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VOL. 1. NO. 195.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1906.
On Trains RTS CENT-*
Woman Said That
Some Power Would
Save Her.
CILLEITE TO
DIE III ‘CHI’
IN JANUARY
Slayer of Sweetheart
To Be Electro
cuted.
sin-; AND LOVER
GIVEN A RESPITE
Gallows Is Made Ready at
Liberty, Mo., for Execu
tion of Husband
Slayer.
MOTION FOR NEW
TRIAL IS DENIED
Mo., I)pe. 10.—Governor
folk h«* emitted the jtfqi<*ftl of the tit
er* of Mm. Ariiok Moyer* and Julius
Hoff tun n. who tvsro to Im» Iinnj;<-<1 today
the murder of tho woman** liustinud,
postponed the execution until Jnn-
All
nrrflnjtomcntu were onmplofed early
* morning: for the hanging lit the eoiin-
J.ill yard nf Liberty todny of Mrs. Mey-
Mvernnr Folk \vn* deluged with petl-
ii* to commute the sentence of the young
mid pretty woman to life Imprisonment.
Mr*. Meyers did not give up hope. She
iiit her time In her cell milking t’hrlst-
n* presents for friends and relatives nnd
humming a love song.
•Some power will Intervene to save tne
out being hanged," sbn said. "1 hui not
orrlei! “
Youth Is To Be Taken to
Prison at Auburn, N. Y.
to Await Execution.
Mr*. Me
Is *
Mary Unger*,
Identical
was hanged In Vermont fi . ..
of her husband. While Iter sweetheart,
I rank Hoffman, held the husband, Mrs.
Meyers, It is nllegcd. plunged a knife Into
him.
Joseph L. Andrews.
*eph L. Andrews, the 6-months-old
of Mr. nnd Mrs. W. M. Andrews,
died Monday morning at Che family
residence. The funeral services will Ik?
conducted Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock at the Church of the Inunacu-
• onceptlon.
Herkimer, X. Y., Dec. 10.—Chester
Gillette, convicted slayer of his sweet
heart, Grace Rrown, was brought Into
court today and sentenced by Judge
Devendorf to be electrocuted at Au
burn, during the week beginning Jan
uary 28.
He will be taken to Auburn within
the next ten days.*
Judge Devendorf denied the motion
of Gillette’s lawyers for a new trial.
Dsnied Making Confession.
Last week It was announced that Gil
lette had confessed to his counsel that
he had murdered Grace Brown and had
thrown her body from the boat In
which they were riding on Big Moose
Inke Into the water.
When he learned that the story of his
alleged confession had been made pub
lic, Gillette sent si telegram to his
mother denying that ho had confessed.
After sentence nf death had been
passed on Theater Gillette his mot he
sent the following message to the
Hearst News Service:
/•Sentence given. Death by the elec
tric chnlr. but wo are sure of an ap
peal. so nre unmoved nnd hopeful.
(Signed) "L. M. GILLETTE.*’
"Innocent,” Says Gillette.
When asked by Judge Davendorfer
If he had anything to say why sentence
should not be passed upon him, Gillette
said: ,
I have. ) uni Innocent of this crime
a* charged in the indictment, and think
that sentence should not he passed.”
In sentencing Gillette, tho judge
made no mention of the crime.
HELP GEORGIA TECH! JUST THINK OF A DAY LIKE THIS
“ATLANTA SPIRIT” IN DARK, DAMP CELLAR ROOMS
IS AGAIN ON TRIAL FOR ATLANTA SCHOOL CHILDREN!
Wreck on Southern
Results in Three
Arrests.
TWO OPERATORS
ARE OUT ON BOND
Fiagmau Now in Hospital
May Be Able to Attend
tlie Investigation.
MAE WOODS IS SEEKING
CONFERENCE WITH PLATT;
SHE IS IN WASHINGTON
Woman Goes Under
an Assumed Name
at Capital.
Washington, I)cc. 10.—Mac Wood*, who
■'in* into notoriety by threatening Senator
*’■ *'■ I'lu11 with n lawsuit, arrived in Wash-
h --tun a few day* ngo, mid. U wn» leurn-
<l last night, I* "topping at tho Arlington
'■•'’••l under nu iiMHuniod name.
s,, i-Hor Platt ha* apartments lit the
Arlington. Mis* Wood* tin* lieen recog
■ I by a nmuher of former acquaintance*.
" "limn *ho frankly revealed uer Identity
""I why *he luu visited tin* eupltal.
U 'an not he learned whether *he Ini*
■■"fcrr.*l with the MMiit.r acnator from New
but It I* known that *he wu* seek
' an Interview with him.
• lerk* at the hotel *nld ln*t night *he
’ :i ' u*>t reglwtered there, and they did no:
'I'-'.v *he wu* then*.
'I '* WinnU came Into the public eye
" time ngo when *h«» deelared that
it'»r Platt Imd In 1902 made her Id*
t‘ Sim also charged that Heeretary,
'• of the president'* office, hail de
ed hep of letter* which could bo U*c*d
■G'bist the aged senator.
MISS MAE V/OODS.
rhe it in Washington trying to get
an interview with 8tnator Platt,
who, she says, she marirtd in
1902.
BELIEVE MRS. BIRDSONG
WILL BE ACQUITTED;
ARGUMENT IS BEGUN
; ■ in! to The Georgian,
i " kaoth Mian., Dee. id.—The entii
Ming session of the court at Haste
wan spent In the lawyers wrau- fth
over the Instructions to the Jury.
"”ly after noon the instructions to
*• jury were completed by Judge
Miller.
Arguments in the case will begin this
afternoon and the case will not g.» to
Jury before tomorrow.
It is being freely predicted by many
at Haxlehum that Mrs. Birdsong will
be- acquitted.
Danville. Va., Dec. 10—Souther
Railroad Operator.* Oleminer and Skln-
nell and Flagman O. J. Mull, who fig
ured In the fatal wreck here Saturday
when two met death and throe Were In-
f jured, were arrested late yesterday.
' The warrants against tho men charge
then* with murder, and were Issued ut
the instigation of Commonwealth At
torney Thomas Hamlin.
Citmmer and Skinned were arraigned
before Mayor Wooding and bailed for
their appearance at another hearing, t
be held Thursday.
Flagman in Hospital.
Kiagman Mull, who was injured and
Is at tho general hospital, will be able,
It Is thought, to be out In time to attend
the investigation. The coroner’s Jury
viewed the oodles of the dead and ad
journed.
Jf the evidence shows the men to by
guilty of criminal negligence the gran.
Jury may bo asked to return indict
ments. Tho three men* injured In the
wreck are still at tho hospital here, and
Indications nre that they will recover,
except Ford, the fireman, who Jumped
from his post.
The body of George (\ Kinney, who
waa the engineer of the ill-fated train
that crashed into President Spencer’s
car. was taken yesterday to hla home,
ac ThomaavlUe, N. C.
Sisters See the Bedy.
Kinney was about 40 years of age
and leaves, besides his parents, several
brothers and sisters. Among the broth
ers Is William A. Kinney, who was the
other engineer In the wreck at Law
yers. The headless body of W. B.
King, the brakentan who was killed,
will be buried todRy.
The discovery of King's body was
pathetic. The sisters of the young
mun were at the scene of the wreck
shortly after it occurred. They were
attracted mciely out of curiosity, and
when the trunk of their brother was
pulled from the wreck and finally iden
tified they were almost prostrated with
grief.
SAVED FROM DEATH
BY
FOR THIRD TIME
For the third time in less than two
weeks W. K. Edwards, a young white
man, was saved late Sunday afternoon
from death by chloroform.
Edwards, whose home is In Colum
bus, was found Sunday afternoon In
the union depot In a dazed condition,
a handkerchief, saturated with chloro
form, covering his face. He was hur
riedly taken to the Grady hospital,
where he was soon revived. A short
while later he had recovered sufficient
ly to leave the hospital.
On November 28 Edwards was found
In a room in the Neal house uncon
scious from the effects of chloroform,
a handkerchief over his face. He was
taken to Grady hospital and soon re
covered.
Since that time Edwards ha* been
stopping, at intervals, at the Salvation
Army hall. In Marietta street, and Is
; -aid to have been found there lust Fii-
j day In a doped slate. Ills condition
| was not serious, however, and he was
f soon brought around all right by the
! army officials. After his release from
i the hospital Sunday uf ter noon Edwards
j attended *»*-»•*'«•• in the Salvation
Army hall at night
It 1* not Deiic-teii the chloroform was
Inhaled with suicidal Intent, as Ed
wards had stated to the army people
he used the poison merely as a *Jltnu-
lant and sometimes got too much.
Hour of Need For
Great Institution Is
at Hand.
CAMPUS HAS GROWN
MUCH TOO SMALL
Sum of $7,500 Is Needed to
Fight, Off Threatened
Stagnation.
PICTURES OP CONDITIONS
IN SCHOOLS OF AI LAN! A
FORMER SCHOOLMA TE
TO DEFEND TURN AGE
30,000 PERSONS
WITHOUT FOOD
When. In the past, public institutions
or public causes, or Institutions pri
vate In nature but public In their in
fluence nnd results, have needed finan
cial aid and have asked for it, the
“Atlanta Spirit” has Invariably mani
fested Itself, and the business men of
the city, as well ns others, have placed
the money at the feet of those In need.
Will this spirit manifest Itself in the
interest of the Georgia School of Tech
nology? 1
Georgia School nf Technology is h
need of $7,500 In order to enlarge Its
•ampUM nnd ward off stagnation and
perhaps decay. It Is overcrowded on
Its present small campus, and had to
turn away many students this year for
lack of dormitory facilities.
The Georgian, In the Interests of At
lanta, the state and the whole South,
hlch have derived untold benefit In
the past from the skill and knowledge
which Georgia Tech, (he South’s great
est engineering school, has placed In
Its midst, has taken up tho cause of
tills grout institution and has appealed
to Atlanta's men to respond with the
little financial aid asked by I)r. K. G.
Matheson. president of the school.
Subscription Is Started.
F. L. Seely, publisher of The Geor
gian, has started "the ball rolling” to
help the school by subscribing 1250 to
ward the cause.
A few others have gladly reached into
their purses ^for financial support for
rgla TeehT XV*TT question of civic
pride, as well as a question of Invest
ment for the good of the South, every
citizen of Atlanta should Join this band
of public-spirited men. None should
have it said of him that he failed to re
spond to such a worthy cause.
Tho subscriptions to this cause up to
tho present time ure as follows:
Atlanta Georgian 1250.00
D. c\ Barrow 100.00
Martin Amorous 100.00
George Crawford 1 100.00
C. E. Sclple 25.00
Friend of the School 250.00
There is no more room on the present
campus of sixteen acres, ns was point
ed out In The Georgian Saturday, on
which to build much needed buildings.
Dr. Matheson has options on the only
vacant lots in the vicinity of the school.
These options expire January t, how
ever, and unless they are secured by
that time the opportunity no get them
will probably be lost forever, as the
owner Intend* building on then* after
that time.
The Georgia School #of Technology
has only 12,325. with which to pay the
$7,500 necessary to get the lots. Of the
amount already available, $825 has been
subscribed and the rest was contrib
uted by the state.
There are three buildings of which
the school Is In absolute need, but
which cannot be built unless more
ground Is added to the campus. These
buildings are the mining and engineer.
Ing building, a dormitory and u gym
nasium and auditorium.
Needs a Gymnasium.
A gymnasium Is 11 department which
a great school cannot well be without.
Georgia Tech Is conducting gymnasium
classes now* but for lack of a building
they are conducted In a basement, which
has hardly any facilities for the pur
pose. This basement Is so small that
only a part of the freshman class can
be taken In It at a time. Outside of
the freshman class the students cannot
get gymnasium work regularly.
Vanderbilt and other great Institu
tions of the Houth have each n separate
building for a gymnasium. It should
not be said of Atlanta that she allow 'd
great Institution to compare so un
favorably In tills line with schools of
ither cities, which have less money
than Atlanta.
»ne of the crying needs of the Insti
tution Is a dormitory building. At tin*
fli-st of the present school* year there
vere 225 applicants for admission to
he school, for whom Dr. Matheson
onbl not furnish rooms at the Institu
tion. Many of these did not enter
hool on this account, a* their parents
did not wish them to he at the institu
tion unless they could room on the
rampu*. Those of this number who
did enter had to secure rooms at homes
In the city.
Matheson slates that he could
Former Coal room in basement of Fair Street school now used for a
school room.
Room formerly used for school purposes in Fair atraat school, but aban
doned because it was unhealthy—now used for rubbish storage. It
hae a cement floor.
Look at These Pictures
of Their Surround
ings.
COMPELLED TO STUDY
INOLD RUBBISH ROOMS
One Room Pronounced Un
healthy Still in Use Be
cause of Congestion.
BAPTISTS PLAN RE VIVAL
WITH TH1R 7 YE VANGEL1STS
WORKING A LL 7 OGE 7HER
No less than thirty Baptist evange
lists will move on Atlanta In April.
The Atlanta Baptist conference dq-
ided Monday morning to hold a re
vival In Atlanta, the like of which has
probably never been equalled in tho
city before. It Is planned to have one
evangelist for every one of the twenty-
eight white Baptist churches In the city.
In addition, Dr.- W. W. Hamilton, the
head evangelist of the Southern Bap
tist convention, appointed by the home
mission board, will-be here in charge of
tin* work. Dr. Hamilton Is considered
the leading evangelist of the South, and
It was this recognition of his merit that
brought him the appointment as the
evangelistic leader of the Southern
Baptists.
The revival will last a full month,
beginning the first of April.
Each church will provide its own
evangelist. Meetings will be held every
day and every night, anti each day at
noon the isistors of all the churches,
the evungeliste, and all interested ones.
will gather at a central meeting place,
there/toTiold conferences and to ho til
reeled by Dr. Hamilton.
Dr. John E. White, pastor of the Sec
ond Baptist church, delivered an ad
dress on the subject at the conference
Monday morning. He was followed by
Dr. Isindrum. Dr. Mott ley. Dr. Briggs
and others. The motion to hold the re
vival was passed unanimously.
Tho following committee was ap
pointed to arrange plans: I>r. \V. \V
Landrum, Dr. John K. White. Dr. J
W./Millard, Dr. I.en G. Broughton, Dr.
J. F. Purser, Dr. Jordan and Dr, ffrlggs.
The members of the Atlanta Baptist
conference Monday morning voted t
offer to the family of Dr. Weaver, the
minister now In the Howell Park Hanl-
tarlum, their assistance, both Individ
ually and as a body.
The conference pledged Itself tc
for hln* Just what the family thought
wisest and best. Dr. Weaver’s mind
has been wandering, snub it Is stated
that he may be sent to the state sani
tarium ut A!IIledger!lie.
The ministers want to prevent this, if
possible nnd practicable.
R OOSE VELT A WARDED
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
j have had an enrollment of loo more
alz. KllWiian Poland. !)»•»*. 10.— ‘students easily this year If he hud had
He
ll.rie
E. Tuning**, the young 1
• u**«*d of hrntnlly I setting Al
' ..1 of 30 Month lltimpbrieH street,
■I ntti>mptlug to ntotuult her la Id* own
• at Jones arenne and Edwards »tr»*et.
' *11 !*•» defended by an old xcbool mate
■I friend of his childhood, lion. Mu.lUon
il. one of Fulton lonnty’k representative*
1 hi* legislature.
the young prisoner express**! a whh
hi* old schoolmate defend him. ami I
a cordial greeting 1**1 ween the
which the «****• wu* dhwiisMsI. far
1, *ri*l la* l* entirely innocent.
Mr. Hell Monday declined to ti
statement *ou«i*inlug the ease.
Removed to Tower.
, warrant
rimiiial as
on* Justh
id I
"• ‘turn age, the father, promptly eu- J Friday iiluht.
•I tin* services of tin* attorney
»'•* attorney ami hi* client
, "* bn* several
-» P'tMIe school. IdayT’antl |MM.|f|vd
tinge w n* removed Sunday morning | man they *iw
wl to the Tower on
• barging attempt* to commit a
wait, which »vn* sworn out I*#*.
of tin* Pence Landrum by
•lark. who. with Detective <’..n-
•olleeinan Itosscr. arrested Tur-
nre with*
e n«*ar tin*
crime was
prl«oiier Mun-
client were *ch.H»l j bJUv the‘time the'
« In the MariatU j ™SStted. rt |,„.lc at the pr
i day and iwsdllvelv ideutln***! lout »» me
Sunday Itcit' they ^:tw riiaitlim from the hou*,- As
,"••• Mill— ataltno tic* TWIT. *nU - 1 * 1 " J/' B" Ihiv r ^v i ^i
,::’ w '£ Ih-nrl.y Mr. II.-ll Hui.-hj i.ft-r- «J" ... L .hTrtJh,
r.1* im nm m.u Ir.Tl n». > 1 _ * ;,,r u im.--'. i, ,il.i ...
> ■ ■ otl . r tor • Uuc Willi,., aud tU. rv «»• umn. <>».' "I U* *• ‘ "*
t.irics h.*r». .'((1,000 penults itre I
without fowl: (li-nionstratioux l.v
lawless persons are in.Teasing', and |
the fend between the Nationalist.
and Socialist laborers is heitii; re-j
newed.
Laborers during the past two
days killed live Nationalists and
wounded fifteen.
Turuuao ,i
Mrs
>u*l«ii'raMe
t.l.*l.Uar.l Mmi.lar
•t ns th-
.. . .. .. Timm-c wit, tnk-n .J
TaU-nutrl, [iiflnn.'tiy. —tier- Mr».
•I.» k lies III fiMiii Hi.- . iTis-t, Hi.
lack, i.y a cHinly olflccl-.
Mrs. .‘..m.I.M-k I- liner... la.- tram la
Juries, but It will lifiSKlbijr la* «*
•la,a l'« , i'.i'c ,1a- Itsws Iks iuUrmar,'.
secure,* tl>e Rri.uu.l on which to tmt it.
Atlkntk Should Subscribe.
These 100 alu.lents wouhl have spenl
a lai-Ke amount of money In the city
and Atlanta would have been much the
Rainer. Hut larger numbers still will
have to he turned away next year if
tills property Is not secured. Atlanta
should prevent till*, by subscribing the
money. She should Ret the land and
then reap Hie hlR profits rcsultlnR.
At the present time tlie classes
t'hristluna. Itec. 10. —Frest.lent Itoosa*
veil has been awarded the Nobel peace
pt lre for JSOO.
The tv were a number of candidates
with recommendations front various
putts of the world. Amf.D( the closest
ilvals of President Itoosevelt was the
originator of Ivs|M*ranto. the new* uni
versal latlRUaRc. Tlie Nobel |.r!jte was
to build It.
Georjfta Sellord ,»r Tee linohsty la one
of Atlanta's educational children and
tills Rt eat city, which Is taking millrons
of dollars Into Its coffers annually und
the ndnltiR and enRlnrerinit department | which Is Increasing In .prosperity bv
nre scatiere.l In itiree or four buiidfns.. 1 ntpl.l strides, should show Its pride In
tin eantpus. the ImlldltiRs hcloiiR- its Rteat production by aldhiR It In! pea.
. ' | “ "*
Riven to Ptvsiflenr House tel t for tils
successful etTorts in brinRing the Itus-
so-Japanese war to an end.
Tho sjHinsors of President Roosevelt
wen* AethiR President Hurry Piatt
Judson. of t'liici.Ro t'ltiverslty: Presl-
ilent Baldwin, of Yale; Professor llar-
bemer, of Munich, and the faculty of
the ileo.R. town t'nlverslty, Washing
ton.
This Is the tifth award of the Nobel
prize, which was established by a he-
uueat of Ur. Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a
tantotis chemist nf Sweden. 1*6 left
$40,000 to be divided Into annual prizes
for various lines of endeavor, one of
then lielng the so-called -peace prize,'
or "for the best effort lou'.tnl the fra
ternity of nations, and the promotion of
Ing to other departments. This Is a : time of n* e.l. Atlanta should not stint
great department of the Institution and {the small sum nf S5.t«r> to tieorglaj J. H. Spurlin.
should have a building of lls own. B*n. 1 itchool of Technology, her* greatest ert- 1 The body of J. H. Spurlin. who died
as In the cases of the other buddings, I r< nor and her greatest advertiser In nt 3* White stri*ct Sunday, will be sent
Ur. MaliteSon cannot start the erection I tar-nw ay ton Ulrica, as well as In tjw J to l.owrv Station, tJa„ Monday after-
»f it until he gets the ground on which I ottc.i Slates. 1 n ,.n.
Tlip.se pictures ilon't look lik».
those of modern, up-to-date school
rooms, do they?
Well, they are not. Two of
them represent that basement
room in the Fair street selittol that
they formerly used to put eottl in
instead of children. That .was lie-
fore tho sehools became so con
gested.
The other picture, the one show-
ini' ell that old rubbish, used to he
u school room, too. Tlnit’s the one
the doetnrs snitl was unhealthy.
The ehiltlren became ill, nnd so the
room hnd to be nhnudoned. with
two others just like it. A fourth
room—the one with the old-fash
ioned stove shown in one of the ac-
eiujipnnyinif pictures, whs to hnvo
been abandoned also, but tho at
tendance increased so rapidly tho
school authorities couldn’t take
the doctors’ advicte in that case,
and so the children were compell
ed to study there this year.
It lias been rafninj; hard all day
Monday, nnd this kind of weather
makes it hard for thfe children in
those basement rooms. The board
floor is just above another of ce
ment, and the .cement floor is on
the ground. Rainy weather
makes the floors dnmp. For there
is no way for the water to get
away from tho ground under
neath. It soaks in, nnd then things
get damp.
Are Badly Lighted.
This rainy weather is bad, too,
on the eyes, and those basement
rooms nre not lighted as well ns
those in the Pryor Ktreet school.
In fact any comparison of those
old frame schools—they were
built thirty years ago—with that
new Pryor street school is odious.
Tho Pryor street school is every
thing that could he wished for in
the modern school line, fl'liere is *
plenty of light and ventilation.
And they don’t use those old-
fashioned stoves shown in the pic
tures. Architects say stores won’t
do for heating school rooms. The
Pryor street school is ventilated
with pure hot air in winter anil
cool air in summer. It’s a modern
way of heating schools, and it is
more healthy, too. Tlie children
nre not so liable to sickness.
Everything about the Pryor
street school is built on the same
plan. Every -convenience known
to modern school architecture is
there.
It is the school that was built
to relieve the congestion in the
Fraser street school, and the Frn-
is one of the Nchools where
they have to use those hasement-
eellar-rooms because they haven’t
anywhere to put the little chil
dren.
These new schools, too, like {be
Pryor street school, do not bum
asil.v. There are no old stoves to :
set them on fire, and they are not !
rambling frame structures which ?
would be rapidly consumed if a
fire got any headway.
Beit They Could Do.
Hilt all these old frame school^
with their cellar rooms and their
congested conditions, are not the
result of anybody's neglect or evil
designs. They just happened be
cause the authorities who deal out
the money for public purpoa< s
didn’t realize how rapidly Atlauta
was growing i:i the school children
line, as in the paved streets and
sewer line.
They built new schools, but tbev ' J
did not build enough of them -
lidn't know how congested things
hail become. Because the Board
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