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— T w\l THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Freddy Film Copyright, N*>w* 8*r*1n* Step Lively, and Watch Your Step Mayor Woodward Thursday bitter ly denounced the reported plan of Council to swap placen between Po lice Commlfwdoner J. N McKaehern and Marcelluti M. Xnderaon, mein n r of the Hoard of Edoc&tion. both of the Seventh Ward, as an example of “the petty peanut politics that per meates Council.” In my campaign for Mayor 1 told the people (d Atlanta that the trou ble with their city government was that a majority of the members of Council were devoting themselves to petty ring politics Instead of the best administration of the city’s business,' he said "The developments Monday in re gard to the resignation of Police '< 'ommissioner McEachern is one of many glaring proofs of my rhurgos. ‘‘Commissioner Mcl'achem’s term would have expired n< xt March and he would have been ineligible fur re- election. Fred Lister was a candi date for the place, and reports were that he had enough support to elect him. Sess Plot on Lester. "Mr Lester was not «»f the . rowd that tries to run the board elections. Also Mr McEachern had to be taken care of It seems to be authentic that they have caucused and pull *d the wire until they have enough vo.es to elect MarcelIuh Anderson, member of the Board of Education, to the Po lice Commission and Mr. McEachern to the Board of Education. The in dent of the finesse seems to he to leave Mr Lester out “I have no personal feeling in the matter Though Mr Anderson and I have differed politically. I have al ways felt personally friendly to him; and I am a little surprised that he would allow himself to be handled In .such ;i way. “As Mayor of Atlanta I can t help but denounce these tactics. It’s a good example of the way a crowd In Council works to keep its friends in office. "Is it any wonder that we have complaints against our board govern ment? What patriotic citizen wants to stoop to the petty practices re quired t ) get a board position? There fore. the places are filled by the petty little crowd in Council. “I wonder when the people of At lanta are going to wake up to the jnisadmlnistration of their business. What sort of government could you expect from a crowd of men who de vote practically all their time to keep- TY POLITICS' ing themselves and their friends in office? Elections Will Show Line-up. "Tin- line-up will be made clear when tie vote on these elections is taken Lot the people watch to see who the petty peanuts are." It will Indeed be a significant vote when Council goes to elect Marcellus Anderson to the Police Commission. Il«* will be nominated by Alderman u J Hpratllng and Councilman Roy Abernathy, of the Seventh Ward, ac cording tn advance report. Council man A K r'olcord. the other repre sentative of the Seventh Ward, is ex pected to nominate Mr Lester for th** place Teh fight w ill be clear cut, and the result of the vote is expected to have a significant effect on Mayor Woodward’s < • rnmittce appointments for the new Council. Mr Lester’s claimed majority is wiped out by having the old Instead of the new Council do the electing. Tin* hop** of Mr Anderson and h * friends is that after he has been elect ed to the unexpired term of Mr. Mc- Kachera he will be able to secui** el.- tlon for the full ter mby virtue of his being in office. Anyway. It relieves Councllmen of their pledges to Mr. L<-st or. Mr Anderson ojjoaed May .r Woodward 1n the last election while Fred Lester was a warm supporter. At the same meeting G. P. Dixon wi’ ! be el#< tt^ to the Police Commi.-i- slon to succtW Graham P Dozier. »h' Tenth WnrC ^legate, who has re signed c’arw*«. H Mason. First Ward member and chairman of the Com mission. will be succeeded at the ex piration of his term in March bv Councilman A H. Baskin, whose term In Council expires the first of the year. Pledged to Beavers. Dixon and Baskin will be loyal suo- porters of the majority oarty In Council, which is the anti-Woodward oarty, and are pledged, it is under stood. to uphold Chief Beavers. Robert c Clark. Eighth War! member of the Commission, also will be up for re-election in March. He has been an independent during his service and there are rumors that he may be ousted for someone who is out and out for Chief Beavers. Friends of the majority party in Council will materially strengthen their control of the Police Commission by the changes and the election of ;» chairman who is in sympathy with Chief Beavers is assured. At present the plum seems to lie be tween \V. A. Vernoy. B. I**** Smith anti Andy R. King Practically every member and prospective member rf the Commission is more or less a can didate for the chairmanship. ! GOES , MV CAp, 1 ’ C£ &ONH havF JPHf mown pictures j ONI r « WORlO.5 SEPIFS'l - 7 / t lie Got t get some pointers! THE GEORGIAN TERRACE HOTEL Is nnw conducted eti tv»fh the American and European Plans. Rooms from $ 1 . r »o up, lieu rn urn nt t American plan), $40 00 monthly, flO.ftO weekly, or without lunch (oxoepf Sundays), $3fl.OU monthly, $0.00 weekly. Also a lu Carla kmrvhw. Orchestra. SELL THE UNUSED THINGS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE HOUSE Old Clothing, unused pieces of Furniture and numberless other articles that can bo found in nearly every household can easily be converted into cash if advertised in the “For Sale" columns of TheGeor- giairs classified section. Costs only 30c to run an ad like this: ^ ' FOR 8A1.F- lAtirel base burner jrt**ve. uned two months, will sail cheap Phone Main 2619 415 Cherokee avenue Phone Main 100 or Atlanta 8000 and give in your ad and you will have no trouble in selling anything you have. F [ Mari Delegated to Nominate T. R. Quits New Party, Disap proving Policy. .NEW YORK. JJoo. 4.—William A. Pendergant, Comptroller of New York • by. to-day announced his withdraw al from the Progressive party. which he was one of the founders. Although the comptroller did not say h< would return to the Republi can fold, he voiced a hope In his statement that there would be an amalgamation of the best men of both the Progressive and Republican parties, and that it shall constitute a atrong anti-Democratic party. Mr Pendergast gave as his reason for withdrawing that he did not ap prove of the policies of the Progres sives after the <’hb ago convention. Comptroller Prendergast had been selected to name Theodore Roosevelt as the Progressive nominee for President at the Chicago convention, but on account of illness was una ble to do so. FREE COUPON In HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN and AT LANTA GEORGIAN Free Christmas Gifts Dis tribution. GOOD FOR 5 VOTES For Address Disk Fill in your favorite’s name, and send to Offer Department, and 5 votes will be credited in favor of candidate. Not good after December 6. Turner Calls Board That Will Quiz Him The investigation of City Electri cian R. C. Turner’s official conduct will be begun at a meeting of the Board of Electrical Control and the Council Electric Lights Committee Thursday afternoon. Follow ing the action of Council or dering the investigation Electrician Turner called the meeting on his own authbrity. Mayor Woodward said he would sign the resolutions for a probe. Attorney Aldine Chambers, representing the Cotton States Elec tric Company, said he would substan tiate the charges and give new evi dence of abuses of power. Only 345 Ballots Are Cast In City Election The vote in the general city elec tion Wednesday for the naming of ten Councilmen. four Aldermen and a General Manager of Waterworks consolidated at City Clerk Walter Taylor’s office Thursday showed a total of 345 ballots. The fear of primary nominees that independent candidates might slip in at the last minute on account of the light vote failed to materialize. The only events of the day were the serv ing of dinner and supper to the elec tion managers and clerks by Mr. Tay lor. 600 Bales Burned in Farmer Appears at $45,000 Cotton Fire Polls a Month Late COLUMBUS, Dee. 4.— According to a long distance telephone message this morning from Seale, Ala,, Ed ward Anderson’s warehouse, with 600 bales of cotton and the fixtures of the Bank of Seale, were destroyed by fire, believed to have been of incen diary origin. The fire was first dis covered in the sample room of the warehouse, and had made such head way that it could not be stopped. The cotton was insured, but the warehouse was not. The loss is esti mated at $45,000. Slaying Suspect Sues His Accuser KNOX. IXD., Dec. 4.—Leslie Stef- ffev, awaiting trial, on the charge o! murdering Pearl llettinger, to-day authorized his attorney to bring ac tion for $50,000 damages against J. P. Gilsinger. of Pulaski County, who. he charges, is responsible for the action of the Grand Jury. The damages will be asked for false imprisonment. Given Ten Months For Stolen Joyride For a joy ride in T. O. Poole’s au tomobile Henry Hambrick, 17 years old. Wednesday was sentenced to ten months In the county chaingang, but later placed on probation by Judge Calhoun, with the proviso that should he again be brought into court he will | be required tos erve the sentence. j The youth also was directed to pay Paale $30 for damage done to the machine, at the rate of $2 per month. WATERTOWN. N; Y. f Dec. 4.—One month after election day a farmer ap peared at the polling place In Gouvenor and inquired where he should vote. He was bewildered whet- informed he was 30 days late. Walter Woodhant Has Not Spoken for Two Days—Apparently Paralyzed. GA.. Dec. 4.—Walter youth who shot and CUTHBERT, Woodham, the killed Starling Culbreath, his brother- in-law, last Tuesday afternoon, is Still in an unconscious state in the Ran dolph County Jail. He has not spoken a word since being locked up. Doc tors have tried to revive him, but to no avail. He seems to be paralyzed from the hips down, though his breathing and pulse are all right and he takes nourishment. The attending physician says that he will come around all right in a few days. Mr. Sanders, a brother-in-law, and other kinsmen and friends are in Cuthbertmaking preparations to give bond for the prisoner and say that bond win be arranged as soon as he regains consciousness, as he is not now in condition to be moved. Several letters hav* been received from women of Cuthbert and rounding towns expressing ih.-hAv " Pkthy and offering their pr.-nvr, ■support In defense of VVoodhamV I Woodham has public sentiment | n i favor, now that the case is f u i| v ,1" 1 derstood by citizens of this rt wai the result of a fan, led wrnn. to \\ oodham’s 14-year-old s Culbreath. Kills Self Because She Was Not a Boy MEMPHIS, Dec. 4.—Regretting that I she had not been born a boy, h. Josephine Quinn, 19-year-old daugh ter of a mail carrier and who, ncigi, bors say, lived an unnatural lit. f,'. a girl of her age, committed eutoirio I to-day by swallowing carbolic acid 1 The girl wrote a note to her pa rents saying she had prayed all night I tor /orgtveness of her crime. Man Enjoined From Riding Street Cars MOBILE, Dec. 4.—Dr. Richard a I Hail, a prominent physician of th j city, was enjoined to-day by the Chancery Court from riding on street ! cars in this city, unless he complies I with the rules of the pay-as-you- enter system. Dr. Hail refused to drop his nickel* 1 in the fare boxes on cars, claimin? the conductors had to receive tht, money. r if I’m an A-l Salesman— Proof Is on File in My Office I'm the ‘Want Ad Man” of Hearst's Sun day American and Daily Georgian. You have a piano you want to sell—a Refrige rator, a Range, used Furniture, old Clothing, or something of a like nature. 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