Newspaper Page Text
TT7F: ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SITU FARM
BILL AGAIN III
Georgia Senator’s Measure Pro
vides Work Through Agri
cultural Colleges.
Atlanta's Morals;
Away Above N. Y.'s,
Says Carlos Mason
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Senator
Hoke Smith to-day introduced in the
Senate and Congressman I-ever in
troduced in the House their bill for
agricultural college extension work
along the lines of the bill which lack
ed only one vote of passing at the
last cession of Congress.
Senator Smith and Mr. Lever have
been in conference with Secretary
Houston, of the Department of Ag
riculture. and the executive commit
tee of the colleges of agriculture, and
the new bill is the result of their com
bined Judgment. It is regarded as an
improvement on the original bill, and
provides a more perfect plan for co
operation between the colleges and
the Agricultural Department In ex
tension and demonstration w'ork.
The amounts to be appropriated
are the same—$10,000 to each State
and in addition $300,000 the first year,
to be distributed on a basis of agri
cultural population, this last sum to
be increased each year by $300,000
until the total annual appropriation I
so distributed reaches $3,000,000.
Chairman Cochran Comes to the
Rescue of Lovelorn Following
Capitol Steps Episodes.
Continued from Page 1.
Buckhead Butcher
Urges Policemen to
Let Him Kill Rival
R. E. Cain, a butcher of Buckhead,
and T. B. Bell, a carpenter of Sandy
Springs, mixed in such a fierce flat
fight Saturday afternoon that it was
all two big policemen could do to
separate them. They even had to
be held apart after cases had been
docketed against them at the police
station.
Cain’s story, totally denied by Bell,
is that Bell came by Buckhead Satur
day morning in an automobile and
took up two girls for a ride. He did
not look with favor on Bell’s atten
tions so he followed him on a street
car. After searching the city all
morning for the trio he found Bell
alone in the car on Harris street and
pounced on him.
Cain v ould not give the names of
the young women, but he declared
they had been hidden by Bell. He i
urged the police to let him get to Bell j
and kill him.
Think Girl’s Slayer
Killed in Surgery
NEW YORK, Sept 7.—Detectives |
at Cllffslde, N. J.. to-day were trying I
to unravel the mystery surrounding j
the death of the unknown girl whose
torso was found in th<> water near 1
that place yesterday. The girl un- !
doubtedly was murdered and her!
head, arms and limbs cut off.
Surgeons declare the work was that |
of someone skilled in the use of
mirglcal instruments.
emor, who habitually refuses to be
interviewed on the subject of the
tarltT, so far forgot his invariable rule
as to utter in an unguarded moment
his bitterest condemnation of the ac
tion of tlie police.
Even Perry Breaks Rule.
Unlike Custodian Latimer, Colonel
Perry is still a young man. Any
movement toward the suppression of
innocent spooning he regards as a
death blow to the inalienable and
Heaven-born rights of the younger
generation. Colonel Perry was in
clined most gravely to doubt the
sound policy, if not the legal sound
ness, of a city police crusade against
spooning on State property.
A. 11. rim, executive secretary,
Joined in the unsparing criticism of
the arrests. It was his comment that
lasting humiliation and a wholly un
merited disgrace might be brought
upon young women who chanced to
be on the Capitol steps when some
members of the police department
took it into their heads to Hwoop
down upon the building and ensnare
all who might be within its shadow.
Man and Wife Not Safe.
There would be the flr~t humilia
tion of the arrest, the ordeal at the
police station, the rush to get bond
or identification, and possibly, if no
sponsors could be found on the in
stant, incarceration in a cell. The
young woman’s name would be pub
lished along with that of her com
panion and her reputation would suf
fer in a manner entirely undeserved,
said Mr. UJm.
It was not beyond the probabilities,
he said, that a man and his wife
might as easily be the victims as any
other young couple.
Carlos Mason, chairman of the
board of police commissioners, said
that he was opposed to police inter
ference in matters of this sort. He
added that there were enough duties
to keep them profitably occupied in
other directions.
Councilman Thompson commented
that the police must be mighty hard
up for arrests if they were compelled
to don plain clothes and stalk loving
couples about the State House in or
der to fill the blotter at the police
station.
Spooners Take Heart;
Parks Opened to You.
No Horses in ’63 in
Chicago, Prediction
CTnaAOO, Sept. 7,—’There will be
no horses !n use In Chicago 50 years
from now if the annual decrease of
2 per cent in the use of animals In
this city continues, experts declare.
Prefer Bachelors in
U. S. Aviation Corps
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-—Recruit*
are sought for the ten vacancies in
the aviation corps.
Married men are not barred, but
bachelors are preferred
OBITUARY.
John Kendrick, the three-year-old
child of Mr. and Mrs. James Ken
drick. died early Saturday morning
at a sanitarium. The body will
be taken at noon Sunday to New
Holland Springs, Ga., for funeral
and interment.
W. H. Hodnett, sixty-nine years old,
died at 2 o’clock Saturday morning
at a private sanitarium. He is sur
vived by one daughter, Mrs. R. O.
Neal, of 'Vest Point. Ga.. one broth
er. James Hodnett, of L&ngdale,
Ala., and one sister Mrs. Mary
Taylor, of Hartsville, Ga. The body
will be shipped later to Longcane,
Ga., for funeral and interment.
Mrs. A. E. Beck, wventy-four years
old, died at 8 o’clock Saturday
morning at the residence. No. 54
Stewart avenue. She is survived
by one son. N. M. Beck. The fu
neral will be held at 2 o’clock Sun
day afternoon from the residence,
the Rev. John Pursher officiating,
interment at Hollvwood.
OLD RIVALS MAY CLASH AGAIN.
MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 7.—Football
games t>etween the University of
Minnesota and the University of
Michigan may be resumed as a re
sult of a resolution received to-day
by the * Minnesota board of regents
from the governing board of the
Mietiigan University.
WILL IS EIGHT FEET LONG.
MILWAUKEE. Sept 7 —By a doc- I
ument eight and one-half feet long, !
Miss Mathilda Tommett leaves to-rel- j
atlves a pair of old shoe strings, "my |
best bed spread,” chickens, chicken !
feed, vegetables, fruit, pickles and a
pail of lard. j
Here’s hope for Atlanta’s legions
of lovelorn.
Driven from the steps of the State
Capitol and even arrested by minion*
of the law, who must have been whol
ly devoid of sentiment, spooners had
come to the disheartening conclusion
that that little line about all the
world loving a lover was piffle.
But comes one as their champion.
He is John O. Cochran, chairman of
the City Park Board. Just as It ap
pears that the smitten youths and
maids must seek the depressing fast
nesses of the family parlor, or the
front porch, where they are the ob
served of all observers, Mr. Cochran
rushes forward and tells them that
they may spoon in the city's parks to
their hearts' content, and that if any
surly, misanthropic policeman inter
rupts them he will l.now the reason
why.
Mr. Cochran's pronunclamento
was spread abroad Friday night Just
after a young woman, blushing with
mortification, and her companion,
sullen at the humiliation that was
theirs, had been haled into Record
ers Court charged with disorderly
conduct.
What had they been doing?
Why, their terrible offense, accord
ing to Policemen Clack and Whelchel,
who arrested them, was ‘‘spooning”
on the Capitol steps. The officers of
the law, waiting for a propitious mo
ment, had come upon the twain Just
as their lips had met in a long, lin
gering soul kiss.
Break away, youse!” was the gruff
command that startled them from
their embrace.
Then they were tuken to the police
station. They gave their names us
Miss Dora Weissmann, No. 290 East
Fair street, and Gus Meyers, No. 287
East Fair street. She is a stenogra
pher and he »a clerk.
Recorder Broyles promptly dis
missed the case, as he did that of
Miss Dollie Johnson No. 158 East
Fair street, and W. C. Williamson,
No. 474 Woodward avenue, who were
arrested on a similar charge.
The Recorder admonished them,
however, that it were better to do
their spooning at home on the
porches and in the hammocks.
It was this warning that brought
the general invitation of Chairman
Cochran for the young people to flock
to the parks, where they would be
unmolested.
Carlos H. Mason, chairman of At
lanta's Police Commission, Just home
from New York, Saturday declared
| Atlanta far better morally than
Gotham,
Mr. Mason said that as he strolled
up and down the Great White Way
he was Impressed with Atlanta’s in
finitely better moral atmosphere.
“By comparison the old home town
was inviting with a shining purity,”
he said.
Upon Mr. Mason’s return to the
city one of the first matters to come
to his attention concerning the police
was the arrest of a young couple for
spooning on the Capitol steps.
‘‘I don’t approve of that arrest,” he
declared with emphasis. “That’s a
universal, time-honored method of
courtship, and a policy of arresting
people for yielding to that indulgence
doesn’t get my support.”
TWO FAST TRAINS
Lt. 7;12AM.,5:10ia.
CALLED 1 TO
LI
We'll Disregard Dress in Time,
Doctor Predicts, But Not
Quite Copy Eve’s Style.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Sept. 7.—
Women’s attirfe popularly classed as
“Slit,” "Peek-a-boo” and “X-ray’
prolongs life According to Dr. Eli
G. Jones, of Burlington, N. J., presi
dent of the American Association of
Progressive Medicine, at the annual
convention here, that style of cloth
ing is conducive to the health and
longevity of the wearers.
“I have come to believe,” he said,
“that the less clothing we drape on
the figure in the heated weather the
more we increase the chances of pro
longing our lives. I have records
which show that the percentage of Ill
ness among women w’ho wear little
clothing is much lower than among
those who put on too many garments,
and I do not refer to the Zulus or
Fiji Islanders either, but get my sta
tistics right here in the giddy whirl.
“I agree w r ith the futurists that
we are returning to an age which
shall disregard dress, although I do
not predict the adoption of the fig
leaf by any means. For reasons which
all wom?n know, light and airy cloth
ing assiiredl} Is better than the heavy
gowns worn some years ago.
“Necessity brought out the X-rav
apparel, just as It brought out the
hoop skirt of cur forefathers. Some
day a rising modiste, the genius of
his age, will Invent a style which will
omit the transparency, but will supp’y
its airiness, and women will adopt the
garment more eagerly than they have
the present stayle.
Georgia Experts to
Study Boll Weevil
Pest at Close Range
Dr. E. L. Worsham, State Ento
mologist, will accompany Dr. Phil
Campbell and agents of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture next
week on a tour of Louisiana, Missis
sippi and Alabama, where the boll
weevil, which is expected to enter
Georgia next year, will be studied at
close range.
Dr. Worsham and these agents are
going to bend every effort to have
those counties which are sure to be
visited first by the boll weevil for
tified against this pest as strongly as
possible.
Early maturing varieties of cotton
seed are now being raised on experi
ment farms throughout Georgia
which will be distributed in these
counties in which the boll weevil is
expected to appear, for through early
maturity the boll weevil is best com
bated.
Gets Old Master for
20 Cents; Asks $1,365
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MADRID. Sept. 7.—In an antiqua
ry’s shop window' there was exhibited
a painting and a sign reading “Au
thentic picture by Goya. 7,000 pesetas
($1,365).”
A poor woman, passing by, observed
the sign and at once caused a dis
turbance which attracted a big crowd.
She declared that the antiquary who
now asks such a round sum for the
picture. Tuesday bought it from her
for 20 cents.
OLIVER IS HE
PREDICTED
Slaton Honors Requisition From
Mississippi for Man Charged
With Being Swindler.
Plans for Medical
College Abandoned
At a meeting at the Piedmont Ho
tel it was decided by the manage
ment of the Southeastern University
to abandon for the present the idea
of opening a medical department this
fall because the time was too short.
It was stated by Dr. Manhart.
financial secretary of the university,
that the building formerly occupied
by the Baptist Tabernacle had been
remodeled for a medical college, but
would be held until next fall, when in
all probability a medical department
would be launched.
A. D. Oliver, whose alleged opera
tions In South Georgia made him the
defendant under a half dozen indict
ments charging various forms of
swindling, will find two officers of
the Jaw from Mississippi waiting for
him when hi^three years’ chaingang
sentence in Lee County expires next
Tuesday at midnight.
Requisition papers were honored by
Governor Slaton late Friday, and the
Mississippi officers propose to rush
Oliver into that State with all possi
ble speed.
Deputy Sheriff J. H. Crosby, of
Aberdeen, said Saturday that they
have the prison record of Oliver and
that they know of his serving time
in Jackson, Mich., and Columbus.
Ohio, on charges of false pretenses
and swindling. Oliver’s real name, ac
cording to Crosby, is Charles Blazer.
Oliver denies he had any part In
the shady transactions charged
against him. It must have been his
twin brother, for whom he often is
mistaken, he asserts. Government
officials are said to be after Oliver for
fraudulent use of the mails.
Dr. H. F. Broyles, cousin of Re
corder Nash Broyles, and a State
Senator, was one of the victims of
Oliver’s alleged schemes. He lost
several thousand dollars. Dr.
Broyles. Judge J. O. Sykes and ex-
Sheriff Ollie Jones, who figured In the
arrest of Oliver in Mississippi, where
the prisoner broke jail, were in the
party that came to Atlanta to ob
tain the requisition papers.
The people of Decatur County,
from which < diver was sentenced, had
difficulty getting him convicted. One
indictment after another was brought
against him. He managed to slip out
of every one. Finally he was convict
ed of bigamy, for which he served
his time.
Oliver has lawyers and influential
friends, it is said, and It is regarded
no likely that a hard fight will be
made to save him in Mississippi.
Painter Fined for
Swearing at Lawyer
E. E. George, of 249 South More
land street, representative of the
Painters* Union, was fined $5.75 by
Recorder Broyles Saturday morning
for using insulting language to Paul
Etheridge, an attorney.
Mr. Etheridge asserted in Police
Court that he represented a painter
named Dempsey in the latter’s effor’s
to get a union membership, which had
been refused him by George. He said
George used insulting and profane
language during a conversation.
George asserted he said only “h ”
and “d .”
Canada Decides to
AdmitMr s .Pankhnrst
OTTAWA. ONTARIO, Sept. 7.—
Minister of Justice Doherty made a
ruling to-day that Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, the famous militant suf
fragette who recently fled from Eng
land, leaving an unfinished term be
hind, will be admitted to Canada on
her American trip this fall.
Her crimes, Mr. Doherty said, do
not involve moral turpitude.
Frank Trial Deputy
Back From Vacation
Deputy Sheriff Plennie Miner,
bronzed by nearly two weeks of hunt
ing and fishing in Gwinnett County,
returned Friday to his duties.
Deputy Miner was in charge of the
crowds at the Frank trial and left
for his vacation at its conclusion.
THE PLAYS
THIS WEEK
A bill of prime features, the very
best that the Keith offices could as
semble, will be the Forsyth attraction
for the week that will start with
matinee on Monday, and because of
the excellence of the program as an
nounced there has been one of the
heaviest advance sales the busy thea
ter has ever registered. The head
liners will be Frank Hale and Inez
Patterson, dainty dancers, and Lydia
Barry, the queen of singing comedi
ennes. The other five acts are ex
ceptionally clever and all in all are
the kind of features that make people
find their way to the Forsyth.
Others on the bill are Doris Wilson
and Company; Delmore and Lee;
Russell’s Minstrels, and Gordon ant'
Kica.
At the Bijou.
Capacity testing audiences will
greet Jewell Kelley and his players
this afternoon and to-night at the
Bijou, establishing a new record for
attendance at this house. “The Man
From the West” has pleased large
audiences during the week and has
demonstrated beyond a doubt that
the Jewell Kelley Company is equally
at home in high-class plays and in
the more sensational melodramas.
Next week’s play will be “My Dixie
Girl,” which has n*»ver been seen in
Atlanta at popular prices.
Nearly All City Officials Except
Mayer Woodward Are Workign
Hard for Its Adoption.
At the Lyric.
“The Call of the Heart." next
week’s Mil at the Lyric, deals with a
woman of fortune who was wedded
to a "name.” ancient, but not honor
able, and after living a life of misery,
love liberates her from bondage.
There ure some rather daring
speeches and situations in "The Call
of the Heart,“ but a startling socio
logical problem is handled so daintily
that it is introduced find dropped al
most before the listener is fully con
scious that it has appeared.
Political leaders, active in support
of the new charter, declared Satur
day it would be adopted by a safe
majority.
While the candidates for Aldermen
and < ’ouncilmen are reluctant to take
positions on this measure, the great
majority of city officials not running
this year are fighting hard but quiet
ly for its adoption. It Is the general
opinion among them that If this char
ter is adopted, charter reform agita
tion will be ended for many years
to come.
Mayor Woodward, In his militant
way, stands out as their most for
midable obstacle. Bui ne announced
Saturday that he would approve the
resolution of Council providing for
the new charter election on Septem
ber 24.
“I’ll be fairer than that crowd ever
was,” he said. "They kept a real re
form charter from going to the peo
ple. I will do all in my power to
give the people a chance to vote on
all of them.”
Since campaigning for the new
charter has become active there has
been a great increase in the registra
tions for voting. Lucien Harris, ax •
sistant to Official Registrar Andy P
Stewart, said the total registration
now was about 11,000. *
The registration books for the char
ter election on September 24 and the
Councilmanic election on September
30 close September 9. The books stil.’
are several thousand names short qf
the normal registration list.
‘Jail Won’t Solve
Social Evil,’ Says
NotedDenverJudge
BOSTON, Sept. 7.—In Boston, to
deliver an address, Judge Ben Lind-
fey, of Denver Jouvenile Court fame,
declared he was being hounded by
persecutors because he did not jail
all the girls and men who are the
victims of social conditions. He said;
“In Denver my few persecutors are
crying against me because I do not
Jail all the men and girls who are
but victims of our social condition.
Jail won’t settle that question, but
education will, and it is my idea to
bring Jesus Christ into court, and I
shall handle these lesser ca?»es as thev
ought to be handled by a humane
thinking man, or any Christian who i*
not acting the hypocrite.”
He declared his ideal of happiness
is to be married to a sympathetic
woman, to have healthy and happy
children. "In a word,” he summed
up. “just to be an average man.”
The 97-pound Denverite continued:
“I am going to write a book one of
these days,” and it is going to be
called “Sex and Sin.” And In this
book I am going to show up these
hypocrites whose very mode of living
is basically responsible for the im
moral conditions prevalent to-day.”
U. S, Quiz of Wreck
On New Haven Ends
NEW HAVEN, CONN., Sept. 7.—
Recommendations of stricter discip
line on the New York, New’ Haven
and Hartford Railroad were given by
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
McChord to-day at the close of the
Federal investigation into last Tues
day’s wreck when 21 were killed.
General Manager C. L. Bardo, of the
New Haven road, promised to issue
orders for stricter discipline of em
ployees at once.
That the airbrakes on part of the
White Mountain express, which
rammed the Bar Harbor express, ere
not in working order, was sworn to
by Engineer A. B. Miller, of the White
Mountain express.
CABLE
|| NEWS
Important Events From All
I Over tbe Old World Told in *
| Few Short Linen.
Killing Seals Lips of
Sing’s White Widow
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRT-
GA., Sept. 7.—Elaborate police and
military precautions were taken here
to-day to guard against violence to
night w’hen the laboring class will
carry out a free speech demonstra
tion The demonstration is a result
of the recent strike on the Rand. Two
hundred policemen and soldiers, all
armed, will patrol the streets to
night.
Plan Canal Steamer Line.
BREMEN, Sept. 7.—The North
German Lloyd Steamship Line made
official announcement to-dav of a big
increase in business during the first
half of this year, and that a Pacific;
Coast service, through the Panama
Canal, will be arranged just as soon
as the canal is thrown open for traf
fic.
Japanese Diplomat Is S*ain.
TOKIO, Sept. 7.— Director Maritora
Abe. of the Political Bureau of the
Japanese Foreign Office, who was
stabbed Thursdav night, 1m dead. Two
assassins mistook Mr. Morltaro for
Dr. Sun Yat Sen. first President of
China. They were Chinese and were
believed to have been in the employ
of President Yuan Shi Kai.
Bulgar-Turk Treaty Near.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 7.—
General Sayoff, former command-
der-in-chief of the Bulgarian
army, whose troops defeated the
Turks in the first Balkan war, de
clared to-day that if the Powers
would not interfere Bulgaria could
rout the Greeks within a week.
It is announced that a treaty be
tween Turkey and Bulgaria will be
signed soon. There is good ground
for belief that the Bulgars may join
the Turks in war upon Greece.
De La Barra Warns U. S.
PARIS, Sept. 7.—Intervention by
the United States in Mexico, either
directly or indirectly, will not be
tolerated, according to Senor De La
Barra, Mexican Minister to France,
in an interview' to-day. Senor De La
Barra said that all Mexicans resented
outside interference.
Mattresses as Life-Savers.
PARIS, Sept. 7.—A large Paris firm
is busy filling an order for thousands
of mattresses which are pronounced
as unsinkable. Every passenger in
a ship furnished with these mat
tresses will have an ideal life-pre
server right in bed if they are what
is claimed for them.
Noted Theologian Dies.
GLASSGOW, SCOTLAND. Sept. 7.
Professor James Orr. one of the best-
known theologians and w'riters on
theology in the world, died here to
day, aged 69. In 1895 he visited
America and delivered a series of
lectures on German theology in
Chicago. Two years later he deliv
ered a series of lectures at Prince
ton University.
Famous Candy Maker Dies.
PARIS. Sept. T.—Henry Meunier, a
rich and famous chocolate manufac
turer. died to-day at his home In
Pontoise.
Noble Victim of Wreck.
DERBY. ENGLAND, Sept. 6.—Sir
Arthur Douglass, who was injured
in last Tuesday’s wreck on the Mid
land Railroad when thirteen persons
were killed, died to-day.
CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—That hypnotic
paralysis has sealed the lips of the
white widow of Charles Sing, the
murdered Chinese merchant, as she
was about to “tell all 9he knew,” is
the belief of Dr. Louis A. Mangan.
“Mrs. Sing is suffering from a
strange form of hypnotic paralysis,
brought on by herself.” explained Dr.
Mangan. “She will not be able to
speak until she Is strong enough to
break the snell. If f«he witnessed the
killing of Sing, the shock of that was
enough to lead up to such a condi
tion.”
Board Will Watch
Test of Crematory
The City Board of Health will ob
serve carefully the test run of the
new' crematory, to be weighed under
the direction of Frank Lederle, the
consulting engineer retained by May
or Woodw'ard to make the test. John
Jentzen, Chief of the Sanitary De
partment, w’ill represent the board.
The board appointed W. P. Rich
ardson weigher at the crematory. F.
H. Schearer. superintendent of the
old crematory, was offered the posi
tion of engineer at the new plant.
Charter Granted to
White Plague Foes
The Atlanta Anti-Tuberculosis As
sociation Is now a regularly char
tered organization, Judge Bell having
issued a charter for 20 years. The
petition states that the organization
is not formed for profit and that it
has no capital stock.
The incorporators are Hugh M.
Willet, Howard S. Cole, Mrs. H. W.
Salmon, Mrs. Nellie Peters Black, Da
vid Woowdard, Mrs. J. Wade Conklin
and Dr. Theo Toepel.
Farmers Oppose U. S.
Aid in Crop Moving
SALINA, KAN’S., Sept. 7.—At the
annual convention of the Farmers’
National Education and Co-operative
Association the plan of the Treasury
Department to aid in moving erop3
w’as criticised severely.
The convention declared “it could
not see a single benefit” and that it
“would put more money Into the
hands of speculators to buy crops
from farmers forced to sell because
they could not get money."
FRANK GOTCH ON MAT.
CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—The appear
ance of Frank Gotch, heavyweight
wrestling champion, in the ring at
Brand’s Park to-night will feature the
athletic end of the program staged
by the Cook County Democracy.
Gotch is to meet Dr. Roller and
Charlie Cutter in a handicap match of
fifteen minutes each.
Union Organization, Headed by
Pollock, Shows Progress—Fine
Connections Made.
Announcement of an increase of
capitalization of the Union Trust
Company, of Atlanta, from $300,000
to $1,000,000 and of the plan for a
further increase to $2,000,000 was
made Saturday by George D. Pollock,
president of the company.
The trust organization was formed
only last February and has been do
ing a business in farm and city loans
since then, specializing in the former.
The increase in the capitalization
was decided upon F'riday at a meet
ing of the stockholders, among whom
are a number of men well known in
the financial circles of the State.
The purpose was to afford a wider
scope for the operations of the com
pany and to enable it to get cheuper
money from financial interests in
America and Europe.
Important connections have been
made with Chicago and New York
houses by which the Union Trust
Company will be enabled to make
loans of two or three million dollars
in addition to what it would be able
to do on its own capital. The offi- j
cials of the company have decided I
upon an aggressive policy with the |
determination to make the company :
one of the strongest and most power- j
ful in the South.
President Pollock is an experienced 1
banker, being the organizer of two
banks in Rome, Ga.. one of wlych he
resigned the presidency to take
cnarge of the Union Trust Company.
Moultrie Sessions, a vice president, I
besides being president of the Ses- j
sions Loan and Trust Company, of
Marietta, is one of the best known
mortgage loan men in the State.
T. R. Lombard, another vice presi
dent, Is president of Lombard and
Company, of New York, and is a
financier of long experience.
John Ruddle is a Pennsylvania fi
nancier who came to Atlanta to be
come secretary and treasurer of the
company. The officers are on the
eleventh floor of the Third National
Bank.
Bal Haven, Ocracoke and Ports
mouth Safe, Though Damaged
by Water and Wind.
NEWBERN. N. C., Sppt. 7—At 2
o'clock this morning for the first
time since last Tuesday afternoon,
when the coast storm struck this sec
tion, communication with Bal Havrn
was possible. It had been reported
that Bal Haven had been wiped off
the map. This was incorrect, but the
damage done by the high water and
wind was terrific.
The worst part of the storm struck
there Wednesday morning. Water
rose fifteen feet above the high water
level and some of the buildings in
the lower part of the town were in
undated. It was necessary to oper
ate motor boats in t'.e streets to re
move occupants of buildings to places
of safety.
The railway tracks between Bal
Haven and Pantego were washed
away, and it will be impossible to
operate trains there for several days.
Every sawmill in the place was either
demolished or badly damaged.
The mailboat running between
Ocracoke and Beaufort arrived at th®
latter place at midnight after making
a special trip, and reported that no
— . ... ivpu.iou mat ll _
lives were lost at Ocracoke and Ports
mouth, but that the damage by wind
and water was great.
Newbern citizens are hard at worh
clearing away the debris of the stom
and the citv is beginning to have
some semblance of its former seff
Careful estimates Qf the damage done
here made since the day of the storm
place the amount at not less than
$500,000, and this is practically a to
tal loss, as no clause In any of ths
insurance policies provided for dam
age by water.
Cotton 'Change Seats
Increase in Value
NEW YORK. Sept. 7.—Member
ships on the New York Cotton Ex
change are advancing in price despite
attacks made on that institution and
the proposed tax of 1-10 of 1 cent
a pound on speculative dealings in
cotton.
A eeat has been sold for $14,000.
and advance of $1,000 over the last
previous sale. Two memberships are
now’ being offered, one at $15,000 and
the other at $25,000.
Cue for Officials at
Test of Fire Engine
With Alderman I. N. Ragsdale and
Councilmen J. T. Kimbrough and
Claude C. Mason as chief hosts, May
or Woodward and Council will be en
tertained at a barbecue at the Tenth
Ward fire engine house Saturday aft
ernoon.
The occasion is the official test of
the new automobile fire engine.
Not More Than
Half Dozen Dead.
1
RALEIGH, Sept. 7.—Belated re
ports to-day from the storm-swep
area in Eastern North Carolina tem
to show that earlier reports of storn
damage were greatly exaggerated
The loss of life will not total half
dozen, and damage to crops an
business places may not reach me.
than $500,000. The Norfolk aru
Southern Railway Company, whos.
lines run through the storm-swep
section, is the heaviest sufferer, bu
it was Impossible to-day to make at
estimate of the money' damage.
If yesterday’s rains do not cauv
the Neuso and Tar Rivers to risi
again, it is not believed that thi
freshet following the storm wii
amount to much. No estimate hai
been advanced as to the loss of crop!
by the heavy rains.
Arrest Rich Couple
Who Abandon Baby
SAVANNAH, Sept. 7.—For abar
doning an 8-month-old baby to til
care of a nurse girl, William B. Moi
and his wife were severely arralgne
by Recorder Schwarz to-day.
The child was adopted by th
wealthy young couple, who thougt
It would bridge the widening chast
in their affections. Ten days ag
Mott left his home and went to
hotel. Last night Mrs. Mott sent th
baby and nurse in her automobile t
the hotel to wait for Mott. Polic
noticed the child when the nurs6 de
serted It. and later arrested the fos
ter parents.
Woman Will Police
Kansas City Resorts
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 7.—A police
woman, who will be known as “the
city’s mother to the motherless,” will
be appointed by the Commissioners
here.
She will “walk a beat” embracing
largely disorderly resorts and all-
night cafes.
Rich Man's Son Robs
Grave for Diamonds
Coffin Stolen From
The Grave of Woman
ALBANY. Sept. 7.—When the grave
of* Mrs. Pauline Blum, whose body
was burled on Sunday, was, visited
to-day the body was found In a rough
box. The coffin had been stolen. Her
finger on which she wore a wedding
ring had been severed and the ring
al^o was missing.
GROCERY IN BANKRUPTCY.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
was filed Saturday morning by C. W.
Seymour, doing business as the Sey
mour Grocery Company. He admits
liabilities of $801.48, with assets of
$600. Thomas J. Ripley was appointed
receiver.
9LBANY, Sept. 7.—John Stevens,
20. son of Thomas C. Stevens, a
wealthy fruit merchant, has confessed
to Yobbing the gTave of Mrs. Pauline
Blum, in Eage Hill Cemetery.
The youthful ghoul opened the
casket and cut off one of the woman’s
fingers to get a ring. He alpo took a.
diamond pin and ear-rings. Later,
he carried the casket home and put It
in the cellar, where It was discov
ered by a maid.
Wear No Slit Skirts
Nor Anything Else
LTMA, OHIO. Sept. 7.—Sheriff Watt
was called on to-day to Investigate
the strange existence of 75 stranded
men and women gypsies in an im
provised camp near here.
The nomads have dispensed with
their clothes and are running about
in nature’s raiment.
AN EXCELLENT NK3HTCAP
BOSTON BARS “TIN ROOFS.”
BOSTON. Sept. 7.—A new excise
law went into effect here prohibiting
“drinks on the house” in local sa
loons. “It Is against the best inter
ests of the proprietors and may be
morally and physically injurious to
customers,” the License Board says in
its notice.
DIAMOND RING IN CLAM.
PATCHiHjtUE. N. Y. Sept. 7.—
Walking along Water Island Beach,
near here. Augustus Rhyer, a local
barber, picked up a clam and opened
it. He found a ring set with three
large diamonds wedged inside the
shell.
KRYPTOK LENSES
Keep in mind that we make the
genuine Kryptoks—bifocals with
out the dividing line. Come in and
see a pair; they're beautiful. A.
K. Hawkes Co., Opticians, 14
"Whitehall street.
NEGRESS HELD AS STABBER.
Zada Wright, a negro woman work
ing at No. 594 West Peachtree, was
arrested Saturday on the charge of
stabbing Bessie Green, another ne- |
gress, at F'orrest avenue and Butler
street, Thursday night. The Wright
woman pleaded self-defense, saying
that the other had shot at her.
Hertford's Acid Phosphate
Half • toaspoonful of Horsford’s Add Phos
phate In half a glaA* of water on retiring; Insures
a restful sleep.—(adv.)
$300,000 SYRACUSE FIRE.
SYRACUSE. N. Y.. Sept. 7. Fire
of unknown origin to-day caused a
property loss estimated at $300,000,
and for a time threatened the entire
industrial section of lV ’' city.
SEEING THINGS
Whether it’s through a field glass,
opera glass, telescope or a pair of /
Kryptok eyeglasses—be sure they J
are from “Moore’s.” “Moore” quaJ-
ity is our watchword. “We sell \
everything to see with.” Jno. L.
Moore & Sons, expert opticians, 42 j
North Broad street-
0UISVILLE
THROUGH SLEEPERS
L\JiU ABLfclOm