. I eat three heaping teaspoon
fuls with cream for breakfast and the
same amount for supper. Of course, 1
eat fruit and something light to make
up a meal, but I can cat a hearty din
ner—leaving out meat.
"How good I feel. I can do more
ork !n a given time than for the past
five years. I can walk 2 miles or more
nnd can hardly believe my own senses
to the change. I did not have much
faith at first, but the next thing I
knew I would get up In the morning
and rush ground and do thing* eo
eastlv it surprised me. All Ihls change
Is clearly due to Grape-Nuts and I
am thankful.” Name given by the
1 Velum Co, Battle Creek. Mich. Head
the little booklet. "The Road to Well- |
vllle,” In packages. "There'* a Rea-
THE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY
Invites You to Buy Now
and Pay After Xmas....
OUR LIBERAL CREDIT SYSTEM relieves the strain of heavy Xmas shop
ping—you’ll find in this immense stock gifts for every member of the family,
not the trashy, temporary kind, but those that give comfort and lasting pleasure
—the sensible kind..
Here are a few suggestions that are exceptional values, but thdy will not be
here long. - •
THIS CHAIR is
made of solid Oak
and Mahoganized
Birch frame. Very
massive, has springs
under the seat, tufted
cushions of any color
or pattern, that can
be turned and used on
either side—it’s the
best Morris Chair
ever shown for the
✓
money.
This illustration
shows the best
Morris Chair in
the world for
Others at $12,
$15, $18 up to
$50.
Use our liberal credit system—after making your selections just
tell the salesman how you want the payments divided, weekly or
monthly, the cost is no more,, every thing marked in plain figures and
at one price. i - *
Ladies’ Desks in Oak,
Mahogany and
Early English
The newest styles, the
newest finishes — They
start at
$150 and up to
. $75.00 /
Cellarettes in Mahogany
and Early English
with glassware, chips
and decks complete,
$12, $18, $25 and
up •
Plain ones without glassware as
low “ $9.50: ‘ *
YOU NEVER saw
a better rocker for
twice the price---it’s
made of solid Oak
and Ma h ogani zed
Birch—saddle seat—
high back—hand pol
ished, and is as com
fortable as a rocker
can be--just a spe
cial for the holidays.
ROCKER
LIKE ILLUSTRATION
Only a Few of These.
Others Higher,
Others Lower
In Price.
Music Cabinets as low as $6.50. -Combination Cases $15.00 and up. Book Cases in Oak or Mahogany with
glass doors, $12.00 and up. Princess Dressers in all woods $19.50, as low as $15,00 in Oak. Toilet Tables in all
woods, $15.00 and up. Parlor and Library Furniture of every description, Rugs, Mattings, etc., in fact every
thing in Furniture and Floor-coverings.
ichaeMalman Furniture Co.
74-76 WHITEHALL STREET. A