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I “Nothing Succeeds Like The Georgian” I The Atlanta Georgian
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to run for mayor, ho realized that hie
acceptance would mean the burden of
two men’* work on the shoulders of
Colonel Peel. and. for that reason part
ly, he held olT for a Iona time.
Colonel Peel consented readily to |
make the sacrifice, and was among j
those who most urgently insisted tlmt
Mr. Maddox stand for election. The
cl tv charter provides that the mayor!
give five hours of Ids time dally to the
duties of the office. Mayor Maddox
has devoted practically all of his rime
to the mayoralty, with the result that
Colonel Peel has practically adminis
tered alone the affairs of the Institu
tion. *
Colonel Peel’s services having been
without material reward or glory or
the hope of either, hfs only compensa
tion has lieen the appreciation the peo
ple are 'IhdwinK for the services of
Maxtor Maddox, and In the knowledge
that he* has performed without selfish
ness a great public service at the sac
rifice of his own time and energies.
Following is the letter Mayor Maddox
wrote to the editor of The Georgian
making his position plain:
"Atlanta. Oa.. February 17, 1910.
"Mr. F. L. Seely. Editor of The Atlanta
Georgian. Atlanta. Ga.:
, “My Dea r Mr. Seely—I presume you
have already seen the editorials In The
Journal and Constitution urging me to
stand for re-'decitlon as mayor.
"Judging by your hearty co-operation
with me during my passed administra
tion and our persona! friendship, I feel
sure that you would be glad to co-oper
ate with the movement, and for that
reason I wish to f^dvlsf* vou that I have
today written n letter to The Journal
and The Constitution in which I stated
that 1 decided some time wo not to
stand for re-election and fhat 1 am
unable to change this decision.
For fear that you might make my
decision more embarrassing by further
urging me to make the race, I wish to
advise you of the above facts. I will
explain to you more In detail my rea
sons. which I am sure Vou will under
stand as sound, when 1 see you; but l
write this hurried note in order that
you may be fully advised of tny posi
tion. Yours very truly.
“ROBERT F. MADDOX.”
CAIRO, ILL JAIL IS
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midway between lines of deputies and
mob.
The known Injured are: John Ma
loney, shot thru head. Bam Wersln*
gar, shot In shoulder. Horton Free-
han. shot In leg. George* Walker, a
newspaper man, shot In leg.
Maloney Is the husband of one of the
women whose purse was snatched.
Several wounded men were spirited
away by their companions.
Purse Snatching Starts Troublt.
The trouble was precipitated by the
arrest on Wednesday night of a negro
who twice. It Is said, this, week, had
snatched purses from women. This
boy. whose name Is John Pratt, was |
seised just after he grabbed the purse
isn relative of Mias
preclpltat-
liirh “Krog-
t*f a, .VWPf* >v«jmsn relatlv
Anna .Pallbj’* Avtiose murder
ed thf >lnrfihtfer riots, In wh.* n
gle" slaliit# ' and: .Ifenry Balser were
lynched.
< .PHIejt’s brother, who Is on a
visit, nb Cairo from HI. I,niils, Imme-
dtafpfy began making the rounds of
the saloons, crying for vengeance for
this second attnek on a woman of his
family.
This led to lhe formal ion of n mob
of 5ft or 5ft members. As this ap
proached the Jail H grew to more than
2ftft. Then It was announced that a
young negr.* was In Jail charged .with
* having set fire to more than 32 houses
In t’alro since t’hrlstinss.
Fires on Mob.
The rrtob, ns It approached the Jail,
cried loudly for these two negroes, and
'when It failed to heed the warning by
the sheriff, the latter ordered his dep
uties to fire.
There were three negroes In the Jail.
One of them. Pratt, who was arrested
yesterday on a charge of snatching
purses, confessed. He had been Im
mediately Indicted by the gfand Jury.
. Tin* mob first began forming shortly
after dark ami us soon as the talk of
a lynching reached Sheriff Nellis he
appealed to Governor Deneen for troops
and swore In five deputies. A crowd
gathered about the Jail about ft o’clock
but no attempt to rush the structure
was made until about midnight. The
mob formed In a nearby saloon and
marched to the jail, which is under
the court house. As they entered the
yard and started tip the steps. Sheriff
Nellis ordered them to disperse and
gave the word to fire.
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minded In the world’* hietory for the
commodities oMIfe.
Republican Party Split.
The Republican party Ita* erected In
legislation an oligarchy of autocratic
power and privilege expressed In I'an-
nonlsm. against which the whole wide
country ha* rebelled.
The Republican party Is split to the
rentsr, with the West In revolt and the
•blest and freshest figures In its ranks
leading a succeseful Insurrection
•gainst the old regime.
Thru the only rift In these somber
clouds the sunshine fairly streams In
promise upon any sort of wise and
patriotic Democratic conduct in our
public affairs.
And yet—and yet-
The Bray of the Denkey.
Instead of triumphant note of Intel
ligent American leaderehlp there
aounds Che ancient and unmistakable
bray and the long ears of the tradi
tional donkey Hop In the breeze of op
portunity, while the crop of thistles
•waits Its acoastomed harvester.
The Democrats In congress do not
ee.rn to have even the wisdom to keep
their mouths shut, silence might have
been their shield and apathy their
:kler, but they have opened their
Men’s Standard Make Shoes
AT GREAT REDUCTIONS
WORTH OF THESE HIGH GRADE
SHOES GO ON SALE TOMORROW
$5 Stetson Shoes, ffl Q C
$6 Stetson Shoes, A Q 7 C
$5.00 Walkover AA S 1
ViciKid OUiuU
Patent Colt V w ■ I U
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Shoes, Gun Metal ytliUU |
$4 Ralston Shoes, OT Q A A
$5.00 Walkover dj.O C fl
$5.00 Walkover d* Q T C J
Pat. and Vici V 0 ■ U U
Shoes, Tans V U ■ 0 U
Shoes, Sa Lealhe, .«P U .1 3
LADIES* DOROTHY DODD SHOES $2.50
ALL $3.50 VALUES. PATENT AND VICI
SPECIAL TABLE BARGAINS (Water Damaged Goods)
HALF PRICE AND LESS
Table No. 1 A i r |
400 Pairs of Men’s 0 I ■ 3 1
Table No. 2 A A 7 T
500 Pairs of Men’s 0 I ■ I 3
Shoes PER PAIR
Table No. 3 A A A A
800 Pairs of Men’s (p C ■ U U
Shoes ; PER PAIR
Table No. 4 A j A
2,000 Pairs of Ladies' 0 | a U l
Shoes per pair
Table No. 5 A 4 A A
400 Pairs of Boys’ y I ■ U U
Shoes..., .PER PAIR
Table No. 6 A 4 A A
100 Pairs of Misses’ 0 1 a U ll
Shoes PER PAIR
Table No. 7 (ha r
500 Pairs of Ladies’ \ 1 Jl E
Shoes. Per Pair. . . ■ ■ w g
600 PalrsChildren’s 7 fj (JOIlt S
Shoes. Per Pair. . . . 1 U WUIIIU
Table No. 9 A d A T
300 Pairs of Ladies’ \ 1 /' i
Shoes. Per Pair. . . . ▼ 1 ■ *- u |
Samuel Cans Company
THE BIG FIRE AND MARINE SALVAGE DEPT. STORE
59-61-63 West Mitchell Street
mouths and put their feet in them.
The only Democratic expression of
the session has been to declare
ititalnsi the two battleships pledged In
the Taft and Roosevelt program and to
rush Into practical opposition to the
bill for an American merchant marine.
In the last matter the C.eorgla delega
tion. one of the ablest in the Demo
cratic ranks, has actually made this
opposition Indiscriminate by falling to
Indicate even an interest In any possi
ble Democratic substitute for the Hum
phrey bill.. If the Democratic congress
men had gone deliberately to work to
seek out a method of party suicide,
they could Hot have chosen two more
effective mistakes than these.
People With Taft.
The whole sentiment of the Ameri
can people has been and Is no* with
Roosevelt and Taft In the fight for a
navy ample to protect both our ocean
coasts and to command peace by being
prepared for war. Against this self-
respecting. self-protecting and essen
tially American policy the Democratic
congress, thru Its representative com
mittee, now arrays itself In the moat
foolish and unnecessary way.
New Sleeping Car Line
between Atlanta and Val
dosta, Ga.; leaves Atlanta
9:10 p. m. daily via Central
of Georgia Railway.
COLDEST DAY YET
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the precipitation. The fact t* the tem
perature dropped no fast after 5 o'clock
that It prevented precipitation, the high
winds blowing the clouds ft way, leav
ing a clear de.y Friday.
Friday i* not the worst day of the
year, ns far as miserable weather is
concerned. It could have been a great
deal more disagreeable.
ALL RECORDS SMASHED
IN SOUTH BY BLIZZARD
Chicago, Fob. 18.—All records for se
vere weather |n the South have been
broken by the blizzard of the last two
days. The storm Is passing today and
efforts are being made to restore traffic
conditions to the normal, but the dam
age is heavy.
At Chicago nil trains are arriving
late. Indianapolis today had a temper
ature of 1 below zero, with 17 inches of
snow, all schools dosed, transportation
tied up and the weather forecast pes
simistic.
St. Louis experienced the worst storm
since 1S84. At Nashville. Tenn.. records
were buried under 22 Inches of snow
Vicksburg, Miss., had 1ft Inches; Chat
tanooga. Id; Cincinnati. 12, and Louis
ville. 12.
I At Dallas. Texas, the thermninet*
reached lo above, a drpp of 7ft degree:
ami cattle losses In the Panhandle
are heavy. At Dalhart, Texas, the
temperature Is 12 below.
Reports from the Ohio valley today
show the storm to be the worst In half
a century.
8EVERE STORM SWEEPS
NORTHEAST GEORGIA
Juliette, Ga., Feb. 18.—One of the
most severe, rain, wind and electrical
storms In years swept over this section
Thursday afternoon. Many trees were
blown down and many were struck by
lightning. The rainfall was the heaviest
in a number of years and land was
badly washed. A number of email
buildings were demolished. The storm
lasted about two hours.
SNOW AND HAIL STORM
SWEPT THE SOUTHWEST
Nsw Orlsans, La., Feb. 18.—Reports
from the territory contiguous to New
Orleans Indicate that while a seven*
•tortn has done considerable damage,
many regard It as a blessing, because
It will practically obliterate the chances
of severe damage from boll weevil, and
that Jr assures a good fruit crop by
retarding the budding of the trees.
As far south os Natchez the mercury
dropped 5ft degrees.
At Port Gibson It went down 47 de
grees.
Vicksburg reports a temperature of
15 degrees.
Monroe. La., bad a two-inch fall
snow, accompanied by a drop of 46 de
grees, while Alexandria had hall.
Along the coast a severe storm of
wind and rain, turning to sleet, raged
all of yesterday. At Ocean Springs the
streets are flooded.
LONG DROUGHT BROKEN
BY SOUTH GEORGIA RAIN
Cordsls, Ga., Fsb, 18*—One of the
heaviest rains recorded In this section
for many years fell here yesterday aft
ernoon. 4 For several hours the down
pour was continuous and the streets
and .roads were flooded. The .rain
breaks the long drought and Is amply
sufficient to put water In dried-up
streams and exhausted wells. It Is the
first rain of any consequence that has
fallen here since last June and was
welcomed by the farmers throughout
the county. Practically all fields have
b»-en prepared for *plantlng. Considera
ble wind accompanied the rain, hut lit
tle damage was done more than* the
blowIng down of fences and timber.
During the continued drought the
surface jwellx had become empty and
on many plantations the artesian wells
were resorted to ft»r water supply for
families In the entire neighborhood.
COLD WAVE IS PASSING;
HURRYING TOWARD CANADA
Washington, Fob. 18.—The United
States weather bureau this morning
received bulletins concerning the storm
and cold wave now prevailing on the
Atlantic coast. The storm Is now cen
tering over the upper Atlantic roast,
but is rapidly passing toward New
foundland. The weather. It jvas said,
would begin to moderate late this atr-
ernoon In the Atlantic seaboard, as the
cold wave proceeds northward. Wash
ington tonight will experience a tem
perature of ten degree* above zero, and
the tall end of the cold wave as It
leaves the Atlantic states tonight will
cause u lowering of temperature over
the Southern states, extending as far
south as Florida. *
This morning the weather In Wash
ington was warm and springlike. This
storm began on th* Pacific coast, swept
along the gulf states, and after coming
up the Atlantic state*, is leaving the
country for Canada. Milder weather
should prevail within a few days In the
Ka*tem and Southern sections, accord
ing to the weather bureau. •
FIRE!
What would have been a
disastrous fire, but the
Badger Fire Extinguisher
prevented it. 13 South
Broad-st. is the place to get
them.
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Lumberman and Captain of
River Boat Fight to
Finish.
Monroe, La.. Ftb. 18,—In
White’s Kerry between rapt*
Robinson and 8. E. Wall, in v
men used shotguns, both »»
wounded fatally. . According
story of t’aptafn Robin*«»n.
coining down the river with
and on reaching Whites F* :
the river almost blocked u '
rafts belonging to 8. E. Wak
ing his way thru he struck *•*
rafts and broke It. Wall, h»* "■
appeared and they quarrel'
Wall went to his house n* '
ured his shotgun and fired •*'
Robinson, who as soon ash** r
th»* steering wheel secured n
and returned the fire.
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