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'POSSE SURPRISES
BANDITS AT WORK
I
Switch Engine Brings Deputies
to Scene of Train Holdup.
But Robbers Escape.
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>,.sse to.liii < -• liik Guin übberf
vho c.inibi <1 uv r the t< iide: of ti> ■ last
’hiingo anti Alton "Hummer.” which
. uns btive.n I'hkaßo anil St. Loul-,
c overed th- engine*- and fivtnan with
revolt - rs. forced tl ■ :n t-> uncouple the
engine and baggag- < front the- test
■of the train an . ut- it a short distance
.ahead, win th* utiMicct sst'iil attempts
. to blow the lAi-re-" safe were mad
with nitroglycerin and dynfttnite. Th.
,ol>V-\ occurred near Iles Junction.
After woiking 45 minutes v itii th<
explosives, th- bandits lire when fif
teen deputies from Spiingti' -I arrived
on n switch • ng'ne widcii was rush-'-l
- tn the scon-- aft- I’ igntan Horace '
Smith, of th-- pas-n-'t r t: tin who lia-l |
been tired upon, ran to th- operator's:
Station at lie.- and had him win to th-
-city for offii ers.
Headlight Darkened.
With headlight darkened, the -witch
engine approached. There was a fight
between the deputies ami the bandits,
hut the latter escaped.
A sack of corporation bonds and
what are thought to be lottery tickets
as xx ell as a number of small packages,
were taken from the car by th,- bandits,
who later threw away the loot us t!:<
posse were in close pursuit. The pas
sengers on the train were not molested.
It is thought by local railroad otli
< als that the two men caught the train
while it stopped in this city. The en
gim er, Sam M< Highlit), was /orced
to throw up his hands at the point of
, two revolv-rs. Both McLaughlin and
is fireman. W A. Sullivan. Met}- forced
o leave th- engine afte the train had
, been stopped, uncouple the engine and
the express cat from the rest of the
tain and run some distance farther on.
Flagman Gives Alarm.
Wiiile one of tlte bandits held Fred 1
Ayers. th< m< ssenget of tm express!
company, and th, engine crew at bay
with a revolver, the second robber dy
namited the sale.
In the mcAntinn th, llagiiiun it.id
gone back to give the alajm. H<
walked to Iles and info: med th, opera
tor, who telegraphed the Chicago un.i
Alton agent in Springfield. Within a
few minutes of tht news a hastily
gathered posse was sent in pursuit ot
the bandits on the switch iigine
Although the posse was only 300
cards away from the fleeing bandits,
the latter were able to evade their pur
suers. A fusillade of revolver shots
which began when the bandits were
sighted by the pos ,• v i( s kept iif, dur* 1
mg the pursuit.
Negro Train
Robber Killed
TL-I.SA. OKLA . Dec. 24 -Tn. m gro i
train robbi i who was shot and killed
last night while operating on board the
Louis and San FrancUto train n..
412, bound to Kansas city from Okla
homa City was not identified today.
The robber boarded the train as It
was leaving Chandler, Okla., held up
md robbed the conductor at the point
of a pistol and then drove him into the
express far. following after him. The
1 egro covered tin express messenger,
ordering hint to open the safe, but just
-is he was about to comply a negro
train porter entered and opened fire on
the robber This was returned, but
neither mnn was shot.
The porter, bls ammunition exhaust
■-I. rushed back into the train and
sounded an alarm. W. E. Gordon, a
■private detective, went forward and in
■m exchange of shots fatally wounded
the bandit.
WILD BULL RUNS AMUCK
IN CLEVELAND STREETS
CLEVELAND. OHIO. Dec. 24.- Lives
of scores of school children were en
dangered and several men and women
were knocked down and Injured when a
wild bull, escaping from the stock yards
at West Sixty-fifth street and Clark ave
, nue. ran amuck over the west side. The
beast, pursued in an auto, was finally
trilled by Charles Greene, a Civt war vet
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OLDEST TWINS OBSERVE
THEIR 94TH BIRTHDAY
HA IIYI.i >.N. X v.. Dec. 24 Samuel
and William Muncy, regarded as the
world's oldest twins, will celebrate their
hinety-fourth birthday tomorrow
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SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
BY JAMES B. NEVIN.
| Executive Secretary t'hn is more or
1.-.-- tearing ills hair nowadays, because
of tile fact that tin returns for tin- late
E
statf-wid. jtisfim
of the peac. . le< -
tlonx are entreme
'v slow coming i,
Notwithstanding
i the fa. i that thes.
' elections —o \ .
. 1,800 of them—
were held on De
cember two
good weeks ..co.
not rm-r- th,in
-1,200 returns have
been s. nt in
TM.- leaves the
st at- shy mine
" justices of the
peac- —or about
two-thirds of the
entire number.
The law is ex-
tremely vague as to how the returns
shall 1..- made, or, at least, ns to who
■ shall i.eeiv. them. <me section directs
: tin Sr,-retail of state to take charge of
I th, in, another names the governor as
| t’:, proper person, anti still another
says the ordinaries. Ulm thinks there
may be three dr four more sections
bearing upon the matter, but he has
not yet had time to look them up.
Anyway, the Idea the executive de
partment desires to get abroad Is that
the commissions are ready for all the
duly elected justices, If only they will
have their election returns properly
forwarded to—well, say the secretary
ot state.
There ar, more than 1,800 of these
commissions, and it was some job mak
ing them out and getting the governor's
and tin- executive secretary's signa
tures ,-itth'ched. All that has to be don, i
now Is to till in the blanks, and forward
the- commissions.
But that can not. be done, of course,
unless the right names are on tile with
the executive department for the fill
ing in.
The joint congressional committee <-n .
Federal aid to the construction of good
i roads throughout the nation, of which.
Representative Gordon Lee is a mem
ber, has written Governor Brown in
viting his suggestions as to how th,
committee sliall proceed to the consid
eration ot il.s-business, now that It is
about to be calleel together.
The committee particularly u-questS
that the governor communicate with it
with respect to the general plan upon
which Federal aid shall be exended, to
what extent Federal and local author
ities should co-operate and likely would
co-operate, what character of roads
should be considered as eligible, wheth
er Federal funds should apply to con
struction and maintenance, or merely
to maintenance, what extent, if any,
| should Federal su ervision obtain, and
; any individual plan or suggestion for
l-’ederal and state co-operation in- may
. have in mind.
Tlie committee particularly invites
i • governor to answer it fully and
: fieoly, as tlie serious work of preparing
.1 |,:an for congressional consideration
'is to 1,, perfected as ra|>idly as possi
’ ble.
Til Savannah News does Hot took
with favor upon the proposition to
make tlie inauguration of Governor
elect Slaton the occasion of a st ito.
military display.
The News says:
It is not expected that Govertioi
elect Sinton will agree to have his
inauguration made occasion for a
big display of the state's military
strength. Os course, there is glory
W. W. RICHARDSON.
FORMER ATLANTAN,
DEAD IN MARYLAND
News lias been received in Atlanta of
tin’ death at Drummond, Md., Sunday
night of William Wightman Richard
son, a native of Atlanta, formerly en
gaged in newspaper work her,-, and
lately news editor of The Washington
' Star.
M, Richardson attended the \t anta
public schools. Hi- early engaged in
the banking business, but soon ent. red
journalism with Josiah I'artei's Even
ing Herald. Afterward he was asso
ciated with Benjamin M Blackburn on
The Daily Commercial. Twelve yeai's
ago he went to Washington to accept -a
place on Tlie Star, of wlilch he became
managing editor, as well as news editor.
Mr, Richardson leaves lilts wife, for
merly Miss Lulu Clubaugh, of W ashing
ton; a child, and a sist.-r, Mrs R. W.
Hood, of Atlanta. He was a brother of
tlie late I' auk Henry Richardson, who
was at one time Washington corre
spondent o( Tli- Atlanta Constitution,
ami hit, r editor of Tin- Atlanta Join -
mil.
GIRL. JAILED FOR ROBBING
EMPLOYER. HANGS SELF
NEW YORK. De. .t. Rathe: than
fa.-e" trial on the charge of robbing her
employer. Mrs. Lillian Scott lianged
lift ,-if in Hurl, in prison today with a
rope mad< from a bed sheet. She was
28 years old. and was charged with hav
ing stolen about $2,200 worth of furs
and jewelry fiom Mrs. Oliver Searles,
for whom she was liousekeeper while
I Mrs. Searles was abrouil.
BOA LIFE LINE SAVES
GIRL SKATER IN WATER
,j -.Mi •NTCI.AIR. N. J.. Dec. 24.—Mias
I Flotenc, G. Sheldon, who fell through
ill), thin ice covering Inverna ink.
I throw ail i nd of her fur boa to rescuers
who dared not venture upon the i, ■
[land they need it sot a lifeline and pulled
!1• 'tO safety.
MAKE SOMEBODY
1 Happy .ut?. U K-.o.ik l , gift that
l|p|. ,<s.-s lo.i i young me oic, ,Im. 1..
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Hlh ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TCESDA\\ DECEMBER 24. 19iz.
ind honor in being governor of
Georgia. But there is a democratic
spirit throughout the state that
would frown upon a military pa
geant when the governor takes the
oath of office. Tlie governor-elect
lias never shown himself to be de
sirous of pomp and public display
of himself. He has been a hard
worker in tiie interest, in
a quiet, straiglitfoiward way. Tile i
proposed outburst probably will
not take place on his inauguration
I
I h,- idea of those advocating a mil
itary display in Atlanta on the day of I
Mr. Slaton’s Inauguration does , not I
i seetn to be, however, that it should be ■
| held particularly with any eye to gloti- ;
lying tlie new governor, but that it
j should be held rather as a fit and prop
er compliment to the state’s militia it-
! Self.
Os course, Mr. Slaton will be quite
as much governor after he is sworn in, !
w nether tlie military parades tliat day I
o, no. Tht idea is, nevertheless, that i
•Mr. Slatop's election was overwhelm
ing, and the assembling of the state '
troops in Atlanta tliat day could in no |
wis, be taken as an attempt to play I
politics or emphasize the fact that a j
new executive was about y to be sworn I
in. and tliat lie himself desired espe
cially to Impress that fact upon the ,
public mind,
Tlie state legislature has shown Un- I
usual interest in the military of t,eor- |
gia of late, and since it is such ti fine
body of men. so well organized and
equipped—in short, such a credit to the
state—it lias occurred to' some that it
would be nothing more than right to
giither it tog, tlier when the public
might look it over and see what it
thinks of it.
. And it not a military display when a
governor is inaugurated, why a tnili
t cry dh-iHnV when a president, is in
augurated Everybody favors the lat
ter
Says Tlie .Macon Telegraph;
Th. question now is, What dot«
the governor of North Carolina ■
tlilnk of tin.' governor of South Car
olina?
That may be Hie question, but if it j
is, th< i, follow s another question im- '
mediately: is the ailswer fit to print?
There is no doubt whatever jlia.t a I
serious effort will be made In the next !
legislature to provide the maehinery for '
ia constitutional convention In Georgia.!,
Representative Grover ('. Edmond-|
son, pf Brooks county, lias announced ,
his intention to introduce a bill along I
this line early in the first session, and ’
to press »t seriously and earnestly.
Moreover, he Is encouraged to think
after talking with several members of
: th, incoming house, that it likely may
I be passed Without serious trouble.
The Macon Telegraph, conservative,,
.land thirtoughly representative' of tiiei
i rock-ribbed Democracy of the state,
believes the suggestion is a good one.
. It says tliat the constitution of the state
i might wise ly be revised once in every
generation.
The present constitution was adopt
ed in 1877—more than 37, years ago.
Georgia, so, many people think, has
outgrown the old constitution. Ev,ry
legislature that comes along tinkers
with it and largely because, in many
ways, it needs tinkering w ith. Tite Jdea
■ of Mr. Edmondson, however, is that .the
tinkering should be undertaken as one
intelligent job- and in that he will b<
backed by many of his fellow citizens.
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Men and Religion Bulletin No. 39
I “IN HIS NAME”)
Men are noting the signs-of the times.
Three leading periodicals in recent numbers are excellent illustrations.
In an editorial, Harper’s Weekly says, in part:
“Most of us realize that the birth of Christ was a true God-send to earth, but not many
of us have due comprehension of what really happened to earth when Christ was born, or of
the nature and scope of the impulses and inspirations that His coming let loose among hu
manity. i
” ‘The power of a fundamentally new aspect of life’s problems’ is the power whose coming
we recognize at Christmas time; a power that penetrates all politics and all social life, and
that hammers at the stubborn gates of economics.
‘‘Not so much the Golden Rule as the power that is continually compelling the recogni
tion of the Golden Rule is the Christmas-born power that the world has to reckon with.
“Christ is the great mind 5 the great radical. I
“It was a tremendous,driving, upsetting force that came
out of Judea into the affairs of men.
‘‘The spirit and the teaching of Christ are imperishable. The best hope for us and our
civilization and for our escape from the disasters of our predecessors is that spirit and that
teaching and the growth of human capacity to live and work in accordance, still distant and
imperfect, with both.”
And the writer points to the rising tide of Christianity forcing the Turk with his barbar
ities from Europe—to India, Japan and China astir and throbbing with new life whose in
spiration was and is Christ Jesus.
Leslie’s Weekly, in speaking of Him who was born in a stable more than nineteen cen
turies ago, says:
‘‘This Babe has projected new ideas into the monotony of human thought. God is our
Father; all we are brethren. This Babe came that selfishness might go. He is an omni
present, everlasting evangel of good will. If His Name were not Jesus we would call Him
Atlas, for the government is upon His shoulders, and He lifts the whole fabric of human so
ciety to the highest level and bathes it in the light of life. We live in better homes, we wear
better clothes, we eat better food and live better lives and have a good hope of life eternal be
cause of Him.
‘‘The Babe of Bethlehem is God’s greatest gift to humanity; therefore, we keep the fes
tival in honor of His birth.
“Litt up your heads and hail Him King; open wide your hearts and wel
come H m to Hi*, Throne.”
And now comes Collier’s Weekly with its offering to the Galilean. It says:
“He gathers us all, Jew and Genii.e, toil-worn and uisinherited, within the
of His love.
‘‘We need His homely ways, who had no scorn for unsuccess. We need His simple
speech, whose words could touch the heart of grief.
‘‘Many years ago, with tender ministration, He took away the hurt from troubled hearts,
and still the thought of Him brings comfort for what is bruised with striving and comrade
ship for what has never been at home in life.”
Leslie for many months past has been warring against the White Slave Trade.
Collier’s Weekly now enters the fight for the fallen.
Its Christmas editorial is headed “Jenny’s Christmas.”
“Jenny’s Christmas!” Consider Chris ’s cross and think of her. " »
God forgive you and us with our petty bickering and snarling! ■
God help her at this season when memo.ies, like vul ures, tear at her heart!
Look at your children, your si ters, then think of her!
“What might have beep!” What is! Are we yet no better than brutes?
Collier’s says: “And the day seems at hand when Jenny’s case, which has lain so long in
the dusty pigeonholes of time, is about to get a hearing.
“We know something now of her ill-protected childhood, of what dangers lurk for her
on her way home from factory or shop; we know of her humble reaching toward romance,
and how bitter a snare was made of her dream of love. We have heard, too, the story of
those who deal in her body, white young image of God’s house, for profit, and of the poison
distilled from that profanation which shall be visited upon our sons and daughters.
“Now at last Jenny is beginning to find defenders.
“She has been waiting many centuries from her sisters for that which
Christ ' id not ref us
The whole world, alive and pulsing with the Spirit and love of Christ, is considering the
plight of Jenny, the Magdalen, the white slave.
Toronto, Rochester. Boston, Fall River, Seattle, Minneapolis, Omaha, Lincoln, Los An
geles, Des Moines, Chicago and London are among those cities which have already adopted the
policy of suppressing such houses as those which were in our midst.
In Minneapolis and Chicago efforts have been made to get the cities to return to a policy
of segregation—to let the houses come back.
They failed in both places.
Chicago’s great dailies protested against the effort there.
Atlanta, therefore, in closing the so-called segregated district is only acting in accord
with the best thought of the world leaders of today, and as many other cities have already
done.
Certain frauds however, have mile Atlanta’s position uniqus.
Her Chief of Police is a man and not a puppet.
The law places the responsibility upon him.
He has not shirked it.
Without fear or favor he has enforced the law; and, yet, with a gentleness for the unfor
tunate women that will make the name of Atlanta’s Police Force memorable.
There has been no suggestion of graft.
No woman has been persecuted, all being given more than a chance to cult the old life.
Kindness has marked every step of the way, though there has been and will be unyield
ing firmness in ending Protected Vice—in preventing men exploiting and living upon the
shame of women in Atlanta.
No official has blocked, or sought to block, the Chief.
Officials and courts have co-operated with him, though some have honestly doubted the
wisdom of the law which compels an honest man to act as the Chief has.
Even those who differ from him. when they think, recognize that the law gives him no
discretion, and that it is folly to combat him for being honest.
And so without rancor, and without th- breath of scandal marr ; ng the
fame of our ci y and the refutation of her oificia.s, the waite slave market in
M nhatt n avenue has been abo
Christmas will dawn upon a united city.
And so we believe will New Y’ear’s Day.
Atlanta and her people have closed the door upen the past with its mistakes and sins,
its follies and failures; we are looking and moving only into the future; and in our midst
moves the Church of the Living God, whose head is Christ, proclaiming the Gospel the eood
tidings of His Kingdom.
God grant that we all may go forward together into 1913—t0 the building of a greater,
better and happier city.
The Executive Committee of the Men and Religion Forward Movement.