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THE WEATHER.
Fair, continued cold Friday night
ar ,d .Saturday. Temperatures Fri
day (taken at A. K. Hawkes Co.'s
.tore): 8 a. m.. 38 degrees: 10 a. jn..
(4 degrees: 12 m!, 46 degrees; 2
p. m., 49 degrees.
The Atlanta Georglax
"Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’
AND NEWS
“Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’
SPOT COTTON.
VOL. VII. NO. 214.
ATLANTA, y GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 9,1909.
■pOTCTP. In Atlanta—TWO CENT*.
•Til on Trains—FIVE CENTS.
FEDERAL JUDGE IN ROW
WITH ATLANTA LAWYERS
THREE NEW REPRESENTATIVES
Police Court Case
Causes Sheppard
To Rage.
Police court was the scene of a wordy
war Friday morning, when United
States Judge W. B. Sheppard, of the
Florida district. In an outburst of In
dignation, attacked Attorneys C. J.
Moore and J. L. Moore, Atlanta law
yers. In one of the most caustic
speeches ever delivered In a court
house here, this being the aftermath of
a damage suit filed in Atlanta against
the federal Jurist by the two lawyers.
This suit Is the outgrowth of an accl
dent In Whltehall-st. in which Judgd
Sheppard's automobile figured.
His voice almost choking with emo
tion and Ills athletic body trembling.
Judge Sheppard, standing but a few
feet from the two Moore brothers,
poured hot shot Into the two.
The faces of the lawyers paled under
this arraignment and It looked for a
moment as tho there might be serious
trouble. _
C J. Moore reached over on Recorder
Broyles' desk and It seemed as tho he
was In the act of seizing the Judge's
Ink well. Just before his hand reached
the Ink stand, however, he picked up
one of the court papers and fumbled It
a moment. Noticing this move, Court
Officer George Cornett moved closer
and stood ready to stop any possible
violence.
When Judge Sheppard had conclud
ed c. J. Moore retaliated by branding
the statements of the Jurist as ‘‘false
hoods.” ‘
After the hearing was over Attorney
Moore said:
“Judge Sheppard simply took ad
vantage of his position and of the pro
tection afforded by the court In order
to abuse my brother and me. He would
not dare say such things to my face
outside of the court room.”
United States District Attorney Car
ter Tate, Assistant District Attorney
Henley and Mike Covington, of the
district attorney’s office, were all pres
ent In police court In the Interest of
Judge Sheppard.
Trouble Over an Auto.
The Incident occurred at the trial
of P. B. Beall, Judge Sheppard’s ste
nographer and secretary, who Is also
his chauffeur. Beall was charged with
his chauffeur. Beall wan charged with
operating tho Jurist's automobile with
out a license, the case having been
mads at the Instigation of tho Attor
neys Moore and as the result of the ac.
cldent In Whltehnll-st. on March 19.
At thlstlmeSamOzbom.anegroman.was
At this time Sam Ozborn. a negro man,
was Injured by the auto and entered
suit against Judge Sheppard for 8600
damages, thru Attorneys Moore &
Moore.
As an outgrowth of this suit, an at
tachment was taken out Thursday In
Justice Jackson's court and resulted
Thursday night In a levy at the Shep
pard home, 36 East Tenth-st., bailiffs
seizing the personal effects of Judge
Sheppard, hia wife and children. It
was this act of the lawyers and bailiffs
that directly provoked the outburst of
Indignation In police court on the part
of the Jurist against the lawyers.
Judge Sheppard’s home Is In Pensa
cola, but he has been living In Atlanta
for some time, as his daughters are at
tending Agnes. Scott College, In Deca
tur. Judge Sheppard spends his time
In Atlanta when he Is not busy with his
court In Florida.
Levied on His Clothes.
Judge Sheppard declared the bailiffs
levied on the wearing apparel of him
self, his wife and uhlldren, and not only
this, but took away hla hat and gloves,
and he characterized the whole affair
as an outrage. He said the balllffa even
seized an official designation from
Judge Pardee, directing him to hold
court In Savannah. •
Judge Sheppard stated that the negro
Ozborn appeared to be Intoxicated and
that he backed Into the machine,
causing the accident himself, and that
It was unavoidable. He stated further
that, on the statement of the negro’s
Physician, he had agreed to pay the
doctor's hill and the sum of *60 as dam
ages. but that Attorneys Moore refused
to accept this .as a settlement. He also
asserted they had written him discour
teous letters regarding the accident.
Judge Sheppard explained that he
supposed all the time he had a license
for his auto, as he had gone to the city
clerk's office, -stated that he wanted a
license, paid a dollar and received an
■ uncial paper. He Was not certain
whether the license wasNnade, out In
his name or the name of his chauffeur,
altho he informed the clerk he expected
young Beall to operate' the machine.
Under this showing. Judge Broyles dis
missed the case.
Real! has been secretary to Judge
Sheppard for some time and operated
his automobile In Pensacola.
Judge Sheppard's Statement
After the evidence had been heard.
Judge Sheppard, visibly affected, arose
and said he wanted to make a state
ment. It waa then that he sailed Into
the two attorneys.
“I Just want to make a few remarks,”
he said, “for I feel that I have been
treated shamefully and outrageously in
'Ills affair. This ease against my sec
retary is but one feature of the Intlinl-
uatlon resorted to by these lawyers. I
hot onfy desire to defend myself, but I
"ant to protect the dignity of the Uni
te'! States court, which has been im
pugned by the reprehensible conduct of
these Infamous men."
*'■ J. Moore attempted to Interrupt
[he attack, but Judge Hbeppard refused
J* he Interrupted. Finally, when lie
""d finished. Attorney Moore said:
These statements that I have mls-
'reated or abuBed Judge Sheppard are
, 'sehoods. I have treated him eour-
'•“’usls; and as a gentleman. He Is the
“pc who has been Insolent. He has
['rated me with Y-ontempt throughout
the Whole of the proceedings." '
ii -, er Judge Broyles had dismissed ;
[he Beall case. Assistant District At-.
Henley put Attorneys Moore
"»?tice that If they did not return the ,
it?,- 1 !! of &lr *- Sheppard and her chll-
c-n he would proceed against them In ;
th„. stal * c °urts. The attorneys deny i
anything was taken ftem the
“•ppard home except the belongings I
w Judge Sheppard.
Argument Ends Sat
urday—2 Months to
Read Evidence.
St. Louis, April 9,—Moritz Rosenthal,
one of the attorneys for the Standard
Oil Company in the government's suit
for the dissolution of the .trust, waa
sufficiently recovered from an attack of
neuralgia today td appear In court, and
will spepk on the relations of railroads
with the trust,
Frank B. Kellogg will close the argu
ments for the government tomorrow
and the trial will adjourn. It will re
quire two months for the Judges to read
the evidence. A decision Is expected In
June.
TOO LATE FOR BOBBY,
BUT NOTJOB OTHERS
Had Mother Seen Tubercu
losis Exhibit She Might
Have Saved Boy.
INTEARS,BECS
HON. BENJ. J. EDWARDS.
Mr. -Edwards ,1s the new house
member from Walton county.
HON. F. W. GRIFFIN.
Sumter county twill be repre
sented this year by Mr. Griffin.
HON. T. SHIRLEY.
He Is representative-elect from
Milton county.
THAT EASTER TOILETTE;
NO RAIN WILL SPOIL IT
Bring Out Your Hats, Your Brand New Spats, Your
Old Clothes Hide From Sight; Weather Man Does
Best He Can, and Forecasts Warm and Bright.
"If your exhibit had only come last
year," said a sad-faced little womun
to the director during the recent course
In Pensacola.
"If It had only come a year ago,
Bobby needn't have died," she went on.
"There ho was—poor little fellow
Jn»t getttng'thinrier 'and weaker every
day and—and I didn’t know what was
the matter with him. Right at flrts I
thought there was something a little
wrong, but he had always been so well.
And he didn't cough much, and I was so
busy and—and when I did begin to get
frightened and took him to the doctor.
It was too late. I would know now
what the symptoms meant—nnd I know
what to do to keep from taking that
awful disease. I didn’t know then. I
Just sort of thought—when I thought
about it at all—that consumption was
something like an act of God, that came
without any reason or warning. I was
afraid of It. but 1 didn't know what to.
do to prevent it.
"But while 1 found out too late for
pon r little Bobby, I've got two others
that 1 know how to look after—thanks
to this exhibition. I Just wish It could
have been here last year; then I would
have had three to look after now.”
Said Director Routzahn Friday morn
ing at the headquarters of the National
Tuberculosis Exhibition In the Central
Congregational church: »
"We are going to do some educating
In this city, beginning Monday morn
ing. We are going to teach people
what tuberculosis really Is. and how
not to have It. as well as how to cure
tt. We are going to do our Pfiyt In
stamping out this hideous malady, now
preying on so large a portion of the
human race."
Bomb Wrecks
Chicago Store
Chicago, April 9.—A bomb was ex
ploded with terrific force today In front
of the grocery of Frank Caramuso, 22
Mllton-ave., nfter frequent demands n/
the Black Hand for money and threats
to kidnap his three daughters had been
Ignored.
The front door waa blown from Its
hinges nnd the whole building toppled
following the explosion. No one was
hurt.
ONE OF DELEGATES
TO HOTEL MEETING
I sometimes think that never falls the
rain
So wet. nor causes auch unheard-of
pain
As when It falls athwart the Eas
ter hat,
Which, once besprinkled, ne'er looks
nice again.
—Omar Khayyam down to date.
But it Isn’t going to rain THIS Eas
ter—
Hurrah, girls, hurrah!
Down wiqt the raln-stlck and up
with the— '
Well, whatever they are—these now
adays hats.
Mr. Von Herrmann says so. That-Is,
he says It Isn’t going to rain next Sun
day. He says—and he evidently real
izes the gravity of his prediction—that
Easter Sunday In Atlanta will be
bright, sunshiny, warm, and—
Just about what It ought to he.
And NOW watch the hat business!
But if It should—of course It can't,
you know—but If It should occur to J.
Pluvlua to slip one over on the genial
weather man—
Good-bye. Mr. Von .Herrmann; good
bye; good—
Gracious!
Some Past Performances.
Well, It didn't rain last Easter, but
It came so close to It that feminine
hearts fluttered up to within six Inches
of thejilx-foot Merry Widths that were
Juat then In the zenith of their wide
ness. .
Easter before last It rained all day,
which was the last day of March. No
one seems to 'recollect what sort of
hats wefe worn at that time or prior
thereto, so researches Into ancient his
tory are effectually blocked.
On this coming festive occasion the
crowning feature of feminine adorn
ment, among other shapes, as 'nes
that of a "Cabriolet.” In plain .ted
States this means a taxicab loaded with
vegetables. As to the other styles, i
was It was singing,
"Hush, little waste-basket, don’t- you
cry—
You'll bo an Easter hat, bye-and-b^er
The coal scuttle Is also popular, but
up to press time the wagon load of
garden truck appeared to have the call.
But Just wait fill Sunday—
Just wnlt!
WILL EXONERATE
Committee Will Meet For
Final Verdict on As
phalt Laying.
The council committee Investigating
the Clayton-Colller controversy met
again Friday morning and made an
other Inspection of the streets paved
with asphalt.
The committee returned at noon and
derided to meet again at 4 o'clock Fri
day afternoon to make up a final ver
dict. From the Investigation made and
the results obtained, It seems a fore
gone conclusion that the committee will
decide that the charges made by the
commissioner of public works against
the engineer have not been sustained.
'That's the only fair thing we can
do." said Alderman Pittman at the
meeting. "Not a word of the charges
was well founded. The charges should
never have been made.” ,
DANIELI NED
Fight in Peachtree-st. Re
suits in Trial Before
Recorder.
Bank in Binghamton Has
Deposits of Over
$3,000,000. y
Binghamton, N, Y., April 9.—Bank
examiners today took charge of the
Binghamton Trust Company and the
establishment of Ktaapp Brothers, prl
vate bankers. Charles Knapp Issued a
statement today saying that the closing
of the doors followed the action taken
by the board of directors last, night.
The trust company h, capitalized at
8300,000 and hod deposits of 33,250,000.
WILL NOT BE ILL LONG
At t result of the teniatlonel fight Thura-
day afternoon in tht jewelry store of 8chaul
A May. in whirh J. B. (Buek) Daniel twice
knocked down Harry May, Recorder Broylea
Friday morning fined Daniel #5.75 and dis
missed the caaa against May.
The trouble grew out of a statement mads
to Daniel and his son by Mra. Daniel, hie
wife, that May had insulted her about
check, which aha had tendered him io
business transaction. When the alder and
from
When he put
his pistol and came from behind the
counter to discuss the matter, Denis! is aaid
to hare twice knocked him down.
May asserted that the attack was unpro-
FIGHT BRYAN'S LAW
Band Together to.Test the
New Bank Guaranty
Act.
Omaha, Nsbr., April 9.—Sixty mem-
ben of the Nebraska Bankers' Asso
ciation have voted to attack In the
courts the bank guaranty law, passed
bv tha last legislature at the earnest
solicitation of Wllllnm J. Bryan. Both
state and national banks were repre
sented at a secret meeting and n unan
imous vote was passed to Immediately
attack the constitutionality of the new
law. . •
FREE BOOK ON CANCER.
An eminent specialist has written • book
on the best method of treating Cancer. Ii
should be read by every person who has
, sorer, fhls book mailed free to any ono
Interested. Address Dr. W. A. Johnson. 1233
tlrandstrs.. Kansas City. Mo.
Mississippi Central Will
Enter the Port Over
Leased Tracks.
Augusta, Ga., April 0.—Hal Chase will
be dismissed from the contagious dis
ease hospital April 26, but will not re
join the team until Mfty 10.
Firs Bugs Are Suspected.
Lowndeivllle, 8. O., April 9.—The drug
■tore owned by Dr. Kirkpstrlck wss burned
Wednesday night about 10 o'clock. It is
suspected tlmt the fire wss Incendiary, hut
«■ yet there Is no elsw to the guilty partite.
There wss some insurance on the bouts.
PROHIBITIONISTS
WIN ONTEST VOTE
Measure Intended to Balk
Temperance Measure
Voted Down. -
Tallahassee, FIs., Affi-il 9.—Represen
tative Hatcher, of Columbia. Introduced
In the leglalature today a resolution,
which. It was charged, was Intended to
balk the passage of a Y>rohlbltlon hill,
but thtf resolution was tabled, after
many speeches had been made. This
may be taken as a test as to how the
house will stand on the prohibition bill.
The resolution Introduced was re
quiring the secretary of state to give
the house Information as to how much
the elate now derived from the liquor
Interests, what these funds were used
for and how they must obtain other
fundstto take their place, x
Hon. S. J. Hllbum, who Introduced
the houee Joint resolution for prohibi
tion. lead the fight to table Hatchet 'a
resolution. Speaker Farris voted with
the prohibitionists.
Senator John 8. Beard's prohibition
bill has .been get for a special order on
April 16 In the senate.
A senate hill was Introduced today by
Senator W. Hunt Harris for the estab
lishment of a state sanitarium for the
treatment of tuberculosis. Another was
Introduced by Harris allowing more
power do the etate board of health In
protecting the state from certain dis
eases.
Request Denied, and
Judge Would Not In
struct For Acquittal.
Lyons, N. V., April 9.—The court to
day refused to Instruct the Jury In the
trial of Georgia Sampeon, accused of
the murder of her husband, Harry, a
nephew of the late Admiral Sampson,
to bring In a verdict of acquittal. Tide
demand was made by counsel for the
accused woman, after she had begged
with tears In Her eyes to ho allowed
to go upon the witness stand and give
her version of the ahootlng of Sampson.
'■Just one or two facts will be pre
sented," said Lawyer Tlnklehaugh.
after the etate had rested Its case and
the court had refueed to Instruct the
Jury. Thle means that the case will
likely go to the Jury tonight with
chnncee of a verdict before tomorrow
night.
Bege to Go on Standi
"Qh, If they would only let me take
the eland 1 would tell them how Harry
died.”
Sobbing piteously. Mrs. Sampson
threw lierself across the bed In Jail
today and gave way to her grief. She
hysterically begged her attorney to
permit her to testify.
"Please let me defend myself! Please
let me explain It all!" ehe exclaimed.
Then ehe cried:
"I loved Harry: he was good lo me.
Why should I kill him? Oh. they will
always believe that I ehot him!”
The gallant sheriff,'who haa defended
her even from the day of her arreat,
tried to console her with the thought
Of her acquittal In a few hours, but she
would not bo enlmed. Tears streamed
down her cheeks.
"To think that Sampson boy would
swear that Harry made a will last Bum
mer, when It was six months before,
nnd Intimate that I shot him for that."
It waa the first burst of Indignation
shown by Mrs. Sampson since the trial
began. Her lawyers were obdurate,
and would not let her testify.
six lIsTost
BV AN EXPLOSION
New Orleans, La., April 9.—The Un!
ted Fruit Company's steamship Ellis,
which wharved this morning from Port
Llinon, British Honduras, brought the
news of an explosion on April 1. on
board tho Hamburg-Ainerlcan liner
Sarnia, at that time unloading at the
uler at Port Llmon. Six lives were
ost. one of the victims being a member
of the Sarnia’s crew and the other five
Jamaican negroes. The explosion oc
curred In the forward hold, which con
tained a quantity of kerosene, but the
vessel escaped serious damage.
IS
OK FREE USE
Payne Offers Amend
ment Taking Off
the Tax.
WESTERNERS WHIP
PAYNE ON BARLEY
Regulars Have Bad Day.
Voting On Tariff Iu the
House Began at
3 O’Clock.
A HOTEL KEEPER
FROM MANHATTAN
Proprietor of Hotel HreMin, New
York, and delegate, lo Atlanta con
vention. '
If a mere boy,
inflamed by vile lueraiure, can d, pun-
tihed for thuz u.tng the malls. In th,
name of motherhood end boyhood, why
not pnnlah the ctrcslatora or thia same
literature till tt cornea no moro?
Very respectfully,
A MOTHER.
Atlsnti, April 7, 1(0*.
Mobile, Ala., April 9.—Trackage ar
rangements .whereby the Mhu^sslppt
Central will operate freight trains over
the Mobile. Jackson * Kansas City to
this port and plans for new Joint docks
are about completed, according to a re
port received In Mobile. Mlseleeippl
Central officials have Inspected the
dockings and terminals of the M., J. &
K. C.
GOV. SMITH TO SPEAK
Will Be Orator at Laying
> of Corner Stone.
Fitzgerald, Ga., April 9.—May 28 will
he an Important one from an educa
tional standpoint In Fitzgerald, for on
the morning of that day. with Impres
sive ceremony and an address deliv
ered by Governor Hoke Hmlth, the cor
ner stone of the new $29,000 high school
building will b«r laid. Many distin
guished guests will be present and the
program will be an elaborate one. In
the evening of the same day the grad
uating exercises of the high school will
be held In the opera house, nnd Gov
ernor Hmlth will deliver the address
and diplomas.
3,000 EGGS FOR LEAGUE
Easter Event Prepared For
Children.
Stone Mountain. Ga., April 9.—The
Stone Mountain Kpworth League will
give an Easter egg hunt to the children
of ti.e town and vicinity on Saturday
afternoon. No admission wHI be
charged and there Will be about 3.000
eggs to be found. The program will
be under the direction of the league's
president, F. A. Doughman. There will
be a number of capital prizes for the
successful contestants.
Washington, April 9.—The house met
at noon,and resumed consideration of
the tariff bill. Under the rule voting
on It will begin at 3 o’clock.
Mr. Payne offered a committee
amendment, which waa adopted with
out objection, taking from the maxi
mum schedule petroleum and Its prod
ucts. The effect of the amendment Is
to place petroleum nnd Ita products on
the free ltet, thus wiping out the 1 per
cent ad valorem which was agreed to
Wednesday. The adoption of till
amendment Is a body blow to i lie-
Standard Oil Company. Representative
Payne said he offered the amendment
In response to the sense of the house.
The ways and means committee this
morning directed Chairman Payne to
offer au amendment Increasing the duty
on barley from 15 to 24 cents per
bushel, and on barley malt from 26 to
40 cents per bushel. These amend
ments were offered In the house las:
Wednesday, but were then voted down.
The action of the committee this morn
ing Is regarded as significant, showing
that the Western Republicans de
manded tills Increase and obtained ii.
The barley paragraph In the same bill
was a bone of contention, and not until
It was agreed that these amendments
could be offered were enough votes as-
cured to adopt the rule under which the
vote on the bill will be taken today.
Payne Yields on Barley.
Mr. Payne when the barley amend
ments were offered last Wednesday
made a fight ngalnst them. He was
charged with bad faith by the Western
Republicans and they threatened to do
all kinds of things to the hill unless he
receded and gave the demanded In
crease on barley.
Mr. Foes, of Illinois; naked unani
mous consent to consider a petition
signed by the women of Illinois, pro
testing ' against Increased duty on
leather gloves and cotton hosiery. Mr.
Foea said he would like to read the pe-
Mf.
FRED STERRY.
Proprietor of Hotel Plata, New
York, and delegate to Atlanta con
vention.
Moore said unless he could have uil .
Imous consent to make a statement for i
fhe manufacturers who favored the In- !
creased duties he would object. The
whole proceeding was cut short by Mr.
Mann objecting. The petition occupied
the table In front of the epeaker's ros
trum. It filled 45 large books. The pe
tition was referred to the ways and
means committee.
Tsft Present In Houee.
j Considerable excitement wss created
;in the houee at 2 o'clock when s. r-
geant-at-Anns Canon received a tele
phone message from the white houee to
the effect that the president, with a
party of ten. would be at tha capitol
at 3 o'clock to witness the vote on the
Payne bill. Uassort was requested to
reserve ten seats In the legislative gal
lery. At the time the Bieaaoff* was re
ceived all the seats In that gallery, ex
cept two, were occupied by person«
| holding cards of admission Issued by
the president. The doorkeeper of the
j gallery waa Informed that the president
‘ waa expected and said he would si e
that the entire party was seated, i
ROOSEVELT IS ON WAY
Ship Sighted Off Port Said
Friday Afternoon.
Port Said, April 9.—The steamer Ad
miral, with Theodore Roosevelt and the
members of his party on board, was
.sighted off this port at 5:20 o'clock this
afternoon.
The Admiral Is bound for Mombassn.
She left Naples early on the morning of
April ,
“The Georgian unquestion,
ably led the fight for Decatur-
st. paving. Had it not been
for the interest taken and the
example set by The Georgian
I really don’t know how long
this matter would have
dragged itself out, with noth
ing done to improve this great
thoroughfare.
"The Georgian started the
hall rolling.”
h. p. McConnell,
McConnell Shoe and Cloth
ing Company.
STORK’S TWIN OFFERING
BROUGHT DEATH TO TWo
Mother-in-Law Dropped Dead From Excitement, and
Father, Overcome by Despondency, Went Behind
Barn and Killed Himself.
, Pittsburg, April 9.—Two deaths re
sulted from the arrival of twin babies
at the home of William Hedlnger, a
farmer, aged 55, while the mother Is In
a serious condition. Mrs. Martha
Smith, the mother of Mrs. Hedlnger,
went to the Hedlnger home to attend
her daughter during ner Illness.
She was very happy when a fine boy
was born; when the nurse Informed her
tlmt still another baby had arrived,
this time a girl, Mnw Smith became so
excited th.it she dropped dead.
The father was despondent when lie
learned of the twins nnd of the death of
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE.
KIHKT i'I.AHM meat cotter, of sood hnbl
neat npponriiti'e nml A1 references fr«
hint employer, trust* itesdy po«ltlon. r :
Bell phone Wegt W-L Atlanta phone 441
ROOMS FOR RENT.
FOR ItKXT— targo front room,
or i!iifnrniNlie8l; ten minutin'
town. Walker**!. <*nr« pom the
fi'mlntied $5, fnrnUI * '
-\<Mrc»s J£. K.