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in i JU 1j AUlAiUA ui.UJHJiA.1 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