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Newspaper Page Text2 Gin Mid FOR SB SEINERS While Many Property Owners Have Met Assessments. Hu ndreds Escaped Levy. Continued Prom Pnqe One. Decatur street >”Hb Rou . Pen nine tn Luc' Det afur street gptn Doan street Smith p \ n tn \\ >n<l;-'n East arena* H"w» ’ m p, H. E'ii? steet. t’unk -• ' ■ ■" H : bird Frailer street. F?r 10 <’ : a-k Forsyth street Rrothorfun to Pal’ afreet Fulton street \\ ;t«h’neton »n i e\ Foundry street. Vln* to Davi« F*n c\th -tree! Hunft t A'lbanid West Fifteenth street. Wm pev 1 tree tn hi ;i top F ilrlex and M Don «tr*'*‘«. .hi 'V ' in Poplar Fourth s’ am Rblgf tn Marietta Rnr-egt t link Boulevard Fourth «tr*#t. w P<>i< ht -p t-> n r A; Cypress Gilmer «ttee ? But Jr m Fig- ' on»l Gordon st"»'G. a inr tn r><fk Qrennsf* ’ n a'»n'ie. t’hupei in Ld«- she Glenn Mie-t. trunk sewn* tn fra. Hunter -ti eet. L<«'l to P» v*»r. Houston ar ■ Sampson 1 *»**! v . Ran dolph 1 » Southern rail West Hun’’ efreef, ; i;nk «* " -1 T - t tn a 11 Irwin street. Houston to Fort Ira street. F><’« !•» trunk snwei |vi afreet. Edgewnod to Houston Irwin ’Greet. Auburn to Hour-11 Ja«k<-on cirrei. Fu<ouoo(l t" N<vih avenue Jones avenue bran* h to Elliott. Junior <t’C‘t Tenth to Eleventh K*ll\ siif-rt Glenn wood to orlean-. <» .] Wheat street. Ruth 1 to Hilliard Orme street. Fifth to Third ’’srlrtho’pe street. Peoples to G<rdoii < tab st Ashbx !*• P* ••pics. Rawson sirpf‘l, Pryor to Foiinwalt. Queen street. Gordon sti*« 3 t to trunk wen er. Richardson si>eet. runk s«-wrt to C’apito) avenue Rook street Mangum to Haynet. Richardson Greet f’ontral to Winvi •or Ro- k street. Mangum tn Elliott. Simpson street, allot to Marietta Simpson. Hu ’ and Luckio >l’ <» 1 . Orme to Harris Tattnall ‘••reel. Mitchell tn Markham Tenth street, ’’olumbia to p.-arhtret place Tenth street, branch to M yrt h st 1 ♦ Warren place. Edge\x ( »nd to Pied mont Woodward avenu* Grant to Wnnd Whitehall street. Oak tn Park West End avenue. Lee to \shb\ Plans Laid to Collect Assessments. Rians already cm font tn collect these assessments. many of them years over due. present a perplexing problem Peo ple have bought property on these streets, thinking that the sewer assess, mini' were paid. Much of the proper ty has -hanged hands many times. When the owners are presented with these old bills, the city officials realize there will be vigorous protests. The incredible phase of the situa tion is that these bills should have run on from year to yea’ without any a-- lion being taken on them b'of two years the city employed an auditor at per year, yet officials declare that the city’s construction department has not been audited in years. Day by day The Georgian has pub lished facts about the city's system of providing street improvements. Later investigations disclose the situation to be even worse. if possible. Mayor Winn has sat "steady in the boat," without art effort to turn the light on the real cause of the trouble. Matty members of < ounctl have de clared that drastic reforms must lie brought about- ’num ilntan Claude <’. Mason has introduced a resolution pro. viding for a charter amendment sep arating the chief of construction de partment into a construction depa-t --ment and an engineering department 1’ is said (that this, if adopted, w ould be the beginning of a complete ini* tl gation and reorganization. Standpatters Try To Block Reforms Councilman Harvey Hatchet chair man of the committee on streets back ed by Aiderman I. X Ragsdub \ .1 Johnson and <‘ouneilman G. H Royn i ton. who make up what k known i the “standpat" quartet of < oun.-ii tr.< doing all that th« ' -an to bio,. this A \ PETITION \ (If you are desirous of bet ter.ng the condition of At- \ lanta’s streets, cut out th»s cou- pen. fill out the blank* and send it to the councilman who represents the the ward in which you live.) T<> < 'ouncilman , * ity Hall. Allanta. Ga. Realizing ihc disgraceful <‘ondition of At anta c cfrcctc, I ask you to usp pv»rv effort m 'k tour nnurr tn bring about b“”er conditions N. Nant o . , , Address . N. i .. mb CRIME 10 RIGHT WRONG Lincoln Steffens. Testifying for Clarence Darrow. Defends McNamaras in Murder. I,i >S A XGELES, Jul' 19 Stating hi? social theories in response tn a search ing *■>"-s-c x.iinm.ilh>n by I list -i* t At - torney John ft. Kretjerlcks. Umoln Steff. nmagazine witter, on the stand today in th- trial of his friend, Atto’- i ney f'laii-in- S. Darrow, charged with * jury bribing, as-erted that he saw nothing wrong in ftceing a man whom ’to knew was guilty of murder when the motiv l wa--’ the result -if - lass resent ment against injmti--'. Steffens is the most important wit nos yet introduced by the defense. Tormigh him the defense hopes to show tha’ Do >t ra ng-inent s for bringing in picas of guilty in the M- Xantara case had beer! comflet-'d before the bribery andal vva« sprung If his story stands, motive in ’ho alleged bribery w ill In uhlitera led. "You are an anarchist, are you not'"' asked Fredetiek» Worse than that," aid Steffen’. You bellevt In the anarchist.-’ doc trine ami go them one better'’" Xof exactlv ’ Dbi you not in a speech for .fob Harriman, as Socialist candidate fori mayor declare that If there was an anarcliist running against him you would vote for the anarchist ’.’" "Something like that." Knew McNamaras Were Guilty. "You l e|.ri st nlefl all ttll'ougll tlyeo negotiations that .1. .1, Mi Xantara would Im vo to go freo ?" ' Yes." Vim knew he was guilt \ Yes; I knew It.” "When did you lea-it lie vvAs guilty?” About three days after I arrived on Xovcrnher 10, when I saw the McNama ras and learned Indiri'tlv they were guilty." "You see nothing wrong in trying to free a man guilty of a murder like this?" "No. not fm that sort of a crime, which was not an individual crime, hut a social crime, the result of resentment ol a class against injustice—what I call a revolutionary crime. In my talks with tlb McNamaras it was evident to mo they represented a great mass of American people who believe thev can not got justice except by erftrte.” WHERE, OH. WHERE, IS “WIRELESS” WILSON? NOT IN PRISON CELL NlC\v VdRK, July 19. —A new way of si rving a prison sentence while stay ing out of jail appears to lie Hie good fm turn- of Colonel <'hristopher t ’olutn biis. Wilson, president of the I’nited Wlielwss Telegraph Company. If what his old ai i|tm into lu es say Is true, the i idomd is around town doing very nice, ly. In May . 1911, the colonel was sen tenced to three years lit the Atlanta l'’edotal prison for using the malls to defraud. He was brought to New York last s|iring to testify In bankruptcy' proceedings- He lodged at the Tombs, hut th' warden says that when the colonel left there for court July I. ac companied by Keeper Shen from At lanta. he never came back. Neitlter Is he In the Ludlow street jail. Warden Mover, nt Atlanta, says he has not re turned there, either. He adds that he know- nothing of the colonel's being pa roled. Tlie colonel is reported as spending the time pleasantly and there. Some say they see hint now and then in Wall Street His attorney. Arthur M King of 49 Wall street, says all he knows is that the colonel Is in the cus tody of Keeper Shea. mild effort nt reform. t’ouneilman Hatchet says there is nothing wrong At the meeting of council yesterday they would not face the real issue, but they fought vigorously to delay any iction when they knew that delay meant death to the proposed reforms The state legislature's committer on municipalities meets next Monday aft ernoon Io hear arguments for Atlanta's charter amendments Couneilmen \l dine Chambers. James R Nutting mil others Insisted that a meeting of coun cil should be held Saturday afternoon io adopt whatever reforms may be de sired In time to have them presented i to the committee of the legislature on Monday afternoon. Councilman Harvey Hatcher urged postponement on the grounds that be had h id to attend too many committee meetings this week Vldernian Rags dale said that more time ought to he given i.v soim vvljo had not had the ’i'm m the minds to grasp these big -forms Messrs Boynton and John n vv er* with them But the meeting was adjourned until tomorrow. liv i i v one km vv that the t eal issue wa legislation affecting the i-onstruv ’”n depa-tmonl. Yet no one referred dh *tly to It. H is said Alderman Ragsdale was offended because he was I m-l invited to the ie, ,ni < atleus of I t ’.mill Ilmen. i__ - LTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT NEWS. FRIDAY, JULY 19. ihij. Dying Man's Last Work His Masterpiece MAKES A MARVELOUS VIOLIN Lilli- Ruth Kinthrt-ll and violin ' ihor dj ine fath-T made for her. I 1 ' rt' s\ v , a /“ \ < K \\-„ vW V WWK. p. '-.oj W Mr. MM f ■ iavc 1 : -5 .- -■'o •’xA'- / • ' .* —I MMMIs ‘ Ar- ’T/ \ 9w ' ’W r/ • Mn • Mwb> . It J y k \ Wk I / Doomed Electrician Builds In strument in Hope. Daughter Will Be Famous Musician, Aflei laboring ninnv months with the lurking fear that "the pain" in his chest might hctl him to the end John Kimbrell, th” violin maker of Battle Hill Sanita’riuni for Consumptives, has at last completed from an ancient piece of wood the Instrument of his heart. Upon this violin, which Atlanta ex perts say has a tone e<iual to any Ital ian make, his little daughter. Ruth, will learn her scales. John Kimbrell is only 27 years old. Only a year ago In committed himself tn Battle Hill In the hope that lie might check In some measure tin- deadly thing which lay upon' bis lungs. The days brought little change, though. Finds Beautifully Grained Wood. He had beet an electricbi n and later, just before entering the sanitarium, worked as a violin maker. <me day. while rummaging through an antique shop he found* on old bedstead that caught Ills attention because of the un usual delicacy of the grain. The pro prietor informed hint that, the bed had a history that it hail belonged tu an old South Cirolina family The wood was at least 150 years "bl. Kimbrell purchased Ihe bedstead. To make a violin requires about ten day s steady working. But Kimbiell wa ■ weak old unsteady \ few hours work and hi< whole body would be exhaust ed to the point of prostration. "The pain" seemed like some dreadful Neme sis. It toyed with him. seemed lo lead him lo hope and then tore bis hands away fi om his love’s labor. It was like ii holiday at the sanita rium when the first lone of the coin pleteo violin whs heard. Resonant and sweet-singing, it seemed to bring the echoes from every nook ind cranny of the place, from every somber Cock loft; from the hollowed trunks of trees and from the hearts of all who heard It. <>ne by one they went to congratulate Kimbrell upon his victory and to look upon the wonder which his hand had wrought. He held it up for them ,i see. It had been stained a cherry color. The sun stripk it and brought out every detail of the minute inlaid wooden pieces and the tiny grain all running one way. "It's my last violin," he said. "but. look at it." Second in importance only to the day when the violin vvas completed was the day the Music Master" from Atlanta came out to examine the violin. It was Professor Kurt Mueller. To the friends of John Kimbrell he seemed the epit ome of precision nnd Inexorable im- “Ho!" cried the poet with delight. They taste like sun and autumn blended." Then penned a toast—straightway to Post, Here’s to your Toasties—they are splendid.’ Written by <- M SNYDER Drive. N*w ne r.r f**r "hp'h thf Pofit’jrv’ Crt., ■> • • * • e I M♦. h pf» I I OArt A A in M> \ 'n 12 ■ J, S. GUYTON M’LENDON ENTERS CONTEST FOR R. R. COMMISSIONER fi'ormer Railroad <’ommissioner S. Guyton McLendon. whose summary dis charge from office by Governor Hoke Smith, a few years ago, was one of the political sensations of the day. has announced himself a candidate for his | forttii'i office, and will enter at once upon a vigorous campaign for election. He will oppose specifically Judge George Hillyer. Mr. MeJjpndon announced several months ago against Senator Bacon, and many of bis friends vvlll be surprised to I learn thsst he has abandoned his sena- I tiirial campaign utterly, in favor of til-' tailroad, cotnmissionersliip contest. Mr. McLendon will lie warmly and i aggressively supported by Hop. Thom as K. Watson, the "red-headed one," which means, of course, that he will be , a fa< tor to b- reckoned w ith in the ! fight. MAD CAT RUNS POLICE SERGEANT FROM JAIL CHICAGO. July 19. A black cat. Ip- ! lieved to hav’o been suffering fr< n rabies, entered, the Fiftieth street sta tion and put Desk Sergeant Charles Azon-- lo flight when it b aped upon his desk. Azone fled to the yard, followed by the cat. which was shot by Police operator Edward Mat sb. partiality. But Kimbrell was never fearful of the decision. Expert Praises Instrument. This profesaor had played upon a. Stradivarins and was himself the pos sessor of a costly Italian instrument. He caught the violin of John Kimbrell in bis left hand and then, with one sweeping stroke, brought the bow across the strings He stopped a mo ment and seemed to listen to the echoes. Then he touched the strings once more, bringing double tones and weird harmonies. Then he played a short selection and the children gath ered outside to hear. His verdict was short but eloquent The Instrument, lie told Kimbrell, had a tone that was almost nmtchless. It was an instru ment which he would dearly love to have. ATLANTA IS NOT A TUBERCULOSIS CITY. DECLARE EXPERTS Tuberculosis prevention day will be observed Sunday in all the * hurehes and Sunday schools of Atlanta. Every' minister and Sunday school teacher lias been asked to say a few words about the practical prevention of tlm dis- t The fight to "clean up" Atlanta I? being waged with zeal by the Anti- Tuberculosis society. The association stresses the fact that Atlanta is not a tuberculosis city and the climate is such that tlie disease could he stamped entirely out. OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY TIL 9 P. M. NOTABLE BARGAINS IN ALL DEPART MENTS FOR TOMORROW 7 his list of characteristic Simon offerings for Saturday's selling demonstrates again this store's position as the logical economy center of Atlanta. Fetching new Lingerie, Voile and Linen Frocks; charming Tailored Skirts of Serge and Linen; Styl ish Saits of Linen and Pique; Dainty Lingerie and Voile Riouses; Cool, Summery Kimonos and House Dresses; Fine Silk Messaline and Taffeta Petti coats; Lovely New Undermuslins, Corsets, Neck wear, Hosiery, Knit Underwear; Men’s Underwear, Hosiery and Ties; Children’s Dresses, Hosiery, etc., all at prices much lower than usual for Saturday’s selling. Remember, we will be open until 9 p. m. sty/e £ Jf* S Quality 49 Whitehall Street UNION OF? DIG GHUOGHESN[JR Rev. Dr S. L. Morris, eeretarv of ’he Presbyterian lioiiip mission board, announced today tbit plans are well under way to bring about a union of ihp Southern F'i r shyterian and the United Presbyterian < hurehes when all three of the great assemblies of the ’’alvini&t • hunh hyid simultaneous conclave?? in Atlanta n-.xt .May. No effort is being nude to effect a union with the Northern Presbyterian <’hur<-h. but if the plun< do not fall thrdugh. the 309.000 members of the Southern and the 150,000 members of the United • hurch will combine under one gov erning body and a modification of ser\ - i< o regulations. Dr. Morris Is a member of the South ern'Pre <?by terian commissioners ap pointed io form the organic union With him. representing the Southern < hur- h. are Dr. R. <’ Reed, of charles ton: Dr. John 'l', (’annon. of St. Louis: Dr. W. F. Stephenson and Dr. Allen G. Jia)!, of Nashville. 25% REDUCTION On Our Entire Stock of Hammocks 4 v w—>«* !^ tS : ,L- ‘ 4 r Regular prices $1.25 to SB,OO. Now 94c to $6.00 Bed Hammocks SB.OO and SIO.OO values Now $6.00 and $7,50 ANDERSON HARDWARE CO. 32-34 S. Pryor Street SPECIAL PARTY •w ium.i apni■ -w»< wig— ■ ma "~r uiiii■—iiji■■ ■■—!■■»iiim——jigiwnn m Leaves for WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH Queen of South Atlantic Resorts Saturday, 20th, 7 P. M. Front Old Depot via Seaboard SPECIAL LOW RATES Including all expenses for week or ten day?. For full information call on J. 0. G-LORE, 88 Peachtree. Phones ICO. POLICE BELIEVE NEGRO NOW HELD AS PRISONER IS ELUSIVE AUTO THIEF John Harper, a n<=gio. is in a P ,-. , station icll today. beli»vd to m- •.. elusive automobile thief who has -• ~ a number of cars in- the dowmmv n business district in recent weeks Harper was ai rested at an early today by Plain Clothes Officers ■ and Sturdivant after he had stolen t - car of Or. Vv . R. Shallenberger fi. front «f the t'andler building, p man Dan Cook saw the negro drivinr through Decatur street and. re* cpr ■ ing the number as that, of the mlssD auto, telephoned the police station. Cad Officers Anderson and McWillicA started out tn head off the machine ■■ discovered it coming at a furious ’ * near Butler street. At sight of the officers. th« n»i'n drove the ear into the alley of the yt Cmd-Stewart Company, leaped out ran. closely pursued by the oft,*,,; Clack and Sturdivant were in p~.” street, and. seeing the fleeing n-a > headed toward them, waited In shadows until he reached there. TDc then landed him. Pawn tickets for seven auto i.r’ were found in his pockets. He refus to make a statement to the police.