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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Brewers’ Petition Fails
to Stop Prohibi
tion.
filed petition
TUESDAY' NIGHT
Eleventh Hour Attempt to
Secure Injunction From
Federal Court.
In a decision short and to the point
handed down at 12:>0 o'clock Wednes
day afternoon, Judge Newman declined
to grant nn Injunction against the
operation of the state prohibition law
In the case brought by Cincinnati
ami Chattanooga brewers, and further
declined to Issue an order calling on
the defendants In the petition to ap
pear nnd show cause why the Injunc
tion should not be granted.
.\ report was Inclrculatlon Wednes
day afternoon that the lawyers In the
rase would take the case to a higher
court, but efforts to corroborate this
were unavailing.
Here Is the decision:
This bill was presented to me yes
terday afternoon, December 31, 1907,
about a o’clock, and application was
mads for a temporary restraining or
der. This application was denied,
whereupon counsel asked for a rule to
show cause on the defendants why an
Injunction pendente Ilte should not Is
sue.
"After n careful examination of the
bin. i am thoroughly satisfied that an
Injunction pendente Ilte can not and
will not be granted. This being true,
It Is unnecessary to call on the de
fendants to show cause as required.”
•Snipped of Its legal phrases, the
decision means that the case Is thrown
out nnd that the Judge declined to
restrain the operation of the law and
declined to compel the .defendants In
Continued on Pegs Throe.
CITY PI MOPE
THAN SHE RECEIVED
SAYS COMPTROLLER
But $152,807 Is In Cash Box
to Begin New
Year.
The city's total collections for the
year 1907, according to the city comp
troller's report, completed Wednesday,
Were 22.442.071.61.
The total disbursements for the year
were 12,622,967.62. The disbursements
for the year were 2190.886.91 In excess
of the collections.
Despite this fact, the city has left In
the treasury In clean cash to' begin
the new year with 2162,807.48, and In
the banks tll{*.073.44, making a total
of 2269,880.92.
comparison of the comptroller’s
report of 1907 with that of 1906 shows
that the city of Atlanta spent 3840,-
118.18 more In 1907 than In 1906. In
1906, with the receipts 2604,302.67 less
than In 1907, the disbursements were
2146.924.60 less than the receipts.
In 1907, with the receipts more by
<604,202.67 than In 1906, the disburse
ments exceeded the receipts, by nearly
1200,000.
The receipts In 1906 were 31.937,-
768.94, and the disbursements were 21.-
792.844.34.
Comptroller’s Figurst.
The following figures are the "meat"
of the comptroller's report, and show
what the city spent and what the city
collected and for, what the money was
spent and from what sources the col
lections were derived.
Collections: Taxation, Including
general tax, 21.226.806.29; business li
censes, 3164,062.61: dray and hack li
censes, 26,117.60; wholesale liquor li
censes. 2127.000; Insurance and eom-
mlsslon returns. 226,961.92; retail liquor
licenses, 2122,213.60; marshal's deeds,
2974.36: crossing bridges nnd fran-
BlflBYMS
RECEPTION AT
WHITE HOUSE
Roosevelt and Cabinet
Extended Glad Hand
to Many People.
MANY DIPLOMATS
IN ATTENDANCE
Army, Navy and Other Of
ficials and General
Public Greeted.
CITY WITH MAIL
Whisky dealers outside the state cel-
ebrated the advent of prohibition In
Georgia by Hooding Atlanta Tueaday
bight and Wednesday morning with
circular letters boasting their stuff.
Thousands of letters came Into the
"Into Tuesday night from Chattanooga
anti other outside points and as a rs- 1
rult the Atlanta postoftlce force was
worked overtime on Wednesday. This
should have been a holiday for the
clerks, but so great waa the rush that
they were compelled to work.
Seven pouches of the letters came
from Chattanooga alone, destined for
Atlanta folks who, the senders think,
light be possible customers. It Is be-
lieved that this rush will continue for a
week or more. •
INCREASE IN ARRESTS
OF 3,180 FOR 1907
>n his annual report issued Wednes-
dav afternoon, Chief of Police Jen
nings recommends the establishment
"t two sub-stations, ons In Peters-st.
ami the other In Marletta-st.
1 hi- total number of arrests for 1907
wit- -IMS, against 21.702 for 1906.
the total amount of ftnes for 1907 was
• '•3..9R15. an Increaae of 311.988.31
o'er 1906. Collections from fines
amounted to 2104,492.66, and atreet
*’°nk 153,048.39.
Chief Jennings asks for eight reserve
nten for station duty In emergencies,
mol e * ,ra patrolmen for
, t hief Jennings complimented the
men tor the excellent prder maintained
•-ui fiik the holidays.
Collections—Safety, Including c
tery fees. 22.417.60; sale cemetery tdt*,'
7ef*g l '
■VHMM427.60; talsISBp.
26; recorder’s court, 394.603.16; ceme
tery vault rents, 9366.06. Total, 696,
600.70.
Hospital fees, 96.672.34.
Public works, Including paving, aide-
,121.21.
Industries, Including water receipts.
3382,296.36; meter receipts, 327.203.86;
real estate rents. 31.367.63.
Education, Including park privileges,
ryclortma, Carnegie Library and
schools, 370,061.62.
Miscellaneous, Including Intsrsst on
deposits, on taxes, rebate on paving,
costs and fees and unanticipated re-
fOv, I i lil If
Ic debt, which Includes sola of
bonds. 9116.000.
The total collections from all thess
sources are 92,441,071.61.
Year’s Disbursements.
Following are the disbursements for
the year:
General government, Including the
mayor, tax assessors, law, marshal and
othsr departments, <622.926.97: public
charities. »I3,279.18: public works. In
cluding lights, streets, sewers, bridges,
9722.681.26; public Industries, includ
ing only waterworks, 9676,676.74; pub
lic education. Including schools, libra
ries and parks, 2463.418.22; public trust
funds, <128,660.69; miscellaneous, <16.-
924.03;*public dsbt, <229,770.
Tha total disbursements for the year
32,
Washington, Jan. 1.—Of all the days
in the year, President Roosevelt was
more “delighted” today thnn any
other.
At the ahnual New Tear*! reception
at the white house, he shook hands
with between 8,000 and 9,000 people,
Tt foreign
besides a host of the capital 1
and native dignitaries, and In tach
rase he was delighted. He aald so
himself. Truly democratic In Its In
ception, the mingling of the thousands
of men, women and children on an
exact equality stirred the patriotism
of all who were In the vicinity of the
president's official home.
When he had shaken hands with the
last urchin In the public line, and had
ushers and other attendants who hL
assisted In the recaption, he had fin
lotted his biggest social task of th<
Oid Order Gives Place
to New Very
Quietly.
BARKEEPS CLOSE UP
FOR THE LAST TIME
Last of Kin# Corn in Evi
dence at 10 O’CIock
Doe. 31,1907.
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(From Tbs Philadelphia Inquirer.)
oosevelt went thru, those three hours
of handshaking «t the rate of -mv a
minute, with cade. That’s why he has
been off for a week In Pino Knot. Vo,
hunting wild turkeys and rabbits.
Inspiring Scene.
At 11 o’clock, the white houee pre
sented an inspiring scene. The diplo
matic corps, which arrived by the
south entrance, waa gathered In the
■tate dining room. The marine band.
In Its gay red uniform, filled the big
Continued on Page Fifteen.
8 Dead Miners
Tal^en From Pit;
5 Not Rescued
were 92.U2.967.62.
El Paso, Jan. I.—Rescuers are still
searching the Bernal mine of the Car
thage Fuel Company, at Carthage, N.
M„ for the five miners known to be
aim In the shaft. Eight dead miners
end five seriously Injured have been al
ready taken out. The exploalon re
sulted from the Ignition of coal dust
by a wind sboL
Draining Pond
To Find Clew
J^ rrl * n . N. J.. Jan. I.—In a final
, 1,1 secure something tangible as
f ..I. . ,0 ,h * murderer of the woman
ln “ swamp a week ago. la.
dTT • today began work draining the
,h « body was found. Par's
fr„, wu eln,hln * which had been torn
tin,"!., victim's body to prevent Iden-
ho,L Br * 8,111 missing, and It Is
at *e»»t will be brought to
,l *. h ' b >; draining.
Fla, tle Hull stlcka to her state-
„ "I'hM the body Is that of her step-
Te l ^ Mnn " tt ' Ga * ton> uf 8e -
THE 11TH HOUR ONSLAUGHT
ARE OPENED
TO STUDENTS
PASSING OF THE FREE PASS
DAMPENS NEW YEAR’S JOY;
WALKING IS FASHIONABLE
O Omaha, N©br.. Jan. 1.—Prob- O
O ably th© largest temperance O
0 movement any on© business con- 0
0 cern ha* ever known . uimin ups O
O on the Northwestern railroad to- 0
O night, when a temperanco pledge O
O signed by 2S.OOO employees be- O
O comes effective. An effort Is b«- O
O ing mad© to have every employe© O
O of the road sign the pledge. O
O The movement originated among O
0 the railroad employees thmnselv©* 0
0 and not among the officers. 0
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Shrieking whistles, blaring horns and to'thirty cents a day means a consld
popping fireworks celebrated more erable dent In their salaries.
Trustees Argue Ques
tion For Many
Hours.
After a wrangle that at one time
seemed would be Interminable, the
board of trustees of Grady Hospital
voted Tuesday night about 7 o'clock,
after a session of several hours, to al
low students to visit the charity wards
of Grady Hospital under proper re
strictions.
The vote was. ayes: Joynsr, North-
en, English, Elkin, Culberson, Lowry,
Harwell, Illrsch; nays, Longlno, Mar
tin, Harding, Flckett and Dorsey.
The resolution In Itself sets down
certain restrictions and provides fur-
ther for tha adoption of additional
ones by the board of trustees later,
and Invites the medical board to sub
mit such rules as Its members deem
proper.
The resolution was offered by H.
L. Culberson, and waa amended by J.
IV. English, Jr., who made a strong
ipaech In favor of bedside teaching.
His amendment was accepted. Fol
lowing Is the resolution as adopted:
Text of Resolution.
"Whereas, The question of bedside
' teaching In the wards of Grady Hos
pital Is nor specifically provided for
in the rules of the same; and
"Whereas, The discussion and agita
tion of the question has aroused gen
eral Interest and caus2d the trustees
the deepest concern. Involving as It
does matters of far-reaching moment
In the results to be obtained, both
from the standpoint of medical re
search and Instruction and the philan
thropic protection of oiv city's poor
and afflicted: and
"Whereas. Investigation demon
strates that bedside teaching has been
carried on successfully, In the charity
or public hospitals of practically all
such Institutions In this country, no
tably. In Charleston. S. C-i Augusta.
Oa.; Louisville. Ky.; New Orleans.
La., nnd numbers of other equally
Continued on Pngo Seven.
than the passing of the old and the
advent of a new year.
That blatant, noisy midnight hour
marked the passing of the pass In
Georgia—with exceptions so ttw and
far-between that you can .scarcely
note them.
It hit several hundred Atlantans
pretty hard, because It took from them
the boon of free street car transporta
tion. Many men hoofed It Into the
business renter Wednesday momlpg
who had long scorned to wslk a block
when a car went that way.
The new order falls harder perhaps
MP
class. A large percentage of both
city employees live long distances out
from the center of the city. Twenty
But It Is on the railroads that the
biggest reform will be worked. Legis
lators, Jurists, state officials, county of.
flctals, solicitors and hundreds of oth
ers who have had their "annual" will
pay cold cash now for riding on rail
road trains In Georgia.
There Is no adequate way of esti
mating the number of passes thus cut
off, but a well Informed man says that
the ''annunlB'' will run between 10,000
and 16,000, while no man roald esti
mate the number of "trips." When
the pass list of the Central raUrosUL
submitted to the commission for one
month, covers 70-odd typewritten
been pretty large. Of course,
largo percentage of these posses were
members of theli
LEAP YEAR BRINGS TERROR
TO BACHELORS’CLUB MEMBERS
It la Leap Tear.
Amid the ringing of bells and the
discordant shrieks of a thousand whis
tles the season of distress and fear for
bachelors was ushered In at 12 o'clock
Tuesday night.
And simultaneously five hundred ell.
gible, tho unmarried men, turned rest
lessly on their beds and groaned.
"I sm nervous tills morning," said a
prominent member of the club as he
slipped quietly Into his ofllce much ear.
Her than usual and with trembling
hnnds begun handling hla morning
mall. "I fear I will see my finish be
fore the year grows old. If I am drug
ged, gagged, bound and dragged to the
altar, tell the boys I resisted bravely
until the end."
THAW MAY BE SET FREE
’ IF SECOND JURY DISAGREES
Georgia Is ns dry ns ft hone.
At 10 4.*. in. k Tuftsday nlirht. JI mini*
innegao wiped hts perspiring brow,
filled and*filing In a corner his moist
nmV (.oiled, apron, barred one door nnd
locked the other from the outside,
sniintereil to the curb, and, looking
up at tlio moon, said:
“Well, It’s all over/*
Then he went home to bed to dreams
of a universe as dry ns Sahara. That
was typical of scenes ln practically
every saloon ln Atlanta.
Allnnta was noisy Tuesday nights
there Is no mistaking that fart. But
the biggest purt of the noise ram©
from whistles, hells and youngsters
“howdyIng old 1908.”
Disorder nrlslng from the last night
of tho bar room, strange to say. be
came most acute from midnight to 3
o’clock Wednesday morning, two hours
after the bars closed. Acchrdlng to po
lice records, 125 arrests were made be
tween dark Tuesday and daylight
Wndnenday.
Wednesday morning many of th*
saloon men were sweeping and scrub
bing out their places. No liquor was
In sight—save tho odor. Practically
every dealer had shipped his surplus
stock away before the final bell tap-
pcd. ” .
A few Instances of absent-minded
fellows humping Into locked doors
were observe4l Wednesday morning.
TIi’.M* Mild that experience look
ed sorrowful, but turned away.
125 CASES MADE
ON LAST "WET” DAY
The outgoing of liquor
by the making of a total
vus marked
>f 126 cases
Continued from Page On*.
3 DEAD; 15 HURT
IN EXPLOSION;
TWO MI3SING
New York. Jan. I—Harry Kendall Tbsw
Is la dread nf tits aecoiul trial for th, kill-
f Htanfnrd Whit, lorauu hr will I—
without th, chrrrlng presrner of his loyal
wlfr anti devoted muthrr sa hr sit. In th*’
court ruuni, mill liecauae'hta favorltr sister,
the ('iimitras of Yarmouth, will not c«tno to
thl, country for the trlol.
I'lvler the plan for tlw new trhtl. Tbnw
will not si any tlmr lie within s tlosrn
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O In that prison. In some manner,
f 7 t trf s»y mtunhrr ”, hi. family .luring % ™ g
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Ing tho prisoners table nu*l his counsel (0 p| ttH burg millionaire blew, a loud O
from his friend*. Tbsw will ls» within this 10 f ram a horn. .%t this slg- O
bras# rail, while his wife, his mother, hl» jo ns! the uproar began. Thaw will O
sister, Mrs. Cnrnrgfe, and his brothers i o ©pend the day alone. Q
must remain outside. A passageway has ; O O
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that the prisoner will at no time pass his
family. Both cf these prisoner* were allowed to go
There has l»een s ruiuor for some time f fro- under a niisnendcil sentence after two
thnt In rase cf n secotnl dlsncrceincnt the Juries had fSlleiL to convict tltem. l T p to
same procedure mill Is? followed ns In the | the im’sent time neither cose has been re-
enses of Nan Patterson and Hr. Kennedy, tired.
Free “Wants” in
The Georgian
Pittsburg. Pn.. Jim. J.—'Three nre ilend,
two missing mill fifteen lujnred In an ex-
piiMilon nt one <»f the converting mills of
the Milan r Thomson Uteri Works, Craddock,
that occurred this nfternoon.
Race Results.
NEW ORLEANS.
First Rocs—Irfuneh, 9 to 1. won;
Holy Mass, 16 to 1 and 4 lo 1, second;
Arionctts, 3 to 2, third. Time, .36 3-6
ALL GEORGIA CONGRATULATED
BY PROHIBITION LEADER
Tbs Georgian on Wednesday afternoon received the following tele
gram:
"Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 1, 1202.—The Georgian. Atlanta, Go.—<'*>n-
grotulatlons lo all Georgia-for redemption from the liquor traffic and for
great blessings to follow. MRK W. <\ SIBLEY.
“Former President o, the Woman’ll Christian Temperance Union of Go.”
No Charge•
for Local
Advertisements
of a Personal
Nature Under
free colnmni.
THE GEORGIAN
Is the Home Paper
of Atlanta,
And Through It
the People of Atlanta
May Always Have
Their Wants Supplietl.
VOL. VI. NO. 128.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1908.
p'pTpTP. Jo Atlanta..TWO CENTS.
A Xv-LVsJL e on Trains..FIVE CENTS.
New Year Opportunities In Georgian FREE Want Ads—Try Them—
We’ll Take a Thousand “WANTS” a Day Without Charge to You
HAPPY NEWYEAR
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