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Beavers Says Curtailed Liquor
Sale Is Cause—Many Pretty
Celebrations Held.
Atlanta Thursday celebrated
die sanest Christmas in her his
tory, marked by the absence of
much of the drunkenness and
carousals of former years.
From the time Police Court
dosed Wednesday afternoon at
•i o'clock until 10 o’clock Thurs
day morning, only 83 cases had
been docketed at poliee head
quarters, and none of those ar
rested were charged with serious
crimes.
As many of these as possible
were turned out on copies of
charges in order that they might
spend Christmas with their fam
ilies and friends, and to-day
there are hardly half a hundred
men and women locked up in the
ity jail.
The record of only 83 arrests dur-
nsr the celebration of Christmas Eve
nnd the early hours of Christmas
morning is regarded by Chief Bea
vers as an indication that the people
of Atlanta are heeding the pleas for a
safe and sane Christmas.
Chief Beavers Pleased.
"In former years” said Chief Bea
vers Christmas morning, “we had all
the way from 100 to 260 arrests dur
ing the celebration of Christmas Eve,
and as a rule there were serious
crimes listed among them. This year
has been the quietest the department
has ever known. There have been
fewer arrests and fewer reports of
trouble.”
Grady Hospital officials sgid Thurs-
ly morning that that institution had
massed the quietest night in its his
tory. not an accident being reported
during the 24 hours. This in itself is
considered remarkable, as there are;
usually scores of accidents reported
from premature explosions of fire
works, and many of these have re
sulted in permanent injury.
Locker Clubs Closed.
The police declared they did not
ok for any trouble at all Christmas
Day. This is duo somewhat to the
rain and the disagreeable weather, but
for the most part it is due to the
losing of the majority of the locker
clubs and the saloons, and the evident
esire of the people to observe the
law and celebrate Christmas sanely
and properly.
Through the charitable associations
a nd the big hearts of the more fortu
nate people of Atlanta, joy and hap
piness have been brought into prac
tically every Atlanta home, and every
fireside will be the scene of some sort
°f Christmas celebration.
Hundreds of persons have been
cheered with warm clothing and sub
stantial food, and many little ones
awoke Christmas morning to find that
Santa Claus had visited their homes
the first time in their lives.
The Associated Charities, finely or
ganized for carrying relief to the poor
and the unfortunate, cared for scores
families, providing the Christmas
dinner and gifts for the parents and
the children.
Fund Great Mclp.
i"he Georgian’s Empty Stocking
11 n d provided shoes and clothing and
f vs for thousands of men, women
and children, hundreds of baskets
ng sent out Tuesday and Wednes-
la - v Many generous men and worn-
‘‘H cared for entire families, provid-
nE- in many instances a Christmas
r - e to go with the donations of food
and clothing and toys.
Chick Evans Here
And Playing Golf
Rain or Shine
Charles Evans, Jr., usually known
as "Chick,” reached Atlanta and the
home of his host, George Adair, at
9 o’clock Christmas Eve, and before
it had got through raining Christmas
morning, Chick and Mr. Adair were
on their way to the links of the At-'
lanta Athletic Club at East Lake.
That’s the kind of a golfer Chick
is—likewise George Adair. Rain or
shine—the game’s the thing.
The first match was arranged as a
foursome affair for Mr. Evans, Mr.
Adair, Will Rowan and Stewart
Maiden, the club professional. The
announced intention of the quartet
was to play rounds in the morning
and afternoon—to play all day, in
fact.
While a guest of Mr. Adair, Mr.
Evans will play regularly on the pres
ent East Lake course and will go over
carefully with Mr. Adair and Mr.
Maiden the extensive alterations and
improvements that will be incorpo
rated in the famous East Lake links
in time for the summer play of 1914,
and the excellent acquaintance exist
ing between Mr. Evans and the clas
sic European courses doubtless will
produce many valuable suggestions
for the big work.
Mr. Evans also will play over the
other Atlanta courses while here.
Blease’s Pardon List
Has Reached 904
COLUMBIA, S. C.. Dec. 25.—The num
ber of pardons and paroles granted by
Governor Cole L. Blease since he as
sumed office three years ugo, reached
904 when he issued two Christmas pa
roles and a pardon.
A white man serving a sentence for
manslaughter was among the trio re
leased.
Supreme Chancellor
Of Woodmen Is Dead
ASHEVILLE, N. C., Dec. 25.—Jo
seph Cullen Root, Supreme Chan
cellor of the Woodmen of the World,
and founder of all woodcraft, died in
Hendersonville, N. C., last night at
11:30 o’clock of pneumonia. His
body was sent to his home in Omaha
to-day where funeral services and the
interment will take place.
Mr. Root became ill about four days
ago, while attending the Western,
North Carolina, Assembly of the
Woodmen and his condition became
so critical that his son in Omaha was
wired immediately to come. He ar
rived just a few hours before the
end came and accompanied thfe body
home.
Held in $1,000 Bond
For Express Thefts
Judge Orders Hotel
Not to Sell Liquor
AUGUSTA, Dec. 25.—Judge Henry C.
Hammond In deciding the Albion Hotel
case, the first against local near beer
saloons In which petitions to abate as
nuisances have been asked, held that
he had no right to forfeit the license of
the Albion, but he did issue a tempo
rary restraining order for the hotel
company to sell no liquor.
The cast* will be decider! by a Jury
at the next session of the Superior
Court.
37 Are Pardoned By
Alabama Governor
| Following close on the arrest and con-
if *ssion of James Thomas Turner, mes
senger for the Southern Express Com
pany a second man has been taken Into
|custody and other arrests are expected
jin connection with the systematic theft
j of express articles from the Southern
i Express Company during the past year.
! The second man arrested was D. J.
(Alexander, a resident in Mills street, a
(railway employee.
j Alexander was taken before United
States Commissioner Walter H. Col-
Eiuitt and held under a bond of $1,000.
I He denied any knowledge of the rob
beries.
MONTGOMERY, Dec. 25.—Thirty-sev-
n Alabama State convicts were given
jheir liberty by Governor O’Neal today,
j seventeen of the number were convicted
f murder either In the first or second
degree and three were serving life sen
tences.
Two of the prisoners freed were con-
icted in Mobile, four in Montgomery,
our in Birmingham and others in diff
erent sections of the State
Plan Power Plant
On Witllacoochee
VALDOSTA, Dec. 25.—A proposition
to develop the water power on the Wil-
lacoochee River near this city, which
l has been discussed for several years,
bids fair now to be pushed to a success
ful end.
Preliminary surveys of the stream,
[beginning at a point three miles north-
Jwest of Valdosta, are now being made
by A. B. Langford, a well-known civil
(engineer, for parties in South Carolina,
who are interested in the develop-
Iment.
$30,000 Given Three
Carolina Institutions
SPARTANBURG. S. C., Dec. 26.—
Mrs. A. E. Judd, whose husband was
president of The first bank in Spartan
burg, has announce/! a Christmas gift
of $30,000 to be divided equally among
the Y. M. C. A.. Converse College and
the Textile Industrial Institute.
The Y. M. C. A. and the Textile In
stitute are erecting buildings now and
Mrs. Judd's gift makes certain the ad
dition of a science hall to Converse.
Farmer Killed at
Christmas Party
CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 25—Lee
Otey was shot and instantly killed by
James Ervin, at Sweetwater, Tenn.,
during a Christmas celebration late
last night, according to a dispatch
received here to-day.
Ervin claims Otey assaulted him
while drunk when he fired four times.
Both men were farmers.
Probationers Don't
Turn Out for Xmas
Dinners Like in 1912
Maybe this old world Is growing
worse, but you can't prove anything hke
that by S. J. Coogler, probation officer.
Here's why:
Last Christmas Mr. Coogler spread a
Christmas dinner at the Christian Help
ers' league of which he is superintend
ent. He invited all of his probationers
who weren't doing well enough to have
their own Christmas dinners.
Seventy-tw'o came to Mr. Coogler’s
dinner.
Same business this year. Mr. Coog
ler invited all his probationers. Four
teen accepted —and Mr. Coogler had
more than that many invitations from
other probationers to dine with them, In
their own homes, as a guest to be hon
ored by men whom he had helped to
put on their feet. »
Col, Perry and Bride
In Atlanta for Xmas
Colonel and Mrs. Jesse O. Perry,
newlyweds, slipped so quietly Into town
Wednesday night that they avoided all
rice and old shoes. Thursday they were
et Hotel Ansley barricaded against any
undue demonstration by their friends.
Colonel Perry, private secretary to
Governor Slaton, and Miss Harriet Ma
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Mason and a prominent Georgia society
girl, were wed at 4 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon at the home of the brides
parents, at I>avonltt, Ga. The Rev. M.
K. Peabody, of Jva, S. C.. performed the
ceremony. Only re'atives and a few
close friends were present.
Officer Shoots Man
Who Pointed Pistol
In a desperate battle with Edward
Rachel, a negro, who terrorized IIol-
emob’s alley early Christmas morning,
Policeman O. R. Jones narowly escaped
death. The negro turned his weapon on
the officer when Jones told him he was
under arest. ajid snapped it twice on
empty cartrdlges before Jones could
draw his revolver.
Jones fired at the negro, the bullet
striking him in the fleshy part of the
thigh Rachel was taken to Grady Hos
pital, where his wound was dressed,
after which he was locked up In the
city jail.
Old Santa’s Reputation Fully,Sus
tained by the Good Fellows
of Atlanta.
To be sure, when the sun rose
Christmas morning. Atlanta didn’t
see it. Moreover, there was a heavy,
thick, wide and excessively damp
rain falling.
Would you call it “Merry Christ
mas?”
Absolutely, YES!
Tell you why, so you can add the
reasons to a dozen other (ano maybe
better) ones of your own.
Here’s why a certain bunch of At
lantans were able to crawl out of bel,
and scrape the slumber-clouds out of
their eyes, and struggle into their
duds to the mellow thunder of the
rain on the tin roof—and still grin
while catching a street car, and say
“Merry Christmas!”
Even after getting to work.
How They Found Santa.
I All day long, the day before Christ
mas, a line of women passed In nnd
! out of The Georgian office. They
| went in a bit uncertainly, as If not
knowing Just where to go, or what
to say.
They came out carrying heavy,
well-filled baskets. And there was
no uncertainty In their manner then
—and they seemed to know just where
to go. As to wliat to say—
Oh, well—that’s Santa Claus’ secret,
! you know. Just between go^d friends.
I Several hundred of them, going in
j uncertainly, coming out with heavy I
baskets Maybe there were shining
eyes, too—but that’s all in the family.
Now, then, you people who made
i this thing possible, take a look over
I the layout and then forget to wonder
! how a Christmas can be so happy
I when It rains bucketsful and the sun
doesn't open up—and a good many
fellows have to get up early and go
) to work, too.
Baskets to make Christmas happy
| for nearly a thousand youngsters went
I out In the long line that left The
i Georgian office the day before Christ-
I mas.
I And there was a $2 bill for the
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Comes to Visit His
Fiancee; Finds She
Is Bride of Another
On Christmas Eve a young man
who lives 1n Marietta came to At
lanta bent on celebrating with his
flanceb, Miss Ozelle Wheeler, of No. 8
Williams street, on whose finger he
had but a few days before placed a
diamond ring.
He was to meet Miss Wheeler at 5
o'clock on Walton street. Five o'clock
came and Miss Wheeler came not. He
telephoned to her home, and was told
that his fiancee could not speak to
Mm.
“You tell her it's So-and-So,” said
the young man.
And then L. R. Jeter came to the
telephone.
“You can not," he told the young
man, “speak to my wife!”
For Mr. Jeter and Miss Wheeler
were married by Justice of the Peace
Edgar H. Orr at noon Wednesday—
with the other young man's diamond
ring sparkling on her finger. They
left their boarding house at 7:30
o’clock, presumably to go to their
work, the young woman to the West
ern Union offices, where she is a ste
nographer, and Mr. Jeter to the of
fices of the General Accident Insur
ance Company.
And Christmas morning both went
to work again.
Senators to Aid Fight
On Roger Sullivan
SPRINGFIELD, ILL., Dec. 25.—As
a result of the organization of the
Wilson Bryan league here, Senators
John W. Kern, of Indiana, and Robert
L. Owen, of Oklahoma, will be
brought to Illinois to open the fight
planned against Roger C. Sullivan,
candidate for nomination for United
States Senator, by his foes in the
L>emocratic party.
The two Senators will be invited to
speak at a banquet to be given in
Springfield probably on Washington’s
Birthday. \
Man Just From Saloon Causes
Tragedy at Miners’ Xmas
Tree Celebration.
CALUMET, MICH., Dec. 24.—
Police, private detectives and
citizens of Calumet to-day were
united in their efforts to find the
man who cried fire in the Italian
hall where last night 83 persons
gathered about a giant Ch ristmas
tree were killed in a panic. The
authorities feared the man would
be lynched. The dead were
members of striking copper min
ers’ families. It was understood
that the man who caused the
panic was not in sympathy with
the mine strike.
The real horror of the disaster did
not dawn upon the people of Calu
met until to-day when the city awoke
to the most cheerless Christmas in
Its history. There was little observ
ance of the day. Residents of all
parte of the city Joined in the general
mourning for the score* of dead.
The sorrow of friends of the dead
was increased to-day by the remem
brance that the panic was unneces
sary. There was no fire In or near
the building in which the celebrants
were gathered.
Several hundred miners, their wives
and children, were gathered about the
Mg Christmas tree. The happy lit
tle folk were pressing eagerly toward
the stage in the front of the hall
where Mrs. Annie Clemens, president
of the Women’s Auxiliary of the
mners' organization, was superin
tending the distribution of presents.
Christmas Joy reigned. It was the
happiest time in the lives of many
of the little ones. They had waited
weeks for this event.
Babies Trampled by Mon.
Suddenly a door opened. A man,
thrust In his head. Trumpeting
through his hands he uttered a wild
cry:
“Fire!"
Instantly the hall was a scene of
wildest confusion. Mothers w r ere torn
from their babies and saw them
trampled to death under the feet of
panic-stricken men. The cry of fire
was taken up by a hundred throats.
Mrs. Henry Isola was holding her
little boy and girl by the hand. The
boy was Jerked away from her. Ho
escaped from the building. The moth
er and daughter were crushed to
death by the frenzied mob. Christian
Klarlch and his two little daughters
were trampled to death. Mrs. Kla-
rich escaped unhurt. There were
scores of such incidents.
The panic was over in less than a
minute. Rescurers rushed Into the
building. They found bodies piled
to the top of the only regular exit,
a narrow stairway at the rear of tho
hall. When order was restored there
were counted the bodies of 37 little
girls, 18 little boys, 15 men ajid 13
women.
Every undertaking establishment
was filled with bodies this morning
and bodies were given to the authori
ties, who arranged the dead in as or
derly a manner as possible to make
identification easier.
All through the night surviving
members of families that were nearly
wiped out went from place to placs
seeking their dead. Friends soughi
the bodies of* those they had loved*
Borrowing children who lost botfci
their parents were led from one im*
provised morgue to another In an
effort to find parents, brothers and
sisters.
The Coroner’s assistants, checking
over the bodies, found that 54 fam:-*
lies had suffered a loss of cue or morn
members.
When the cry of fire waSj raised
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VOL. XII. NO. 125.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1913.
Copyright, 1908,
By The Georgian C*
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HUNT MANIAC WHO STARTED FIRE FATAL TO 83
' STOCKING FUND MAKES NEARLY 1000 CHILDREN HAPPY
Some of the baskets which were distributed to the poor of
j Atlanta through the generosity of givers to the Empty Stocking
Fund. Hundreds of homes were made happy in this way.
In addition to the baskets of
“goodies” and clothing, each
poor mother was given a $2 bill
to spend as she liked. It means
added joy to hundreds of homes.
Santa Claus made The Georgian
office his headquarters, where
good cheer in the form of food,
warm clothing and toys for the
poor kiddies was dispensed. So
far as Santa knows there were no
needy youngsters overlooked.