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Vol xl xo. W 9.
iEKWS
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I ■OHIO
Kill Request Wilson, on Return
Koine, to Make Date Month
K Earlier Than Promised.
■COULD MAKE TARIFF
■ MEASURE LAW BY JULY
■Underwood Says Manufactur-
U er s Are Marking Time Wait
i ing for New Schedules.
■ IV I'H’. XiiT< >N. Dec. 9. —On the re-
■ _ ; v-..Hi.b-nt -■ -lect Woodrow Wil-
■ t ■ .T.ts who are to be forceful
■ . --haninn tariff legislation at the ex-
session of congress which
■ . ..pi-rior Wilson lias announced he Is
■to call not later than April 15 are to
■urge the president-elect to convene this
■extraordinary session on March 15.
yip. Democrat who is at the head of
■ <J ?:: „ v . m< nt is < ’soar W. Underwood,
■chairman of the ways and means coni-
Supporting Mr. Underwood in
■ ~ » are Representative Edward
■w. Townsend and nearly all of the New
■ j«rsev congressmen, as well as many
■ from New York. the New England and
■ t!.. m’.iid W>-tern. Northwestern and
■ far Western states.
■ Tn. fret, it is known that the vast
■ major.’j of the re-elected Democratic
■ congressman are heartily in favor of
■ calling the extraordinary session on
■ Mar. Concerning the newly elect-
■o; members, the sentiment is agree-
■ able to that date so far as it could be
■ ascertained.
■ When Governor Wilson returns to
■ Trenton, X. .1., he is to begin his con-
■ Wan.'es with leading Democrats of the
■ <our.tr>. This statement was made by’
■ William !•'. McCombs, chairman of the
■ Iksnoeratic national committee.
■ Underwood to
I Call On Wilson.
R .li. McCombs had nothing to say
■ Personally on the question, but it is
■ quit, well known that Representative
B 1 ~J< t-wood is to be one of the presl-
■ 'ler.t-ei. ct's visitors. On that visit, it
B s'.i.ti-., Mr, Underwood is to suggest
■ . tne president-elect that the quicker
B extraordinary session is called the
B Htc.r it will be for the business inter-
R fsts o' the country, and the quicker
■ the new tariff bill to be prepared by
■ Mr. Underwood's committee and ac-
R opted or amended by the house and
R <h- senate will be ready’ for President
■ Milson's signature.
■ 1 believe firmly with a number of
H ay Democratic colleagues," Represen-
H’akve Underwood said, "that it would
■ he advisable for President Wilson to
H cab the extraordinary session as quick-
R c afte: . - A| arch 4as possible. I have no
R hesitation in suggesting the date to be
■ -'larch 15.
I In my daily mail are many letters,
■ ipally from textile manufacturers,
■ y^ ut ' st ' n g that I give them the best
■ mtion at my command as to the
■ hew schedules for their goods. Os
I -i) ' ' , . can Five them no information.
Is '? ’' r * tv * ba * they are slowing down
I usiness and hesitate to go ahead
I * caus,? <’f the uncertainty of the sched
| t" be adopted in the tariff bill as--
I a ‘ their goods.
I , ,"Th.< new tariff bill must first be pre-
I the ways and means commit-
I ■' then go to the house for
I ...'l 1 " nts an< * subsequently to the
I ■r, j ( may be anien j etl and
| - to the house, and so on and
I Ullti! ’’ eventually reaches the
„ ’’ 1 for bis signature.
Could Be Law
Next July.
“ ie could convene the extraordi
on March 15 I could almost
.... /' . the business of the coun
!,'i certain circumstances, that
bill would bo in the hands of
p. ‘ April 15. Os course, if
“ “‘‘*ff bill is to be adopted
j. v r> .' " y greater celerity
th.- '. ' ' JR ‘'ttained, and yet
matt, a ' lifter< ‘ nce °f opinion on" that
8ch...r,. ■ lou '“ e eou 'd adopt a number of
the ■- t ;.m an i <J r th , ey . coul( l go over to
like in ini’,v, 1 ’ et ’ t, ? at wi,b something
of pu i “ ' V US ‘“'tion and unanimity
“'‘‘'hted <“ P . Uew tariff blll f°tlld be
‘" r inin no't t ß , gne l l,y ~le president
Th" ' lat ‘ r ,ha n July next.
h ,f e sJ uref! of ,lle new bill,
sin ilnr sh,5 h, “ st doubt ’ win be al
bill ' ls n,,t >d'-ntical, with the
" bi. li th. ~r'’ bi st session and
u ' President vetoed.
m' ritlfv n’ , < h< ’ Btates ,le °-
r - O I. , ~ bf'oine tax will act
’ s ... .’ ial proposition during
’ x " ,bH t ‘‘Vent an income
substituted in tit, new
' ■ Ol'|,oration and the excise
. '"U-rexHed. though, more and
■rit.i of action » dm to
.. 1 . 1, . , 1 K1 ‘ Imerest> of ti,e
H,. buHitiPhs men muv
H ' U" what Un. < they arc ta
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
Meat Inspector Eats
Sausage to Test It: to
Prosecute When Able
Only Thing Which Prevents
Speedy Trial of Packing Com
pany Is Wasser’s Illness.
a.
Ill—torturingly ill—City Meat Inspec
tor A. Wasser declared today that he
had a wretched job. He said he had
eaten some sausage reported to be bad
with the result that the proof was ab
solutely too overwhelming.
J. H. Gresbach sat down with his wife
and two children to a supper of sausage
Saturday night. Before morning the
whole family was sick.
Mr. Gresbach notified the health de
partment today. Inspector Wasser went
to Fowler’s grocery store, where It had
been purchased, to inspect the meat. He
was told that It had Just been bought
from the Armour Packing Company.
Inspector Wasser hied to the local
store of the packing company. The
sausage looked good. He and one of
the employees decided they would cook
some and taste it.
They did.
Today Inspector Wasser said he had
docketed a case against the Armour
Packing Company, but that he did not
know whether he would be able to try it
tomorrow.
EX-MAYOR JOYNER
NAMED STATE FIRE
INSPECTOR TODAY
William R. Joyner, former mayor of
Atlanta, former chief of the city’s fire
department, former president of At
lanta’s baseball association and one of
the South’s veteran fire-fighters, was
today appointed state fire Inspector by
Comptroller General Wright.
The office was created by the last
legislature, but was not filled until to
day, when Colonel Wright, who is ex
officio state insurance commissioner,
named Captain Joyner. The duties of
the position involve the investigation
of every fire of a suspicious nature in
the state and a report thereon the
insurance commissioner.
Captain Joynei- is one of Georgia's
best known men. He was a volunteer
fireman and entered Atlanta’s service
when the paid department was in
stalled Prom the rank of captain he
was promoted to chief, which position
he held until he was nominated and
elected mayor.
WAKES UP SHERIFF
TO HUNT HIS DERBY
AND LANDS IN JAIL
BLUE RIDGE. GA., Dec. 9.—Tom
Rodgers, wanted by the sheriff of Cher
okee county, was returned to Canton
today, after spending a day in the Fan
nin county jail, where he landed
through most unusual and amusing cir
cumstances.
Early yesterday morning, after a
night’s "spree,” Rodgers knocked at the
jail door. Sheriff Jenkins, who is also
jailer, arose, rubbed his eyes and in
quired of the visitor what he wanted.
Rodgers said he had lost his derby and
wanted the sheriff to help hunt It.
While on the early stroll Sheriff Jen
kins discovered that Rodgers was the
man wanted by the Cherokee sheriff.
They returned to the jail before the
sheriff took him into custody. As soon
as Rodgers found that he would have
to take breakfast at the jail he made
for the open door. The sheriff caught
him by the arm and “yanked” him back
into the room. Upon searching him, he
found a .32-caliber pistol, a razor and a
pocketknife.
SMOKE MAKES FOLK
OF ATLANTA DODGE
NEEDED FRESH AIR
Commenting on the statement of S.
G. Lindholm, the municipal expert on
health and sanitation, that Atlantans
are afraid of fresh air, Dr. Claude A.
Smith, head of the city laboratory of
hygiene, said today that one of the
main reasons Atlantans kept their
doors and windows closed so tightly
was the smoke niusance.
Dr. Smith said it was absolutely es
sential for the human system to have
fresh air to be able to resist diseases,
and that people here did not fully real
ize the need of proper ventilation, f.ut
lie said that smoke did as much to keep
fresh air out of offices and homes as
the fear of cold.
GOVERNOR URGES
CHURCH UNIFORMS
FOR POOR’S BENEFIT
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—A suggestion by!
Governor Chase S. Osborn, of Michigan,
that churches adopt uniforms so that
the poor can attend service has caused
wide comment in church circles here
today. The governor's suggestion was
made in a sermon delivered In the
First Baptist church here, whose pas
tor, Rev. Myron E. Adams, is a close
friend of the Michigan executivi.
The governor, commenting on the
lack of attendance in churches by those
who are "poor ynd distressed." sug
gested that a slnipl<-.x-osttime be adopt,
ed for < lmr. h worship so that comjieti
tion In dr's would not keep anyone
away
lb- luggested simpli black tor
women |
SHOOTINGIN
nN USE
sums
FEUD
Armed Men Gather as Cleghorn
Clan Vows to Get Even
With Cochran.
RENEWS INTEREST IN
MARCHMAN MYSTERY
Youth Named as Sweetheart of
Dead Girl Shot at Three
Times by Her Kin.
ASHBURN, GA., Dec. 9.—With armed
men rapidly gathering at Raineys Set
tlement, the whole of Amboy district is
on the verge of feud warfare today as
the result of the shooting of Tan Cleg
horn by W. F. Cochran, and bloodshed
is feared as a result of this new turn in
the Minnie Marchman death mystery.
Cleghorn, slightly wounded in the
head by Cochran's bullet, is arming his
kinsmen with shotguns and has sworn
that he will even his score. The latter,
released on SSOO bond, when it was
learned Cleghorn was not hurt serious
ly, has announced that he will -defend
himself and is rallying his friends.
Met in Road and
Fight Started.
According to the story told by the
authorities. Cleghorn and his brother
met Cochran, brother-in-law of the
Marchman girl, in the road near his
home yesterday and threatened to whip
him for his persistence in investigating
the facts surrounding the girl’b death.
Both Cleghorns climbed out of their
buggy and attacked Cochran, who
knocked one of them down. As Tan
Cleghorn turned and fled Cochran fired
two bullets after him. One went
through Cleghorn’s hat and the other
inflicted a scalp wound. Cleghorn fell
as if dead and Cochran gave himself up
to Deputy Sheriff O. B. Harmon.
While the man was still in Jail mem
bers of the Cleghorn family began
gathering from all parts of Turner
county. It had been rumored widely
that Cochran had killed his man out
right.
With this new development, feeling
over the countryside, which has been
repressed for weeks while .the investi
gation of the girl’s mysterious death
had been going on, has broken and the
authorities look for trouble If members
of the two clans meet.
Cochran was released on bail this
morning. He immediately went to his
home and began preparations to defend
himself and his family against any at
tack of the Cleghorns.
Cochran Bent
On His Punishment.
Cochran instigated the investigation
of Minnie Marchman's death, and all
along insisted on a thorough probe.
Following the death, Cochran exhibited
much feeling toward Cleghorn and
seemed bent on prosecuting him. He
had never publicly made any threats
against his life, however.
The girl bad confided to her sister
in-law that she and Cleghorn were en
gaged to be married, but this Cleghorn
denied the day he showed himself in
his home community, following the
search for him. Cleghorn and the girl
had "gone together” for quite a while,
but the young man insists they were
merely friends and that he had never
loved the girl.
Believing that she had been poisoned,
the dead girl's stomach was analyzed
in Atlanta, but no trace of poison was
found.
ORDINANCE TO STOP
PARKING OF AUTOS
TO BE INTRODUCED
The council committee on legislation
will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3
o’clock to consider an ordinance pro
hibiting the parking of automobiles on
Fem.htree, Whitehall, Hunter and Ala
bama streets. Some members of coun
cil declare that the central streets ars
too congested to allow automobiles to
oe parked in them.
Not only is there opposition to the
ordinance in council, but a number of
the merchants take the view that it
would be bad for the business interests.
All interested citizens are invited to
appear before the committee and give
their arguments.
INSURANCE AGAINST
TWINS. 5 PER CENT
LONDON, l>e< 9.- Five per cent Is
the rate quoted by brokers for Insur
ance against birth of twins, it also ih
possible to lusure against a child
which might denrtvt- one of an <-.tat«
or till<
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1912.
MSILENI
IS M BES
EIHEIL
mo
Doomed Slayer Apparently Un
moved by Sobbing Pleas of
Sister and Brothers.
■>
STARES AT CELL FLOOR:
NO SIGN OF RECOGNITION
Family to Implore Governor to
Stay Execution. Set for
Friday, Thirteenth.
Weeping piteously, Mrs. \V. H. Whit
aker, only sister of Rober L. Clay,
the wife slayer and alleged maniac,
condemned to hang Friday on the Tow
er gallows, stood today before tiie
barred door of her doomed brother’s
cell and pleaded with him to speak to
her —begged for just one word.
Clay sat on his bunk with bowed
head and drooped shoulders, his long,
unkempt hair falling over his forehead.
His emotionless gaze roved about the
cell floor. He did not say a word, and
not once did he lift his head with a
glance of recognition.
Beside Mrs. Whisker stood Mrs. J.
A. Clay, sister-in-law of the con
demned man, and she, too, wept. Just
behind the women were J. A. Clay and
J. W. Clay, brothers, who were un
able to control their emotion as they
peered through the bars and joined the
women in trying to get the doomed
man to speak.
Plens of Brothers
Ignored by Slayer.
“Bob, speak to us. Don’t you know
us?” cried the brothers, but Clay main
tained the silence he has broken but
once since he was imprisoned last May.
While she pleaded at the cell door,
a three-year-old boy, son of Mrs. J. A.
Clay and nephew 6f the prisoner, tugged
at the dress of his mother and prattled
of the strange prison sight.
Outside of the cage, on the balcony
"run around," just out of sight of the
cell, stood a stalwart, rugged man, more
than six feet tall, waiting for the little
party inside. He was J. Clay, of 116
Piedmont avenue, the broken-hearted
father. He chose to remain outside
alone, saying he could not bear to look
upon his “poor boy.”
One figure was missing from the fam
ily circle as it assembled about the
condemned cell —the aged mother.
Dealh saved her this heartrending cli
max in the tragic life of her boy.
Entire Family to
Appeal to Governor.
In the event there is no stay in the
plans for the execution Friday, this
probably is the last time the relatives
will see Robert L. Clay in life.
The entire family will appear before
Governor Brown tomorrow morning
and make a last plea to save the
doomed man.
"We’ll ask the governor to give Rob
ert a life sentence, and, if he doesn’t
see fit to do the* we will ask for a
lunacy commission to examine him, and
will ask for a respite—oh, just anything
to save his life,” cried Mrs. Whitaker
when asked what plea would be made
to ihe governor.
Clemency by the governor is the final
hope for Clay, and, if it fails, the wife
slayer will pay the penalty Friday be
tween the hours of 11 and 1 o’clock.
SUIT TESTING COUNTY
SALARY ACT HEARD
IN SUPERIOR COURT
The first court test of the liilton
county salary act, which purposes to
abolish the fees of seven county offi
cials, was begun in third division of su
perior court today, when Judge Pendle
ton called to trial the commissioners’
mandamus rules against Tax Collector
Stewart, Tax Receiver Arniistead and
Ordinary Wilkinson.
Luther Rosser, county attorney, ap
peared for the board and argued that
the writ against the three officials
should be made absolute for their fail
ure to comply with the preliminaries to
the inauguration of the salary act. J.
D. Kilpatrick, conducting the defense,
maintained that the new law was un
constitutional and discriminatory.
J. S. B. THOMPSON NEAR
DEATH IN RICHMOND. VA.
RICHMOND, VA., Dec. 9. No im
provement was noted today in the con
dition of J. S. Barbour Thompson, of
Atlanta, who is extremely ill at tile
Johnston-Willis sanitarium. Ills doctors
fear the end uui> ionic nllhlu th* uuxl
day or two
Rules of Etiquette in Matter of' Noblemen
HOW TO TREAT SIR TOM
Sir Thomas
Lipton, who has
lE\
made four I 1
unsuccessful jt j x
i attempts to L
win the Amen- n
cup and
is determined to '
try again at . S !
San Francisco ESSSIfe !
in 1915.
He will be the
9 lj est of
u-
Atlanta ‘ ~
Wednesday. ’
MINISTER HITS ST
FULTON COURTS
Rev. Hugh Wallace Declares
Justice in This County Is
Ruled by Dollars.
“Justice in Fulton county is weighed
by the dollar mark. God have mercy
on the courts of a community when
they reach such a condition as this!”
said Rev. Hugh Wallace, pastor of the
Jones Avenue Baptist church, as he
rapped Fulton county’s court system
last night in a stirring discussion of
justice.
"Red-handed murderers have been
turned loose on this community by the
courts simply because they were
backed by money and influence, while
men of the poorer classes, without
money, have been tom from their fam
ilies and sent to the penitentiary for
long terms for much less crimes,” de
clared the minister. "It pains my very
heart when I think of the injustice in
our courts and when 1 am forced to
realize that the dollar mark is the con
trolling factor in the dispensing of our
so-called justice. As a matter of fact,
this term justice is a misnomer."
And then the minister added signifi
cantly:
“I know of things that have taken
place in our court houses in the name
of justice that would create a sensa
tion were they agitated.
“It is a shame," he continued, “that
men guilty of cold-blooded, heinous
crimes should go free and disgrace ths
name of justice simply because they
have money and influence. It is high
time that our court system should be
reformed and that justice—the real
thing, not an imitation—should be en
throned,”
SIX-DAY BIKE RACE
TIED AT 340 MILES
NEW YORK, Dec. 9. —Walthour
started a sprint shortly before 2 o’clock
this afternoon in the six-day bicycle
race, and his competitors nailed hint
before he was able to gain the coveted
lap.
The score fin the fourteenth hour. 2
p. m., showed all the teams tied at 319
miles, 3 miles and 8 laps ahead of the
record made by Root and Moran hi
1910. This is the first time in the
history of slx-day racing In this city
that all the teams entered were able
to run on even terms for s<> long a.
time.
At 3 o'clock toe teams were lied at
340 miles, 8 laps.
Above All. Don’t Ask Him if
This Is His First Visit to
America.
By Alphonse Deßigeur
Sir Thomas Lipton, the man who put
the sell in Ceylon, is to be in our midst
Wednesday, and my phone half been so
busy with questions as to eitquette in
the matter of noblemen and near-no
blemen that I’ve decided to publish the
official rules.
Atlanta folk get on very well with
Ty Cobb, and made no bad breaks when
Roosevelt and Taft came down, but it
has been a long time since a sir paid
us a visit and a lot of men who can
devour their way straight through a
nine-course dinifer and make the knives
and forks come out even Without put
ting them inside their opera vests are
in doubt about whether to call our
guest of honor “Colonel,” "Mr. Sir Lip
ton" or plain "Tom, old man.”
But it isn’t difficult to learn how to
treat a sir. It is best to adhere to
the customs of the country in this re
spect. in Tennessee one says, “Well,
it’s about my time of day. How about
you?" In Kentucky they say “Colonel,
you and gen’ral will have another,
won’t you? I’ve ordered ’em.” And in
Atlanta you just step up boldly and
say "I’ve ordered full of drink
tickets on tvery club in town. Come
on. Sir Tommy, and name your choice.”
One of Nature'* Noblemen.
But do not—oh, do not, under any
circumstances grow facetious and say
“Sir Thomas, won’t you sample a bit
of cold tea?"
One must never talk shop, you know.
Oh, no! It really isn’t done. But any
way that’s the way to treat a noble
man. from king down to jack. They’re
all gentlemen of capacity.
Not that Sir Thomas is exactly a
nobleman, except one of nature's va
riety, which we al! are, except the man
who took my umbrella, Saturday night,
and I wouldn’t say lie is crooked, but
I'll bet the cigars he could hide be
hind the handle, which was made es
pecially to hang over bars. But Sir
Thomas is a square sport and a good
loser, which he ought to be, having had
ten years or more steady practice.
A Knight for Every Day.
Sir Thomas isn't exactly a nobleman
In the British sense of the word. No
blemen originated when William the
Conqueror came across the channel
with ninety million men, according to
th)- family trees of present generation-)
whose folks were with William.
No. Thomas Lipton was just a plain,
red-headed Irishman who started In
th" tea business, discovered advertis
ing. became a millionaire and was hon
ored by his country.
M hen a man does that over here wo
call him a trust, draw cartoons of him,
tin- film S2V,tMM),OOt) and lei him take
Continued on Page Two.
HOHL
IDITION
2CENTS EVERYWHERE
BROWN RAPS
BLEASE FOR
MOBLAW
SPEECH
Georgia Governor, Back From
Conference, Rebukes South
Carolina Executive.
GEORGIA LAWS UPHELD
DESPITE CRIME, HE SAYS
•
Others at Meeting Unanimous
in Condemning Remarks
Advocating Lynching. .
Governor Joseph M. Brown returned
from Richmond and 'Washington totfay,
where he has been attending the an
nual conference of the national “house
of governors.”
Tiie governor talked most interesting
ly of his trip, and incidentally pays his
respects to Governor Cole L. Blease,
of South Carolina, whose open advo
cacy of lynch law shocked the gath
ering.
Governor Brown administered a tell
ing rebuke to the South Carollnan, and
in doing so cited some recent history
to prove that Georgia entertains a
contrary view.
Governor Brown said:
Conferences of ’ /'
Governors Valuable.
“These annual conferences by tha
governors of the states are of great
value in that they bring the executive
officers of the states into personal ac
quaintanceship with each other and en
able them in al! subsequent correspond
ence to have a more intelligent knowl
edge of respective views and environ
ments than could be the case if they
had never met. They enable them to
realize more fully the similarity be
tween general conditions in the respec
tive states and wherever there are laws
in one state radically different from
those in others to become advised as
to whether exceptional conditions have
or have not required exceptional laws.
"Ultimate uniformity of laws, wheh
ever practicable, is, of course, the desid
eratum, as such a status tends more
and more to a unity of that as well as
unity of interest.
"Regarding the defense of ‘mob’ law
by Governor Blease, of South Carolina,
concerning which you have asked me.
I will state that I have not talked with
a single other governor or a single other
visitor at the conference who could see
any call for such remarks.
“No State Law
Condones Crime. ’ ’
"I will venture to say that there is
nothing in the constitution of any
American state which encourages or
condones crime of any character. All
states and all laws among civilized peo
ples have for their object the supres
sion of crime by the process of law.
“Immediately after Governor Blease
had concluded his speech I arose and
stated that one of the chief factors in
securing my last election was my prom
ise that I would not abuse the pardon
ing power, but, on the contrary, would
see that tiie process of law in the pun
ishment of criminals who had been
tried in the courts was faithfully up
held. 1 stated that the executive of no
state had a monopoly of devotion tc
the white women of his state or to the
determination to protect them, but that
whatever the crime in Georgia we held
that the criminal must be punished by
Hi', law instead of the mob, that Geor
gia did not have to depend upon mobs
co punish those who violated her laws.
Georgia Militia
To Protect Negroes.
"I instanced the fact that 1 had three
times sent portions of the military of
Georgia to Cumming to protect the
laws of Georgia in ,Xhe custody, trial
and execution of negroes convicted of
criminal assault that the majesty of
the law might be maintained regard
less of the character of the crime. I
stated in this connection that when ask
ed by the judge of the circuit how
many troops I could send 1 had an
swered that I would send the entire na
tional guard of Georgia if necessary to
uphold the laws of the state.
“1 regard Governor Blease’s advo
cacy of ‘mob’ laws as exceedingly un
fortunate for the simple reason that in
every other state in the American
Union the devotion of white men to
white women is as sacred as it is in
South Carolina and the determination
to protect them, or. if needs be, to visit
condign punishment upon those who
have wronged them, is as deep-seated
and irrevocable as it is in South Caro
lina.
"Every goterno with whom 1 talked
and every lady who gave me her opin
ion stood as one in advocating
process Instead of 'mob’ law.”