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COUNCIL HENTBY
STBIFE IN LAST
1 SI 2 SESSION
Hot Battle Develops Over the
Nutting-Warren Contest for
Mayor Pro Tem.
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The last meeting of t ie 1912 < ity
j't council this afternoon will be no love
i ’ feast. Instead it promises to be n free
> t tor-all tight.
Aiderman A. H. Van Dyke has added
Lto the spirit of the Nutting-Warren
w Contest for mayor pro tern by declaring
g that Aiderman Nutting is untit forth.
place, and that he will openlx ,;ir. ■ bi
| energies In support of Ablet nan V. nr-
I ren until the election, th ■ first meeting
in January.
Each candidate claims a safe major-
T ity of the votes for mayor pro tem. So
E much pressure is being brought to bear
| on certain members of council that they
I are insisting on a caucus to decide the |
| contest in sc. ret.
Reject Caucus Plan.
Both Aiderman Nutting and Are <
| man Warren have refused their consent
| to such a i 'an, however.
| A report is going the rounds tiu.t a
I clique in council has organized to kill
r all legislation proposed by Aidermen
I Van Dyke and John E. McClelland.
This afternoon Alderman Van Dyke
i, will endeavor to have an ordinance
I passed allowing drawn and undrawn
| poultry to be sold during the Christmas
I holidays. I'loit " the regular law. only
■ drawn poultry can be sold. 11 1 sax. his
| amendment will greatly reduce the
price of nil poultry.
The aiderman asked the unanimous
I consent of council to consider this ordi
nance out of its regular order at the
last meeting of council. Alderman Nut
ting objected.
Alderman Vun'Jyl.e Immediately
swore vengeanc. against Aiderman
Nutting, and he says lie soon will con
vince Aiderman Nutting that h. is not
bluffing.
McClelland Is Aroused.
Aiderman McClelland was blocked at
the last meeting from introducing a
new anti-dirt ordinance, similar to the
one repealed at the behest of Aiderman
J. W. Maddox, a grading contractor.
He has announced that he Will make
it warm for some of the members of
council If they don't give his ordinance
a fair consideration this afternoon. He
also will Introduce a resolution declar
ing the office of Park Commissioner M.
B. Young vacant because the commis
sioner has missed two meetings without
in excuse.
Councilman Charles W. Smith, chair
man of the special committee on reor
ganization of the construction depart
ment, will present the recommendations
jf his committee this afternoon. Coun
silman Harvey Hat. iter, chairman of
the streets committee and the cham
pion of the construction department, is
•ndeavoring to organize a tight against
he report.
Smoke Board Periled Again.
The most Important provision of the
report is an ordinance giving council
the right to reject Chief of Construction
c’layton'a appointments. Despite Coun
cilman Hatcher's activities, an over
whelming sentiment of council seems to
favor the peforms.
Councilman Smith also, will introduce
an ordinance abolishing the smoke
commission. Indications are that this,
too, will pass. However, the tight
against the smoke nuisance is compli
cated greatly because the commission
has not yet succeeded in naming a
smoke and gas inspector to succeed
Paul McMichael, resigned.
The fixing of salaries of a number of
officials for next year will demand the
attention) of council and arous- many
conflicting opinions.
Probably Will Safeguard Water. *
After the meeting of the general
council the aldermanic board will meet.
The most important matter to come
before the body will be the resolution
adopted at the last meeting of the
lower branch of council providing that
the $16,000 of premium bond money
now held by the water department be
used to purchase the private land
around the city reservoirs.
The health doctors have condemned
this property as insanitary. No objec
tion to its purchase is expected.
OFFICERS HUNTING
UNKNOWN SLAYER
OF WASHERWOMAN
The Atlanta police and the DeKalb
county authorities todaj are looking
for the slayer of Mattie Cart. a ne
gress, whose body was found yesterday
morning in a vacant lot on Rogers
street, Kirkwood, near where she lived.
The negress' body was found by D. J.
Reed, of 46 Kogers street, a wiiite man.
She had been shot through the head
and then struck on the head with Some
blunt instrument. Near by was found
her pocketbook, empty and covered
! with blood There wet” no othci clew a
Reed ’eported th* ra> to *'|i\ )>, ..
trolman Wade, who made an investiga
tion. and turned the a-f ox. to Sher
iff Morris, ..f I>, Ka b , .utity
It was learned that the nog, ess, who
was about 30 years old, had started late
Saturday afternoon to the home of Mrs
Mary Burt Meador, a prominent sod* x
woman in East Lake, foi whom th
woman l.ad done washing She had
started after money due he fur work
The murdei took place as the negress
was on her way to the Meador horn.
»NEW HOTEL TO OPEN
THOMASVILLE. GA . De. 23.—Work
on the new Tosco hot. I here is just
about completed tm* nmnag-rs . - -
pect to h..x .. a , , p, , , I:nL . Cx
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SEQUESTER ANTI-SANTA
CRANKS—CHAMP CLARK
WASHINGTON. !)<•<•. 23. "Sequestration <>i’ the crauks
who arc tryiiur 1" abolish Santa Claus" was advocated today by
Speaker Champ ( lark The movement.
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Champ Clark. ''llHdi-n were taught to believe in the
patron saint of Christmas. To under
stand Christmas one must understand the spirit of the occasion.
Everyone who has not read it ought to be furnished with a copy
of Charles Dickens’ Christinas carols. That would render a
great deal of good.”
NEGRO COOK SLAYS
BUTLER IN REAR OF
NORTH SIDE HOME
■ H* toll! me he hail another sweet
heart. ami 1 just shot him,” coolly re
mark.-,; Elia Li. lie. negro cook in tin'
hoim- of Dr. It. S. Moor,. of 70S Pied
mont avenue, fbdrty, just after she had
li ed tie - bullets into Charlie Greer, ne
gro butler for James 11. Gilbert, of 724
Piedmont avenue. Goer died almost
instantly. The tragedy occurred in the
servants' house in the rear of the Moot -
horn,.
The slayer was taken into , ustody by
Bicycle Colic, men Dorsett and Gantt
and locked In the police station. She
didn't apt,eat the least concerned ovei
her deed, and frankly admitted that it
was prompted by jealousy. She said
she had threatened previously to shoot
Greer because he teased her about
''other women,” but that he seemed to
think she was "just bluffing."
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little folks may be indulged with a great deal without bad effects.
For the stockings, then' are the Hard Stick and Broken Candies and the Christmas Novelties, at 25c a lb. and up. And
from among the finer assortments and ('hristmas boxes, we illustrate several of the most tempting that will win happy smiles.
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Block's Cliocol.itcs and Bon Hons for Christmas are presente,l in ''.‘‘‘A, lre and ,he fl " assortment offered in the city
a handsome box with both ribbon across corners and bows. A ver? “ ’’ h a P°bm . ie iiistnias box today and tomorrow. 29c.
dainty gift package, and within the finest quality of chocolates and Blocks cli .eolett-'s. a thick, cream center sugar wafer with several
bon bone that can be made, assorted in creams, nuts, fruits and < hoco- coalings of the richest, pure chocolate, the most delicious and dab m
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Other Christmas Candies and Novelties
s»r.t« CUu. N0v.1U.., So, 10c. 15c. Ssc. Other Novelties. 5c up. ' Strawberry ud VamHa Sealoarn n, so.
Christmas Trees with C&nAlss, sc. 10c. 25c Assmtsd Choenlata Nuts c _ , . 4O«.
Tiny Air Ships. »Oc. * a Co, ° r ’' K ’° 3 * Or BCc '
snow Balls. 10c. CrysUlhzed Cherries. Cumqxrat.s. Bl«<esppls. etc.. Stick Candy, absolutely pxu-e, all flavors, lb. 35c.
Santa Clans and Reindeer. Tsc. ' ‘ e ' Cream Mints, assorted colors lb 40c
Small Toy Cameras filled with little candies, Crystallized Ginger, 1-2 lb. 30c, 1-4 lb. 15c. Buttercups, assorted flavors lb 40
10c. Vanilla and Maple Pecan loaf, lb. 40c. Walnut Creams lb 40c
JACOBS’ PHARMACY
Main Store and Laboratory, 6-8 Marietta St,
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MON DA Y, DECEMBER 23, IHI2.
which wtis begun this (hristmas. to up
root the old traditions about Santa and
his sleigh full of toys, moved Mr. ( 'lark
today to make the following announce
inent:
"I think our Santa Claus is a greal
institution, and those cranks who are
trying Io abolish him ought to be se
questrated. The name of Santa ( 'lans
always calls up to me the most pleasant
memories of mv boyhood. In my day
SALE OF RED CROSS
SEALS TO CONTINUE
TILL NEW YEAR DAY
The R-d Cross seal campaign Will
continue right on to New Year’s days
The seal carries with it both the spirit
of Christmas and New Year’s.
I Reports received at headquarters in
the Atlanta Trust building up to today
. showed mote than $2,700 actually re
ceived in cash and deposited In bank.
■ But this is just one-half of the Atlanta
■ campaign which contemplated the sale
here of more than 500,000 seals, aggre
gating more than $5,000 In returns foi
the anti-tuberculosis work. »
Mrs. F. <l. Hodgson, chairman of th,
Atlanta committee, urges all who have
seals out to make their returns prompt
ly before <'hristmas day at headquar-
I ters in the Atlanta Trust building, 140
Peachtree street. After Tuesday the
Red Cross seal committee will transfer
its headquarto! s to the offices of the
* Anti-Tuberculosis association, seventn
floor of the Gould building.
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
ISSUED TO GEORGIA
PEACE ADVOCATES
J. J. Hail president of tile Georgia
branch of the American Peace soei, ly,
has issued the following Christmas
message to peace advocates in Georgia:
"The first (.'hristmas morn was ush
-1 in by th, song of angeis. Heaven
Itself seemed overcharged with music
and some of its sweetest strains fell
upon this world of ours, and the aston
ished shepherds on the plains of Beth
lehem heard the strain. 'Glory to God in
the Highest, on Earth Peace apd Good
Will to Men.’
"The astonishing thing is that the
wot id has been so long in receiving the
m* - ige. War and not peac. has en
gaged the attention of men from gen
eration to generation, until today the
nations are staggering under the awful
bu den of a war debt amounting to the
great sum of thirty-eight billions of
dollars! And whgt shall be said of the
millions of the human beings who have
fallen in battle fields?
“We all desire peace and the time is
coming when war will be looked upon
something worse than a blunder.
Reason and not force will settle great
international questions.
"In the meantime let us practice those
things which make for peace, so there
will he less strife, less anger, less bit
tt-rness this ('hristmas time than ever
in the past.
" 'Peace be to this house’ was a salu
tation the first evangelists had to car
ry. If 1 could I would bring the same
1 sw. et word to every home today. Oh.
L men and women who read these lines,
■ cany some token of peace into you’
homes this Christmas time, and do it
. with a glad heart and a sunny face.
"It may be that an absent son or
. daughter could send a message that
would bring peace to loved ones far
t away. Do it. Employers have a splen
, did opportunity at this season of the
. year to' ameliorate the hardships of
many who work for them and thereby
lessen the friction between capital and
labor. Both being absolutely neces
sary, let each take the other by the
. hand and swear eternal friendship.
• "Let our sympathy go out world
; wide to hasten the day when the song
, of the . angels, 'Peace on Earth,' shall
j be the precious realization of all man
kind."
Realty Transfer Made in 1868 Just Approved
$250 FOR $60,000 TRACT
Real eslitate experts on the l-’ulton.
county commission will fidget this aft
ernoon when they put formal approval,
on the sale of 30 acres of West End
property, negotiated by Daniel Pittman,
a war-time judge of ordinary. Pitt
main's sale in 1868 netted the county
exactly $250.98, whereas the real estate
he disposed of is said to be worth $60,-
JOO now. .
J. N. Landers, who recently purchased
a lot at AVellington street and Greens
ferry avenue, discovered, in digging
around in old records, that the Pitt
man sale of the old almshouse property
in th* Gr -onsfx rry road had not been
FIRST CHRISTIAN
BURIAL OF CHINESE
HELD IN ATLANTA
Sing Kee, secretary of the local lodge
of Chinese Masons, who was found
dead in his. laundry at 246 Houston
street ten days ago, rests in the Chi
nese burial lot at Greenwood cemetery
today, following his interment yester
day by fellow countrymen. This was
the first burial by local Chinamen un
der the Christian banner, orders from
President Yuan Shi Kai of China hav
ing abolished the Chinese custom of
burning incense, placing chop suey and
joss sticks on the grave, etc.
Formerly a Celestial sat on the hearse
and threw out small bits of paper with
a hole through the center of each piece.
The belief was that devils following the
deceased must crawl through the holes
before reaching the victim. The fu
neral ceremony xvas formerly accompa
nied with a form of idol worship,
chanting and burning of Incense.
Chicken chop suey and chop sticks were
put on the grave for the dead to eat,
and things were nut in the coffin to ac
company the Chinaman’s soul to Para
dise.
Rev. A. C. Ward officiated at the fu
neral at Harry Poole’s undertaking es
tablishment and a local band accom
panied the procession to the grave
Seventy-five Chinamen attended.
Sing Kee is survived by a number of
relatives in China.
formally ratified by the commission, as
required by law, Pittman, it seems,
acted as ordinary* in making the sale,
rather than the direct agent of Fulton
county.
So Landers, apprehensive that Pitt
man's action would constitute a flaw on
his title, petitioned the commission to
ratify the sale.
According to the record, former Ordi
nary Pittman sold 30 acres of land,
w hich had been the site of the old alms
house, to John S. Wilson, on Deeembet
8, 1868, for $250.98. The . property had
a 2,000-foot frontage on the Greensferry
road.
SUSPECT ARRESTED
FOR BANNOCKBURN
POSTOFFICE THEFT
Information regarding the robbery
last night of the postoffice at Bannock
burn came today to George F. Sutton,
postoffice inspector. Close upon the
heels of the first message was another
from D. F. Hinson, police chief of Wil
lacoochee, with the information that a
man suspected of being the robber had
been captured in that town, and would
be held for an investigation. No de
tails regarding the robbery have been
sent to headquarters in Atlanta.
The affair will be handled by deputies
out of Valdosta, at Inspector Sutton s
order.
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ATLANTA CHANGES
IN FREIGHT MEN OF
WEST POINT ROUTE
The resignation of E. G. Lutz as
commercial agent of the West Point
Route at Montgomery was followed t .
day by the announcement that C. E
Shannon, traveling freight agent of tri
same railroad, in that city, has severer
his connection with the West P.>i n i
Route. Both will enter private busi
ness.
An official circular issued by E. s
Center, of Atlanta, general agent of the
railroad, announces several changes In
the freight department, effective today.
Mr. Lutz will be succeeded by E. G
Hitt, heretofore commercial agent o'
the Cumberland Dispatch Lines in At
lanta and a brother of Moultrie Hitt
assistant to the president of the West
Paint Route.
C. P. Persons is appointed commer
cial agent at Atlanta. \V. M. Center is
named as soliciting freight agent at
Atlanta, succeeding Mr. Persons,
W. B. Terhune becomes commercial
agent of the road at New Orleans; T. C.
Williams, commercial agent at Char
lotte. N. C., and C. D. Center, soliciting
freight agent at East Point, Ga. The
positions of traveling freight agent at
Charlotte. N. C„ soliciting freight agent
at Nexv Orleans and contracting freight
agent at East Point are abolished.
It is understood also that the posißon
of traveling freight agent at Montgom
ery, heretofore held by Mr. Shannon,
will also .be abolished.
Boykin G. Smith.
Boykin G. Smith, 40 years of age
died at a private sanitarium this morn
ing. The body was removed to Patter
son’s undertaking establishment, am-:
will be sent this afternoon to Social
Circle for funeral and interment.