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VOL. XII. NO. 104.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1913.
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LEAP TO SAFETY AS CARS CRASH
SOCIETY WOMEN FIGHT NEW TRAFFIC RULES
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I Owners of Autos Want Privilege
of Parking Cars in Down
town District.
The fa;e of the new traffic ordi-
Inaive >vrich will be presented to the
ICity Council Monday afternoon by a
[join committee of the Council and
[the Chamber of Commerce ha* be-
Icome extremely uncertain on account
[of a united opposition to some of its
[features by society women who drive
I automobiles.
Many members of Council declared
[Monday that they being subjected to
[a pressure that they were powerless
[to resist, toughened as they are by
[the many conflicting currents of po
litical sentiment. Women who drive
[their own machines have been visit-
[in? ’heir offices and caKtng them by
■ telephone to protest tlrat the new
| law against parking automobiles in
f downtown districts would abso-
[ . ■ spoil their shopping
The fight of the women has gained
I mpressive support in the persons of
the heads of a number of big stores
| One of the arguments for the new
traffic aw is that it would benefit
| the trade of departments stores by
; clearng the entrances of parked au-
; fomobiles and make entrances easier.
The attitude of some of the. store
heads that they are opposed to dis-
urbing the leisurely women shop
pers who drive their machines and
save them standing in the streets
ha« given a number of members of
I Council a bewildered feeling, espe-
I cially since many of the women have
I '-ailed in person and demanded pro-
1 lection.
Public Hearing Likely.
There seems to be little doubt that
| the new law will be referred to a spe-
[cial committee of Council for a pub
hearing. Whether the provision
I prohibiting the parking of machines
i any one block within limits in-
I eluding the whole downtown shopping
I district will be stricken is a matter
1 of doubt but the activities of the
Icemen practically assures the elimi
nation of the feature making it 11-
I egal to leave a machine at all with-
I out a chauffeur on Peachtree and
I Whitehall and several tributary
strets It looks as though any fea-
| ture of the law tending to present
srrious interference with the shop-
I Ping of women is doomed.
I'uring the meetings of the joint
I committee on traffic law revision of
Council and the Chamber of Com-
; rnerc-e it was generally considered
that whatever laws proposed would
be passed by Council and signed by
Mayor Woodward. The lament of
doctors and business men who are
*n the habit of coming downtown in
tneir machines early in the morning
and leaving it standing in front of
' U ‘ eir Piaces of business all day
•kerned vain. It was proved that
personal interests conflict so
their
Ifor
lB ,0r * traf ^ c ^ aw » were needed
I Ut ae «niB Monday that the whole
* t0 be reviewed again; and
I not lhat pains will be taker.
I**,, with the convenience of
I 10 w o«nen.
Dooly County Town
Wins Menu Prize of
Commerce Chamber
Byromville, Dooly County, was award
ed the prise offered by the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce for the best menu
actually served on Georgia Products
Day. The prize was a $10 gold piece
The similar prize offered for the best
liat of Georgia - grow n products suitable
for a menu was ,*on by Clarkesvllle,
Habersham County.
The awards were made by the special
committee composed of St. Elmo Mas
sengale, Paul P. P«.eese and William F
Parkhurst.
The menu of the Georgia Products
dinner served at Byromville was print
ed in red polkberry ink on corn husks.
Not only every item on the banquet
menu, but the menu toast program and
other incidentals, were grown on one
farm in Byromville.
The menu list furnished by Clarkes
vllle contained 204 items and a banquet
for a king could have been supplied
from this list and nothing would have
been lacking
In all. more than sixty cities submitted
menus which were actually served on
Georgia Products Day
FREE JAILED
DELEGATES
Human Derelicts of
Poor Farm Worry
John D. Rockefeller
CARNEGIE’S HAND IS 'Tiv^SrUn
AS GOOD AS EVE R AT 79 1913 Game Season
Huertf to Show Leniency, Not
Caring to Provoke U. S. by
Executing Lawmakers.
‘BigTim'ThoughDead
Still Bowery Santa
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—The shoes
and Christmas dinners which Timo
thy D. Sulivan was accustomed to
give each year to the Bowery poor
will be distributed as usual this
month.
Mitchell F. Friend appeared in the
Supreme Court to incorporate the
Timothy D. Sullivan Association to
"promote fellowship among members
for their mutual benefit and advan
tage and for the furtherance of their
social and political welfare."
13 Candidates Seek
5 Calhoun Offices
Specisl Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1.—While
General Huerta intends to cling to
the Presidency as long as possible,
the Mexican Government is taking no
chances on foxing intervention In
this country by the United States.
This was shown to-day when a
semi-official announcement was made
that acquittal is likely to be ordered
for all of the members of Congress
who were recently arrested. Huerta
Is afraid of finding these members
guilty of sedition and sentencing
them to death, which would result In
prompt action by the American Gov
ernment.
Foreigners in Mexico are deeply in
terested in the visit which Admiral
Craddock, of the British navy, will
make to General Huerta this after
noon. He will be accompanied to
the national palace by Sir Lionel Car
den. the British Minister.
The British officials say this action
is only a token of respect for the
Mexican Government on the part of
the British commander in Mexican
waters and has no significance other-
NORTH TARRYTOWN, Dec. 1.—
John D. Rockefeller and his million
aire neighbors started a movement to
get the Westchester County Alms
house. which menaces their estates,
out of East View. They are consid
ering providing the county with a new
site.
They are to take the matter up
with V. Everit Macy, multi-million
aire of Ossining, recently elected su
perintendent of the poor, when he
takes charge of the institution Jan
uary 1.
The estates of Rockefeller. Alexan
der Smith Cochran and James Butler
are overrun during the cold weather
by derelicts from the poorhouse. Su
perintendent-elect Macy favors re
moving the institution.
Farmer Near Death
From Knife Wound
CHICAGO, Dec. 1.—One hundred and
thirty-five lives were sacrificed to the
sport of hunting In the United States
and 140 men were seriously wounded, ac
cording to figures compiled to-day. The
hunting season ended last midnight.
The largest death toll was reported
from Wisconsin, where 29 men were
killed and 27 hurt. Michigan was sec
ond, with 28 killed and 16 wounded. In
New York State 19 were killed and 1
hurt and in Maine 12 deaths and 60
injuries were reported. Thirty-seven
hunters lost their lives at their own
hands through the careless handling of
their guns, and 24 wounded themselves.
Sixteen men were drowned while In
quest of game.
It was estimated that 60.000 hunters
visited the woods of Wisconsin and
Michigan and fully 40,000 went hunting
in the other States during the open sea
son.
ELBERTON, Dec. l.—In a fight
with J. T. Powers, at the Elbert
County convict camp in Gaines Dis
trict, H. T. Turner, a well known
farmer, received a stab wound that
may prove fatal It is feared the
lungs were pierced.
Powers i a in the county jail
charged with assault with intent to
kill. He was refused bond pending
the outcome of Turner’s wound.
CALHOUN. Dec. 1.—An election is be
ing held here to-day to name a Mayor,
two Aldermen and two members of the
School Board. Thirteen candidates are
in the fiel^ as follows:
For Mayo. T. C. Cantrell. G. A. Hal!
and W. M. Hughey; for Aldermen, T
Q. Brewer, H. C. Hall, M. Moss. J. M.
Murphey, J W. Parrott. G. F. Robinson,
and for School Board, J. G. B. Erwin.
B. M. Harlan, H. P. Owen and W S.
Pritchett.
Dr. Poteat Here to
Talk on Happiness
Dr Edwin M. Poteat will lecture Mon
day night at the Second Baptist Church
Dr Poteat is president of Furman Uni
versity, of Greenville, fe. C., and well
known here. The subject of the lecture
is "The Philosophy of Happiness."
The lecture Is given under the auspices
of the Young Men's Bible class The
admission fee is 25 cents and the ad
vance sale has been good.
Dr. Hale Back and
Read to Report.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Dr. Wil
liam Bayard Hale, th Envoy sent by
President Wilson to General Carran
za, leader of the Mexican Constitu
tionalists. returned to Washington
to-day. He at once notified the Pres
ident that he was prepared to make a
complete report to him on the nego
tiations with the Constiutionalists «t
any time it was desired.
Dr. Hale refused to discuss his mis
sion in advance of his conference with
the President.
Two New Members in
Georgia Sphinx Club
ATHENS, Dec. 3.—Two new mem
bers of the "Sphinx" have been ini
tiated by that club of the University
of Georgia. They are A. B. Bernd,
of Macon, and Rucker Ginn, of
Royston. This is the greatest honor
that a student of the universitv can
attain, and the records of these two
seniors have been brilliant.
Ginn is captain of the 1914 baseball
team.
Gets Longer Term
At Second Trial
300-Pound Lump of
Coal Crushes Man
FORT SMITH, ARK., Dec. 1.—A.
negro backed his team and wagon
against a coal chute on a Frisco
Railroad switch track and jostled a
300-pound lump of coal. It fell on
the head of C. A. Snyder, foreman
of the yard, and crushed him to
death.
Snyder recently came here from
Shreveport.
With Eggs at$lDoz.,
Brazilians ‘Eat One'
CINCINNATI, Dec. 1.—"We don’t
eat eggs in Brazil; we eat AN egg."
said Captain J. F. Ellison, head of the
Amazon River Steam Navigation
Company.
• Eggs in Brazil cost one dollar a
dozen," he concluded.
VALDOSTA, Dec. 1.— Jule Gary, a
negro convicted of &ssautt with Intent
to murder, for putting ground glass in
Lucius Ziegler’s dinner, has been sen
tenced by Judge Thomas to ten years
in the penitentiary after a second trial.
I^ary was given an eight-year sen
tence the first time, but the case was
carried to the Court of Appeals and
that tribunal reversed the lower court.
He was convicted again and now has
two years longer to serve
sharply with the general public good
that they mu»t be legislated against
snd ordered to move their cars oft
'he princtjHU streets.
Women’s Work Fruitful.
The action of the women is a
Godsend to this class of men. Their
complaints have caught the ear of
'-ouncil in a way that the business
Won could never hope to do.
^ Some traffic law revision is bound
o come from the recommendations
of the Council and Chamber of Com-
™* rc * committee. Councilman Albert
" oinaon, who is leading the opposi-
• cr - and haa announced that he
& motion to refer the
ole matter to a Council committee
Scientist Tells What
Ghosts Are Made Of
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.—"Teleplasma." a
cross between smoke and spider web,
1s what ghosts ’are made of, accord
ing to Professor Schrenk Notxing, the
famous expert in psychical research.
Daylight Bandit Robs
R.R, Agent in Chicago
Needs $500,000 to
'Cut Kingly Figure
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Dec. 1.—A half million dol
lars is the minimum salary demanded
by the Prince of Wled as King of Al
bania.
His present income is $30,000. and
he thinks that even a poor country
like Albania can afford to add $500,000
a year to enable him to cut a kingly
figure.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3 —A lone bandit,
braving daylight and the chance of en
countering a dozen railroad men. to
day entered the station of the Lake
Shore in South Chicago, tied am: gagged
the agent and escaped with $700.
BankHead'sDaughter
Chooses Job as Cook
Skunk Tumbles Town
From Water Wagon
Pencils Blamed for
Diphtheria Epidemic
APPLE TON, WIS.. Dec. 1.—Eliz
abeth Erb, daughter of the president
of the First National Bank, w'ho dis
appeared suddenly last spring, has
written from Montreal that she went
away because she w-aa tired of teach
ing school and is living in the home
of a family of consequence In Mon
treal as cook and upper housemaid.
SUFFIELD CONN., Dec. 1.—Lead
pencils, distributed and collected each
day in a school here, are blamed for
an epidemic of diphtheria among the
pupils.
a public hearing, said that much
NE'WILLE. VA„ Dec. 1.—Residents ,
refused to use water here when a skunk J
established itself in the base of a spring ■
which constitutes the town’s main sup- j
ply.
It was two months before the animal j
could be coaxed forth and killed.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local rains Monday;
probably fair Tuesday.
Laurens Leads State
In Ginning of Cotton
F
TROLLEY
Motormen and Conductors See
Peril in Time to Jump From
Platforms.
In a smash of street ears early
Monday morning at the comer
of Auburn and Piedmont ave
nues, both cars were derailed
and the crews had to leap to
safety. The collision crushed
the framework and shattered the
windows of the cars, and severely
fchook up a couple of dozen
street car employees, on an early
morning ride to their work. No
one was dangerously injured,
however.
The collision took place at 4
o’clock, in the midst of a hard do
pour of rain. • A car of the Was .
ton street line, loaded with motor-
men and conductors from the west
ern part of the city, was* proceeding
along Auburn avenue in the direc
tion of the car bam.
At the Junction with Piedmont
avenue, the switch was covered with
water, and either was not turned
properly, or was ’split’’ by the car,
which it diverted on to the Piedmont
tracks, just at the right time to tear
into a Capitol avenue car. empty pave
for the motorman and conductor, on
its way to the end of the line to start
the day’s run. The motormen of both
cars leaped to the street as they saw
a crash was inevitable.
The Capitol avenue car was
knocked from the rails and ran on
over the pavement to the curbing
J. M. Sorrell, motormsn of the load
ed car, was severely jolted and was
struck by flying glass but was not
injured.
Nearly two hours were required to
get the cars back on the track and
haul them to the bam*.
Wm. RusselFs Death
Reopens Will Case
BOSTON. Dec 3—William C.
Russell one of the three centra! fig
ures in the famous Russell will con
test, died suddenly from shock at hi#
home in Melrose. His death, follow
ing the long battle between D&koia
Dan and PYesno Dan Russell for a
share In the Russel! estate, means the
reopening of the contest.
Counsel for Dakota Dan announced
to-day that he will at once file ad
ministration papers in the case as
the first move in a new struggle to
win a portion of the $500,000 Russell
fortune for Dakota Dan.
■AMDREW CARNEGIE’S AUTOGRAPH.
As l.glb!« as it ev-r was. th» signature of the J.aird oh Skibo is admirably reproduced In the above
photograph. Though he has celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday but recently, the steel magnate Is en
joying the best of health and spirits, and looks forward to passing ma ny more millstones.
Prince of Wales to
Aid in Opening Canal
DUBLIN, Dec. 1.—Laurens County
has taken the lead in cotton production
for the present year, outstripping Burke,
her nearest competitor, by 506 bales, ac
cording to the glnners’ report up to
November 14. This report gives Laurens
42.876 bales and Burke 41.$70.
Burk# led in the two preceding re
port*. with Laurens a close second
Rich Man’s Ashes
Scattered in River
Octogenarian Keeps
Hat On in Church
Jersey Man Takes
Third Wife at 76
NEW YORK Dec. 1.—The ashes of
Charles W. Pre*ley...a wealthy con
tractor. were scattered to the wind*
from the Brooklyn bridge
Presley had requested this action.
PATCHOGEE, N Y.. Dec. 1.—John
Roe Smith, aged 85, reputed to be
wealthy, wore his hat during services at
the Congregational Church, despite re
peated requests of the usher that Smith
remove it
HACKENSACK, N. J., Dec 1 — Rich
ard P. Paulson. 76 years old, has just
taken his third wife. Mrs. Armenia Wy-
bom, aged 59.
| Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Dec. 1.—A suggestion
I that the Prince of Wales should at
tend the official opening of the Pan
ama Canal is under consideration by
King George, it is reported, to offset
| the ill feeling caused by the refusal
! of England to participate In the
Panama-Pacific Exposition at San
Francisco.
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