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MOICANTROOPS S, W UGHTS
GEORGIA
POLITICS
j£jf JAMES B.NEVIM
Desperate Fighting Still on Near
Mexico City Without Advan
tage to Federals.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, Deo. 10. Scores of
Federal soldiers upon whom General
Huerta had relied to keep his < apital
out of the hands of the Zapatistas
are deserting dally and joining the
rebels It became known to-day that
some of the moat trusted men of the
Mexico City and* Cuernavaca garri
sons had decamped with large quan
tities of ammunition. This was «
severe blow to the Government, whose
r< sources are steadily dwindling.
Desperate fighting Is $tlll going on
south of Cuernavaca. This is th«
fourth day of the battle there. The.
nuisance not
nui-
“Whcn
► a rice?’’
That seemingly is the question the
Juries of Georgia, and the Juries alone,
must answer in re th** State-wide
prohibition law
The Supreme Court has decided*
solemnly and with august emphasis
that a man. person, or thing, accord
ing to the point of view, may be en
joined in Georgia irorn operating a
"blind tiger” that is, that he may
be enjoined from selling Intoxicating
liquors.
What, however, Is a "blind tiger."
and when is liquor "Intoxicating?’
Also, when is a sale a sale—or, to
get at It thv* other way around, when
is a sale not a sale’.'
Echo answers, "When!"
Federals under General Castro have f; ( ho is notoriously
ihus lar held their own, but have I „ ar p a „, lr B |
more or
been unable to gain any decided ad
vantage. A large rebel force led by
the bandit Neri is marching from
Puebla to aid Zapata, and if he ar
rives ii lime the Government army
will undoubtedly have to retire.
The action of Congress' in declaring
the election of Huerta Illegal is •%
pe ted to make no change in the *it-
tation h< i •• |- ha hm (Urn t#d to
Bold office until after next year’s
election in July, but intense interest
was displayed i '-day by foreigners,
' T) anxiously inquired what action
the Cnited States would take in view
"f the latest developments
Cattle Men Meeting-
In Two-Days’Session
MEMPHIS. TENN Dec 10. The
Southern Cattlemen’s Association con
vened here to-day in :t two days’ ses-
.Gon. The election of officers will
take place Thursday.
Addresses were made by Dr. I> H.
Combs, of Hickory Valley, president
of the association; A. L. French,
Byrdsville, Va.; I). T. Gray, Raleigh,
X. c.; Dr. C. Hrown. Memphis; J.
.1. t'allan, Menard, Texas; W. J. [Ta
xis. Jackson, Miss.; E. I. Derby, Gas
ton Ala . H. A. Morgan, Knoxville;
C N. Parks. Louisville, I)r. J. A.
Kiernan, Nashville, and G. I. Miller,
Bliss, Okla.
Typewriters rented 4 mos.,
$5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co.
Nobody knows the answer and ap
parently, In the words of one of those
erstwhile "latest and most popular
songs of the day,” nobody ever will!
It seems that a defendant guilty of
selling liquor In Georgia may be ar
rested and sent up l«* do time -and
occasionally one suffers both of these
dire calamities But lie can not be
sent up unless a Jury says so -that
much seems clear.
Where we get off therefore, is
right at that old station which evi
dently is not to be run by—What
does the jury thirfk of It?
Desperate efforts have been made
of late to keep the prohibition limited
going at breakneck speed beyond this
grand old station -^nothing doing!
If the limited gets by a little bit, It
is halted, .vnd has f<» back up!
Far lie it from the courts to say.
right out in meeting and so positively
that nobody can misunderstand, what
the jury’s business Is in this matter.
In the meantime, locker clubs in
Georgia are about evenly divided be
tween those that v iew with alarm and
their better situated relatives able to
point with pride.
When is a nuisance not a nul-
»a nee?
Yon mil -search the courts of re
view:
Tlie Albany Herald sizes up the
present situation- in Georgia with re
spect io votes for women in these
words: "In Georgia, the woman who
wants the ballot Is the exception. As
a rule, the women of this Common
wealth are quite satisfied with suf
frage conditions as they are. and are
not at all interested in the vote chas
ing activities of their sisters in va
rious other St at
Indefinite! v of c<nir~ -nd in due
time the Georgia suffragette will
as enthusiastic and as busy as suf
fragette* an> where And he will, we
may tie quite sure, he a credit to her
sex and to her cause."
That. It will be agreed, perhaps,
about sizes up the status of things
Eventually, woman suffrage is 1<« be
a live issue in Georgia at. present Ji
is not.
MACdX, Dec, 10. Saloons m Ma
con will operate next year under rigid
i eguiatlons.-
An ordinance adopted by Council
last night provides, in part, that sa
loons holding Federal Internal reve
nue licenses for the sale of malt or
spirituous liquors will have their city
licenses forfeited; that saloons car
not have any front screens, shades, or
stained windows; that all beverages
must he fully labeled; that no sa-
THREAT ID
Special Examiner Asks Higher Ruling Gadsden Fights Move
Begins Spartanburg On Jacksonville Row To Stop^ Trust Suit
Rate Case Hearing
Judge Samuel p. Adams, of Savan . . 4
nab one of Georgia’s purest .ind| loons will be licensed to do business
ablest men. of lofty trend of mind
and splendid poise, Inclines to look
This will not last
i.b 1
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McClure 10c Co.
“The Homo Store”—“Save tho Dif
ference." Santa’s on flic job here
with something for everybody. The
Big Store with LITTLE PRICES.
TOYLAND, 4th FLOOR—
Thursday spe
cials, I tollTruuks,
well-made, with
tray, a good 25c
one. Special 19c.
FOLDING (10 FAWTS, strongly
made, leatherette covering. 25c.
Noiseless Express
Wagon for little
hoys, 4W by 9%
steel rubber-tired
wheels; 30-ineh
handle, 25c.
DWFMS Star Drum, made of tin,
attractively painted, with sticks, a
good large size. Special 19c
askance at woman suffrage, and re
cently published a c».rd opposing it.
,\« \erthelesv, 1 here aie 1 1 • ■ hi 1 d ■
;*,ot believe that it is a question that
must he fought out before many more
days, and the Impression is that
Anally If will be settled In favor of
ballots for women.
In Georgia, that will mean white
women it never will mean anything
else!
It Is stated that, upon the cordial
recommendation of congressman
Frank Park, of the Second District.
Mrs. Nellie Brimberrv will be re
appointed a» postmaster at Albany.
It is understood to have been the
intention of the late Congressman
Rodenberry to ask Mrs. Brimberrv s
reappointment, and Judge Park has
decided to take similar action.
This appointment will give verv
general satisfaction in Albany.
The death of Samuel C Berry, Rep
resentative from Whitfield County in
the Georgia Legislature, removes
from that body one of its very best
beloved and most highly respected
members.
"Sam" Berry has represented his
home county a number of times, and
never once did he fall to leave his
imprint upon the General Assembly
of which lie was a part. He will be
remembered many days, particularly,
perhaps, for his always courteous
manners and common-sense spirit of
compromise.
During the last session of the House I
It was evident enough that death had j
marked the gentleman from Whitfield j
as its own. but he took an active, even
aggressive, part in the proceedings,
nevertheless.
Berry, of Whitfield, was a gentle
man to bis finger-tips a gentleman
and an able legislator. Whitfield had
a right to be, and was, proud of him
He died Tuesday at his home in Dal-i
ton
300 Attend Macon
Suffrage Meeting
MACON, GA.. Dec. 10. The enthusi
asm with which a woman suffrage
league was orgunized In Macon to-day
lias given a shock to the ultra-conser
vative women of the city who disdain
the movement.
Over 300 of Macon’s t est known wom
en attended the organization meeting
| at the home of Mrs. L. Martin, on
i Georgia avenue The\ perfected an as
sociation and mapped out a program of
work. Mrs Carl H. Fuller, who came
here two years ago from the West, was
elected president.
$2,000,000 Lumber
Firm Enters Field
in or near residential sections or in
alleys, with the exception of one
block in one alley; that conviction in
any court for violating the prohibi
tion law or injunction by the Supe
rior Court for selling liquor will en
tail forfeiture of the city license.
The price of the license is $250, a
reduction of $50. All regulations ask
ed by the Law Enforcement League,
with two exceptions, were granted.
The filature as to the possession of
an Internal revenue license is calcu
lated to prevent the sale of liquor.
Asks Restoration
Of Augusta Rates
AUGUSTA, Dec. 10.—A petition
has been filed with the Interataie
Commerce Commission by R. K.
Southall, attorney for the Augusta
Barge Line Company, the Merchants
and Manufacturers’ Association, the
Riverside Mills and the Enterprise
Mills, asking that the rates to and
from Augusta to interior eastern
points which were abolished on De
cember 4 be restored. The rates were,
abolished because the Augusta and
Savannah steamboat company had
gone out of business some time be.
fore.
Mr. Southall expects the Interstate
Commerce Commission to have the
rates restored, since the Augusta
Barge Line Company has been or
ganized and will be in a good posi
tion to handle business.
Continued From Page 1.
the assertion that his business was
merely in regard to temporary ali
mony.
After a conference, the judge
awarded the furniture, valued at
$1,600 to $1,800, to Mrs. Lee, while
her husband should pay her $15 a
; month, beginning F’ebruarv 12, by
| which time his condition should per
mit him to work regularly.
"And I enjoin both parties from In
terfering or having anything to d<
with one another,” the judge added.
"He won’t let me alonfc.” Mrs. Lee
Insisted.
"He will let you alone,” the Judge
told her, "or I’ll put him in the Ful
ton County jail.
The Lees were divorced once before
in Columbus, Ga.. several years ago.
The woman alleged cruelty. They
were later reconciled, and came to At
lanta to reside.
A sensational turn was given the
proceedings when Mrs. Lee horse-
whipper T. D. Thompson, No. 160
Washington street, because, she as
serted, he had made slanderous re
marks about her.
The horsewhipping occurred July 7
In front of the Atlanta Envelope Com
pany at Nelson and Sorsyth streets,
as Thompson came out of the build
ing
She was fined by Recorder Broyles
for assault. ,
Gets $500 Damages
For Telegraph Error
GREENVILLE. S. C., Dec. 10.—Be
cause a message Incorrectly trans
mitted caused her to believe her son
was dead in Charleston, when in re
ality he had been found alive after
his mysterious disappearance from
home. Mrs. Laura E. Painter was
awarded $500 in her suit against the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
She asked $5,000.
Free Dispensary for
Jacksonville's Poor
JACKSONVILLE. Dec. 10—The
free clinical dispensary established by
foremost physicians and nurses of
Jacksonville opened this afternoon in
the City Engineer's Building. It will
he open Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, from 3:30 to 5:30 p. m., for
consultation by indigent sick.
Nurses from the Associated Chari
ties and others will attend persons
unable to call at the dispensary.
Trial On for Slayer
Of Hardware Dealer
GADSDEN, ALA.. Dec. 10 -A jury
for the trial of Oner CofTey for the mur
der of Georg*- \V. Burgess, a prominent
hardware man of Attalla. was chosen
at noon to-day and the taking of tes
tlinony started this afternoon. The de
fense ' claims the shooting was acci
dental. while the State contends Coffey
shot Burgess while the former was rob
bing the cash drawer.
Southern Hotel Men
Given Country Dinner
SPARTANBURG, S. C., Dec. 10.—
The final hearing in the Spartanburg
freight rate case was started here
this morning before George S. Gib
son, attorney and special examiner
for the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. Wimbish & Ellis, Atlanta
attorneys, and John V Earle appeared
for the complainant and Walton
Moore and Charles D. Drayton in be
half of the railroad companies.
In an attempt to have the hearing
postponed, attorneys for the railroads
claimed the hearing in the North
Carolina case December 16 will af
fect the rates in South Carolina as
well.
Mr. Gibson said the commission
had decided to give Spartanburg t
prompt hearing and ordered that the
taking of testimony proceed. Lead
ing business men are testifying. J. J.
Cfimpion, vice president and traffic
manager of the C. C. & O., and Ran
dall Clifton, assistant freight traffic
manager of the Southern, are present.
Girl's Assailant Is
Hunted in Woods
ASHBVILLE, N. C.. Dec. 10.—A
stolen mule and the fact that foot
prints were found leading to the
woods in the direction of the stable
from which the mule was taken have
led the local officers to believe that
the men who attacked little Altha
Creasman In her home on Averys
Creek Monday afternoon has taken
the mule and is attempting to escape
in the direction of Hendersonville.
The reason for cutting her hair
from her head remains as much a
mystery as at first.
oiil
will be filed in the State Supreme
Court by City Attorney Odom askins
a review of Judge Simmons’ recent
decision in the matter of powers an 1
duties of the Mayor and City Bon*
Trustees.
Judge Simmons upheld the author
ity of the Mayor to deal with ‘he
police situation.
attendance makes big jump.
WAYCROSfe, Dec. 10. Jumping from
an attendance of 254 to 839 in three
months is the record just established
by the Sunday school of the Centra!
baptist Tabernacle following a con
test.
tl.UiSDKX. ALA., Dec. 10.—The
Chamber of Commerce has declined
to indorse a petition circulated by
the Birmingham Citizens’ Committee
asking President Wilson to withdraw
the Government suit against the
"steel trust" for acquiring the prop
erty of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Company.
Tlie chamber has also appointed a
committee to investigate reasons why
Gadsden should not benefit through
the coming of the Alabama Power
Company by getting lower rates
which would compare favorably with
rates in other cities.
The
Rea!
Thing
Conductor Scalded
In Wreck Is Dead
RALEIGH, X. C., Dec. 10.—John
Cates, a conductor on the Southern
Railway, died in a hospital here this
afternoon as the result of scalding
when a freight train was derailed
near Selma last Friday. The negro
fireman also was killed.
It was thought Cates would re
cover, but pneumonia developed sud
denly.
Guaranteed Fresh Country
Absolute coun
try, fresh laid
eggs. Guaran
teed sweet and
sound and not
to contain a
single cold stor
age egg.
10 lbs. Silver Leaf Lard S1.25
10 lbs. Hogless Lard . .96
GASH GROCERY CO.
118 WHITEHALL
J}enj4rr\in (Jotl\c5
When you pay your
good money for a suit
of clothes, or which is
even more important,
when you wear the
Suit, you want it to
answer to the call.
We haven’t discov
ered as yet anything
coming up to the qual
ity quoted, as does the
Men’s Clothing of
Benjamin m a k e
Suits and Ove' ooats.
They’re ihe "real thing.” You see it in
the fine finish, you feel it in the fine quality.
You feel it again when you wear it, and
when you exchange your money for a Ben
jamin suit or overcoat you know what
you’re doing.
Suits and Overcoats
Sis to $40
Carlton Shoe & Cloth
ing Company
36 Whitehall
Something For Men
25c
(lifts for men'hit Xmas puzzh
where we solve them for you.
Lodge Sofa Pillows
Masons, I. O. O. F., K. of I\, Red .Men,
ete. Ready for pillow, assortment eolors.
heavy felt, with fringe border, a good $1
taint- Kmbleins attractively paint
rd Huy now, they will go quick
BASEMENT
Chocolate Set, German
China, neat floral tie-
signs, pot and six cups
to match. $1.00 set.
BABY PLATES— Lv
erv baby should have
one. they catch the
crumbs. Juvenile tie-
signs 25c
VISIT OUR FRUIT DEPARTMENT
CHINA SHOP
Sugar and
Cream Sets
L at pe assort
ment G e r m a n
China, large or
small sets. Big
values 25c
German v nina
Salad and Fruit
Bowls in at
tractive floral
deco ration s,
also tinted. A
repula r 50c
line 25c
JACKSONVILLE. Per 10 The Bur-
ton-Schwartz Cypress Company, which
proposefl to erect a mammoth mill ami
lumber plant on the St. John’s River
between Cedar and Dunn's Creek, will
make formal application for a charter
Thursday. The capital is $2,200,000.
The first regular meeting was held
Monday. E. (». Schwartz. S I Car
penter ami William O’Brien are heavily
interested.
Girl Falls Out of
Gallery in School
WAYCROSS. Dec 10 While at
tending exercises to-day at Centra'
School, Mabel Bailey fainted and fell
headfirst from the gallery, 18 feet
high, to the lower door, striking with j I
much force, inflicting injuries that j •
are regarded as serious
She went home apparently without j
a bruise.
Duval Board Names
New County Officials
JACKSONVILLE 1 >e* 10—At a
meeting of the Duval Count> Com
missioners yesterday John 15. Ballen-
ger was appointed County Engineer
at $3,600 a year, and William Leflls
purchasing agent for the county, at
$1,800
Dry County's Whisky
Bill $200,000 Yearly
GREENVILLE. S. c.. Dec. 10. Al
though prohibition, Greenville Coun
ty is far from dry.
j This fact is evidenced by the inter
state shipments of whisky into Green
ville, which aggregate around $200,-
000 yearly, according to a statement
by an authority.
RALEIGH. X. C.. Dec. 10. Sixty
members of the Association of South
ern Hotel Men were given an old-
fashioned countr\ dinner at the Ra
leigh Country Club this afternoon.
The visitors motored over from Dur
ham. where they are holding their an
nual meeting tills week.
ROAD SURVEY ORDERED.
COLUMBUS. Dec. 10 Prepara
tions are being made to begin the
survey of the Columbus-Pine Moun- |
tain Warm Springs Highway, which
will connect at Warm Springs with
the highway from Atlanta. County
Road Engineer Lane, of Muscogee,
will make the survey.
YOUR XMAS LIST
Is not complete without a Koda>\
on It Top the stocking with “tbs
fb s
find it to be just what the boy or
girl wanted. Jno. L. Moore v
Sons are headquarters for the
Kodaker 4 2 X Broad street
Our coals will please you.
Call us.
CARROLL & HUNTER
\\t Comply Strictly With
laws Regarding Pharmacy
Our prescription compound
ers are registered under the
State Law.
They are graduates of reputable
schools of pharmacy and have
had several years’ practical ex
perience.
Our drugs and chemicals are ab
solutely pure and in strict ac
cordance with both National and
State Pure Food Laws.
This means that when you bring
your prescriptions here you will
get the protection provided by
LAW.
We are at all times posted on
new laws and decisions. In ad
dition we have our own ideas of
what constitutes ideal prescrip*
tion compounding.
Our main <dea is to GUARD
your health. Get acquainted
wth our service and low
prices
Edmondson Drug; Co.,
Prescription Druggists,
11 N. Broad. 106 N. Pryor.
tice. by simply having a Player-Piano in the home,
of the family can enjoy.
Have You Planned Your
CHRISTMAS
MUSIC
If Christmas is to mean all it should mean to
you and your family, it must bring the gift of
MUSIC—and that means
A Euphona
Player-Piano
“This wonder which my soul hath found,
This heart of music in the might of sound,
Shall forthwith be the share of all our race
And like the morning gladden common space’ ’
--- The Legend of Jubal.
Some day music WIIiL "be the share of all our
race." when people learn that it is possible, nay,
easy, for them to play any music that has ever
been written, without previous instruction or prac-
As a Christmas gift it is something all the members
There is no player-piano so reasonable in price---
with such excellent tone---such perfect mechanism---
thal will give you lasting pleasure as the Euphona
We have stocked our warerooms especially to give Atlanta music lovers tlie best values to select from for their Christmas
purchases in Pianos, Player-Pianos, Victrolas, Victor Records, Violins, Mandolins, Cornets and other musical instruments as also
musical toys for the children.
Pianos, the tone and quality of which are to music lovers what the joys of children, with their tovs on Christmas morning,
are to fathers and mothers.
A small first payment, the balance in smaller monthly payments, will bring the instrument you select to your home. Make
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