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Reform Emissaries Visit Tenderloin District as Exodus From City Begins' With Time Limit at Hand
CHIEF BEAVERS READY TO TEAR DOWN HOUSES, BACKED BY COURT
Chief Weeps as Father
Praises His Stand.
Determined That the
Houses Shall Not Re
sume and Fixes Mon
day a Week as lime
for All Places To Be
Empty.
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ahon account of absences from the
■ • a 8 H*
naid the commission had collected nome
valuable information.
Commissioner Boynton said that to
his mind there ver** only two methods
of dealing with the social evil. One was
tn suppress all evidences of it and the
other was a license system. He said
that Chief Beavers had decided At
lanta’s poli< \ that he had the author
ity io do so. and that there was nothing
else io the matte;
Jones Charges
Anarchy to Beavers
Charles <' Jones issued a statement
today > r sen ting t'hlef Beavers’ ,-an
nounced determination to make his ten
ants move Here it is.
"I own four houses tn the restricted
district on Manhattan avenue 1 have
never made any secret of owning these
houses and the money I have invested
whs invested at least with the implied
consent of all the public authorities.
“As an act of kindness to the inmates
of these houses who were suddenly
thrown upon the streets and who were
homeless. penniless and friendless. I
sought to allow the women living In the
four houses owned by me to remain
there, rent free, until they could make
some other arrangements for a living
1 made the further offer that if any
of these women suffered for the ne
cessities of life I would provide It.
At the time that I made this offer,
I required the inmates of these houses
to sign a promise to do no immoral or
Illegal act while they remained In the
houses, and if any such act should come
to their knowledge- to report it to Chief
Beavers. In reply to this act of kind
ness upon my part. 1 see in the noon
papers that Chief Beavers has stated
publicly that If any of the women re
main in these houses, no matter under
what conditions, after his five days’ no
tice has expired that he will destroy
the houses.
"My attempt, therefore, to a d these
toor women has been met with this
tin eat of anarchy upon the part of the
SEVERAL OTHER STUDENTS OF
SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE
SECURE SPLENDID POSITIONS
- I
While Many New Pupils Are En
rolling at the Southern Short
hand and Business University,
Every Day the Old Ones Are
Going Out Into Fine Posi
tions.
Still th** com* to the Southern Bum
BfM College!
This month reen d» the largest S» p
tembm enrollment, by tills well know t
school, since the year 1908.
This is. indeed, a significant fact.
It means that the old '‘Southern" is
more popular than ever
That its everlasting insistence upon ;
thoroughness of training has made the ;
business men Its friends
That, as a natural consequence. th.
Southern's graduates are sought for ami
ate offered toe verj best positions ini
tlie gift of the business world.
This is whv the Southern's attend
ance is as large as the combined at
tendance of all other business colleges <
of Atlanta
Among the several students who
have recently accepted positions is Mi
Robert Cunningham, who lias just gone
with the W. E. Johnson Cotton Com
pany. of Bowden. Ga Under date of
September 14 M Cunningham writes
an inte esting letter to the Southern, as
follows:
I got to Bowden all O K and like it
splendidly.
"The flt st ’ette dictated to me was a
long one. and when 1 finished it. my
employer wanted io know if 1 had not
been studying punctuation, for he said
It was just fine,
"1 met a young man on the train who
said that he was going to take a busi
r.“s- course, and requested nir to have
you send him a catalogue I inclose his
name and add) ess."
Ves, the Southern teaches punctua I
Gon. as well us a lot of other things,
t ong with '■horthand and bookkeeping I
1i ' as plenty of teachcis. therefore, can I
wed afford to teach these othe impoi I
■ int launches which are so often n<-«-
lected in some schools.
Best in the United State®.
In < ette: leeeivcd today the write:
•ays:
Vom s. imo jigs been ecommend*-d
■' me by one of the com', reporters of
' n.ta as being the best in the South,
■'ti'i : o ayaten oR shorthand ns being
best in the United States. Mail tm
.'Hi catalogue."
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Police ( hie! Beavers bomb has destroyed the “Houses in Our Midst.’’ He
says they will never be rebuilt while he is in office.-
chief of police of the city of Atlanta
I have consulted lawyers and have been
advised that I could get an Injunction
against any destruction of these houses
where the inmates are occupying them
upon the terms contained in their writ
ten promise to mjp. I do not want to
prolong this controversy or to give It
further notoriety by entering Into a
lawsuit.
"It would be interesting to the pub
lic who are being nauseated with the
present sensation to be furnished with
the names of the homes that are of
fered to these women and that tile ex
act kind of charity that was offered
then should be made known. It might
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ROBERT CUNNINGHAm,
Whole Practical Business Training
Given Him by the Southern Short
hand and Business University,
is Complimented by his
New Employer.
In another letter just received from
a former pupil, he writes:
Having studied at your school and
knowing its merits as 1 do, 1 have rec
ommended your training as the best
to the president of our hank here, who
will vets likeh send hie son to your
school."
Ar. xou going to attend a business
i college ?
If so. settle the matter as to where
you will go by making inquiry among
Atlanta's prominent business men con-
I ee. nlng the standing and work of the
various business schools -there'll be no
trouble then. It’s worth a lot to attend
« school with a reputation llki the
".Southern's,"
Enter now. <’all or write for cata
logue
Addie-.- A i' Briscoe, Pres, or 1, W
Arnold. VI. e Pre.-. 10 1-2 West Mitch
ell - tte, t Atlanta. Ga
Prof Tie-s L Bryan. Lecture; ai d
Rep: es i tative. ( Advt.)
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 19iz,
be discovered that sensationalism and
not the love of charity is the ruling
thought behind these new social puri
fiers. A good many people have won
dered whether this crusade would have
been begun if there had come to the
main characters in it no sensational
advertisement. A good many conserva
tive citizens have also wondered if any
real good has come to the plain, thought
ful citizens of the town by surcharging
the atmosphere of this city with these
delicate sex questions about which the
less said the better.
"('HAS. C. JONES.”
Church Women Send
Beavers White Roses
The women of the Tabernacle Bap
tist church, through the Ladies Aid so
ciety. today went to Chief Beavers a big
box of beautiful white roses as a strik
ing testimonial of their approval of his
action in wiping out tolerated vice in
Atlanta.
The roses were accompanied by a
, letter of tribute from Mrs. George Pea
cock. president of the society. It read:
We feel that we would not be
i loyal to Christian womanhood if
we failed to let you know how
grateful we are to God for a fear
less Christian man as chief of po
lice. You may have another "Geth
-1 sernane" to go through before the
; battle is won, but remember you
’ are not alone, for there are hun
j drede of women in Atlanta praying
i for you.- How many boys and girls
you have saved by your fearless
act eternity alone will tell. When
your work is finished and the rec
ord of your life completed, I am
sure that the Master will say:
l "Well done: thou good and faith
i ful servant, enter thou into the
joy of thy Lord." Trusting that
we ns Christians will give you the
support that our Lord commands
us to, and that you may have the
' Savior closer to you than you have
ever had Him, we are. Your friends
in His name,
LADIES AID SOCIETY. BAPTIST’
T ARERNAi T.E CHURCH
MRS GEORGE PEACOCK,
President.
Chief Beav. is also is receiving many
I letters and telegrams from prominent
people in all sections of the state com
mending his action and laying special
stress on his courage in "cleaning up,"
single-handed and w ithout orders from
■ any one. In several of these letters the
i chief is addressed as the man of the
hour."
‘ One telegram comes from the Au
' gusta Woman’s Christian Temperance
, union, signed by Mis. A. M. Verdery
and Mrs. Nonia Russell. It says:
"We thank you for your determina
tion to enforce a law which is approved
, by all good men and honored of God.
Accept congratulations from the Au
gusta W. C. T. U.”
' Another is signed by six of the lead-
Ing citizens of Dublin. Ga., and is» as
follows:
"We admire your official integrity.
We delight in your manliness Wc
wish you godspeed in your determined
stand against vice (Signed) White
hurst, M H Blackshear, R M. Arnau,
I J. M Williams, A. R. Arnau and R.
Lee Miller."
SII,OOO STOLEN FROM BANK.
NEWARK. N J Sept. 27 It became
, known today that three bags contain
ing SII,OOO In gold were stolen from the
teller’s cage tit the main office of the
National Newark Banking Company , on
Septembi r is. No clew has been sc-
Atlanta Refugees
Flock to Savannah
SAVANNAH. GA.. Sept. 27.—Follow
ing the action of Chief of Police Beav
ers. of Atlanta, in closing the houses in
the restricted district in that city, there
has been an influx into Savannah of half
a hundred women said to have been in
mates of Atlanta resorts. These wom
en are now searching the restricted dis
trict of this city for lodging. Numbers
of them are walking the streets, ap
parently unable to locate themselves.
According to these refugees, the cru
sade against vice in Atlanta is rigid and
women are leaving that city in droves
MORE CALHOUN WRECK SUITS.
DALTON, GA., Sept. 27.—Three ad
dition'll suits against the Western and
Atlantic Railroad Company, resulting
from the Calhoun picnic wreck north
of here in .Tune, have just been filed
in Whitfield superior court. The plain
tiffs are Lula B. Smith and Will H.
Smith, the latter having filed two suits,
the damages asked aggregating $25,000.
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TRDDPSTOGUARD
BLACKS ON TRIAL
—
Martial Law Will Rule Cum
ming When Accused Negro
Assailants Are Arraigned.
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After a consultation between Judge
Newt .Morris, Adjutant General Obear
and Governor Brown yesterday, it was
determined to send sufficient state
troops to Cumming next week to in
sure the entire protection of rhe ne
groes to be tried there for participation
in two recent Assaults upon white
women in Forsyth county.
Feeling against the negroes is bitter
in Forsyth and surrounding territory,
particularly since one of the victims
died. Cool heads believe that only the
sternest of measures can avoid a lynch
ing, if the negroes are brought to Cum
ming for trial.
Governor Brown is averse to the idea
of a change of venue for the trials, be
cause he feats that might so w-ork on
the feelings of residents that the lives
of innocent negroes would be endan
gered. The diabolical details of one of
the assaults has aroused a general feel
ing of uncompromising hostility toward
the negroes throughout all the section
concerned.
It is ( likely that the ful military
strength of Gainesville and Marietta,
two companies, will be sent to gbard
the negroes, and it is possible that a
company from Atlanta may be used.
Hundreds of negroes have been
warned to leave Forsyth county imme
diately. and numbers of farmers em
ploying negro help have been threat
ened.
Martial law will be declared by the
governor while the trials are in prog
ress.
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DRIVEN INSANE BY
CIGARETTES, GIRL
“ADOPTS” CHILDREN
NEVA YORK, Sept. 27.—Having ac
complished the feat of smoking 300 cig
arettes in 24 hours. Miss Pauline Mc-
Kenzie, pretty young daughter of a
wealthy mine owner of Boulder, Colo.,
is in Bellevue hospital, undergoing
treatment in the psychopathic ward.
Miss McKenzie arrived in New York
frpm Colorado last Friday. • She was
anxious to eae the bright lights of
Broadway and learn if New York wom
en smoke. When she learned they did
she decided to smoke herself and yes
terday she bought 500 cigarettes to be
gin on.
When Miss McKenzie had finished
about 100 cigarettes she went out on
the street and brought in a flve-year
old boy. telling the guests at her hotel
she had adopted him. An hour or so
afterward the mother of the boy was
causing a riot in the hotel lobby. Miss
McKenzie surrendered the youngster
and tnen calmly went out and got an
other. Riot No. 2 followed.
Still the girl from Boulder was not
discouraged. After smoking a score
or so more cigarettes she went out to
the lobby of th? hotel and adopted one
of the children of the guests. This lit
tle lad was not found for two hours,
and meantime his mothed had hys
terics.
MARTIN J. ARGARD DIES;
WIDELY_ KNOWN HERE
Funeral services over the remains of
Martin J. Argard, aged SO. who died
early today at the home of his son,
George E. Argard, 582 Highland avenue,
will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow after
noon in Patterson's chapel. The body
will be shipped to Eau'Claire, Wis., Mr.
Argard’s former home, for interment.
Mr. Argard was widely known in At
lanta and had many friends here. He
leaves a wife and four daughters, be
sides his son. George Argard. The
daughters are Mrs. Charles Wandrack,
ot Woodstock, Ill.; Mrs. G. E. O’Con
nor, of Eagle River, Wis.; Mrs. E. P.
EUerson, of Chippewa Falls. Wis.; and
Mrs. C. W. Prouty, of Chicago.
‘RING’PUT SEEN
BIJ.G.|IMRO
Declares Move Is >on to Gam
Control of Both City and
County.
With James G. Woodwardy charge
that a political “ring” was making
flagrant effort to get control of the
government of Atlanta and F’ u > ;on
county, and Aldine Chambers' an
nouncement that Mr. Woodward - -E, '
ord would be attacked at a rallv at the
Orpheum tonight, the contest for may o
took on decided new life today
All the candidates have sidestep- ed
more or less, the real issue of the dax
Chief Beavers' crusade against vice' ;t
their attitudes are continued, chief
Beavers and his office will eelfps,- the
mayor and his office during the nr xt ad
ministration, no matter which on, is
mayor.
Everyone around the citv hah is puz
zled over the effect of the chief--
der on the mayoralty contest w -h
--matter stands, the chief has almost ab
solute authority over the police depart
ment so far as enforcing the law is l n .
cerned. He was raised to the heat"
of the department by the police i-mn
mission for no fixed term, [f other ,>ffi
cials expect to exert any direct authm."
ity over the chief, the commission would
have to change its rule of “chief in
fact as well as name.”
Every indication is that Beavers is
to have a free hand.
“Uncle Jim" Woodward said today
that there was a threatened coalition
between some of the city and sont.- of
county officials, inspired by interested
outside speculators. He severely criti
cised some of the recent charter amend,
ments credited to Councilman Aldine
Chambers, declaring the amendment,
tended to take the power of govern
ment away from the people