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GAS KI OF 0.5.
GATHERING FOR
CONWION
Feature of Big Meeting Will Be
Exhibition of Appliances
at Auditorium.
The men who clone more, per
il.ip.. to throw light "n various sub
jects thraughoui the United States,
i anada and Mexico than iny other
group of Americans, are arriving in
Atlanta today for their national con
vention, which opens at the Auditorium
Hext Monday and iasts a.l the week.
They are the gas makers of the coun
try, the men who put ball bearings i:t
the meters, the f ;k to whom living is a
pipe. They are coming from ns far
Vest os San Francisco and as far East
a- Boston to discuss ways and means
for inducing consumers to cook with
gas. warm by gas, read by It, sleep by
It. have teeth pulled by It.
They are bitter rivals of the electric
companies, it may bo -aid, notwith
standing the fact that 99 per cent ■ f
them also uro the main works In their
home electric plants. They expect to
get together on a campaign which will
make them rich as gas producers and
break them as electricity makers,
thereby preserving the balance and re
maining in comfortable circumstances.
To Show Appliances.
The convention is that of the Na
tional Association of Commercial Gas
Companies. Almost every city where
there is a g-as plant and a meter reader
has a member. They come armed with
papers on chemistry, metallurgy and
engineering, besides several reports on
the psychology' of knowing bow long to
i wait before cutting off the gas of a de
linquent consumer.
But 1t won't be all convention. The
biggest thing of the week to the aver
age man or woman is the exposition of
gas appliances which hundreds of man
ufacturers will have at the Auditorium
The exhibits have been coming in by
. the carload for the past week and are
being installed in the Auditorium and
j. connected to the miles of gas pipe which
the local company put in to furnish the
juice for the show.
There are gas stoves just the size for
n one-egg breakfast and on through the
I ordinary small family size up to a range
> which would furnish food so- the con
i" vention. There are gas irons, ready to
S, press hubby's trousers while ho waits
£■ in the bnth room. There are gas heat
e—rr- forth ■ bath, warranted to produce
u tubful of boiling water while you dis
i.s. robe. Theta are gns heaters which stay
ih down in the basement and send up hot
». water through pipes when you turn the
K, spigot and wait awhile.
Also Some Lamps.
There are gas lamps with 756 kinds of
I' incandescent mantles, ench better than
the other. There are gas lamps whi. b
F stand straight up. upside down and
sidewise. And—these are for manufa< -
turers’ interest only -there arc gas in, .
>* tens of a hundred types, all high-geared
' and well oiled, guaranteed to work day
and night, whether In n union house
hold or the home of a plutocrat. Th<r.
are quarter-in-the-slot meters ingeni
ously devised to shut off the gas just
when the visitor in the household has
drawn his fourth ace and Is ready to
rake in the pot. For details of exhibit
see catalogue
Officials of the Atlanta Gas Light
Company are hosts to the convention,
and this company alone is spending
thousands of its hard-earned dollars on
entertainment and other expenses. Big
pipes have been run above ground from
the mains to the Auditorium, which
formerly was lighted by electricity
alone, and smaller pipes load to every
square yard in the great building,
’■eady to lie tapped for various appa
ratus. The amount of gas used next
' week will keep the company hustling,
for the exposition w i I use as much ns
ail the hotels, -estaurants md public
buildings combined. The local com
pany and Its officials plan. .: dozen din
ners and a theate- party nt the Grand
when the whole house will be reserve 1
for the visitors. More than 1,500 dele
gates are expected to be present by
Monday.
f. The exposition will not be open to
the public every day. There will he
f days when only the manufacturers and
dealers in gas fixtures and appliances
will be admitted. For it is to them,
rather than to the public, that the man
ufacturers of appliances •pp al Nearly
every gas company in tin- eountiv si -
fittings and applinn< <-s in order to en
courage heavier consumption of iras.
BOIL ER OF GRIST MILL
THREE KILLED
OLIVE HILI. KY . Nov. 30. Robert
Hedge, Bob Baker and a young -on of
Robert Erwin w> killed. William
Knipp. Willard Erwin. Matthis James
and Enley < twuey were painfully hurt
late yesterday alt' : noon. who, a g. st
mill boiler expiom c
SISTER OF DECATUR MAN DIES
GREENSBORO, < A. N.v. -Th
funeral of Miss Lou Mitchell, et Union
Point, was conduit d at Bethesda
t church. Rev. J «. i allaway. of I’enlield,
officiating. The as-I is survived
,by two brothers, I nd V o Mitch
ell, of 1 lecatu
Local Sleeping Car At
klanta to Chattanooga, via
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Eyeaves Atlanta Terminal
hation 8:20 P. M , Occupy
at Chattanooga until 7 A. M.
SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
By JAMES B NEVIN.
The c ompilation of the national pres.
• •ientiai vote is approximately complet
and tin results ar- most interesting,
' . J tl • ’ A
j
and will settle a
few Georgia I /
still unadjusted,
even if It is spi - ‘
■ifically and em- 1
■ ■ gall I
tiie law to bet on
elections in Geor
gia.
A s i n d I • a t <■ d
sev< ra 1 eeks ago,
the chief point of I
Interest In the re.
turns is the falling
off - the astonish
ing falling off of
the vote this year
as compared with
the vote of t'om
years ago.
Wilson did not
v>i.■ ' i : ~ '
poll the Democratic Bryan vote of 190$.
and the total Republican vote of Roose
velt and Taft fell even shorter of the
vote cast for Taft when Bryan and
Taft were pitted against each other.
Wilson’s total in the nation is 6,156,-
784, us against 6.393,182 for Bryan last
time, which indicates that Bryan had
236,434 vot< n margin In 1908 oyer the
total I>< mocratic vote this year.
Roosevelt and Taft together this year
got 7.304.562, which is 333,114 l-ss than
Taft got last time.
These flgut-s show a total decrease
In the vote this year of 569,7.84 in the
two old parties!
In the split of the Republican vote
Roosevelt got 3,928,140, as against Taft’s
3,376,422, which shows a difference of
521.718 in Roosevelt's favor—much less
than many persons thought the differ
ence would be.
Roosevelt and Taft together totalled
1,147,814 over Wilson, and that Is about
100,000 less than Taft beat Bryan In
1908.
Chafin, the Prohibitionist, got just
about the same vote nationally that he
got last time, but Debs nearly doubled
his vote —running this time interest
ingly close to a round million in all!
The figures carry various meanings,
of course, as politicians analyze them
according to their various shades of
opinion.
The strangest thing about It all is
that the total vote, which should have
run nearly 1,500,000 more tnis time than
it did last —by reason of Increased pop
ulation • actually fell oft' half a million!
When on January 1 Jo. S Roy Holds,
Solicitor general of the Augusta cir
cuit superior court, retires, one of the
most popular as well as most efficient
prosecuting attorneys in Georgia will
have finished a fine term of service.
Mr. Reynolds has been solicitor for
twelve years—three full terms Antici
pating his retirement, the grand juries
In every county in his circuit have
passed highly complimentary resolu
tions concerning him and the excellent
work he has done as solicitor.
Mr. Reynolds retired voluntarily, as
it is agreed In Augusta that be might
have had the office again for the ask
ing.
He will be succeeded by A. L. Frank
lin. who won out, after a hard fight,
over 1 S. Peebles ami Wallav, B.
Pierce, both good men and amply quali
fied for the office.
Mr. Franklin Is one of the younger
members of the Augusta bar and has
made a splendid record In the practice
of Ills profession.
M L. Brittain, state superintendent
of schools, is undertaking to standard
ize the county schools in Georgia.
This is a yvork of a highly construc
tive nature, and its consummation is
very dear to the heart of the state
school head.
bi a circular letter which he is send
ing out. Mr. Brittain provides for both
parents and school officials a test by
which they .an know whether their
schools ate doing the yvork which they
and the state authorities have the right
to expem for the money expended.
Congressman-eli ct Charles R. Crisp
passed throng.i Atlanta today on his
way to Washington and th- opening of
the short session of the present con
gress.
Mr. Crisp yyi.l not take his seat in the
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■ until tio ti. he will continue his duties
as boa c parllum* ntxi lan.
Mr. < lisp, like most Dt-moi ratio con
gr. sstnen nowadays, i.- v-: y optimistic
with respe. t to the outlook. He be
lieves that the Denio, it . by proceed
ing sen iibly, may hold th- fort for
many years to coin-; and he believes,
moreover, that they will proc. > d sanely
If tin re is any one thing that bothers
Mr. < rlsp at all, 1; is th<- narrow margin
of control by which the Democrats will
prevail in the s. nate.
"If we might transfer a portion of
our big house majority —which really Is
blgg»*r than it need be to the senate,
we should then be absolutely assured of
working; Democratic administration
all the way through," said Mr. Crisp
"As it. Is. however, we shall, hi all prob
ability, be all right in the senate!''
The Cordele Rambler has despaired,
in a measure, of electing "a south Geor
gia man" to the governorship and has
transferred its hope to middle Georgia
and Colon-l Charles R. Pendleton.
1 Significantly enough, The Rambler
says:
It seems next to impossible to
’ elect a man from south Georgia
I for governor We would suggest
that next we put a candidate in the
field from Macon, which, though, in
middle Georgia is really headquar
-1 ters for our section of the state.
We believe Colonel Pendleton,
editor of The Macon Telegraph, to
be one of the very ablest men in
the state. He has experience and
learning—ls both theoretical and
' practical; sane and conservative,
f while at the same time is progres
i slve and constructive.
He is a man of whom we would
all be proud to acknoyyledge as our
I governor. Colonel Pendleton has
1 not sought office and is not u poll
-1 tlcian. but wouldn’t it be real re
freshing to go out of the ranks of
1 politicians and select a real fine
character like Colonel Pendleton
1 for our standard-bearer? Ho is
south Georgia’s hope.
It likely would be Impossible to get
> Colonel Pendleton Into a race for gov
-1 ernor. but if he would agree to run, he
f '.vould, indeed, make an ideal candidate.
Not only would south Georgia rally
J splendidly to him, but it is as sure as
‘ anything can be that a large part of
1 north Georgia would be equally as en
thusiastic.
He has fought the battles of Democ
racy standing straight up all the tirrfe,
. too--in season and out. In good fortune
ami bad, and there is nothing he could
* accept that he would not richly deserve,
t But when it comes to getting hhn to
1 run if The Rambler can put that over,
Its proposition yvill have been solved In
r Its most difficult aspect.
PAROLED CONVICT FINDS
HIMSELF WORTH $30,000
t
MONTGOMERY. ALA Nov. 30.
’ After 23 years in the Alabama peni
tentiary. Albert Kelley, an aged Col
bert county negro convict, who was pa
. roll d as a Thanksgiving gift by Gov
, ernor O’Neal because of his faithful
. service to the state, finds himself a rich
. man.
Kelley was given a life sentence for
■ murder. When he left his horn.- for the
penitentiary be possessed a small piece
> of land in what is now the city of Bir
mingham. It was then worth a nominal
sum, SIOO to S2OO. After Kelley was
, liberated Thursday he found that the
. land has increased to a value of fully
$30,000.
’■ J. W. MASSEY DIES AT JESUP.
JESCI*, GA., Noy. 30.—J. W. Massey,
of this city, died yesterday at his home
, hero, Mr. Massey yvas formerly ticket
agent at the Union depot, but for a
year had been In ill health. The funeral
yvill be held from his homo on Plum
1 street tomorroyv morning and interment
yvill be «t the Jesup cemetery.
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SLAVING SDLM
HF MOOT OF
LANOLIDF
Robert Sloan Tells of Killing of
Aged Peddler. Implicating
“Shot” Risley.
Declaring that had it not been for a
woman’s curiosity he m y er would havs
be-n arrested. Robert Lee Sloan, held
in the police station, confessed today
that he was present at the murder of
William Franklin, an aged miser, and
named Frank Risley as the actual slay
er. Risley, also held as a suspect, de
nies any knowledge of the crime, and
says he can establish an alibi. (
It was Mrs. Owen Webb, of 106 Gil
mer streel, who found Sloan's blood
stained clothing in his room and told
the police of this clew. Mrs. Webb Is
the former Ruby Gaither, the woman
yvhose incarceration in the city stock
ade a few years ago led to a crusade
which brought about reform in that in
stitution. It was Ruby Gaither who
was “strung up" by her thumbs to a
hook in the wall and left hanging there.
"If I hadn’t been fool enough to leave
those clothes in her house I'd never
have been arrested,” said Sloan. "Trust
a woman for getting a man into trou
ble."
Risley, a young teamster, known to
his acquaintances as “Shot,” declared
Sloan's statement a “frame-up.” He,
denied any knowledge of the crime.
“1 was at the house of L. P. Gibson, a
dairyman, in East Atlanta, Saturday
night at the time this murder was done,"
he said. "I can prove that."
The two will be arraigned before Re
corder Broyles next Tuesday.
Sloan’s confession was, in substance,
as follows:
“I was standing near I’ratt street
(only a few yards from No. 224) when
old man Franklin passed and went into
224. ‘Shot’ Risley came along a few
feet behind, and asked me to step in
with him to buy some apples from the
peddler. 1 walked in with him. There
was not a hint of robbery or murder,
and I went with Risley merely to buy
the fruit.
"We walked into the old man’s room.
There wasn’t any light except two can
dles burning on a cigar box. ‘Shot’ told
the peddler he wanted to buy a dime's
worth of apples. Franklin stooped over
his fruit box and selected four apples.
’Shot' told him he wanted six for a
dime, and that he could get them at
that price in the Decatur street fruit
stands.
"They had a few words, to the best
of my recollection, and while the old
man was still stooping over the fruit
box ‘Shot’ picked up a window weight
lying nearby, striking the old peddler
over the head. The old man dropped
to the floor without saying a word I
couldn’t, stand the sight of blood, and 1
stepped outside the door. Presently
'Shot' came out. He told me not to
say anything about what 1 had seen,
ami he would divide with me. He
poured a handful of gold coins into my
hand. It was a little more than SIOO.
He wont home, and I went to my board
ing place on Gilmer street. That was
the last I've seen of Risley until 1 saw
him in prison.”
ADVERTISING JESUP.
JESUP, GA., Nov. 30.—The Jesup
Board of Trade is beginning a cam
paign of advertising for this city and
county. A descriptive booklet is to be
published. The board now has a paid
secretary-treasurer to answer all in
quiries concerning this section.
TO DEDICATE TEMPLE DEC. 5.
DALTON, GA., Nov, 30. Arrange
ments have been completed for the
dedication of the handsome Masonic
temple here on the evening of Decem
ber 5.
TRADE BOARD OF
DECATUR TO SEEK
100 NEW MEMBERS
The committee on membership of the
Decatur Board of Trade will meet at the
council chamber in Decatur tonight at
8 o*clock to plan a short campaign for
new members.
The organization now ha.? more than
200 members, and it is expected that this
campaign will increase the number to 300
The plan is t«> complete the work by
Thursday night of next week. Each
member of the committee will be allotted
several names and he will see those per
sons.
The committee is as follows: George
It. Jones, chairman; Erank W. Ansley, A.
R. Almon, J. E. Bodenhamer, A. D.
Brooks, Brooks G. Brown, G. Scott Can
dler, I*. F. Callahan, J. V. Dunlap, J
Taylor Green, John F. Green, W. H. S.
Hamilton, G. C. Jossey, ]>. F. Kirkpatrick,
R. B. Knox, J. A. Montgomery, Charles
A. Matthews, Charles D. McKinney,
George M Napier, \V. A. Ozmer, W. J.
Dabney, R. C. \\'. Ramspeck, J. J. Scott,
J. C. Thompson and I*. L. Weekes.
DR. DUNBAR OGDEN TO
PREACH ON SIN’S WAGES
Contrasting the different promises of
reward held out to man, Dr. Dunbar
Ogden will preach Sunday morning at
the Central Presbyterian church on
“The Wages of Sin vs. the Gift of
God." He has just returned from Jack
sonville, Fla., where he spoke before a
union gathering of all th< Protestant
churches of Jacksonville.
“The wages of sin is death, but the
gift of God is eternal life.” is the fa
mous quotation from Romans on which
the message will be founded. At the
evening hour, 8 o’clock, Dr. Ogden will
speak on “A Vision of Victory in the
Hour of Conflict."
EXPLODING GAS KILLS
TWO DRILLING WELL
WHEELING, W. VA.. Nov. 30.—While
drilling for oil last night on the Robert
Fiffin farm, a mile above Martins Ferry,
Ohio, two men were killed and a third
seriously injured as a result of a terrific
gas explosion.
Today a flame of fire is spouting 50
feet up In the air, and the well will
probably be a complete ruin before the
fire is checked.
DR. J. WADE CONKLING
TALKS OF FIRE WORSHIP
The. Cole men’s class will hear a lec
ture tomorrow morning at the Unitarian
church at 10 o’clock, on the subject of
"Fire Worship," by Dr. J. Wade Conk
ling. This is the fourth lecture in a
series by various speakers who will pre
sent the historical and philosophical
points of old religions.
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No. 18, from Columbus, will arrive
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No. 41. for West Point, will leave At
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