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VOL. XII. NO. 123.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1913.
LOCKER CLUBS YIELD TO MAYOR’S PLEA
I loy Shot as Burglar Blames Santa Claus boys raising corn
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CLEMENTS WINS FIGHT FOR PLACE
PRESIDENT
GEORGIAN
Long Service and Expert Knowl
edge Keeps Him on Com
merce Commission.
Grocery Burglars
| Go to Great Pains to
Blow Unlocked Safe
The grocery and meat shop of E. R.
Cox, at No. 488 Gordon st.t in West End.
was entered early Tuesday through a
side window and the cash register
taped to the extent of 25 pennies.
Then the safe was carefully and
thoroughly “soaped,” and made ready
with great patios to receive the charge
of nitroglycerine. At this juncture
something appears to have scared the
robber or robbers away.
The safe was not blown. And here’s
the joke: Had the cautious cracksmen
taken the trouble to twist the handle
the safe door would have come upon
without the least resistance. It wasn’t
locked. There was $5 in the unlocked
safe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Presi
dent Wilson to-day renominated Jud-
son r. Clement, of Georgia, as a
f member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The President believes that Mr.
iNinents’ long service upon the com
mission deserved a reappointment,
and especially in view' of his expert
Knowledge of railroad conditions.
Governor R. B. Glenn, of North
Carolina, had been persistently men
tioned as President Wilson’s choice
for the position, in connection with
rumors that he had determined not
to give the Georgian another term.
Friend* of Judge Clements, however,
have been assured of his reappoint
ment for some weeks.
Appointed by Cleveland.
The Georgia member was appoint
ed originally by President Cleveland
in 1893, and has served continuously
■ ever since, having been chairman
■ part of the time. He is 67 years of
Jyge, and before being named to the
|i ommission served as Congressman
|from the Seventh District for three
|terms.
He was indorsed by all the Geor
gians in Congress when it became
1 known that he was to have an oppo-
Inent. Personal appeals were made to
I' he President in his behalf. The po-
“sition pays $10,000 a year.
Opponent Strong.
Governor Glenn was a prospective
■ candidate for the Senate in North
arolina against Senator Overman.
I He has a strong personal following,
land would have made a formidable
■opponent. Senator Overman backed
■ him for the job on the commission,
(and Glenn’s friends for a time were
' onfident that he would land.
Another position has been found
Tor Governor Glenn.
Don'ts to Girls From
Country Visiting City
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—These instruc
tions for the girl who comes alone to a
big city were given by Mrs. Nan Sper-
ty. Assistant Labor Commissioner of
Missouri:
Don’t come to cities if you can help it.
If you must come, don’t ask any
stranger for information.
Find a policeman, go to a police sta
tion or the Y. W. C. A.
Keep your money in your stocking.
Go back to the country as soon as
you can.
‘Old Hickory's’ Cane
Is Sent to President
WICHITA. KANS.. Dec. 23.—A hick
ory walking stick carried by Andrew
Jackson when he was elected President
was sent by parcel post to President
Wilson as a Christmas present from
Levi W. Ludlum. of this city.
Andrew Jackson gave the stick to
Barney Fox. his neighbor in Tennes
see Later Fox gave it to Ludlum with
the understanding that when Ludlum
got too old to “go out much” he should
present it to a Democratic President.
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Jerusalem Cherry'
For ‘Daughter/ 108
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Mrs. Priscilla
Ayres Inslee, of New Brunswick, N. .1.,
celebrated her one hundred and second
birthday by getting up at 7 a. m. and
receiving callers from 10 o’clock until
nearly midnight.
She was the recipient of many gifts
of fruit, flowers and birthday cakes and
a magnificent “Jerusalem Cherry,’’ the
present of the Jersey Blue Chapter, D.
A. R., of which Mrs. Inslee is a mem
ber.
(Attendance Record
At Princeton 1,599
II PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 23.—Wheth-
■ r or n °t the prestige of the Presidency
■ Te United States adds anything im-
^pncdiately to college attendance has been
■answered partly in figures for this fall
■from Princeton. The institution has
j *9 students, the largest number ir»
i ry. This is an Increase of 31
pver 1912. The Princeton Alumni Week-
1’' attributes the difference to the open-
l',K f the new Graduate College, which
■brought 28 additional students.
■ Hu re are 108 students from the
Pouth. excluding Maryland's 75. Georgia
1 j seven, tlie same number as last
New York again leads, with 362,
I * 1 Pennsylvania and New Jersey are
for third with 340. Tennessee
| s ' eleventh with 20. Forty-two
P’.d: and twelve foreign countries are
“Tr^nted, the latter with an increase
Pf 10 over 1912.
flu-re are five Chinese, three Bra-
Escapes by Jumping
Onto a Moving Train
GAFFNEY, S. C., Dec. 23 —Springing
onto a fast moving train at the South
ern depot, Herm Dawkins escaped from
officers who had arrested him on a
charge of assault and battery with in
tent to kill.
An attempt to arrest Dawkins was
made at Blacksburg, the next station,
but he again escaped, this time by
jumping from the moving (rain. Offi
cers gave chase, but failed to overtake
the negro, who is still at large.
I
three Japanese, three Syrians.
|* w ° Hishmen, one Italian, one Mexican,
Pne Scot and one Turk.
[Dr. Shaw Will Not
. Pay Her Income Tax
■ r A VORK, Dec. 23.—Dr. Anna
I i°^ ar ^ fchaw, president of the Nation-
I om.an Suffrage Association, has re*
I to pay her income tax and yes-
I innounced her intention to fight
■*b% law.
f at ^ er l ,ouse in Moylan, Pa.,
she was asked to fill out a pa
' King the amount of her income
■
I ’• "f obeying, she wrote on the of-
, 8heet ^er declaration of principles,
I, £ brief, are that “taxation
I representation is tyranny.”
Macon Mayor To Be
‘Santa’ to 300 Poor
MACON, Dec. 23.—Three hundred of
Macon’s poor children will have stock
ings filled Christmas afternoon by the
Macon Lodge of Elks, assisted by the
Salvation Army. The Elks have raised
more than $1,600 for this purpose.
Mayor Bridges Smith will personify
Santa Claus.
President Gets Gift
From‘His Only Vice’
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.—Vice
President Marshall’s Christmas gift
to President Wilson is a copy of Kin
Hubbard s "Back Country Folks.”
On the fly leaf Mr. Marshall wrote:
"To the President of the United
States from his only Vice."
President to Sign Measure To
night in Presence of Leaders
and Newspaper Men.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23—Senate
leaders to-daj* notified President Wil
son that the currency bill woujd be in
his hands for signature this after
noon. By an agreement reached yes
terday the Senate met at 10 o’clock,
and immediately be^an consideration
of the conferees' report, which was
adopted in the House last night by a
vote of 298 to 60.
The agreement called for a final
vote at 2:30 p. m., and this indicated
that the measure would be placed in
the President’s hands about 4 o’clock
this afternoon.
President Wilson decided to affix
Ills signature about 8 or 9 o’clock to
night. He planned to invite members
of the Senate and House Banking
and Currency Committees and 9, num
ber of newspaper men to witness the
signing.
Exodus of Lawmakers.
Three-fourths of the time allowed
for debate on the conferees’ report
was given up to the Republicans, the
Democrats granting this favor to the
minority, led by Senator Norris,
ranking Republican member of the
Banking and Currency Committee.
The exodus of national legislators
for the holidays was on in full force
to-day. The Senators were obliged to
remain, but the Representatives, their
task completed, hurried from the city,
happy to return home after the long
session that began last April.
The main interest in the currency
bill centered to-day about a state
ment which President Wllsofi was re~
poitea to iui\•• prepared to give ••• *
surance to the nation’s businessmen.
It was said that this would be is
sued at the time the bill was signed.
Must Wait on Committee.
The signature of the President will
make the bill a law, but It will not
become operative until an organiza
tion committee draws up a plan of
procedure. This committee consists
of the Comptroller of the, Currency,
the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Treasury.
It may be several months before
this committee has concluded its work
and put the law Into operation. The
Aldrich-Yreeland emergency measure
has been extended until June 30. 1915,
but will be superseded as soon as the
Owen-Glass measure becomes opera
tive.
Bites Antagonist’s
Nose in Rough Play
GAFFNEY, S. C., Dec. 23—While in
dulging in a. friendly rough-and tumble
play with Will fihehan on the streets
of this city Jim Henderson suddenly be
came enraged and sank his teeth inio
Shehan’s nose, almost severing it.
Medical assistance was rendered the
injured man, while Henderson was ar
rested.
3 Quarts of Whisky
Greet Pastor’s Eye
When He Opens Grip
COLUMBUS, Dec 23.—A joke has
leaked out on Dr. B. W. Bussey, one
of the best known Baptist ministers in
west Georgia, west passed through Co
lumbus from his home in Cusseta en
route to Midland, where he went to fill
an appointment.
While in the Union Station in Colum
bus Dr. Bussey’s grip, which contained
several sermons and paraphernalia
adapted to a minister's use, was ex
changed for another one and he did
not discover his mistake until he ar
rived at Midland nad was ready to fill
his appointment, when, on opening his
grip, he found a No. 18 collar and three
quarts of whisky.
TEMPTED BY
‘m
I Acworth Pastor Gets
A Rhodes Scholarship
ACWORTH, Dec. 23.—Howard S. Hil-
| ley, of Acw'orth, 20 years of age. has
won the Rhodes scholarship from Ken
tucky to Oxford University, England.
He first won the scholarship through
competitive examination in December,
3912, after only one day’s preparation,
but on account of his youth was not
appointed. This year he again won.
Mr. Hilley graduated from Transylva
nia University, Lexington. Ky„ with
M. A degree last June, and has been
acting pastor of the Christian Church at
Acworth.
GOODIES
Councilman’s Son Not Badly Hurt
by Merchant Who Thought
He Was Negro Thief.
Mrs, Young Again to
Head Chicago Schools
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young will be reinstated as
Superintendent of the Chicago Public
Schools, according to a prediction to
day by Peter Romberg, president of
the Board of Education.
Mayor Harrison at this afternoon’s
session of the board will recommend
the election of Mrs. Young and the
demotion of John D. Shoop to the of
fice of First Assistant Superintendent.
Fruit Stand Found
To Be a‘Blind Tiger’
MACON, Dec. 23. —In raiding the fruit
f’and of Tony Maroon, Chief of Police
ltlley discovered a large quantity of
whisky, whirh he seized. He also found
f) dozen bottles of curious appearance,
which the fruiter Insisted as a tonic.
However, the chief got a neighboring
Greek to read the inscriptions and he
declared that the bottles eontained a
Special brand of Greek liquor.
In his five days in office Chief Riley
kas now apprehended ten blind tigers.
Horace Vose, ‘Friend
Of Presidents,’ Dies
WESTERLY R. I . Dec 23.—Horace
Vose, a poultryman, who since the days
of General Grant had sent a prize tur
key to the President of the Fnited
States every Thanksgiving day. is dead.
Mr. Vose had been ill the last six
months. He was horn in Westerly on
May 12, 1849 lie married Susan Ches-
bro, and two children survive. They are
Charles N ose and Mrs. Otis.
Standard Time for
Brazil on New Year
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.—Brazil, on
January 1, will adopt the Meridian of
Greenwich for reckoning official time.
The country will be divided into four
zones, the most easterly of which will
he two hours amL the other three zones
respectively three, four and five hours
later than Greenwich time.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Rain Tuesday; clear
ing and cooler Wednesday.
$500 NEEDED NOW TO
AVERT XMASTRAGEDIES
The Christmas Editor Tuesday faced tin: sad realization that /
$500 more is needed for the Empty Stocking Fund if Christmas I
tragedies arc to be averted in two hundred homes in Atlanta.
That many appeals for help—that many prayers to Old >
Santa Claus—came in at the last moment and it will be ab- <
( solutely impossible to fill them unless you who have not helped t
> respond immediately.
Pon t "wait. Pon t let this Christmas see any misery in
; Atlanta if we can help it. Send your mite in to the Christmas >
! Editor at once.
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"Santa Claus made me steal!"
That was the xplanation offered
Tuesday by Raymond Sisson, the 12-
year-old son of Councilman J. D. Sis
son, of the Fifth Wftrd, for his pres
ence Monday In the store of C. C.
Walker, of No. -356 Marietta street,
where he was shot by Mr. Walker
while attempting to rob the place.
"Santa made me do It,” the boy
said. "I didn’t Intend to be a bad
boy; I Just wanted some candy and
nuts for Christmas. I wasn't going
to steal any money, because 1 can get
all that 1 want from my papa. I don't
care for money, anyway.
“I've been thinking of all the candy
and nuts I'm going to get for Christ
mas for a long time, and when papa
and mamma wen^ down town la^t
night to give Santa Claus our ad
dress and tell him what to bring me,
I thought so much about It that 1
couldn't stay in the house.
"I started walking along Marietta
street, and when I passed Mr. Wal
ker's store I saw a pane of glass
had been broken out of the window.
The window was filled with just the
kind of candy and nuts I like, and I
wanted some.
Couldn’t Wait for Santa.
“Of course, I knew papa would see
Santa all right, and that he would
bring me lots of them, but I couldn't
wait.
"I tried to go away from the store,
but I couldn't. It seemed that every
thing was Just fixed for me. There
wasn't anybody in the store, and the
more I looked in the window the
more I wanted gome of the candy
and nuts. So I slipped in through
the window and was starting to fill
my pockets with the candy and nuts
when I heard a noise, I turned and
saw a man. He kicked at me and I
started to run. Someone shot me as
I tried to climb through the win
dow.”
Young Sisson is at Grady Hospital,
where he was taken immediately aft
er the shooting. He is not seriously
hurt. The bullet entered the left
shoulder and came out under the left
j arm, inflicting a painful but not dan-
I serous wound. He probably will be
able to leave the hospital in a few
| days, and when he does he says he
| intends to be the best boy in the
; world.
Going To Be Good, Now.
"I'm glng to mind my papa and
mamma,” he said, “and be a good boy.
Maybe Santa Claus won’t come to see
me now that I’ve been so bad, but I
guess I deserve it. I'm going to sell
my two rifles, because 1 might shoot
someone some time, and I'm going
to keep away from the crowd of bud
boys I’ve been running with, too.”
The boy's father was notified of the
shooting by Mr. Walker, who Is a
warm personal friend of Mr. Sisson,
just as the latter was leaving his
home to search for his son. Tuesday
morning Mr. Sisson declared his be
lief that his son was led into the
burglary by a crowd of older boys
with whom he has been consorting for
the last few days, and declared that
h a Intends to investigate thorougiily
with a view to rounding up the boys
he says are really responsible for the
robbery.
"Raymond is not a bad boy.” Mr.
Sisson declared, "but of late he has
been running ground with some boys
who do not bear good reputations.
He has only been doing this for a
week or so. I went to Newnan sev
eral days ago for a few days, and
when I returned I learned that Ray
mond had been staying out late and
consorting with some bad boys
“I told him not to. and he said he
wouldn't. Last night Mrs. Sisson
and myself went downtown, telling
Raymond that we jvere going to see
Little Arkansas Miss Grows 101.4
Bushels on Acre She Tilled
All Alone.
A sort of echo from the recent Corn
Club Show' in Atlanta came from Lit
tle Rock, Ark., Tuesday with I he news
that a prise of $60, offered by H. G.
Hastings Seed Company, of Atlanta,
offered for the best corn production
on an Arkansas acre, had been won
b.v a 34-year-old girl, little Miss Del-
phlne Moore, who competed against
2,400 boy members of the Corn Club,
because there was no similar girls'
club in the State.
Miss Moore worked her own acre
and made 101.4 bushels of corn on it,
at a net cost of 12 cents a bushel. She
lives at Wyman, Ark., with her fa
ther and mother.
In addition to the Hastings prize,
Miss Moore won several premiums at
the State Fair at Hot Springs, and at
the county fair in her neighborhood.
The Corn Club contest was con
ducted under the auspices of,the
United States Department of Agri
culture, for which W. J. Jernigan is
Arkansas agent.
May Lift Ban on
Foreign Potatoes
WASHINGTON, Dee 23 The Fed
eral Horticultural Board, following pro
tests against the potato emburgo from
Canada, Newfoundland, Great Britain
Ireland and Continental Eurone. has the
matter of raising the emnargo undaf
advisement.
Santa Claus and tell him our street
address. We told Raymond to stay
at home, and he promised. I think
he has been led into this by other
boys, and I'm going to find them.
Mr Walker expressed great regret
that he had shot the boy, and de
clared that he would hot have used a
weapon had he known the Intruder
was only a child.
“It was dark In the store,” said
Mr. Walker, "and I thought the bur
glar was one of the negroes who have
been trying to get Into my place for
several weeks. I've been sleeping in
the rear of the store in the hope of
catching some of them and when
Raymond came into the store I
thought it / was one of them, and
fire 1.”
It is understood that the police will
take no action against the boy be
cause of his youth and the circum
stances surrounding the affair.
German Airmen in
1740-Mile Flight Are
Shelled by Russians
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PERM, RUSSIA, Dp-. 23.—Three Ger
man aeronauts who landed here yester
flay after having traveled 1 740 miles
in 87 hours from Bitterfleld, Prussia, a.
new long distance balloon record, are
under surveillance of the Russia mili
tary authorities.
As no photos or maps were found 1n
the balloon, It is not believed that the
aeronauts will be prevented from leav
ing the country.
“It was a wild ride, every minute of
which, was filled with adventure.'' said
Herr Kevlen. one of the trio. “But the
climax came when we were passing over
Odessa. The garrison evidently thought
we were spies and they turned loose
their long range artillery. Some of the
shells came close, hut we threw oyt
ballast and rose above the danger zone.”
Friction Prevents
Union of 2 Churches
MACON, Dec. 23.—On account of the
friction that developed over the agree
ment to unite the Tabernacle and Sec
ond Baptist churches, the agreement has
been rescinded. However, Rev. T. F.
Calloway, pastor of the Second Baptist
Church, has resigned to become pastor
of the Tabernacle, succeeding his broth
er. Rev. T. W. Calloway, who recently
went to Dublin.
The decision to unite was displeasing
to a large majority in both churches.
Both congregations are now planning
new edifices.
Mayor Woodward's proclama
tion for a sane celebration of
Christmas will make it one of tha
“driest” days of the year, ac.
cording to all indications Tues
day. Those who want to cele
brate to excess will have to gob
ble rather than guzzle, as Albert
Hubbard would say for Mayor
Woodward’s instructions about
the sale of intoxicating drinks
will be pretty closely followed.
The “near-bfeer” saloons have to
close by his order, and the purely
locker clubs are now skating on such
thin ice politically that most of them
have decided not to ignore a request
from the chief executive of the city.
Some of them have engagements to
face. Recorder Broyles on charges of
Violating the prohibition law. The
police claim that their cases are so
strong that the Recorder is certain to
lay fines on them in keeping with the
generous spirit of the season.
Policy to Be Good.
The new Police Committee Mayor
Woodward is to appoint will pass in a
few weeks on the merits of the appli
cations of these organizations for a
renewal of^ licenses. Much depends
on the temper of this Police Commit
tee as to whether some of the clubs
shall be allowed to continue in busi
ness.
Forced to run such a gamut, most
of these clubs are advising their
members to get their packages on
Christmas Eve, as they probably will
close their doors on Christmas Day.
The formal decisions wfll be made by
officers of the clubs Tuesday.
The social clubs of the city will
serve eggnog and have special Christ
mas dinners, as usual.
Mayor’s Policy Surprise.
Mayor Woodward’s advice to the
clubs was received with surprise in
political circles. The gossips have it
that Mayor Woodward has been very
much interested in the Georgia Anti-
Saloon League’s agitation against the
present methods of enforcing the pro
hibition law in Atlanta—that is, in
terested to prevent a. disturbance of
the city’s general policy.
The Maybr has advices that an un
usual amount of whisky has been
shipped into the city to individuals,
such quantities, in fact, as to arouse
suspicion that the “blind tigers” ex-
J pect to do a large business. Friends
of the clubs against which accusa
tions have been made say it would be
for their own good to close Christ
mas; else they might get the credit in
seme quarters for dispensing the liq
uid that Is being received by individ
uals.
Macon Judge Raises
Cost of Plain Drunk
MACON, Dec. 23.—Macon’s new Re
corder, Judge T. J. Cochran, who Is arf
ardent prohibitionist, has raised the
price of plain drunks They now cost
$10.76 or 30 days on the chalngang
Formerly drunks were punishable by
a fine of $5.75 or ten days.
Carnegie Library Is
Wrecked by Vandals
OBERLIN. Dec 23.—Vandals wrecked
the interior of the Carnegie library
here, which is used by Oberlin Col
lege
Books and magazines w r ere thrown
about, ana all card index files were de
stroyed.
3 Colleges to Meet
In‘Triangle’ Debate
OXFORD, GA., Dec. 23.—-Emory Col
lege, Oxford. Wofford College, Spartan
burg, S. C., and Emory and Henry Col
lege. Emory, Va., have arranged for a
triangular debate to take place the
first Saturday in April. Each institu
tion suggested three questions from
which the following was decided upon
for debate:
“Resolved. That the system of direct
legislation known as the initiative and
referendum should be generally adopted
in the several States. ’
Emory teams have dusted the other
institutions in the debates heretofore.
Ex-Mayor, Accessory,
Begins Year Sentence
COLUMBU8, Dec. 23 —Claud B. OuU
latt. former Mayor of Phenix City. Ala ,
has gone to Milledgeville to begin a
one-year sentence on the State farm,
having been convicted in Muscogee
County Superior Court on a charge of
being an accessory before the fact in at*
asault to murder attempt. »/
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