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T \ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS APPEfiL CHARGES ED 1 li Sidelights on GEORGIA POLITICS druse in Plea to High Tribunal Scores Judge for Not Clear ing Courtroom. -y JAMIS B.NEVTN PAGE LIBELER OF SOUTH. SAYS Continued ”rom Page 1. Ply mot 1 • 1 wn l« • it v t he may •olijfta nt- ■ <gf*. ‘The was no <• further to order tri.il be room to doubt that.' ;n gay* that be felt it hi* it the motion for a err tied, auc lie did.” flerbTT: .) Haas, of counsel for Fr.ink, F riday filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court the defense's brief and argument, together with Solicitor Doreey's acknowledgment of service T •• brief of evidence, consisting of about 600 pages, probably will not be ompleted until Monday. The defence also later will Ole a reply brief in an- s v er to Dorsey'g brief and argument, which reviews the case with unusual thoroughness from start to finish. Counsel for Frank, in the brief and argument, greatly amplify the ■ barges of a "mob trial.” which !he> assert heir client received, and assert heir accusations thaf Judge Koen's conduct of the case w t» marked by indecision and lack of proper firmness. The hearing before the Supreme • »urt is set for next Monday. The Frank case i» the eighteenth on the ' .ilendar and probably w ill be readied d iring the day. The argument prepared bv Frank's • u v*>rs contends that Judge Roan • \ ilhited weakness in failing to clear the t otirtroom during the demonstra tors that were made against the !''•:*» tier and in behalf of Solicitor Uorsex, who was c onducting the pros- • Hum. Should Have Been Mistrial. Fm ther. it is argued that the only y: course left open to Judge Roan when tiie reave] wildly cheered dur ing the polling of the Jury was to v *n 1 the jury hack to its room or ■ ion arte] there declare a mistrial. e stand of the defense Is that the erdict is ncit complete until every ••lemlMT of tlie jury has been polled. nd that if any man bad possessed a p'liml to dissent from tlie verdict he •'••'■lid i. ve been frightened out of - intention by tlie riotous demon- n against Frank that was In ’ - outside • T iere are, I -uspect, many hun- (1m (is of automobiles In Georgia that ir* not properly licensed and num- !»* m d. and if the ow ners thereof knew they were guilty of a misdemeanor in »it iv matter, 1 feel sure they would apply and gf-t their tags.” said Sec retary of State Phil Cook to-day. ■ i have had reported to me from one town alone 26 unlicensed cars. I. however, am not the man to whom ; these reports -should be made. If i Lev are marie to the Sheriff of the j county it will be his duty to arrest • ih< owners of unnumbered cars. The punishment for using an un licensed car is $1,000 fine or twelve mrnths in the chaingang. either or , both no not think there should be a'single ui numbered car in the State, and a few arrests would bring about such a condition. I feel sure “We have issued nearly 24 000 num bers so far, and I guess we should have issued over 2->,000. "There is another very widespread misapprehension about the automo bile law that is going to get some body into trouble sooner or later, and t hi is should be regulated, too. Many people seem to think that the State gives a courtesy of 30 days to all cars brought into the State bearing the people manifests of awakening m- tereai in children is their wlllingm- to tax themselves locally and libera’- !y for better schools, bette r schoo.- houses, better teachers and better teaching. "The school of permanent influ ence is dependent upon local pride, local initiative, lo al self -a< r:fb c ,md !o« il tax in behalf of good schools - and the problem can be solved in no other way. “Only two States in the Union at tempt to solve the common-school problem with great lump sums appro priated out of the State Treasury. Mississippi is one and Georgia is the other; ind the rank of these two States >n the column of illiteracy is forty-fifth and forty sixth. During the last twenty years the common j ’“Had I Known He Wrote That Book He Never Would Have Been Confirmed.” He Says. W ASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Senator Bacon, of Georgia, will appoint a sub- ■ committee of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to read all of i t lie works of Brand Whitlock, former j Mayor of Toledo, to learn whether * there is anything in them which | might disqualify him for the position *f Minister to Belgium. “The Thirteenth District." dealing 1 with political conditions in Toledo, ’ and the "Turn of the Balance,” a j newspaper story criticising the courts, LAREDO. TEXAS. Dec. 12.—Tram service to Monterey on the National Railway’s line was cut off to-day, in dicating that I be rebels are in com piete control outside of that city. A tram which left Tuesday for Monte rey returned to-day. having cot only as far at Vilisdama. Refugees who CPme back on the tram said that there was a heavy force of rebels near Vi!* ladama. lob of a railroad conductor, he said required that the man be a "diplo mat, a puqilist and a Chesterfield. Munitions Cache of Mine Strikers Seized CAIXMKT, MICH., Der. 12.' Fol lowing fl ronfeHBion bv II. A. Mikko, OT1P of the editors of the socialist pa llet-, who was arrested for carry,nr a sun, officers to-day raided the lor,' onion Store, where members of the Federation of Miners do their “strih-p benefit” trading, and captured a lure quantity of ammunition and a stock ,,f modern army rifles. Six of the rifles were loaded lord bayonets. and WILMINGTON, DEL.. Dec. 12.— Milter Brothers Department Store burning. The fire originated in the explosion of a heater. i IE MR HAIR! IF FAILING Oil! tit l.l ~ I mriui ' r-,i i i . i *- ■ win until- . , . . - . .. e . V. , school appropriation of Georgia ha*!" 1 ’ 1 he a part of the reading of the nearly quadrupled, hut Oeor- | subcommittee when appointed II ill.. r.ons/.l'Uliir, oat •» l.llaliarl I The censorship established by the bf gia’s place in the illiteracy column j remains exactly the same! , , _ , “Ours is a mistaken policy. Noth- thf * confirmation of V\ alter H. Page in is cl irer than this. The com- «* Ambassador to Great Britain, espe- mon-school problem can not be solv*- 1 j umbrage being taken at his no\cl. in this way. It never was solved this i 1 ‘ le Southerner, way in any State of the I’nion. j “Local taxation for schools has he- ! •** r - P a £** wrote that libel on th gun in Georgia and local school sys tems are multiplying, but our reli ance is still mainly upon legislative appropriations. “The policy is futile and tag of another State. The State doe*» j do that, provided the owner of the schools of permanent influence wtt car is a non-resident and Is simply lout th ■ local pride hat is equal to a sojourning Georgia tetnporarily. J local school tax. Twenty - n Ine eoun- Rut if the owner of the car lives in ties of the State have county "If I had known in advance ’that Mr. Page wrote that South, he would never have been con firmed,” said Senator Bacon, to-day. Recently Senator Shively, of Indiana, was assigned to read all of the pub- foolish, I Ushed works of Dr. Paul S. Reinsch, and this ought to be said bravely and the l niversity of W lsconsln. who convincingly in every community in ( v ' a8 ^ent to China as Minister. Georgia. Few members of the Senate com- Wo shall never have countiy I mittee sympathize entirely w ith Sen- ator Bacon's plan of literary censor ship. but it is probable the subcom mittee will get down to work when NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—A sharp i break occurred in Now York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad stock this afternoon and the shares went to 65 7-8, the lowest at which they ever sold. This price represented a net loss of 3 points on the day. NEW YORK. Dec.. 12.—Ed Konet chy, first baseman ot the St. Louis Cardinals, will likely go to Pittsburg in exchange for First Baseman Miller and Outfielder Wilson. Managers Clark and Huggins are now in secret session trying to fix up the terms of the deal. DETROIT. MICH.. Dec. 12.—Wear- 1 ing diamonds valued at $1,200, a woman 21 years old who gave her name as Mrs. Beryl Wyant, of Three Rivers, Mich., is held in the police station while the police attempt to solve the past of the "woman of mys tery.” She says her husband is a Senate committee began shortly after Cincinnati drug salesman for Jurgens & Co. She may be Mas Jessie Mc Cann, the missing New York gjrl. She is described as a blonde with blue eyes and weighs about 12o pounds. Telegrams have been sent to New York. Chicago, Philadelphia and Three Rivers in an effort to identify. WASHINGTON. Doc. 12.—White slavery wil Ibe prosecuted to the limit of hte power of the Department of Justice in whatever paprt of the Unit ed States it may be found, declared Attorney General McReynolds this afternoon. He believes that the ma jority of the appropriation allowed by Congress, nearly a th#W of the amount apportioned to the Department of Jus tice. should be spent in the larger cities. He designated New Yor.<, C ii- caqo and New Orleans as centers in which commercialized wh'te slavery existed more than at any other place. BELGRADE. Dec. 12.—The ill feel ing between the Servians and the Bulgarians since the second Balkan was was intensified to-day by the arrest of two Bulgarians who were caught dynamiting a railroad bridge at Kumanova. Kumanova is the chief city in the territory acquired by Servia from Turkey and is an im- podtant point on the Orient railway. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Chief Forester Henry S. Graves to-day ask ed the House committee on agricul ture to appropriate $143,000 mo^e next year for the forest bureau. Ladies ! Men ! Here’s the Quick est, Surest Dandruff Cure Known. Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy hair is mute evidence of a neglected ?ealp; of dandruff -that awful scurf. There is nothing so destructive to the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair of its luster its strength and its very life: eventually producing a feverishness and itching of the scalp, which if not reme died causes the hair roots to shrink loosen and die—then the hair falls out fast. A little Danderine to-night - n ,, w any time will surely save your hair Get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's Fanderine from any drug store or toiler counter, and after the first application your hair will take on that life. luster and luxuriance which is so beautiful It will become wavy and fluffy and ha\> the appealance of abundance; an in comparable gloss and softness, but wha» will please you most will be after j U8t a few weeks’ use. when you will actual ly see a lot of fine downy hair ne W Bair growing all over the scalp.- Advt LOCAL SLEEPING CAR TO CHATTANOOGA. Via Southern Railway, leaving Atlanta Terminal Station daily at 8:20 p. m. Can remain in car until 7:30 a. m. Typewriters rented 4 mos., 5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co. Geor; • ne has no qpurtesy extended to him. 30 da vs or otherw ise—he is immediately subject to tax. Sometimes people buy cars in. say, Alabama and they come into Georgia bearing Alabama tags. These tags are no good in Georgia if the owners of such cars live here The 30 days’ courtesy merely applies to outsiders \ isiting in Georgia, and if they re main more than 30 days they must get a Georgia number " Governor Slaton reached Atlanta Thursday afternoon from a ten days’ visit to New York. He is in the ex ecutive offices of the Capitol to-day. Miss Constance .Schley, a graduate of the Georgia Normal School and an authority on educational matters, rather severely arraigns the common school system of Georgia in a recent statement, and what she says, whli** it will not be agreed to in all quai- ter«. nevertheless will command re spect generally. There are a good many people who realize that there *s much truth, in part, at least, in what she says. In part. Miss Schley says; "Almost the first indication that a wide local-tax school systems There ougnt to be HR such counties in Georgia, i'll of them under adequate, efficient su pervision.” The Governor has been requested i to increase the Georgia committee <-n next year's world-wide celebration of the peace pact of Ghent -whereby war was concluded between England and the United States, following the unpleasantness of 1812 from five to fifty or a hundred This committee was named origl- nallv several years ago by Governor Joseph M. Terrell, but since that tim* the scope of the proposed celebration has been very greatly widened, and It j is the very earnest desire of its pro moter* to make it of as great signifi cance as possible. The Governor will comply with the I request and will name two or more I members from each Senatorial dis- Jtrict in the State. After the com ; inittee has been rimmed those ft th head of the movement w ill inform the committeemen of the program as at present outlined and as to the | work yet remaining to be done. MR. BUSINESS MAN: If you haven’t sufficient work to justify the employment of a stenographer, let me do it for you. Phone Ivy 2975. 410 Empire Life Building. Poison Is Hunted in Cookies Sent by Mail —— 1 j NEW YORK. Dec. 12. A box of gingerbread and cookies, believed to contain poison, which was received by Mrs. Rose Yosburgh through the parcel post from Stuyvesant, N. Y.. was turned over to District Attor ney Whitman to-day. SEMI-ANNUAL SUIT-END SALE BEGINS $5 $f> $8 $10 TROUSERS s on sale to-day. Ends left from hundreds of fine suitings—all sorts and kinds on the bargain counter at the one price. Von know there's always a rush for them. Come early and get first pick. Not one worth less than $5; a few as much as $10 and lots that would cost $fi to $8 if cut from tlie original piece. GOOD SUITS TO ORDER. Snappy styles$| 3.59 voting moil to fit. pro for, well-tailored; guaranteed 13 BMitiESI OVERCOAT BUSINESS ON RECORD because we are making the handsomest top coats ever seen in Atlanta for $15 and $20. MORTON C. STOUT & COMPANY 15 STORES 15 CITIES !2 l’EACHTKEE STREET Next to Piedmont Hotel. GOOD FOR i TAILORS 5 YEARS appoiniAfl. Insane Teacher Fears To Go With Brother TAMPA. FLA.. Dec. 12. When M J. Hollis, of Rutledge, Ga , started for his home this afternoon with his sister. Miss Mamie Hollis, the school teacher, whose mind broke down while teaching at Fort Dade, near here, she insisted that * he intended to harm her and made him take her to the Sheriff's office, where she ap- I pealed to th** chivalry of the depu ties*, saying that if they did not pro tect iier she would make England turn its guns on this country.” She insisted her brother was intoxicated, though it was apparent to all that this was not true. The girl’s condition has aroused general pity. Warrant Issued for 'Blind Tiger' Sleuth GREENVILLE, S. <\, Dec. 12.— Charging him with larceny and slan der, a warrant was to-day issued for L. Wood, a detective who has been working for the city police depart ment in a crusade against "blind tigers.” The police assert that there is noth ing in the charge and that it is only an attempt to repudiate Detective Wood's character. Cotton Brokers Ask A Receiver for Firm MOMNTGOMERY. Dec. 12.—Marks fc Gayle, one of the largest cotton trokerage firms in the South, has ask- (I for a receiver to wind up the busi ness. Mr. Marks declares all creditors will be paid in full and that the action is to merely dissolve the firm. Methodists Oppose Carnegie's Millions I TALLAHASSEE. FLA.. Dec. 12.— j Resolutions indorsing the action of the bishops in refusing the offer of $1,000,000 made by Andrew Carne gie to Vanderbilt University, were passed by the Florida Conference of 1 the Methodist Church, in session here. This fallows similar action by con ferences in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and other States. Bryans Will Spend ' Holidays in Asheville — ASHEVILLE. N. C . Dec. 12.—Sec retary of State and Mrs. William | j Jennings Bryan will be Asheville vis- | j itors during the Christmas holidays, arriving December 19 for a stay of several days at Grove Park Inn. While here Secretary Bryan will ! make no public appearances, having ; decided to come to Asheville to re- j j cuperate JOY RIDERS ARRESTED. I REENVILLfcj, S Dec. 12. Charged with the theft of an automo bile. Marion Davis and another boy were arersted to-day by the police. They had taken a "joy ride” and were • returning from Hartwell. Ga.. with j the machine, which belonged to Per ry Reattle. a wealthy banker of | Greenville. NEW YORK. Dec. 12.—President Baker, of the Philadelphia National League baseball team this afternoon withdrew from the contest for Joe Tinker, ex-manager of the Cincin nati Reds, leaving it to Chicago and Pittsburg. ELKTON. MD„ Dec. 12.—L J. Moore, of Salisbury. Md.. and Mrs. Harry Pierce, a widow of Wilming ton, Del., were killed to-day when their automobile turned turtle. CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. Dec. 12. —A Federal Jury to-day returned a verdict for the defendant in the dam age suits of J. H. and J- J- Vestal against the Ducktown Sulphur. Cop- per and Iron Company, of Ducktown, Tenn. The Vestals a c ked $37,500 alleging that timber in 10,000 acres of land was injured by copper fumes. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 12.—Govern ment claims of a victory at Tampico were upheld bv private reports re ceived here to-day. These declared the Fede r al troops had driven the rebels back and the latter had suffer ed heavily from the combined fire ot a qunboat and the garrison. Rodri guez and Coco, State of San Luis, on the National Railway, west of Tam pico, were burned to-day. One tram with 175 Federals sent out was de railed between Tambaca and Rascon and then fired upon. Fifty Federals were killed, but the others rallied and drove the,rebels to the hills. NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—At 4 p. m. j the eladinq teams in the six-day bicy cle race were only sixteen miles and two laps ahead of the 1908 mark. At the end of the 112th hour they had ridden 2,181 miles and 8 laps. MEXICO CITY. Dec. 12.—Zapatista rebels have approached within 30 miles of Mexico City. They destroyed the town of Utlahuaca. 30 moles west of here to-day. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.— Repre sentative O’Hair, who succeeded Un cle Joe Cannon in the House, to-day introduced a resolution to appropriate $250,000 to enable the^ Department of Agriculture to investigate the cause of cholera among hogs. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—That the pension rolls are being increased for the benefit of the Administration was charged in the House to-day by Rep resentative Martin Dies, of Texas, during discussion of the invalid pen sion bill. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Impris onment for railroad officials responsi ble for putting incompetent men in charge of trains was advocated to-day before the House Immigration Com mittee by Vice President Clark, of the Order of Railway Conductors. The These Dealers Sell “Swifts Premium" Oleomargarine Our coals will please you. I Call us. CARROLL & HUNTER. Wilton Jellico Coal $5.00 PER TON The Jellico Coal Co. 82 PEACHTREE ST. Atlanta Phone 3668 Bell Phone Ivy 1585 W. Altman, 34 Roach St., L. Altman, 54 Vine St., Alverson Bros., 83 South Forsyth St., Atlanta Hotel Supply Company, J. Boss, 181 Markham St.. J. H. Bullock, 9 West Mitchell St.. Bullock & Hogg, 229 Marietta St., Barnes Cash Grocery Company, 7 East Mitchell St., M. M. Bullard, 21 Hemphill Ave., L. Boss, 87 Chapel St., A. Barnett, 431 Auburn Ave., Camp Grocery Company, 345 Peachtree St., H. Cohen, Pryor St., Diamond Cash Grocery Company, 773 Marietta St„ J, M. Dodson (3 stores), 323-327 Peters St., D. L. Franklin, 425 Grant St„ L. Franklin, 121 Markham St., M. Friedman, 271 Cooper St., B. L. Foster, 57 East Hunter St., I. Goldberg, . 334 Mangum St., A Golden, 301 Mangum St., C. D. Gann & Co., 163 Edgewood Ave., J. W, Green, 141 Auburn Ave., Greenberg Grocery Company, \ 311 Auburn Ave., Goldberg & Klein, Woodward Ave., M. Hillman, 128 Stonewall St., L. Hillman, 740 South Pryor St., L. Israils, 202 Beckwith St., J. A. Kelly, 178 Auburn Ave., M. Lichenstein, 5C6 Marietta St., J. W. Morris, East Fair St., Harry Moore, 130 East Linden St., J. H. Merritt, 101 Peters St„ Morrow Transfer and Storage Company, 134 Elliott St., L. L. McGahee, 347 Peters St., L. 0. Nichols, 346 Hemphill Ave., J. P. Phelps, • 248 Highland Ave., Jesse Powell, 752 Marietta St., P. D. Ramsey, 17 Garden St., S. C. Roby, 165 Glenn St., I. Springer, Capitol Ave., Singleton Bros., 61 Cone St., J. G. Sherrer, 136 Gordon St„ I. Speilberger, 330 East Georgia Ave., Tebow Bros., 290 Whitehall St., Taylor & Hall, 980 Marietta St., H. Weinermau, 91 Broyles St., J. A. Word, 224 Highland Ave.. H. Wald, 194 East Merritts Ave., M. Wald, 288 West Fair St., H. Weinberg, 602 South Pryor St. Order a pound carton today Swift & Company U. S. A. At the Mercy of the Public! Salvage Bankrupt Sale! Hundreds upon hundreds in frenzied rush for the wonderful unparalleled bargains now being distributed into the homes of the people, THREE GREAT BANKRUPT STOCKS—Exactly Like Public Auction—^^5'™ Men’s Fine $4 tfjl OC ana $5 HATS . . 1,C00 Pairs Shoes for Men and Women, Values to $7 . . . . $2.99 20 W. Mitchell Remember the Place Men's and Boys’ fine Overcoats and Suits; Ladies' Coats, Hats, Shoes; Granite Ware, Furniture, Dishes, Neckwear, Shirts, Underwear, Novelties and thousands of items too numerous to mention—BARGAINS! BARGAINS! ! BARGAINS! ! ! Come if you’re able to walk. You’ll go away de lighted. WATSON is the biggest seller of FIRE. SMOKE. WATER and BANKRUPT LIQUIDATION STOCKS IN THE UNITED STATES. Ordered Sold By the U. S. Bankrupt Court Be On Hand When The Doors Open And Turned Over to Selling IRA A. WATSON & CO. To -morrow, Sat., Dec. 13 Promptly at 8 A. M. 20 W. Mitchell Remember the Place