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WES PEOPLE TO
ffIISE ROW FOR
STREETIM.
Councilman. Smith Tires of
Delay in Paving Repairs and
Advises Drastic Action.
Alarmed at the poor progress of a
number of important street improve-
Councilman Charles W. Smith
ha \ advised that the people and their
representatives should “raise a rough
botlse ” if no legal redress can be ob
tained.
fourteenth street has been torn up
since July 1. It still is impassable.
North Boulevard has been in a simi
larcondition for almost an equal length
of time. '
St Charles avenue has been impassa
ble for two years. Money has been pro
vided to pave the street for two years.
South Boulevard has been mutilated
for some weeks by the laying of a
Beff er, The contractor failed to repair
the street when he finished his sewer
work.
North Avenue Dissatisfied.
The wood blocks on North avenue.
ju?t laid, are uneven, and the citizens
v.ho paid for the paving are much dis
satisfied.
The paving on Piedmont avenue was
taken up by the Georgia Railway and
Pi.v.er Company to repair its tracks
about July 1- The paving has never
been put back yet. and the street is
1 incti 'ill-' useless, except to the street
'car company..
The thousands of persons who dailv
have to pass along Peachtree street
'have given up hope that that street
ever will be restored to its normal con
dition. It was torn up at the junction
of West Peachtree street to lower the
grade.
T ’ se matters were discussed at the
me ting of the streets committee of
council yesterday afternoon.
Hatcher Still Unperturbed.
Councilman Harvey Hatcher, chair
man of the streets committee, has taken
■the position all along that thingsfwere
pursuing a normal course. He has had
more or less influence with the other
members of the committee.
But Councilman Charles W. Smith
declared yesterday that now was the
time for some drastic action.
The committee called on Chief of
Construction Clay ton to demand better
work of the parties in charge of these
various improvements. All the work
tut the lowering of the grade of Peach
tree street is supposed to be done by
•contractors.
In future the committee declared,
etreat improvements must be completed
by a given date or the contractors made
to pay s forfeit.
MACON PEOPLE SIGN
PETITIONS TO R. R.
BOARD FOR DEPOTS
MACON, GA., Oct. 5.--In many of
the stores < f Macon petitions addressed
to the railroad commission in regard
to the depot conditions here are on
Hie snd are receiving hundreds of sig
natures. The Indications are that when
the patitlons are collected and sent to
the railroad commission next week, the
names of more than 10,000 citizens wlli
have been enrolled.
The petitions cite that passenger sta
tion facilities here are inadequate and
unsightly, and pray that the Southern
*nd the Central of Georgia be compelled
to build new depots or unite in a union
•ration.
The Chamber of Commerce will hold
• special meeting Monday afternoon to
consider the situation. A delegation of
JOO members will be appointed to ap-
F lr before the railroad commission in
behalf of the complaint, which was filed
this week by R. L. Berner and others.
MISS SALLIE SESSIONS
DIES AT MARIETTA HOME
MARIETTA. GA., Oct. s.—Miss Sal
le Sessions, daughter of the late
Judge W. M. Sessions of Marietta, died
et the family residence on Cherokee
street. She is survived by three broth
«i's, Moultrie M. and George M. Sea
sons, of Marietta, and Walter L. Ses
enns, of Birmingham, Ala.; also two
6 sters, Miss Caroline Sessions and Mrs.
George D. Anderson, of Marietta. The
funeral was held this afternoon at the
Methodist church. Interment was in
the Marietta cemetery.
SOLICITOR ROSS NAMES
LAWYER FOR ASSISTANT
MACON. GA,, Oct. s.—Solicitor John
T Ross has appointed J. Cooper Mor
tol-k, until recently private secretary to
tdge Emory Speer and stenographer
the United States court for the
outhern district of Georgia, to the of
®ve of assistant solicitor of Bibb supe
r o court. This is the first time that a
' '■ has ever been associated with
j 1 't° r lb this capacity. Hereto
tff i K work has been done by' a bail
' ‘ 0 is paid by the county.
M/IFE SHOT WHEN SHE
REFUSES TO GET MEAL
Mri R t Nn R'PIDS. MICH., Oct. 5.-
1,1 is dying in a local
b.-a " fl- lOm a bullet wound in the
husba * e<l uling the night by hei
» ippo' '»" hr n she refused to prepare a
the \y him P'lrd is employed at
’ S ;, ’ g,o . n hotel - After shooting
house 7 n "ent to a neighbor’s
Then as ' 4ed that a doctor be called.
, ‘ nl *° ’he hotel, where th<-
e found him.
NO MORE DENIALS
SAYS ROOSEVELT
Colonel Declares He Has An
swered Charges Completely,
and Is Through.
NEW YORK. Oct. s.—"My sworn
statement at Washington answers all
their charges. I have nothing else to
say about it, either now or at any fu
ture time."
In this manner ex-President Theo
dore Roosevelt today summed up all
that he had to -ay about his testimony
before the senatorial committee inves
tigating campaign funds today. He
was bombarded with questions as soon
as he arrived here from Washington, in
company with Dr. Lyman F. Abbott, of
The Outlook; the latter’s son, Ernest
Abbott, and Collector of the Port Wil
liam Loeb, Jr. He bad noihing more
to say, except that he was in fine fet
tle.
The colonel had read all the newspa
papers recounting his testimony before
the committee, and he seemed well
pleased at the absence of comment in
some of the publications opposed to him
politically
"1 guess we’ve beaten them at theii
own game ” said Collector Loeb to hi«
former chief.
“Yes: I guess so” replied the colonel,
with a grin of satisfaction.
“\\ ell. Doctor,” said the colonel, turn
ing to Dr. Abbott. I'm going to the
Harvard club for some breakfast. I
don't know whether you want to eat
witli me or not after what some of th
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Little Marguerite Brandon daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. M
Brandon, 192 Oak street, and her pickaninny dolly.
newspapers haye said about me."
“Used to It,” Says Colonel.
"Oh, I guess we can stand it if you
can.” was the replv.
“I’m used to it by this time,” an
swered the ex-president.
This conversation took place in one
of the elevators in the Pennsylvania
station. In the same elevator was a
worn, tired looking woman with a baby
in her arms and four small children
at her knee. She had a quantity of
battered luggage with her, and was
plainly in poor circumstances, The colo
nel patted one of the youngsters on the
head and asked the porter, who was
caring for the mother’s luggage, who
she was. He learned that she was Mrs.
Ellen Butler, bound back to her native
Glasgow. Scotland, from a little towm in
Tennessee. When Colonel Roosevelt
found she was going to an Anchor line
steamship and that she intended to
walk, he drew a $lO bill from his pocket
and pressed it into the woman's hand,
telling her she could take a taxicab.
Then he hurried over to his own au
tomobile and set out for the Harvard
club.
MRS. williamTycett’s
MOTHER DIES IN LaGRANGE
LAGRANGE, GA., Oct. s.—Funeral of
the late Mrs. Leona Watson, aged 65
years, who died at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. R. P. Abraham, in Green
ville street, was conducted by Rev. Sam
uel Ledbetter, at the First Methodist
church. Interment followed in Hill View’
cemetery. Mrs. Watson leaves three
daughters, Mrs Abraham, of this city;
Mrs. William Lycett, of Atlanta, and
Mrs. .1. B. Harris, of Pensacola. Fla.
TOREADOR QUITS MEXICO
ON ACCOUNT OF BIDDERS’
NEW YORK, Oct. s.—Senor Francis
co Fernandez, Spanish bull fighter, an
nounced upon his arrival here that he
would never fight bulls in Mexico again
because the spectators "kidded” him
too much.
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SHOOT SAVES LIFE OF
BRUNSWICK OFFICER
BRUNSWICK. GA., Oct. s.—Jerre
Wilcher, assistant chief of police of this
city, had a nar'otv escape from death
today when he was attacked by Will
Jones, a drunken negro.
Officer Wilcher was searching for a
negro who had threatened to kill Sam
Meyers, a hackman, when he found
Jones hiding in the darkness of the
Grand opera house. He grabbed him
and Jones pulled a revolver, which he
stuck against the officer’s stomach,
pulling the trigger. The gun failed to
explode and the negro ran. with the of
ficer after him.
Wilcher fired six times at the negro,
two of the bullets taking effect. He
was taken to the police station with
bullet holes in his head and wrist, but
it is thought he will recover.
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT
ODD FELLOWS CONVENE
CEDARTOWN, GA., Oct. s.—The sev
enteenth division of Georgia Odd Fellows
convened here this week in annual ses
sion. This division is composed of the
counties of Polk. Floyd, Chattooga, Pauld
ing. Walker and Dade. About 200 visit
ing Odd Fellows were here. Public ex
ercises were held, at which Judge J. P.
Davis, of Rome, presided. The address
of welcome was delivered by Dr. L. S.
Ledbetter, representative-elect from Polk,
and the response was made by Grand
Marshal Frank Harwell, of LaGrange.
An address on Odd Fellowship in Georgia
was delivered by Grand Master W. S.
Coleman, of Cedartown, and a short talk
by Division Deputy Grand Master T. B.
Binner, of Lavonia.
NEW YORK gTrL FOUND
WANDERING IN SOUTH
FREEHOLD, MISS., Oct. s.—Miss
Beatrice Ely, 22 years old, daughter of
a New York broker, who disappeared
from home, was found wandering near
the railroad station here clad in rags.
She has been suffering from nervour
disorder.
Eloise, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Allen, 65 Lucile ave.
SARAH BERNHARDT IS
TO BE SEEN IN FILMS
AT THE MONTGOMERY
Sarah Bernhardt, in “Queen Eliza
beth,” will appear before Atlanta mo
tion picture theatergoers on October 14
and 15 at the Montgomery theater.
Desiring to give to other generations
the pleasure of seeing the “Divine Sa
rah” in some of her most fatnous roles.
Charles Frohman, the manager and
playwright, organized Bernhardt's orig
inal company, so far as was possible,
and had several of her historic plays
enacted and photographed in their
original settings.
It was at a cost of more than a quar
ter million dollars that the play “Queen
Elizabeth" was taken in the old pal
aces of London, and even the furniture
used by the real Queen Elizabeth was
used in the reproduction. The motion
pictures of Bernhardt portray her act
ing perfectly, and the entire play is
magnificent. The death scene at the
Tower, the place of beheadings, is un
usually strong.
This is the first time Bernhardt has
been shown in motion pictures in the
South, but the ’’Famotis Players Mo
tion Picture Company” has established
offices in Atlanta and will bring a num
ber here.
QUITS HIGH POSITION
AND ENTERS CONVENT
HARRISON, N. J., Oct. s.—Mary-
Stevens, general manager of the sales
department of the General Electric’s
factory- here, has resigned her position
to enter a convent as a sister of charity
in Madison, Ind.
ALLEGED SLAYER HELD.
LAGRANGE, GA., Oct. 6—Justice D.
J. Gaffney, after a preliminary hearing
of Lehman Rutledge, a negro, charged
with killing lim Hood, his father-in-law,
bound him over to the February term of
superior court.
STANDARD WINS
SGANDIANOILWAB
Fight for Control of Markets Is
Victory for Great Ameri
can Trust.
STOCKHOLM, Oct. s.—The war for
the control of the oil market in the
Scandinavian countries has resulted in
practically' a complete victory for the
Standard Oil Company. The only' con
cession obtained by the Scandinavian
association from the big American
company was that the price of oil in
Scandipavian territory should not ex
ceed the price asked in any other Euro
pean country.
The Standard Oil Company obtained
an entrance into the country by an
agreement with existing interests to
take over the distribution system for
oil in Scandinavia.
There was much opposition to the
scheme by the Small Dealers associa
tion, which passed a resolution in favor
of government intervention to prevent
the establishment of a Standard OU
mnnopoiy in the Swedish market.
The Austrian minister made every
effort to secure the admission to Swe
den of Austrian oil. which has been
kept out by the Swedish safety regula
tions. as It does not meet the require
ments for safe transport, being too
light.
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YOUNG HARRIMAN
ENGAGED TO WED
WASHINGTON GIRL
WASHINGTON, Oct. s.—Averill Har
riman, son of the late E. H. Harriman,
is reported to be engaged to Miss Kath
erine Britton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Britton, of Washington. Miss
Britton was a member of the ’’debu
tante big six" at the time of her com
ing out in society here several years
ago. She is reported to have rejected
Prince Koutacheff, of the Russian em
bassy, who was her shadow for months.
At the time of this report Miss Brit
ton announced that she would marry
no nobleman, but that her husband
must be an American.
3 HURT. TRAMP KILLED
IN LOUISIANA WRECK
COULEY, LA., Oct. 5. —Three pas
sengers were injured and a tramp who
was beating his way on the rods was
killed in a passenger wreck on the
Southern Pacific near here early to
day.
Four of the coaches were overturned.
Some of the injured passengers are in
serious condition,
REFLECTED SUN’S RAYS
FIRE WOMAN’S DRESS
NEW YORK, Oct. s.—The. sun's rays,
reflected to her dress from a Klass lamp
reflector she held in her hands, set Are
to the clothing of Mrs. Minnie Bulwlnkle,
a janltrcss She vs as burned badly.
SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
One of the things the next legislature
will devote its attention to is the mat
ter of disposing of local bills in a man
ner more satisfactory than the bungle
some and time-killing method now em
ployed.
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Under the pres
ent arrangement,
the passage of lo
cal bills takes up
just about three
fourths of the leg
islature’s time
each session, and
there never Is a
dispute over local
measures, so long
as local represen
tatives are agreed
upon their pas
sage.
One member of
the last house,
who will also be a
member of the
next, believes that
the general as-
sembly might easily dispose of all
business before it and adjourn within
25 days if the matter of local bills were
removed from routine consideration.
Moreover, he points out the undoubt
ed fact that general measures could be
given much more intelligent attention
If even so much as half the time now
Elizabeth Murphey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Murphey, 404 Gor
don street, who thinks posing for
the camera is the “mostest fun.”
devoted necessarily to local bills were
tzvailable for their consideration.
A prospective legislative session of 25
days will impress many people as being
nothing short of a “pipe dream,” of
course—no such good luck ever will
come to Georgia as a legislature ready
and willing to adjourn before the time
limit constitutionally imposed upon it!
Still, if local hills were removed from
legislative consideration merely that
more time might be devoted to the
important general measures proposed,
the change would be well worth while.
And at least one member of standing
and influence has announced his de
termination to undertake In the next
house a reform in the method of hand
ling local measures and general meai
ures with local application.
Ed Cole, who will represent Bartow
county in the next house of represen
tatives, will be one of the younger
members of the house sure to take a
leading and influencing part In legis
lation, from the very first.
Cole is one of the most thoroughly
and conservatively successful business
men in north Georgia.
He began his business career some
eight or ten years ago, with nothing
whatever byway of capital but brains,
pluck and plenty of energy. He lived
for a time in Rome, where he still is
heavily interested, and afterward
moved to Cartersville, where he now
resides.
Cole is not the wealthiest man In
north Georgia, by a very great deal,
but, having started out with absolutely
nothing ten years ago. he has estab
lished himself firmly in the business
world, and is recognized as a substan
tial man of affairs in his vicinity.
He will be recognized in the new
house instantly as a safe, sane and
level-headed legislator
The operation of the new military
laws passed by the last legislature have
been watched with great interest by
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
various citizens of late, and comment
upon them has been generally favor
able.
The late legislature went thoroughly
into the matter of revising the bun
glesome laws under which the militia
had been handled for many years, and
In many ways effectively Improved
them.
As the laws now stand, the governor
is unhampered In his handling of the
troops, when, in his judgment, it be
comes necessary to call them out, and
his militay representatives on the scene
of action are vested with authority to
preserve the peace, without recourse to
red tape or cumbersome methods of
procedure.
The military authorities are much
gratified, even though some regrettable
circumstances attended the handling of
the riotous situation In Augusta, with
the account the militia has given of it
self under fire of late.
One thing is sure, wherever the state
troops are placed in service the ma
chinery for regulating things is ample
and easy to start in motion.
Oscar Straus, the Bull Moose nomi
nee for governor of New York, is a
former Georgian, remembered with
pleasure by many people in this state,
particularly in the vicinity of Savan
nah.
Around the hotel lobbies one hears
the name of Straus mentioned very fre
quently, and his nomination by the New'
York Mooses—or Is it Meese?—gener
ally is regarded as a fine one.
Representative J. O. Adams, of Hall,
known affectionately to the press con
tingent as the world’s heavyweight
champion mover-of-the-prevlous-que».
tion, has notified his prospective col
leagues of the next house of the ar
rival in the Adams household of a
young Mr. Adams.
Congratulations being very much In
order, Adams has been overwhelmed
with them. He enjoyed a large meas
ure of genuine popularity In the last
house, and the career of young Mr.
Adams will be watched with interest by
his father’s former associates no less
than by those yet to make his ac
quaintance.
Mr. Adams, by the way—senior, not
Junior —will be a candidate for speaker
pro tern of the next house, and already
has a large number of votes pledged to
his cause.
Although several new counties are to
be proposed in the next Georgia legis
lature. there already is a manifest hos.
tility to their creation.
Barrow county, with Winder as the
county seat, of all the new counties
thus far suggested, alone seems likely
to win legislative approve,].
Members-elect of the new legislature
seem to feel, so far as those who have
expressed themselves— around and
about political haunts in Atlanta are
concerned, that the time to call a halt
on the new county industry has arrived
-and it seems highly probable now
that the halt will be called,
AUTOMOBILES TO BE
BIG FEATURE OF THE
STATE FAIR AT MACON
MACON, GA., Oct. s.—The modern
motor car, In its latest and most beau
tiful array of variety, is going to hold
premier place in the homage of the
throng at the Georgia State fair that is
to be staged at Macon, October 15-25.
This, at any rate, is plainly the belief
of the management, as shown in the
plans that are being made for the big
show'.
A fine new building, especially de
signed for the purpose, will house ar
automobile show on the fair grounds, it
which representatives of all the promi.
nent manufacturers will take part. The
show will be carefully arranged and
beautifully staged.
That the automobile is now a leading
Georgia institution is still further
proven by the action of the fair man
agement in setting aside Wednesday
October 23 as “Studebaker day.”
The celebration of this event seems
certain to bring together the greatest
army of automobiles ever mustered in
the South. There are more than 3,000
cars of the Studebaker “30” and Stude
baker “20” types owned in Georgia.
Fully 1,000 6f these cars, carrying at
least 4,500 persons, have already been
pledged to attend.
There will be free admission to all
Georgia owners of Studebaker cars and
their families. A big space under the
beautiful, spreading oaks on the
grounds has been set aside for the bar
becue which will be served free to the
Studebaker army.
The Macon Chamber of Commerce is
making elaborate plans for the enter
tainment of Clement Studebaker, Jr.,
present business head of the Stude
baker Corporation, and a number of his
millionaire associates in the $45,000,000
concern who will attend, drawn partly
by their personal desire to meet theii
Georgia business friends and partly by
the excellent opportunity afforded by
the fair to become acquainted with the
natural wealth of the South.
Also present will be "Bullet” Stude
baker "30,” the most famous automo
bile In the world, which left for At
lanta recently from Washington, after
a two years tour of the United States.
This car was the pioneer Studebaker
car in the South and boasts a record of
over 120,000 miles, more than half of
which was made during 1908, 1909 and
1910 on Georgia roads and race tracks.
Two million booklets about this car
have been distributed, and it has been
made the subject of many newspaper
and magazine articles on automobile
longevity.
ON TRAIL OF ESCAPED CONVICT.
LAGRANGE, GA., Oct. 5. Special Bai
liffs Gus Reid and E. B. Edmundson are
on the trail of Giles Evans, a negro con
vict, who escaped from the Troup count"
chaingang. He was sentenced to serve
three years eleven months ago for •hoot
ing another negro
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