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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 MU. g; TMTiyT ' \\l >.«■« L ? r Z ' ».wu' / 1 h JWilaL a jMKfpEFy Z 7 & Bs ' Vs/ MZw iw '9 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 IN CAPTIVATING POSES \ \ I k ! ) X. \ I / Z 7 ’' 5, \ / / '' - «' - - -r - w \ W T m r'* /M 7771 1 “/ <4 ¥ w ' \' A 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- / 4 L /-Jp 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. 3