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VOL. XL NO. 34
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1001
EVILS
Rooms and Eight Extra
Teachers Are Certain—New
Quarters for Tech High.
NO BUILDINGS TO BE
CLOSED, SAYS SLATON
Council Expected to Meet De
mand for increased Equip
ment Without Protest.
EiJ ht additional teachers at an aver
u hrv of $65 a month and addi
. ... -jrters f< r classes in the Boys
i. Edgewood avenue. Geor
,venue and G. W. .Adair schools
. authorized by the board of edu
today, to eliminate the conges
, n Hi. public schools resulting
- i , i?'2 record-br alcing attend-
board's demands on the* city
■ . ast d equipment will be
f: . ertainty. John S. Cand-
.- n "i i. las informed the
nt i ti. it iin i ■ is yotb
but to put on the extra
;:.-il will be forced to
.. nt \Y. Al. Slaton stren ■
i s that the board of eduea
■. \| it- iq elos* four schools be-
i • -■ O' inadequate facilities,
library Turned
ICo a Class Room.
... I .. . teachers will be sent to the
■ ix s' hools: Fair street, two;
■ nue, two; Tenth street,
avnu, one; G. AV. Adair,
■■■■ .< Tech, one. No schools
tn street school the library
i i’\. rted into a class room,
'ion i lier ■ eliminated in
Elevon second grade pu
rovided foi at the Pryor
Th" excess at the Edge
• is about 40 first and sei
wipi's Additional quarters
t ! by ti: board to take care
At :he Georgia ave
li ■. n pupils are still un
i<l< nts of the Roys Tech
• ■’! ■■■ in | lt . pm ip new quar
1' titl'd. Tin G. AV. Adair
< vded, but the establish
f tn i ;ra class and the employ -
n additional teacher will re*
■ ' ■' on.gestion there.
Negro Schools
Crowded Badly.
situation in the white
The crowding will be largely
'■ by the measures adopted by
•f location at a meeting to
ibis afternoon.
■ schools, according to the
"f school authorities, are in
iilition than they, have been
AVith these schools operating
iimle session system, as has
■a .'•ais. to take care of
in. some 2i»f» pupils will like
■w.iy. Last year the school
■ forced to turn down
for entrance to the no
bs k of accommodation,
i in the colored schools
t the Gray. Roach and
■ •■' buildings. The Sum-
also is badly crowded.
’ ;, WS EVERYWHERE
t HROUGHOUT VIENNA
'A. s ; pt. 12 a pontifical high
! brated in St. Stephens
Hiorning while commit
being said in all the
' itholic churches n Vhe
■'ibmbs for the 150,000 dele
isitors here for the aucha
' Sectional meetings for
ion of questions affecting
of the church in the vari
of the world followed
the afternoon.
pr ' -P/RES FOR FUNERAL
AND THEN DRINKS ACID
lls TENN., Sept. 12.—After
I'O itions for her funeral
tile clothes She wished to
Ethel 1 ioyle. aged twenty.
•» local hospital, stood bc-
■ i' mime and drank three
1 'i 'di l> luda> . Shv
‘iinutes iMtr.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
: Bryan to Trail T,R, •
• On Stumping Tour •
• CHICAGO, Sept. 12.—William •
• Jennings Bryan, now resting in •
• Colorado Springs, will start Satur- •
• day on a great speaking tour •
• which will take him throughout •
• the country on the trail of Theo- •
• dore Roosevelt. This information •
• lias gained at Demecratb head- *
• quarters today. Bryan will be- •
• gin his tour in Colorado and it is •
• expected that he wili be kept con- •
• stantly on the move until the cam- •
• paign closes. »
• According to present plans, the •
• Commoner will enter every state •
® in which Roosevelt iris been com- ®
• paigning. It is planned to have •
e him follow the colonel closely the ®
• iast f<i\ weeks before election. •
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ILS® Motors Company
In Hands of Receivers;
Money Kings Formed It
Perkins Ryan and Late Colonel
Astor Were Among Stock
holders of Concern.
NEAA’ YORK. Sept. 12. -Judge Hough
in the United States district court to
day appointed \V. E. S. Strong and
Roberts Walker receivers for the Unit
ed States Motors- Company, a concern
capitalized at $42,000,000.
Stock of the United States Motors
Company was listed on the New York
curb and had been steadily declining
for a long time. The preferred stock
sold at SBO a share one year ago; yes
terday it closed at $6 a share. The
common stock dropped from $42 a share
to sl.
Die United States Motors Company
was a combination. It was effected in
910. George W. Perkins was reported
at the time to be interested in the en
terprise. But Perkins was not the only
man of wealth and power whose name
has been linked with affairs of the
corporation. Among the stockholders
were Anthony N. Brady, James C. Bra
dy, Jules S. Bache, Colonel Samuel P.
Colt, Thomas A. Rvan, Herbert L. Sat
terlee (son-in-law of J. P. Morgan),
Harry Payne Whitney, the late John
Jacob Astor and Benjamlne Briscoe.
SAYS HE HAS PROOF
BIBLE WAS DONE IN
COAIMON LANGUAGE
Leaders of the Bible conference at
St. Pauls Methodist church are well
pleased by the success of the under
taking. Every service shows an in
creased crowd and a deeper enthusi
asm.
Dr. Cobern. declared to be the great
est archeologist of the day. has awak
ened an intense interest in his discov
eries in the mounds of Palestine. They
throw light on the life of Jesus Christ
and prove, it is said, that the Bible was
originally written in the language of
the common people.
Dr. Cobern will continue to speak at
11 o'clock in the morning and at S
o’clock at night. He will deliver a lec
ture at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Dr. AV. N. Ainsworth will continue to
speak at 10 o'clock each morning.
The afternoons are devoted to a Sun
day school institute under Colonel
George M. Napier. Tomorrow after
noon will be "devoted to a rally of the
children.
AGRICULTURAL HIGH
SCHOOLS PLANNED IN
ALL MISS. COUNTIES
JACKSON. MISS. Sept. 12—Profes
sor J. N. Powers, state superintendent
of education, declares that he intends
to have an agricultural high school
completed, or in course of construction,
in every county in Mississippi.
"There is no movement -that is of
more vital importance to the material
welfare of our state at present than the
esablishment of these agricultural high
schools.” says Professor Powers, "and
our campaign has In reality Just com
menced. When other counties see
what is being accomplished in those
counties where the schools are in oper
ation they will quickly follow suit.”
Advices were teceived at the depart
ment of education today that the board
of supervisors of Wilkinson county has
ordered an additional tax levy of one
mill for the agricultural high school to
Ibe completed and placed in operation
| within the next year.
HUSBAND ENGROSSED IN
CHECKERS, WIFE SUES
CINCINNATI. Sept. 12— Alleging
that her husband. James F. McCor
mick. had such a mania for checker
playing that he neglects her and his
family, and is unable to hold a posi
tion long, Ella McCormick prays for a
divorce, alimony and the custody of
their child.
She says at one time McCormick
earned $l2O a month, but because of
his mania for checkers he could not
hold a position to earn more than SSO
I a month. ,
SCHOOL TEACHERS PUT
LID ON OCEAN STEAMER
i
BROOKLYN. Sept 12. The I'm
' moninn steamed into po t w ith fi i lusi d
|h,n a <ad Steward and 300 triumphant
,-ehool inarms, They instituted a tem
ll'eiame »av« on tile way over.
ATLANTA, GA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1912.
ATTORNEY IS
ARRESTED AS
COUNTESS'
SLAYER
Burton W. Gibson Surrenders
Voluntarily When He Hears
of Existence of Warrant.
MOB JEERS ACCUSED
THROUGH STREETS
—— - ——
Unperturbed by Charges. Law
yer Appeals to Police for
Bodily Protection.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—Attorney
Burton AA’. Gibson came voluntarily to
New York-today and submitted to acres:
under a warrant charging him with the
murder of Cpun#e>s Rosa Szabo. He
arrived at his office at 9:20 o'clock this
morning.
It had been expected that the war
rant issued by County Judge Royce at
Middletown yesterday would be served
upon him immediately, but Deputy
Sheriff AA'. C. DeGraw, to whom the
warrant had been given, was not at the
office when Attorney Gibson arrived.
Later, however, DeGraw arrived and
took charge of Gibson.
The accused attorney was stoically
calm as he took up work connected with,
his law business.- He showed no traces
of fear. He met the officers half way
by coming to New York instead of re
maining in Rutherford, N. J., where ex
tradition papers could have been de
manded by him. He said:
“My only information concerning this
•warrant is from the newspapers. I do
not know from any other source that. I
ahi wanted in Orange county. I will go
right along without making the slight
est trouble."
Closely Followed
By Jeering' Throng.
Besides the detectives, with Gibson,,
he was accompanied by a full company
of reporters and. photographers, the lat
ter of whom snapped their shutters
with metallic monotony as the proces
sion to the station progressed. The
townspeople gave videnee of unusual
interest in the case. Some of them
jeered the lawyer. Others retained a
kindly feeling stir him, and some of
them gave him assurance of their con
fidence' in his ultimate vindication.
When the party arrived at the Hud
son terminal in New York city there
was a large crowd waiting to watch
proceedings, and fully 2,000 persons fol
lowed Gibson until be reached the
building in which his office is located at
55 Liberty street.
The crowd jostled and annoyed him
until he appealed for protection.
"I am an American citizen," lie said,
"and I have some rights. 1 have tried
to do all I could to make this matter
easy for the officials, and I demand pro
tection. Lean not stand this mob, and
I must not lie assaulted."
At the street crossings on the way to
his office Gibson had to be protected by
traffic policemen, who held back the
mob as best they could.
LYCEUM ASSOCIATION
TO HOLD CONVENTION
HERE NEXT SUMMER
Through the efforts of the represen
tatives of the Alkahest lyceum bureau
at the convention of the International
Lyceum association, the 1913 conven
tion has been obtained for Atlanta
More than 2,000 entertainers and man
agers of various bureaus will attend the
meeting here next September.
Russell Bridges engineered the cam
paign which brought the convention to
Atlanta over the competition of New
York. Chicago, Buffalo and other cities.
He has just returned from the 1912
convention at Winona Lake, Ind.
Among the notables present at the
meeting were AA'illiam Jennings Bryan.
John Kendrick Bangs. Joseph Folk.
Richmond Pearsan Hobson and many
other lecturers and musicians. Ross
Crane, the well-known cartoonist, was
elected president of the association.
ALL OF TOWN’S JEWELERS
FATHERS OF TRIPLETS
WINFIELD, IOWA Sept. 12.—AVith
the wife of R E. Grigsby here giving
birth to triplets, the town's three jew
eleis today ar.- fathers of triplets, all
of which arrived within the last twelve
months.
The other proud fathers are AA'. A.
Mashard and J. N. Perdue.
BEANS. RICE AND KRAUT
CHEAP LIVING COST MENU
CHICAGO. Sept. 12. "Eat beans,
oatmeal, flee and sauer kraut,” is the
adviee of Jame- A. Patli-n, wheat king.
I; -n- It will redm . the <--t of liv
ing. Patten doesn't have to.
GOVERNOR WILSON, WHO
WILL TAKE TO STUMP
/ m |r
V’ Wis ■ I i
LA \ Wo® ll
■
Governor Woodrow Wilson, Democratic nominee for pres
dent, stiimpino-. This picture was taken al. I nion Square. Xet
York. Governor Wilson has decided on ;i series of speakin
trips in Avhich hi l will invade every doubtful state except thos
of the Pacific coast. He will make a trip each week.
3 WORS DIE
IS PLANESFALL
Paul Peck Crushed Under His
Biplane at Chicago—Greek
Plunges Into Sea.
CHICAGO. Sept. 12.—The death of
Paul Peck, crushed under his Colum
bia biplane yesterday, cast gloom over
Cicero flying field today, where the first
scheduled events on the aviation pro
gram which is to last for ten days were
to begin at 3 o\ lock this afternoon.
The young bird man, flying in spite
of a warning from more cautious avia
tors. was caught when lie attempted a
spiral so steep his machine eould not
be righted.
Officials of the meet cautioned the
men today against taking chances. Ihe
aviators had hoped to bring the meet
to an end without a fatal accident.
Today's program included duration
flights, passenger carrying, landing con
tests and a twenty kilometer mono
plane handicap.
Falls Into the Ocean.
ATHENS. GREECE, Sept. 12.—While
flying off shore near Patras. Aviator
Karanen Lakis fell from his machine
into the sea and was drowned.
Army Aviator Killed.
DRESDEN. S'pt. 13. —Lieutenant
Siebert, an aerial scout in the "kaiser
maneuvers." wliieh are being held here
with 130,000 soldiers involved, was fa
tally injured by a fall from his aero
plane. He died an bout after in a hos
pital.
WATERWAY HEAD UNDER KNIFE.
ST. LOUIS Sept. 12. —W. K. Kava
naugh, president "f the Lakes to th'-
Gulf Deep Waterway Association, is
rallying today from an operation for
appendicitis.
ST. LOUIS PASTOR CALLS
BACHELOR MORAL COWARD
ST. I/H’IS, Sept. 12. “The old bach
elor obstructs the social pleasures of our
church. With the sophistry of a seasoned
diplomat he impedes the road of true love,
wooing but never wedding. He is a moral
coward.
“They ought to b» sent to a solitary
farm in the Ozarks until they called for
the society of marriage of some of the
old maids they left on the shelf."
This is the statement made by the Bev
Ijouis Scott I’eßurgh. <m< of St. Louis
lead ng pastors, in u stiim n'un matri
mony.
WEEyiLSWEO
; Army Worms Stole Their Food
Last Year. Which Led to
Death of Cotton Pest.
JACKSON, .MISS., Sept 12.—The fil
ial absence of the Mexican boll weevil
in the northern portion of the delta this
year ha- furnished a theme for much
interesting speculation among agricul
tural extierts. An explanation of the
disappearance of the pest is offered by
Dr. R V. Powers, of this city, a cotton
glowin'- expert, who owns large plant
ing interests in the delta. X
"The weevil has disappeared simply
, because he was starved out last yea',”
-ays Dr. Powers, "it will be recalled
that the ravages of the army wr>rm
were • xeeedingly bad last year, espe
cially in the upper counties of I lie delta.
I he army worm came along just about
this time of the \'ear, stripped the cot
ton absolutely celan, and as a result
the boll weevils actually starved to
death, or perished beneath the blister
ing lays of |he sun. and none was left
for seed this year. It was literally a
case of one pest destroying another,
and. as the army worm rarely comes
two years tn succession, the result is
splendid ciops In the delta this sea
son."
According to reports received here,
tiie general crop outlook in the delta
i> the best for many years, and some
planters declare that the cotton al
ready made is more titan they will be
able to pick with their available lahar
suppli This is especially tine in the
northern counties contiguous to Mem
phis.
HELPS NEIGHBOR. FALLS
FOUR FLOORS TO DEATH
NE\t YORK Sept. 12.—T0 be kind.
.Mr- Margaret Thompson assisted her
neighbor to hang out her wash. Reach
ing out iii-i-i tiie fire escape edge on the
fourth floor, she fell, dying instantly.
SAVES A MAN FROM MOB:
CAN’T GET RID OF HIM
NEW YORK. Sept. 12.-—Captain
Big Bill" Hodgins, of the Bronx Pre
cinct. has a Turkish slave he doesn’t
want, lie rescued Sheik Nasi from i
mob, ami tiie Sh< ik non spends hi>
days ctubd up on Hodgin s duur>leps.
2 Peach Pie Thieves
Ask Pardon That They
May Vote for Wilson
Alabamans Who Stole Pastry at
Picnic Beg Governor to
Restore • Civil Rights.
•
MONTGOMERY, ALA.. Sept. 12.
Two votes for AVoodrow Wilson may
be gained in Alabama if Governor
OtNeul convinces himself that the theft
of a peach pie is not crime sufficient
to warrant a man's franchise being
taken from him.
Two young men in south Alabama
were convicted recently and their po
litical rights taken away from them
because they took a pie from the buggy
of a farmer at a picnic. The young
men have presented a petition to the
governor, signed by hundreds of lead
ing citizens, asking the restoration of
their civil rights so that they can vote
for Wilson. They tell the governor
that they only took the pie for fun, and
really didn’t mean to steal it.
Tne governor is considering the ap
plication. If he should grant the peti
tion, he will do so in time for the young
men to register and vote in the No
vember election.
COUNTY EMPLOYEES
WILL HAVE TROUBLE
GETTING PAY IN 1913
Fulton county’s commissioners de
clared today they could not figure out
how they will be able to pay the em
ployees of the county for the first sev
eral months of next year after the fee
system has been changed to the salary
system.
The act of the legislature changing
the system provides that the salaries of
the employees shall come out of county
I fees and from no other fund. There
i won't be any fee fund for several
months after the change of the sys
tem. for the fees collected during the
first several months will be due officials
for services rendered this year.
The salaries of the heads of the
county departments are fixed at $5,000
each by the act of the legislature. The
commission will take up the matter of
fixing the salaries of the assistants
within the next few weeks.
Commissioner C. L. Anderson re
marked at a meeting of a commission
yesterday afternoon that the county
would do well if it came out even en
tire change from the fee to the salary
system. All agreed that the first few
months of next year would be lean
months for the county employees.
$100,000,000 HEIRESS
LOSES $60,000 DOGS
ON HONEYMOON
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—When Mr.
and Mrs. Malcolm D. AVhitman, the
only bridal couple on record who ever
carried $60,000 worth of ixt-t dogs with
them on a honeymoon journey, arrived
yesterday from San Francisco, the
dogs were missing.
The 50 animals, attended by- three
valets in a special car, reached Chicago
safely, but somewhere between the city
we call "AVlndy" and the city they call
"Gotham" the little dears had been lost
or sidetracked.
Mr. AVhitman, at the Plaza yesterday,
did not seem to be in utter despair. It
has been reported that when the animal
ear was delayed en route to Chicago
from the coast he exclaimed: "Hang
the confounded beasts,” or words to that
effect Nevertheless, he added quick
ly: "If my wife wants them, she's got
a right to have as many as she likes."
Mr. AVhitman married Miss Jennie
Crocker.. $100,000,000 heiress, in San
Francisco about ten days ago.
ATLANTA GIRLWINS
NEW PRAISE IN PLAY
STAGED BY BELASCO
Miss Gladys Hanson, the Atlanta girl
whose stage career has been marked by
success for several seasons, has won new
laurels by her appearance In New York
this week in “The Governor’s I®ady,“ a
play by Alice Bradley, produced at the Re
public theater by David Belasco. Miss
Hanson played the role of Katherine
Strickland, the senator's daughter, and
the New York critics gave her high
praise.
Miss Hanson made Ijer first success as
leading woman with E. H. Sothern and
was leading woman with Kyrle Bellew for
two seasons. Bellew died suddenly last
year and Miss Hanson joined the Belasco
forces after a summer's rest at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Snook,
in Atlanta,
Atlantans also will be interested in the
fact that Emmett Corrigan, who led a
stock company at the Grand several sea
sons ago, is playing a prominent role in
the same company with Miss Hanson.
ASKS DIVORCE BECAUSE
HUSBAND STAYS OUT LATE
COLUMBUS, IND., Sept. 12. A ques
tion about the proper time for a husband
to return home at night Is raised in the
divorce suit brought here by Mrs. Nina
Muir against Archibald Muir. She says
bls employment was during the daylight
hours and that he had no legitimate busi
ness to transact at night However, she
alleges he frequently remained away un
til midnight and that he had been known
to stay out as late as 1 and 2 o'clock in
the morning
GAMBLER TO OPEN MARKET
TO COMBAT LIVING COST
CHI'’AG", Sept. 12.—Jim O'Leary,
old-time gambler.' has announced lie
will battle the high cost of living by
' opening a public market
Mi
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
QUIET REIGNS
INGUMMING;
PRISONERS
IN TOWER
Town Quiets Down After All
Black Suspects Are Rushed
Out of Mob’s Reach.
SHERIFF REID’S GRAPHIC
STORY OF TERROR REIGN
Forsyth Official Describes the
Lynching and Exciting Inci
dents That Followed.
With every negro known to have
been implicated In the attacks on whita
women locked safely In the Atlanta
Tower, the little town of Cumming, in
Forsyth county, is quiet today for the
first time since the discovery of a hor
rible crime last Saturday.
The mountaineers w ho have filled the
streets for several days past have gone
to their homes, the negroes who had
been hiding in their homes for several
days have recovered from their tenror,
and Uie town is resuming Its- every
day work. The mob which might have
storm, d the Jails at Gainesville or Ma
rietta realize that the Fulton Tower,
with a city police force to defend it is
impregnable.
Sheriff Tells of
Reign of Terror.
“The people of Cumming have beer,
sleeping with one eye open. The fall
of night has brought fear and dread to
the town and surrounding country, for
there was no telling what might hap
pen—it's the dread of treachery, the
torch, and the knife stab in the back.
We could easily handle any emergency
in the day time. The white people ate
armed and would promptly .crush any
uprising on the part of the blacks. Ex
citement has been high, and an uneasy
feeling pervaded the community."
In this way W. \V. Reid, the pic
turesque sheriff of Forsyth county,
summed up the situation in Cmnmlng
on his hurried visit hen- from the little
Georgia town that has undergone a
reign of terror for several days past.
The sheriff was seen at the Tower yes
terday afternoon just after he had
saved three negroes, one of them a
woman, from lynching by rushing them
to Atlanta In an automobile and placing
them in the local Jail. A inob was al
ready forming and giving vent to its
feelings when the big sheriff, one of
his deputies and four deputized citizens
spirited away the trio of blacks. The
town was in a reign of terror when
Reid was talking.
Whites Meant
Business, He Says.
"We are doing our best to cope with
the situation and prevent any further
trouble.” said the sheriff. “The murder
of the young girl and other crimes of
the past few days, however, have in
flamed the people, and the feeling
throughout the community is tense.
Any show of resentment by the blacks
would no doubt bring serious results.
For the white people are armed, and
they mean business.
"The whites are not afraid of any at
tack or uprising that might come in the
daytime, it's the thought of treachery
in the darkness that causes uneasiness.
But if the negroes know what is best
for them they will rest easy and be
have themselves. The white people
will not inob-st them —all they want is
to get the guilty murderers and avenge
one of the most horrible climes ever
known In this state."
Sheriff Reid gave a vivid description
of the lynching Tuesday afternoon of
Rob Edwards by a mob of 1,000 men.
"1 was -at my home at the tim." he
said. “When the mob began to form
and feeling against tile negro burst forth
in all its ffiry, I realized it was too lat
to attempt to get the prisoner out of
the Jail and spirit him away. There
was hut one thing to do—l hid the jail
keys. 1 did this as 1 .knew that even
though I should be overpowered, the
mob would still be handicapped by the
missing keys.
Crowd Demands
Keys From Sheriff.
“It was but a few minutes afterward
that a crowd of fully 100 men called
at my home and demanded The keys.
I told them they could not get tile keys
and begged them not to attempt vio
lence. But they were deteimined. I
might as well have talked to a rock
wall.
“Finally, one old fellow said:
“'So you won't give us the keys, eh?'
"1 informed him I would not.
"Then, at a signal, the crowd march
ed away from my home. Joined by hun
dreds of others. th< mob at once went
to the jail. There is no jailer on duty
there, us 1 have to look aftti the jail
