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r» THE ATLASTA UEUmilAA AM) NEWS. Ivey Creates Sensation Under Hallucination Thst “Evil Ele ment 1 ' Pursues Him. Imbued wfth the hail urination that the "evil element" of Atlanta had in vaded hie room with ropes and gun* , to kill him, I. Ivey, a picture framer, made a desperate attempt early on Tuesday morning to leap from a third-story window of the William* House, No. 16 1-2 Marietta street, where he has been living for the last few day a Policemen and guests of the hotel •vho rushed to the man's room when he\ heard him screaming found him -truggling with the window and try ing to break the small Iron bars that inclose it. Policemen Jones and Im- ■ id took him to headquarters, where he was looked up In a cell to prevent recurrence of the temporary fit of insanity with which It ia thought ne became afflicted. He was released live hour* later, when he had become rational only the timely entrance of the of ficers and ihe guests of the place prevented the man from plunging to Ids death on the Marietta street pavement. Persons who occupy neighboring rooms were awakened by Ivevs >eream» of "Murii. r: and Help! and then there came the sound of rash in g furniture ami the breaking "f p.ass Half i dozen of the room ers rushed to his room and found the door locked. "W hat's the matter'”' shouted one of the crowd that had gathered. "They're killing me!’’ screamed Ivey. "They're going to hang me! For God’s sake help me!" While some of the guests of the hotel telephoned the police, others broke open the door ami entered Ivey's room When they entered lve> was frantically tearing at the win dow. and wielding a heavy chair In 's «ffort# to break the iron bars, l olling In that, he thrust his head be tween the bars and tried to wriggle t .-trough, but whs t aught as his *• boulders went through the opening. Tells Weird Story. Sidelights GEORGIA POLITICS AMES B.MIH man woman and child on it has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year if it be within his power to bring those things to pass Assistant Commissioner Hughes will leave Atlanta Wednesday to ■pend the holidays with his home folks In Americus. returning, how- ttvtr. to the Capitol Immediately aft er Christmas The Dalton Citizen, which In one of the highest-class weekly newspapers in the South beautiful typographical ly and edited with r»n ntelligence. is vir. earnest end vigorous in Its op position to capital punishment in Georgia, and rarely loses « promising opportunity to cry out against It '.Taking nore rec#»ntlr of some prog res •» in Georgia of « movement against capital punishment that i* sure eventually to crystallise into a ccm:wiling force inside the i/egiala- fcure, The Citizen says There are five States in the I'n’on that have abolished the barbarous custom, and the day is coming when «1! them will do the same thing The Slate, in hanging a crimi nal hut imitates his crime, ex cept a« to methods employed, and in so doing seta an example that encourages the criminally In clined to murderous deed* as much as does the same kind of a • ■rime committed by the individ ual "Like begets like.” Murder breeds murder, whether commit ted by »he individual or by the State under the guise of law. The great teacher, Christ, in veighed against the old Mosaic injunction of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,” and vet Ghrlstlan people stand up for a custom that should shame the civilization of a Hottentot May the day speedily arrive when Judicial murder will he at an end In this great Common* wealth, and also In this great na tion!" Capital punishment probabl> will be abolished in Georgia eventually Just as It will he abolished every where in the civilized world - and ak- ready the sentiment against it is very strong one need only listen to the striking of a Jury in a murder case in Georgia to realize how many people even now will not qualify because of their opposition to this form of pun ishment for crime It dues not seem likely that capital punishment for all crimes will* be abolished at one sweep in Georgia hut after a while there Mkeiv will be introduced and passed through the Legislature a bill sharply clmim scribing it, and that will be followed lat*r bv a law stopping it altogether That, at least is what a great many I Intelligent observers now believe Governor and Mrs Hi&ton will spend the Christmas holidays :n the Executive Mansion in Peachtree street; Secretary and Mrs. Llm are in Augusta, Mr. Tim's old horns and Secretary Jesse Perry, who is a bridegroom-elect, will spend Christ - mas In I^avonla. where the future Mrs Secretary Perry resides [yogan Bleckley, who probable ■ knows whereof he speaks, thinks the Supreme Court of Georgia Is about the teal solution of perpetual motion ! "That court,” said Mr. Deckley to ds >. ‘rarely gets much recess on j Christmas week and once it a< tually sat to hear arguments on Christmas Day! “Sundays it doesn't work, and now ' and then an occasional holiday finds it not on its Job, but generally speaking it is grinding all the time It hears arguments, then consults, and then divides to write its opinions, which are gone over by the court as a w hole ‘ The present court will not sit on Christmas Day this year- hut it will come mighty near doing it!** Commissioner of Agriculture James J> l*rice has departed the Capitol fur the remainder of the holiday sea son. and has left Assistant Commis sioner Dan Hughes in charge. Mr. Price owns and operates most successfully a big farm in Oconee County, and will make it his par ticular business to see that every The Hock island Lines Mb* <?* We*?* Itaftrssd Foremost Transcontinental Train Jo CalifornM »* The“Golden State Limited Via Direct Route of Lowest Altitudes A train of all-steel Pullmans, luxurious library- buffet-observation car and handsome modern diner. Through from Chicago, Saint Louis and Kansas City. Through Tourist Cars Daily from Memphis and Saint Louis in connection with the “Californian,” another high class trans continental train via the same route. Rock Island Passenger Trains Cover over 50,000 miles every day Finest modern all-steel passenger equipment i ONLY ONE M Bromo Quinine**that Is Laxative firomo Quinine For detailed information call or write H. H. HUNT 18 N. Pryor Street Cures a Cold in 1 Dav, (.rip in 2 Days on bos. 01/ JW ^^rtnrx^ 23 * S'SfA When the jm dioemcn came 1 ey told : ;■ wntrri stor. Of H midnight HUSH nil thflt he neciar his life. ed w. s directed aga inst i'\»* been heart ii in fa vor of < ’hief Heavers’ vice crus ad* " he t eld thp polh e. and t he e\ tl element of the cit\ have got it in for me uid art } ur>’iiiu me Thr> followed me home la M night an (1 H ft e r I w e n t to bed thev knocked **n m v door ami wa nted in.# I told th cm t( get awa> and ti great crowd ( f I hem c inn* in through the ke> hole. Thev < i rried r« pew. and nail thev wet e gol ng to hang me. ! begged th*m not o do it, a nd t hey! finally doebh »d th al thev v ouldn’t. The\ left t i i roo m then, a id later aid they guessed they rt sh. >ot me. I couldn't talk them ou t of it, an»i wh en thev Maned after me with their gun# i tried to get away frnm ill.- n." Woman Found Lying In Stupor in Theater BALTIMORE. Dec 23* Mr* Annie Hughes Lawless, daughter of a wealthy Kast RufTalo commission man. was found iying in a stupor in Ford's The- *»;er in a chamois bug <*n tier person was found $2,000 worth of Jewels. She s being held until word is re elved from Kast Buffalo XMAS RATES Reduced over N.. C. & St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R, 4pply any / pent. ATLANTA TELEPHONE USERS have been for years enjoying ihe Low Rates and High-Class Service which come with Inde pendent Competition. Fro*n this time on our subscribers will be gin to enjoy additional advantages as the re sult of the agreement reached between the Government and the American Bell. It is a triumph for Competition. ATLANTA TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY HERE ARE THE FOUR Energetic Churches 1 hat Will Be Awarded t Hearst’s Sunday American and The Atlanta Georgian Free Christmas Trees Jeff erson Street M. E. Church 892,000 College Park Christian Church 804,000 Ponders Avenue Baptist Church .440,000 Asbury M. E. Church 400,000 TOTAL VOTES AND STANDING Jefferson Street M. E. Church * 892,000 College Park Christian Church 804,000 Ponders Avenue Baptist Church 440,000 Asbury M E 400,000 Tabernacle Church “Cubs” 320,000 East Atlanta Baptist Church 300,000 Payne Memorial Church 200,000 Cooper Street Baptist Church .. 180,000 Hapeville Baptist Church 104,000 English Avenue M. E. Church 80,000 St. Luke’s M. E. Church 64,000 Mt. Vernon 60,000 Moore Memorial Presbyterian 20,000 / otal votes cast over 3,864,000 MEN AND RELIGION BULLETIN NO. 90 “The Lord Is at Hand” “NO ROOM?” —Luke 2:7 A woman tired and sick. Doors were closed in her face. At the inn, they said: “No room.” Generous men? In her condition—could she sleep by the roadside? They let her into the stable with the beasts. There Christ was borij that Christmas so long ago. Would it be different? Is it otherwise this week? Weary women are here. Underpaid girls are striving for life. “They have bread and meat?” They need more than food for a day. A CHRISTMAS DINNER—CAST OFF CLOTHES. Wlil you stop with giving these to those who lack a living wage? Three hundred and sixty-five days are in a year. “No room?” Christmas Eve—laughter gladdens your home. Maybe an empty chair causes a heartache—But you hide it. You join the romping children. They are hanging their stockings. Your boy—your daughter—they are there. Your sister and brother are with you. But your prisoners—yes, yours. You are a citizen. You can not shift your responsibility for Georgia’s shame. In part yours is the blame for the man who lately hung himself after being beaten—for the man shot down for revolting against the lash. Your prisoners—thousands of men and boys—While you and your children laugh and play on Christmas Eve, these lie chained one to an other and to bunk-house walls in convict camps throughout the State. This night—God’s Holy Night— They seek rest. They turn in their beds. Chains clank. Neighbor drags neighbor. Vainly they try to sleep. Shackles bite the skin—As they twist and toss the clinking of steel runs shudderingly along the chain that binds them leg to leg from bunk to bunk and to the wall, this Christmas Eve, the Night before the birthday of our Lord. HELL CAN BE NO WORSE. Women and children are in their homes. They love their own. They think of these. Their empty chairs mean worse than death. “No room?” Ere the New Year dawns you will send others to join these wretched throngs who night after nignt lie down to sleep chained by you to one an other and to walls as you would not chain a crowd of dogs— In your locker clubs and open bars men are dishing out the poison that will bring them there. You sing— “Eggnog, 'simmon beer, Christmas comes but once a year. And when it comes, it brings good cheer.” Yule logs- fires blaze in your home. IN YONDER ALLEYS ARE EMPTY GRATES. “Quick, a scuttle of coal?” It will not suffice. “A basket of food?” Not enough. Only sickly sentimentality— Or a liquor-soaked soul can salve a conscience with a Christmas dinner and a scuttle of coal. “No room?” Christ comes to you, as He has ever done in the woman who works. This Christmas day, He is in your convict camps, where you are brutal izing boys and men. In each home where there is want, Christ comes to you. “Awake thou that sleepest— And Christ shall give you light.” “The Lord is at hand.’’ “No room?” Yea, but there is in your home, your heart and life. Christ has come. Let Him in! THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE MEN AND RELIGION FORWARD MOVEMENT