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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY. JANUARY 4. 1508.
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NEW YEAR PRECEPTS
By REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN,
PASTOR NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1, together we start on a new year
I i fsce the future we are impressed
line solemn certainty. TVe will not
The same when the year is done as
I L n the year ,s J uet begun. If we
T.|„ue to the end of the year we
I 2v e entered we shall be very different
I <La what we are today.
I ^Whether we will or no. this'year is
I line to make a change In us. When
1 1. nrtv-two weeks He behind us which
$!. tie before us. we will show their
' The necessity Is Inexorable—
i Mid 1 are going to be moulded
Krins the swift speeding hours Into
bnethlng different from wbat we are
I today. Th> Tw0 f, c „,
I ftvne of you have stood In the Re-
lortory at Milan and looked on the
I vnnderful picture which Is painted on
Iwall at the end of the room which
I presents Christ at "The Last Sup-
I J.,;- I am sure that those of you svlio
I have seen the original have been im-
I as I have been, by the beauty
I ,r,j genius which no reproduction we
I have examined has ever been able to
I Produce. Well, In the picture, as you
I remember, the two chief faces are
I those of the Lord and of Judas lBcarlot.
The difference in expression Is most
striking. The two faces depict In
startling contrast the sublime purity of
the Master and the perfidy of the
traitor. Do you recall the story of the
painting?
Finding a Model.
When Fonardo da Vinci had deter
mined upon this subject he had to
rearch for a long while to find a model
for the Savior's face. He wanted a
man with an expression of such no
bility and purity that he might fit
tingly represent the face of the Perfect
One. Finally he chose a young thor-
Ister in the Milan cathedral, named
Pietro Bandlnelll. His demeanor was
devout and his face was an inspira
tion. . "
Evil Companions.
Some time after Fonardo had fin
ished with him, Pietro went to Rome
to study music and fell among evil
companions. He was led to drink and
then went down, as many a good man
has before and since his day. until he
was weighted with a heavy load of
sin. While the character of Pietro was
steadily growing under the moulding
touch of time, the picture In Milan was
steadily growing under the brush of
Fonardo.
Finally, all the apostlef were painted
save one. The traitor was lacking
Da Vinci went hither and thither, look-
ir.g for a model, but could find no face
with enough of villainy to serve his
purpose. At last, he met his man. His
features,, wepe hideous with evil. He
was a miserable, unclean, and desper
ate soul, and Fonardo felt that lie
could fittingly sit for Judas.
A Discovery.
Now. after the picture was done.
Da Vinci learned that the model for
Judas and tho model for Jesus were
the same. •
Pietro Bandlnelll had lived—and time
had done Its work. He had lived amiss
and time had marred him. Sin had
deformed, distorted and defaced the
beauty that God had given him, and
he had become hideous through the
[.elution of dissipation and loathsome
lust.
Conformed and Transformed.
And so It must be with you when tho
year la done> You must be the better
or the worse for Its passage. You
must be changed into the Image of tho
Master or-the image of the evil one.
You must be “transformed" “from
glory unto glpry or by His Spirit," or
you must be conformed to evil and
corrupted by its control. Now, wlilch
shall It be?
REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN.
Words of Counsel.
What the year will do with us de
pends largely upon what we do with
the words of counsel God gives us In
His Word. "We have never passed this
way before,” and as the pursuit is new
to us ami -he fut'urt obscure to us,
God, who sees the end from the begin
ning. and who Is anxious that we go
not amiss, hoa given us certain coun
sels by which we may be guided aright.
Let us consider three of these practical
precepts today.
Where Are You Going?
First—“Ponder the path of thy feet.”
(Prov. 4: 26). In other words, we are
bidden to pauae a moment and to look
where we are going.
This Injunction Is most Important,
for “there Is a way that seemeth right
unto n man, but tho end thereof are
the ways of death." <Prov, 16: 25.) A
man may say, “Peace, peace, all la
well," and be burying to destruction,
therefore, “ponder the path of thy
feet.”
Sam Jones! Illustration,
Sam Jones used to have a very
startling way of putting this thought.
He said there Is but one big road and
everybody is on It, and everybody Is
moving and they are going in either
the one direction or the other. The
road has two endings. It starts from
one place and ends In the other place,
and there Is nothing between. One is
at the bottom of the road and the other
Is at the top. One is down hill and
the other is up hill. At the bottom Is
hell nnd at the top is heaven. You are
on the road. You are moving, which
way are you going? You are going
straight to heaven or straight to hell,
and every pulse beat and ever)' heart
throb and every breath you draw car
ries you steadily onward, whether It Is
toward heaven or toward hell. Where
are you going? "Ponder the paths of
thy feet."
Losing the Light.
You can not take for granted that
you are right now because you know
yomonce were right. A man may start
all right, but get out of the way and
end all wrong. Several years ago, In
one of the Arabic cruises thru the
Mediterranean, the captain, as he left
the wheel at night, said to the mate:.
"Keep your eye on that light, and keep
that light to the leeward.^ If you lose
sight of the light wake me up.” About
the middle of the night ho woke up
and did not feel easy In his mind, so
he got up and dressed and went out on
the bridge. The first thing he did
was to look for the light: but he could
not see it. “Where Is the light?” he
asked of the men at the wheel. The
man replied: ”1 don't know.”
Immediately the captain began to
give his signals; the bells began to
clang: the engineers were aroused, and
the old ship slowed down. All night
long he kept her wheeling round and
round In a circle, waiting for the
morning, for she was-out of her course
and he knew not whither she was go
ing. He had lost the light; he had
gotten out of Jhe path and any mo
ment might have wrecked the ship
with thousands of lives on board.
And so It may be with you. You
may have lost the light and be out on
life’s ocean with Its thousands of dan-
geruus reefs, without knowing whtther
you are going. My friend, here at the
year’s beginning you had better obey
this Injunction and tako your bear
ings. Just as at noon on the ocean the
officers on the bridge with sextant chart
and compass locate their ship's position
on the ocean and compute their speed
and mark It down on the bulletin that
alt the voyagers may see, so should
we do at this new year's season. We
should reckon up our bearings, con
sider how far we are along on our
course, and answer to ourselves the
question. Whither am I going? What
speed am I making? How far am I
from’ the end?
FILL CRAVE
OFJICIDE
| Jilted by Lover Mrs. J.
Van Ness Roberts
Swallows Poison.
Xev York, Jan. 4.—Mrs. John Van
Ness Roberts committed suicide be
cause she had been Jilted by a New
York club man. She had no reason
■orry about her financial affairs,
(or only this week she was to have
come Into a legacy of 11,000,000 from
tn uncle In Philadelphia.
Thle was the statement made today
be Mrs. Ellnore Kinsman to Coroner
Acrltelll, who Is trying to clear the
mystery of the strange death of th^
pretty young woman who for years has
posed as the cousin of Stuyvesant
Fish.
8wallows Strychnine.
Mrs. Roberts, It develops, ended her
life with strychnine, and the revela
tions following the act have disclosed
the character of a woman In high
fntnoe rivaling in many respects that
of Mrs. Chadwick. .
Mrs. Kinsman declares, however, thdt
If her friend did any wrong In all her
life she was not aware of It. When
told that Stuyvesant Fish denied know
ing the suicide. Mrs. Kinsman said:
"i am personally aware that Mrs.
Roberts was a friend of both Mr. and
Mrs. Fish."
Jilted Without Notice.
Mrs. Kinsman said further that Mrs.
Roberts had never worried about the
bills she owed,
“It Is true." she added, “some trades
men have been worrying her about
small amounts, but she would have
been In position this week to settle
everything and have enough left to
I live on In luxury for the remainder of
I her life. She had a great many ad-
I nurers. and from .among them select-
led the club man. whose' name I will
I net mention, to wed. He had paid ar-
I Beat court to her for more than two
I fears, and then Jilted her without
■ second s notice.”
NINE NEW FACES IN ATLANTA’S GENERAL CITY COUNCIL; —
IT WILL ORGANIZE AND BEGIN ITS WORK ON NEXT MONDAY
EUGENE DODD, F. J. 8PRATLING,
Councilman-elect from Second Ward. Codncllman-elect from Seventh Ward.
ALONZO J. JOHNSON,
Councilman-elect from First Ward.
B. LEE SMITH,
Councilman-elect from Fourth Ward.
Many Changes In
Personnel of Two
a Bodies.
FREE CAR FARES
| Commissioner Stevens Has
Suggestion For the
City.
I nless the city of Atlanta includes
woman public school teachers In
■■contract with the Georgia Railway
I " Klpc tric Company to carry certain
employee, tne dur)ng 1(M the wh0l6
l proportion |, g 0 | ng t0 be strenuously
f0 "* h * N- me. at any rate”
I p j' 11 ’’ I* 'he edict of Commissioner O.
" Stevens, who Is a gallant and chlv-
‘ “* kentleroan. Colonel Stevens Is
TL" ,uch In earnest In hie idea.
hy "houid a big, strong policeman
fireman be entitled to ride without
J” «o himself any more than a dell
's woman who spends an arduous
r m the school room?" says Colonel
'en». “a woman stands ail day—
a good portion of It—and worries
tuine'r'H *J th th ® Youngsters. It Is
iet h!- n . h * r "trength. Then the
Seem!!? **} i m * n * r salaries than po-
firemen. If they will tn-
It ri.L h 'sachers, why then I favor
^hherwls. I am against the whole
enu, h . ct , h ? r or not the city of Atlanta
WIw.1J c °ntract with the Georgia
Star SfiUSS El f ctrh: Company to haul
elBl * during 1958, depends
beuJl. ut L? n validity of a contract
the parties.
the a Personal conference with
torn«- w d corn,1 'la«lon. with City At.
Quim 5 ,_ Ma,on and Mayor Pro Tem.
mt»ii,?» ,or ,he nty. the corn-
kind Hr that It could take no
Placo ! •"don until the matter was
the wr *tlng. it | a probable that
"tract with the street car cotn-
Next Monday afternoon at I o'clock
the general council of 1607 will pass
into history, and the general council
of 1906 will occupy the seats thus
made vacant In the center of the lime
light.
The general council conelsti of
twenty-four members, sixteen council-
men and eight aldermen. On the al
dermanlc board there will be but one
new member of the general council—
Frank A. Pittman, . of the Third
ward.
Three members of the preaent coun
ell, however, have been elected mem
bers of the aldermanlc board, and will
-take seats Monday with Alderman
Elect Pittman.
These are: E. E. Pomeroy, Fourth
ward; W. A. Hancock, Seventh ward;
Charles M. Roberts, Eighth ward.
Tho retiring members of the alder-
manic board are: J. Sid Holland, Third
ward: Joseph Hlrsch, Fourth ward; J.
N. McEaehern, Seventh ward; E. C.
Piters, Eighth ward.
In the council there will be eight new
fares, which, with that In the alder
manlc board, makes a total of nine.
The ceunclimen-elect ere; A. J.
Johnson, First ward; Eugene Dodd,
Second ward; J. C. Harrison, Third
ward; B. Lee Smith, Fourth ward; W.
T. TVInn, Fifth ward: Steve R. John-
eton, Sixth ward; F. J. Spratllng.
Seventh ward; J. T. Wright. Eighth
wnrd.
The councllmen who retire are: W.
H. Terrell. First ward; E. W. Martin.
Second ward; C. L. Chosewood, Third
ward; E. E. Pomeroy. Fourth ward; S.
C. Glass, Fifth ward; W. A. Taylor.
Sixth ward; W. A. Hancock. Seventh
ward; Charles M. Roberts, Eightli
word. Three of thoee who retire as
councllmen, It will be noted, will take
ecats ae aldermen.
Some Work Ahead.
The meeting of the old council will be
rather perfunctory affair, although
many Important papers that were In
troduced have never been acted upon.
Alderman Cuitla’ popular election
resolution, the epeclal committee's
charter revision commission ordinance,
Alderman Key's meter Inspection ordi
nance—these and other Important pa
pers will come up and be referred to
the council of 1108.
Alderman F. A. Qullllan will be
re-elected mayor pro tem. without op
position.
Of the four most Important commit
tees, It may be stated as positive that
Councilman John W. Grant will be
chairman of the finance committee:
Councilman Roberts, chairman of the
police committee; Alderman Qullllaii,
chairman .if the tax committee, and
Councilman Hancock, chairman of the
streeta committee.
Councilman Longlno will probably
be continued as chairman of the com
mittee on hospitals and charities, with
a possibility of Councilman Pearce re
ceiving the appointment. .
Councilman-Elect Alonso J. Johnson
FOREST
TO BE DISCUSSED
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Governor Hoke Smith to
Preside Over Great .
Mass Meeting. ’ 4
J. C. HARRI80N, JAMES T. WRIGHT, FRANK A. PITTMAN,
Councilman-elect from Third Ward. Councilman-elect from Eighth Ward. Alderman-elect from Third Ward.
STEVE R. JOHN8TON,
Councilman-elect from Sixth Ward.
pany Will be aubmltted at the same
"The city officials arc negotiating
with the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company for a lump sum payment to
haul certain city employees, without
each payment of fares. Upon the rea
sonableness and validity of that con
tract will depend altogether the com-
million's consent to IL The city Is
willing to pay 15.900 a year to the
Policy company.
will be chairman of the waterworke
committee, Councilman-Elect J. T.
Wright chairman of the schools com
mittee. nnd Councilman Harman chair
man of the sanitary committee. Coun
cilman-Elect Johnston will probably be
chairman of the library committee.
Alderman Pomeroy will be chairman of
the ordinances committee, and Council
man-Elect Winn will probably be
chairman of the parks committee, with
the possibility of Councilman-Elect
Harrison .receiving the appointment,
and Alderman Beutell will be continued
as chairman of the bridges committee.
Following will be the pertonnel of the
council of 1908:
Aldermanie Board.
First ward, A. Lee Curtis; second
ward. Fletcher A. Qullllan; third ward,
Frank A. Pittman (new); fourth ward,
E. E. Pomeroy (promoted); fifth ward,
H. M. Beutell; sixth ward, James L.
Key: seventh ward. William A. Han
cock (promoted): eighth ward, Charles
M. Roberta (promoted).
City Council,
First ward, A. M. Baskin and A. J.
Johnson; second ward, L. Press Hud
dleston and Eugene Dodd; third ward,
C. W. Mangum and J. C. Harrison; l' .....
fourth ward, R. E. Pearce and B. Lee .Company, after
$34,000,000 NEW FINES
HANGING OVER OILTRUST
Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 4.—Judge John
R. Hazel, of the United Btatea dis
trict court, overruled a demurrer 'on
all Its grounds today and rendered his
decision on seven of 1,700 Indictments
against the standard and Vacuum oil
companies, charged with rebating. If
found guilty at the trial next March,
the trust can be fined 520,000 on each
count, or & total of 124,000,000.
PROHIBITION SENTIMENT
SHOULD BE UNIVERSAL,
SA YS EMPLOYER OF LABOR
Smith; fifth ward, I. F. Styron and W.
T. Winn; sixth ward. John W. Grant
and Steve R. Johnston; seventh ward,
T. D. Longlno and F. J. Spratllng;
eighth ward, C. E. Harman and J. T.
Wright.
SNOW GALE DRIVES
LIFE SAVERS BACK;
SHIP IN DISTRESS
Atlantic City, N. J.. 'Jan. 4.—While
trying to reach a steamer which had
'I ean't understand why prohibition
fm't a universal sentiment, backed by
every man and woman,” was tile ex
pression of Vice President T, K. Glenn,
of the Qeorgla Railway and —ectrlc
trying* experienoe
Saturday morning, when he Imd to de
cide between business discipline on the
one hand and family sentiment on the
other.
A poor woman, well advanced In'years,
had waited for several minutes In the
ante-room leading to Mr. Glenn's office.
She would not state her business to
Chief Clerk Wynne. She wanted to see
the vice president personally.
She was the mother of a rormer mo-
torman of the company. The motorman
had celebrated the combination of
Christmas, Now Year and the passing
mother sought to liavo him reinstated.
"Besides myself, he has a wife and
two children dependent upon him,” she
pleaded. "He la a good boy and didn't
I lean any harm. Put him back In hla
place, for times are hard and he can't
get another Job,” and tears welled up
Into the eyee that had lost their lustre
and rolled down the seamed cheeks.
•'What In the world Is a man to dp?”
said Mr. Glenn, after hla refusal to re-
Instate the motorman. “This company
la responsible for the lives of Ha pas
sengers. It cannot put a man In charge
car who gets drunk. It Cannot
reinstate a discharged- plan. Much
policy would result In nn utter disre
gard of our rules adopted Mr safety and
good service.
The motorman must get another
place, and In the meantime his family
A.ROUND THE CITY;
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS
•enlarging that ah* made threat*
against lilt life and that her attitude
toward him produced perpetual meat*!
and eoclol sorrow, James W. Coursey
Saturday filed suit for divorce against
his wife, Mrs. Belle C. Coursey.
The suit .was filed for the plaintiff by
Attorney Virgil Jones.
The police ore investigating what
came qear being a serious acoluent Fri
day night shortly before 7 o’clocw.when
_ switch engine of the Western and
Atlantic railroad collided with the truck
of No. 4 fire company at the Central
avenue oroaslng, near the union depot.
No one was (Injured- The apparatus
was slightly damaged.
After writing a note In which she bid
her husband goodbye. Susie Jones, a ne
gro woman living In the rear of 374
WionhJngton street Saturday turning
about 5 o'clock, while lying in bed, shot
herself in the abdomen with a 38-caliber
revolver. She ie now In the Grady hos
pital In a serious condition. Police Call
Officers Gailahcr ahd Anderson investi
gated the affair, but could find no
•cause for the attempted suicide.
January <16 has been set as the
date of the forestry mass meeting called
to meet In Atlahta by the Appalachian
National Forest Association, and in
wh-lch the American Institute of Engi
neers. tho Atlanta Woman’s Clufb and
tiro Georgia Federation of Women's
Clubs will tako part. It Is probable
that the meeting will be attended by
•between 300 and 400 representative*
from all over the South, and will be
one of the mod notable gatherings
held In Atlanta In recent years.
The purpose of the 'mass meeting is
to consider the subject of forestry and.
Its relation to ths future development
of the South. Thoee most Interested
oxpect to crystallise In this meeting
the sentiment of the South In favor of
the Mil now before congre»9 to provide
6.000,000-acre forest reserve in tho
Appalachian range and whioh will coma
up for passage during this session.
Seldom do Southern women take as
vigorous an Interest In any movement
as they are now taking in the forestry
problem, and their assistance will prob
ably prove of great valuo in carrying
on the work.
In speaking of the port of the women
In the movement Mrs. John K. Ottley
said:
“More than a year ago it became evi
dent that one of the objects nearest to
the hearts of Georgia women was the
preservation of our forests, so as chair
man of the program committee of the
Georgia federation I began to cast about
me for the best means of presenting tho
subject to our large and representative
audience at Tlfton last November. The
policy of the Forestry Service In sup
plying Mr. Ehos A. Mills to tho Ameri
can public In so fsr as he will go
around, filled our need most effectually.
Mr. Mills come fronf Portland, Oregon,
to speak for us. One rarely hears a
better speaker than Mr. Mills, nor en
counters a more Interesting person
ality.”
John H. Finney, secretary of the forest
association says:
“The crisis of our campaign j« here.
We shall demonstrate in this meeting
that the South is fully aroused to tho
gravity of ths matter; to the dangers
that confront us, from manifold points,
if our forests are destroyed, and w«
feel that not only shall wo hove a largo
and enthusiastic delegation from every
Important board of trade, and similar
commercial bodies In the South, but
will create by this meeting such a tangi
ble and working interest In tho estab
lishment a national forest In tho South-,
em Appalachians that must InihUbigr
serve notice on congress that the Houtn
demands action and Intends to get it.”
In addition to the delegates from tho
various organisations named and from
tho boards of trade and commercial
bodies, there Is expected to be in at
tendance the governor# and prominent
officials of the various Southern states,
as well as many of the prominent
business men of the eouth, educators
of national fame, manufacturers and
engineers, earnest workers for tho
South's best Interests, who will combine
here In one vast movement that w*.*
Indeed make this a notable gathering.
The meeting will be presided over by
Governor Hoke Smith. Hr. Enos A.
Mills, of the United States For***: ser
vice. will make the principal address on
•Forest*” while other well known
speakers will present other phases of
this Important subject.
..... of whiskey'by getting drunk—a viola- riust suffer, all on account of whls
gone "ashore off Barnegat, the life-eav- jtloff of one of the Ironclad rules of the I bey—the greatest single evil known to
era were blinded by a terrific snow company. He was discharged. The humanity.”
storm row sweeping the coast. The
life-savers put back to the station.
The steamer is in grave danger.
Storm Sweeping Atlantic Coast.
New York, Jan. 4.—A snow storm
struck this city shortly after noon
and the indications are that the snow
Is now sweeping the entire Atlantic
coast. Reports state that shipping is
In danger.
Watched Fifteen Years.
•For fifteen years I have watched
the working of Buckler’* Arnica Salve;
and It has never failed to cure any
sore, boll, ulcer or burn to which It
wg* apnlled. It has saved us many a
doctor bill," says A. F. Hardy, of East
Wilton, Mhine. 25c. at all drug stores.
PARIS BELIEVES MME. GOULD
WILL SOON WEDDE SAGAN
Paris. Jan. 4.—Mme. Gould’s denial
that she la engaged to Prince de Sa
gan haa not shaken the confidence of
those who say the two are to be mar
ried soon after the decree divorcing her
from Count de Castellane becomes ab
solute.
The prince held a conference with hla
legal advisers today relative to the suit
that he says he will bring against
Count Boni, but gave no information
concerning the result of the delibera
tions. Bonl’a friends say they have no
doubt the prince's decision that a duel
Is unnecessary Is due to hla unwilling
ness to figure oa a challenger, which
would give the count a choice of weap
ons and a chance for an exhibition of
his marvelous marksmanship at his
foe's expense. Mme. Qould will visit
America next spring.
COREY TALKS WITH
HIS FIRST WIFE
Pittsburg, Jan. 4.—William Ellis Co
rey. president of the United States
Steel Corporation, and his divorced
wife are holding a conference at the
home of Alfred A. Corey, father of W.
E. Corey, at Braddock, thle afternoon.
FOREIGN PAPERS SAY
SITUATION IS ALARMING
Paris. Jan. 4.—The Amerlcan-Japan-
ese situation Is being given consider
able attention by the Paris papers. The
fact that Japan has not accepted the
American Immigration conditions,
coupled with the news that the navy
department decided to keep the tor
pedo boat flotilla and the battleships
together for the remainder of the
cruise I, regarded aa especially sig
nificant.
German newspapers consider rela
tions between the two countries as
alarming and the situation at present
os critical. Le Martin, a Paris paper,
likens the Situation to that existing
prior to the Russo-Japanese war.
JNO. L. MOORE & SONS
Are recognised os the scientific optical
house of the south. Their Kryptok bt-
bl focal*, which they have Introduced Iti
this section, represent the highest
achievement of optical skill. 42 X.
Broad-st., Prudential building.
AGED WOMAN
DIES PEACEFULLY
AT NIGHT
While on a visit to her daughter. Mrs.
Leo Grossman, wife of Leo Grossman,
Mrs. G. Goldsmith died at her daugh
ter's residence, 465 Washlngton-st.,
Friday night, aged 76 years.
Mrs. Goldsmith was found dead In
bed early Saturday morning when
members of the' family went to her
room to awaken her. On Friday night
she had retired in the best of health.
The body will be sent to New York
Sunday morning for funeral and Inter
ment.
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to
cure any case of Itching. Blind. Bleed
ing or Protruding Piles In 6 to 14 days
or money refunded. 50c.