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VOL. XL NO- WL
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MISTIGE;
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Tnke Part in Peace Nego-
tiations and Remain Mem-
oei of Balkan League.
FRANCE SEES VICTORY
FOR HER DIPLOMACY
Harmony Restored in 48 Hours
After Warning from the
Republic.
PARES. Dee. 6.—Greece has signed
the general armistice terminating the
Turico-Balkan war, according to a dis
patch received here from Constantino
ple.
Official announcement has been made
at Athens that Greece will take part in
the peace negotiations and will remain
a member of the Balkan league. Greece
previously refused to sign the armistice
in order to strengthen her position in
Epirus, it was stated.
Peace negotiations will begin in Lon.
don on December 16.
French officials later said that con
firmation of signing of the armistice by-
Greece would demonstrate the power
of French diplomacy, as it was only 48
hours ago that Monsieur Poincaire,
minister of foreign affairs, notified the
Greek minister here that his govern
ment should not delay too long in seek
ing peace because of the general dan
ger to the international situation.
Situation Between
Powers Very Tense
BEKLi 6 -German diplomats to
day admitted for the first time that the
line o demarcation between the triple
alliance (Germany, Austria and Italy)
and the triple entente (England, France
and Russia, has been drawn to the break
ing point, and that any- sudden pressure
either way might precipitate the bloodiest
warfare in the world’s history.
One leading diplomat described the sit
uation thus:
"We hope, but there is more preparation
'han hope. No one can tell what the next
wenty four hours will bring forth.”
Tie went on to explain that the speech
nf Foreign Minister Poincaire before the
French chamber of deputies yesterday
had caused no ripple on the surface, it
avlng been expected that France would
set forth her views following Germany’s
exposition in the speech of Chancellor
Von Betinnann Hollweg.
Italy must be soothed now as a result
•' the Greek bombardment of Avalona, a
strategic point as regards the safety of
the Italian coast on the Adriatic sea.
it is understood that Italy and Austria
are preparing a joint protest to the
Greek government with a demand for an
explanation.
U. S. ENGINEER TO
RECOMMEND WORK
ON DARIEN HARBOR
SAVANNAH. GA., Dec. 6.—Colonel
Dan C. Kingman, of the corps of en
gineers, has received a telegram from
General Bixby, chief of engineers, in
" ashington, D. C.. requesting him to
attend a conference there of the board
ot engineers on rivers and harbors,
«hich will meet next week to discuss
I be improvement of the Darien harbor.
1 olonel Kingman states that he is on
' ecord as not favoring the improvement
II Darien harbor. He will recommend,
Mowever that If the harbor be im-
F'oec. the work be centered upon
r ' r river and Sapelo island sound,
11 stead of Doboy sound, as at first pro
posed. Doboy sound, he says, is full
'hitting sand, which makes it diffi
‘u 5 if not impossible, to cut a per
’ 11 n, channel, while the other route,
' a little longer, is entirely prac
f ' Kingman will probably leave
gton Saturday.
Ul u e $MEN FEAR BOY, 6.
M GHT ‘nfluence them
J , BrS ' °HIO. Dec. 6.—The
■ear,.n ” ' he eourt room of the sl *‘
n e i, ° n Joseph Wilson is mak
u, ; exceed *nßly difficult to obtain a
her C ? minal COUrt * where the fa
|f.r i ' le (r ' e d for first-degree mur
connection with the killing of his
I*. Rnsiiia Wilson.
1 - orp " r S * tS his fathcr and nearly
excused ,rom the jury
fra ith , declarcd that they were
p, .'” J " ould be Influenced by the
if they j n llu .
AD MEN'S CLUB TO MEET.
I, I( . J club of Atlanta will
- ..nj,-; 1 ?. ' ,<U .“’"bthly business meet
. ■ ‘•Wo clock in the rooms
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Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and Tar Baby to Romp Again on Wren’s Nest Lawn
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Abatement of Smoke
Evil Worth 55,000,000
Annually to St. Louis
Existence of Evil Costs Chicago
$50,000,000 and Whole Coun
try $500,000,000.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 6.—About $5,000,000
annually has been gained by St. Louis
by the abatement of the smoke nui
sance, according to the latest report is
sued by the Women's Organization for
Smoke Abatement.
This is in contrast with reported
losses of $8,000,000 by Cincinnati, $6.-
000,000 by Cleveland and $50,000,000
by Chicago, respectively, owing to
smoke. The country as a whole suf
fers a loss of more than $500,000,000
annually, it is said. The women will
now endeavor to determine the loss in
life because of the smoke.
Damage to merchandise, increased la
bor in housekeeping, the expense of
soiled linen. tarnishing of metals, de
facement and begriming of buildings
help to swell the total loss.
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HANDS. STUTTERS ROBBER
ST. IXJVIS, Dec. 6.—-The highway
man who attacked Frank Hoffman may
be Identified by his halting speech.
"T-t-t-t-th-tli-throw up-p-p-p y-y
--y-y-yo-yo-yo-ur hands," the man stam
mered. Hoffman did. "G-g-g-g-glve
m-m-m-me y-y-y-your m-m-m
“Aw, .‘ ; ay." interrupted Hoffman. ‘Cut
out trying to talk and get the money.
I don't want that gun pointing at me
so long.”
The robber kept still for the rest of
the procedure and managed to extract
$lB from Hoffman.
POISON IS DUMPED IN
WELL TO KILL FAMILY
GLASGOW. KY. ( Dec. 6 —At Center,
a village in Metcalfe county, the citi
zens are excited over an attempt to poi
son Mr. and Mrs. Boss Henry, promt
nent citizens of that place.
Persons visited the home and put
paris green in the well. The first
known of it was when Mr. Henry drew
water for breakfast. He was In the
act of drinking the water wdien he dis
covered the poison. It is estimated 15
pounds of the poison was dumped in
the well,
VIRGIL ANSON LEWIS DEAD.
MAHON CITY. W. VA.. Dec. 6.—Vir
gil Anson Lewis state arehivist iml his
torlini. iml one of West Virginia's dis
tinguished men of lettiis, died ai Ins
hmm hel e lute last night.
WSfV ' H ikiC*- 'Affifi
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‘’l nde Remus" himself. This is a striking picture of Joel
Chandler Harris in the days when his fame as a writer of stories
for children young and old was at its height. The sketches be
low are from artist's conceptions of the characters he made fa
mous.
MAJOR J. C. MALLORY,
SOCIETY MAN, LEAPS
10 FLOORS TO DEATH
NEW YORK, Dec. 6. —Major John
Conrad Mallory, U. S. A., retired, and a
member of New York and Philadel
phia’s most exclusive set, leaped to
death today from a room in his suite on
tile tenth floor of the Manhattan hotel
at Madison avenue and Forty-second
street.
The suicide was most dramatic. At
least 100 pe> sons in the street saw the
leap and many shouted to the aged man
to gq back as they saw him poise.him
self on the window sill.
Major Mallory was appointed to the
United States Military academy from
Alabama September 16, 1863. He was
retired with the rank of major April '
23. 1904. His retirement was for dis
ability incurred in the line of duty.
Major Mallory had been suffering 1
from melancholia for a long time. He
was in such a state of depression that '
his valet was under orders to watch
him constantly.
Mrs. Mallory, who was Miss Jeanne
Turnure, daughtei of Lawrence Tur
nure. the late New York banker, was tn 1
the apartment when the suicide oc- 1
curred. With her also was tlie valet
and Garrick Maliery, a son.
VARSITY “THALIANS”
TO PLAY ROSEMARY” |
ATHENS, GA., Nov. 6 —The University
Players club, "The Thalians,” will pre
sent "Rosemary” at the Athens opera
house tonight, the occasion being a rare ,
social event of the fall festivities. The ,
performance will be followed by a sub- .
scription dance at the Auditorium while |
many box parties have been arranged for ,
the entertainment.
Henry Howard, of Lexington, and Miss ,
Mary Lyndon, of Athens, will be the lead- ,
ing characters. A number of Atlanta
boys who are attending the university are
also in the cast, including Clark Howell. ,
Jr., George Harrison, Ed McCartney and
Charles McDaniel. x
ATHENS POULTRY SHOW CLOSES.
CHIENS, GA.. Nov. 6. The second an- i
nual poultry show of the Southern Poul- l
tri association of Athens came to a close .
yesterday after a very successful three <
days' exhibit I.oving Brown made the •
iix .'.if <nd ;•>..t.o'inecd the show as one i
oi tlie best he had ever attended. <
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1912.
BAPTISTS WILL ADD
TO OLD TABERNACLE
INFIRMARY BUILDING
Plans are being made today for the
construction of another hospital build
ing as an adjunct to the Tabernacle
Infirmary, following the sale yesterday
of the infirmary property at tlie south
east corner of Bartow and Luckie
streets. The improvement plans are
incomplete, but probably will include
tearing away the present nurses dor
mitory to make way for the new hos
pital addition.
The Tabernacle infirmary goes into
the hands of the Georgia Baptist con
vention, and Baptists are glad that it is
to stay in the family. The Tabernacle
made the proposition to sell and the
convention voted to pay $85,000.
For years the infirmary has been an
integral part of the Baptist tabernacle
bin has entered a larger field and thus
finds its proper place as an institution
of the state Baptists. Tlie property is
128 feet on Luckie street, and brought
$665 a front foot. The sellers declare
this was not tlie true valuation in tlie
Atlanta real estate market, but they
did not want to make a profit out of
the transaction.
Dr. George M. Niles savs tlie infir
mary will be greatly improved and will
be a credit to the Baptists and tin
state.
BUTTS COUNTY REALTY
BRINGS $47 PER ACRE
JACKSON, GA., Dec. 6.—At public
sale here about $26,000 worth of Butts
county real estate changed hands Most
of the property was sold by administra
tors. The administrator of I). N. Car
michael sold 583 acres of farm property
and some valuable city property belong
ing to the estate. The highest price paid
for anj’ land was $4" per acre
JUDGE FLYNT IN CUBA
ON HIS WEDDING TRIP
JACKSON, GA.. Dec. 6. —Judge H M.
Fletcher, of the city court of Jackson,
is presiding over tlie city court of Grif
fin this week in the absence of Judge J.
J. Flynt. who is in Cuba on his wed
ding trip. ludge Flynt's marrh.gi last
week was an event of interest to his
friends over th<- state. There is . heavy
docket.
Teachers in Atlanta Schools to
Tell Children of Noted
Author Monday.
By Dudley Glass
I If the West End children who skate
anti run and laugh before the shadiest
yard in Gordon street were to hurry and
Ire dressed before breakfast next Monday
and steal softly up the terraced lawn and
around behind the wistaria vines they
might see—if they had not lost their
’ children's visions and begun to have the
f eyes of little grown folks—they might see
> a strange, misty pageant, like little bits
. of cloud blown by a breeze, just where
the sunshine melts into the shadow of the
old frame house.
If they kept perfectly still and be
’ lieved In the things their mothers taught
• them and didn't think Santa Claus was
i all a story, they might see Brer Rabbit
- and the Tar Baby and Brer Fox and a
whole story book full of queer folk danc
ing on the lawn.
And they might see Mt. Man and Old
1 Mis’ Meaders and her daughters joining
In the dance, while Aunt Minervy Ann
and Uncle Billy Sanders, the Sage of
i Shady Dale, looked on and smiled.
( The Old. Old Negro Man.
> And right in the center of the sun
shine they might see an old, old negro
man, with grizzly gray whiskers and a
shiny bald head and a crooked cane, hold
ing by the hand a wide-eyed little boy.
I And the old. old negro would be I'ncle
Remus the real Uncle Remus, who told
the stories to the little boy which other
! little boys and girls have heard ever since
their papas and mammas were little boys
and little girls themselves. But they
would have to see with children's eyes.
You can see anything, you know, if you’ll
only believe hard enough.
For next Monday is I'ncle Remus'
birthday. Not the really, truly I'ncle Re
‘ mus, you know, but Joel Chandler Har
ris, the quiet, soft-voiced man. with the
big black hat and the twinkle in his
' eyes, who used to live in the old house
up the long walk, and who wrote so many
stories about the good old negro and the
little boy that everybody began to call
him I'ncle Remus when they didn’t for
get and call him Brer Rabbit.
And they say that on every one of his
birthdays the animal people and all the
other queer folk he made wake up at
dawn and climb out of the books in the
. old bookcase In the study and come
trooping out to the lawn to dance and
play. It is the story folks celebration,
just like the children's lawn party every
. summer in the field behind the big house
except grown folks can't come
Many Children Remember Him.
Some of the children who haven't
climbed out of the fourth reader yet can
* remember when I'ncle Remus lived in the
Continued on Page Two.
Another granddaughter of
“I'ncle Remus.” She, too, is a
daughter of Lucien Harris.
JUDGE FITE CALLS
FOR A DIVISION OF
CHEROKEE CIRCUIT
DALTON. GA„ Dec. 6.—The need of
dividing the Cherokee circuit into two
judicial circuits is almost imperative,
according to a statement made by
Judge A. W. Fite here, and he backed
his statement by cold figures.
In going over the Whitfield county
dockets, he found that the civil busi
ness had grown almost 200 per cent
during the past five years, with a slight
increase in criminal business. In 1908
there were 51 civil cases entered, and
this year the number had increased to
147, the increase being no sudden
jump, but gradual.
“The same conditions that prevail
here are in evidence in all parts of the
circuit,” said Judge Fite, "and it is im
possible to satisfactorily dispatch the
business with the present arrangement.
Tlie attorneys frequently complain that
they are worked too hard; but the cir
cuit is so big it is necessary. An addi
tional judge should be furnished the
six counties in order to relieve the
congested dockets.”
It is not improbable that a bill to di
vide the circuit into two circuits will be
introduced in the next legislature.
ATLANTA AND AUGUSTA
OFFER ACADEMY SITES
WASHINGTON, GA., Dec. 6—Whether
Atlanta or Augusta will be awarded the
St Josephs academy , recently burned at
Washington, will soon be known. Bishop
Benjamin F. Keiley, of the Catholic dio
cese of Savannah, was in conference in
Washington yesterday with representa
tives from these tw<> cities. Both At
lanta and Augusta have offered strong
inducements for the location of the school,
in the form of sites and money.
It has been positively determined to re
build tl.e sclieul.
EIGHT-STORY BUILDING
GOING UP AT ATHENS
ATHENS. GA., Nov. 6.—Contracts have
been let for the Holman building, ex
cavations for which have already been
finished. Work will begin on the con
struction in a few days. The building Is
tn be located at Lumpkin and Clayton
streets and is to be eight stories high, the
tallest in northeast Georgia The con
tract culls for completion by September
1, next. The owner Is W. S. Holman,
one of the most successful men
in this city
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2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
BLEASE GETS
REBUKE FOR
PROFANE
SPEECH
Women Leave Governors’ Con«
ference When S. C. Execu
tive Uses Foul Language.
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GILCHRIST, OF FLORIDA.
MAKES STINGING RETORT
For Second Time Palmetto.
State Is Put in Attitude of
Indorsing Mob Law. / ;
RICHMOND, VA.. Dec. 6.—“ To belt
with the constitution,” said Cole
Blease, governor of South Carolina, in 4
speech before the conference of gov<
ernors in session here. Immediately 2-3
women, some of them wives and daugh<
ters of governors, who were Intereeted
spectators at the meeting, arose and
left the hall. When thus rebuked fop
his profanity, Governor Blease ceased
speaking and took his seat.
The offensive remark came while tha
South Carolina executive was making
his second sensational speech before
his fellow governors tn defense of mob
law and lyching for negro assailants
of white women.
Gilchrist Comes / , ,
T ©South’s Defense.
Feeling that the utterances of Bleasa
in the presence of women, such as those
w-ho had just left the convention hall,
was a reflection on Southern chivalry.
Governor Albert W. Gilchrist, of Flori
da, stingingly called the South Caro
linan to task for his profane speech
and lack of consideration of those pres
ent. He was applauded as he declare,l:
‘The first thing that indicates a
manly man or womanly woman is
thoughtful consideration for other peo
ple.”
The incident came about when Gov
ernor Joseph N. Carey, of Wyoming,
asked if Governor Blease had not taken
an oath to uphold the constitution and
laws of his state and If these laws did
not protect negroes as well as whites,
Blease replied:
Blease Profane f . ■
In Lynch Talk.
"I will answer that question, and f
hope the newspaper men will get it
right, for in my campaign in South
Carolina they found that I am a fighter
—and a cold-blooded fighter. When the
constitution steps between me and the
defense of the virtue of the white wom
en of my state, I w-ill resign my com
mission and tear it up and throw it to
the breeze. I have heretofore said, ‘To
hell with the constitution.’ ”
Mobs Worse t
Than Murders.
Governor John F. Shafroth, of Colo
rado, referred to the lynch law doc
trine thus:
“One mob can do more injury to so
ciety than 20 murders, because a lynch
ing permeates the entire community
and produces anarchy. The influence ot
mob rule is most reprehensible. When
laws are made It should be the duty of
a governor to enforce them, whether he
approves of them or not. When the
law prescribes hanging for an offense,
and a man is found guilty, he should
be hanged, whether white or black, and
there is no excuse for mob laws. I
conceive it to be our duty as governors
ot declare for law and order.”
PROPER TO KILL MAN
WHO HUGS YOUR WIFE,
SAYS JURY IN TEXAS
DALLAS, TEXAS. Dec. 6.—A man
has a right to kill another man who
hugs his wife, according to the grand
jury here, which exonerated Arthur
Turner, who shot and killed William
McKinney, of Grand Prairie.
Mrs. Turner said McKinney hugged
and offered to kiss her after she had
brought him a drink of water. Mc-
Kinney, ‘according to the testimony,
had known the girl since childhood and
looked upon her almost as his own
daughter.
PINCHED BY OTIS SKINNER.
ACTRESS SUES FOR $5,000
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Dec. 6.—Otis
Skinner, star of "Kismet," is the de
fendant today in a suit tiled by Miss
Mollie Quinn, a supernumerary in the
company, who wants s.’>,ooo from Mr.
Skinner, alleging he pinched her arm in
the bazaar scene of the first act, until
she ran off the stage because of the
pain. Mr. Skinner scoffed at the charges
and declared he di<i not remember Miss
Quinn.