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PLANS OUTLINED
TO REORGANIZE I
INSURANCECD.
Stockholders of Cosmopolitan
Consider State's Demands
for Officers' Resignation.
Moti than I<H> stockholders in the
-'osmopolltitn Life Insurance Company
of Atlanta mi-: tills afternoon in the
noiri> otfld nln tin Third National bank
building, ll’.ltd every . htti: and railing
I’l the niah- g-ny finished offices itml
begun plans for a reorganization of tin ■
company which has recently been the
Cent'r of re much litigation
There were 8.191 shares of the 10,000
shares total represent' d, including the
466 shares held by Aimlstead, the
general agent who organized and pro
moted the corporation Some objection
v. as given tiradmitting Mr Armlstcad's
shares, but hi agree,] to vote them
with the majority on every point, ex-;
Cept it’ case the tote was for a dls.-ultl
tion of the company.
General Clifford L. Anderson, pnsl
d.-nt of the company, addressed the
stockholders, telling briefly of the un
fortunate suits against tin company
which had rendered It necessary prac
tically to begin all over, with a waste
of everything which already had been
done. He said that had It not been for
these suits It would not have been nec
essary to have reorganized the com
pany In answer to a question he read
a letter from Insurat re Commissioner
Wright, outlining the late’s demands
on th ecompany before it would be per
mitted to do business in Georgia, i hese
demands wire, briefly, as follows:
State's Demands on Company.
Ml oflhi-rs of the Company must re
sign and new officers, to be approve 1
by tin commissioner, elected. 'I he
company must raise a sufficient surplus
to conduct a safe bu in>sn either by
reducing the amount of stock or by
contributions from stockholders; Arm
istead must return his stock to the
treasury, as must others whose stock
bus not been paid for. The contract
with Armlstead must be rescinded and
salaries and office expenses must be
reduced.
W. Carroll Latimer, representing a
group of stockholders, followed Gen
eral Anderson In nn address which In
cluded some forceful charges against
the methods of Armlstead and officers
of the company In conducting affairs.
He said that Armlstead had approached
General Anderson, Actuary Ed Hafer,
Joseph Kirsch and several others now
officers of the company with tin offer of
$10,00(1 stock each for the use of their
names. Hi- said that the contract with
Armlstead gave him 37 1-2 per cent of
every share of stock sold, or $75 for
bach S2OO share.
Defendr Bringing Suits.
“These stockholders have been im
posed upon in this matter.” declared
Mr. Latimer. “The books of the Eulton
court show $240,000 worth of stock ask
ing the right to rescind these contracts
and reorganize. The suits are not the
fault of the men who tiled them; they
me the fault of the men w ho defrauded
these stockholders.”
After several hours’ diseutslon a
committee of stockholders was ap
pointed to formulate plans for reorgan
ization and the meeting was adjourned
to 4 o’clock this afternoon. It was be
lieved that It would be necessary to set
n date tor a second meeting
COUNCIL URGED TO
BUY 450-ACRE TRACT
FOR CITY CEMETERY
The city cemetery commission met
today and decided to recommend to
council that 450 acres of land on Plas
ters Bridge road, northeast of the city,
know n at the Thomas property, be pur
chased for a cemetery.
The price of the property Is $130,000,
of which amount $5,000 In to be paid in
cash and the remainder In annual pay
ments covering a period of ten years.
It is said that council will elect 11.
M Patterson to the commission to suc
ceed the late John Berkele.
NINE ITALIANS HELD Nl
FATAL KNIFE MYSTERY
lARTINS FERRY. OHIO, Dec. 16.
2ii.ii Italians were arrested here today
following the finding of the dead body
of Thomas Paskose with 40 knife
thrusts In his body. The police say it
Is a black hand outrage. Bloodhounds
followed a trail to a boarding house,
w here the Italians were arrested. One
of the men arrested is Vincent Deluca,
who was the last man seen with Pas
kose alive, and on whose clothing blood
stains were found.
FRENCH WORKMEN STRKE
AS PROTEST AGAINST WAR
PARIS, Dec 16 Thousands of work
men are idle throughout France today as
a result of the twenty-four-hour strike
called by Socialist leaders a* a protest
against war. There had been no disor
der up to noon The strike war only
partially successful, as many workmen |
reflsed to obey ti c order Twenty mass
meetings wire calle.; here and In the
suburbs for tins evening
E. Pinkney Stout.
E. Pinkney Stout, clerk of the At
lanta joint terminals, died yesterday I
afternoon at his home. 23S Highland
avenue. He b survived by one sister,
Mrs. John 8. West. The funeral will
take place this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock in Bloomfield’s chapel. Dr. John |
F. Purser officiating. Interment will
be In Westview.
G. W. Harmon.
G. W. Harmon, aged 54 years, died i.t i
tils residence on Hall .venue, Druid Hills,
yesterday astern-on st 6 o'clock, after an
illness of several years. He Is survived
by bls wife and six children The fu
neral will be held at (he residence this
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RAIL BOARD LB
CONTROL BOATS
The state railroad commission has as
sumed jurisdiction over all common car
riers, Including steamboat lines as a re
sult of a recent ruling of Judge J. K.
Hines, Its special attorney.
The ruling was made by Judge Hines
when the petition of the. F. C. t’owan
Company, of Gainesville, was tiled with
the commission. The Cowan Company
proposed to build a concrete road from
Gainesville to Dahlonega and operate au
tomobiles between the towns for a freight
and passenger service The petition asked
if it was necessary to submit a stock and
bond Issue for the commission’s approval.
Judge Hines based his views of juris
diction on the code of 1910 which dropped
the ('apt ion of the net of 1907 under which
the commission operates. For some reason
or other the caption of the act and the
body conflicted in the matter of jurisdic
tion, but since the caption was dropped,
when the laws were codified, mid the
legislature declared the codification the
real law. the commission has full sweep
over all the common carriers.
It is understood that the board will be
called upon shortly to adjust freight
rates between Savannah and Ceylon, Ga ,
rates that Include both rail and water
transportation. If the commission seeks
to supervise these rates the case will be
the first in which steamship lines have
been considered.
STAIN ON HIS NAME
CAUSES CAROLINAN
TO COMMIT SUICIDE
RALEIGH. N. Hee. 16 —W. A.
Pries, of Greensboro, employed by the
state building commission ns Inspector
of the new administration building, now
nearing completion, committed suicide
in a hotel here today by cutting his
throat with a small pearl-handled knife.
Fries left ii note to his wife In whlcu
he said that he had been accused of ai.
ugly charge that he could not dlspos<
of He told her that he had s*.ooo lif.
insurance and that ho hoped she wouin
collect this and support herself and
children as best she could.
Those with whom Fries was working
'declared today that they knew of no
I cause calculated to make him take hi.
! ife His f lends hud noticed that he
| had not acted naturally for two weeks
He left his family in Greensboro yis
■ terday afternoon and ten hours later
, iva- a corpse. He was 45 years old.
TO EN.PLOY FARM EXPERT.
GJ.HHNVH.t.E. S C. l-< IS- The
Chamber • f Commerce will .old ;. spt
rial meeting tomorrow to .‘boose a per
lu-iiivir agricultural expert tor Graenvllle
He v.'.'l be paid s2.Ova per >.. .
the loci 1 body raising 11.000 and the Na
tfen Assoeiatier. of illxclig: - c •
tributlng the other -t:. w
I DE ATLANTA GLUKGIAN AND NEWS.MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1912.
PHOTECTIONPACT
CUIMOF'TIGER”
WAYCROSS, GA, Dec. 16. —In en
tering a idea of guilty to the charge of
selling whisky in the city court today,
J. Morris, a well known white man,
stated that previous to engaging in the
whisky traffic in Waycross he was
pledged protection from the sheriff's of
fice, through a deputy sheriff, and that
this deputy, saying he could do noth
ing with the city police, promised to
pay all police court tines. If Morris was
arrested by the city officers.
Morris' statement caused quite a sen
sation and may be the cause of further
investigation. No one but the deputy
sheriff xvas involved by Morris.
The court sentenced Morris to twelve
months on the chaingang or pay a tine
of SI,OOO.
NEGRO ACTORS ARRESTED
ON CHARGES OF BURGLARY
VALDOSTA, GA., Dee. 16.—The po
lice have rounded up the gang of bur
glars who robbed the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Williams a week ago, and
recovered a considerable portion ot the
clothing and other articles stolen, as
well ns a large quantity of goods be
lieved to have been secured by the rob
bers in other burglaries here. The tom
negroes arrested were members of the
"Okl Plantation” show, belonging to a
carnival aggregation now in quarters
at Fine park. Two of the men were
snatched off the stage by the police dur
ing a rehearsal, and all four of them
landed in the county prison.
Drives Sallowness
from the Skin
ladies, imperfect complexion it caused by
a livei. A few days treatment with
CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS
will do more to clean up
the tkm than all the beauty x
creams in creation. I
Cure* comtipatMMU tS
un logs the liver, LjUkl LKj
end? indigestion, afIXTh?
biliousness and
dizrin e i •. W
Purely vegr .
table--never fail
Small Pill. Small Do**, Small Price,
The GENUINE muat bea< atg oat we
POLICEMAN INVENTS
SOLDER FOR ALUMINUM
PITTSBURG, Dec. 16.—Patrolman H.
M. Chatham, a member of the local po
lice department, has invented a solder
for aluminum.
This Christmas Store
Is Daily Satisfying
Thousands of Shoppers
yHE GREAT DIVERSITY OF ITS SPLEN-
1 did stocks of dependable and practical Gifts, its
unquestioned trustworthiness, its efficient store service
and fair prices, all combine to make every visitor these ’
days a highly pleased and satisfied customer. Through
out our entire store, the Christmas spirit abides; here
Christmas Shopping is easily and best accomplished
Below arc a few “suggestions” for Dad, Brother or “Him”
Gift Suggestions for Men of Taste
LOUNGING ROBES $ 4 to $12.50 TIE, SOX AND HANDKERCHIEF
BATH ROBES $ s to $8.50 SETS $1 to $2
SUSPENDER, SOX AND ARM BAND
t SMOKING JACKETS $5 to $12.50 SETS 75c to $1.50
NECKWEAR 50c to $2.50 GLOVES $1.50 to $2.50
INITIAL LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, BELT AND GARTER SETS .. ..$1.50
6in Box si-5° MEN’S JEWELRY 50c to $5
SILK MUFFLERS $1.50 to $2.50 BEDROOM SLIPPERS
y "BENJAMIN” SUITS AND OVERCOATS $18.50 to $45
/ "BENJAMIN" TUXEDOS AND DRESS SUITS Up to SSO
I Handsome Individual Boxes for Each Gift |
CARLTON Shoe & Clothing Co.
36 Whitehall Street
INL CONVERTER
81 SERMONS ON
ROBERT CLAY
Service Stressing Fate of the
Young Slayer Result in an
Old-Fashioned Revival.
Continued From Page One.
Considerable excitement reigned on
the fifth floor of the jail—the death
chamber floom—at a late hour last night
when several trusties, who sleep in the
hospital ward on the same floor, were
aroused by what they declare was the
voice of a ghost.
Ghost-Like Sound
Causes Panic.
It came through a steam radiator,
they say, and plainly called the name of
one of the prisoners. The sound threw
the prisoners Into a ot fright
and they rushed, panic-stricken, from
the ward.
The funeral of Clay at Westview
cemetery yesterday afternoon was at
tended by a concourse of mohe than
1.000 persons, many of whom had been
shut out of the services at the mortuary
chapel In South Pryor street.
When the services were concluded
Rev. Hugh Wallace announced that the
coffin would be opened, at the request
of Clay’s relatives, and all xvho liked
might look upon the face of the dead
man. Nearly every one of the thou
sand, many with children in their arms
pressed forward to gaze into the coffin’
The procession past the open casket
continued for more than an hour before
,he !asl curiosity seeker was satisfied.
CHILDREN MOURN AS
PETSDISAPPEARIN
DOG THEFT EPIDEMIC
Unless Fldo and Rover and Pinky
and Pansy and a few others are found
and brought home, this year's Christ
mas will be an unhappy one for a num
ber of Atlanta children whose four
legged chums are missing mysteriously
today.
The past week has been marked by an
epidemic of dog thefts, or else an un
precedented attack of wanderlust in the
pet population. Five "Lost Dog” ad
vertisements appear in a row in one
issue of an Atlanta paper, and a half
dozen other complaints have been made
to the police.
If dog thieves are at work, they are
not particular as to breed, sex or size.
Among the list of missing appear a
white French poodle named Tiny, a
Sotch collie named Rover, a liver-and
whlte-spotted setter pup and a white
bulldog which know’s and loves every
child in the neighborhood, as the ad
vertisement sets forth. And the po
lice have been asked to keep eyes open
for every brand of pet. from a dachs
chund to a brindled bull.
Fond papas who expect to buy the
children a puppy for Christmas might
w ell be careful in purchasing from side
walk dog fanciers, and make careful in
quiry into the pedigree of the peddler,
as well us of the pup.
Elopers Seek Parental Blessing as Christmas Gift
FLEE SCHOOL TO WED
James E. Oxford, of Monticello, and
his school girl wife, formerly Miss Wy
oleen Kinard, of the same place, today
are spending a part of their honeymoon
at the Marlon hotel, having married in
haste Saturday, after a romantic get
away from Athens.
For years Oxford and Miss Kinard
had been sweethearts. The girl is not
yet out of her teens and her father, J.
M. Kinard, last fall entered her in the
State Normal school at Athens. Miss
Kmard started with other freshmen in
the domestic science course, saw one
football game on the University of
Georgia campus and then decided that
She would rather be married.
The father was watching the girl
closely, and members of her family
were due to join her in Athens De
cember 18, the day before school closed.
CITES DEFECTS IN
RULE OF ATLANTA
Expert Declares oPlitics Plays
Too Big a Part in Making
Up of Budget.
F. J. Paxon, chairman of the com
mittee on municipal research of the
Chamber of Commerce, today received
a 75-page typewritten report on the
government of Atlanta from Herbert
R. Sands, the municipal expert of New
York, who recently made a survey of
Atlanta's administration.
Mr. Sands points out in his report
that the city government Is in need of
a standardization of pay rolls, reports
of departments and specifications for
contracts, and that there should be a
unit cost for everything purchased by
the city.' He indicates that politics has
played too big a part in the making up
of the budget. He offers a number ot
suggestions for minor improvements in
the construction department.
The report will be submitted to the
Chamber ot Commerce committee some
time this week and then forwarded to
council.
In his Introduction, Mr. Sands wrote
that he found much to praise In Atlanta's
city government and that he was given
more co-operation in his Investigations
than in any city he had ever worked in.
SLAYER TO SEEK RELEASE
ON HABEAS CORPUS WRIT
DALTON, GA.. Dec. 16.—Habeas cor
pus proceedings have been started by
attorneys for "Uncle Bob” Davis, the
aged Confederate veteran who shot and
killed his son, Hewlett Davis, in Mill
Creek valley last Monday, in an effort
to get him admitted to ball.
Judge G. Glenn and Swift Maddox
have been retained by the defendant
and have prepared the petition and
affidavits, being In readiness for Judge
A. W. Fite to set a date for the hearing.
He has been requested to go into the
hearing on Tuesday.
One of the attorneys retained by Da
vis is a son of Colonel S. P. Maddox,
solicitor general of the circuit, who will
prosecute the ease.
Oxford decided to do his Christn
shopping early. His letters haj ki. ..
coming to the school, and it was "
ned by the pair to meet in Athens
Friday and come to Atlanta the
following. Miss Kinard had t,. ,
one of her chums into het eoniid...
and her best canning was necessa •
keep the affair quiet. They left OI ?t
1 a. m. Seaboard, while other No
school girls slumbered.
The ceremony took place at the ho
i of the bridegroom's cousin. Frank ',l
lone, at 67 East Georgia aven;;.
I was witnessed by only a few relative'.
Rev. G. Me. Lakes, of St. Johns M, '
dist Episcopal church, officiated
Mrs. Oxford and her, husban ■■■;
stay a few days in Atlanta untl. p,
ental wrath is appeased, and the-l
home for wedding and Christmas ; '
ents.
PERT IS SEEN BE
SHRODEII'SfE
i Thinks Husband Went to Reno
for Divorce and Not for
His Health.
In choosing Reno, in the • . -•
Nevada, as a health resort, John 5 ;ro
<ic-r, formerly of Savannah, i-onvlni..-'
his wife, Mrs?. Annie A. Shroder, ti .
he was trying that divorce mart n
evade alimony. So Sbroder •
brought back to Georgia to face a
hum county jury charged with t...
abandonment of his child.
To comply with th? red tape of •
Nevada law. Assistant Sollcitm B
stein, of Savannah, appeared
' governor Brpxvn today and .<sk,. ( i •
a new requisition for Sbroder bi- gru ;.
ed. It seems that the papers w
first went to Carson City didn't fit
< xaetlons of th ; Nev ada law.
Bernstein filed ,ith the chief .
tlve affidavits from Mrs. Sliroder
Dr. William Crawford, to the eff
Shroder was as sound as a dollar <
he left Gt orgia six . lg .
health in tin West.
Mrs. Shrod- r m.-.1niai,.,,, t: .„. t ..
husband went to Nevada to uodg< t .
support of the .-hlld and had . ~n- : .
at.-,-I but S2O since he left.
Frank MMnlyre a;i;.l ; s
and asserted to the'’sJvcri.or 'l M •
Shroder obtain'd an iadictin.n:
her husband so that she eon .. f >. ~..
back in Savannah and file • bill for
mony, notwithstanding the fact that
was a resident of Nevada and su< .
suit could be instituted there.
THIS OFFER HOLDS
A mutual friend, asked r--
Kse*"’ W ” 18 to ; .
ofwi S X'L tl ,' e '' u , ct< ’ r tl'wt With t);e
( an agent to ie..uce l.enal
FaiTKr 8 pt ’ Bbii ’ Ie 'vhere'theYe
on October 8. wi ;..n. <
tffiysi%an C, ffi e J? P ra <i t,cing * ci,u
D . i'T"'° n c dfsiasi
tile thkt w» e il " I , T arent l " thoughtful
pie tmit we Cl.aid not afford to ma';.-
offer without (he truth behind T
ealh betHe tt‘ e ( ° f th ? f,lrn,ula 'r .-
be taken wi,? ,s infusion a:: . :
ne taken with .. r without the usual 'u -
n e T <? < atmen '- ! ' ut w,,ul ''
TXi n< M n critical eases.
rrank hamondson x. Bro 1° ■
?a r r°rv' E^ 6 ' « n l', North 'ih-x'or X <
for namohut ? ‘ter.al Cnmisiund Write
San'l-Xdsto 1 ” J ° hn J ' Fultol ’
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CASH grocery co., 118 Whitehall St
EGGS
©isisfc <foz. Gu3r -
anteed
CASH GROCERY CO., 118 Whlteha'l
THE ATLANTA TO S^O GHT
ALL THIS WEEK matinees
”UL.n daily, 3 p. M
World’s Wonder Pictures
Paul J. Rainey African Hunt
Treat-”— t'lurk Howell.
1 lUf t-S. Hoc, 35c, 50c.
GRAND Mat Today 2.''
MnnilM Mt/Ofwitt TonijOt ■ 83)
Gus Edwards’ Seng Revueof 1912
w ' ,h Gas tdvardi jnd 50 [Mtrlaintrs _
-Ray wore- Viola Keene &" Co.; Du
Callon, Al and Fannie Stedman.
Max Welson Troupe; SNOW & CO.:
PATHE PICTURES.
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AND TOMORROW MATINEE
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