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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
ROBBER’S ROLE
DETECTIVE
Man Who Trapped Reeves and
Miller Says It Is Exciting,
but Once Is Enough.
Playing burglar for alx wr-eka in the
lniereat of society la a "ticklish busi
ness,'* according to J. A. Harris, for
mer railroad detecilve. He says he
doesn't want to try It again.
Harris, whose identity has Just been
disclosed, is the man who caused the
undoing of T. W. Reeves and R. W.
Miller, accused as the leaders of a
burglar band and who are now In the
Tower facing numerous charge*
'Working as a paJ side by side with
Reevep and Miller in different Jobs.
Harris obtained Information that en
abled city detectives to run the al
leged burglars to earth last week.
Detectives say Harris' feat is one of
the most daring ever attempted in
this section In an effort to bag crimi
nals. Harris’ own story in court of
how he acted the role of burglar fol
lows:
"My part in this affair has been
solely to aid the deteotivep in round
ing up these men. who I felt were a
menace to society. I have known
Reeves and Miller for some time. A
few weeks ago I was approached by
them to join in a plan to rob. They
told me they were making lots of
money, and making it easy, and that
they were in no danger: that they
were getting away with their game
for the reason that they were both
above suspicion. I saw that here was
an opportunity to do a good turn, and
I immediately took hold of It. I told
them I would Ilk 3 to make some of
this easy money, and fell for their
game—at least. I convinced them I
did.
"They oeemed to trust me Implicitly,
and I was soon completely in their
confidence.
"When 1 realized that they mesnt
business and that I really could be
come a fake burglar, my next step
was to report to Chief of Detectives
Lanford. I assured the Chief I could
trap this gang, and he told me to go
ahead and work the game for all it
was worth. I would meet with Reeves
and Miller, we would discuss and
frame up possible jobs, and I would
report to Chief Lanford as quickly as
possible
"I made daily reports to the Chief,
putting him wise to every move being
made by the gang. Sometimes I
would meet the Chief at his home and
sometimes I would slip down to his
office In the police station. But 1
would never risk the telephone.
"The night Reeves and Miller were
captured in Gober's store In Carroll
street I was along and made my es
cape from the store. Of course, the
detectives let me get away. As I
dashed away from the store I heard
several pistol shots—the detectives
were shooting into the air.
"But I’ve got enough now—I don’t
want another job like this."
$1,400 Guarantee
Of Wedded Bliss
ROCHESTER, MINN., July 28 —
That the non will make a model hus
band and the daughter a faithful and
obedient wife nre the pledges of the
fathers of Casslan Bart and Elisa
beth Rlodi. member* of well-known
families near here, who are noon to
be wedded.
A bond was signed by each father.
Bart promising: that his son will not
loaf, gamble, drink, play pool or dance
with young women. Ills pledge being a
!700 farm
The father of the bride-elect de
posited a cash bond of $700 that his
daughter will not gossip, run around
with other men and will cook to her
husband's satisfaction.
Urges Bathing Skirts
For ‘Unshapely’ Men
CHICAGO, July 28.—A legal fight
was started to-day by Dr. Rosalie M.
Ladova, who was arrested at a park
bathing beach because she appeared
In a Sunday afternoon crowd of
swimmers in bloomers.
"Women can not swim well in
skirts," said Dr. Ladova to-day.
"Their figures are rounded so that
they do not need as thorough cov
ering as men. Men bathers go about
almost naked. Their hideous figures
should be covered from their necks
to their toes. They should be com
pelled to wear the skirts."
DIXIE MEN HELD ON COAST.
PASADENA, CAL., July 28.—James
Hutton and I^ouls Cole, claiming Ken
tucky as their home, are under arrest
here, caught in the act of robbing the
old residence of the late E. J. (Lucky)
Baldw*n at Arcadia.
Two Hustlers in
Shetland Contest
l
Lo Bowden, Athens, Ga.
'Artificial' Wine
Must Be Labeled
WASHINGTON, July 28.—Secre
tary of Agriculture Houston hap in
formed the California members of
Congress that he will require all ar
tificial wine sold in interstate com
merce to carry labels showing the
eornpounls of which it Is made.
Ho states that his department will
not be able to control the wine whicn
1s shipped into States in bulk and
there fraudulently re-bottled and la
beled.
COMMITS SUICIDE IN RIVER.
COLUMBUS—Mrs. Mary Small
wood. aged 35, wife of M. R. Small
wood. a city employee.-committed sui
cide last night by Jumping into the
Chattahoochee River Her body was
recovered to-day. Her mind was af
fected.
Climate Failed;
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Throat and Lung Troubles and has brought
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Weldon. Ill. 1
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December 14. 1804, 1 was i-aken with Typhoid ,
Pneumonia which developed Into Consumption
In February. 11105, I went to Fort Worth. Texas,
and later to Canon City. Colorad. After twlig
there two weeks, my physician Informed me that
my case was hopeless Three weeks later 1 re
turned home, weighing 108 pounds, the doctor '
having given me no assurance of reaching there
alive
"On July 14. 1005. I began taking Eckman's .
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(Affidavit) ARTHUR WEBB.
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SIDELIGHTS
ON POLITICS
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
There seems to be little, if any,
doubt that the Legislature is to hurry
along the general tax act. just as it
has hurried along the general appro
priations bill.
There are, counting to-day, exact
ly fourteen w-orking ddys left to the
Legislature's credit. Thin does not
Include two Saturdays and two Sun
days, however.
It, therefore, may be seen that the
Legislature can, If It will, place both
the appropriations bill and the tax
acts—the general tax act, at least—
in the hands of the Executive ten
days ahead of adjournment, as he has
requested.
If this Is done—and It likely will
be done—the present Legislature will
have accomplished a record of speed
never before equaled in the history of
the State.
Despite all the complaining and i
criticism to the contrary, the present
Legislature has been the most prompt,
within the memory of any Georgian,
in the matter of passing the two
vitally big and necessary measures of
the session—the general appropria
tions bill and the general tax act.
Credit must be awarded the com
mittee heads, the committees and the
Speaker for this remarkable achieve
ment, and President Anderson has
given hts assurance that the prompt
ness of the House shall be duplicated
In the Senate this week and next.
Taken altogether, the record of the
legislature as made up for this ses
sion Is all right and a credit.
It is, indeed, far better than usual.
Mr. Shuptrine, of Chatham. Is very
much opposed to the measure permit
ting the addition of a kindergarten
system to the public schools of the
State.
Mr. Shuptrine does not believe the
Constitution of the State contem
plates anything of the kind, and,
moreover, he thinks it would be but
the first step in the direction of grea’-
ly expanding the school fund, already
smaller than the necessities of ihe
Stale seem to warrant.
"If we permit this innovation, not
warranted in the fundamental law at
all. we shall have application made
within the life of the present Legis
lature, perhaps, for more funds to
meet the kindergarten requirements."
said Mr. Shuptrin to-day.
"I know that it is proposed to add
this feature to the school system
without additional appropriations to
cover it. but that is merely a sop to
get the bill on the statute books. Once
we inaugurate this system, we shall
have to take care of it, j*nd it will he
argued that funds as now appropr*-
ated are not sufficient to handle the
new department.
"Georgia already la dealing most
generously with her schools—she Is
.'training the limit to take care of
them—and I am not complaining so
much about that. But I do think it
would be a sad mistake to add any
further burdens to her budget—and
certainly along the line of providing
public education to Jots from 4 to 6
years of age.**
Senator M. C. Tarver has aban
doned for the present his effort to
get the Representatives and Senators
of the various counties affected, In
terested in the proposed Chlckamau-
ga judicial circuit.
“The bill could rot be passed at this
session.” said Mr. Tarver, "for sev
eral of the Representatives of the
counties proposed for the new cir
cuit are opposed to any change of the
present arrangement. Others, while
desiring a change, couldn't get to
gether on an arrangement of counties
that was mutually satisfactory.”
Mr. Searcey's bill to make the
Attendance 64 Per Cent Greater
Than Last Year—Fresh Cam
paign Being Planned.
Of a total enrollment of 6.399 per
sons In twenty Atlanta Sunday
schools 5,121 were present Sunday.
The average attendance of each school
was 320, which is a gain of 64 per
cent over lawt year
The following table rtiows the In
crease In attendance of Atlanta Sun
day schools, comparing Sunday, July
27, with the attendance one year ago:
Attend. Attend.
SCHOOL. Year Ago. Sunday.
St. 1’aul Methodist .... 500 517
Tabernacle Baptist 495 508
Central Presbyterian . .. 531 560
Second Baptist 305 474
First Christian 340 624
Grace Methodist 262 249
Park Street Methodist... 248 380
First Baptist 299 370
Wesley Memorial 373 393
Capitol Avenue Baptist.. 309 333
St John’s Methodist ... 250 326
North Ave. Presbyterian 198 292
"West End Baptist . ... 231 226
Ponce DeLeon Baptist... 149 207
West End Christian ... 105 137
Woodward Ave. Baptist. 162 200
Gordon Street Baptist.. 70 196
St. Mark's Methodist. , 163 185
Inman Park Baptist 38 112
Central Congregational.. 93 121
Central Presbyterian Sunday school
stands second on the list, being out
ranked only by the First Christian.
Other churches are forging rapidly to
the front!
During the coming year it is
planned to conduct a campaign which
will interest the young people with a
view to enhancing the Increase in
Sunday school attendance In Atlanta
Boy Gives Life for
Cigarette Papers
WAYCROSS, July 28.—Jumping
from a northbound passenger train on
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlan
tic Railroad at Haywood, Ira Mor
gan, son of a farmer who lives near
Waycross, to-day struck a crosstie
and was instantly killed.
The boy boarded the train at the
Haywood depot to get some cigarette
papers from a newsbutcher
Turkey Trot Causes
Fatal German Duel
Special Cable to The Georgian.
BERLIN. July 28.—The turkey trot
caused a fatal duel at Landau be
tween a Prussian general and a col
onel, whose names are suppressed.
The general challenged the colonel
because the latter criticised him for
allowing his daughter to dance the
turkey trot with an officer at a gar
rison ball.
After a desperate fight with swords
the colonel died from his wounds.
PONT RIVALS H SENATOR LEADS
LUST DAYS
Standing Changes Fast—County Shruptrine’s Unexpected Move
Contestants Redouble Efforts.
Shetlands To Be Exhibited.
Four yearly subscriptions, with
Red Letter Ballots, counting in all
8.000 votes—were brought in by
one contestant In Xhe Georgian and
American pony contest.
"Was It a rival in your district?”
the contest manager asks the hoys
and girls. “You don’t know. Very
likely, it was. Nothing is more
treacherous nowadays than over-con
fidence.
“Three days remain, after M.ida>.
The strain soon will be over There
Is not a boy or girl In the race who can
not well afford to put every effort Into
the work for this brief, final spurt.”
Some May Be Disappointed.
When the contestants come into the
office, the contest manager gets an
excellent line on their Ideas. Some
times they are amusing. There are
several beys and girls who were lead^
Ing a week ago by good margins.
Strangely enough, in spite of repeated
warnings, these youngsters will not
believe that thev are behind now.
This Is the attitude which will bring
bitter disappointment when the final
standings are published next Sunday,
and the winners announced
One feature of the contest upon
which little stress has been put is the
fact that the boy or girl w f ho gets
the greatest total of votes has first
choice of all twenty-two ponies, and
so on down the list. For the ambi
tious lad it is not enough to win in
his district. He* wants also to get one
of the first selections from the herd
of twenty-two Shetlands.
No Apathy in Country.
True, It may happen that the very
last pony may suit the very last con
testant to perfection; But, again, the
chances are It wAil not.
There Is no apathy in the country
districts. The work done by the con
testants outside of Atlanta is re
markable.
The ponies were to .have been pa
raded Sunday, but the weather was
not propitious. If the weather does
not agalr. interfere the ponies will be
shown in the business section of At
lanta Wednesday morning at 10
o’clock.
Marriage Ties Odd
Relationship Knot
FRANKLIN, PA., July 28.—A rela
tionship mix up occurred In Venango
County when Elizabeth Gertrude
Jones, whose fdther married a sec
ond time, wedded Lee McCllmais, a
brother of the girl’s stepmother. This
made the bride’s father, who was Mc
Cllmais’ brother-in-law, also his
father-In-law’.
McCllmais* father, w T ho was father-
in-law of the bride’s father, became
the father-in-law of the bride. The
bridegroom, who was an uncle of a
half-sister of the bride, became her
brother-in-law’. The girl’s step
mother became her sister-in-law.
Committee Ready
For Currency Bill
WASHINGTON, July 28.—Presi
dent Wilson having withdrawm his
demand that the Glass currency bill
be sent Immediately to a Democratic
caucus of the House, the Democratic
members of the House Banking and
Currency Committee prepared to con
sider the bill late to-day, with the ex
pectation that an agreement could be
reached before the end of the week.
The committee planned to take up
the Ragsdale amendments to the bill
providing for an Industrial and agri
cultural currency. It Is expected these
will be voted down.
Strike Situation in
Transvaal Ominous
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHANNESBURG, July 28.—The
situation in South Africa, where the
railroad men and miners threaten a
country-wide strike, has become very
grave.
So far the labor leaders have re
fused to accept any concessions to
end the trouble, insisting that all their
demands be met.
Spurs Women to Organize for
Desperate Struggle.
Unexpected opposition to the Mc
Neil kindergarten bill in the Georgia
House of Representatives has spurred
its supporters to marshal their forces
for a desperate fight, which will have
its setting before the House Commit
tee on Education Tuesday morning.
Among the persons who will be
present to beg for the passage of the
bill will be women from clubs, schools
and colleges of the State. Women
have been the most insistent advo
cates of the measure from the first.
Most formidable opposition comes
from the Chatham County delegation
in the Legislature, headed by Senator
Shuptrine. The contention of the op- !
ponents is mainly that the establish- j
ment of kindergartens will necessitate |
an expense that can not well be met
at present.
According to the terms of the bill,
any board of education in the State
shall have power to establish kinder
gartens for children of not less than
4 years old, the kindergartens to be a
part of the free school system. No
teacher shall be employed who has
not taken at least a two years’ course
in kindergarten training and received
a teacher’s certificate.
Supporters of the bill have replied
to the argument of the Chatham
County workers by showing that the
establishment of the kindergartens is
altogether optional with the local
boards.
Among the w’orkers for the bill w'bo
will appear before the House commit
tee Tuesday are Mrs. John R. Little,
president of the Georgia Mothers’
Congress; Mrs. E. B. Smith, of At
lanta, representaitve of organized la
bor of the State; Miss Carol Oppen-
heim and Miss Waring, of Savannah;
Mrs. J. Lindsay Johnson, of Rome;
Mrs. A. O. Granger, of Cartersville;
Misses Wood and Palmer, of Colum
bus; George T. Baldwin, of Savannah,
a prominent railroad man, w’hose
mother bequeathed the bulk of her
fortune to the establishment of free
kindergartens, and W. A. McKenna, of
Macon.
The fight for the bill In the House
will be led by Representative Minter
Wimberly, of Macon.
THE PLAY
THIS WEEK
Arctic Pictures at Grand.
The wonderful series of motion pic
tures taken in* the Arctic regions by the
Carnegie Museum Alaska-Slberia ex
pedition will be placed on view at the
Grand this week.
Aside from the educational and scien
tific value of the pictures, they aro
rich in human interest.
There will be daily matinees at 2:30.
10 cents for all seats, and at night at
8:30 the prices will be 10, 15 and 26
cents. All seats are reserved and In
addition to the' feature pictures there
will be the best first-run scenes from
the greatest producers.
New Bill at Forsyth.
Joe Welch and a host of other star J
vaudeville features will be the attrac- |
tion this week at the Forsyth. The j
popularity of the Forsyth has never ;
been greater. The excellence of the 1
shows has helped to make the theater
more than busy.
As a Hebrew Welch is in the class j
with Warfield as a German. Robert L.
Dailey and company will make their I
first appearance In Atlanta in their i
best sketch, "Our Bob.’’ The Dolan- |
Lenharr company will be another of the
real sure enough hits of the season. :
Other features Include Cunningham and i
Marion, the talkfest acrobats; Elsa !
'Sard, the California songbird; Karl
Cress, the painter In oil, and the Leffel i
Trio of bar artists.
At the Bijou.
‘‘The Girl from Dublin,’’ this week’s
attraction at the Bijou, promises to
eclipse many of the best offerings that
the Bijou has presented The company
numbers some twenty people, including
a cast of principals especially chosen
for the various characters portrayed,
and a chorus that is said to be one of
the prettiest and best drilled in musical
comedy tabloid.
DIDN'T EXCITE DALTON A BIT.
DALTON.—The appearance of the slit
skirt caused only a slight flurry here.
Yesterday two women, wearing skirts
slashed daringly, got ofT a train here.
They were no*, molested by the police.
buyer and the seller equally guilty in jail.
"blind tiger" cases, was killed in the
Senate, upon the theory tnat it af
fords the "blind tiger” exactly the
protection he desires, rather than re
tards him in the operation of his
business.
"The one thing a ‘blind tiger'
dreads above all other things," said
a Senator, discussing the bill, "is
that among his numerous customers
may be one who will tell.
"This bill removes that dread, for
anybody who reported a ‘tiger’ under
this measure would become a crimi
nal himself Besides, because of the
law which excuses a man from In
criminating himself in testifying, this
man would become immediately in
competent as a witness.
"It is hard enough now to convict
‘blind tigers’, and it would be a thou
sand times harder under this law.
"Prohibitionists who seek to go the
limits this bill proposes are to be
commended for their zeal, perhaps,
but surely not for their common
sense. This bill is sound enough in
theory, if you view it from a certain
angle, but it falls to pieces as a prac
tical measure and would defeat the
very object its author had in mind
when he frafned it.”
The Senate defeated the measure
bv a vote of 18 to 22, which was not
such a wide margin of defeat, after
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