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the weather.
jlain late tonight or Friday.
Temperatures (taken nt A. K.
Hawkes Co.'s ♦tore): 8 a. m., 45
?A r eee; 10 «• m., 49 degree*; 12
t Z lt degrees; 2 p. m„ 28 de-
grees.
AND NEWS
SPOT COTTON.
Atlantft. qnlet; S11-16. Liverpool* steady
4.96. New Orleans, eagy; 813-15. Nr*
York, quiet; 9.15. Savantmh. quiet
R9-16. Augusta, quiet; 9c. Oalvegton
firm; 8%. Norfolk, quirt; 9c. Mobile
easy; 811-16. Houston, steady; 874.
VOL. VIL NO. 112.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1908.
■pTCTriT?. 10 Atlanta—TWO CENTS.
* TvJLLlEj. on Tralna-FIVE CENTS.
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LEADERS OF DEMOCRACY
PLAN CAMPAIGN FOR 1912
Meeting In Washington To Perpetuate League of Dem
ocratic Clubs—“Get Together, Bury All Differ
ences," Is Slogan.
1HT YEAR
SUCCEEDS GENERAL GRANT
Report of Settlement
Out of Court Denied
by Attorneys.
Will the divorce suit offset the dam
age suit or will the damage suit beat
thft divorce su|t; will the defeat of one
mean the winning of the other; will the
eases be settled out of court or will they
drag on thru many months?
These are some of the questions most
everybody is asking following the re-
ernt developments In the Speer-Thomas
affair. It was’ reported Thursday that
a settlement out of court would be
brought about In a short time, but law
yers on both sides disclaimed any
knowledge of such an effort toward that
end.
That the Thomaa side gained a point
in filing Its suit first and having It
placed on the docket ahead of the di
vorce suit is the opinion of attorneys.
They argue that should the divorce suit
be finished first and a verdict for an
nulment secured, It would leave the
damage suit greatly weakened, to say
the least.
May Wait for a Year.
In the ordinary course, of procedure
it will be a long time, perhaps twelve
to fifteen months, before the Speer-
Thomas suits, recently filed, can be
terminated in the courts. The suit of
Russell J. Thomas against Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Speer, for alienation of the wife’s
affection is No. 18172 on the docket of
the superior court and filed for the
January, 1909, term. The divorce suit
..f Mrs. Silvey Speer Thomas against
Russell Thomas la No. 18175 on the
same docket.
If both suits are defended, the dam
age suit will be reached and tried first
which will be not sooner than twelve
<>r fifteen months, according to the.
statement of Deputy- Clerk Jeffries
Thursdajyngrnlng. Even In that case
ih* dlvWWPfcult Will-be five‘months
later than .the damage suit, on account
•f two verdicts having to be rendered
In the former, between which two
terms of court must Intervene. If the
divorce suit Is not defended It may be
taken up as early as July next year,
but the final verdict would -not be
reached before January, 1910.
Damage Suit First,
it will be seen thnt the damage suit will
reached and tried first. It Is the opin
ion of u numtier of lawyers who have been
"onaulted that If a plea thnt the marriage
"*» procured by duress could be encceeeful
ir proved, this would then be a complete
defense to the damage suit. There Is still
n doubt In the minds of some of the attor
neys whether the validity of the marriage
""»!d be attacked In this way In a collator-
»l proceeding, there, of course, being nc
doubt that If the divorce suit was tried
first, and decree granted, this decree would
be n defense to the suit.
There was a rumor* Thursday morning,
which gained considerable currency, that
flu- cases hud lH*en settled, but this rumor
'Viis denied by Reuben Arnold and Luther
nf counsel for the 8t»eers. and T.
n. Felder, of counsel for Mr. Thomas. Each
••id the litigation would bo fought to the
Child Wife Decree
May Be Set Aside in
View of New Evidence
A petition Is being prepared by
George Westmoreland for Mrs. Janie
Bales, to set aside the decree rendered
Tuesday In the superior court, an
nulling the marriage of her 12-year-old
daughter, Mertle, to Samuel Friedman,
figed 18. and will be filed Thursday
afternoon or Friday morning. The pe
tition is being prepared at the Instance
"f Judge W. I). Ellis, w-ho thinks that
the facts in the case should be re
viewed. It has been alleged to him
that Mrs. Bales was persuaded to have
the marriage annulled by D. Friedman,
'flther of Samuel Friedman, and that
employed the attorney In the case,
h Is also alleged that Samuel Fried-
yum, nfter living with his child wife a
r *w months, sent her home penniless
GOVERNOR HOKE SMITH.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—A meeting
was held last evening at the Raleigh
Hotel of the executive committee of the
National Democratic League of Clubs.
Besides members of clubs, party lead
ers were present, among them being
Senator Newlands, of Nevada; Qov
emor Hoke Smith, of Georgia; General
Floyd King, of Louisiana; Representa
tive William Sulzer, of New York; Colo
nel William C. Liller, chairman of the
league, and about fifty others.
The meeting was for the purpose of
conferring with representatives or
Democratic clubs throughout the
country and prominent party leaders to
perpetuate the clubs formed during the
recent national campaign.
Means were discussed to bring about
Democratic success In the congression
al election two years hence and in the
national campaign of 1912. The key
note of the meeting was “Get together;
bury all differences.”
It Is planned In the near future to
obtain a large building In this city, to
be used as the permanent quarters or
the league. . 4 „
The league will give a banquet here
either on Jackson Day or Jefferson
Day, and expects 200 distinguished
Democrats to be present.
I TRUST
GovernmentWill Con
serve Valuable Phos
phate Lands.
WASHINGTON, D,c. 10.—An order
designed by President Roosevelt to
check the operations of an International
truet, which seeks to control the fer
tilizer supply of Amerlra, will. It Is re
ported, on good authority, be laeued
within a fewr days. '
It will withdraw from entry all lande
bearftig deposite of phosphatee, which
are Included within the public domain.
It appears that there la a considerable
area of these lande, and they have re
cently been aurveyed an;l segregated
with much care by geological survey
authorities acting under directions of
the department of the Interior. ,
Rack of this action, on which the
president has decided. Is a remarkable
story of the first definite executive act
looking to the conservation of natural
resources In this country. Phosphate
deposits represent the basis of the
whole business of fertilizing.
Phosphates are absolutely necessary
for the restoration of fertility to worn
out soil*. The United Slates possesses
considerable uuantltles. but an alarm
ing amount Is being annually exported, phase.
Ill CRUDE OIL
Kellogg Again Scores
Heavily in Standard
Hearing.
“Drunks” Fall Off 62
Per Cent and Suffer
ing Diminishes.
NEW YORK. OSe. 10.—Croee-exam-
liilng Professor Joseph French John
son, dean of the School of Commerce of
the New York University, at the Stand
ard Oil investigation today, Frank B,
Kellogg, the government -trust-buster,"
made a big hole In the testimony given
by this witness lor the defense, by
which Its attorneys tried to justify the
huge profits made by the trust.
Between 1890 and 1907 the advance
In prices of 268 commodities amounted
to SO 88 per cent. Mr. Kellogg de
veloped thet In the year 1895 the Stand
ard Oil Company had manufactured
40 772.168 barrel* of crude oil at a net
profit Of $24,078,078.50, or a.little lees
than 60 centa a barrel, and that In 1908
,the truat had manufactured 84,06*1201
barrels of crude oil. making a net profit
of 182,122,251.76, or a net profit of I1.J0
a barrel.
Kellogg asked Professor Johnson
whether he thought, considering the
fact that the rlee In the price* of gen
eral commodltle* amounted to only
30.88 per cent, a profit of over 100 per
cent wm Justified. The witness said
that he had never inquired Into this
MARCH OF WHITE PLAGUE
SHOWN IN MAP OF CITY
Anti-Tuberculosis Society Has Record of Every House
Where Disease Claimed a Victim In
Past Five Years.
Determined to wage en effective and
Intelligent crusade against tuberculo-
sis In Atlanta. Dr. Claude A. Smith,
city bacteriologist. Dr. J. P. Kennedy,
health offleer. and Secretary Thornton.
nt the city board of health, have pre
pared a map of Atlanta, showing the
location of every house In Atlanta
where there has been a death from
tuberculosis within the years.
This map will he furnished the At
lanta Society for the
berculosls. to he an aid to this society
In Its work. The crusade will be begun
within the next few weeks, and will he.
“nd has not'contrfbutedToher support I for the most part, a campaign of edu
s{ nee. (cation.
The petition will ask that the decree Already. Dr. Smith *ny*. Gwr® ho*
set nslde on the ground that Mrs. I an appreciable decline In the num-
Rales didn’t properly understand the j, er ,,f cases of tub#rcuIo»I* jn i»b chj
“gal effect of the petition to annul. All
•n* iiartles interested will be cited by
-iiHlge Kills to show cause Saturday
w *>y the decree of annulment should
not he net aside. Mrs. Bales and her
attorney were before Judge Ellis
‘hunulay morning.
Divorced and Married
Again Within Two Hours
result
„ — the Increasing Intereel
shown by the people In the -great while
plague- and the education they have
gained on this subject.
Plague’* Heavy Toll.
The map shows that there have been
1.225 deaths from tuberculosis within
the last five years, an average of 226
each year. At present there are about
300 cases of tuberculosis In Atlanta,
which Is considered small In compari
son to the number In the past.
The map show* that altho the ne
groes comprise only about 40 per cent
of the population, about 80 per rent of
the houses where deaths from tubercu
losis have occurred were houses ten
anted by negroes. At present about 80
per cent of the tuberculosis cases are
negroes.
In some negro sections there are al
most solid blocks of houses where there
hove been deaths from tuberculosis
within i he past five years.
•There Is no reason,” say* Dr. Smith,
•■Vfhy there should be any great amount
of tuberculosis in this city.
"If the people are educated up to the
causes leading to tuberculoids and the
means of prevention and of cure, tu-
bereulc*!* could quickly be stamped
out. Kducation Is the great essential."
Decrease In number or police cases to
date, 7,206, or 39 per cent.
Decrease In number of "drunks" to
date, 3,672, hr 62 per chtit.
With only the fragment of a month
remaining, the city of Atlanta has ex
perlenced Its first year of prohibition
under the new etate law and the fore
going ehowe the result so far as the
police are concerned.
With the remarkable showing made
by these figures, both Recorder Broyles
and Police Chief Jennings, who have
closely watched the situation through
out the year, declare prohibition Is a
success, and say It has wrought won
derful good to Atlanta. The figures
given show the year’s record thru Wed
nesday and this record will be but little
changed by the remaining weeks of
1908.
The total number of cases made by
the police during the year, up to Thurs
day, If 11,632. For the same period
last year the total number of cases Ava*
18 927.
The total number of cases of drunk
enness for this year, which Is perhaps
the most Interesting Item, le 2,211, as
against 6,783 such cases In 1907.
Recorder 8ays “Success.”
Recorder Broyles. In speaking of the
effect of prohibition, said:
'I consider the police record for the
year wonderful and I am thoroughly
convinced that prohibition le a success.
There has been a remarkable decrease
In the number of rases In police court
and In common disorder*. From what
I have learned, it seems that prohlbl
tton has had no material effect on the
more serious Crimea, such as murders
and other felonies, but there Is no doubt
that It ha* greatly lessened such of
fense* as wlfe-beatlng, stabbing* and
common brawle, such as are superin
duced by liquor. I am very much grati
fied over the first year’s showing of
prohibition and think we should give It
a fair trial."
Chief Jennings said:
"Good Thins” 8*ys Chief.
"The big decrease In the .number of
caeca and of disorder generally shows
that prohibition Is a good thing and Is
proving successful in Atlanta. Of courts
there are a' lot of 'blind tiger*’ and
they are giving ue considerable trouble,
but we are making It hot for them
whenever they ehow their heads and
have bagged a large number during the
year. The ‘tigers' generally are pretty
smooth and It Is hard to get the evi
dence against them. And then, toe, it
le a difficult matter to get a convic
tion In the state courts.
•There I* one feature of the good of
prohibition that I have noticed and
that le the decrease In the number of
cases of destitution. There have been a
very few reports of such cases during
the present year. In the matter of
crime, serious offenses, however, there
IS UPHELD BY
T
Dealers Lose Suit, But
Will Ask For a
Rehearing.
GENERAL LEONARD WOOD.
General Wood, who had a meteoric career in the United States army,
which he entered just prior to the 8panish-American war, is now in com
mand of the department of the east, with headquarters at Governor'*
Island, which command he has juet assumed after long and arduous serv
ice in the Philippine Islands. General Grant, upon being relieved of his
command, was transferred to the department of the lakes, with head
quarters near Chicago,
Was Charged With
Murder of Dr. Fred
Rustin.
Both Recorder Broyles and Chief
Jennings expressed the opinion that the
near-beer bualnees her proven an ob
stacle to prohibition, but say they will
now be better able to cope with this
feature because of the ruling of the
court of appeals, to the effect that any
beverage containing as much as 4 per
cent of alcohol shall be considered In
toxicating.
Bravery of Trainman
Saves $20,000 in
Gold FromThieves.
For the Empty Stocking
| ■!' I 1I I I M I 11 11 'H
H-H
lot <if unfortunate little children whom
Santa tinus has not been In the habit
rr fremj^^V-rSanm'ciail.Tnbly^rne? |jbf giving thing* to-boy* and girls
Ituxiw iMillllps renter a think for some poor little tot that T whose parent* are too poor to have In-
, , Jlnrtln. ehv bad SIK ! * has not any mother w father, t _ _
' 'll it welted .nitride the ...mi bouse till 4. lie sure to tell Sonin to bus some- T
ditnre. deeree wit., knotted. I A thing they like with my dime. ;
— I.J, y„, jr little friend. T
MKRRYMAX CROSS.
who
7HJRK3 EVERY TOW'.: HEEDS
A PAPER U23 THE OEOBOIAS
T . Star sootctlnee take* Dee. with
5* Oeerjtsa, bet 4«lm to tin
" Allan*, paper r»dlt tor Its wllUnjr.
JJ 1 ; ° l~*d « for tern heps In tbe raeae
.L Every cl't and eowrt. Hrit or
,?•“• net,, a rew-p-per tba* 1r wllllnx
'J.JTrane tst, roerae, and tbe town or
y that lf'kr * now-proer abotild
►. atone to reetro one.- Anrlrtoo. Ala.,
76 uak-st. v
boys
spirit they »
Just what we
It Is this:
llucnce with the old fellow,
have no porents at all.
And If the little boys and girls who
are sure Santa Is going to visit them
this year trill only send to The Geor
gian a last year's doff, or drum, or toy
irt, or n dime, wo will see that
out some little tot that
irtunate.
Already the letters have begun to
ant to belli them do. J come in, I ke the one that Is printed
; herewith, but a lot more arp needed
That's the sort of spirit the girls nnd « of any sort or
iys' of Atlanta foil and - .or, of ! *
when they learn.
To help make Christmas happy for a£tu ,do much good.
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 10— An east-
bound passenger train on the Qreal
Northern was held up early today by
three masked men. who secured rich
booty In the mall car. but were foiled
In their attempt to get *20,000 In actual
cash which was being carried In the
baggage car by the presence of mind of
Fireman W. Perrin.
The hold-up took plnce between one
and two miles east of the village of
Hlllyard and only the presence of mind
of the fireman saved the specie, which
was being conveyed from a Spokane to
a Montana bank. In the darkness Per
rin, after he and tho engineer had been
driven from the cab with pistol*,
crawled over the tender and uncoupled
the baggage car and whirled away down
the track with the car and engine. The
bandits did not enter the car until It
was too bite to fire upon the Intrepid
firemen.
Riders Spilled
In Big Race
NEW YORK, Dec. 10c—The score In
the bicycle race at 3 o’clock, the eighty-
seventh hour, was 1.6*8 miles and five
lap*, with three teams tied there. Wei-
thour I* still a lap behind. The former
record for this hour was 1,693 miles..
Four riders were spilled In an at
tempt to avoid a mtx-up. Their wheels
were smashed, but they resumed In two
uilnutt*.
OMAHA, Dee. 10.—Charles Kd ward
Davis was this morning acquitted of
.the charge of murdering Dr. Fred Rus
tin, after an all-night ssaslon of the
Jury. During the trial an attempt was
made to show that there was a suicide
pact between Dr. Rustin and a woman
nurse. He wss found dead In the hall
of his home. ,
Dsvls, the ststs alleged, shot Dr. Rustin
at the physician's own request, sfter the
litter bed entered Into e suicidal pact with
Mrs. Abble Bice. The woman testified a lie
and Ruatln had agreed to poison or shoot
«ch other, hut her nerve felled. Tbe pro*,
eeatlon tried to show Dr. Rustin had hired
No Verdict Yet
In Ruef Trial
SAN FRANCI800. Dec.Tb.'—TheJ$/
In the case of Abraham Ruef, charged
with bribery, Is etUI unable to agree.
The Jury went out yesterday afternoon,
tiul'dld not ’deliberate very late last
night.
This Is the third trial of Ruef. He
appeared almost a nervous wreck dur
ing the trial.
MR,CALDWELL SAYS
RE DID NOT SIGN AD
The supreme court of Georgia Thurs
day afternoon handed down a decision
affirming that of Judge Ellis In the su
perior court and denying the Injunction
of near-beer dealer* against the state
near-beer tax law. Two Justices, At
kinson and Holden, dissented from the
opinion, and Colonel Walter R. Brown,
of counsel for the petitioner*, gave no
tice he would make a motion for a re
hearing before the supreme court.
The case was that of E. H. Carroll
and others, Including 116 dealers In
near-beer, who sought to enjoin the
state from enforcing the tax on near-
beers. They held that the tax of 8200 a
year should be pro rated; that the pay
ment of the fee should secure u full
year's license. Instead of merely frooi
date of Issue to December 31. They
held that the tax should go to the
school fund Instead of the penitentiary
fund and that the tax was unconstitu
tional for these and other reasons.
The supreme court, two Justices dis
senting upheld Judge Kills' decision
denying the Injunction. The petitioners
were represented by Colonel Walter
R. Brown, R. B. Blackburn and J. D.
Kilpatrick.
Brooding Over Hus
band’s Defeat, Cuts
Throat With Razor.
In The Georgian of yesterday ap
peared a story concerning an advertise
ment published In The Constitution of
Wednesday, which In effect warned the
public that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cald
well. of Havannah, would not- be re
sponsible for any debts contracted by
the daughter of Mr. Caldwell, who la at
present In Atlanta.
Mr. Caldwell came to Atlanta last
night, and made this statement:
To the Public;
The advertisement which appeared
In The Constitution of Wednesday,
warning the public that I would not be
responsible for debts contracted by my
Davie to shoot him. Dr. Itnetln wee shot daughter, Miss Eleanor Caldwell, was
and hilled on September 2. Davie' defense (not authorised by me.
was ea HIM. 1 J. W.'CALDWELL.
WHEELING, W. V*., Dec. 10—Cotn-
muters In a crowded passenger coach
on the Ohio river division of the Bal
timore and Ohio, were shocked yester
day afternoon when a woman passen
ger, Mr*. Margaret Mergllaty, after ut
tering a cry as If In mental anguish,
pulled n rexor from a hand bag and
slashed her throat.
They were unable to Interfere. With
a gasp the woman fell over In her seat
and bled to death In five minutes.
GOY. GLENN POOH-POOHS
BREAKING OF SOLID SOUTH
Says Individually Southern States Are More Prosper
ous Than Any Other Section and No Reason Exists
. For Changing Its Politics.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 10—"When my
aucceaaor la Inaugurated I shall retire
frem politic*.” said Governor R. B.
Glenn, of North Carolina, at the Bb-
bttt House. "The Job of chief execu
tive of North Carolina has been a
strenuous one. and 1 want to tako a
rest. My friend* have urged me to run
for United 8tates senator, but I have
declined and Senator Overman will be
renominated without opposition.”
Governor Olenn will devote his time
after his retirement to lecturing at
Chautauqua* and lyceuma, but will re
tain no Interest In politics.
"It's all tommy-rot about the Repub
licans making gain* In the South.” said
the governor. "While It la true that
my majority was about 16,000 more
than that given Governor-elect Kltchln.
the Democratic vote was larger by
nearly 18,000 than It ever ha* been.
The Republicans polled a bigger vote,
of course, which showed that greater
Interest was taken In the last campaign
than In any past election. Why should
the Southern states change their poll- I
ties? I
"Individually, the states of the South
are more prosperous than the Republi
can stales of the North. There never
was a time when the South waa more
prosperous. If, therefore, we are pro
gressing. why. I repeat, should we
change our politics?"
"Because Mr. Bryan was defeated I*
no reason for a change of mind on my
part regarding him. X consider him one
of the greatest Americana that ever
lived and history will |>rove It. I alsr
admire President Roosevelt. HI* ad
ministration has been of the greatest
benefit to the country.
"Perhaps the two features of Ills a,l-
rredlt more than others are the calling
Is there Anythin* you could
nit s Went Ad for todiy?
Both Phouts 8000.
Georgian Want Ad* sure fill
the wants of all that advertise.
1 have tried them and have been
surprised at the number of re
plies gotten from my small ads.
I advise you to try them.
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
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SITUATIONS WANTED—MALg.
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eight JfMini' I'XIHM it’lirt* !
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GOVERNOR R. B. GLENN.
of conservation of our natural resource*
ami hlH effort to bring about a notation
of rallroml problemi. I do not believe
(hat Uecrttj
s*
rnlnfutration that will redound to hfn uUe In the Inaugural «eremonle* an<
BOARDERS WANTED.
LOST AND POUND
tea.909 UKWAttli for **.*!
it ml 1**1) brown, whit*
wldti* nnd timwu tlrtw
nllroail problem*. I do not believe unw. »'»n t
becuu*<- a man differ* from me In MW fh» (*•
:lc* he should not have my MUpport.- MilMIng, *'n
Bike »he Ire four year* ago when 11 Af g'SHLS*2
North Carolina troop* to imrtlct- |Sn P J* ,ww
together of the govern on la the lnterc»(|«1sf."
have advised my rucc
like-1