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THE WEATHER.
Generally fair tonight and Fri
day; not mufc’h change in tempera
ture. Temperatures Thursday
(taken at A. K. Hawkes Co.'s
store); 8 ». m., 72 degreesr; 10 a.
m.. 76 degrees; 12 noon, 79 de
grees; 2 p. m., 81 degrees.
The Atlanta Georgian
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AND NEWS
"Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
8POT COTTON.
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Galveston, quiet; 12%. Norfolk, steady;
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VOL. IIH. NO. 26.
ATLANTA, GA,. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1909.
PRICE
DR. COOK TORTURED
ON MARCH FROM POLE
ROUTE FOLLOWED BY DR. COOK
VICTORY IS
ASSURED FIR
FEATURES OF DEAD MAN
APPEAR IN HIS MONUMENT
BESET Pill
Bow and Arrow and
Lance Used to Pro
cure Meat.
% FAITH NEVER WAVERED, +
* SAYS WIFE OF DR. COOK +
* New York, Sept. 2*—The follow- 4*
4* Ing dispatch from Mrs. Frederick 4*
4* A. Cook was received here today: 4*
4* “Brunswick, Maine. Sept. 2.— 4*
4* My faith has never wavered and 4*}
4* am glad my Judgment of my hus- 4* \
4* band's ability has been vindicated. 4-
4* (Signed) Mrs. Frederick A. Cook.” 4*
* DR. COOK IS TRUTHFUL, 4-
4- 8AYS ANTHONY FIALA +
New York, Sept. Z—Anthony i
❖ Flala, who was at tho head of the 4*
-I- Zlegler-Baldwln arctic expedition. +
•I- raid today that he was confident +
❖ Dr. Cook had actually reached the 4*
north pole. T
•!• "Dr. Cook deeervee the greatest 4-
respect for what he has done and I 4*
4- am sure no doubt ought to exist 4"
❖ that he has discovered the north 4*
4- pole If he has said so. He Is s 4-
4- truthful man. serious-minded and 4-
4- determined. He Is not the k’nd 4*
4* that would make a mistake In his 4-
4- hearings and think he was In the 4-
-I- 90th parallel when he was In the 4*
v.SOth." ^4-
London, Sept. 2.—While scientists In
various sections of the world today
professed to be skeptical as to the dis
covery of the north pole, details of the
greatest scientific feat of modern times
were received In this city confirming
Dr. Frederick A. Cook's message to the
world that he had found tho north pole.
Dr. Cook sent the following dispatch
to the observatory at Brussels:
“Reached north pole April 21, 1908.
Discovered land far north. Return to
Copenhagen by steamer Hans Egedc.
"FREDERICK A. COOK."
According to various details received
here. Dr. Cook's great feat was accom
pllshed with great hardahlps.
Started for Pole February 19, 1908.
Dr. Cook, after a summer cruise In
the arctic seas on John R. Bradley's
yacht Bradley, reached tho limits of
navigation In Smith sound In the latter
part of August. 1907. Ths party was
well •qulpi'i 'l with rled end nthrr sup-
Continued on Page Nine.
mitcIOlL;
Pressed Steel Car Co
Throws Open Doors
For Laborers.
Pittsburg, Sept. 2.—Victory ■ for the
striking workmen of the Pressed Steel
Car Company Is assured In the positive
announcement that the strike will be
ended within three days. This state
ment coming from an authoritative
source. Is borne out by the company's
action of today In throwing open Its
gates and permitting nil of the Imported
men who so desire to leave the plant
One hundred men left today pnd
others are expected to follow, and be
fore the day Is ended It Is expected'that
the plant .will be deserted except for
the deputies and the company's police
force and office attaches.
S. Treadwell’s Face Weaves
Itself Into Marble That
Covers His Tomb.
Slowly, as If painted by the hand of
time Itself, and as surely, the stern,
rugged lineaments of Smith Treadwell')
features are being worked In the solid
marble that covers the*tomb where for
years he has slept beneath the soil of
Murray county.
In the -massive rectungle of Georgia
marble—the world-faradd '‘creole,"
black and white—now appear with
distinctness that grows more striking
with each passing year, tho strong, high
and bearded features of the Murray
county pioneer.
It Is not the stain of weather. It is
not the corrosion of time. To all ap
pearances. It Is the gradual shifting of
the fadeless black crystals that streak
the eternal marble.
€ The shifting has formed a face. The
race Is that of Smith Tread\vell.
Rev. T. E. McCutcheon, of 309
Luckle-st.. Atlanta, was shown this
phenomenon by the grandson of Smith
Treadwell, who could hardly find words
to express the similarity of the marble
portrait to the face of his grandfather.
Mr. McCutcheon, who was spending a
recent vacation In Spring Place, Mur
ray county, was so Impressed with the
story and its Illustration that he had
the monument photographed.
The gradual appearance of the face
Treasury Funds Can
Be Used Only For
Schoois, Says Hart.
THE MY8TERIOUS MONUMENT.
has been noticed for, the past five years.
Mr. McCutcheon says the photograph
by no means brings out the bold, dls
tlnct outlines of this strange portrait.
Dotted lines and arrows show route followed by Explorer Cook after
leaving the shores of Greenland on hie march to the north pole. From a
description of his sdvsnturss it appears that on his return trip he veered
from nie first course, but regained nis bearings in Prince Adolf Gustav
sea, thenee going directly to Baffin bay and back to Greenland, where he
boarded a Danish steamer for Copenhagen.
PRISON CELL
Begins Serving Term
in Thomas County
Jail.
WHAT DR. COOK'S DISCOVERY
OF THE NORTH POLE MEANS
* N.w York, 8«pt. 2.—A .trip of land 80,000 mil.* In extent, .terlle
and inlinblted only by polar animal., ha. been added to the area of the
United States.
For the (1r.t time In the hl.tory of the world an accurate chart of
the globe may now be made. Dr. Cook', discovery will finally ..ttle the
question of the earth's ellptlclty—whether or not thbre I. a flattening
of the surface at the poles.
A vast field for meteorological, tidal and magnetic research I* opened
by the discovery of the pole. Observations must be made there before a
full comprehension of nature's laws and processes can be had. The preva
lent view among philosophers haa been that there was no land at the
pole . Dr. Cook’# effort has disproved this theory. The value of the dis
covery In terms of monsy probably 1. nothing. As a scientific achieve
ment Its value Is Incalculably great. [ 2 . - . --
And finally, that the great goal that had defied the efforts of ex
plorers thru the centuries and whose pathway was strewn with the bones
of the most Intrepid travelers of all the great nations of the world,
should be first reached by an American. Is a triumph that will be patriot
ically acclaimed from the St Lawrence to the Rio Grande and from
ocean to ocean. ■
BETTER T
Thoma.vllla, G«„ Sept. Z—Suffering
Intense pain and a seriously sick man,
W. H. Mitchell was moved on a stretch
er yesterday afternoon to Thomaa
county Jail, where he spent the night.
His devoted wife remained by his side
In the Jail during the night.
Sheriff Singletary, who Incarcerated
Mitchell upon a telegram from Gov
ernor Brown yesterday. Is waiting fur-
iher Instructions which that telegram
stated were following by mall.
There Is no possibility of Mitchell be
ing taken to the chalngang any time
soon, as he is a seriously III man, and
grave fears are entertained by his phy
sicians as to the outcome of his Illness.
WHILE EXAMINING PISTOL
* BOY SHOOTS FRIEND
Macon, Ga., Sept. 2.—Almond Dew
berry, a young son of Dr. J. T. Dew-
• ", i-f-M.-s iin Jenkln«-st, was
Painfully Injured when his friend. John
Evans, accidentally fired a shot from a
revolver Into the fleshy part of the left
leg yesterday afternoon. The boys
"ere examining the weapon. It had
Just been purchased by Evans.
Mr. F. L. Seely: Pletse eend The
fieergien for one veer to my eon, gen
H- Salllvan. LaLande. New Mexico. I
*»nt my boy to Oeore'.a news end
tto clean, pure paper The Oeorflan Is
■Bite me for my hoy,
Yoore truly.
O. II. SULLIVAN.
Cufloden. Ga„ Anf. 21.
Savannah, Ga.. Sept. Z—The condi
tion of Dr. R. J. Nunn Is improved
today.
While Dr. Nunn Is very III. hit con
dition la hot at this time regarded ns
critical, tho he Is a man advanced In
years, being about 80 years of age.
Dr. Richard Joseph Nunn Is one of.
the moat prominent Masons In the
United States. Ills residence Is on East.
York-st, In Savannah. For many years
Dr. Nunn has taken an active part Ini
Afnsonry nnd has held the highest hon
ors In the different branches. Twenty ,
years ago he retired from the practice;
of medicine and since then haa devoted |
his entire time to Mosdnry. _ _ ..
For tho past year and a half Dr. Nunn
haa been In feeble health.
Dr. Richard Joseph Nunn was born In
Ireland 81 years ago. He came to this
country with hta parents. At the out
break of the Civil war he enlisted with
the Confederate army. At the close of
the war he studied medicine and was
soon a practicing physician.
It was In New Orleans In 1868 that
Dr. Nunn- was crowned a 33d degree
Mason. He was past master of the Sol
omon lodge No. 1. F. and A. M.l Past
high priest of Georgia Royal Arch
chapter No. 3. and a member of Pales
tine commandery 'No. 7. He is a mem
ber of Alee temple. Ancient Arabic
Order Noble of the Mystic Shrine, ot
Savannah, and In H92 was grand com
manding Knight Temnlar. In 1887 he
was on active member of the supreme
council, which met In Washington. D.
C. At present Dr. Nunn Is grand
chancellor of supreme council of the
Ancient and Accepted Order of Scottish
Rites of the Southern jurisdiction, and
sovereign grand Inspector general In
Georgia and South Carolina of the
Scottish Rite. , ' _ , ' ,
A* a member of the Royal Order of
Scotland. Dr. Nunn Is well known
throughout the country. The meetings
of this order alternate yearly between
Washington anil Boston, the headquar
ters of the Southern and Northern di
visions.
Examinations To Be
Held Oct. 23 For
Georgia’s Share.
Washington, 8ept. 2.—The census
bureau today announced that 3,000 tem
porary clerks will be appointed fnr
thirteenth deeonnlal census, throughout
the country, the flrit examination being
held October 33 at the following cities
Alabama — Birmingham, Mobile,
Montgomery.
Florida — Gainesville, Jacksonville.
Koy West. Miami; Pensacola, Tampa.
Georgia—Athens, Atlanta, Augusta,
Macon, Savnnnah. Thomesvllle.
Louisiana — Baton Rouge, Lake
Charles. Monroe, New Orleans, Shreve
port.
Mississippi —• Meridian, Vicksburg,
Jackson.
North Carolina—Asheville, Charlotte,
Durham, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Ra
leigh, Wilmington.
South Carolina—Charleston, Colum
bia. Greenville.
Tennessee — Bristol, Chattanooga,
Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville.
Very few appointments from the Oc
tober examination will be made before
January 1 next anil not many, will be
made until April. 1910. The maximum
force will be drawn about August, next
year.
These 3,000 appointees will be given
salaries of *600 per annum at the be
ginning. but promotions to 8900 per an
num. at least, will be reasonably rapid
for those who render satisfactory serv- >
Ice. All appointment* will be on proba- |
tlon,. fubject to termination nt one
month or any'period If the appointee)
dors not come up to the requlremt nto. •
In every case the appointments will
bo temporary and subject to tormina-1
tlon .»« the exigencies of the service)
may require. AH expire bv operation |
. of law on June 80.- 1912. The average
tenure of office will probably he about 1
one year, but the general duration will;
'range from six months-to two years.)
I Not one of these clerks will be eligible
J for transfer Into the classified service.
Tom Watson Wires
Congratulations to
u Little ioe” Brown
Don't Know Where I'll Go,
Said Fred Farris to Wife
“When you get this letter. I don’t
know where I’ll be. and don’t care. But
I will be many miles away, vjhere you
will never nee me agnln. of which I
suppose you will be glad. Good-bye
and may God bless you. « “FRED.”
Thla letter was received thru the
maita Wednesday afternoon by Mrs.
Karris, wife of Fred B. Farris, of 66
Pulllam-st., engineer at the Grady hos
pital, who has disappeared and who Is
believed to have lied with another wom
an. *
The disappearance has created a sen
sation. from the fact that Farris has
nlways been held In the highest esteem
Identity of the supposed "woman In the
case” has not been definitely learned,
the circumstances ure such as to cause
the Arm belief by his wife that another
woman is at tho bottom of his unex-
!»•■< t. 'I illsupi" iir.iii'-D.
.. Farris - left—home. Tuesday morning^ (ira
kissing his wife good-bye. He gave no
Intimation of his intentions. He went
to the Grady hospital, drew his salary
and left. Wednesday Mrs. Farris re
ceived the letter from her husband. In
forming her he had gone. He offered
no explanation for his act.
When seen Thursday Mrs. Farris
said:
“This rally be n surprise to the friends
of my husband, but It Is no more than I
ex|M»eted. He has Iwen mistreating me for
a long time, nn?I has not provided for me.
He is certainly n different man from whst
he wns generally supposed to be by those
who knew him.
Farris Is said to have been seen down
town Tuesday night nr 10:30 o'elock In
company with nn unknown wotnnu. She
Is described ns being a Jirunette.
He called this woman ’'Carrie," hut be
yond this nothing Is known as tq her name
or mldrcrt* f * *
Farris nnd his wife seiwirutcd Inst year
ami she obtained Judgment against him tor
nlliminy. On his pleadings nnd promises.
Mrs.- Farris snyr shY* went Imck ro'TlIm
I,'ini N..v*miiIht,
Atlanta the Half-Million City
—will have to be a city of sewers and water supply,
The best way to get those things at the hands of .
its citizens is to set our stakes early and to begin
thinking of the Half-Million City now and we will
begin to give what is needed.
The Georgian’s Half-Million City edition, to be
published this fall, is to start the people to thinking
in the Half-Million direction—to initiate bigness in
our city—and we will be as big as we aspire. >
Georgia will pot purchase the S7
acres near Chattanooga for Western
and Atlantic terihlnajs at this time, at
any rate.
Under a decision rendered by Attor
ney General Hurt Thursday, at the re
quest of Governor Brown. It Is held that
the money now In the state treasury
can not be used for this purpose, be
cause this money was raised by a spe
cial tax levy for the support of the
common schools.
Therefore, unless the options on the
Chattanooga property can be extended
until the state has the money for this
purpose, the deal will be off and tho
chance to acquire the land will have
passed. Governor Brown had doubts
about the matter, and on Wednesday
directed a communication to the at
torney general. He stated specifically
that he was anxious to comply with the
request of the legislature In Its resolu
tion If It could be done now. Governor
Brown says:
"The legislature of 1907-’08 appro
priated $2,503,000 for tho common
schools of the state for the year 1909.
The state Is short nearly $2,000,000 In
meeting this appropriation. Under thirf
statement of fact, would I be author
ised to draw rav warrant and jvould the
treasurer have the authority to pay
this $69,000 for the purchase of this
vacant land which we may possibly
need for railroad purposes ten years
hence?”
After stating the facts In the case,
Attorney General Hart decided as fol
lows:
"The money now remaining In the
treasury ($160,000) was raised by a
special tax levy and for tho support of
the common .schools of the state. The
teachers of the state* have performed
the service upon the faith of that
promise that It would be paid them for
their services. The teachers have ex
ecuted their part of this contract and
the state now owes them the money
whldh It had pledged would bo paid
them. For a subsequent legislature to
divert the money and apply it to a dif
ferent purpose from that which It was
raised by taxation and pledged by the
state, amounts substantially to the im
pairment of a contract, which Is forbid
den. both by the constitution "f this
state and the United States. In view
of these conditions, there Is at present
no iiiom v in U < in .i-uirv w hlch could
legally be used for tho purchase of tho
land in question.”
Under this ruling It would appear
that the state can not use the funds
now on hand for unv nurposc other
than that of tho common schools, and
this means a serious money situation In
carrying on the necessary work of the
state.
Tiny Tots of Home For Friendless,
WhoWent to Spend August in Country,
Wanted'"' For Keeps” andDon't Return
MR. WALTER L. CLLIOT.
Mr. Walter L. Elliot, whoee friend*
know him a* "Teddy," joined The
Georgian family yetterday.
Mr. Elliot I* well known among
advertiser* and newspaper men, and
I* one of the moet successful and best
Informed men In ths Southern adver
tising field.
His heart beats In sympathy with
The Georgian's way of looking at
things and this fact, coupled with hla
ability to see Ilf* from the wholesome,
cheerful viewpoint that The Georgian
tries to see It, makes him not an
adopted member of The Georgian's
family, but a real son and heir.
Listen to him when he comes to see
you, and believe that The Georgian
will appreciate any courts*!** sxtsnd-
•d to him.
From all parts of the etnte have!
come telegram* and tetter, to Governor <*
Brown for his action In the William ,
H. Mitchell esse.
Many Atlantans have called In per- ■
■on and others by telephone, com- ,
mending hint for hi* courage In reach- 1
tng the decision announced: j
Thoma. E. Watson wired him as fol- .
I '.owe Thtiraday morning' * •
"I must heartly Congratulate you on •
■ our decision In the Mitchell case. R i
tvs* high time the country wss being!
atiured that there t* not one sort of
low for the friendless roor man knd
another kind of law for the criminal
who has influential connections."
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Southern League.
Atlanta at Little Rock. 4 p. m.: clear.
Nashville at Mobile. 4 o. m.; clear.
A complete list of all
the houses in Atlanta
that are for rent by
agents is published in
the classified columns
of The Georgian on
every Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday.
THE CHILDREN OP THE HOME.
Now romM a call to The Georgian
from the Home for the Friendless,
“Please help us get the children backl”
They have been out In the country,
these little one**, since before August
1, royally entertained in the homes of
kind people, who “Invited” them for
thi}t month on reading about them In
The Georgian.
fclghty-flve little fellows went.
Thirty-flve are still •’out.”
”\Ve don't want to give them up,”
have
say i*eople
children.
And there you nre!
Want Them Always.
Letters pour In upon th<* home
Continuud on Page Nine.