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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
TXirnSDAT, DHCEMDER 6. 1304.
One Man Is Killed.
Wounded Found by
Rescuers.
Houghton. Mich., Dec. 6.—The.Mes-
na.ii Shaft of the Quincy mine was
visited last night by one of the worst
disasters that has'befallen a copper
company In years. That the loss of life
was not greater than actually occurred
Is believed to have been due to the
, (U jck relief measures Instituted,by the
mining company.
At least one man was killed and a
•core more or less Injured as the result
of the explosion of several thousand
iwunds of dynamite stored In a maga
zine on the twenty-first level. Until an
early hour tills morning It was Impos
sible to ascertain the extent of the
damage, and even then there are u
number of men who have not been
accounted for.
Fire broke out after the explosion
and the damage may be much worse
than at flrst was believed.
Forty miners had just descended to
commence the night shift in the Men-
nard shaft when the magazine exptod-
ed. William Goggln was Instantly
billed and a number of the thirty-nine
others fatalljP injured. Rescue parties
Immediately commenced an under
ground search for the missing men.
The heat and gases caused by the ex
plosion made this work difficult, but
with perseverance the men finally
found several unconscious and badly
injured men.
ft has been ascertained that the ex
plosion was caused by a miner who
ires engaged In cutting a stick of dyna
mite. dropping some flaming grease
from his candle.
BIRDSONG TRIAL
IS BEGUN IN COURTi
SHERIFF TESTIFIES
MRS. RA WLINS BEARS
BODY OF HUSBAND TO
HOME AMONG HILLS
Daughter Drives Old Horse Along Country
Road While Widow Sits Beside
the Coffin.
Special to The Georglao.
Jacksonville, Oa., Dec. 6.—Along the
country'road, under a misty, rain that
seems to shut out every hope of sun
shine, a widow and her daughters are
driving to their old home.
In the wagon is a coffin and beside
It sits the woman, her eyes undlhiiiied
by tears that will not flow, staring
ahead Into the mists. Beside her ts
the body of her husband—but she can
not give herself to grief for him. Rack
ing her mind, driving her mad with
fear, is tile thought of two other bodlei.
that must soon be borne along that
same road—the bodies of her sons.
TiJ© woman la Mrs, Rawlins, widow
of the man who paid the penalty of his
prime last Tuesday In the Valdosta
Jail. She la bearing home the body of
her husband—a murderer, but atlll her
husband. A daughter holds the reins
and guides the old horse slowly
PASTOR TO LEAVE
ALA, CONFERENCE
Montgomery Divine To Be
Located at New Or
leans Church.
Special to The Georgian.
Kufaula, Ala., Dec. C.—There Is no
more conspicuous figure In the Alabamu
conference now in session here than
Tells How Murdered Doctor
Was Shot Five Tunes,
Two After Dead.
r ? -.\
#<F.oi in! to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 6.—At Hazle
hurst today the Birdsong trial was be
gun in earnest wltli the examination
*»f witnesses. W. W. Williams, former
sheriff of Lawrence county, and an eye
witness, testified tbnt Dr. Butler
shot five times; twice In the office and
three times on the pavement;, that two
•>f the shots were fired after he was
down.
Judge Miller refused to allow the ad
mission of any evidence tending to
show the relation! between Dr. Butler
nnd Mrs. Birdsong, as urged for by the
defense.
The defense requested that the physl-
< fnns they had summoned to testify be
not placed under the rule, but this was
overruled.
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Union Machiniats.
An annual election of officer a for the
International Auoclatlon of Machinists.
Atlanta I.oilgo No, 1, will take place
Thursday night at Federation hall. Un
usual Intercut I* being displayed by the
union machlnlMH *.f Atlanta In the elec-
Hon of president, and a full attendance
I* expected.
Dr. H. R. Barnard.
I'r. if. R. Bernard, who was elected
Tuesday , to the position of auditor of
Hie Baptist board of missions for Geor.
via, will move to this city. He was
formerly secretary nnd treasurer of
■he Baptist commission of education,
and had,his headquarters at Macon.
I >r. Bernard Is well known as a. mission
«orker and Is very popular In Atlanta.
through the wood's to the hptne among
H' hills at Jacksonville.
ithe
This' will be the home-coming of
Rawllns-a-borne HI- a -coffin to his last
rest. • For eighteen months the women
have waited and watched and prayed
—for husband and sons, father and
brothers—behind the bars of the Val
dosta Jail.
* They have given Mrs. Rawlins her
.husband—a corpse. Will they let her
young sons live to serve out their lives
In prison, perhaps to be set free after
paying dearly for" a'reputed crime
which their father swore on the gal
lows they did not .commit—
Or will the old mother be given the
bodies of her sons, that'she may make
a second pilgrimage- to, Valdosta nnd
drive the old horse-once more to the
little home In the hills—this time with
two coffins In the wagon Instead of
one?
It Is up to the three prison commis
sioner* to answer. On one side |s the
law. stern, Inexorable. On the other
—mercy—with the benefit of “very rea
sonable doubt.”
FOUGHT PISTOL DUEL;
ONE SHOT TO DEATH
Shooting Occurred in Bar
room, Both Men Emp
tying Revolvers.
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala.. Dec. 8.—Following
a charge of mistreatment In a south
side saloon, Alf Parker, a blacksmith,
was shot to death by J. P. Edwards, a
bartender, at 8 o'clock this.morning.
Both men ethptled their, revolvers.
Parker being shot through the heart
and chin. Edwards received wounds
about the legs and left side, which may
prove fatal. I? was a pistol duel fought
to the finish.
ASSERTS SPIES
OE JAPANESE
ARE AT WORK
Western Senator Says
Agents of Mikado
Menace Country.
Washington/ Dec, 6,—The Far Weat and
the Kouth are In sympathy In the matter
of Miolr problem*. ‘The Southerner* have
expressed themselves about the Japanese
question, and make it clear that they under
stand what Californians hare In. their mind,
and some of the expressions suggest that
the Snn Francisco question is uot to l*e
lightly passed over as an Incident to be for
gotten after everybody has had
Moreover, It la nppareut that California Is
not alone In this protest against the Japan
ese. Western men point out that this prob
lem ban been developing for a long time.
Sa/s Jap Spies Are Active.
Western senator, who comes from
mountulu rather thaa a coast state, talked
frankly of bla people, ffe would not permit
his uatne to Ih» used. Itut he mode It plain
thnt his people In hla state do uot fhl
the question is a local incident.
I have no doubt thnt the whole West is
... and 'sples. , • he said.
evidence enough to make
kli
I have seen
„j believe It
They are working just as they did In Rus
sia and Manchuria before the war with'
Russia.
“The people out West are very much in
arnest about tbla question. The Japanese
jre still coming to our shores, and will keep
coming and making the problem larger and
TO HOLD MEETING
WITH BIG DINNEH
REV. HENRY T. JOHNSON.
Pastor of First Methodist church
of Eufsuls, Ala., and host of tbs
present station of ths Alabama
conference.
First Methodist churcn and host of the
conference.
Mr. Johnson rose from the foreinnn-
shlp of a bridge gang on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad to the position
which lie now occupies’. He Is one of
the greatest preachers of Alabama
Methodism, having held some of the
best appointments In the conference.
He has u style all his own. Some
people have called him the “Sain Jones
of Alabama.” *
It Is announced that Rev. J. A. Rice,
D.D.. who has served Court Street
church, Montgomery, for the past four
years, will transfer to the Louisville
conference. It Is furthermore under
stood that he will be appointed to
Rayne Memorial church, New Orleans.
An animal meeting of the Hnghiccrliig
Association of tin* South, composed of dll
the prominent civil and constructive cm
gluccrs of Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama,
will take place at tbc,K!inball December
It and 15.* The v!siting engineers will be
entertained by the Atlanta section, of which
City Knglnoer Clayton Is president.
The busluess. meeting of the association
will he held In- the convention ball at
the Klmhnll December 14. Prominent en
gineers. Alexander Itonucrman. chief en
gineer of the Atlanta, nirmingham nnd At-
liintle; Hunter McDonald, chief engineer of
the Louisville nnd Nashville; Professor
liraudi, Georgia School of Technology, and
others, will read Important papers,
The Atlanta chapter will entertain the
Isltors with a tour of all the points of
engineering Interest In the city on Decern
her 15. They will be taken In carriages
the Atlanta terminal station, the Gate
Htjr tcrndnnlH. now under construction
Ictlon.”
Firs ’Em Out, Says Mudd.
Itcpreseutatlve Mudd was asked today for
specific statement of Ids view# on the
demand of the Japnuese to enter the white
schools in San Francisco. -
I do not sec any use.” he said, “lu
mincing words, or of treating this matter,
to use n familiar expression. In a 'mealy-
mouthed* manner. It Is useless either to
deceive ourselves or to seek to deceive the
Japanese.
“I know of hut one method of treatment
of a fellow thnt we do uot want to enter
our house, and that Is to keep him our. If
lie does nut go our. we put him out. It Is
uot the American fashion to use very much
unction of ceremony lu the manner of bis
ejectment. .
They Ought to-Settle It.
"In my Judgment, this question of the ad
mission of Japanese, particularly adult
Japanese, to the same schools with the
white children of California I# a matter of
domestic concern with the people of Cali
fornia. It Is lar—* ** - ' * •“
the people there
these people, they ought to settle it.
“I have, I am frank to say. some rather
not think the Japanese contentious should
he tolerated for a minute in a movement
seeking to enforce the admission of these
overasscrtlve smartish fellows Into social
Juxtaposition with the white children of
California."
SHAW ASKS CASH
F(
hut
the freight terminals of the Louisville und
Nashville,' the Washington street viaduct
nnd the reinforced concrete viaducts In
West Atlanta.
. Krlegshaber, 8. L. Morrow
HiJI, Jr., im>»)l>er* of the enter-
committee.
Two Corporations.
Two petitions for charters were filed
in the superior court Wednesday aft
ernoon. The Willingham Investment
f ompany, capital stock $5,000, incor
porated by J. A. Willingham, E. M.
Dillingham and A. H. Watson, asked
for a charter. This company will deal
,n r< *»l and personal property. A char-
t“r for the Atlanta Labor Temple Com
pany. capital stock $25,000, was applied
[;■' by Charles W. Bernhardt. J. B.
Mewitt et al. The purpoee of the com.
wny i, to erect a labor temple In the
Shanghai, I.’idna, Dec. 6.-The South China
Morning Post's rorre.iionilent nt Mil-
■-hiraiur telegraph. Hint the Japanese to
iler linn i'll till- city over to Hie Chinese,
and th.it the Clilneno fins tin. been hoisted
,-pr the public buildings.
Miii'hwans hill lieeii hebl by the Jap
anew* .la,-* the beginning of the. war with
llua.li-
RIFLE SOLD IN COURT;
SMALL BOY RECKLESS
Clt
Big Kick on Late Mails.
► The Georgian.
“peels! to
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 6.—Auffusta lm* a
S'-it deal of trouble getting the mail
■'u time, and scarcely a day posses that
'[ li not from one to three hours late.
J "mplalnt has been made trer.uently
ay the postmaster.
New Boiler for Hospital.
The finance committee Thursday
morning adopted a resolution recoin-
' hding to council the appropriation
nf 81.580 as a supplementary fund
Ion of a new boiler
“mplete the erectL
the Grady hospital.
VIVA
Thursday was bargain day In police
eourt. Only one article was sold, but
It went for a mere trifle, the transac
tion being on entirely unique piocecd-
Ing for the municipal mill of justice.
Clifford Owens, a small, negro boy,
was arraigned on the charge of reck
lessly shooting a repeating rifle, the
testimony showing that the bullet had
gone Into a house In Windsor street
and narrowly missed a sick woman.
The hoy said lie ivos shooting at a bird
and had no Intention of doing any
harm. •. . . . .
Judge Broyles dismissed the case and
order'd the boy whipped by his moth
er, also telling her she would have to
get rid of the rltle. She said she was
willing to do this, nnd Officer Duck,
who was In the court room, promptly
offered her one dollar for the weapon.
The woman agreed to the price and the
officer tvas given the gun, after winch
nil parlies In the case left the court
room.
-A slight change for the better In the
condition of James R. McKeldin, who
( ls critically III at Ills home. 15 East
North avenue, has greatly encouraged
his family nnd friends. Wednesday
night he held his own and even this
was encouraging. Thursday afternoon
Ills physician* reported a alight change
for the better. His brother, Hugh Sic.
Keldln, la at the bedside and will re
main.
TO WpRK CONVICTS
BUILDING RAILROAD
INTO BRUNSWICK, GA
8uit for Damage*.
H. W. Pitch haa brought suit in the
superior court against the Louisville
and Nashville railroad nnd the Atlantic
Coast I.li.e railroad for 810,000 dam
ages. Plaintiff alleges that while act
ing as detective for defendant he was
Injured by a door which fell from a
passing freight train in Atlanta.
Special to The Georglao.
Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 8.—The board
of roads and revenues of Glynn county
haa paased favorably on a petition pre-
aented them, algned by a large majority
of the largcat tax-payers In Glynn
county, aaking that the city and county
convicts be put to work to grade the
roadbed, lay the ties and Iron of the
extension of the Georgia Coast and
Piedmont railroad from the Glynn
county line to the city of Brunswick.
The Georgia Coast anil Piedmont of
ficials, at a conference here several
days ago, agreed to extend their line
from Darien to Brunswick, provided
the eltlsens of this county would con
tribute labor to the value of $130,003
for the purpose of grading their road
bed and laying the ties and Iron from
the county- line to the city limit*. In
addition to the value of the labor to he
furnished through the county and city
convicts, sufficient cash will lie sub
scribed to furnish any balance required
to make up th* $100,003. ■
Atlanta
May
Federal Prison
Get Large
Amount.
Special to The Georgian.
Washington. Dec. 8.—In his letter to
the speaker of the house of represen
tatives, Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
makes the following recommendations
for appropriations for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1308:
Por the Atlanta United States peni
tentiary, 1102,000, with 1138,420 addi
tional for-maintenance.
Por public building, Atlanta, 8250,000:
Dalton. 315,000; Albany, 380,000; Ma
con, 350,000, and 83,000 for rent of
building; Gainesvlle, 315,000; Marietta,
320,000; Valdosta. 350,000.
For harbor Improvements nt Savan
nah. 180.000, und for maintenance of
harbor, 350,000; for Savannnh quaran
tine station, 3500; for Improvements at
Darien and Doboy bar, 323,000; Cum
berland sound, 375,000; Brunswick har
bor. 326,000.
Improvements In rivers; Savannah,
323,000; Altamaha. 315,000; Oconee,
315,000; Ocmulgee, 315,000; Mint, $20,-
000; Chattahoochee. 375,000; Coosa.
Oostanaula and Coosawattec, 360,000.
For waterway between Savannah and
Pernnndlna, 830.000. Por Ogleriiorpe
Veterinary hospital, $17,600.
To add one regiment of cavalry at
Port Oglethorpe, near Brunswick, and
for maintenance of same, 1330,250 and
3323,850, respectively. Por cotton boll
weevil investigations, $105,000.
HURT YEARS AGO,
ACTRESS GETS $4,000.
New York. Dee. 8.—Eleven years ago
sa she was getting off a car. May Gar-
lick, an old-time opera singer, wjio
married an Italian nobleman, the Mar
quis. de Keo, was thrown backward,
breaking her ankle and suffering In
juries which make’ It Impossible for
her to pursue her stage and operatic
career. •
On yesterday she was granted a
verdict for $4,000 in the supreme court
against the Metropolitan Street Railway
Company.
LADIE8* UNION SELLS
CHRISTMAS GIFT8.
Looking for something nice to buy
as a Christmas present?
Listen. The Ladles’ Union of the
Central Congregational church have
mber 7, at the store of Delbridgo
& Rice, on Broad street, opposite the
Engllsh-Ainerlcan building, and there
will lye Christmas presents by the
busheL
Toys and Dolls
The Best Display in Atlanta.
Wise folks are buying Toys and Dolls now, before
stocks are picked over and assortments broken, and be
fore the later rush makes choosing difficult and unsatis
factory.
To more strongly influence early buying we offer
some very special values for tomorrow and Saturday.
Come and share in the bargains.
Second Floor and Balcony.
A big lot of 50 and 75-cent Dolls that have become slight
ly soiled from handling; will go at,
choice -.
“Buster Brown’’ Circus and “Buster Brown”
Part}*; two new children’s games
Express Wagons'; 4-wheel; well made;
best value you’ll see at
Special Demonstration of "Exer-Kefch,
The Novelty Game and Exerciser.
Doll Dining Tables at 25c, 50c
and $1.00.
Doll Chairs, nicely painted.
Special, 10c.
Doll Castors for the table, 10c
and 25c.
Doll Pianos; Seboenhut make,
10c to $1.00.
Doll Carriages and Go-Carts,
10c to $1.00.
Doll Tea Service Sets, 10c to
$1.Q0.
Doll Heads, 25c, 50c, $1.00.
Iron Toys of .many kinds, 10c
to 50c.
Ilorns, all sizes, bright colors,
• 5c to 25c.
Mechanical Trains, with track.
Special. $1.00.
Woolly Sheep, Dogs and Don
keys. Special, 50c.
Elephant, with moving head
and tail. Special, 60c.
.Magic Lanterns, with Slides,
25o to $1.00.
Stuffed Monkeys. Special, 60c.
First Floor Specials.
Table Set—Consisting of hemstitched, fringed
linen table cover and G mats to match; reduced
to 75c
Leather Pillow Materials for making the pop
ular “post card” pillows—lacing and fringe;
5c and i lOo
Leather Postcards—A new line of attractive
designs at, choice 5c
Ruching—New and pretty—6 different styles
in box; all for / 25c
Candies—Delicious Chocolates and Bonbons;
best iu town at 10c and 20c
Bargains'»«■<■ Basement
Crumb Tray and Scraper of solid brass; nickel-
plated; special • $1.00
Bath Room Fixtures of solid brass, nickel-
plated; special values at 25c and 50c
Wire Racks for kodak pictures or souvenir
postcards; large size lOc
Pastry Boards of select white wood; size 20
by 27 inches; special at gQc
Coat Hangers, wire or wood; per dozen ...50c
Raisin Seeders, best on the market 10c
Holiday China, Crockery, etc.
Main Basement.
Toy Table Set of imitation cut
glass; consisting of butter dish;
sugar dish, cream pitcher and
spoon holder; 25c value;
at 15c
Oatmeal Saucers of rose deco
rated porcelain; special . ,5c
Fancy Cake Plates and Salad
Howls; 19 to 25c values;
at ...10c
Fruit Stands and Cake Stands
of heavy clear glass in imita
tion cut designs; very
special ,15c
Salad Sets and Cake Sets of
line china, in beautiful floral or
landscape designs, on tinted
background; set consists of 7
pieces; worth $1.50 to $2.00;
only .* $1,00
Mustache Cups and Saucers;
decorated and tinted; 25c
values .....15c
J ordinieres with pedestals;
largo size, odd lot; choice to
morrow 60c
McClure Ten-Cent Co.
Main Store - - Corner Whitehall and Hunter.
BOND ISSUE WINS
IN HAWKINSVILLE
Special to The Georgian.
Ilawklnsvllle, Ga.. Dec. 6.—All credit
Is due to the Young Men's Democratic
Leasue for It* magntfleent effort In
yesterday's election. This body Is com-
posed of the best talent among the
young men of*the city.
The' city now own* Its waterworks
and Is proud of It.
The election yesterday to determine
whether the city of Hawklnsvllle
pose of building a city hall and audito
rium. was carried by 188 In favor of
bonds, with only 20 opposed. This as
sures the bond issue.
INTERESTING ITEMS.
AT THE TURN OF THE ROAD.
(By Ollrtr Wendell Holmes.)
The glory fens passed from the goldsarod's
pluuie.
Tbs pnrple-hued asters still Usgsr
Anil winter’s w
blast)
For" na* dull November
May.
Por my love Is Its suoshlne-ebe meets mt
tu-lay!
blowing his
sweeter than
Will she come?—Fill the rlag-dore return
to her nest?
Will the needle awing back from the etel
or the west?
At |be stroke of the hour she will be st
her gate;
A frleml may prove laggard—but nevet
comes late.
THE BEST MAGAZINES
AT THE BEST RATES.
Sheffield upea yearly over
ring-bone# for knife handle#.
In Southern Egypt thye I# no dew-
fall, and sometime# only twenty min
ute# of rain for a whole year.
Every employee of the Brltlah post-
office get# a wedding present from the
government when he marries.
No bird can fly backward. The dra
gon fly, besides outstripping the swift
est bird, file# backward with ease.
During thirty days after a death In
China the nearest relatives of the de
ceased do not shave nor change their
clothes.
There are stars so distant that a fly
ing machine moving at the rate of 500
miles an hour would require 600,000,000
years to reach them.
Each stroke of a man's heart occu
pies about half a second, but the heart
rests after each stroke, so that It only
makes seventy a minute.
While the Germans fire paying more
and more attention to the English lan
guage there Is a decline of German us a
school subject in England—Philadel
phia Pre##.
Not
Do I ree her afar fa the distance?
yet.
Too •"irljr! Too early! She could not for*
get:
When I cro** tho old bridge where Jb«
brook overflowed.
She will daub full lu sight at the turn
of the road.
I pass the low wall where the fry en
twines;
I trend the brown pathway that lend*
through the pine*;
1 haste i»y the Itowldor that lies lu the
Held,
Where her promise nt porting was loving
ly. sealed.
Will #lie conn* by the hillside, or round
through the wood?
Will she wear her hrowu dress or her
mantel and hood? ,
The minute draw* m\ir-but her watch
inny In* wrong;
My heart will be asking, what keeps her
so long?
moment? More shame
Why doubt for
If I do!
Why question?_ Why tremble? Are angels
more true?
8l»e would coma to the lover who calls
her Ills own,
crossed the old bridge ere the minute
Iuttl pr.ssed.
looked: lo! my love stood before me
at lb*t
Her eyes, how they sparkled; her checks,
bow they glowtnl,
A* we met. fnee to fsee, at the turn of
Says a woman: *i cure not who does ( *» .»v U ...... p*- . «• .** «.
the thinking so long as 1 am permit;*! 'cuse for not recognising his creditor# Idea Into t\ln head tha
to do the talking.” when he happens to meet them. dimple can be In the IntelKc
near-sighted man h is p. good ft*
Every one must keep up with daily
events going on so rapidly all the time.
If you do not read some dally paper
you are falling behind. If you do
not read some good magazine and en
joy the literature that Is contained In
these publications every month you
are missing much that Is good. You
can secure The Georgian every day in
the year, except Sunday, and one of
the most prominent magazines iu
America for a little more than the price
of The Georgian alone, which Is only
$4.60 per year. Take advantage oc
The Georgian clubbing ofTer. You pan
get The JefTersonlan (Watson’s new
magazine) and The Georgian one year
each for the price of The Georgian.
$4.60. Do It now.
STOKES HOLDS JOB,
SUES FOR DAMAGE
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery. Ala., Dec. 8.-,Y«“;er-
ilay afternoon Chancellor Parka de
clined to dlaaolve the Injunction grant
ed to SI. C. Stoke*, general tnanagt r
of the Alabama Central railway,
aguinat J. W. Dimmick and Joe Dim-
mlck, dlrectora of the company, nnd
Sir. Stoke* will keep hla old position.
The dlrectora attempted lo hold a
meeting and ouat Sir. Stokei, but .in
Injunction had been granted and they
were held in contempt of court and
the Dimnilek* were fined $50 each.
The road la a valuable piece of prop
erty and I* Jointly owned by the Dhn-
mlcks and Stokea.
Stoke* haa now entered .ult for 8to
000 aguinat the Dimmlcks for alleged
damages.
At the time of his marriage a tm
think* ha I* getting a better half. In
later on he may dljcover he ha -
counterfeit on his hand*.—Chicoi
News
Somehow a man la unable to get
mamjbM