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ATLANTA 5 F®
IB VALUED fl
$1,402,867
Genera! Manager Carey Urges
Improvements to Property
in His Annual Report.
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manag’ l <»i hh i
aubmitwl ’as annual report tm 1912 to
the board «f park commissioneis, show
. . , past vear was fruitful of
ma'ny 'important developments in the
C ’£l’ l y'theZ-k apartment has 23
, ,-.r,>uertv valuation of Sl,-
parks, with a prop -i.
402,967.14. which is an in € e ase Jure
~st complete report, m 1909, < f
• till 4 M 5.24 in the
thirteen parks and son.-’* -
valuation of H"k property.
Th.- principal development worn of
the year was outlined to Manager < arey
Mriv last January, consisting of exten
slve improvements to Grant park Pied
mont park. Mmr park, Oakland < Ity
p.,,1, and Joyner park, in addition to
the maintenance of other parks.
These improvements were carried out
she [..tier of the recommendations
of the commission. and much attention |
was given to forestry.
The report «hows that the park im
nrovi ments of 1912 were made and the
iarks maintained at an expenditure of
£.437.46 less than in 1911. The 1912
appropriation was $61,055.24.
Urges Other Improvements.
. ,-,‘v alls the attention of the
<■.. nriission tc; tin- necessity of a new
and substantial building- for the cyclo-
T-’iia of th. battle of Atlanta at Grant
plrk. The picture was visited by 53,-
non persons in 1912.
Other recommendations whlcii he
makes for Grant park are a new ad
ministration building and a new sew
erage system.
Mr. Carey reports that the animals
in tlie zoo wen- kept out of doors
throughout the year without ill effect.
Manager Car-y recommends that the
lighting system in the parks be placed
underground. He urges that a lighting,
system in Piedmont park be installed
p.l the earliest possible time.
Asks Park for Negroes.
Attention of the commission is called
to the need of a park for negroe s.
Manager Carey lauds the work of
the commission in installing public
playgrounds for children, but says
playgrounds development has not been
rapid enough and that enough money
is not being spent on them.
Manager Care? says he hopes the
commission wil permit him this year to
atart a large nursery in the Robert F.
Maddox park. H- says the fact that in
191 S $1,600 worth of shrubs were grown
in a little nursery in Grant park, and
SI,OOO worth grown in another small
nursery In Piedmont park, is convinc
ing that a larger nursery in Maddox
park would, from a commercial stand
point alone, more than pay for itself,
in addition, he says, trees grown in
the nursery could be used for planting
on new olty streets.
H)0 CITIZENS ASKED
TO ORGANIZE IN CIVIC
IMPROVEMENT MOVE
With the creation of a city beautiful as
L s Clvic Im Provement Associa-
r>n of Atlanta will be organized Thurs
day afternoon in the city council cham
ber Mayor Courtland Winn has sent
notices to each of the persons who have
-sen designated for membership in the
< relation.
, A bod; of 100 leading citizens was cre
, th<? ,na y° r ’ s appointment. Mem-
I
. ° l,ier boar <l* of the municipal
•’rartnients .will be members of the as
”'iation. The organization was effected
, with a petitioning resolution of the
number of Commerce. Its object is the
-•■rm.-m ~f conditions in every phase
ilfe ' although beyond this
‘n en‘T Za i'” 1 n ° specific outline of cam-
‘ Kn has been made.
In w'% f ° r or Kanizution will be
w at -I o clock tomorrow afternoon, ac
'l'iing to the mayor's announcement.
CROWD SEES MAM SHOT:
NO CLEW TO HIS SLAYER
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fol as, 62, an employee of the Nickel
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ln , ght °e™ " Way - H ” was landing
trtin h t P as? engers about to take a
lokd of b v •' K ‘ stuinbl,> d forward, a
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buildinn 7 ’’’’ ”" ,se about the
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PAVING IS GOODI
'Chief of Construction Deniesi
City Put Down Material
Rejected by County.
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Chief of Construction Clayton today |
issued a. written statement denying the i
published report that the city had put
down paving material on Peachtree
street which had been refused by the
county. He says the county conmiis- ;
slotters have let a contract for this I
| same sort of material for Georgia ave-
I nue, and that the city has paved part >
| of Piedmont avenue and other streets
I with it, finding it the equal of any
asphalt macadqjn in the city.
The material is made by- the Stand
ard oil Company. When the city asked
for bids tor the 1912 supply- of asphalt
a sample of this and other materials
was submitted to the Pratt laboratory
for a test. The material used on I
Peachtree street was recommended by j
the laboratory. The analysis of the '
laboratory accompanies Captain Clay- j
ton's statement.
Captain Clayton says the cause for I
the disintegration of the pavement in I
front of the Capital City club is due to j
faulty foundation.
EARTHQUAKE ROCKS
TOWNS IN PIEDMONT
REGION OF CAROLINA
SPARTANBURG, S. C., Jan. I.—A j
severe earthquake schock was felt in I
this city- at 1:26 o’clock this afternoon.}
Every building in town shook 1 rum j
foundation to roof. The shock was elt j
by neat ly everybody’ and persons rush- !
ed from buildings, crowding the streets. '
The tremor lasted several second:-. N<. j
damage has been reported.
UNION JAIL DAMAGED.
UNION, S. C.. Jan. I.—Buildings were
shaken, windows rattled and walls
cracked by an earthquake here at 1:26
o’clock this afternoon. The county jail
was severely damaged. People rushed
excitedly into the streets, fearing a re
currence of the catastrophe of 1886. No
casualties have been reported.
ANDERSON FEELS SHOCK.
ANDERSON, S. C., Jan. I.—An
earthquake was distinctly felt here
shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Windows rattled and pendant electric
lights swung perceptibly.
DISTINCT AT COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA, S. C„ Jan. 1. —A distinct
earthquake shock was felt in this city
and in several other cities of the state
this afternoon. In the Piedmont sec
tion. at Greenville, Anderson and Spar
tanburg, houses were shaken considera
bly and windows rattled. The shock
came about 1:30 o’clock.
ORDER OF BEAVERS
TO DEBATE ‘WHO IS
GREATEST DEMOCRAT’
To decide for themselves "who is the
greatest living Democrat in the United
States,’’ the local Independent Order of
Beavers will hold a debate on that
question at their hall, 57 1-2 East
Mitchell street. Thursday- evening at
7:80 o’clock.
J. T. Dabney will endeavor to prove
from his argument that William Jen
nings Bryan is the man. William Mer
itt Hairston will disagree witli Mr.
Dabney and will become the champion
of United States Senator Hoke Smith.
In case neither Mr. Dabney nor Mr.
Hairston is given the decision. Lowndes
Calhoun and J. R. McMichael wili en
deavor to win with a dark horse, whose
name has not been Intimated. In fact,
the latter speakers claim their candi
dates will win over Mr. Bryan and Sen
ator Smith, at any odds.
The public is invited to hear the de
bate.
ROCKEFELLER STILL
AT LARGE; SAID TO
BE AT JEKYL ISLAND
NEW YORK, Jan. I.—While about
100 private detectives and deputies un
der Sergeant-at-Arms Charles F. Rid
dell, of the house of representatives,
continued their search today for Wil
liam Rockefeller, who Is wanted as a
witness by the Pujo committee inves
tigating the money trust, the oil mag
nate was reported at three widely sep
arated points.
According to one of these, he was
living In tlie Mackay cottage on Jekyl
island, off the coast of Georgia; another i
had him visiting his son William, in '
Greenwich, Conn., and the third re- j
ported Idm at his Tarrytown. N. Y„
country place.
Although it was fairly certain that
Mr. Rockefeller was not in his town
house at Fifty-t'ourh street and I'lf'tli
uyenue, tlie vigilance us th, w. t< .rt |
there was not relaxed.
EMANCIPATION PARADERS
SALUTE SOUTHERN SHAFT
AUGUSTA, GA.. Jan. I.—When the
negroes in the Emancipation day anni
versary partide marched past the Con
federate monument on Broad street to
day, the band played "Dixie.” and the
monument was saluted by the several
hundred in line.
As each negro went past the monu
ment lie doffed his headgear, through
respect to the memory of the Confed
erate dead.
MARRIAGES DECREASED
IN GREAT BRITAIN IN 1912
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»HE A'fLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. JANI ARY L 1913.
Year Doctors Gave Banker Morse to Live Is Nearly Up
STILL NO HOPE, SAY EXPERTS
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hotel after his release from the Atlanta Federal prison.
Ice King Again Seeks Cure at
German Watering Piaces.
Arteries Harden.
Charles W. Morse, ice king and bank
er, pardoned by President Taft from
the Federal prison on January 19, 1911.
after serving two years of a flfteen-year
sentence, today has only eighteen more
days to live, according to the predic
tions of physicians made at the time
they examined him as he lay in the
Fori McPherson hospital awaiting the
action of government authorities. The
physicians declared then Morsi could
not live a year.
But today Morse is at Weisbaden,
Germany, enjoying a partial recovery,
after spending his first year of free
dom in strenuous endeavor, crossing
the ocean twice, visiting his interests
in Maine, and even opening an office in
Wall Street for a month, to begin what
was termed a campaign of reprisal on
his business enemies
However. Dr. A. L. Fowler. Atlanta
physician, the constant attendant of
Morse before the latter was freed from
the Federal prison a year ago. sees no
reason today to alter his prediction
that the pardoned banker is a doomed
man.
Confident that no one with Morse's
complication of diseases can hope to
live out man's alloted days, Dr. Fowler
sticks to his original assertion that the
banker is at all times facing death.
“Merely Error of Time,” Says Doctor.
And he points .significantly to the
I fact that while Morse, buoyed by sud
Ulen health, did resume business for or ■
short liottib, lie again is a familiar tig
! lire ,it Bad Neuheiiu. Weisbaden ami
other European water cures. —k ng the
health lie can never hope to fin-!.
"If I was in error when I said that i
Morse could not liv< out h< yi u when
he lay tiexi door to death ai tie Fori;
McPherson hospital last January. it was|
merely an error of time. He is no;
nearer complete recovery today than h j
was then, or at least ho wasn't when I
examined him in New York this fall.”
salt Dr. Fowler today, maintaining that
he would cling to ills original theory
that Morse suffered from Brights dis
ease, arterio-sclerosls and valvular
heart trouble.
"He might go at any time. And then
again he may live for months if treat
ed with the proper care But to say
that Morse will again he the Morse of
old conducting a strenuous business in
Wall Street is absurd. It is a physical
Impossibility."
Dr Fowler said that the medical ex
planation of Morse's apparent recovery
was due to til'' peculiar control the
meat ,! attii.-"’- <v ■" I,otms
of liidm-y diseases.
'1 urn net t-’iig*. -aid. 'hat thi j
I has any psychological basis, but it is a
clinical observation which most doc
tors will verify.
"This was apparent on the day, Jan
uary 19. when President Taft commut
ed Morse's sentence. If you remem
ber. Morse freshened visibly with the
news, and in some two or three weeks
was able to be moved from the array
post hospital to the Piedmont hotel
"But it did not alter the fact that
he is a victim of one of the worst forms
of organic malady, to which he even
tually will succumb. His freedom only
buoyed him up. gave him a change of
atmosphere, and his rugged vitality has
kept him going longer than the doc
tors who examined him thought possi
ble."
Dr. Fowler said that the army sur
geons sent from Washington to exam
ine Morse while he was still a prisoner
and confined in the Fort McPherson
hospital, following his removal from
th.- Federal prison, all concurred that
Morse was suffering from a complica
tion of diseases brought on by a form
of Brights disease.
Makes Remarkable Rally.
Morse's first year of freedom has been
a year of surprises to Atlantans who
followed his condition closely during his
incarceration in the local penitentiary
and the army hospital and watched his
recovery at the Piedmont hotel.
On leaving Atlanta, he went to Ger
many, where, at Bad Neuheim and
other watering places, he apparently
took a new lease on life. So quick and
remarkable was his recovery that by
August he was h ick in New York ready
to go into business.
He opened offices in Wall Street and
| began what was termed a campaign of
reprisal on hi.- business enemies, to
whom be laid h-.s conviction for viola- i
lion of the national banking laws and
subsequent sentence to fifteen years in 1
lb' At'ai.f-i prison.
\l'|. I ve.-iv or two in W all Street, i
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j This was in September. It was then I
iDi Fowler went to New York and ex
amined his erstwhile patient for the
first time since Morse left Atlanta in
February.
"1 found his condition, organically,
much the same,” said Dr. Fowler to
day. "I could see no reason for chang
ing my original prediction that Morse
was a doomed man.”
Again Seeks Cure Abroad.
On the advice of physicians, Morse
journeyed back to Germany again this
fall, and since his arrival abroad has
made the rounds of the celebrated Ger.
man water cures. Bud Neuheim, Baden-
Baden, Carlsbad and Weisbaden. Dr.
Fowler said Morse now was at Weis
bad eji.
Thomas B. Felder, Atlanta attorney,
on. of 'he .OH.-el • ■. . gj se
(O curry bis case beior. tin authori
jii.- ■ ii‘- ij that a had recently re-
ceived a letter from his former client
from Weisbaden, and while it was
cheerful in tone it hardly was likely
that Morse ever would return to New
York to enter active business.
"I don’t think Morse will ever re
cover.” said Mr. Felder. "He is a sick
man, and 1 think he is suffering his
last illness. Os course, I am not a
doctor and I don’t know anything about
his condition scientifically, but if you
want my candid opinion, I don't believ.
he ever will get well.”
According to Dr. Fowler, Morse is
spending his time at Weisbaden be
cause the waters there are famed for
their power to soften the arteries, and
Morse's most dangerous symptom is
said to be arterio-sclerosls, a malady I
w hich .causes the arteries to harden -
and dry up
FOUR BUTTS OFFICIALS
ON RETIRED LIST TODAY
JACKSON. GA.. Jan. I.—There were
four changes in the personnel of Hutts
county officials today, nearly all of
the old officers having been re-elected to
serve the county for another term.
Treasurer C. N. Mayfield will succeed
S. J. Smith, Tax Receiver F. M. Hodges
will take the place of J. H. Thurston,
Tax Collector C. S. Bryant will succeed
L. R. Dodson and Coroner J. W. Man
gham takes the place of J. C. Adams.
Ordinary .1. H. Ham. Sheriff L. N. Craw
ford. Clerk S .J. Foster, County Commis
sioner J. O. Gaston, Judge of the City
Court. H. M. Fletcher, County Surveyor,
J. M. Collins and School Superintendent
C. S. Maddox, continue in office.
NOTICE OF
DISSOLUTION.
p W. desire to announc that tin
j firm of Anderson, Felder, Rountree
A- Wilson has this day been dissolved
• l by mutual consent.
D Mr. Wilson has accepted the po- , i
|< sition of counsel for the Virginla
iS Carolina Chemical Company, with ,
1} offices at Richmond, Virginia.
’ The other members and associates ■
< of the firm have formed the follow- < I
S ing partnerships for the practice of '■
$ law in Atlanta, Georgia.
5 Mr. Clifford 1.. Anderson and Mr. ■
s Daniel W. Rountree, under the firm ;.
? name of Anderson A Rountree, with <
s offices at 240 to 244 Equitable build- i
< ing.
> Mr. T. B. Felder, Mr. James 1,. >
Anderson, Mr. W. S. Dillon and Mr. -
> George P. Whitman, under the firm J
I name of Felder, Anderson. Dillon A '
> Whitman, with offices at 230 to 239 S
< Equitable building.
> The collection department of the
< old firm will hereafter be conducted '
{ by llu firm of Felder. Anderson, \
s billon A- Whitman, under the man- (
? agement of Mr. ('. N. Anderson.
Clifford l,_ Anderson.'
James L. Anderson.
5 T. B. Felder.
Daniel W. Iloutit it..
> Charles G. Wilson.
Junuurv Isi. 1913.
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JUDGE JOHN I. HALL.
LEADING LAWYER OF
STATE, PASSES AWAY
MACON, GA., Jan. I.—Judge John I.
i Hall, assistant attorney- general of the
United States during the last Cleveland
administration, died here last night
about 12 o'clock at the age of 72 years.
He was at one time judge of thefllnt
(circuit and also served three terms in
the legislature from Spalding county
and one term as senator from ths
Twenty-sixth district. For many years
[lie had been general counsel for the|
| Georgia Southern and Florida railroad. |
I His deatii was due to a compli- '
cation of ailments, but was hastened by
[the shock of a. recent severe fa L
Judge Hall was born in Jackson, j
, Hutts county, in 1841. He graduated;
from Haileys institute in his home i
I county and later entered Erskine col
i lege, but was never graduated. He
; soon enter d law practice and -a.- one
pit the mint noted lawyers of lit; time. ‘
E'.ur childn-n survive him. They are I
Ft. M. Hall and M s. It. Murray, both ,
of Gi itfln; and M. I*. Hall and J. E. |
i Hali, of Aiac.in, The body will l>e car
! lied to Griffin today for funeral tomor
! row- at 11 o’clock from the home of
\ Airs. Murraj. Interment will be in
Griffin.
WELL KNOWN LAW
FIRM DISSOLVED FOR
NEW ASSOCIATIONS
The well known law firm of Ander
son. Felder, Rountree & Wilson was
dissolved today by consent of all mem
bers. Except Charles (4. Wilson, who
has become tlie counsel of the Vfrginla-
Carolinu Chemical Company, with of
fices at Richmond. VV, all the members
of the firm will remam in Atlanta, and
i have formed the following associa
tions,
Cllfforvl’L. Anderson and Daniel W.
. Rountree will unite under the firm name
! of Anderson & Rountree, with offices (
■in the Equitable building. T. B. Fel- |
i der. James 1,. Anderson. W. S. Dillon i
■ and George P. Whitman, join under the |
i tiim name of Felder, Anderson, DRlon I
l <£.- Whitman, with offices in the Equita.
bie building.
Tlie Collection department of the old
firm will be in the hands of the last
named of the new associations. C. N.
' Anderson wil! have charge of that de
partment.
FIRST POLJCE'cASE
IN NEW YEAR MADE
AGAINST GUN TOTER
| The first case made by- the police in
1913 was docketed just a few minutes
I after the clock struck midnight, and
was caused by a pistol. The next three
'also were "pistol cases." The offenders
I were New Year celebrants who veve
! caught discharging pistols.
The first 1913 case was against Joi
| Farris, a merchant, of 54 Pratt street.
‘ The other thn c to appear before R.
j eurder Broyles tlii.- afternoon are S.
i Deeb, a merchant at 158 Decatur street:
| Arthur Freeman, a negro, 239 Currier
I street, and Mike Denias, a clerk, 87
I Gilmer street.
The last city ease docketed by the po
lice for 1912 made the grand total for
tlie year 15,899.
THREE PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY.
Three petitions in voluntary bank
ruptcy were filed in the United States
court this morning, each by a person liv
ing outside Atlanta. They were J. W.
Watts, merchant of Lutherville, Meri
wether county; Charles. B. McGinnis, De
catur, and Joseph R. Wynn, Carrollton.
Liabilities in each case were small.
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I lii— liiiiil- litiF ;ii<lc<J tlioufeiiiitls til otlicrs in
their t lloi'i- ioward Financial In depend eu<-c and
is reads to serve you.
Deposits made on or before January 10th
will draw interest from January st.
I immil
Interest Compounded Semi-Annually
Central Bank & Tirust Corporation
ASA G. CANDLER, President
Candler Building
Branch Bank. Corner Mitchell and Forsyth Streets
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SEE PLOT TO FREE
‘TIGER' CONVICTS
Police Think Shaw. Who Es
caped. and Defreese. Who
Made Break. Had Aids.
I What is believed may have been a
plot to liberate all of the fifteen “blind
tigers” doing time in the city stockade
is being investigated today by Super
' intt-ndeut Tom Lanford, following the
iwi-iv yesterday morning of Dan Shaw,
■ the "blind tiger king,” and the near
. escape late in the afternoon of W. K-.
| Defreese, another liquor juggler.
Defreese was furnished saws mystc
! r'ously. and, sawing the shackles from
:Id .mi.ies, made a daring break for
liberty while at work in the street in
West End. He was chased by’ guards
and police for a mile and captured.
He was put through a rigid examina
tion by Superintendent Lanford, but re
fused to toll how he came in possession
of tlie saws. He was sullen, and re
fused to give the authorities any intor-
I mation as to his accomplices or the
extent of the supposed plot.
Following the examination, Defreese
was arraigned before Recorder Broyles
today and given an additional thirty
days for his attempted escape.
< ifficials believe the escape of Shaw
and the break by Defreese was part
of .. well laid plan, and that they may
have had outside aid. As a result, close
watch is being kept today’ on the re
maining “tiger' convicts, search ts being
made for other saws, and every- possi
ble precaution is being taken to pre
vent another break.
W. B. KENT, FATHER
OF WHEELER COUNTY.
ITS FIRST ORDINARY
ALAMO, GA., Jan. 1. —In the primary’
of the new county of Wheeler yester
day the following candidates for coun
ty offices were nominated:
William B. Kent, ordinary; J. D.
Brown, clerk: J. F. Wright, sheriff;
W. T. Hadden, tax receiver; J. A. Mar
tin, tax collector; Daniel Pope, treas
urer; E. Miller, surveyor; J. J. Brant
ley, coroner; T. F. Williams, Sunnier
and Thomas Kent, county commission
ers.
The ordinary-elect was the last rep
resentative of Montgomery county and
was the author of the bill creating the
county of Wheeler. He received a ma
jority of 111 votes. The tax collector
elect lives in Alamo.
ENGINEER QUITS TOWER
AFTER THIRTEEN YEARS
A. D. Howard, for thirteen years the
engineer at the Tower, has resigned hi-,
position, on account of illness. An op
eration which he underwent last Au
gust resulted in his physician advising
him to take a long rest. He is at the
Ella Mille farm, on the Roswell road,
MAN WHO BROKE PANE
SENDS DIME TO CITY
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. I.—The city
treasurer has just received a ten-cent
piece frjjm a man who broke a pane of
the city's glass and whose conscience
has troubled him since.
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