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2 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 The contract with Armlstead must be rescinded and salaries and office expenses must be reduced.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 Bb‘ ’ JOY AND GLOOM copyright r.»12 by International News Serve© LIKE-toftPENT)' / SURF . FVx Y LOVE LH, For. AHAT YxJUCOME ALONq ' ! SIMPLIST. v — J | U —Y ■ -And PICK IT OUT cH world ® .? /wc IS YI- ' 'X' JU K/i f W W Mil, 1 < 7a M<- Jill yr, fp tY’ j a kt SZ- tt ®bsn ill W fsras - Wir 1 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 ’ 1 All \ I . ’ 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. 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