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FIGHTS TD LEAP.
FROM HOTEL
I. Ivey Creates Sensation Linder
Hallucination That "Evil Ele
ment" Pursues Him,
ImbuH with rh# halhvMnatnwi That
thf. >vil of Atlanta had in
vade hla room with ropwm and funi
to kill him, I. Ivay, % picture*
mado a desperate attempt early cm
Tuesday mornlnir to leap fmm a
t bird-story window of the Williams
House, No 15 1-2 Marietta atreet,
nherp be ha* be*»n living for the last
few da^a
Pot emeo and guest? of the hotel
who rushed to the man’s room when
the\ heard h1ni screaming fotlnd him
-•rugg! nsr *tth the window andtry-
ng to break the small Iron bare thni
nrloee It Policemen Jones and Da-
' id took him to hearkpiartere, where
he n-«F looked up In n eel! to prevent
i recurrence of the temporary fit of
insanity with which it is thought he
her ime afflicted He was released
five hours later, when he had become
rational
Onh the timely entrance of the of
ficers and the quests of the place
prevented the man from plunging to
his death on the Marietta street
pavement.
Persons »h" occupy neighboring
r<x>ms were awakened by Ivey’s
srreams of “Murder!” end ’Help!"
and then there < ante the sound of
crashing furniture and the breaking
of glass Half a dozen of the room
ers rushed to his room and found the
door locked
What’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’
W>ile some of the gue*ta of the
hotel telephoned the police, others
broke open the door and entered
Ivey’s room When they entered Ivey
was frantically tearing at the win
dow and wielding a heavy i hair in
his efforts to break the Iron bars
Falling in that, he thrust hip head be
tween the bars and tried to wriggle
through, but was caught as his
shoulders went through the opening
Tells Waird Story.
When the policemen came Ivey told
a weird story of a midnight assault
that he declared was directed against
his life
I’ve been heartily In favor of Chief
Beavers’ vbe crusade.” he told the
police, and the evil element of the
city have got it In for tne and ar*»
pursuing me. They followed me home
last night and after 1 went to hed
they knocked on mv door and wanted
in l told them to get away, and a
sreat crowd of them came in through
the keyhole They carried ropes, and
said they were going to hang me. 1
begged them not to do It, and they
finally decided that they wouldn’t
They left the room then, and later
another crowd came in and said they
guessed they’d shoot me 1 couldn’t
talk them out of it, and when they
started after me with their guns I
tried to get away from them ”
fSlDIUGHTS on
GEORGIA;
POLITICS
jfa JAMES B.NEVTH
"\
man woman and child on It has a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year If it be within his power to
bring those thing* to pass
Assistant Commissioner Hughes
will leave Atlanta Wednesday to
spend the holidays with his home
folks !r Amerlcus. returning, how
ever, to the Capitol Immediately aft
er Christmas
The Pulton « ltisen, which Is ope of
} the hlgheC-class weekly newspapers
In the pouth, beautiful typographical -
I ly and edited n ifh rare intelligence, is
! very earnest and vigorous In Its op
position to capital punishment in
Georgia, and rarely loves s promising
opportunity to cry out against It
Making note recently of some prog
ress In Georgia of a movement
against capital punishment that Ik
sure eventually to crystallise Into a
compelling fore** inside the T^glsla
turo, The r*lt1*en says
There are five States in the
1’nlon that have abolished the
barbarous coetom, and the dav Is
coming when al! them will do
the same thing
The State in hanging a crimi
nal hut imitates hia crime, *x-
repl a« to methods employed, and
in so doing sela an example thsl
encoumgen the criminally In
clined to murderous deeds ns
much ss does the .same kind of a
crime committed by the individ
ual "Like beget* like.” Murder
breeds murder, whether commit
ted by the individual or by the
State under lhe guise of law.
The great teacher, Christ, in
veighed against th«» old Mosaic
injunction of "an eye for an eve
and a tooth for h tooth,” and vet
Christian people Htanri Up for a
custom that should whamc the
civilization of a Hottentot.
May the day speedily arrive
when judicial murder will he at
an end in this great Fommon
wealth, and also in this great na
tion!”
Capital punishment probably will
he abolished 1n Georgia eventually
Just as it will he abolished every
where In the civilized world--and al
ready the sentiment against it Is ver\
strong One need only listen to the
Striking of n Jurv In a murder rase in
Georgia to neaSIzA how many people
even now will ; 1 «|ualif\ because of
their opposition to ihls form of pun
ishment for crime
It does not seem likeh that capital
punishment for nil crimes will be
abolished at one jnveep in Georgia
but after a while there likely will Vic
introduced and massed throng!. th*=*j
Legislature a bill sharply riroum- ;
.acriblng it and that will be followed
later by a law stopping it altogether
That, at leant, Is what a great many
Intelligent observers now believe
Governor and Mrs Slaton Will
upond the Christmas holidays in the
Executive Mansion In Peachtree
street; Secretary and Mrs dm are
In Augusta, Mr. Clm's old home, and
Secretary Jesse Perry, who is a
bridegroom-elect, will spend Oirlst-
mas in Lavonia, where the future
Mrs Secretary Perry resides.
Logan Bleckley. who probablv
knows whereof he speaks, thinks th*
Supreme Court of Georgia is about
tin real solution of perpetual motion, j
That court,” said Mr. pleckley to
day. rarely gets much recess on I
Ghristmas week—and once it actually i
sat to hear arguments on Christmas j
Dav!
"Sundays it doesn't work, and n'»w
and then nn occasional holiday finds it
not or its lob, but generally speaking
it Is grinding all the time. It hears
arguments, then consults and then
divides t<> write its opinions, which
are gone over by the court as a whole.
"The present court will not sit on
Fhristnms Pay tills year—hut ft will
corn- mighty near doing it!”
Commissioner of Agriculture James
l> Price has departed the Capitol
for the remainder of the holiday sea
son, and has left Assistant Commis
sioner Pan 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
ONLY ONE “Bromo Quinine" that la
Laxative flromo Quinine
Foremost Transcontinental
Train
Jo California
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 everyday
Finest modern all-steel passenger equipment
For detailed information call or write
H. H. HUNT , 18 N. Pryor Street
Dial Pasa'r Agent r^VKS7 Atlanta, Ga.
Cure, a Cold in 1 Dav, Grip in 2 Day*
on
box.
IV /if 250
SWA
Woman Found Lying
In Stupor in Theater
BALTIMORE. Dec 28 Mrs Annie
Hughe* Lawless, daughter of a wealthy
Kant Buffalo commission man. wab
found lying in a stupor in Ford'* The
ater In a chamois bag on Bar person
Was found $2,000 worth of jewels
t* being hdd until wcnvl Is re
ceived from E«l»t Buffalo
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R.
Apply any Agent.
ATLANTA
TELEPHONE
USERS
have been for years
enjoying the Low Rate*
and High-Class Service
which come with Inde
pendent Competition.
From 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 Ehat Will Be Awarded
Hearsts Sunday American
and The Atlanta Georgian
Free Christmas Trees
—
Jefferson 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
Total 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 born 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—OAST-OFF CLOTHES.
Wlil you stop with giving these to those who lack a living wage?
Three hundred and sixty-flve 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 twiat 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. f
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