Newspaper Page Text
THE WEATHER.
Forecast: Shcwers tonight or to
morrow. Temperatures: 8 a. m.. 71;
(0 am ., 76: 12 noon, 80; 2 p. m., 67.
VOL. X. NO. 241.
540.000,00
BEISE II
10MIIIK
ÜBS
Remarkable Jump in Amount
Handled First Six Months of
Year Shown in Report.
COLONEL PEEL TELLS
HOW CITY IS GROWING
Postoffice Receipts and Build
ing Permits Show Big Gains.
Activity in Many Lines.
Vlanta bank clearings, postoffice re
ceipts and building permits—the three
great barometers of business—show a
substantial gain for the first half of
1912. The bank clearings reveal the
remarkable increase of more than $40,-
onn.ono over the first six months of
t 'li. and the postoffice receipts for the
0 t ' ear ending June 30 gained $104..
.in over the year previous.
Tiie Atlanta Clearing House associa
tion today gave out the figures for the
«ix months ending June .30, with the
comparison with the same period of
last year. Here they are:
191? $343,031,400.05
1911 302,241,991.87
Im rease $ 40.789.408.18
Postofflce Receipts
Jump $104,250.
'>'!!•! postoffice receipts announced by
Pn=ln\aster Hugh L. McKee were as
follows:
I'is. ai year ending June 30.
'Ol2 $1,312,005.61
Fic al year ending June 30,
.1911 1,107,755.1«
Increase ..$ 10-4.250.45
Building permits for the first sig
months showed a fair increase, despite
the continued rains which have Inter
fered with building operations. The
figures given out by Inspector Haves
were:
First six months of 1912 .. . .$3,624,840
First six months of 1911 . . . . 3,445,613
Increase $179,127
Colonel Peel On
City’s Prosperity.
* olonel William Lawson Peel, presi
dent of the American National bank,
"as asked today to tell why the clear
ings had Jumped $40,000,000 in the past
six months. He waved his hand toward
the busy street outside.
That's the reason.” he said, terselv.
"Business! That’s all. There's no one
reason, except that Atlanta is a big city
and getting bigger; it’s a busy city and
getting busier. It wasn’t a boom that
made the clearings jump. It was just
more people in business and more bust,
ness for the people.
'Those postoffice receipts and build
ing permits tell the same stery. Take
a ride through ( the suburbs and see the
new homes going up in even’ street.
" h.v, there are paved streets and sew
erg and homes in tracts which were
woods a few years ago. The coming of
p se new people means the coming of
more money, the spending of more
money, more transactions with the
banks and. therefore, greater clear
ings.
Look at the new business housesand
'' p buildings going up everywhere.
fast as those buildings are finished
hey are filled w | t h tenants. That
anows how the city is growing. Peo
r" are coming to Atlanta from all
'' “- Georgia, from the Hast, from the
f hwest. Money is coming In for in
’-nnent in Atlanta real estate from
other cities. There is valuable
P'operty being sold at advanced prices
outside investors.
bln. you can’t put the increase down
io any one cause. Just'say it’s because
anta is growing bigger and busier
'lay, and let it go at that."
aiditoriumarmory
not suitable from
VIEWPOINT OF ARMY
, ,| ' l ' 1 11 Palmer, inspector gen-
. of tlle National Guard of Georgia,
the opinion that the Auditorium-
> cry is not suitable for an armorv
,n the armory point of view while it
'"'ng used for other than strictly
nmtary purposes.
n . 9 annua l report to the adjutant
E/V?? 1 ' he calls attention to the fact
' the Auditorium was being used for
"Pera while this year’s inspection
under way. and the militia was
. r-eo at a disadvantage.
var department has notified Ad
■r( ant General Obear that the annual
■'al inspection of the Georgia mill,
■'hows the Georgia troops to be In
'.nt condition.
adjutant Is congratulated upon
'"ministration of his office.
The Atlanta Georgian
• \
Read For Profit GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results
Telephone Girl Saves
Kentucky Town From
Destruction by Fire
/
Sticks to Post Until Every One
Is Warned, While Exchange
Building Bums.
LOITSVTLLE. KT . July s.—By heroi
cally ’■emainfng at her post until the en
tire town had been warned of the im
pending danger of a conflagration, Miss
Ida Oehsner saved Pewee Valley from
probable destruction by fire today. The
building in which the telephone exchange
is located caught fire, but Miss Oehsner
continued to telephone warnings until
every one had been notified.
Then, finding other escape cut off, she
swung from a window to a telephone pole
and thus reached the ground safely.
The fire did $20,000 damage, and hut for
Miss Ochsner’s bravery the whole town
would have been destroyed
CORDELE’S RECORDER
SENDS STAR DRINKER
TO CHURCH TEN TIMES
In Atlanta today to get new ideas
for his city government, Leonard M.
Wood, chief of police of Cordele. Ga..
said he wanted to reciprocate by tell
ing Recorder Nash Broyles of a de
cision of the recorder of his town which
he did not think had been equaled by
any judge.
For many weeks the recorder had had
brought before him regularly one of
the residents, always on a charge of
drunkenness. He imposed a fine of
$5.75 each time until it became mo
notonous. Then he had an inspira
tion.
"I will not fine you any more." said
the recorder, when the offender appear
ed again. "I sentence you to attend
services at some church for ten con
secutive Sundays. If you miss a single
Sunday I will sentence you to work on
the streets of this town for thirty days."
The inebriate obeyed and Chief Wood
said the moral lessons were so con
vincing that Cordele’s star drunkard
is today a reformed man.
JAMES G. WOODWARD.
TWO TIMES MAYOR. IS
TO MAKE RACE AGAIN
The puzzling race for mayor of At
lanta was made more complicated to
day by the positive declaration among
politicians that James G. Woodward,
twice mayor and the defeated candi
date in the last two campaigns, would
again be a candidate
This makes five aspirants for the
place: Mayor Courtland S. Winn, Al
deman John E McClelland. Dr. George
Brown. ex-Councllman Steve R John
ston and Mr. Woodward.
Mr. Woodward only smiled when ask
ed if the report was true and said that
many people had urged him to run.
POLICE BOARD HEAD
BUYS NEW AUTO TO
PROFIT OF PROWLER
Carlos Mason, chairman of the city po
lice commission and one of the cityt’s
leading political figures, has invested in
a bright new Overland automobile. But
he declared today that all had not been
so smooth running since he got that ma
chine.
Despite his position as policeman of po
licemen, a thief slipped Into the garage
back of the Brittain hotel, where Mr. Ma
son lives, and stole the extra lire and
rim Mr. Mason had attached to the hack
of his car. And with all his policemen
and detectives he has nbt been able to
find the offender.
HOLDER, IN RACE FOR
CONGRESS, RAPS LIFE
TENURE FOR JUDGES
In the opening speech of his candidacy
for congress in the Ninth district at Ball
Ground, Ga.. Speaker John N. Holder ad
vocated the abolition of life terms for
United States supreme court judges, the
enactment of an income tax and a gen
eral currency reform to make money
cheaper to the people of the country, the
Installation of grrvernniem seed farms
throughout the land for the more gen
eral distribution of seed to farmers and
the establishment of a national board of
health for the better sanitation of the
country.
More than 3.900 persons, who attended
the celebration, applauded his remarks.
—
BREAKING SHERMAN
LAW TO BE COSTLY
IF NEW BILL PASSES
WASHINGTON. July 5. -Striking
directly at the profits of all corpo
rations or companies existing in viola
tion of the Sherman law. Representa
tive Hull, of Tennessee, today Intro
duced a bill to amend the Sherman law
by requiring all illegal combinations to
forfeit 50 per cent of their net earnings
during such time as they violate that
statute.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
BILL IS INTRODUCED IN
THE NATIONAL HOUSE
WASHINGTON. July 5. A presidential
primaries bill was introduced in the house
today by Representative Norris, of Ne
braska. The national dav set for the
holding of all primaries is the first Tues
day in May of the presidential year
The measure also proposes to reduce the
number of delegates to national conven
tions First and second choice of candi
dates is allowed each delegate It Is pro
vided that the measure .shall become ef
> fer-tlv* when twenty states hate adopt
ed it.
ATLANTA. GA., FRIDAY. JULY 5, 1912.
1.5. FELDER
WON’T RUN;
TDD LATE,
HESAYS
i *
i
; Attorney General Announces
That He Will Not Seek the
Governorship.
SAYS HE HAS PLEDGES
OF FINANCIAL HELP
Slaton’s Great Lead Believed to
Have Influenced Decision.
His Statement.
Attorney General Thomas S. Felder
today announced his determination not
to enter the race for governor and
dispelled the expectations of hundreds
who had been looking for an old-fash
jioned Smith-Brown factional battle.
The attorney general, who had been
in conference with friends for many
days past, decla-ed in a format' state
ment that he considered it ton late to
t get into the fight now.
Mr. Felder declared he had been as
sured of much financial support. He
made no reference to any of his rivals,
hut the great lead which John Al. Sla
ton is conceded tn na ve in the race
probably had much in rlo with infiu
cncl ng - his decision.
Here fs Mi. FVider's announcement:
Believes Time Too
Short for Campaign.
Tn My F'riends Throughout the
•State:
For some months past I have
been urged by friends in all sec
tions of Georgia to make the race
for governor, but had not serious
ly considered the matter from the
simple fact that 1 was without the
means to defray the expenses of a
campaign. \V ithln the past few
days, however, ardent friends at
home and in other parts of the
state have guaranteed to raise al!
the funds needed and are strongly
insisting upon my entering the
race. They are satisfied 1 can win.
The matter has thus reached a
point where 1 have not only to con
sider it. but to declare rny decision.
After mature consideration. 1
have decided not to become a can
didate for the governorship. 1
reach this conclusion because I am
convinced that it is now too late,
within the limited time before me.
to organize and conduct a cam
paign. I must recognize, too. that
many of my friends are already
committed to one or the other of
the two candidates now in the field.
I can not bring myself to enter
this race, the expense of which is
to he borne by my friends, unless I
feit confident of the result.
I beg all my friends to believe
that I am profoundly grateful for
the generous interest they have
shown in my political fortunes.
T. S. FELDER.
POLICE CHIEFS GO TO
• NATIONAL MEETING
I FOR NEWEST IDEAS
I "If New York or any of the other big
I Eastern or Northern cities have Atlanta
beaten in police service, we will take note,
and do our best to install these better
features here." remarked Police t’hlef
Beavers today, as he was making prepa
rations Io leave tomorrow' afternoon for
Toronto to attend the convention of the
International Association of Police Chiefs.
“I intend to study especially the system
of sub-stgtlons in the big cities, as such
stations are now a crying need of the At
lanta department.”
Chief Beavers will be accompanied by
bis secretary, W. T. Morris. In the party
leaving Atlanta will also he Chief Zach
I Rowan, of the county police force; Chief
Pate Phelps, of Gri/fin, and Chief T. W.
’ Woodward, of Tampa, Fla. These offi-
I cials will be joined in Detroit by Chief
George Bodeker, of the Birmingham force.
FOURTH WAS A DAY OF
MISHAPS TO DALTON MAN
DALTON, GA.. July 5 Luther Polk, an
employee of the Crown cotton mills, was
caught in a belt in the card room yester
day afternoon and jerked heavily to the
flour, his skull being fractured. I’p to
today he had not regained consciousness,
and bis condition is extreme!.' critical.
On the Fourth of July last year he ac
cidentally shot himself with a rifle
Girl. 10. Defeats Grownups in W ater Race
CHILD IS CHAMPION SWIMMER
!
HL '"ft A’. k ' H
J'Uff j] Hi
jF-- //
i -IK- .. JJL
a?w wags*. ? '•
• o «cr> Z__ ) T*y, L’, if •
o « iVi 1 i ’
Jennie I’orkerson winning the L’n-vartl race at Piedmont lake vesterdav. cheered hv admirers.
niVORCE BLAMEO
ON AUTOMDBI LES
Judge SV. D. Ellis, 1 of the superior
court, blamed automobiles for the in
creasing divorce evil in Georgia, just
before discharging the jury at conclu
sion of court today He said Georgia
is one of the loading divorce states.
“We are rapidly coming to the time
when newly married persons may sign
an article saying: 'We. the undersign
ed, Mary Jane and Billy Thomas, having
been married six months and finding
the life tiresome, do hereby agree to
dissolve our marriage ties,'; and that
will be the end of it." he said.
“There are entirely too many divorces
granted in Georgia. If a busband does
the slightest wrong act, some one will
suggest to the wife to sue for alimony,
and a divorce is the result, and if the
wife is not just vv hat the husband ex
pected, he makes all kinds of charges
against her. and they are finally given
the legal separation. In a chart recent
ly published by the government lite
number of divorces recorded for this
state is alarming.
"Automobiles are largely responsible
for the increase. It is getting so that
many young inatrletl persons invest
their money in automobiles instead of
homes, then an unlooked for event
arises and both become dreadfully dis
satisfied with married life. They go to
the courts and there an end to it is
gained.”
RECEIVER APPOINTED FOR
ALABAMA LUMBER PLANT
MONTGOMERY. ALA., July .s.—Charg
ing that E. C. Sisson, president of the
Independent Lumber Company, of Fre
mont, Ala., has departed from the state
and that he is believed to he In Chicago,
a petition was filed today in the Federal
court here, seeking to throw the company
into bankruptcy. Judge Jones appoint
ed George Stuart receiver and authorized
him to employ a watchman to guard the
proper! v.
The petition wa. ; tiled by t;. C Ensign,
of Selma, the Back Creek Lumber Com
pany, of Fremont, and W. L Ensign, of
Binghamton, N. Y.
Jennie Perkerson Outdistances
Women Experts in 25-Yard
' Dash at Piedmont.
Hundreds of Atlantans In the holi
day crowd that -aw the water sports
at Piedmont park yesterday are certain
today ten-year-old Jennie Perkerson,
who outdistanced all other feminine
swimmers, is the best swimmer for her ,
t age In the country. i
Several women and girls were en
; tercd in the 25-yard race which the
i child won so easily. Many of these
entrants were accounted experts In
! swimming.
' The little girl, who crossed the. line
' ten feet ahead of her nearest rival,
learned to swim only last year, when
the lake at Piedmont was op«>ned to the
’ public In appearance site is quite an
’ undeveloped child and looks as young i
I or even younger than the ten years to
which she lays claim.
, Once in the water she Is quite dif
ferent front the little maid whose chief
claim to attention on the land is her 1
’ sunkissed cheeks and browned arms ''
1 She apparently is all muscles and as
lithe as a snake in wriggling through ,
. the water, which is as much home to
. hci as the dusty streets to other les
fortunate little folk.
"Oh I just swim for the fun of it."
said the little water sprite. 'Yes. I 1
wouldn't mind going on the stage, if
I I got a good offer. I’d love to show |
folks lust how well I can dive and
I swim."
Rut as she is only ton dreams of ,
succeeding Annette Kellermann are
' but vague as yet. Just now she's the
’ pet of the and the hun
dreds who patronize the park lake
BLACKS THREATENING
WHITES IMPORTED TO
BREAK DOCK STRIKE
HAVANA. July s.—Race riots are
* threatened here In the general strike of 1
' stevedores, called in sympathy with '
1 the dockers strike In New York. Near- !
ly all the Havana stevedores are ne- ,
I groes. The Ward liner Saratoga has
. brought two hundred white strike
breakers to port, but they have not ,
been unloaded. The striking negroes
■ threaten to kill the whites if th' try
1 to break the -trike. The Saratoga is
being guarded by the police, j
DM IN CHURCH
HIES CONDITIONS
"A Month In Babylon,” a drama in
four acts with four actors, wili be pre
sented by Dr. John E. White at the
Second Baptist church on the four Sun
days in July, according to a neat folder
issued by the church today. The an
nouncement bears resemblance to a
theatrical program and follows the
lines of the theater very closely.
Here fs a part of <be program:
Act 1, for July 7. show’s the city of
Babylon, discusses diet and morals and
"religious fanaticism in the light of the
Baltimore convention.”
Act 2, for July 14, shows "a huge brick
oven, a seething furnace, three young
men thrown in without resistance. Are
they the ancient fire-eaters? It was
three, now it is four. God loves men in
a hot place. The price we pay to keep
out of fire. Temptation is the modern
fiery furnace seven times heated.
Chaired bones on the ash heap in At
lanta. How to be in the fire without
getting burned. No thanks to some
people in Atlanta that every young
man is not burned.”
Act 3 reveals /he gardens of Baby
lon. with the den of hungry lions. Act
4 shows the prime minister's bed cham
ber and a “C. Q. D. from Daniel.” The
devil's patent window fastener is In
troduced in this act, according to the
progra m.
The program doesn't say that the
scenery is by so and so or shoes by
somebody else, but that’s all it lacks of
being a real theatrical souvenir.
FRED MILES WILL RUN
FOR CITY ELECTRICIAN
A report, considered authentic, was in
circulation today that Fred Mlles, former
city electrician, would be a candidate
against R C. Turner, the incumbent, who
gained wide publicity last winter through
attacks on the Georgia Railway and Elec
tric Company. The office Is to be filled
at the election this fall, along with other
city offices Mr. Miles resigned from the
place when it war, made an office to be
filled by the people instead of by council
It is positively said today he would run
against Mr. Turner,
HOHL’
IDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE o v r E no
M’ELVEEN’S
CLANONWAR
PATHFOR
REVENGE
Feud May Result From Attack
of Montgomery Ball Players
on Cracker Infielder.
EXTRA-POLICE TO BE SENT
TO PONCE DE LEON PARK
President Callaway, of Atlanta
Club. Will Prosecute Case
Against Dobbs.
The first battle in a real old-fash
ioned feud was threatened today at.
the Ponce de ball park as a re
sult of the atta-ck of ‘*Humpty" Mc-
Elveen. third baseman of the Atlanta
team, by John Dobbs and members cf
the Montgomery team which he man
ages.
The rain, however, probably put the
fight off today, but the ’clan will be
out in force tomorrow.
McElveen, who comes from old moun
tain stock, has a clan 1n this town that
numbers some bad men—some gun
men—and there’s no telling what may
happen to Dobbs, Kid Elberfeld and
others. The Atlanta club has prepared
for trouble and one of the officials de
clared there would be plenty of police
on hand to avert it.
The attack w-as made in front of the
Aragon hotel last night, and friends of
McElveen, who is from east Tennes
see, where feuding is a rural pastim?.
are up in arms over It. They openly
threaten trouble.
The Atlanta players have more than
once shown their willingness to resent
attacks made on their fellow players—
as the series of fights between the
Crackers and the Giants in the spring
of 1911 showed—and they are extreme
ly bitter against Dobbs, Elberfeld and
other Montgomery players. It Is stated
by a man who sat in front of the.
Montgomerv box yesterday that he
overheard Manager Dobbs order Pitch
er Paige to "bean McElveen.” which
means to throw the ball at his head. He
also alleges he heard the Montgomerv
placers threaten to "get McElveen.”
Extra Police To Be on
Guard at Park.
In order to block any attempts at
starting trouble, the Atlanta Baseball
Association has put In a requisition for
an extra guard of police, and will have
men stationed about the field. The
umpires will also, be requested to pre
serve the strictest order on the field.
McElveen, despite his statements
that he can play, may not be able to
work for three or four days. His eye
was closed by a blow from Dobbs' fist
and he will not be able to see out of it.
for a day or two.
The ruction started last night when
Dobbs, backed by four members of his
team, set upon McElveen. Atlanta's
third baseman, who was sitting in
front of the Aragon hotel.
Dobbs and' his cohorts, who had
come to the Aragon for the announced
purpose of givjng McElveen a thrash
ing, found the Cracker ball player
seated in front of the hotel. With a
concerted atack. "Kid” Elberfeld. t
member of the Montgomery club and
a scrapper whose ptowess is recog
nized through three leagues, kicked the
chair from under McElveen. while
Dobbs ‘struck the sitting man full in
the face. It was a tremendous blow,
delivered with the full force of trained
muscles, and ft caught McElveen un
guarded and went home with a crash
that stunned the Atlantan.
Cracker Reinforcements
Arrive Too Late.
In an Instant the fighting became
general. McElveen, seeing he had no
chance against sueii odds and stunned
by the blow, fought back bravely as ha
retreated Into the hotel. Dobbs kept
after him and the struggling players
charged Into the hotel. By this time
McElveen was badly battered and
Dobbs, fearing arrest, whirled and
rushed down Peachtree street, just is
Joe Agler, fit st baseman of the Crack
er team, appeared with reinforcements
in the shape of a bartender, armed
with a useful bottle.
McElveen was helped to hts room,
and after a bad night is not much the
worse for the beating.
The police, after an investigation,
arrested Dobbs. Norman Elberfield. Joe
Bills and Raleigh Altchieon. Dobbs
and Elberfeld were placed under SSO
bond and Bills and Aitchison were
given copies of charges and notified
to appeal tn police court Saturday
morning.
President Frank Callaway, of the At.
lanta Baseball association, was lnc»n-“d
it the attack made on McElveen.
Til protect my ball players ’till Heck
freezes over," he said this morning,* ”1
