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Atlanta Georgian
AND NEWS
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VOL. VII. NO. 115.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1908.
On Trains—FIVE CENTS.
SANTA CLAUS' SPIRIT BIST
Have you or your happy little ones felt yet the touch of Santa Claus'
spirit In behalf of the Empty.Stocking Brigade?
That spirit Is abroad In the land and several scores of young and old
have responded to Its thrilling contact. They have not waited for another
day to come and go, but having acted instantly on the suggestion of that
Magic Spirit which proclaims the bond of kinship between Those Who
Have and Those Who Have Not, they are now tingling with the pleasure
tl at ever follows a Good Deed promptly performed.
Will you Join that group and share In that Joy?
You will not be urged further than your own heart prompts you at this
moment; this Is no demand upon you or your fortunate little ones. The
spirit of Santa Claus la as gentle as the love of a mother and Just as swift
and sure In Its rewards!
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Therefore, when the Spirit touches you do not put off the performance of
tlm Good "Deed It suggests. See to It that on the Instant your mite starts on
Us way to swell the fund The Georgian Is raising for the Empty Stocking
Brigade.
Here is a sample letter expressing the manner In which the Spirit of
Santa Claus urges Those Who Have in behalf of Those Who Have Not:
“Atlanta, Dec. 9.
•Dear Georgian:
"I marked on the front porch and father said he would take 50 cents
nf my money out of the bank and pay for cleaning It. I did the work my
self but got wet. I am (low sending you the 60 cents I saved. It Is for
the little boy crying over the empty stocking. Tell him to come to my
house to the big tree Christmas day. "Yours truly.
• DAUGHTY RANKIN MANLEY.
• Six years old.
More of these letters.are on hand, and The Georgian will begin publi
cation of them Tuesday. Let yours come at once and may the number swell
until nothing else ean be crowded onto the page but responses from those
who have felt the touch of the Magic Spirit of Santa Claus!
SOME CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FUND.
The Georgian Is In receipt of the fnl
low'iig sums from contributors to the
fund for Santa Claus and the empty
stocking brigade:
j D Rhodes 15.00
Doughtv Rankin Manley 60
Vinson Harris, 109 Woodward-ave, ,A
Alexa and Nora Sterling
jnsie Vaughan, Powder Springs ..
Rand S. Howard. Blakely 25
H E. King, 165 Glenn-st
Edward L. Farris, Jr., 96 West
Harrls-st
Peggy and Betsy Bates, Cleveland,
Ohio, and Catherine Scott 1.50
Nellie. Evelyn and Hurt Means .. .25
Margaret Klnard, Jackson 10
Robert Martin Scales, Waynesboro .25
Adelaide Callaway, 218 Ashby-st..
Marv Louise, Cornelia and Julia
Pope, Washington, Ga 25
Cash ..
Mailing department of The Geor
gian— Htjgh Hill, C. J. Thornton,
SOFT PERIL
Will It Let President’s
Reference to Secret
Service Pass?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Altho
members of the committee deny In ad
vance that the waving of the presiden
tial “big stick" over the head of con
gress will have any effect on Its report,
the Impression Is growing that this aft
ernoon’s meeting of the special commit
tee apoplnted to Investigate the presi
dent's remarks about the secret service
*m result In putting the soft pedal
nn all propositions of censorship of his
words.
The committee will convene for the
nist time this afternoon and Chairman
1 erklns, author of the resolution asking
the appointment of such a committee,
Has said that a report will be ready
before the holiday recess.
Representative Each, of Wisconsin,
today denied the report that the Insur
ants had capitulated to the Cannon
forces and that the proposed fight on
the present method of selecting the
1 omtnlttee on rules would end in a sur-
i^nder to the powers that be.
Jr., Albert Kemp. Doc Hollings
worth. Dave Warner and John
Barrow
William Outland, Jr.. Statesboro..
Mrs. Letton. 132 Capltol-ave
George S. Kimball. Garfield .. ..
Mary Hale and Carter Vernon,
Cartersville
Alice Muse
Cash T.
Chris Esslg
Fay Christine and Evelyn McCor
mick, Stllesboro
John T. Pugh. 114 1-2 Central-ave..
Evelyn McGahee, Battle Hill.. ..
Milton McGahee, Battle Hill.. ..
Douglas and Turner McGahee, Bat
tle Hill
Reba Lowry, Cartersville.. ..
Aline Hafnes, Battle Hill.. ....
“For the Empty Stocking”
Alton Flowers, Sharpsburg
George Wisdom, Chlpley, Ga.
Theodora Warfield, 374 Capitol-
ave
Evelyn Cockrell, Valdosta
Lillian and Buth Sims, Meansvllle
Frederic Nardln, Ocllla, Ga
HOLLAND’S ACT OUTRAGE,
SAYS PRESIDENT CASTRO
WOMAN’S TEARS BROUGHT
BIG HELP TO NEEDY POOR
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—-After a few
minutes' visit to the Bowery mission
and a talk with some of the men who
nightly farm its bread line. Judge E. L.
Gary, head of the steel trust, headed a
contribution list with a substantial
check and pledged himself to devise
ways and means for transporting de
serving men who want work to places
where their labor la needed. He will
Supreme Court Hits
Commerce Com
mission.
WASHINGTON, D.c. 14.—The su-
pr.rn. court today handed down an
opinion In a suit Involving the attempt
eome time ago to compel E. H. Harr!
man to give teatlmony before the Inter
atate commerce commlaalon at Ita In'
veatlgatlon Into the affaire of the Union
Pacific railroad.
The court holda that the Interstate
commerce commlaalon did not have un
limited power to compel teitlmony on
all subjects and It la considered a vic
tory for Mr. Harrlman.
A dissenting opinion was given by
Justice Day, who says the decision of
the majority of Justices Is a blow at the
Interstate commerce commission.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dee. 14.—It Is
denied here that John D. Rockefeller
will give $30,000,000 to Oriental edu
cation. He came here to have a tooth
pulled.
SEAMAN DESERTS AT CALL
OF LITTLE DYING SISTER
Commander of Idaho Refused Gilmore Permission To
Go To Her Bedside; But He Went Anyway.
Arrested at Her Deathbed.
i
BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 14.—John Gll-
nior *. s eantan on the battleahlp Idaho,
*** arrested here Just as ha left the
'bath bed of hie slater, aged 9.
s he was taken 111 two weeks ago of
spinal meningitis and constantly asked
Colombo Greets
American Fleet
COLOMBO, Ceylon, Dec. 14.—Rear
■admiral Sperry paid his respect* here
‘"day lo sir Henry Edward McCallum,
kwernor of Ceylon. A great throng
greeted the arrival of the admiral and
men „f the ship*.
A visit was paid the governor’s mss-
tK' n ; Ial * r the governor returned
“board the Connecticut. Dally
Wi iTliLV* n> from the fourteen
“i '.r.>y|„n 111 vl,lt . K,nd >'. « be C “P'-
'ndem N n uT A N T INOPLE, Dec.’ 14—The
ha. » n i IJ olr * r from Austria to Turkey
went ,D'¥ :h ' d 416.000,000. A atate-
luday*® effect was made officially
for him. Laat Monday her condition
became critical and his mother wired
Gilmore, asking him to coma.
Gilmore said that he applied for leave,
showing the telegram to the command
er, but he was refused. He seised the
first chance next day toidesert.
NoStandard Oil
Hearing Monday
NEW YORK, DSC. 14.—The hl.nd.rd Oil
hesriaf -ss adjourned today uytil 10 o'clock
tomorrow moraine, whoa the standard at-
torn.r will pal In comr doeumeatsry erl.
dear,, which will practically closa the cais for
the defeuae. >
CHANGE WOULD
DELAY ARRIVAL
OF THE PAPERS
EATONTON, Ga, Dpe. 14—Saturday
afternoon a petition waa being circu
lated here to aak a change In the ar
rival of the 10:10 p. m. train over Cen
tral railroad to 7:40 p. m.
If thl* goes Into effect it will delay
the Atlanta evening papers.
Judge Gary, Former Steel Magnate, Sees New York’s
Bread Line—Wife’s Sorrow at .Suffering Brought
Big Check.
BOTCH TIKE
ROSIE STEP
Coast Ship Seized by
Dutch Battleship.
No Resistance.
BERLIN, Dee. 14.—President Castro
triived here today and said the seising
of the Allx was nothing more than
naval brigandage.'
He said further that It was an out
rage on civilisation, and Holland had
placed herself without the pale of de
cency.
President Castro said he did not know
what Venezuela would do about It.
WILEMSTAD, Curacos, Dee. 14,
Selsure of the Venesuelan coast ship
and the suspicious absence of President
Castro at a crucial time has thrown
Venezuelans Into a atate of wild fear
and a revolt la Imminent.
Cables from Bordeaux bring Inform*,
t Ion that' rumors persist that Castro Is
still placing larg* sums of money ,ln
European banka, and has no Intention
of returning until the trouble subsides.
The selsure of the ship took place
subsequent to a protest sent to the
S iwera by Minister Paul, who said that
olland would be held responsible for
all consequences.
Flying a Dutch flag and with
a Dutch crew aboard, the Dutch cruiser
Gelderland came Into port yesterday
towing the Venezuelan coaat guard ship
Allx.
The Allx was captured by the Gelder
land off Puerto Cabello Saturday, while
the Allx waa lying close in shore under
the guna of a fort. Altho Venexuela
had made threat* that the Aral Dutch
ship that made any demonstration
would be fired on, not a shot was flred.
The Gelderland sent an officer and
guard aboard to take charge of the Allx,
and the crew waa sent ashore, while a
Dutch crew waa placed on the captured
vesael.
The selsure of the Allx waa In ac
cordance with the plana of Holland to
capture any Venesuelan ships found in
these waters. WJien the Gelderland
came Into port here, with the Allx In
tow. there was great enthusiasm.
The governor of Ouracoa Issued the
following statement:
"The capture by our warships of
coaat guard and war vessels la not to
be considered as. an unfriendly act
against Venesuala. It Is only a reprisal
against Castro's government, which re
fuses to give satisfaction for his un
friendly acta toward Holland. The
selsure of these vessels will make It
Impossible for the Venesuelan govern
ment to carry troop* or ammunition to
and from the varlou* porta.
"A communication to this effect baa
been forwarded by the Dutch govern
ment to the German minister at Car
acas."
In the absence of Prealdent Caatro, H
la believed that the Venezuelan govern
ment will make no effort to prevent
Holland taking other vessel*, and that
no war-llke demonstration will result.
TORPEDO'BOAT FLOTILLA
IN WINTER PRACTICE
CHARLESTON, S. C, Oee. 14—A
torpedo boat destroyer and four toqpedo
boats left Charleston for St. Joseph’s
Bay, Fla., for winter practice. Several
submarine* are expected to arrive at
Charleston shortly. - x
WHAT CONGRESS DID TODAY.
Motion In house to reconsider $
alien act, passed Saturday, de- +
feated 170 to 80. 4*
President's message on Browns- +
vllle Investigation read In senate. +
Senator Koraker proposed com- +
mission, headed by General Chaf- +
fee. to Investigate Brownsville af- +
fslr. Laid aside temporarily. +
Senate may adjourn Thursday +
to January 4. * +
House may adjourn Saturday +
for holidays. ♦
Affair* are again becoming critical ip Venexuela. Dutch warships are
patrolling the venesuelan coasts and Venezuelan authorities avow their In
tention to flCa on the Dutch warships at the first act that may be construed
unfriendly. The picture at the top gives a blrdaeye view'of LaGualra, the
principal seaport of Venezuela. Immediately below la Artlng Prealdent Vi
cente Gomez, who la In charge of affair* during President Castro's ab-
see.ee. Picture at the right Is from a recent. photograph of Queen Wllhel-
mine, of Holland.
GEORGIA NEGRO GIVES
BROWNSVILLE FACTS
Boyd Conyers, of Monroe, Confessed Shoot
ing—Special Message by President
, Roosevelt.
advocate a law to provide such trans
portation.
A woman had much to do with the
euergetlc plan to help the needy. Mrs.
Gary accompanied her husband and a*
the long line of 1,500 men filed slowly
by. waiting patiently for their dole of
bread and coffee, nhe buret Into tears.
Judge Gary pledged himself to help
them. ‘ '
IUUIS BEGINS
FICHT FOR LIFE
Days Probably * Re
quired to- Select
4
Complete Jury.
FLUSHING, L. I., Dec. 14.—Hand
cuffed to Sheriff John M. Philips,
Thornton Jenkins Halm arrived at the
old Queens county court house In
Flushing, at 12:30,o*clock. The pris
oner had been brought from the county
prison In Long Island City in a trolley
car.
It was announced that the defend
ant’s mother would*not be in court,
owing to her collapse at the Hotel
Acton. Her condition Is not* serious.
Counsel HIrsch asked that the In
dictment be dismissed because mem
bers of the grnnd Jury were biased.
The work of selecting the Jury then
commenced.
On August 15 last at- the landing
stage of the Bay Side Yacht Club he
stood by with drown revolver while
Continued on Pago Thirteen.
EORMURDEROF
CMKIN
Alleged Night Riders
Placed on Trial at
Union Ciiy.
UNION CITY, Tenn., Dee. 14—Never
before has this section of Tennessee
taken so much Interest In any proceed
ings In court or trial of persona charged
with crime os that manifested hero to
day at the openlpg of the trial of eight
alleged night riders, charged with tho
murder of Captain Quinton Rankin, a
prominent attorney of Trenton. Tenn.,
who met death at the hands of outlaws
while here looking after land Interests
some week* ago. and at the time Colo
nel Each Taylor made a sensational
escape from the same band of men.
People from the Reelfont district be-
gan arriving here early yesterday and
when the trial of the men charged with
the allocking murder was called there
was scores of the friends of the prison
ers on hand to hear the evidence and
watch the progreaa of the trial.
Eight Placed on Trial.
The eight alleged night riders wore
plnccd on trial this afternoon. Tho
first men to go on trial are Garrett
Johnson, Sam Applewhite. Roy Ran
som, Bud Morris. Fred Pinion. Arthur
Gloar, Tld Burton and Bob Huffham. At
the very beginning of the trial a legal
battle will be waged aa to who will
•elect the names of the venire from
which the Jury will be drawn. Tho
state wants Judge Joseph E. Jones to
select 300 names nnd the defense Insists
that the regular custom be followed and
Sheriff Eastwood be allowed to summon
venire from the county.
That the trials might move expedi
tiously euch matters of a preliminary
Continued on Page Nine.
EVERYBODY IS NOW BUSY
BUYING FOR CHRISTMAS
Stores Thronged With Shoppers Looking For Presents
For Daddy or the Baby, or Maybe a
Best Girl.
WASHINGTON, Dac. 14,-Prealdent
Roosevelt sent a special message to
congress today, covering fully tho
Brownsville. Investigation. It was thru
the confession of a Georgia negro,
Boyd Conyers, of Monroe, that the
main facts were established.
This message consisted largely of
correspondence bearing on the affair,
and the report made by Hpectal Officer
Herbert J. Browne. In conjunction wflth
Captain W. G. Baldwin. In transmit
ting this correspondence to congress
the president says:
"This report enables us to fix with
tolerable dellnitenesa at least some of
the criminals who took the lead In the
murderous shooting of private cilisena
at Brownsville. It establishes clearly
the fact that the colored soldiers did
the shooting; but upon this point fur
ther record waa unnecessary, os the
fact that the colored soldiers did the
shooting has already been established
beyond all possibility of. doubt. The
Investigation has not gone far enough
to enable us to determine all the facts,
and we will proceed with It; but It ha*
gone far enough to determine with suf
ficient Accuracy certain facts of enough
Importance to make It advisable that* I
place the report before you.
“It appears that almost all the mem
bers of company B must have been
Continued on Page Thirteen.
JOHN L. A MOLLYCODDLE,
AT LEAST WIFE SAYS SO
Prize Fighter’s Wife, From Whom He Seeks Divorce,
Also Declares Sullivan Is a Member
Of Ananias Club.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—John L. Sul
livan Is only a mollycoddle.
That Is what Ms wife says at the
home of her sister In Centerville. R. I,
She declare* she was never served^vlth
notice of his Intended divorce or she
would have fought It.
"I understand John Is going or marry
the widow of his former backer, Char
ley Johnson. She lives In Brooklyn,
and 1s worth $200,000,
“I do not see why John spoke of me
the way he did. I never spoke III of
him. John has done lota of talking and
now he can’t light any more. He's only
a mollycoddle. He certainly belongs to
Prealdent Roosevelt’s Ananias Club."
Everybody's got a package—no, no,
not the kind of package you are think
ing about.
Take a stroll dotfn Whitehall or up
Peachtree and then you’ll gee the kind
of package that la meant—a Christmas
package, neatly tied.
Men and women, old and young,
white and black—age and color don’t
matter when It cornea to purchasing
“Christmas gifs." The afreets are fair
ly swarming wlftt nil the different
brands and breeds of shoppers.
All the wlndowa are decorated with
Christmas goods, a touoh of mistletoe
here, a miniature Christmas tree there,
and paper bells of fanciful and gorgeous
and design everywhere. Toy* galore
K ap forth Invitingly to the young folks,
xes of cigars In silver paper and gold,
unique Inkstands and paper weights,
cash trays and playing card outfits hold
forth a temptation to the male con
tingent of the shopping army, and the
women look long and lovingly at the
glnvea and ostrich feathers nnd the
hats, from toques to Merry Widows.
Stores All Crowded.
Each to his own desire. The stores
awarin with clerks, regular and special.
Floor-walkers pace to and fro, seeing
that the clerka work and the shoppers
shop. Proprietors beam down upon the
great crowds that nil their stores, while
the merry dollars Jingle In the bulging
cash drawers.
Of course It Is a gay. happy crowd.
The holiday spirit Is already here and
“Booze Train” Busier
As Christmas Comes
Christmas In Atlanta, for the first
time since the advent of prohibition,
promises to be almost as lively as
Christmas was when old -John Barley
corn was dispensed across the bar In
packages or by the drink.
At least such are the Indications, to
Judge by the amount of whisky that Is
now passing thru the hands of the
Bouthern Express Company at the local
offices.
According to a statement given out
by one of the officials of the company,
the Increase In the shipment* up to
Monday, twelve days before the holi
days. ha* approximated about 20 per
rent. The shipments are growing
heavier each day and the express com
pany is getting an extra force of em
ployees to handle that phase' of the
business alone.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.. Dec. 14.
Robber* entered the postoffice here
early today and sandbagged Deputy
Postmaster Prank Higgins.
Higgins was struck ovsr the head and
rendered unconscious. The robbers then
looted the office and escaped with booty.
It is believed, amounting to $2,500. with
which Higgins waa preparing to meet
the pay roll.
Illgglna recovered sufficiently to
crawl out to the sidewalk, where he was
found by Policeman Charles Roberts.
It Is believed the robbers fled to Can-
Ads.
AT
OFTOBACCOPLANTER
Warned By Night Riders
Not To Sell His
Crop.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Oee. 14.—James
Vaughn, a wealthy planter living near
Dukedom, a short distance from Union
City, Tenn., found a note and bundle of
switches on his doorstep Sunday morn
ing. The note was signed. "Night
Riders." and warned him against the
sale of hts tobacco.
He Is not a member of the Dark To
bacco Association and recently sold his
tobacco to buyers In Pulton. Ky. Dep
uty Sheriffs art guarding his place.
DEFY INJUNCTION;
CLOSE FERRY LINE
NEW YORK, Dec. 14—Three hun
dred men were thrown out of employ,
ment and thousands of merchants were
Inconvenienced today by the closing of
every line running between New York
nnd Brooklyn at points from Broadway
to Green Point.
This action was taken despite an In
junction restraining the company from
• losing the ferry lines. They have
been losing monex.
everybody Is In a festival mood. It’s
such great fun to shop—especially for
the women folks and the young people.
Of course all have at least one pack
age. The long, slim- package, you
know, contains a necktie, the hlg bulg
ing one holds the toys, the real small
one has the bracelet, the scarf pin or
the ring, and occasionally you ace the
shapely package, about aa wide as It 1 la
high, and about half as high as It Is
long—a pair of shoes for the cook or
the house girl, perhaps.
You can’t mistake the box of cigars
that wifey has purchased for hubby.
And the present hubby has purchased
for wifey chances aro goes home In a
delivery wagon—a dress, a hat. or a
rug. perhaps.
With It all there goes the pussled ex-
preasjon which says:
Everybody Wonders.
•i w onder if she’s going to give me a
present?" She who wonders Is lost. If
there Is any chance "she” Is going to
give you a present, even the remotest
chance, then you must buy "her" nn.-.
And she going thru the same mental
process, does the same thing.
Then, too, there Is the eternal Christ
mas question, "What must I buy?"
Here* a good suggestion: If you
want a razor, be It safety or the kind
a negro purchases Tor social purposes
call on the man you would like to have
give It to you; and talk to him about
t,le barb * r '" b m l«. That
•yin lead up, no doubt, to the proper
If you want a pair of gloves, call at-
tentlon to the chapped condition of
bBnd ?— u doean’t matter whether
they are chapped or not. If you want
“Xrocclet. just remark how pretty
Elisabeths bracelet la, and what nice-
Institutions bracelets are anyway.
It n all a system. The m&n or worn-
all who play* the game right gets the
beat results.
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. ~~ T '
DRUG STORE FOR SALE
I ONE Of Till best drug .owes l„ tli„
[■ city of Atlanta for sale. Will excbasc-
*— real estate. Address Drugs. Box T;.
SITUATION WANTED -
WANTED—Temporary work by exr
stenographer. Phone lyy 2QT-J.
SETTLER WOMAN wishes eniployn
b-’iiw'kerper In a small farnllv. 51
Box 1X3, enre Georgian,
WASTED—Position* aa hoc
pban girt. 27 yeara old. Jr
liar). Address Q.
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FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT.
FOB KKXT- Faraiahed "
nml oil conTenl#*nrf«.
A|*rtmfPt A. 3) firm 1
BOARDERS WANTED.
LABOR I’LKASANT room with board at
|g I’fHitrfr^t. t
FlVri huudr*d wants sod (or tod*/ «a