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POLICE BUDGET 15;
HELD 5P FOP IN
ACCOUNTING
Commissioner Johnson Asserts
Beavers' Request for $357,-
350 Is Asking Too Much.
Laughingly remarking that he
thought "the commission should save
some of the pie for the new commis
sioners who will be on the Job next
year,” Police Commissioner George E.
Johnson, reported to be of the Wood
ward minority, last night made a fight
on the police department budget of ex
penses for next year, as prepared by
Police Chief Leavers.
Mr. Johnson suggested that a special
meeting should be called and that the
budget should be "worked out" by the
commission Other commissioners,
however, defending the chiefs requests
and figures, declared this was wholly
unnecessary, but finally agreed to sub
mit the budget to a special committee,
with full power to act.
’■ Sent to a Committee.
On motion of Commissioner Fain, this
committee consists of Chairman Mason,
Chief Beavers and Commissioner John
son.
"Os course, if this committee can’t
agree, then it can report the budget
back to the commission,” reinarktt Mr.
Fain.
Mr. Johnson said be objected to the
chief’s budget on the ground fltat the
chief was asking for too much in re
questing a total appropriation for the
year of 1367,350.
All of the other commissioners who
expressed themselves said the chief was
asking only for what was absolutely
needed to Increase tiie efficiency of the
department to meet the demands of the
city.
Camp Dismissed From Force.
Policeman J. W. <’amp, who shot and
killed his brother officer, Policeman S.
A. Belding, and who recently was ac
quitted in the criminal court, was dis
charged from the force by the commis
sion. He was tried on the charge of
’drunkenness. Officer (.'amp made an
earnest plea to save his Job. insisting
that he had not touched a drop of li
quor until directly after the killing of
Officer Belding, and that he drank then
merely to quiet his nerves.
Supernumerary Policemen W. J. Yar
-ter, accused of being arrested with
seven other men in a room in which
gambling was in progress, and A. J.
Bender, charged with sleeping on duty,
also were discharged.
Policeman W. F. Whitley, accused of
drunkenness, was exonerated. The offi
cer proved to the satisfaction of the
commission that he was suffering with
a severe attack of ptomaine poisoning,
due to n meal of brains and eggs, at the
time he was thought to be intoxicated.
The verdict in each case was unani
mous
Eat Anything
Without Fear
Tightness of the Stomach Caused
by Undigested Food Stopped
with a Stuart’s Dyspepsia
Tablet,
When you feel as If your stomach
was being tightly choked —when th<‘
pain Is intense and you break out in a
cold and clammy perspiration and
there Is a lumn In your throat and you
are weak and nauseated—all you need
Is a Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablet to clear
away the wreckage of undigested food
left in the stomach and Intestines and
restore you to your normal self again.
And this can al! be accomplished with
in a few moments.
You May Have Often Envied the Hearty
Eater! Why Not Emulate Himt
Thousands of people have learned so
■well how sure and dependable Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets are for ail stomach
ills that they now eat anything they
want without fear of distress. They
are never without a package at home
and at the office, and upon any indica
tion that the stomach is a little weary,
they take a Stuart's Tablet after each
mea! for a few days until the digestive
organs get rested up again.
This is a splendid plan to follow and
always results in much good The ap
petite is improved, the food is relished
more, your sleep' Is more ref'eshing,
and your disposition will make you
friends instead of enemies.
For Indigestion. Sour Stomach.
Belching. Gas, Coated Tongue, Intes
tinal Indigestion and ail Stomach DI.-- '
orders and Bains—or fur boss of appe- !
tlte—Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets arc In
valuable.
Use them freely—.they are ns harm
less as sugar would be and are not to
be classed an "medicine." They have
»o effect whatever on the system ex
cept the benefits they bring you through
the proper riipstloti of your food.
A), drug stores sell Stun. t'r Dyspepsia
Tablets. Tt.« pt ice Is 6v cents per b>
SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
BY JAMES B. NEVIN.
From the Brunswick circuit has come
to the court of appeals for .settlement
th< question as to when a man legally
becomes 61 yciu.i
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of age In < b orgia.
It 1s agreed in
the states gener
ally that a man
becomes of voting
ng- on the day
before I c actually
is 21.
If It so hap
pened that an
election in Geor
gia fell on a
<1 a y Immediately
preceding a pros
pective* voter’s
21st birthday, he
would have the
right to partici
pate in the elec
tion.
The point has
been raised in the Bn..— .... k circuit
that a man becomes 61 years of age
the day he enters his 62d year—when
ever that is.
The case comes up, too, curiously
enough, on the appeal of a near-beer
dealer, convicted of violating the prohi
bition laws.
The defendant, in assembling the
Jury, challenged one of the panel on
the ground of competency, because he
had stated that he was 60 years of age
that day. The point was made against
the challenged party that he had en
tered his 61st year, and was, therefore,
beyond the age limit set for Jurymen.
The state held that the juryman still
was in ills 60th year on his birthday,
and was, therefore, competent.
The Juryman was permitted to serve
—and it is upon the question of the
exact time of his entering his 61st year
that the case appealed turns.
The Lavonia Times has been figur
ing with itself, and it finds that there
are approximately 7,000,000 Democrats
In this country, and that most of them
are more or less hungry for pie or in
terested directly In somebody who is.
The Times finds that there are 7,000
offices that President Wilson can till —
that Is to say, 7,000 pieces of pie for
distribution.
That makes one slice of pic for every
1,000 Democratic mouths hungry for
the same.
The Georgia weekly believes if Pres
ident Wilson can straighten out the
pie distribution, in these circumstances,
and not at the same time make more
people mad than he makes glad, he will
be a wonder.
Still, The Times must remember that
Wilson’s friends claim ho Is a wonder
—and maybe their claim is well found
ed. even to the extent of his ability at
slicing and distributing pie In the way
it should go.
"Squire" Walter Harris, one of Floyd
county’s representatives in the last leg
islature, will not return to the next
house.
He was elected justice of the peace
for the Rome district on Saturday last,
for the ’steenth time—nobody knew ex
actly how many.
"Squire” Harris, according to bisown
statement, "got his fill" of service in
the legislature after one term.
”1 found It neither particularly in
teresting nor exciting,” said the jus
tice, discussing the matter recently. “I
prefer the quiet and dignified life of a
justice of the peace, infinitely.”
Jesse G. Perry, private secretary to
the governor, was "red-headed,” both
literally and figuratively, today.
'l’he returns from the late state-wide
justice of the peace elections are com
ing In now, by the basketful dally.
There ars 1,800 of these officials, and it
requires some red tape to get them in
shape for commissioning.
Out of the 1,367 returns thus far re-
ASSOCIATION TO PENSION
OLD TEACHERS PROPOSED
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SAVANNAH. GA , Dec. 11.—When the
January meeting of the board of edu
cation la held, a plan may be presented
for the organization of a teachers
benevolent association, having for its
purpose the pensioning of school teach
ers when they have become incapaci
tated for further duty.
The plan will be presented to the
board by Dr. William W. Hesse, who
lias just been elected a life member of
the body, after having served for sev
eral years as a Massie school commis
sioner. It is believed that the plan will
be immediately adopted by the teach
ers. The organization will be somewhat
similar to the police benevolent asso
ciation.
i COLLECTOR OF PORT AT
SAVANNAH NOT TO QUIT
SAVANNAH, GA.. Dec. 11.—Numer
ous candidates for the position of col
lector of the port of Savannah, to suc
ceed the present incumbent, William R.
beakeii. will doubtless bo disappointed
by the announcement that be has not
tendered bls resignation to the presi
dent. and does not now Intend to do so.
regardless of his previous announce
ment that he would resign, to take ef
fect on March 4 next, the day the Dem
o< vatic regime will be Inaugurated.
HEN SWALLOWS RUBY;
HER PRICE IS BOOSTED
I.A« BOSSE. \IIS hr. 11. A\\ nite
Plymouth Rock h«‘n on display at the
W estern Wisconsin Poultry show, . nd
valued at 1200, Is worth twice that sum
today us the result of swallowing u
IZOO ruby which dropped from a set
ting In a ting worn by i*lutrk>n V j
Kieler, of Wimtn.ac, Ini.. on< of the
Vi' c fl lorn 1.. to b. c. Dun-1
vlje, of Montfort, wi.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDA Y, DECEMBER 11. 1912.
reived at the capitol, only 17 came in
without postage due.
"I have paid out of this office today,"
said Perry, pugnaciously, "exactly $9.32
for postage due—all because the people
making these returns fail to prepay
them. They stick one two-cent stamp
on and let it go at that! Goshblame
dlng !”
But words failed Perry, as the post
man at that moment entered with 22
additional returns -all marked postage
due!
Postmaster John R. Barclay, of Rome,
is In Atlanta today, cheerful and op
timistic, notwithstanding the fact that
numerous Democratic friends have as
sured him he Is headed for the official
toboggan pretty soon after Marcli 4.
Mr. Barclay's commission expires in
February, and he confidently expects
to be reappointed by the president and
reconfirmed by the senate. He knows
of nothing In his record that should
cause his removal by the Democratic
administration, but if he is removed
• he will not take to sackcloth and ashes.
He will sit tight on the lid until the
getting oft time surely and unmistak
ably has arrived—whenever that is.
Barclay has been postmaster at Rome
for about eight years, and has made
( a most efficient and acceptable official.
Indeed, outside of the politics of the
thing, there probably are not a dozen
people in Rome who would ask that
he be disturbed in any way.
If the actions of various grand ju
ries throughout the state count for
anything, the next Georgia legislature
certainly will throw some rigid re
strictions around the pistol traffic In
side the state.
The grand juries of Floyd and Clarke,
two of the big counties, already have
adopted memorials to the legislature
calling upon It to ask that their sale
be prohibited absolutely in Its territory
—and other smaller counties have fol
lowed suit.
As a matter of fact, the smaller
counties are more bitterly opposed to
loose traffic in firearms than the larger
ones.
By the time the legislature assem
bles in June it is likely that the antl
plstol movement will have assumed
such proportions that the law-makers
will respond readily to the demands
made upon them.
Ben Wright is an applicant for post
master at College Park. He is a
nephew of Hon. Seaborn Wright, and a
tine young fellow.
Lung Trouble Yielded
To This Medicine
Consumption is a nattering disease—
that is one of its chief dangers Those
who have It are rarely willing to ac
knowledge the fact. If this trouble is
present. It Is no time for trifling. If a
so-called “cold" Ims long persisted; if a
cough is present that keeps you anxious,
or any of the symptoms are present, such
as fever or night sweats, weakness and
loss of appetite, and perhaps some rais
ing of mucus—do the sensible thing
take Eckman’s Alterative —as Mr. Bet
tersworth did.
Bowling Green, Ky., R. No. 4
"Gentlemen: I wish to say for your
Alterative that I believe It to be a medi
cine of unequaled value for all bronchial
and lung trouble. The spring of 1908, 1
had a severe cough for six months. I
tried all the medicine that my doctors
recommended to me, but no results came
for the better. I had night sweats, and
would cough and spit until 1 got so weak
I could hardly do anything. But. at last
James Deering, of Glasgow Junction, in
sisted that I try your medicine. In one
week’s time there was quite an improve
ment in my condition, and after I had
taken several bottles, I felt as well as
ever in my life.
"I desire the world to know that I firm
ly believe that your Eckman’s Alterative
will cure any case of lung trouble If taken
before the last stage. I will giadlv write
personally to any party wanting informa
tion in regard to your wonderful medi
cine.”
(Sworn affidavit)
A. C. BETTERSWORTH.
Eckman's Alteiatlve Is effective in bron
chitis. asthma, hay fever, throat and lung
troubles and hi upbuilding the system.
Does not contain poisons, opiates or hab
it-forming drugs. For sale by all of Ja
cobs’ drug stores and other leading drug
gists. Ask for booklet telling of recov
eries and write to Eckman Laboratory,
Philadelphia. Pa., for additional evidence.
(Advt.)
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Great Purchase of (wL
Jewelry Novelties WB
Ml! Special Es While JMg
Bu Sale |C They
$/V Price V Last /S
Kt? a wk a pkJI
|M • f * fyl
e a £ a * n were fortunate in securing the over-stock of a big ftilS « " /lly
Jewelry concern at such a concession in price that we can give WzL; ;;/hy
V7w • vou *hc best values you have ever seen in Jewelry. Gold-top Jewel- vmCV
ry. Sterling Silver Jewelry and stone set novelties of all kinds. <■
■ ' This offering is just in the right time for you to save money and get
' ’tkK ■. prettiest of Christinas novelties. Sale begins at 8 o'clock to- •}.,
»?/il .‘I morrow, Thursday. j
3 ARHESTEDFOG
WILSON THREAT
Mountaineers Held on Charge
of Sending Blackmail Let
ters to President-Elect.
NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 11.—Three
mountaineers who are being held here
today charged with being authors of
several letters threatening President
elect Woodrow Wilson with death un
less he paid them $5,000 will be ar
raigned Monday before United States
Commissioner Stockton. The men are
Jacob Dunn, alias "Nig.” aged 37; his
brother Warren, alias “Pete,” 33, and
Seeley Davenport, alias "Snake," 35.
The men were captured by a ruse,
after a hunt of nearly three weeks In
one of the wildest and most inaccessible
places In the mountains of New Jersey,
by Secret Service Officers Larabee and
Butler and Deputy United States Mar
shal Beekman. All their letters were
sent to Governor Wilson at Trenton
and were signed “P. J. Shadunk, It. F.
D. 2, box 43. Wharton, N. J."
The governor’s secretary forwarded
the letters to Chief Postal Inspector
Cortelyou, at Philadelphia, and the gov
ernment machinery at once was put in I
motion. The officers lay in hiding near
the rural box. Suspicion was directed
to Davenport and the Dunn brothers,
who lived near by, and the officers, un
der the disguise of pension agents, en
gaged Davenport In conversation. They
found that he was in desperate need of
money. Then they rounded up the
Dunn brothers, who submitted to arrest
only after being subdued at the point
of revolvers. The letters threatened
to shoot Mr. Wilson "like McKinnie
(meaning McKinley) and "Teddy." The
men wanted the $5,000 to be placed in
the mail box by November 24. The trio
under arrest insist they are Innocent.
“The Oklahoma Nightingale.”
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MISS RUTH PEARL.
With a voice as sweet and alluring as the lute and a personality equally
as charming, this beautiful little woman has justly won the title of the fa
vorite of the Southland. She has been on the Montgomery circuit for some
time, having completed the round three times, and the announcement that
she will appear in any theater Is a source of delight to her friends and ad
mirers. She Is at the Montgomery for a very short stay. (Advt.)
ROSSER'S WM
WILLED 5360,000
Bulk of Estate Realty Hold
ings in Hunter and South
Forsyth Streets.
With the exception of several minor
bequests of SI,OOO cacji to near rela
tives, the entire estate of the late Judge
E. B. Rosser, consisting of Atlanta
property valued at $350,000, was left
to his widow’, Mrs. Carrie S. V. Ros
ser. by Ine terms of the will, probated
by Ordinary Wilkinson today.
Luther Z. Rosser was made sole ex
ecutor of the estate and was directed,
by the terms of the document, to cash
some of the property so as to turn over
$50,000 to Mrs. Rosser before the other
provisions of the will are carried out
Judge Rosser's Important Atlanta
holdings consisted of real estate in
Hunter and South Forsyth streets. This
property. aggregating an acre of
ground, he had owned jointly with T.
N. Armistead.
To his sisters, Mrs. A. D. Moseley,
Mrs. Fannie Treadwell, Mrs. Betty
Swan, Mrs. Molly Gaither and Mrs. En
zabar Cook, Judge Rosser left SI,OOO
each. To hih sisters-in-law, Mrs. Geor
gia Rosser and Mrs. Fannie Rosser, he
left SI,OOO each, and to his nephews,
Roy. John and Moses Rosser, SI,OOO
each. These bequests were made in a
codicil.
When you have a bilious attack, give
Chamberlain’s Tablets a trial. They are
excellent For sale by all dealers.
(Advt.)
JMCWY
SUGGESTIONS
Don’t Forget the
Baby’s Xmas Gift!
CELLULOID NOVELTIES
C omb and Brush Sets, 50c up f
Powder Box, Brush and ! IJ'\
Comb Sets, $1.50 up. [I ! >
Soap, Powder, Comb and
Brush Sets, $2.50 up.
Babv Record Books, 50c,
75c, SI.CO, $2.00.
Coat Hangers, SI.OO to 81.98
Celluloid Rattlers. 25c to $1 ..Ay ■
Hot Water Bottles, 75c to '/hj-'
$1.50. -dWmt/
Fitted Babv Bonnets. 50c to
$4.00. ■ A's ’. B
Hand-embroidered Saeques, A/h L\\A
SI.OO to $5.00.
Hand-made J tresses, $2.50 to
SIO.OO. p M
Crocheted Sacques, 50c to VA
$2.50.
Sweaters, 1 through 6 rears.
SI.OO to $2.50. ’
Leggins to match, 25c to
$1.25. ORk
Crocheted and Knit Caps, ? /
35c to SI.OO. an/
Outing Kimonos, 50c >md 75c .)/ //
Carriage Robes. $1.25 to '"V // ' 1
$3.50. . // ; I j
Eiderdown and Cordurov ifel '
Robes, $2.50 to $7.50. ‘ O'
White Coats for infants. ——ivH-
$2.25 to $15.C0. > '“'i
Bootees, crocheted. 25c to
SL2S. *
One lot of small Children's
Hats; $1.75 Hats, at $1.25. ~ -
Bestyette Capes
I n Holiday Boxes
Capes for Girls with School Basis
matc h > of navy, brown, red:
U I sizes 6 to 15 years
fw Price $ 3 50 ,n £“ y
I llp nil Another lot of Girls’ Rain Capes.
i / ml\ tan with red or graen stripes. School
i Blit Bags to match. Strictly guaranteed
* RliX Bestyette Capes.
7 Price
Kids’ Slicker (‘oats, sizes 8 to 11.
$3.00 and $4.50. Hats to match 50c
* and 75c.
Children’s Fur
Sets
Dainty Fur Sets for ehil-
dren from 1 to 12 years, in NVx
the fashionable white furs, r ’Xv<
also good imitations of ' '■***'*■
Beaver, Jap Mink, Fox, etc. IfcSgß
prices w w
$2.50 to $15.00 U g f l
KtxSgy ■ 'i 1
Italian Silk Underwear for Women
’lL**-*: v .‘-*
Italian Silk Vests, in Women’s Chiffon T;if
a«d ft'ta and Soft Jlessaliue
ipl.iD * tpO.Vo. Pptfwurit < in mII
Italian Silk I nion Suits, oatfe, in ail ( ohm •
in white only, $3.50 to new 9ni? of QI
$5.98. $3.50 values
Black Silk Knee Tights, Women’s Jap Silk KL
specially priced at $2.98 monos, ill exquisite
‘ llUi $4-98. colors and designs; at
-’ s
I '■ Theater Caps in gilt and
W I -ellieT... $2.51 up
Boudoir Caps of tine
OIW'W ..50c ip
P " F ’ (Xne lot of genuine Ja]i-
?\j I anese blue and whib’
i iTiml JII J cotton Kimonos: s2.'’* 1
WO - u - s ' ■ $!J
I choice.