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THE WEATHER.
Light rain Saturday night: fair Sun
day slightly cooler. Temperatures Sat.
urday (taken at A. K. Hawkeg Co.'s
store): 8 a. m., 51; 10 a. m„ 53; 12
noon. 54; 2 p. m., 54.
The Atlanta Georgian
"Nothing Succeeds Lite—THE GEORGIAN'.'
AND NEWS
"NoMtig Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
8POT COTTON.
Holiday—No Markets.
VOL. X. NO. 123.
HOME(4TH) EDITION Atlanta, ga., Saturday, December 23, 1911. HOME(4TH)EDITION PRICE;
Caldwell Sells Stock of Cum
berland to the American Bell
Telephone Company.
ONE SYSTEM FOR FUTURE
President Gentry Declares He
Has Not Conferred Over Deal
and Won’t Discuss It.
i onflrmation of the contemplated
merger of the Cumberland Telephone
and Telegraph Company with the
Southern Bell Telephone Company, as
published exclusively In The Georglnn
Kr'day, was given Friday afternoon by
an official of the Southern Bell who Is
conversant with the proposed colossal
ileal, but who for private reasons asked
that his name be withheld.
President. W. T. Gentry was naked
about the matter Saturday and stated
positively that he had no Information
nliatever upon the subject. He said
he had not conferred upon the subject
with President James E. Caldwell of
the Cumberland Telephone Company
r.or with the American Telephone peo
ple. and was not In position either to
affirm or deny the proposed merger,
which Is to make Atlanta the telephone
service center of the Smith.
President Gentry, however, did ex
press himself as most gratified with the
growth of the Southern Bell Telephone
I'ompany and said that with the won
derful development of the territory oc
cupied by his company he predicted the
Southern Bell would be a (200,000,000
company twenty years hence, as some
$3,000,000 annually Is required for ex
tensions and Improvements in Its field.
Cumberland Stock Sold.
The news of the proposed merger of
the two great Southern companies de
veloped from the fact that the Cum
berland Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany has been sold by James E. Cald
well, Its chief-owner, and some of the
other stockholders to tho American
Telephono and Telegraph Company.
The Anttrlcin has sought .to secure
the Cumberland for some months past,
ind when tHe details are completed of-
Iclal announcement Is expected from
New York/that the two Southern com
panies will be
The Cumberland has $21,000,000 stock
'utnanding. The Southern Bell has
31.100,000 stock outstanding, with nn
iithorlr.ed bopd Issue of gr.n.iioo.oiui.
some 110,000,000 of which has already
been'put nn .the market.
Vail Wants Ona Company.
Wltlf the taking over of tho Cumber
land the two subsidiaries can bo
biergsd to suit the long-cherished am
otion of Theodore X. Vail, president of
e American Telephone and Telegraph
Wpany.'
The details of tho sale of the Cum-
■liund are told In the following letter
icd by President Caldwell:
Stock Sal. .Announce '
elephi
"The -
Empty Stocking
Fund Gets
$604
GIVE “TIGERS” LIMIT
"to tho Stockholder* of tho Cumberland
I - -phono nn.l T»-l«*gr;i|>h Company:
••The following proposition was mu.].- to-
be to the American Telephone and Tele-
raph Company on November !, 1911:
•• 'I hereby agree to sell you all of my
ok In tho Cumberland Telephono and
Icgraph Company for ISO and accrued
Mend, In bonds of the Cumberland
crest at 5 per cent
[KpTnr^var^i am to have the option
take American Telephone and Tele-
la nh Company's atock par for par If I
refer. Thle offer la conditioned upon
he name term* being made to all of the
tockholdera of the Cumberland Tele
' ’Signed
0WELL.*
accept either of the above propoel-
>n« muit deposit their stock, properly
Horsed- for transfer. with - William B.
rlvtr, treasurer of the Amerlcatf Tele-
and Telegraph Company, 125 Mllk-
I Boston, Maes., or George D. Milne,
distant treasurer. II Dey-st., New York
tv. on or before December IS, 19tl.
(The bond* will be dated January 1, 1912
i delivered aa Boon thereafter as thei
cessafy mortgage can be * —«
'• bonds engraved. They
husand dollar (11,000.0!) iHM
dollar (1600.00) twenty-live (26) year,
fe (6) per cent bonds, lnterc *
' ll-annually, and be subject
Continued on Page Ten.
■
2 you can't manage your affairs and
t that things don't pull together, you
<1 X different kind of tether If yo|i
old banish all your cares. Xo mat-
»hat may be your trouble In Want
* the solution |l«s, and If frith us you
‘•Trisa,- prosperity for you will
Alt. •
.USE GEORGIAN WANT ADS.
If there are in . Atlanta
Christmas morning any empty
stockings overlooked by Santa
Claus on his rounds Sunday
night, it will not be the fault of
the thousand children, women and
men who have subscribed thru
The Georgian to help the unfor
tunate.
It was hoped by The Georgiap
to : raise $500 this year. That
hope was realized and a little
more than $100 was thrown in for
good measure, as it were. This,
to say nothing of two wagon
load? of toys, books and substan
tial and useful articles of cloth
ing.
The fund was divided early
Saturday morning in order that
the institutions to whom it went
might have plenty of time to
put the case up to old Santa
Claus with all the necessary de
tails.
Here is the way the money was
divided at that time:
Associated Charities $205
Sheltering Arms.100
Home of the Friendless..... 75
Decatur Orphans Home.... 45
Baptist Orphans Home 45
St. Vincent DePaul Society.. 45
Hebrew Orphans Home.-'.... 37
Home for Old Women ' 15
Leonard-st. Orphans Home.. .10
In tho opinion of The Geor
gian, this division was the most
equitable possible. Due consid
eration was given to the needs
of the various institutions and
the amount of help they expect
ed to receive from church or
ganizations and other sources.
Further an effort .was made so
to distribute the fund so that no
unfortunate would be overlooked
Thru the ‘ Associated Charities
and the S^elteripg Arms hun
dreds of destitute children will
be reached who are not known
to other charity institutions.
After the division was made
some twenty-odd* dollars were re
ceived for the fund.. They will
he-disposed of to the best-advan
tage.
The thousands of unfortunates
to whom Christmas will be really
Christmas only because of this
Empty Stocking fund will give
their heartfelt thanks, The Geor
gian is quite sure, to the little
boys and girls, and the boys and
girls not so little, who have made
the fund what it is.
The. Georgian’s part has been
merely that of intermediary. It
has had the privilege of receiving
the gifts and of directing them
to where they would do the most
good. The readers of the paper
have done the giving. But that
it has had the opportunity of do
ing even so small a part toward
making Christmas a happy day
for the children of the poor, The
Georgian is truly thankful.
Saturday's Contributions.
Previously acknowledged 1(29.07
Sarah, Joel and Edwin Hurt, 7$5
Pledmont-ave S.OO
The Joel children 1.25
F. Inman 10.00
Imogene and Alton Weaver, 90
Oglethorpc-hve, .. .,
Leila Mae and Antoinette Bon-
Rachel^^Fraemsn.’ Ingleslde,
Ge.
Jim Conway
Mrs. B. D. Rich .." 1
Aldlne, Ruby and Paul Terry. 41
Zachery-et
Louise J. G. • • • • •
Marcellus Kendrick, East Point,
Ga.
A friend .. .... .. .... • • ••
Katharine and Jock, Columbus.
Miss
J. E. Davison, Woodvltte, Ga. ..
The McAllister babies and
friends •
Mrs. Frank Edmondson, 002
Ponce DeLeon-ave.
Frank Edmondson, Jr. .... ....
Frances ’Ellis (made It at a
vaudeville show)
John Powell, 80 Holdemess-st..
Two babies
Mary Kate Grist
Mrs. Crush. 87 Capitol square ..
A friend
Jack
A friend •
Harry and Pauline Gault .... ..
A friend • • • •
A friend , • •• ••
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous.,... ••• •••
Mrs. stripling and family
Rose Redlty Company •»
Anebel and W. E. Hughes. Jr.,
Camilla, Ga. ...
Loy Hardy. Montlcello, Ga. .. .
Dunedin, Fla. ...............
Mrs. I. T. Wyatt, Farrar, Ga. ..
Isabel Welch Townsend
Dorothy Richards
Cash ... ... •••
R. Shelor ,
Santa Claus ...
John Morgan Olover
Two Friends ... ... .'
A. W. M, Jr
a F. Cox
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JOYS AND GLOOM!
By T.
Copyright. 1811.
■ T. E. POWERS.
, by International News
Service.
Resolution for Charter Change,
Giving Recorder More Power,
Goes to Committee.
SALARY RAISES ALTERED
Move to Abolish Park Board Is
Sprung—High School Plan
Precipitates Argument.
Alderman Spratllng’s resolution, call.
Ing for. a charter amendment to In
crease the power oVthe recorder, so
that ho may. sentence offenders con
victed of operating ‘.’blind tigers" to
twelve months on the public roads In-;
stead of 30 days,-was .Introduced at a
called-meeting of the city council Frl
day afternoon."
The resolution, Which requests. the
city attorney to draw a suitable
amendment covering the change, was
referred to tho. ordinance committee
with-Instructions for an early, report;
With the exception of receiving
communication from the school board,
urging a disposition of tho present
Boys High school building and tho
erection of a now structure In I’le
mont park, which was referred to tl
park board, the vrnncll did little else
than effect a compromise In the matter
of salaries of a few city officials.
As a-result of the -failure of the
aldermqnlc board to concur with the
revision of salaries proposed by coun
cil, a conference committee from both
bodies met Friday and effected a com
promise. Incidentally making a big cut
In the scheme of revision originally
planned by council.
How Salaries Are Changed.
Thru the work of the conference
committee the raises voted by council
and finally concurred In by the aider-
men were: . • - . . ., .
Mayor, from. $3,000 to.$4,000; city
attorney, from $3,000 to $3,300: city
warden, $1,500 to - $1,800. and prison
physlclnn Sum $1,200 to $1,800. A spe.
clal resolution approved by tho. confer
ence committee was also passed af
fecting the salaries of- the members of
the police and fire'departments.
It was voted to Increase the salaries
of captains .of.'police and fire depart
ment from' $110- to .$136A'month: and
the Mill;il-t.-e ->f sergeants nnd detectives
of police nml-lteuUqants imiLffjfilxieei's
of the fire department from tn $7Tn7
Beginners In both deparlmertfs were
voted a raise from $40 to $ fit. n’month.
1' High School DiscuMed,
ho Introduction of the school feoaM
resolution urging the removal of the
Boys High school tp Piedmont park,
provoked the only discussion.
Alderman Maddox urged that the
matter Sc referred to a special commit
tee of IlYo tp.be nppoln|ed by the chair.
To this Alderman Chambers demurred,
designating Ihe park board os the first
resting place for the resolution. Hla
iggCHtlon provoked the dlscussli
To Abolish Park, Board.
Councilman Steve Johnston sent a
resolution to tho desk- that called for
the abolition of the park board, .and
provided that n standing committee of
cminrll III take charge -,f park affairs
be submitted. It wns laid over. '
Alderman Maddox sold if there wka
any probability of the resolution pass
Ing he wanted to ariu-nd It by Including
the general manager of tho parks. The
resolution was referred to the commit
tee on public buildings.
After Councilman Evlns had made It
clear that the school board's suggestion
to put the Boys High school In Pled
mont park would meet with serious op
position and that he would Inslat on a
mbllc hearing some time In the near
uture, Alderman Chambers gained his
point and the resolution wentTo the
park board for preliminary considera
tion.
The original salary revision proposed
by council which met with a snag In
the aldermantc board nnd tailed of
passage, being submitted as detailed
above, Was: Mayor, from $3,000 to
i 14,000; city 1 attorney, from $3,000 to
: ;3,(00; assistant city attorney, from
$2,400 to $2,700; comptroller, from $$,000
to $3,300; city marshal, from $2,400 to
$2,500; chief of police, from $3,000 to
$1,300; prison physician, from $1,200 to
(1,800; city warden, froi
$1,800
n ji.-uo
$1,600
OOSEVELT NOT IN RACE,
BUT WILL ACCEPT OFFICE
Won’t Ask Presidential Nomi
nation, But Will Take It if
Thrust Upon Him.
New York, Dec. 23.—A special dis
patch from Washington to The Xew
York Times.says that Theodore Roose
velt Is not a candidate for the presiden
cy, but that ha will accept the nomina
tion If the Republican convention offers
It to him. '
The Times says: "Two things can be
set down right now as absolutely cer
tain. One is that Colonel Roosevelt will
not ask for the nomination and that he
will constantly tell hla friends and all
other Inquirers that he Is not a candl-
dtae for tt. The other. Is that If never
theless the convention offers the-nomi
nation to him he will take It.”
CHRISTMAS AUDIENCE
GRANTED BY THE POPE
Rome, Dse, 23.—All tho cardinals In
Rome today paid homage to Pope Plus,
who granted a special "Christmas au
dience." Cardinal Farley, of Xew
York, was among those In attendance
at the Vatican.
So Report Physicians Who Ex
amined Prisoner at Request
of the Government.
Rebel Chieftains Make Prep
arations to Begin Hostilities
Again at an Early Date.',’ .
FIGHTING FOR A REPUBLIC
.ritULKD SAVANNAH RIVER
Justice of Court of Appeals
.Resigns—Says Salaries Paid
in Georgia Are Shameful.
Failure of Manchus to Grant
Terms of Young China Will
Cause Bloody Struggle.
Shanghai, Dso. 23^—Convinced that
le peace parley between the
tionary and Imperialist envoys here
will fall In • consequence of the refusal
of Premier Yuan Shi Kal to ‘accept Dr.
Wu Ting-fang’s demartd that a repub
lican form of government be substi
tuted for the reigning monarchy, the
rebel chieftains today began prepara
ttons to carry on the-war against the
government. The main campaign will
now be waged against Pekin.
The chief hindrance which now faces
rebel success, according to those high m
the rebel councils, Is lack of funds
with which to. pay the rebel soldlera.
Fears ore expressed that all the trained
soldiers In the rebel ranks,-or a large
number of them, may desert to the Im
perialist flag, should tlie government
secure a loan with which to grant
double pay for service against the anti-
Manchus. - "
Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the revolutionary
leader, who Is en route here with Gen
eral Homer Lee, the American soldier
who organised the rebel army,'Is ex
pected to show the anti-government
party a way out of Its difficulties. It (s
reported that Dr. Sun Is bringing a
chest of gold with hint to rurther the
revolutionary cause, and that he’like-
Continued on Page Ten.
Expected Stream Will/ 1 Reach
Its Maximum Height During
Afternoon of Saturday.
AUGUSTA IS NOT ALARMED
Rainfall During the Past Thirty-
six Hours Has Been in Ex
cess of Two Inches.
ARTHUR G. POWELL.
Following close upon the announce
ment of hla Intention to quit the ap
pellate court bench,; Judge Arthur G.
Powell, for six years justice of the court
of appeals and considered one of 'the
ablest jurists -In Georgia, Friday after
noon sent his resignation, to take effect
January 16. to Governor John M. Sla
ton. J. R. Pottle, of Blakely, one of
the best known attorneys In south Oeor-
Continusa on Page Ten.
Hon. F. L. Beely, Editor Atlanta Georgian, City: .
Dear Sir—On behalf of-.the Independent Order of B’nal B'rith, per
mit us to express our sincere.thanks and heartiest congratulations to The
Georgian for the Important part It played In securing the recent con
gressional and executive action In abrogating the treaty with Russia. The
power of the press Is, of course, traditional, but It was never more beau
tifully exemplified than in the recent agitation on this great question,
and your paper played no small part In arousing that public sentiment
without which the desired result could never have been achieved.
We am confident that your great paper frill continue to stand for
the fundamental rights and ‘ privileges of American citizenship. Irre
spective of race or creed.
Faithfully yours,
* DAVID MARX
LEONARD HAAS.
V. II. KRIEGSHABER.
Atlanta, Ga.. December 22, 1811. • Committee.
Augusta, Ga., Dae. 23.—The heavy
I rainfall of the past few days has caused
the Savannah river to rise until this
morning It Is 30 feet, with the prospect
of the maximum of 33 feet being
reached by afternoon. Thousand* of
acres of swamp land have been mods
richer thru the overflow* of the Savan
nah each year, and this year the freshet
has come at a good time, because the
farmers have gathered In all of their
hay and the water will not hurt-the
young oata. Augusta Is not alarmed at
this time. t
The rainfall here has been over two
Inrhes during the past 36 hours, and re
ports from the stations In the water
shed are to the effect that heavy rains
have fallen there also.
The United States government uses
the greatest precautions to warn Au
gusta against the approach of flood wa
ter, for the Rood of 1808 Is still fresh
in the minds of the people and of the
government weather bureau officials.
Whenever there is a half Inch or more
of rain, the following places report.by
wire to the local forecaster at Augusta:
Washington. Ga.; Toccoa, Ga.; Berkely,
Ga.: Calhoun Falls, 8. C.; Anderson,
8. C„ and Greenwood, S. C. For each
succeeding Inch of rain another tele
gram I* sent and from theae towns In
the watershed Augusta Is apprised of
the approach of the water.
Reports Exaggerated.
Macon, Ga., Dse. 23^-The Dcmulgee
river Is falling and flood stage' has
never been reached. Xo property loss
was sustained. The river went slightly
out of Its banks. Reports In the morn
ing papers are exaggerated.
Chattahoochee Rises.
Eufaula, Ala., Dse. 23.—Following the
heavy ratna of the past few days, the
Chattahoochee river la rising at a dan
gerous rate and flood warnings have
been received by the local weather bu
reau. The river has risen at the rate of
six feet a day for three daks and at
this rats it will attain a higher stag*
than for some year*. The total rain
fall In this city, a* reported by the
weather bureau, for the past three
days has been about five Inches. -
REPORT IS SENT BY WIRE
Health of Noted Banker Now
Failing at Rapid Rate—Ex
perts Are Called In. ,
That Charles W. Morse, now In tho
post hospital at Fort McPherson, Is so
111 that unless he Is given llbery, bet
ter expert medical treatment and op
portunity to visit medicinal baths, ho
Is apt to die In a short time, was tho
gist of the report sent to Washington
Friday night by Atlanta physicians who
examined the banker-prisoner at the
special .request of tho department of
Justice.
Tho report, which was forwarded di
rect to the department of Justice by tel
egraph, was not made publio here, but
the substance of It leaked out.
According to tho army surgeons and
specialists who woro In consultation
over tho case, Morse Is falling. His
condition Is not so favorable Saturday
os It was on Friday, at tho time of tho.
examination.
While Moras Is being given every at
tention possible at the post hospital.
It offers few facilities for tho treat
ment necessary to such a case, and tho
mental effect of hit being a prisoner
Is acting unfavorably on the patient.
His friends believe that only a pardon
and opportunity to go to some springs
or baths will bring about his recovery.
They had confidently expected a par
don by Christmas, but Attorney Gen- *
oral Wickers ham Is on his way to Pan
ama. and It mgy be that the president
would not act during his absence.
Purchases Land in High-Priced
Section to Put Up a Soft
Drink Office. + ,
New York, Dso. 23.—Asa G. Candler,
of Atlanta, Ga., who owns the control
ling Interest In the Coca-Cola Company,
Is the purchaser of tho Central Baptist
church property at Nob. 220 to 226 West
Forty-second-st., reported sold by Hen-
y S. Frnzco and P. Chauncey Anderson
tiru O. B. and H. V. Dike.
In addition to tho Forty-second-st,
arcet, Mr, Candler, acting thru a Mr.
ulpepper, of the same company, also
bought thru H. M. Weill, In conjunction
with O. B. and H. V. Dike, from Henry;
Harburger, No. 221 West Forty-flrst-st..
abutting a stable on a lot 25 by 98.9,
located between tho New Amsterdam
theater and tho publio school proper-;
ties. Tho combined parcel will ba Im
proved with a modem skyscraper, prob
ably twelve stories In height.
It was stated by local officials of th«
Coca-Cola Company Saturday morning
that a Coca-Cola building would ho
erected In New York In Twcnty-»ev-
entb-st, but that the building would ba
only large enough to accommodate the
buelnese of the company at Its New
York branch, and not a skyscraper.
The offices of the Coca-Cola Company
In New York have been located near tho
corner of Eighth and Twenty-slxth-sts.
The lease on this property expires In
the spring and tbasmall building there
will be tom down and a large one erect
ed In Its place. Therefore, the company
was obliged to secure new quart, -rs and
It hae been decided that tho company
will erect Its own building.
CONGRESS WILL PROBE
SO-CALLED MONEY TRUST
reached between Democratic leader
the house has assured the passage of
act-to Investigate the afTalra of the s
called money trust. The resolutl
calling for such an Inquiry has been
traduced by Repres. niatlvs I.indbm
and Humphrey, of Washington, Rep\
llcans. It Is probable that the lave;
gatlon will be conducted by a Jo
committee of tho house and senate.
tn-
EDIS0N COMPANY GIVES
PENSION TO EMPLOYEES
Chicago, Dec. 23.—A pension system
for Its employees to go Into efT* ct with
the flret of the year has been announc'd
by the Commonwealth Edison Com
pany, a big electric power concern here,
as a Christmas gift. Under the new
system the smallest yearly pension
would be $240. The scheme applL* to
men employed In the companies from
which the Edison was formed, as well
as those who have been taken in since
it came Into existence.
Notices of Sunday Ser
vices in Atlanta churches
appear on page 16.