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TOES PEOPLE TO
K ROW FOR
STHEETREPAIH.
Councilman Smith Tires of
Delay in Paving Repairs and
Advises Drastic Action.
Manned at the poor progress of a
number of important street improve
ment;--, Councilman Charles W. Smith
ha« advised that the people and their
representatives should "raise a rough
house” 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
lar wunlition 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
\ f or some weeks by the laying of a
sewer. The contractor, failed to repair
the street when he finished his sewer
work.
North Avenue Dissatisfied.
The wood blocks on North avenue,
just laid, are uneven, and the citizens
who paid for the paving are much dis
satisfied.
The paving on Piedmont avenue was
taken up by the Georgia Railway and
Pow er Company to repair its tracks
about July 1. The paving has never
been put back yet. and the street is
practically useless, except to the street
car company.
The thousands of persons who daily
have to pass along Peachtree st reel
have given up hope that that street
ever will be restored to its normal con
dition. Il was torn up at the junction
of West Peachtree street to lower the
grade.
Tie.-, matters were discussed at the
nn-ting of the streets committee of
council yesterday afternoon.
Hatcher Still Unperturbed.
oilman Harvey Hatcher, chair
man of the streets-committee, has taken
the position all along that things were
purs ilng a normal course. He has had
more or less influence with the other
member” of the committee.
Rut Councilman Charles W. Smith
declared yesterday that now was the
ior some drastic action.
The ommittee called on Chief of
< ■; a ..ion Clayton to demand better
of the parties in barge of these
t ..is improvements. All the work
1.. th.- lo wering of the grade of Peach
tree street is supposed to be done by
< ontraetors.
In future t.'.o committee declared,
s;. -.t improvement* m ist be completed
b. j given date or the contractors made
to pay a. forfait.
MACON PEOPLE SIGN
PETITIONS TO R. R.
BOARD FOR DEPOTS
MACON', GA., Oct. 5. In many of
the stores < f Mac n petitions addressed
to 'i,c railroad commission in regard
10 the depot conditions here are on
file :ind are receiving hundreds of sig
na.-.ires. The indications are that when
the petitions are collected and sent to
the railroad commission next week, the
natnog of more than 10,000 citizens will
have been enrolled.
The petitions cite that passenger sta
tion facilities here are inadequate and
unsightly, and pray that the Southern
and the Central of Georgia be compelled
i - build new depots or unite in a union
station,
l ite Chamber of Commerce will hold
a special meeting Monday afternoon to
consider the situation. A delegation of
100 members will be appointed to ap
pear before the railroad commission in
behalf of the complaint, which was filed
this week by R. L. Berner and others.
miss sallieTessions
DIES AT MARIETTA HOME
MARIETTA, dA., Oct. s.—Miss Sal
1t Sessions, daughter of the late
Iv ge W. M. Sessions of Marietta, died
at the family residence on Cherokee
s’.reet. She is survived by three broth-
Moultrle M. and George M. Ses
vns, of Marietta, and Walter L. Ses
; vof Birmingham, Ala.; also two
sisters. 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. 5. —Solicitor John
1 Ross has appointed J. Cooper Mor
-1 '. until recently private secretary to
J gs Emory Speer and stenographer
1 f the United States court for the
1 thorn 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
-ollcitor in this capacity. Hereto
the work has been done by a bail
is paid by the county.
wife shot when she
refuses to get meal
grand RAPIDS. MICH., Oct. 5.
b imuel Ford is dying In a local
from a bullet wound In the
indicted during the night by her
tn! when she refused to prepare a
for him. Ford Is employed at
' ’ ngton hotel. After shooting
'•an. Eord went to a neighbor’s
■nd asked that a doctor be called.
'• 1 nt to the hotel, where the
-■■ce found him.
N«EDENIfILS
SAYS RODSEVELT
Colonel Declares He Has An
swered Charges Completely,
and Is Through.
NEl\ 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 say 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. had nothing more
to say, excent 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.
“I guess we’ve beaten them at their
own game," said Collector Loeb to his
former chief.
“Yes; I guess so.” replied the colonel,
with a grin of satisfaction.
“Well, Doctor,” said the colonel, turn
ing to Dr. Abbott. "I'm going to the
Harvard club for some breakfast. 1
don't know whether you want to eat
with me or not after what some of the
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Little Marguerite Brandon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M
Brandon, 192 Oak street, and her pickaninny dolly.
newspapers have 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
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 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. WILLIAM~LYCETT’S
MOTHER DIES IN LaGRANGE
LAGRANGE, GA., Oct. 5. —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 QUITS MEXICO
ON ACCOUNT OF‘KIDDERS’
NEW YORK. Oct. 5. -Senor Francis
co Fernandez, Spanish bull fighter, an
nounced upon ills arrival here that he
would never fight bulls In Mexico again
because the spectators “kidded” him
too much.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
PRETTY WEST END TOTS
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FAILURE OF PISTOL TO
SHOOT SAVES LIFE OF
BRUNSWICK OFFICER
BRUNSWICK. GA., Oct. s.—Jerre
Wilcher, assistant chief of police of this
city, had a narrow 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.
Blnner, 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
Siu has been suffering from nervous
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 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 portraj- her act
ing perfectly, and the entire plaj’ 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 COM VENT
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. s.—Justice D.
J. Gaffney, after a preliminary hearing
of Ijehtnan Rutledge, a negro, charged
with killing Jim Hoo<l, his father-in-law,
bound him over to the February term ot
• uperlor court. -
STANDARD WINS
SGMIDMNOIIWAR
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 lias 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
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
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 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.
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
s IN LOUISIANA WRECK
COULEY, LA., Oct. 5.- —Three pas
sengers were injured and a tramp who
was beating his waj' on the rods was
killed in a passenger wreck on tin
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 Mis. Minnie Bulwinkle,
a janitress. Bhe 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.
Under the pres-
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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 easll.v 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 Murprfey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Murphey, 404 Gor
don street, who thinks posing for
the camera is the “mostest run. ”
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, 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 passe-1 by tile last legislature have
been watched with great interest by
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 mllitay- 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 tn 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 ths hotel lobbies one hears
the name of Straus mentioned very fre
quently, and his nomination by the New
York Mooses—or is it Mees®?—gener
ally is regarded as a fine one.
Representative J. O, Adams, of Hall,
known affectionately to the presa con
tingent as the world’s heavyweight
champion mover-of-the-prevlous-quee.
tfon, 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, Adamo has been ovsrwtielmed
with them. He enjoyed a large meas
ure of genuine popularity in the last
house, and the oareer of young Mr.
Adams will be watched with tn tercet by
his father's former associates no lees
than by those yet to make his ac
quaintance
Mr. Adams, by the way—senior, not
Junior —will be a candidate for speaker
pro tem of the next house, and already
has a Urge 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 eeat, of all the new counties
thus far suggested, alone seems likely
to win legislative approval.
Membere-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 induetry 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., Oat. s.—Tbe modem
motor car, in its latest and most beau
tiful array of variety. Is going to hold
premier pUce in the homage of the
throng at the Georgia State fair that is
to be staged at Macon, October 15-3 S.
This, at any rate, is plainly the belief
of the management, as shown in the
plana that are being made for the big
show.
A fine new bußdtng, sspeetafiy de
signed for the purpose, vrll) house an
automobile shone on the fair grounds, tn
which representatives of all the promi
nent manufacturers will take part. The
show win bo carefully arranged and
beautifully staged.
That the automobile is now a leading
Georgia institution is gtlll further
proven by the action of the fair man
agement in setting aside Wednesday,
October ft ae “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 ”30” types owned in Georgia.
Fully 1,000 of these oars, carrying at
least 4,500 persons, have already been
pledged to attend.
There will he 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 sei de for the bar
becue which will be served free to the
Studebaker army.
The Macon Chamber of Commerce ia
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 w’lll be "Bullet” Stude
baker ”30,’’ the most famous automo
bile 1n 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, <;a., oct. s.—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 county
ehalngang He was sentenced to serve
three years eleven months ago for shoot
ing another negro.
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