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TT’KSPAY. mcrKMHEIt I. ISflfr. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, INITIAL STEP Council Indorses In vestigation of City Ownership. NO OPPOSITION SHOWN MEASURE Engineers Will Make Esti mate of Cost and Re port on Feasibility. Without a dissenting vote, coun cil Monday afternoon voted an ap propriation of $500 for the pur pose of making an investigation into the feasibility of the city’s building its own lighting plant. Mr. Preston S. Arkwright, presi dent of llie Georgia Railway and Electric Company, and vice presi dent of the Atlanta Gas Company, and Mr. T. A. Hammond, attorney for the gas company, attended the meeting of council, but no speech es were made against the investi gation. They were there, it is sup posed, merely to see how council would line up. Thi' recommendation that this appropriation should he made was introduced by the special commit tee on municipal ownership, of which Alderman dames I,. Key is rhajrman. With this appropriation, it is plauned to engage the services, of a competent and unprejudiced engineering firm: to have the streets surveyed, plans drawn anil estimates submitted as to how much it would eost the city to build a lighting plant, how cheap ly light could he produced here, and for how much less it could he sold than the present high rate of the monopoly. The advocates of municipal ownership are rejoicing over the passage of this appropriation, not only because they feel that the in vestigation will show it is practi cable and advisable for the city to build a plant of her own, but be cause the unanimous vote of coun cil shows that the city officials realize just how great and over whelming is the sentiment of the |M»plc of Atlanta for municipal ownership. J. P. MORGAN MAY SELECT FISH TO HEAD SOUTHERN Wants To Get Back At Harriman For Recent Action. NEW YORK HEARS RUMOR OF PLAN Dispatches From Washing ton Say Finley Is Likely to Succeed Mr. Spencer. COTTON IS WORTH 121-2CTS., PREST, That the actual value of cotton today Is 12 1-2 cents Is the firm belief© of President M. L. Johnson, of the Georgia division, Southern Cotton Association, who says In hi* statement to the pro ducer* this week: "The bear raid on cotton Is apparent ly breaking, and-'fvom now on I believe, we may confidently expect better price*. "The actual value of cotton today I* 12 1-2 cents and In my opinion It Is more. It cost u» 10 cents to make the cotton. To sell It at actual cost of pro duction mean* debt, often rulnou* debt, In the preparation for making next year’* crop. • “It appears from the Information re ceived at thl* office* that we have not had that co-operation from those who have control of our money, which we had the right to expect. The producer Is being called on to pay hi* debt*, and there Is a.continued attd persistent ef fort to have tho crop sold.and marketed at once, while on the other hand the buyer lias no trouble In getting all the money he needs. | "Indebtedness thus Is the cause of all our trouble and will remain so until the yoke Is thrown off. If wo expect to control the next crop we must prepare for it now. We must get free of debt and |Hit ourselves In an Independent position which will enable us to have a say in naming our terms. '•Millions of the proceeds of the pres ent crop will go to the West and other section* for meat, grain, forage and other necessities. As long a* we neg lect to raise these crop? at home, mak ing cotton largely a surplus crop, ho long must we continue In a slate of ... un.i H .v.r financial mctllocrity, ever confronted the operating and traffic departments, by the specter of ruinous debt, perhaps while the financial arrangements will of bankruptcy. New Yolk. Dec. 4.—That Stuyvesant Fish may succeed Samuel Spencer, who was killed In the recent Virginia wreck. president of the Southern railway, was the rejioit current today. It Was declared by those who are fa miliar with the Morgan-Harrimun fight or the.possession of the Northern Pu- ifie that Morgan would be very likely to take the opportunity to honor the man whom Harriman had deposed. When Fish was dismissed from the presidency of the Illinois Central at the behest of Hanlmnn and the Stand ard fill Interests, It was said that he had the sympathy of Mr. Morgan. Now declared#the financier will be al most sure to avail himself of the fiance to officially show his confidence In Mr. Fish. Dispatches from Washington state that It Is understood Second Vice President W. W. ‘Finley will be named to succeed Mr. Spencer ns president of the Southern, and that there will he a division of management, Mr. Finley, a* president, being In complete control of devolve upon a new official known as chairman of the board of directors. Malaria Causes toss of Appstlts. The Old Standard, Grove** Tasteless Chill Tonic, drive* oiit malaria and build* up the system. Sold by all dealers for 27 years. Price 50 cent*. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Tad* .LAXATIVE 8ROMO Quinine Tablet,. Druggists refund money If It \V. (JROVK'8 slgna- City to Give to Fund. Special lo Tlii* Uivirylnu, Columbus, ria., I)eo. 4.—The com. tnle,loner, of t'ominon, have agrood in aell properly In tnl* city to the amount of 110,000 to be given to the fund to secure the llutilr-t agricultural school for Mu*t :ogee county. ANTI-BAILEY MEN HOLD CONFERENCE! PLAN CAMPAIGN Austin, Te*„ Dec. 4.—Al a conference of lenders of the anti-Halley movement held here today behind closed doors, jjlnn* were adopted for waging t\ strong eauipnlgn ii gill list the re-elect lou of Senator Halley. It Is stated that a miivnsn of the umhiiImhn of the leglslntnre leads to the belief that n majority of them will vote against him If n suitable candidate ran Im» placed in the field. An effort Is living made to Indtioe (loveriMM’-eleet T.- ll. Campbell to penult III* name to go before tho legislature for from all inference of 11a lie, over the stnte was he! are waiting for Halley to mnke u statement In reply to Attorney-General Davidson's specific charges that lie received money from the Waters-Plerce Oil t'oinpany before i to stent Halley i CAMPAIGN SUSPENDED TILL AFTER CHRI8TMA8. g|MM'lill to The Georgian. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 4.—Christ mu* has gotten Into the hone* of the can didate* for governor and by common consent they have quit the drive until Home time In January, when they ex pect to start on the round* again with renewed vigor. This Is destined to bq, the longest campaign that Mississippi has ever seen. It started early this year und In January will be renewed with great vigor and kept up until next August, when the primary takes place. 'Plainly we have got to reverse con ditions, taking In for our own crop more than we pay out for others, or financial disaster cannot be averted.; FT he cotton market I*, now bearing out the accuracy' of my prediction*. Frffse report* of a large crop are ceas ing to have their effect and the price I* slowly advancing In spite of them. "The farmer needs 12 1-2 cents for his cotton. It is worth it now and he ought to have It. I'nless he gets it he will not be prepared as he should he to make and market next year's crop. “M. L. JOHNSON. "President Go. Dlv., S. O. A.'* COMMITTEE TO REPORT Anderson Hardware Co. HousefuraishinRS, Silverware, Stoves, Ranges, Sporting Goods, Cutlery, Toys, Dolls, etc. Anderson Hardware Co. GREAT HOLIDAY OFFER From Our Toy Department—Third Floor We have selected another $10,00 Paris Dolls and $60.00 Automobile and will make the same offer as the one which created such interest last Christmas. We will give the Doll and the Automobile to the first person guessing the name of the Doll. This Doll is named for a Georgia City and a Georgia County The Doll’s given name is taken from the list of Geor gia cities of 1,000 or more inhabitants. Her surname is a Georgia count}'. The contest closes Dec. 24, and the person guessing the name will be awarded the gifts Dec. 27. ^can nave man; Get out your Geographies and begin to study .the list. 50c worth of cash tickets for, goods purchased in our Toy Department entitles you to one guessing blank. Come in or write and get full particulars. Get to work collecting, coupons so you can have many guesses. Toys of All Kinds The monthly meeting of the directors of the Chamber of Commerce will be held Tuesday afternoon at .1 o'clock at tho headquarters of the chamber irt the city hall. No business of especial Importah- will come up unless the committee I* ready to report on a location for the proposed market exchange and for the new' offices of the chamber. Thl* com mittee will probably report. While the committee I* undecided between several locations offered. It la highly probable that the exchange will be either In the Candler building or the People’s building. FROM WEAVER TO WEARER. foreign fabric*, ami t«* keep my I ft tailors busy during the mouth of Detv... l„, r | um offering choice of uuy Hiilt or ivervtmt In my slum f«r $35 cash, tallow! Jo inter. These good* are worth from to ,vltl pay you to come nnt^ Inapc' AUCTION SALE SMYRNA PROPERTY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6. SALE BEGINS AT 10 O’CLOCK A. M. Fs^EE BARBECUE DINNER. To supply the present demand for building lot. and acreage proiierly on the Marietta car line, we have arranged for one more auction .ale at Smyrna oil December 0, which will be the last for thl. .eaion. For thl. sale we have two of the moat attractive propertle. that could l>* found on the Ma rietta car line. One tract 1. the proiierly of Mr.. Walker, having east front on Atlanta street and car line, and In part of the old Mable place, opposite Uelntout farm at south comer. This is about the hlgh- . est point In Smyrna and the lots as pretty as can be found anywhere. The smallest lots are 85x250 and the largest 100x450. in the best resident portion of Smyrna. The other tract is located on Roswell street nbout :I00 yards northeast of Smyrna depot. This Is decidedly the roost desirable large tract this near In at Smjrna. There are tirty acres In the tract, having one of the'best streets In 8myrna through the center and roads on the four sides of the^tract In addition, so that almost every lot will front two streets. This property will be sold in tracts of from one to five acres each. There are several One or chards of apples, iieaches, cherries, grnpes. etc., on this farm and almost every lot will have an abun dance of fruit on It. The land Is fertile and lies beautifully and has good elevation. • For truck farms, poultry farms or nice homes this Is one of the most attractive properties to be found. Sale begins at 10 o’clock a. m. I^uve Atlanta on car leaving at 9 o'clock. A barbecue dinner will lie served free. , . Terms on both tracts t-3 cash with balance one and two years, at 7 per cent Interest. STEVE R. JOHNSON, AUCTIONEER. Mechanical Toys, 5c- to $3.00 Sol^ior,Sets, 25c to m $1.50 Lead Soldier Sets, 25c to" $1.00 ‘Iron Trains, 25e to $2.00 Boys? Tool Chests, 25c to $4.00 Humpty-Dumpty Circus, 50c to $10.00 Magic Lanterns, 25c to $7.50 Steam Engines, 25c to $10.00 Loop-the-Loop, 50c and $1.00 Horns and Trumpets, 5c to 50c Banks, all sizes, 5c to $1.50 Masks—new ideas, 5c to $1.00 Drums of nil kinds, 25c to $2.00 Rubber Balls. 10c to $1.20 Noah’s Arks, 5c to $3.00 Stables, with'animals, 35c to $5.00 Hobby Horses ^...... $4.00 up Rocker Shoo Fly 76c up Swing Shoo Fly $2.00 no Velocipedes, $L5tM«sy. :v - $10.00 Tricycles, ity.50 *. $10.00 Steel Express Wagons, 75 c to $10.00 Automobiles, $4.50 to $35.00 Sleds, $1.25 to .' '..... $2.00 Wheel Barrows,-35c to „ $3.50 Building Blocks, 25c to $1.50 Hand Cars, $3.50 to $11.00 Animal Toys, 5c to $2.00 33-35 Pcachlree St., 2-16 EdgtKOid Ave. Toys at All Prices China Dolls, lc to • 50c Dolls of all kinds, 5c to $10.00 Tea Sets, 5c to $5.00 Cooking Stoves, 5c to • $3.50 Wash Sets, 25c to $1.00 Complete Kitchens, 5Uo t< $3.00 Theaters with actors, $2.50 to , $6.60 Toy Coffee Mills .. r 15c up Sewing Machines, $2.50 to $7.50 Wash Stands, 10c to . $3.60 Bureaus, 10c to ' $3.50 Child’s Mission Tables, 25e to. $3.50 Mission Chairs, 75e to $2.00 Doll Chairs ; 10c up Combination Tables, 25c to $2.00 Doll Carriages, 25c to . $10.00 Doll Trunks, 25c to $2.00 Black Boards, 50c to $3.00 Rubber Toys, 25c to 75o Doll Beds. 25e to , . $5.00 Push Toys 25c up naml Organs at $1.50 Musical Ingtumentfe, 25c to $3.00 We have put in a big stock of Children’s linen, paper and fine cloth covered Books, ranging in price from 2 l-2c to 50c each. See our new stock of Games—the largest and best in the city. Lots of good new ones. ANDERSON HARDWARE CO. Mall Orders Carefully and Promptly Filled 5 7 REE 7 NA MED IN MEM OR Y OF LATE SAMUEL SPENCER; RUNS PAST NE W TERMINAL Exit Madison avenue. Enter Spencer avenue. Aldermen Holland and Htrsch have framed an ordinance looking to the payment of a fitting tribute to the memory of the late Haptuel Spencer, president of the Southern railway, who was killed In a recent wreck. It Is remembered that the Southern was largely responsible for the erection of the handsome new terminal station, and that, hud It not been for the ef fort* of president Spencer, this much- desired end would never have been consummated. Accordingly. Messrs. Holland ami Hlr*ch think It would be a fitting and beautiful tribute to the memory of the great Industrial captain of the South for council to have the name of the street, which the terminal station face*, changed to Spencer avenue. Following I* the ordinance Intro duced : "He It ordained by the mayor and genernl council that the name of Mad ison avenue be and the name is hereby changed to Spencer avonue, and ordi nance heretofore approved April 19, 1893, changing the numo of Thompson street to Madison avenue, be and the same I* hereby repealed.” - TRYING TO ROARD CAR, FARMER IS While attempting to board a trolley car Monday night at South Forsyth and Mitchell Ntreets, Charlie Vernon, a farmer ‘residing near Cherokee, Oa. f was accidentally thrown to the pave ment and Injured about the head. He was inken to the Grady hospital. HI* injuries are not considered serious. E. P. GREEN REAL ESTATE COMPANY, MARIETTA, GEORGIA. Fpectal to The Georgian. I Statesboro, Ga., I>ec. 4.—Morgan Par rish, who *was seriously' Injured In a runaway about two weeks ago, died yesterday, after much suffering. Mr. Parrish was a member of one of Bul loch county’s most prominent families I. N. Stapleton Dead. special to The Georgian. Statesboro, Ga., Dec. 4.—I. N. Staple- ton, a prominent farmer, died Sunday ut his home, about six miles from Statesboro. Huntsville Merchant Deed. S|mhIuI to The Georgian. Huntsville. Ala., Dee. 4*—-Henry New man, of the Frank H. Newman mercan tile establishment, died here very' sud denly Saturday night. IHs remains were Interred In Maple HUP cemetery. FIGHT IG BEING MADE ON BARNESVILLETANK The supreme court Monday heard argu ments in the lnjiuietlon case of the City of Uarneavllle v*. J. W. Means, ordinary. Thl* Is another fight on the dispensary. At tho last session of tho general assem bly an act was paused empowering the or dinary to call a dispensary election when a petition was presented to him signed by one-third of the voters. Such a petition was presented to Ordinary Means, or like county, but Itefore he could order the election, the eltjr of Bartlesville sought to enjoin hint on the ground that the law did not apply to the Bartlesville dispensary. A temporary Injunction was granted, but on the regular hearing Judge Ucaguii declined to grant n permanent one. Itaniesville excepted, and the e**e ratue to the supreme entirt. The city Is repre sented liy W, W. Latubdlit. E. A. Stephens ami Joe 11 III Hall. The petitioners by C. J. and O/ T. Lexter and J. M. fimltb. SPECIAL SESSION OE POLICE BOARD The board of police commissioner* will meet in special session Tuesday night at the police station for the pur pose of examining the applications on hand for Jobs as policemen. About twenty applications have been received and the commissioner* will scrutinize these closely to psrertaln the character of the tnen seeking elec tion. All applicant* found satisfactory will b.» passed to the civil service board for mental and physical exam! nation. It I* understood that the commission will not consider the controversy be tween Probation Officer Gloer and Miss Handerson, police matron, at the meet ing Tuesday night. Old Clothes steamed clean ed by Tom Weaver. N., C. «t St. L. Calendar. An attractive lithographed 19d7 cal endar done in five colors Is being dis tributed among Its customers by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, from It* office on the via duct. The calendar shows drawings of the up-to-date "Dixie Flyer,” and the engine. "General,” which played an Im portant role In the civil war north of Atlanta In 1863. O O O MAY VOTE AQAIN8T 0 O ACCEPTING INCREASE. O o o O Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 4.—The 10 O Q per cent wage advance given by O O the Pennsylvania railroad to Its O O employees Is now In efTect, having O O been mude effective Sunday. O O Notwithstanding this, the Broth- O O erhood of Railway Trainmen, 0 O which, as an organisation, 1* op- O 0 posed to It* acceptance, Is taking O O u vote on the proposition. Vot- 0 O Ing was begun today. The ofil- O O ear* of the organization expect It O O will be rejected by an almost 0 0 unanimous vote. O 0 0 0O00OOO0O0O00000000O000000 SET DATE FOR TRIAL OF BANKRUPTCY CASES. Special to The Georgia if. Greensboro, N. Dec. 4.—In the Federal court this morning Judge Boyd ordered prayer for Judgment against the revenue officers and distillers for merly convicted, to await the result of trial of other officers at a special term called to meet in Greensboro, beginning the second Monday in January*. He also set the trial of the bank ruptcy ca*e of the Dtnimetis Hardware Company against Hardin & Davis, for trial at the special January* term. These defendants are among the rev enue officials convicted* GILBERT SENTENCED TO TWELVE MONTHS Pete Gilbert, u negro, was found guilty in the city court before Judge Calhoun Tuesday morning of asdultlng Mrs. Elisabeth Huggins and was given n sentence of 12 months or a fine of $100 and costs. The negro was first charged with attempted criminal as sault, but the grand jury Indicted Mm for simple assault only. The trouble occurred on the Handtown road near Cascade avenue. J ** EARLY MORNING FIRE IN VIRGINIA HOTEL The timely discovery’ by the night clerk of smoke Issuing from n plunder room In the Vlrglniu hotel, in North Droad street, «near the bridge, Tues day morning at 4:30 o'clock probably prevented a serious conflagration. Rushing to the room, the clerk and a special offlrer of the hotel discovered several boxes burning and quickly ex tinguished the flames. The Are occa sioned no excitement nnd the guests were unaware what had occurred until they arose some time later. New Lock Boxes. One. hundred additional lock boxes will be Installed in the Atlanta poxt- offlee as soon ns they arrive from the department. The new boxes wilt be installed In the front screen where the Inquiry window whs formerly lo- cated. Toe department was requested to allow 200 extra boxes but the rt? quest was cut in half. Old Clothes Dyed to Look Like New by Tom Weaver. 93 Peachtree St.