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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER <S, 190*.
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iOME WORK DONE
DURING TERM OF
He Has Determined to
Leave No Debt on His
Successor.
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Stores.
[102 Whitehall St.
30 Marietta St.,
2 East Mitchell St.
Liquors for Medicinal Use.
NOTICE!
Effective with last car
leaving Atlanta Satur-
1 urday, Oct. 6, and last
car leaving Asheville
Sunday, Oct. 7, the Ma-
con-Asheville sleeping
car line trains. Nos. 35
and 36 will be discontin
ued.
j. C LUSK, Dis. Pas. Agt.
The determination of Mayor Wood
ward to go out of office leaving no
debts behind him, has caused a good
deal of favorable comment in munici
pal circles.
Already during his last term ho has
paid $210,000 of debts Inherited from
his successors. When he came Into of-
flee there was a floating debt of $34i;.
000, which was decreased by $9,000 be
cause of the payment of certain bonds
and Increased by $17,000 because of tho
Edgowood avenue addition. The total
floating debt was therefore $349,000.
Th)s has been decreased to $139,000.
The remaining amount covers the city
hall note of $1,360.80, the Dockeraon
Trust note for the reservoir, which
with Interest amounts to $10,266.67,
the pumping station note and Interest
amounting to about $27,600 ond the
Piedmont park bonds which have been
cut down to $60,000.
Aside from paying the $210,000 car
rled over from tho last administration,
the Washington viaduct has been com
menced, and the total amount of $66,000,
tho city's part, paid or provided for, tho
Boulevard underpass, costing the city
$30,000, paid for; the eighth and sec
ond ward schools costing $75,000 built
and paid for. Additions to five other
schools, one Are bouse built and an
other exchanged and numerous other
Improvements made.
The Edgewood avenue viaduct and
the Magnolia street viaduct have also
been built during the administration,
the amount being counted In the $341,
000 debt handed over.
The revocation of saloon, restaurant
and other licensee coming as it does at
the end of the term and being unlooked
for, Is the cause of the mayor’s deter
mination not to hand over any debt.
This will cut the present admlntstra
tlon out of about $15,000 all told. I
will cut the next administration out of
about $40,000, and If prohibition should
come It will decrease the city’s reve
nues something like $90,000.
DIED AFTER TAKING
SAMPLE OF NERVE TONIC,
MID-AIR ACROBATS
' WITH THE BIG SHOW
An unusually large number of nov.
elty-act* are promised for.the delecta
tion of the local public when the Bar-
num & Bailey clrcurf exhibits in At
lanta, Friday and Saturday, October 19
and 20! One of the" latest,'which'will
t* presented here for the first time, Is
called ’The Aerial Tremplln.” It Is
Introduced by a company of seven Im
ported artists—four men and three
young women. From a published de
scription of the act, the following In-
tereitlng facts are taken:. .
“The aerial tremplln is an elaborated
acrobatli- act, performed In mtd-alr.
Thirty feet above the ground a plat
form, In three sections, Is suspended.
The end sections are solid, but In the
center of the middle one there Is an
elastic canvas. Above the entire appa
ratus are two great wheels, and near by
h suspended a mammoth ball. The
Steves Troupe, which performs, the act;
Mflns the display by a very clever
<er es of acrobatic feats, turning single
and double somersaults from shoulder
to shoulder with the same agility os
upon the ground, notwithstanding that
the platforms are only 12 feet long and
•,;«> In width. The tremplln is then
utilized to perform some astonishing
feats. The artists spring upon the
Special to The Georgian.
Chlckamauga, Ga., Oct. 6.—Mrs. R.
E. Hooks, of Chelsea, Chattooga coun
ty, Georgia, died Tuesday last from
a dose of nerve tonic, received through
the malls. The dose was a half tea
spoonful every hour. The woman was
dead In one hour after taking the
dose. The matter Is under investiga
tion. The remnant of the medicine will
be analyzed by Chemist McCandless.
of Atlanta.
$3.38
* —TO—
Macon, Ga., and Return
—VIA—
Central of Georgia Railway,
Account Macon Centennial Fair, the
Central of Georgia Railway will, on
October 1st to 9th, inclusive, and for
trains scheduled to arrive Macon be
fore noon, October 10th, sell tickets
from Atlanta at rate of $3.38 round
trip, final’ limit October 13th, 1906.
Correspondingly low rates will apply
from other points In Georgia and from
Columbia and Eufaula, Ala.
W. H. FOGG,
D, P. A., Atlanta, Qa.
elastic canvas, and being thrown (llgh
into the air accomplish the most dif
ficult somersaults, and finally land upon
tit; shoulders of their companions on
the end platforms. At the climax of
the act, two of the girls whirl around
on the great wheels at railroad speed,
and the globe, opening, unexpectedly
discloses the figure of a pretty young
girl. The act is not only clever, of
fering opportunities for, the display of
rare skill and daring, but It Is also new
—and that Is always worth while In
these days when amusement purveyors
are too apt to be contented with the
things that are more or less conven
tional.”
Welcome, Druggists !
While attending.the Druggists’ convention, it
'vould pay you to give some thought to this Label
Placed on your printed matter it will be a bid for
patronage of Organized Labor. x daw*_
Atlanta Typographical Union
P. O. Box 266.
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T. J. PHILLIPS, Pres. J. H. TUTWILER, Sec’y and Gen. Mgr.
J. D. CLAYTON, Mgr. of Sales
Officers
State Society.
Mncon.
First Vlce-Pree.:
Dr. A. It. 1 Holderby,
Atlanta.
Second VIce-Pres.:
Dr. E. C. Pcete,
Macon.
Score ta ry-Trea eurer:
Dr. W. T. Jones,
Atlanta.
Annual Meeting In
May, 1907, at Macon.
SOCIOLOGICAL
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE—Rev. C. B. Wilmer, J.
D. Gleaton, E. Marvin Underwood, Dr. R. R. Kime.
Officii
Atlanta 8ooi«ty.
President:
Dr. It. It. Kline.
Vice-President:
E. M, Underwood.
Becretary-Treoeurer:
Dr. E. C. Cartledge.
Regular Meeting on
Recond Thunder
Night of Each
Month at Carnegie
Llbrarj.
DOES IT PAY ATLANTA?
By Dr. R. R. Klme.
Come, let u« reaaon together for the
good of the city.
We have Just emerged from one of
the most unpleasant experiences of
our fair city and duty call* to every
citizen of the city to use his beat
efforts to eliminate the cauae or cause*
that made such a scene possible.
We as a city are responsible for the
riotous scene, death of the Innocent and
Injury to the fair name of Atlanta.
Some say It was for the lack of more
policemen, a larger police force—the
sociologist asks What are the causes
that led to, the demand for a larger
police force. 1. It Increase of crime
and lawlessness? If so, what Is the
cause? Others say sensational reports
of crime In the newspapers. What
caused the sensational reports? An
swer: Crime and lawlesness.
Many say the low dives—but the low
dive must have a fit subject on which
to work to produce crime and lawless
ness.
Where did the subject come from
and who Is responsible for his condi
tion? Who licensed the low dives?
Let us be fair and honest. Where
did the rioters come from that memor
able night? Not from the “low dives,”
but many from the respectable saloon
nnd nil were governed by a spirit of
lawlessness and revenge. From whence
came this spirit of lawlessnes and re
venge? Some In palliation say It was
the young men and boys mostly—a sad
commentary and a gloomy future for
Atlanta, If the young men and boys,
the future citizens, can so ruthlessly
violate law and order and murder In
nocent victims.
We are led to Inquire what were the
causes of this spirit of lawlessness and
crime In the youths of our town. Some
thing Is wrong In our civic conditions
and moral training. They did not come
from the low dives on Decatur street.
Is the city doing Its duty and the pa
rents their duty In providing whole
some surroundings, wholesome litera
ture and proper recreation for the chil
dren nnd youths of the city?
Where Is your hoy tonight? Is he
In some shooting gallery, "peanut gal
lery" or loafing on the street or In com
pany that will flt and qualify him for
a career of vice, crime and degenera-
tl0 8o ? long as the city and parents will
furnish the boys and young men the
opportunity of developing the habits
of drinking, cigarette smoking and m-
moral places of amusement and^ allow
them to be there so long will we have
lawlessness snd crime.
We are told by high authority each
community has the criminals It de-
" e At1anta Is Just what Its citizens
nake if. Lawlessness, crime, vice and
degeneration do not come by chance,
but as ft result of cause And effect^
;vll Irom evil grows: gopd from good
iws. If we have riots, murder of
innocent victims, crime* of all sort*.
It Is but the result of existing condi
tions which we permit nml foster.
In correcting these conditions we
have many things to consider, for there
bio many causes. In dealing wltn
Bir causes. In dealing
causes we should be Influenced and
directed by the principles of •-*-*'*
ustlce and moderation ” frh * «
"right.
The space In
this article will not permit of the con
sideration of all the causes that have
led up to existing conditions, so while
we take up what we consider one of
the primal causes, we hope to consider
some of the others later, when we have
more time and space.
We present It as a principle of right
and Justice that no city has a moral
right to license any business that tends
to Injure or destroy Its citizens. If a
business Is right, Just and a benefit,
then the more that are licensed the
better for the city. If a saloon Is right,
Just end a benefit to the cltlgens of
the city, then the more that are li
censed the better. Is a saloon a pro
ducer? Does It Improve the physical,
moral and mental condition of Its pat
rons? Does It supply any of the neces
sities of life? Does it add to the peace,
comfort and happiness of Its patrons,
and to the homes which It reaches and
Affects? Does It tend to prevent law
lessness and crime, uplift and better
humanity? If It does none of these,
then what want or need doea It supply
that Justifies Its existence?
Experience, observation and Investi
gation have demonstrated that the sa
loon tends to vice, lawlessness, crime,
disease and degeneration; that It tends
to destroy the physical, moral and men-
tal of mankind. It Is a parasite on
humanity, and has no moral valid claim
for existence.
What moral right has a city to legal
ize and license a business that tends to
destroy Its citizens? Licensing an evil
does not make It Just nor right.
Money thus obtained carries with It a
curse and the recipient must pay the
penalty. If we license the business,
accept and use the money, then we are
partners In the business and' responsi
ble In the sight of God. If a father
should, for a few dollars, license the
destruction of the morals, honor and
virtue of his own children, you would
consider him a brute. What better are
we doing as a city? Can we afford to
pay the price In dollars, leaving out
the moral and ethical consideration of
the question?
One riot. What has It cost Atlanta?
112,000 or 315,000 for military and po
lice; one policeman killed, others In
jured, several Innocent persons killed,
business practically suspended for a
wegk, the damage to the trade of the
city, loss In future Investments. Va
rious arrests and trials as a direct re-
suit of the riot.
In the last (3) three years we have
for Atlanta:
Totile 51,339 $490,901
We are safe In saying 75 per cent of
these are due to alcoholics, making
about $370,000 In round numbers. This
does not Include the money spent for
whisky, the time lost from work, the
Injury to business, the money spent
for treating diseases due to Its use,
the value of lives lost by Its use, the
extra expense of an Increased police
force, the number sf poor cared for
by the city and tha charities. Any
level-headed business man, If he would
only stop 1° think, coultf soon see what
money Invested In a saloon means In
;pense's to a city.
From • vll we can sometimes draw
good lessons.
We quote; "Clark Preston, In At
lanta, placed on the recorder's docket
a total of 65 cases only for both morn
ing and afternoon sessions of Monday's
court, while the average la 150 cases.
In the 55 cases are represented several
raids, In which a number of people
were arrusted at the same time for
the same offense. Court lasted only 40
minutes, being a record-breaker. Re
corder Broyles and police officials at
tribute It to enforced prohibition.”
"Since the end of the rioting in At
lanta a remarkable record has been
established at the Grady hospital, de
veloping a sltu&tlon never before known
In the big City hospital.
"It was announced at the Institution
Monday at noon that from lost Tuesday
up to that hour not a case, growing out
of any kind of disorder, had been treat
ed. Not a white man nor a negro had
come Into the hospital with a cut, gun
shot wound, or any other kind of wound
received In a light.
"The ambulance has made only a few
runs during the past week and haa not
been out a time at night. <
"The hospital doctors declare this
condition is unprecedented, and that It
Is due to the closing of the saloons.”
In San Frdndsco after the earth
quake the saloons were closed, per
fect order prevailed, police and military
had but little to do In preserving order.
Later saloons were licensed at $500
each. In 24 hour* 2,000 applications
were made and within two days 630
more. First Monday after opening sa
loons 74 victims |n police court against
five the prevlou* Monday; 72 against
2 on previous Friday and on Monday
to follow, 111 criminals were arrested.”
•These figures convey but a slight
picture of real conditions, for crime of
every unmentionable sort was rife In
the city. Defenseless women were at
tacked In their tent homes. Llttls chil
dren were even molested and the moral
condition which prevailed was deplor
able."
We quote from Wesleyan Christian
Advocate In regard to Kansas City a*
follow*:
"One day last week the police mag
istrate at Kansas City, Kans., adjusted
his spectacles preparatory to calling
the first case. There was no answer.
An apologetic bailiff who stood by
grinned, and explained, 'There ain't
none, your honor.’ The magistrate cast
his eye down the’empty court room.
'Where are the prisoners r he asked.
For the first time In the history of the
municipality, at least within the mem
ory of the oldest officeholder! the shab
by row of ‘drunks and disorderlies' fail
ed to line up before the bar of Jus
tice.
“The two hundred saloona have been
put nut of business In this city, and
the Jails are empty. Assistant Attor
ney Trlckett Is master of the situa
tion, while Mayor Roite, discouraged
and depressed, has had to resign his
office to escape prosecution by the su
preme court. Another session of the
police court without plaintiffs ha* been
held—two In one week. The city jail
Is empty. Even the two guards have
been discharged. The police force has
been diminished, and the Jafl rock-pile
Is silent. A startling decrease In crime
iq the result of the temperance
itratton. Only a few months ago
the city officials were considering plans
for enlarging the Jail. That waa before
Attorney Trlckett Inaugurated his cru
sade. The crooka and criminals have
sought. other, fields. They have gone
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It Is tho logical thing to use, for reasons too
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ATLANTA SDPPLY C0„
SOLE 8TATE AQENT8 FOR GEORGIA.
'29-31 8outh Forsyth Street, Atlenta, Ga.
J. C. GREENFIELD, Prii. C. k. PEEK, Sm'j.
to cities where there aro moro sa
loons and gambling houses. Kansas
City Is rid of them, probably forever.
Banker* and. merchant* who protested
at first against such a campaign have
voluntarily apologized and have align
ed themselve* with the reform forces.
They now admit that the enforcement
of the law haa helped bualneu rather
than cauaed a depression. A time
keeper of one of the large packing
houses testified that since the solqons
were crushed the effect on employees
has been marked. If the saloons were
kept closed,' he said, 'the company soon
could afford to raise the wages of the
men.’
What one city has done others can
If there are any other Attorney
Trickett* around, now la their time to
come forward.” . .
These thought* have bean presented
for consideration by Atlanta’s cltlsena
given from a material nnd moral stand-
point. , LA...
No rash act* or,ra*h measures should
be taken, but right, justice and mod
eration should prevail.
This subject should be studied and
Investigated In all Its bearings and ra
tional measures Instituted for It* per
manent proper adjustment.
YerQsr Tried for Murder.
Hpeelsl to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 6.—Argument Is
being had In the case of Julius Yer-
ger, who has been on trial here for the
killing of Luther Galle. The case will
not be finished until next week. Ver
ger killed Galle aa the outcome of a
Sunday crap game. r
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