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VOL. NIT. NO. 130.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1914.
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Ast Point City Clerk Arrested as Embezzler
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EXPERT URGES SOUTH
TO SEGREGATE RACES
dentists Fight Sand Fly as Cause of Pellagra
NDICTED AS
TAX FUND
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R. Sims Denies Charge and
Gives Bond—Town Stirred
by Arrest.
A sensation was sprung in East
^oint Wednesday when J. R. Sims,
?ity Clerk, was arrested on the charge
ff embezzling $1,100 of the city’s
unds. The arrest was made by Dep
ity Sheriff George H. Brodnax.
1 Sims, who is well known and has
>een in office four or five years, de
fied that he was guilty of the misap-
ropriation. He immediately made
bond of $2,600.
Sims was indicted Tuesday after-
obn. J. W. Humphries, City Attor-
ey of East Point, brought the alleged
mbezziement to the attention of the
Srand Jury some time ago and a true
ill, dated December 22, was found,
ut was not submitted to Judge Ben
ill until adjournment of Tuesday's
fission.
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Aoeess to Tax Fund.
charged that Sims, who col
lected thpr taxes at East Point, had
fcccess to the funds and took advant-
ge of his position to appropriate
Ibout $1,100 to his own use. He re
igned the city clerkship a few weeks
go and suspicion is said to have been
[greeted toward him at that time.
Sims is married and has borne a
JLod reputation in the community.
y. he report that he had been indicted
| lid arrested on the charge of embez-
ement created the greatest surprise
nong his circle of friends and ac-
ualntances.
Sims’ b—was made in short or-
W, his father-in-law, A. R. Hemper-
, a well-known real estate dealer of
ast Point, and the latter’s brother,
. C. Hemnerly, the East Point un-
irtaker, ^signing it. Both men speak
ell of Sims and expressed belief in
s innocence.
Surprised by Arrest,
Sims, when arrested, showed dis-
rict surprise. He was "laced under
|rest at his father-in-law’s home in
ist Point by Deputy Sheriff Broad-
kx, who allowed him to make bond
■thout bringing him into the Sheriff’s
■ ice.
■The young man declared to Deputy
loadnnx that if there were arv
ortages It was simply a case of dis-
epancies. He said that an auditor
Id been working on the books for
■me time, and that he was awaiting
|e auditor’s report to straighten out
crepancies. if there were any.
ie denied emphatically that he had
fcropriated any of the city’s monev
■his own use.
tayor’s Crematory
Objections Outlined
Hit the request of officials of the
P structor Company. Councilman
Jiley, acting for Mayor Woodward,
Inished them with his specific ob-
lions to the new crematory Wed-
|lay. - The objections are:
larger dynamo to furnish lights
| to operate hoists for garbage and
bs; renewal of furnace doors
|ied out and proper draughts for
protection of these doors; an-
|r arrangement for the disposal of
(vers and ashes; a grate bar that
withstand the heat; proper ven-
lion for the building.
Governor Now Too
Busy to Pass Upon
Nash-Obear Clash
Governor Platon has not yet ren
dered a decision In the Nash-Obear
controversy, although January 1 Is
the date u^on which General Nash
has announced that he will cease to
recognise General Obear either as de
facto or d» Jure the quartermaster |
general of State troops.
The Governor Is giving this matter
careful attention, but because of the
tense situation in Louisville, where
three negroes nre to be tried Wednes
day, and the fact that the military
may be concerned in the settlement
of that situation, the Nash-Obear
controversy has been laid aside tem
porarily.
The Governor likely will not an
nounce a decision before next week.
ASKED FDD
Waldo Quits Police
Head Job in a Huff
NEW YORK. Dec. 31.—Police Com
missioner Rhinelander Waldo resigned
to-day. He wrote to Mayor Kline:
“It appears to be the desire of the
incoming administration not to ap
point a commissioner, but to have
an acting commissioner appointed by
me to remain in charge of the de
partment. I will not be a party to
this plan.”
John Purroy Mitchel will take up
his Mayoralty duties to-morrow*
Mayor Kline anointed First Dep
uty Police Commissioner McKay to
succeed Waldo. His commission ex
pires at midnight.
Grand Jury to Probe
That $8,000 Dance
MACON, Dec, 31.—The $8,000 all-
night dance given by Mr. and Mrs
Emory Wlnship will be the subject
for Grand Jury investigation next
week.
Publication that cnampagne and
other intoxicating beverages costing
several thousand dollars were served
at the dance has prompted the decla
ration from members of the Grand
Jury that they will propose a probe of
the affair. The purpose Is to ascer
tain if the liquors were purchased in
Macon.
‘Arabian’ Negro Gets
Rockpile for Begging
COLUMBUS, Dec. 31— Israel Smi-
ger, a negro, who claims that he was
raised in Arabia by a Hebrew family,
is serving a sentence on the city
rockpile on a charge of begging.
Smiger was only arrested after he
had imposed on several prominent
Jewish families, securing various
amounts of money.
Rabbi Rosenthal discovered that
the negro had worked a similar
scheme in Chattanooga.
My! Rockefeller'll
Be Mad About This
OROVILLE, CAL., Dec. 31.—Peeved
by the fact that John D. Rockefeller
has turned a deaf ear to their re
quests that he build them a school-
house, the patrons of the Rockefeller
school district in this county have de
cided to change its name and are pe
titioning to have it rechristened the
“Jda M. Tarbell School District.”
Id on Atlanta
Forgery Charges
DBILE, Dec. 31.—Harry M. Da-
said to be a member of a promi-
Birmlngham family, arrested
on December 19, in company
Mrs. J. F. Hawsee, a 15-.y*ar-
gir! from Atlanta, on a white,
=> charge, was served with an ad !
nal warrant to-day, charging
?ry of three $10 money orders at
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Would Sell Hubby to
Open Boarding House
BOSTON, Dec. 31 —“I am willing to
sell my husband for $1,000 cash,” wrote
Mrs. Agnes Bedell to Miss Mary E.
Chandler. William Bedell, the husband,
is said to have consented to being sold
so that his wife could open a boarding
house with the cash.
ALABAMA STORE BURNS.
SELMA, ALA., Dec. 31.—The store
of R. D. Sturdivant, at Belknap, Ala.,
20 miles from Selma, burned to-day.
The $4,000 stock was completely de
stroyed There was little insurance.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Middle Circuit Judge Calls on the
Governor for Troops to Pro
tect Negroes at Trial.
Governor Slaton has been called
upon by Judge Ben Rawlings, of the
Middle Circuit, to provide a military
escort for William and George Hart
and Robert Paschal], three negroes,
now confined in the Tower of the
Fulton County jail, when they are
sent from Atlanta to Louisville, Ga..
to-day, If they are sent, . to stand
trial to-morrow for the murder of
Mrs. Seth Irby.
The judge has asked for 200 sol
diers, but the Governor has not yet
responded to his request, and does
not seem likely to do so unless he is
completely convinced that every oth
er legal means for the protection of
the negroes has been exhausted.
The Sheriff of Jefferson County is
in Atlanta, and spent most of the
morning in the Governor’s reception
room, waiting for assurance that the
troops would be provided. He stated
openly that he “did not propose to
budge with those negroes toward
Louisville unless he had a military
esedrt of 200 men,” and added that
“he didn’t propose to be shot up along
with the negroes if a lynching took
place! ”
Solicitor General in Cofifefence.
Solicitor General R Lee Moore, of
the Middle Circuit, had a long Confer
ence with the Governor in the fore
noon over the situation in Jefferson
County, and while the executive
would not discuss the matter later,
he is understood to be of the opin
ion that a means may be found to
handle the situation without actually
calling out the troops.
It is fully realized at the Capitol
that a tense state of affairs prevails
in Jefferson, and that to take tiie ne
groes there for trial now might re
sult in serious trouble. Just after the
crime was committed the three ne
groes involved were hurried to At
lanta by automobile in the dead hours
of the night and by out-of-the-w'ay
paths, in order to avoid a lynching.
The negroes are understood to have
confessed to the brutal murder and
mutilation of Mrs. Irby near Louis
ville, an 1 feeling is very high against
them.
Would Cost $20,000.
Governor Slaton is known to be
most reluctant to order out the mili
tary unless absolutely necessary, not
only because he is opposed to that
on principle, but that It Is very ex
pensive. It is estimated that to pro
vide the escort called for in this case
the expense to the State would run
well around $20,000.
Unless the Governor does provide
the escort asked, It will be necessary
for Sheriff Smith to get his prison
ers to Louisville, nevertheless, or an
swer to Judge Raw’lings for his fail
ure to do so.
Sheriff Smith is scheduled to leave
Atlanta with his prisoners late this
afternoon or to-night. Whether he
will refuse finally to move without a
military escort is problematical, al
though he has stated most positively
that he will not.
The Governor is investigating the
situation exhaustively on his own ac
count, and will decide some time dur
ing the afternoon what he will do.
Mayor Wants Vice
Squad Uniformed to
Allay Antagonism
Striking evidence of Mayor Wood
ward’s police policy for the new year
was given In a conversation with a
number of Councilmen Wednesday.
“We need to put the 30 members of
the vice squad back in uniforms,” he
said. “I advocated that at a meeting
of the Police Commission some time
ago. I still think it would do a great
deal to allay the antagonism against
the police.”
Several members of the party re
marked that if such a motion were
made at the next meeting of the Po
lice Commission it would be adopted.
City and 2 Enjoined
In Sidewalk Fight
The City of Atlanta the Cement Btone
and Tile Company and the Pine Moun
tain Granite Company were restrained
from continuing sidewalk and curbing
work at Westwood and Lake avenues
under a temporary order issued Wednes
day morning by Judge J. T. Pendleton
on petition of Mrs. E. L, Cox.
Mrs. Cox claims that the workmen
are laying the curb and sidewalk tiling
in such a manner that It will close
Lake avenue, and injure property which
she owns on that street. A hearing on
the temporary injunction will be held
January 10.
‘Ex.boozers' Invited
To ‘Watch' Services
AH “ex-boozers’’ of Atlanta are invi - j
ed to attend the watch night service i
snd yearly gathering of former drinking
men at the Salvation Army hall, 29‘ys |
Marietta street, Wednesday night.
“An ex-boozers’ meeting’’ is the way j
the Army invitations read. Hot wieners !
and hot coffee will be served. The first '
meeting will be at 8 o’clock. At its I
conclusion the refreshments will be
served, to be followed by the watch j
service. Brigadier General A. W. Craw - )
ford and Captain and Mrs. Miller will I
be in charge.
Searchlights in Mine j
To Help Catch Gang
LEXINGTON, KY., Dec. 31.—Elec
tric searchlights will be installed in
the mine shaft at Four Mile, Ky..
this afternoon to be used by soldiers
and deputy sheriffs in capturing John
Hendrickson and his gang of outlaws,
who are barricaded there. As soon
as the lights are arranged, the posse
will be sent into the mine after the
men.
Paupers on Strike
For Shorter Hours
The first public report of the re
searches of the Thompson-McFadden
pellagra commission is to be read
Friday afternoon before the physi
cians of Atlanta, and it is expected to
deal radically with changes in the
pellagra theory, In all probability
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Dr. C. W. Stiles,
attending
Congress of
Scientists in
Atlanta, who
1 warns against
danger of
contagion
where whites
and negroes
reside in too
close
Fog Makes Last of
Year Like Doomsday
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 31.—The
last day of the year 1913 dawned like
judgment day in Louisville. Every
street in the city was lighted as at
night. Smoke and fog hung over the
city so thick that no ray of light
could pierce it. The fog and clouds
prevailed over all of the Ohio Valley.
PATERSON, N. J., Dec 31.—Inmates
of the almshouse here went on strike
for less w'ork. shorter hours and more
food.
Their leader was put in jail and the
strike ended.
Accused Mississippi
Senator Acquitted
VICKSBURG. MISS., Dec. 31-
State Senator Hobbs was acquitted
to-day of the charge of accepting a
bribe.
Woman, 45, Marries
Dead Husband's Son
SAYS VICE
Emphasizes
perils from
tuberculosis
and malaria
as result of
mixing of
races. Mothers
and children
especially
menaced, he
declares.
Poverty Increases
In Atlanta; Labor
Conditions Blamed
NEW YORK. Dec. 31.- Mrs. Anna H.
Hall, 46. a widow, married S. Holden
Hall, 45, her stepson.
Pastors Requested
To Send in Notices
Of Services Early
I Pastors are urged to send in
brief notices of their Sunday
i church services in time to reach
The Georgian before Friday even
ing.
The notices should be written
legibly on one side of the paper
and addressed to the Church Ed
itor of The Georgian.
Church notices will be printed
free in Saturday's paper.
transferring the blame from corn to
the common sand fly—at least, sad
dling the sand fly with the active
spread of the dread disease.
The commission, w'hich has been
working in Porto Rico and the South
ern States for the last year, is to
make its flr*t report as a leading fea
ture of the convention <.f the Ameri
can Association for the Advancement
of Science, but owing to the vast im
portance of the report to the medical
profession, the doctors of Atlanta and
of the South have been invited to at
tend the meeting Friday afternoon in
the Atlanta Medical College building.
Germ Not Found Yet.
Dr. J. S. Siler, captain, medical
corps, U. S. A., who Is to read the re
port, is not yet. in Atlanta, but Theo
dore Hough, who has' the chair of
physiology at the University of Vir
ginia and is vice president and chair
man of the section of physiology and
experimental medicine, discussed the
import of the commission’s work on
Wednesday morning
“It should represent the latest au
thoritative w’ord on pellagra and Its
causes,” Dr. Hough said, “and 1 f•• 1
sure a great part, if not all, of the
blame is to be transferred from corn
or maize to the Simulium, or sand fly,
“The pellagra germ has not yet
beep found, but that is not especially
significant. The germ of smallpox is
nearly as Indefinite, but there is nu
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Mayor Opens War
On Covering Fences
With Advertisements
Mayor Woodward’s failure to get I
the* fence around the new courthouse I
removed on account of billboard ad- !
vertifring contracts caused him to de
clare war Wednesday on the practice I
of using the streets for advertising.
“An ordinance should be passed
making it Illegal to use a fence in the
streets for advertising purposes,” he
said. “Many fences are put up pure
ly for advertising purposes, and they
are left standing to carry out the con- j
tracts months after they are unneoes- ,
sary.
Councilmen Ashley and C. D. Knight j
told the Mayor they would support j
I such an ordinance. Advertising con
tracts for the fence around the court- !
house expire to-day, and it is expect- j
ed the fence will be taken down im
mediately.
U. S. Commerce Court
Passes Into History
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—The
I United States Commerce Court ceased
to exist at noon to-day. The four
judges have been assigned to various
circuits by Chief Justice White, of!
the United States Supreme Court. 1
City Warden Thomas Evans Wed
nesday made public his annual re
port showing that poverty In Atlanta
is on the increase. He argues that
the situation arises from the poor
conditions under which so many
women and children have to work.
“Notwithstanding the comparative
ly mild weather the first three
months of the year and the pleasant
months we have had this fall, the de
mand upon this office for assistance
has increased with the growth of the
city, and it has become necessary to
render assistance more or lees each
day in the year,” he wrote.
“Should severe weather set in at
any time, the demands would tax
this office to its capacity.”
Mona Lisa Returned
To Place in Louvre
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Dec. 31.—The famous art
masterpiece, “Mom Lisa,” which was
stolen from the Louvre Museum in
August, 19lT, was returned to Paris
to-day.
Strongly guarded by detectives and
public officials, the painting arrived
in Paris from Milan late this after
noon and was at once taken to the
School of Fine Arts. Fifty gendarmes
and representatives of the Louvre and
the Government guarded the picture
from the railway station to the school.
Mrs. Woodside Heads
Home for Friendless
Wri Bi
annual election of officers for the
: for the Friendless was announced
esday morning, as follows:
sident, Mrs. J. J. Woodside: first
president; Mrs. D. B. Harris; sec-
!■ • president, Mrs. G. J. Dexter,
jrer, Mrs. Victor Smith; recording
[ary, Mrs. F M. Stewart; assistant
iing secretary, Miss Margaret
it; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Cnrnegy • h lirman board of man-
Mto J. liuiuw Campbell.
Minister Declares Closing of Dis
trict Only Scattered Evil All
Over the City.
Albert W. Elliott, a minister of
the pospel and a man who has
spent years in reform work
among'tlie women of the under
world, stood out Wednesday as
the severest critic who has yet as
sailed the policies of the Atlanta
Men and Religion Forward
Movement and the bulletins
which the Executive Committee
hfls published in the newspapers
from time to time.
Two other ministers, not Atlantans,
and many more business men joined
the ranks of those opposed to the
bulletins Wednesday and there was
more talk of a big mass meeting.
In “The Cause of the Social Evil
and the Remedy.” a hook which will
be issued at the beginning of the
New Year, the Rev Mr. Elliott leaves
out entirely the question of the “rep
utation” which may be given Atlanta
and the harm which may be done the
city socially and commercially by the
bulletin campaign, and seeks to strike
right at the root of the whole matter
by endeavoring to show that the
Forward Movement’s entire crusade
against the social evil has been mis
taken, has been based on misinforma
tion and bad Judgment, and has been
visionary and Ill-advised in the ex
treme, and that^ liars have magnified
the supposed beneficial results of the
campaign.
Says Crusade Has Failed.
“At this writing,” he declares, “At
lanta’s district hag been closed nearly
one year, and though the police de
partment has rr^ade every effort to
keep immoral women out of the city,
they have failed utterly to do it.”
The two ministers who joined El
liott in the attack on the bulletins
w'ere the Rev. T, B Thames, pastor
of the Baptist Church of Newnan.
and the Rev. Thomas M. Calloway, of
the Raptlst Church in Dawson. Both
of the ministers communicated with
Colonel Frederic J. Paxon expressing
their approbation of the stand he had
taken and their displeasure at the
tenor and language of the bulletins
that have been Issued by the Forward
Movement executive committee.
“I have objected to the bulletins a
long time.” said Dr. Thames. “Their
language, to my mind, has not been
proper for advertisements Jn the daily
newspapers, which go Into practically
every home in that part of the iiate
and are read by the children as welt
as by the adults.’’
Dr. Elliott is the mission worker
who created a sensation In social re
form circles throughout the United
States lost spring by abandoning his
institutional home for fallen women
and Issuing the positive declaration
that after years of work among them
he had come to the conclusion that
they were in that sort of life because
they preferred it, and that they had
no desire to reform.
Book Remarkable Document.
Commenting on the Men and Re
ligion workers in his new book, which
is perhaoa at once the most intimate
frank and remarkable document on
the subject that has yet been pub
lished, the Rev, Mr. Elliott says:
“The Men and Religion Forward
Movement of Atlanta, in asking the
question. ’What is to be done with t*i>%
women who can not or will not re-
form?’ says, ’She will be schooled un
der gentle but firm hands, backed by
authority of the law. until she learn*
again the true meaning of woman
hood.
“Such a statement is interesting
but visionary, fey what authority
will these women be taken up and
placed in prison (a reformatory) and
kept against their will?
“Will the men who help ner along
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