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GEORGIAN FUND FINEST OF CHARITIES, SAYS JOS. C. LOGAN
'A hil nitb?" M Charities and iui expert in the iidininis-
antn ..I pialanthropie p roJe et S , said of The Georgian's Emptv Storking Fun,l toda, :
Ihe in'orgutns administration of the Empty Storking Fund was rhe most intelligent
„l saustaemry distnbnt.on l have ever seen or beard of. The idea was to make the
, hnstmas of many poor ehtldren more like the Christmas of rhildren in better .•ireinn
oiiees. ."id tie Vian was admirably carried out. The hearts of several hundred mothers
~d children have been gladdened where it was impracticable otherwise to bring joy. A tea-
THE WEATHER
Forecast tor Atlanta and Georgia:
I fair ltd somewhat warmer Wednes
i day Thursday, fair.
\QL. XI. NO. 123.
BEAVERS HAS
MADE GOOD,
DECLARES
CANDLER
Atlanta’s New Moral Tone
Brings Its Best Christmas,
Says Mayor Pro Tem.
SURE NO ATTEMPT WILL
BE MADE TO REVIVE VICE;
■ • Beavers haw made good in his
< iiisp,,. ; gainst vice.
1 he finest Christmas thought
: nd one that should gladden
r t of every person in Atlanta.”
tins the statement of Mayor
John S. Candler today while
group .?■ which lie was a member
< is discussing what they considered a
i ii. i imas spirit in the city. All
g’ • ‘hat a wonderful sociological
P ... .-iiotogicai change had taken
her. within the past few years.
There is a higher moral tone in this
".vn that is apparent to everyone,”
•ontinunl the mayor pro tern., who as
jitri-t and a city official has seen con
■'itioux in Atlanta from the viewpoint
practical sociologist for the past
City Cleaner Socially
Than Ever in Its History.
.amping out of the public dens
a oeial evil was the greatest step
■ 'ring it about.
' .... evei tmij have been one’s
‘i.oui to. wisdom of Chief
act v.iien !.<■ committed it, no
. question the fact that Atlanta
: ■ socially today than the citj*
• I hi ».
I’-vi till exists. There are viola
" ' "1 ti.e law. Hut a comparison
conditions a year ago make the
■ r I tn evil insignificant. When we
i i'ler t, i this law was a. dead let- 1
for many years, it is the best
i". fd in Atlanta of all the criminal
statutes.
I’h. ie are murders and thefts, too,
l ite the efforts of our police. The
■ in. is that public prostitution in At
ant.i noy- stinks into the dark, subdued,
>t equality with the criminal human
'• iideiieies (hat produce these univer
'rJ'- condemned acts.
".' are a city on a, hill, and our
■'ogress has been seen. It would be a
arful step backward to allow the old
'millions to return. I am sure that |
will be no effort in the near fil
lo revive the old order. I don’t
■ any effort will ever again be
' ■‘■■ fui o reopen the ‘houses in our
• i Evidence
~l; Good Is Done.
■ add there was unmistakable evi
that public opinion was that real
" u had been done; and that public
' ■ *n is sovereign in such matters.
1 • ? few fireworks arc being* ex
this Christmas,” he continued,
tin- streets, as I walked last night,
laces were the most cheery I had
viewed on a Christmas during the
11 ' 1 have watched such things
' latiia. i don’t remembe • seeing
1 ■ person intoxicated.
I I)is Christmas in Atlanta seems to
to be the best celebration of the
ltd of Christ that 1 have ever known
ludg. Candler said that he had made
; observations wholly apart from '
! * ’ r political significance. But, as a '
■<tter of fact, the new conditions he i
' inted out are the most powerful po- I
■ *1 influences in the citv today.
AH City Officials
Take Same View.
1 hey overshadow the repudiation of
Men and Religion Forward Movt -
nt’s program by th** people ai th*
- last October. They have cowed
moneyed influence and killed th*
'• ’ of the underworld that hav<*
• n lighting so insistently and so
vfullj f o r license.
hy official# who have consistently |
the opinion that Chief Beavers’
• f was a mistake arc blocked by the I
* blic opinion that hae been created. 1
The Atlanta Georgian
There 9 s Real Christmas Joy in the Homes of Atlanta’s Poor Today
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MUTH SLAYER
Man Hunt. Led by Fellow Offi
cers. Marks Christmas Day
in Muscogee County.
COLUMBUS.. GA . Dec. 25. -Five
deputy sheriffs and scores of citizens
are scouring Nance’s district in Mus
cogee co.unty for Howard Davis, a ne
gro. who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff
Bussey Wright last night. Wright was
attempting to arrest Davis when the
latter fired at him with a shotgun, kill
ing him instantly. People of that sec
tion tire much aroused oyer the trag
edy. Wright was popular. The mur
der was cold blooded. Sheriff Beard is
directing the search from Columbus.
Davis is heavily armed and defying
arrest. After he had shot and killed
Deputy Wright he barricaded himself
in a house eight miles from heie while
a posse surrontided the house, awaiting
reinforcements from this city.
No details of the killing, which oc
curred near where the negro has barri
caded hinise f, has reached heie
Sheriff Beard dispatched a |.osse
from here at lti:3o o’clock last night to
aid the force that already hud sur
rounded the house In which the negriy
had tak. 11 refuge.
Early this morning. Hide, .'ove; oi
du.Kness, Cue negro slipped from the
house and escaped. When this was dis
covered the search of the district began.
Read For Profit-CEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use For Results
ATLANTA. GA.. WEDXESDAV. PECEMBER 25, ll)]2.
Ii Children of the Slums Now Certain Old
, Santa Can Find His Way Anywhere.
BY EVELYN WREN.
Early this morning, before most of
'you had been hauled out of bed by your
’ own white-clad, riotous kiddies, I went
Christmas calling, and found every
body at home. I didn’t send In my card
by butler or maid at the homes where I
called today. A butler yvould have
turned up his nose at the idea of being
seen in such localities, and a maid—
. oh. dear me, a maid wouldn't begin to
think of setting foot in such a place.
My calling tour took me over beyond
the tracks and up funny little side
’ streets that never had learned the
I meaning of paving or grading; into
i tumble-down little shacks tucked away
behind rich folks’ resideiui t; into the
third-floor back rooms of battered old
houses which used to be homes until
’ factories smoked out the occupants and
the homes became "Rooms to Rent.”
They were chilly like the inside of a
; cave, and the wall paper was coming off
in strips and the windows rattled
; around and let the wind slip by and
! had to be stuffed with paper and stuck
f tight with broken caseknlves. They
> weren’t homes any longer. Just places
; to. keep out the rain and some of the
cold and give the children a place to
. stay while their mothers are out look
ing for a chance to earn perhaps 50
cents a day.
Led to Slums By Curiosity.
1 I a. in a-slumtning -If that's th.
■ right word—just to see for myself
y whether the Empty Stocking Eutid had
accomplished ny real good. I want, i
. to be su.’e the (>.»'<ents tin- Christmas
- Editor had packed 'or three children
- so-and-so, such a street, had reached
. the right destination, and whether it
were true that Mrs. Miggles actually
had five children between thirteen and
four. I wanted to see whether these
children of the poor were as happy with
their gifts as the children I had known,
the youngsters who have everything
they need rind almost everything they
want.
My welcome wasn’t as warm as I ha 1
led myself to expect. 1 didn’t find my
self play Ing grand lady in a cabin w hile
humbler mothers knelt, in an admiring
circle of children and sent up pious
praise for the Lord’s good works and
mine.
These mothers were grateful so. the
gifts given their children; they had ex
pressed their gratitude as best they
could when they had called for the
packages. But they didn't particularly
appreciate a gin reporter's butting in
next morning to analyze then emotions
and check off the charity . And 1 didn’t
I blame them a bit.
So I hurried to explain that I only
, came to be sure the gifts had read,
'.the right homes and didn’t propose to
J ask family pedigrees or pass around
I any tracts. And one or two of the
j mothers got real chummy w ith me aft
ier 1 sat on the floor and showed the
d smallest girl how to make dolly’s eyes
’■ open and shut.
Gifts Meant a Real Christmas.
'if course I couldn't go every wli. re,
ey.-n if I'd want'd to, for more than GuO
children received presents f "om The
‘Georgian's fund, and th it mean.- mole
, "an ;i"' home-. But I cl ' vi.-i: <-n .
Ii" make -m< that the gif'- had me:.nt n
| Continued on Page Two.
ture of the distribution system was rhe suceess in giving only to tin* p<»<»r —the children of
people who could aiford toys and dinners were not included in tin uifts. I have seen manv
such projects attempted by newspapers, hut not one that has been carried out with greater
judgment or dispatch, and memories of Ihe Georgian s campaign will remain with hun
dreds for years to come. 'l’here was a ready response to this voluntary offer <>L help to the
poor, anti I am sure that not only the beneficiaries. Inn the cominiinity, appreciates the ef
fort made, and that the influence of the campaign will assert itsell for years to come.
57 TAKEN FINN
PERILEDVESSEL
I
Revenue Cutter Receives Pas
-1
sengers and Proceeds With
Them to New York.
I
NEW YORK. Dee. 25.—A1l the ..7
passengers of the United Fruit Coni
’ ' pany’s Turrialba, which Is
. | ashore on the New .!• is< > coast near
I Jersey City, were safely transferred to
1 the revenue cutter Seneca today and
[are now on the way to New York.
News of the safety of the passengers
• who had been in peril on the Jersey
roast for more than 24 hours was re
ceived here today in a \a ir - )< s message
1 transmitted to the United Fruit Com
■ puny by Captain Lindsay, of th* Tur
f rialba. The message, which was re
ceived at 8:10 a. m.. was as follows:
“All passengers saft ly transferred to
the Seneca. Sending half-weighted bag
’ gage and mail. The Merritt and Uom
-1 missioner have arrived and are along
side. Ship going easy and taking no
• water. ’’LINDSAY.”
The Merritt and Commissioner named
in tlie dispatch are tugs that were
i seni from New York to help in lighter
ing tin Turrlalba. No mention of the
linen o the was made in • ‘aptain
i I Lindsay’s dispatch, and th«- officers of
. tile lira sityV thej had “muinco aboard
tin stranded steam* to assist in un
j loading the cargo of aU.oiHt bunches of
, h inaj l ' ■ ami flee bugs of cotfi- t.o ic
i M rritl and (‘omrntssion* r and the lUgfc
j scut to the fccem early '.oday,
'GREEKS Ifii
Mil TURK»
Final Battle for Possession of
Janina Has Begun Shells
Fire Houses.
li' i'.ns. i »“• 25. T ’.1.. I bat th
forth. capture of Janina, with its rich
1 stores of Turkish munitions of war.
was opened today bj the Greek annv.
i
i The last siege gun was placed in posi
tion yesterday and at dawn toda> a tri -
i rifle bombardment wmh begun f-om the
north ami east of the city.
Within a lew houis several houses
within the town were set on fire by
bursting shells, but tin rapidity with
which the ilames were extinguished in
dicated that the Turks wen- taking
' even precaution to prevent destruction
of the city by fire.
Luring the night a large force <.f
, Ottoman troop.-s made a sortie from the
< i:\. but they w» ro drivn Lack .ifte, a
'sharp skirmish. one hundred and
: I twentj dead Turk* were found on the
field after th• main I"»dy/retreated. Th<
Greek los>- as sum . Tl»e following
x ,ig. a.is ‘<aeiv<d he.* from Prine*
I j (''.ns'.ujtin* io tl)s Or* ek eorninander
Wi .Xi • • .«■ i.i x Panina wiinln a
‘ f. Son- -«• * : Hu-.-it-- tie and uhX
k"'s •» ai.id to lie ghnx of Greece,'*
HOHL
IPITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
TURNED WILL
CARRY LIGHT
WM INTO
COURT
Reprimanded and Hts Charges
Branded False. City Electri
cian Plans Injunction.
HOPES TO BLOCK PACT
ADOPTED BY COUNCIL
ITisubilu. ii by the re(" Inuiiui of ths
general council, which unanimously
inanderl bls eha gee against tin ineni-
I bers of to electric lights committee
■ "unfounded and outrageously false.”
City Electrician It. Turner today
I prepared to have tin injunction filed
against the city to prevent the new
| street lighting contract from going into
I effect.
He said if an Injunction was filed It
l.would be done by a. representative of
1 the Consumers league, which, he an
il flounced, fs ahT-organlzation to get low
let i>iectiTe light mid gas rules.
! Turner said today I e felt like he hac
"on a victory, so many people had
I shaken hands with and congratu-
J Jated him.
I City Clerk Walter Taylor ruffled hi#
serious mien when he 'calked up and
said:
Wishes Him a
‘ Scrappy New Year.”
"Turner, 1 wish you u merry Christ-
i mas and a scrappy New Year.”
i Nevertheless, tl.e relations between
I the city .‘h-ctrieian and rite city council
[are seriously bitter.
Vldcrrnan John S. Candler, as a mem-
■ li, i of electric lights committee, was
on the stand as a. witness at the invet
itigation yesterday.
Judge,” said Turner, "you say 1
I haven't .■ . wense I'd like to know If
I you arc an insanity expert.”
! "No.” replied Judge Candler, indig
■ nant. “Any man with common sense
|< itld tell that you were either a liar ot
a fool. I prefer to bellei e tha t you are
I a fool.”
i "1 don’t agree with yoiT," retorted
| Turner, curtly.
I When the investigation closed Coun
cilman Harvey Hatcher introduced a
I resolution declaring that Turner could
I no more be believed than any man who
i would willfully li< and denouncing the
| charges that members of the electric
! lights committee “had been seen,” and
I that they had “obeyed the president of
| to. Georgia Railway and Power Com
pany" as untrue. Chairman Hatcher
1 ; said Turner’s own testimony was suf-
Iticnnt evidence for such a report.
! liming the hearing Turner win
' asked to (coot’ of ids charges. After
| parleying for sonn- time, he said be
|kuev they wef" ti m by intuition.
This provoked a laugh from mombe-s
lof council, but It didn’t “feaze” Tur
;ne Throughout the cross-examina
tion he was an excellent witness for
| himself. City Attorney Mayson, the
I quest oner, was unable to get a direct
lan.-wer from him on any proposition
i that looked risky. The councilmen
■ sugg> ste,] questions to the attorney to
■ I ask.
| Tile far t was developed that Turner
i had gone to Chicago at the expense of
I R. L. Doolittle, engineer for Joel Hurt,
Ito inspect some elevators. Turner said
lire saw Mr. Hurt in Chicago.
Evidence was produced that he had
I represented in n letter to the mayor,
applying for a leave of absence, that lie
was going away on < ity business. It
i was further show’n that he left town
before any leave of absence was grant-
! This member's of council declared tn
be dearly an impeachable offense. But
i they took no step to impeach him.
Turner said he occasionally rnatie
' I trips to nearby towns to do inspection
, I wor k.
I "I get $25 a day for such work. Does
1 I that look like I haven't any sense?” he
I I snapped, defiantly.
11 e OS--,(II- .tioned eadi member of
the electric lights committee who took
; th' stand, endeavoring in each case to
, I develop the fact that these ottieiais
e unduly friendly with the officials
of tin Georgia Railway and Power
. 1 * 'ompany.
Tin cyt lighting contra.a wjs
: . dotite.'i.
, "I exp. ev-,i si.- . action," Turner said
11 'day. "They ad all made up tlreo
■ minds by for. they heard any testi
bnony.’’