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10 THE ATLANTA C.EOKUIAN AND NEWS. FIGHTS TO LEHR FROM HOTEL I. Ivey Creates Sensation Under Hallucination That “Evil Ele ment" Pursues Him. Tmbut*<1 with th# hallucination that tho "evil element” of Atlanta hart In vaded hie room with rope? and *un« ♦ o kill him, I. Ivey, a picture framer, m*de a desperata attempt early on Tu^sdiv morning to leap from a thlrd-'tory window of the Williams House, No 15 1-2 Marietta street, u here he har been living for the last few day a Pol emen and guests of the hotel who rushed to the man’s room w’hen h*\ heard him screaming found him struggling with the window and try ing to break the small iron bars that nclose It. Policemen .Tones and T >-t • ok him to h^adouarterv i ( he wan locked up In a cell to prevent ^ recurrence of the temporary fit of inaanlt> with which It i9 thought he is afflicted Ho wfl* released ffvo hours later, when he had.berome rational Only the timely entrance of the of ficers and the guests of the pla< * prevented the man from plunging to his death on the Marietta street pavement Persons who mrup) neighboring rooms were awakened by Ivey * creamn of "Murder!” and ' Help! " and then there came the sound of crashing furniture and the breaking of giass Half a dozen of the room ers rushed to his room and found the door locked "Whet's the matter shouted one of the crowd that had gathered ‘‘They're killing me! screamed ivev. "They’re going i<* hang me! For God's sake help me!” While some of the guests of tho hot*l telephoned the police, others broke open the door and entered Jvev’s room When they entered Ivey was frantically tearing at the win dow. and wielding a heavy chair in bis efforts to break the iron bars, t ailing in that, hi thrust hi* brad tie- tween the bars and tried to wriggle through, but was caught as his shoulders went through the opening. Tells Weird Story. Wien 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' vice crusade.” be told the police, and the evil element of the city have, got it in for me and are pursuing me They followed me home last night and after I went to bed they knocked on my door and wanted In T told them to get away, and a great crowd of them came in through the keyhole. Thsy carried ropes, and said the> were going to hang ine I 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. I couldn’t talk them out of It, and when they started after me with their guns I tried to get away from them” Woman Found Lying In Stupor in Theater BALTIMORE Pe< 28 —Mrs. Annie Hughes Lawless, daughter of a wealthy East Buffalo commission man, was found lying in a atunor in Ford's The ater In a oh&mole bag on her person was found S3.000 worth of Jewels. She Is being held until word is re ceived from East 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 Rates 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 > [Sidelights on GEORGIA POLITICS jamis b.nwin I man woman and child on It has a Merry < hrlstmas and a Happy New Year if it be within his power to j bring tho*e things to pass. Assistant* Commissioner Hughes will leave Atlanta Wednesday to spend the holidays with his home imsi ui returning, how ever. to the Capitol immediately aft er Christmas VfcgSi HH liM The Dalton Citizen, whhh Is one of the highest-class weekly newspapers In the South, beautiful typographical ly and edited with rare intelligent, is very earnest and vigorous in Its op position to capital punishment. In Georgia, and rarely loses a promising opportunity to cry out against It Making note recently of some prog ress In Georgia of a movement against capital punishment that i* sure eventually to crystallise into a Compelling force inside the T/egivla- ture, The ritlzen says There are five States In the TTnlon that have abolished the barbarous custom, and the day is coming when all of them will do the n*m* thing. The State, in hanging a rrfmi nal. hut Imitates his crime, ex cept as to methods employed, ard In so doing sets an example that encourages the criminally In rllned to murderous deeds hm much as does the same kind '*f ■» crime committed by the individ ual "Like beget* like." Murder breeds murder whether commit ted by the Individual or by the State under the guise of law. The xreat teacher, fhrlst, in velghed against the old Mosaic injunction of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," arid vet Christian people stand up for n custom that should shame the civilization of a Hottentot. May the day speedily urlve when Judicial murder will be at an end In this great Common wealth, and also In this great na tion!” Capital puntshment probably will be abolished in Georgia eventual^ Just as It will be abolished every where in the civilized world and al ready the sentiment against It is very strong One need only ILsten to the ritriklng 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 does not seem likely that capital punishment for all crimes will be abolished at one pwaep in Georgia but after a while there likely will be Introduced and patuted through the Legislature a bill sharply circum scribing It and that will he followed latsr by a law stopping It altogether That, at least, Is what a great many Intelligent observers now believe Governor and Mrs, Slaton will spend the Christmas holidays iri the Executive Mansion in Peachtree street, Secretary and Mrs f’lm are ; in Augusta, Mr. Tim's old home, and Secretary Jevsse Perry, who is a bridegroom-elect, will spend Christ mas in Tj&vonia, where ihe future Mrs. Secretary Perry resides , Logan Bleckley, who probahlv knows whereof he speaks, thinks the Supreme < «>v*rt of Georgia i? about the real solution of perpetual motion. "That court,” said Mr. riecklay lo de "rarely gets much recess on t'hristmas week and one* it actually ! sat in hear arguments on Christmas Da.\ ! "Sundays it doesn’t work, and now and then an occasional holiday finds it not on He Job, but generally sneaking It. is grinding all the time. Tt hear* arguments, then consults and then divides I** write its ophilona, which htc gone over by the oourt as a whole ■ The pre*< nt court win not *i< on ChrLatmas Day this year -but it will come mighty near doing it!” Tlte Rock Island Lines am MHm of Ml rort 'Cimft foremost Transcontinental m Train \aS b California Commissioner of Agriculture .lames D Price has departed the Capitol for the remainder of the holiday sea son, and has left Assistant Commis sioner Dan Hughe? in charge Mr Price owns and operates moirt successfully a big farm in Oconee County, and will make it his par ticular hustnuFS to see that every 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 ONLY ONE “Bromo Quinine” that fa laxative firomo Quinine For detailed information call or write H. H. HONT Dial. Paaa’r Agent 18 N. Prvor Street Atlanta, Ga- Cures a Cold in 6%& Dav, Grip in 2 Day* on box, 'Prxm-t 25c HERE ARE THE FOUR Energetic Churches That Will Be Awarded \ Hcarsts 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 1 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 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—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?” 1 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 nigfit 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 hELIGION FORWARD MOVEMENT