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®[s PEOPLE TDI WISE M FOR Councilman Smith Tires of Delay in Paving Repairs and Advises Drastic Action. Varmei at the poor progress of a ]P ;, er of important street improve , n ;.-. councilman Charles W. Smith J',' a advised that the people and their should "raise a rough horse" if no ' p S al redress can be ob tained. Fourteenth street has been torn up P ince July 1. •’ .«cill is impassable. y,, r th Boulevard has been in a simi lar condition for almost an equal length of time. St I'liarle- avenue has been impassa ,lp for two years. Money has been pro vjljrd to pate the street for two yeais. South Boulevard has been mutilated for some weeks by the laying of a jer.ei. The contractor failed to repair the s treet when he finished his sewer v k. North Avenue Dissatisfied. Tho wood blocks on North avenue, laid, aie uneven, and the citizens who paid for the paving are much dis- Mtisfied. The paving <m Piedmont avenue was 10.01 -ip by the Georgia Railway and p. v.cr P.impany to repair its tracks ~• July I. The paving has never j, , nit btu-k yet. and the street i - r oily useless, except the Street <,c .■.miptmy. timi-ands of persons win-- dailv to pass along Pead..i w street 1,.,.., givn up Im?'' tlmp that street ~ ~v v ~! )>•• restored to its normal con p( >n It was lorn up at the junction f fv.. v h;ree street lower th-* gratr T ips' 1 i'*.. - ■ ’ ,u ’s wr-i't* (Usch ;SO<I al lio | j; . | E: (> f rue streets r.•mnilttee of ( ~ ~f . estevd.iy afternoon. Hrtche Still Unperturbed. .■. in; iio, t j Harvey Hatcher, cimii n.an of i streets committee, has taken ■the pu.'.iiiou <1 along that things were pi-, ipj; . normal course. He has had mi. ' 1 >' ie.-s influence with lite other nienihf .f the committee. But I’ouncilman Charles W. Smith c rday that now was the • hi- ,'-r -m, ■ drastic action. Tn,. u.ipi’f c ? n<;d on i‘l’|of of t on.-i ru. ■ ion 1 Is. on o> ip.p.mnd boiler! . ■, of lhe parties in charge of these r "iis uu; >•■ *v in "iis. XI. the work b o ino lowering of ;.■•■ grade of P»ai ii pap cp«.pt i< supposed to b° done by C«»ntiTCt • F. in fui'ir* i: ? •ur.nGj declared. f b. !<•’. .'•meins must b- completed t> - 2 . n '. <o pp tr,e contractor* made t« pa- i foii’eh. MACON PEOPLE SIGN PETITIONS TO R. R. BOARD FOR DEPOTS "V' l'.V. GA.. (>ct. -In many of i ■ <>i' .nuv. n petitions addressed I- :e . a,o-.. 1 ommission in regard i 'i lP ,ie|„,i conditions here arc on f 'i are receiving hundreds of sig r . T .• ir. 'irnions are that when tiw t.‘ i:.i "i-- are • o'.lei ted ;nd sent to I' •• 1 ..oi commission next week, the r . of han lu.mm citizens will h . been "niollei. : i: ; on~ cite that passenger sta t oiiics here are inadequate and r-■ w■ iand pray that the Southern • '1 ’!»•• i ' n. ral of Georgia be compelled hi new depots or unite in a union •ialion. ''hember of Commerce will hold' ’ i inw ing Monday afternoon to r I- ■; r the situation. A delegation of T 1 m* mbers will be appointed to ap b a: hi fore the railroad comini-sion in b rdf of ;hi complaint. which-was filed b : w,.. k by ft. L. Berner and others. MISS SALL.IE SESSIONS DIES AT MARIETTA HOME ■'IMUETTA. GA.. Oct. s.—Miss Sal “ Sessions, daughter of the late J rise \y. yj. Sessions of Marietta, died f the family residence on Cherokee * Snc is survived by three bhqth- * Moultrie M. and George M. Ses- e of Marietta, and Walter f,. Ses ’ of Birmingham. Ala.; also two r '‘r-, Miss Caroline Sessions and Mrs. '■rgc 11. Anderson, of Marietta. The • viicra! was held this afternoon at the Jh’liocis; church. Interment was in tl" c Marietta cemetery. SOLICITOR ROSS NAMES lawyer for assistant MAi i>\. <;a Oct. s.—Solicitor John ' I'mss iu is appointed .1. Coope- Mor- ' • 'intiF recently private secretary to p Einory Speer and stenographer ®' 'he I’nitod States court for the >»rn district of Georgia, to the of 'f assistant solicitor of Bibb supe ourt. This is the first time that a r has ever been associated with ' • 'o.-icitor in this capacity. Hereto u, \ r work has been done by a bail- ' is paid by the county. SHOT WHEN SHE refuses to get meal M,.' L R ' Xll Ra PIDB, MICH., Oct. 5. j. ■'•mine! l-'ord is dying in a local j. , r rom a bullet wound in the ■•■-I:- tod during the night by he > ~ ''' u n she Refused to prepare a ■ >, ..° him. Ford Is employed at Jtigton hotel. After shooting . . 1 f !'' rord vent to a neighbor's 1 L." '/ ‘ ' ,sl '* ll ,llat a 'loetor be called “ went to the hotel, where the * e found bt~ ND MORE DENIALS SMS ROOSEVELT Colonel Declares He Has An swered Charges Completely, and Is Through. Nl'.V. AttRK. Oct. 5. —*'Mv \wort: statement at Whshington answers all their charges. I have nothing else to say about it, either now or at any fu ture time." In bis manner ex-President Theo dore Roe.-ev -.t today summed up all that he had to -ay about his testimony before the senatorial committee inves tigating impaign funds today. He was bombarded with questions as soon |.s he at t ir ed here from Washington, in company with Dr. Lyman F. Abbott, of The Outlook; the latter's son. Ernest Abbott, and C< li. ctor of the Port Wil liam Loeb. Jr. He hud nothing more to say, except that he was in fine fet tle. The colonel had read all the newspa paper- recounting his testimony before the committee and he seemed well pleased at th* absence of comment in some of the publications opposed to him I politically. "I gm-s wive beaten them at theit owt gum*." said Collector Loeb to his form- r .chief. "Yes; I guess so. " replied the colonel, with a grin of satisfaction. "Weil. Doctor," .said i :e colonel, turn ing to Dr. Abbott. Tn g* ng io the Harvard >-hib o -ome b okt'ast. 1 don't know y,.i. want to eat | with m or m t who. some of t - str \ V 1 w ■ • I \ X'dit I H*'' i . hv /oa \ \WHF ;r " .7 / rtf X?H /> Sr AZ/ i i. way ’Sfflß’ W ■’W/ ! 'JO W * Little Marguerite Brandon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Brandon. 192 Oak street, and her pickaninny dolly. newspapers have said about me.” "Used to It," Says Colonel. 'Oil. I guess we can stand it if you i jn," was the replv. "I’m used to; it by this time," an swered tile 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 wa* 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 town 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. wllliam~lycett*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. J. B. Harris, of Pensacola, Fla. TOREADOR QUITTmEXICO ON ACCOUNT OF‘KIDDERS’ NEW YORK Oct. s.—Senor Francis co Fernandez. Spanish bull fighter, an nounced upon hla arrival here that he would never light bulla in Mexico again because the spectators "kidded" him too much ✓ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1912. [PRETTY WEST END TOTS IIN CAPTIVATING POSES ' SI \ I 1 / \ \ Vr / \v; . / / / Z#‘ <<\ \ / /r-' “ *■'***\ /MWi WWt' /a* : w- <i|l t m Iw FAILURE OF PISTOL TO SHOOT SAVES LIFE OF BRUNSWICK OFFICER BRUNSWICK, GA., Get. s—Jerre Wilcher, assistant chief of police of this city, had a narrow escape from death today when he was attacked by Will •Tones, 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 revolve . 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. Wilchet 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 _’oo 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 GIRL 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 nervou.- disorder \\ z / fix XavX j Eloise, daughter of Mr. and Jlrs. •!. 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 famous 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 "Famous 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 he: e, has resigned her position to enter a convent as a sister of charity in Madison. Ind. ALLEGED SLAYER HELD. LAGRANGE, GA., Oct. 5. —Justice D. .1 Gaffney, after a preliminary hearing of Lehman Rutledge, a negro, charged with killing Jim Hood, his father-in-law, bound him over to the February term of superior court. STANDARD WINS SCANDIANDILWAD Eight 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 ffom the big American company was that the price of oil in Scandinavian 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 lake 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 Oil monopoly 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. A » 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. 5. The sun's rays, reflected to her dress from a glass lamp reflector she held in her hands, set Are to the clothing of Mrs. Minnie Bulwinkle, a Janltrees She was burned badly. SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS By JAMES B. NEVIN. 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. k Ob wIS e. >r I'nder 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 hills were removed from routine consideration. Moreover, he points out the undoubt ed fact that general measures could bo 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 available 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 bills 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 meas ures with local application. Ed Cole, who will represent Bartow county in the next house of represen tatives, w’ill 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 mien.st by various citizens of late, and comment upon them has been genetally 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. A» the laws now stand, the governor is unhampered in his handling of the troops, when. In hls 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 iWa titled, even though some regrettable circumstances attended the handling of the riotous situation in Awgusta. 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 io 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 hear-s the name of Straus mentioned very fre quently, and hls 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 mo v er-of- the - previous- ques 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 approval. Members-elect of the new legislators 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 hornage 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 an automobile show on the fair grounds, in 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 c ore than 3.000 cars of the Studebaker “30" and Stude baker "20" types ow ned in Georgia, Fully 1,000 of these-cars, carrying at least 4.500 persons, have already been pledged to attend. There will be free admission to all Georgia owners of Studebaket carsand 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 their 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 art k ies on automobile longevity. ON TRAIL OF ESCAPED CONVICT. LAGRANGE. GA., oct 5. Special Bai liffs Gus Reid ami E. 43. Edmundson are on the trail of Giles Evans, a negro con vict. who escaped from the Troup count' chalngang He was aonteneed to serv«- three years eleven months ago tor shoot ing another 3