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2 CITY TREASURER OF GRIFFIN 15 A SUICIDE Prominent Citizen Slays Self After the Burning of His Account Books. Continued From Page One. position to handle their funds for an other two years. Tt was at 11 o’clock Tuesday night that he again took the oath so familiar to him. A few minutes later lie left ’he city hall, apparently in the be f of | spirits, bidding his assoeiat. •- "go night,” and wending his picturesque old Southern hen ■ f. blocks away. There a fee hours later. I .’.'lth the message of .Mayor Smith. • •ailing for an audit and a new system, t.nging in his ears, he placed the muz zle of a revolver In his mouth and tired a bullet through his brain. Whatever •nay have been his motive, it db d a secret with him. Members of th city government and e.'lzens generally were saddened Wed nesday morning when the news went. I out that their long-time and b. loved j old clerk and treasurer had been stricken with apoplexy while p:••tring to enjoy his breakfast. Mayor Smith’s desire for a change in the conduct of city affairs was widely known even before his inaugu; ation, I owing to the fact that it was an issue i n the campaign and had been dis- l • us*ed from day to day. A farewell note was left by Na.:. Tn: It he made no reference to the destruc tion of the city’s records, but volceti | his determination that they should I never be examined. As to the reason . of this determination ho gave no word, • so far as has been learned. He wrote: J My Books Shall Never Be Examined. “I ant determined that inj books shall never be examined. I have checked and rechecked them, and have found them absolutely correct. 1 am satisfied that no one else •■■uld have found anything wrong ' Then he added: But the honor of it all, and the thing that caused me to determine on this course, Is the fear that I might be stricken helpless and left a burden on those illy able to care for me.” Another sentence read: ' I am very, very tired." Nall's friends are firm in their belief that he was simply laboring under the h.allucination that lie was suspected of some possible wrong, and that this er roneous thought that his honesty and ills long-used system were questioned drove him to desperation and to his tragic end. They say Nall suffered a slight ■ trok of paralysis a short time ago, and slm - " ' then seemed to fear that he would be 1 stricken helpless and would have to be I cared for by his three daughters. Nall j was a widower. Douglas Boyd Finds Books All Missing. Immediately following (lie announce ment of the death, Mayor Smith or dered the clerk's office closed until aft er the funeral on Friday. On Satur day the finance committee, of which Doug.as Boyd, of the Douglas Boyd Company, is chairman, opened the of fice and made the discovery that tlx Important books were missing. The France committee, in called session Monday, instructed Mayor Smith and .Mark J. Janes, one of the members, to go to Atlanta and employ expert ac countants. The report of the accountants is ex erted tn about a week. The first evidence as to the destruc tion of the records was furnished in a confession to the finance committee by Bill Holloway, negro janitor in the city hall. He said that on Tuesday morn ing, before the new administration took charge that night, Nall placed two books on the edge of the furnace door in the basement of the city hall and told him to push them into the furnace He says he did so. Members of the committee later earned that a negro cook tn the Nall home, Mary Holloway—no relation, however, to the janitor—had confided to another negro that Nall ‘‘had been burning books and papers in his home tor two weeks before bls death.” She was closely questioned by the commit tee, but denied this statement. She admitted, however, that on Tues day morning three books had been burned. She said her husband came to the Nall home that morning to build • tire, as usual, and that Nall gave film three books and told him to burn them. Chairman Boyd Doubts a Shortage. The negro tore up out of the books and threw it tn th- fir.-. but as it was so hard to tear, : ltd tin "tin two books aside. Nail, she said, later came along and threw these books Into the fire. Beyond tliis. no further evidence Im - been found as to the destruction of the records. Chairman Boyd says: "I don't think Nall was short in his accounts, but I believe he felt offended at the idea of his books being audit’d and his old system changed, and simply determined that this should not b. He had been in the office so long that he felt that his methods should not be questioned. He probably brooded over the situation until he decided that rather than submit to the new order of things he would destroy the •■• • ords and then kill himself.'' Committeeman Janes. vl. n , iv a close personal friend of tin. ar.-.i ma: and woo lias been in personal charge of the office since tin trag.dy, firm in b.- belief that Nall'.- -mm' •• ... „, ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* : CITY ON SOUND BASIS • : MAYOR SMITH SAYS: • T1 de by • • Mayor .1 Henry Smith • • ind • ! • final of the • • • • ~f- • • • • • ! are, as yet. • •.■■■> • •••••••••••••••••••••••••a FALL OF SCUTARI AGITATES ENVOYS Real Crisis of Peace Conference Billed for Resumption of Ne gotiations Tomorrow. IjjNLmjN !)<•<■. 31. -Consternation was caused among tin- Turkish peace deb*gat»-s today by a telegram from Beigiad** that S- atari had fallen before a combin’d attack of Servians and M«int'-negrin-. Beic iJd Pasha, of the . ottoman dei.-aaibin. declared that if this proved tru< it would show fla grant violation ot the Chatalja armis tice. Tomorrow will c the real crisis in th»- peace conference . Representatives <>f tile alii.- declare that if Turkey con tinues to balk th* negotiations, when they arc r* sume<l Wednesday, they will de. lare their mission at an end and war will be r< sume*i. Russia Proposes Demobilization PARIS, D e. 31. The most important move yet made to relieve l he tension in Europe resulting from the Balkan war " as made here today when I’. A. Jswol sky, the Russian ambassador to France, called upon M. Raymond Poincalre, the French foreign minister, and proposed that Rm la nd Austria go into accord upon the immedlnl' mobilization of their reserves. Mr. Iswolsky had been authorized by his government to take such a step, and It indicated that In the eye of the Russian government, the way to com plete peace and accord among the pow ers of Europe is now open. The pro posal was that the armies, which were mobilized during the gloomy days of the war, should be dismissed. M. t’oincaiie took the matter under advisement, promising to consult with the Austrian minister. MRS. WTC ADAMSON. CONGRESSMAN’S WIFE, DIES IN CARROLLTON < ARROLLTON, GA.. Dec. 31.-—Fu neral services were conducted from the Methodist Protestant church here this afternoon foi Mrs. Minna Reese Adam si.n. wife of Congressman W. C. Adam son. of Hie Fourth Georgia district, in terment following in the city cemetery. Mrs. Adamson died yesterday, after an illness that confined her to her bed for Several months. She had been in ill health for several years. She under went an operation several months ago, but failed to improve. Her condition became so critical two weeks ago that Congressman Adamson was summoned from Washington. Mrs. Adamson is survived by her husband, three sons, Charles A. Adam son. New Orleans, who is connected witli the I’nlted Fruit Company; Reese Adamson, Atlanta, of the Ford Motor Company, and Ernie Adamson, who is reading law in Carrollton; two broth ers, Erskine Reese, Decatur, and M. B Reese. Heflin. Ala., and one sister, Mrs. A. it. Blander, Nashville, Tenn. anc< d and that his deed was the direct result of hallucinations and breedings. Practically every one in Griffin knew and liked "I’nele Tom” Nall. He had some few enemies, of course, political enemies, acquired through ids long years of political activity, but these were overshadowed by his widespread popularity. During his 38 years of of fice life he had opposition but three times Each time he was elected by an overwhelming majority. Nall's friends give him the credit for the re-election of Congressman Bart lett. of the Sixth district, in the recent national .action, W aite" Wise. Judge I’a'.tlett's opponent, fs sain to have made I'm “tatement in Griffin that he would carry Spalding county by at least Sun majority, which would mean ills election. Bartlett, hearing tills, hast ened t>> Griffin to confer with Null his friend and ardent supporter How He Saved Day For Congressman Bartlett. "Tom, what about this'.'” asked the congressman "Will M is. g,q SOU ma jority here?” ' lie will get only 375 ma.lo ity. Judge.” replied the astute old politician. 'Well, Tom. If we can keep ills ma jority below 375 ill this county I’ll be elected." Nall went to work at once, writing letters to his friends and making a personal canvass. When the votes w re counted on election day Wisp's majority in Spalding county was 371 - Judge Bartlett was re-elected. Shortly before Nall's dentil. Con gressman Bartlett visited the aged offi cial and told him he wanted to do something for bin . as a testimonial of app’,.chition. "That - all l ight. Judge. I’m satl-fi. I I with the fact that we beat him." r< - piled the old man. Nall's friends say i-uid have been Postm<ist< ■ of Gritfiu under tile bvw Dv'iio. ;ath' administration had h If’, ' lid de ' till pit!' ■ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS TUESDAY, DEC EMBER 31. 1912. JUDGE FITE AGAIN RAPS HIGH COURT Declares Tribunal Which Con victed Him Has Changed Its Recorded Opinion. Continued From Page One. abusing and charging me with hav ing begun it. But, fortunately for me. what I have said Ip written anti in print, and what the court of appeals have said also is written and in print; and the bench, the bar and the peo ple of Georgia will judge us by the facts, ami no abuse of me by the j court of appeals will help them or I hurt me. What Judge Hill says as to the I Shope contempt, ease in my court is untrue, and Is l went out of the record to say it, and I have more cause to attach for contempt the judges of the court of appeals for this than they had to attach me, and have as much authority to do so, as my court, like theirs, is a constitutional court; and it is my duty to maintain its integrity. Charges Untruth To Judge Hill. It now seems to me that if, as a court, I am bound by their con struction of the law in my case, it is my duty, as a court, to attacli ■them for what they say as to iny alleged judicial conduct in the Shope case, which is untrue, and, to me, seems clearly libelous and slan derous. The truth is, 1 did not find him guilty of contempt, nor did I put him in jail, but dismissed the rule on the filing of a proper an swer by him. Judge Hill's attack on Mr. Fow ler. the prosecutor in the McCul lough case, a man who loved his home, his wife and his children more than he does a “pig and heif er,” and who is as honorable, truth ful and virtuous as Judge Hill or myself, is, under the evidence in the case, only a part of which he quotes, simply outrageous. Ind his defense of the negro, who is now and has been for some time in the penitentiary on ills own confession of guilt in open court, is, under the evidence in the case, only a part of which he quotes, abso lutely pitiful, all of which shows his inability to comprehend the facts in the case and that he is not sat isfied with the final disposition of it. lit faith, 'tis strange, 'tis passing strange: ’Tis pitiful, ’tia wondrous pitl ul.” Challenges Hill to Resign With Him. Judge Hill says: "It is not a question of the abolition of courts, but a question of the abolition of judges," and intimates that he is ready and willing to refer the mat ter to the people, and I accept his Implied challenge, and make film this proposition: That he and I resign immediate ly, our resignations to take effect when our successors are elected and qualified, and go to the people and let them at the ballot box decide who “lias dragged the judicial robes through the mire of personal venom, injustice and slander.” I will ini’it him in the open, face to face, before the people all over Georgia—not in my own Interest, but in the interest of any reputable lawyer who may oppose him, leav ing my own candidacy in tiie hands of the people of the Cherokee cir cuit. in conclusion, 1 will -ay what 1 have heretofore paid, in substance, that 1 did not charge tiie judges of tiie court of appeals with corrup tion, but did charge them with in competency, and criticised their de cisions accordingly, and in doing so I was not in contempt, but was within my constitutional rights as a free American citizen, and every well Informed lawyer knows it, and more, the people know it, and the judges of the cqurt of appeals would know it but for their incom petency. 21 ATLANTA GREEKS WILL SAIL FOR HOME TO HELP FIGHT TURK In response to a cull from their na tive land for volunteers in the war against the Turks, twenty-one young Greek resi dents of Atlanta will leave tomorrow afternoon for New York, where, on Jan uary t, they will embark on the steam ship Ixiconta. bml for Greece. The party is made up of Greeks from every part of Atlanta, and is not bound into an organization They will leave \t jlanta together, having secured transpor ! tat ion in a body, hut the group will dis integrate upon reaching the shores of Greece, each member betaking himself to the detachment representing his native community A call was made by the Greek gov ernment upon the declaration of the war with Turkey The Greeks In America who still owed allegiance to the native land were given four months grace in which to wind up their affairs in this country before leaving. Impatient, how ever. a detachment of 150 left Atlanta several weeks ago. and those who will leave Wednesday have yet much respite left. , Several of the twenty-one who will leave Wednesday arc American citizens, and owe no duty to Greece. Each of the party will pay his own expenses of trans portation and subsistence. THROWS CAN OF CORN IN QUARREL: KILLS MAN M ARKED TREE. ARK . Dec 81 Wil liam Johns and Alex Smith quarreled over a girl Johns threw a .an o . .rn, which hit Smith on the bee 1 and killed him JU i - ’•• - urn -’rd Secret Friends Engage Lawyer for Mrs. King INSANITY TO BE DEFENSE , / / b / S' *** * / / M // /W / I / ; ■ / / / ■ // / »• Yr'l Z i . ' • > w '■■ *’ Nick Wilburn, the Jones county farm hand, held for the murder of James King, which he confesses he plotted with King's wife. •-J7' Attorney Hopes to Send Con fessed Death Plotter to the Asylum Instead of Gallows. MACON’. GA., Dec. 31.—A leading Macon lawyer, who wants his name withheld for the present, has been em ployed by parties, whose identity will not be divulged, to represent Mrs. Katherine King, confessed death plot ter. This lawyer is going to Grays to morrow by automobile for a confer ence with the prisoner. If -lie gives her consent, the lawyer will at once start a legal fight in her behalf. He intimates that he will not be content with saving het from death on the gal lows, but that his hope, if his employ ment is ratified by Mrs. King, is to send her to the state asylum for the insane. "I accepted the employment, such as it is, with great reluctance,” he states, “and am proceeding mostly in the ease on account of a feeling of sympathy for the woman. If she does not want counsel, if she herself wants the law to take its course, why, of course, I shall drop the ease at once. However, if she assents to my conduct of her case, 1 will get busy without delay. The chief condition of my employment as attor ney for Mrs. King is that I must not disclose to her the names of those who have paid me my fee." I Sheriff Fearing Suicide Attempt. Fearing that Mr-, King may at tempt to commit suicide and that she may endeavor to secure outside aid to that end, Sheriff Charles Roberts, of Jones county, is closely watching the jail at Grays, where the woman is a prisoner. Today a woman sent Mrs. King a quart of buttermilk. The sheriff received it and poured it on the ground, saying, "1 don't know whether anything is in that milk or not.” The sheriff dedans he will take no chances with his prisoner. He allows no one to semi Mrs. King articles un less first inspected by him. He de clines to permit food to be given her except by himself. Notwithstanding that, petitions for a - speedy trial for Mrs. King and JesSe ’ N’i k W ilburn are in circulation in Jones county, it is not likely that the eon fessed slayers of James King will heat their doom pronounced until the tegu ’ lay April term of the Jones county su perior court. It is stated by those in touch with the i | situation that Judge James B. I’ark I does nor favoi special terms of coin., believing that they engender feeling and promote an unhealthy sentiment, ad - , verse to the defendants. No request for a special term of .ml will com. from Solicitor Joseph. E. Pottle, s o if otr is ordi red. the action will be taken in response to the petitions now being signed al Round Dak, Hillsboro, Grays and Bradleys. The petitions recite that the killing of James King by Wilburn, as the re sult of the plotting of Mrs. King is the worst and foulest crime in the an -1 nals of Jones county, and that the good people of the county, condemning such , outrages dislre that the guilty parties shall be given early trials and the .aw vindicated. Mrs. King Refuses To See Visitors. M.s. King has requested Sheriff Rob- | eris to turn away all persons other than hoi relatives who call to see her. unless the visitors want to pray with ■ her uid give her spiritual eficouruge ', m> nt. Shi . ~s not s. ci, . ’ slngh otiv of In ■ r I- ’.v. . -in, . j..j| e..nlin. - ment. A Bible has also been furnished her, by urgent request. The woman is heartbroken at the refusal of her children to visit her, and today wrote Nina, her sixteen-year-old daughter and favorite child, begging her not to forsake her mother. Tells of Poison in Another Confession. In another confession to Detective Moore last night, Mrs. King admitted that she had put morphine in his coffee, but the poison hardly affected him. A second attempt was made when Wil burn, at her suggestion, put strychnine in the husband’s whisky, and this failed because Mrs. King saved his life with a narcotic. The third attempt, when the man was shot with his own gun, , was successful. Mrs. King also declared that, two ’ months ago she and Wilburn planned to kill King with a pistol, using a weapon belonging to Frank Wilburn. Nick’s brother. They were then to take the ’ discharged cartridge out of the pistol and put it in King’s revolver to make it appear that he committed suicide. 1 his plan was never executed because ■ they could not get King alone, one of ’ the children always being present. Mrs. King’s second confession shows ■ that for at least four months she and 1 Wilburn daily plotted to end the life 1 of her husband. Fool for Confessing 1 . Says Nick Wilburn \\ ilburn lias also declined to receive any more visitors at the Bibb county jail. Today he told Jailer Hicks that ' he was "the biggest fool in the world for ever confessing.” “It 1 hadn’t acted like a crazy man and told that confounded detective all about the thing, 1 believe I could get out of this scrape,” he said. Wilburn is buoyant at the expecta . tion of having active legal representa . tion, Ills lather, who visited him yester day, having decided to engage counsel. Lawyers See Nothing To Halt Conviction > “There should not be the slightest . difficulty in convicting Mrs. Katherine King and Jesse Nick Wilburn of the . murder of James King. The legal dis- • ficulties in obtaining conviction on an unsupported confession do not apply to , this ease.” said Thomas H. Felder, of the new firm of Felder, Anderson. Dil . ion A- Whitman, today. He was asked by The Georgian to define the le . gal statu.- of the noted ease. “The prisoner- will not be permitted to plead guilty of murder, hut should they mike no preparation lor defense i attorneys would be appointed tor them land pleas of not guilty entered, t’mlir the law a confession, entirely unsup , poilid by other evidence, is not per nii ssib as t v id< nee. But 11 th< re is evt len ’ as the neg o's, ■ who might swear be saw Wilburn go- in 8 toward King in tin woods—this would st rve to convict. ' " And " 1! ” ‘ th' ■■- su evident** 1 the confessions w ill be admitted, if the? ’ were made voluntarily and without fear of punishment or hope of reward. Con -1 sessions elicited under the ’third degree' would not be admitted. 1 "In this ea-e, for instance, the sheriff • and other officers and the newspaper 1 men to whom Wilburn and Mrs. King i made free and voluntary confessions ’ might be summoned to swear to the substance of the confessions, and this evidence, taken with the corroborative testimony and circumstances surround ing the case, should fit sufficient for conviction." CORONER PROBING DEATH \ NNTSTt >N, ALA.. Dec. 31 < forotfi I J 1.. Murphy is iuv .-ligating the al jb-ge.l suicide o, Marshal Davis, a negro |of Ib.bsmi t’ity. found ''<ii t>*diiv. Tin • is suspicion fee ■ mi.trdor lids fie. , eominit.ted. WOODWARD FIIR SUNOS REFORMS Heads of Police and Park Boards. Hit by Expert’s Re port. Are Angry. Continued From Page One. would se.. tile police department as en tirely different—tliey have, in fact. “We’ve got the best police depart ment of any city of the size of Atlanta in America. Cites Compliment Taft Paid Police. “President Taft said it was tiie best regulated town lie had ever seen. When : he was here last he noticed that the i policeim n were able to keep back the crowds during tiie parade without rop | ing off tlm streets, and lie commented I on their line work. “Abolish the police commission? Tiie department hasn't been conducted so harmoniously and so businesslike in “He says our policemen lack ‘punch | and snap.’ Well, the greatest part of the work of our policemen is to catch negroes. We’ve got men who are ex perts. I had rather have one of these brave men than ten who stand up witli awesome military bearing and then run when a negro ‘pulls’ a rock or a razor on him. Our traffic officers are as good as such officers In New York.” Park Board Head Resents Criticism. President J. < >. Cochran, of the park board, was bitter in his reply to the statement of Expert Sands that the park board was useless and even re turned the work of the park depart ment. “He was hired to report certain things, and those tilings he had to re port.” said he. “Outside of his recommendation that tin park board should be abolished, he did not say anything that was not al ready known. The trouble with our parks is lack of money. Why didn’t he tell us where to get more money?” Colonel F. J. Paxon’s Chamber of Commerce committee on municipal re search will consider the report at length within a few days. Then the report will be submitted to council, through the city board of municipal research. Legislation Necessary To Adopt Suggestions. Council will have to get charter amendments from the general assem bly in order to adopt the more impor tant provisions of the report. Councilman Clarence Haverty, chair ( man of the city board of municipal re search, said today, he was well pleased with the report. He said it was full of material for great good. , The report of 8. G. Lindholm, the ex , | pert who investigated the schools and health departments, is expected within , a few days. Tiie Sands report may not . be submitted to council until the Lind holm report also is ready. ZACK ROWAN GOES TO FLORIDA RESORT TO BENEFIT HEALTH Zack Rowan, chief of the county po lice, who has been ill for the past year, has gone to St. Petersburg, Fla., to re cover his health. Chief Rowan expects to spend two months at tiie Tampa bay resort. During his absence Lieutenant . Robinson will be in charge of the coun . ty force. During tiie past summer Chief Rowan spent several months at the Robinson J .sanitarium in an effort to recover ins health. He was told by physicians that lie was suffering from a form of kidney trouble. MAKES WIFE HIS BOXING PARTNER TO TRAIN FOR RING CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—" My husband insisted on putting the boxing gloves on with me, and this is why I started a I fuss,” says Mrs. Harry Buliard, 8716 J South Wabasli avenue, when she was ■ arraigned before Municipal Judge John • Courtney. > "He thinks that lie is to follow in ' Johnson's footsteps, and, as he can not f afford to pay men to train him, he • forced me to spar with him.” s Mrs. Bullard and her husband were ■ arrested "t their home, where they were found in tistie combat. Each wa% lined COLORADO APPLE KING IS LOOKING FOR BLOND WIFE NEW YORK. Dec. 31.—W. B. Cr..», app.e iting of ( uiorndo. tv hos- prod ucts are entered In tiie apple contest • here, says he would like to find a wife. A blond one about 30 is preferred, and he’ll accord interviews to all appli cants at the Breslin hotel. You'll Never Be Lonely at the Grand" rrsawn this week AMD “The Antique Girl” Keith With 15 Musical Com- Vaudeville edy Stars. Da.ly Mat- Xarfe mees and Hoag. 4 Florlmonds. Evening Per- Venetian 4. Gere & formances rayTox*'*' Week LYRIC TH,S Mats- Tues., LiniL WEEK JThurs- and Sat. Special Matinee New Years Dav W. A BRADY, Ltd.. Presents BABY MINE WITH WALTER JONES AND THE NEW YORK CAST. BEAVERS OPPOSES PDLIGEBOARD ABOLITION Declares Sands Recommenda tion Would Give Too Much Power to One Man. Taking issue witli Municipal Expe: Herbert R. Sands, Chief of Police J.q..,.« L. Beavers today declared himse against the abolition of the police boar.' , which had been recommended by th.. ! prober. 1 ~ . The chief declared that undu- tr . civil service rules the board is perform. ; ing a valuable service to the depart ' I ment, in that it chooses policemen wl: , I are capable, mentally and physically. , ! from the heads of the force on dow: i I through tin supernumeraries. To abolish the police board, accoru l. ing to Chief Beavers, would place to» ! much power in the hands of the c’.iirt and his under-officers, and this privi . lege might be abused. Likewise, he asserted, it might lead to , tiie choice of chief by popular elec tion, and bring back into the depart ment the polities of the old days prior t<> civil service. Little Politics in Department Now. - ' “There is less politics in the police 1 department,” declared Chief Beaver.-. “than there has been in tiie 24 years I have been on the force. .Prior to si, years ago, when civil service was inau gurated, policemen shook in their boots ' for fear they would be left off the fore: by a turn of the political wheel. They needed to know who their friends wen and about election time, when change were looked for, they were mighty anx ious. Citizens against whom officer made cases said, ’Never mind —I’ll gel ' back at you on election day.’ p “Now all that is changed, and the members of the force are free to d: their duty, without feeling that they , owe anything to anybody in a politics 1 way. This has increased the efficiency of the force, and it would be a great mistake to take any step calculated ti upset the civil service.” Answering a question as to the hel; . or hindrance of police boards, Chiei Beavers declared: “The police board never has ham pered me.” “The entire police force does not ap pear to have the ’punch’ or 'snap,' ] said the expert's report. To this Chle P Beavers replied: “I think the police force has enoug of both ’punch’ and ’snap.’ At least, a I lot of people think the ’punch’ is preth strong.” Opposed to Military Training for Men. As for setting-up exercises and e.v treme military features, Police Chit Beavers dissented again. He takes th position that the members of the de partment should at all times present ■ [ neat appearance and exhibit sufficien authority and force to maintain the ne< . sary discipline, but that there shou 1 be no czar-like measures or lack t . civility toward citizens. ; “If strict military measures are vc . quired of a police chief.” says Chi.' t Beavers, “the chief will take it out ot his men, and his men will take it out 1 " the people. There is such a thing a ( going too far in such reforms. ] “Our traffic squad and men on t 5 front in tiie day watch are required t have white gloves and white collar’ , the ensemble and march to and frw the station is in the nature of a daily drill, and there is a daily inspectioi. each watch as it goes on and comes o: duty. “The men are provided with two wr I forms a year■—winter and summer—an. are required to keep the uniforms i i good condition at all times. They als< s are required to shave clean whenev. I i necessary. You can go to any of th > larger cities in the country, and I doub s if you will find a force of men I present a better appearance. I went '< New York and Toronto, ami found s m. i policemen who looked lots worse ii ; members of the local force. “Tlx tendency of military featur’ would make a machine of the fort"’ knock-down and drag-out affair. '1 • soldier applies one principle, obeys " ! . rule, while the policeman must tit to individual cases.” THE ATLANTA Mat ',^ d Tonight. Wed. Mat. and Wed. Nicih* Werber & Luescher Present MIZZi HAJOS In the Operatta Triumph The Sprin? Maid Orchestra. $1.50 and $2; Bale, ’y 50c._7_5c,_$ 1.00. __ Thurs., Fri., Sat. Mat., Sat. Night SEATS SELLING NOW EYERYwoHAN I Iler Pilgrimage In Quest of Love I Great Cast. 150 People Nights, 50c to 12.00; Matinee, 25c to $1.50. DON'T MISS IT. COIVVNG , ■ HENRY W. SAVAGE'S M I THE MERRY WIPO*]