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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
Wl U.NE.SDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1906.
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When you call for tobacco, be sure you get “GRAPE VINE TWIST.” There is a delicacy of flavor-a delightful satisfy
ing chew in “GRAPE VINE TWIST” that you do not find in any other tobacco.
“The Biggest and Beyond Question the Betft 10c Plug Ever Made”
Es$0->
THE EXACT SIZE AND SHAPE OF A GRAPE VINE TWIST
It is Good Enough for the Rich; None too High for the Poor
No Better Chew Can be Had Even Though You Pay $122 Per Lb.
OVER TWENTY-ONE CAR LOADS
——— : SOLD IN TWELVE MONTHS BY
OGLESBY GROCERY CO. ^?^ B A TO G ^ s
Manufactured by G. PENN SONS’ TOBACCO CO, Danville, Va., 3®“
MAYOR “JIM” WOODWARD RETIRES
IN TWO WEEKS AFTER FIFTEEN
YEARS OF WORK FOR HIS CITY
Always a Fighter and
Never a Straddler
Was He.
SOME MERORIES OF
VARIOUS MIX-UPS
Has Been Loyal to Atlanta
and Watchful of Her
Treasury.
By J. D. GORTATOWSKY.
Affer fifteen year* of service for the oily
of AtlAnta. two year* us councilman. nine
year* as alderman and four year* «* may
or, Jnmeg G. Wodslwanl—"Jim” W«»oilwnrd
and "t’nrle Jim” are the same—will retire
to private Ilf«* in about two weeks, to In*
•nr.v«Ml#*d hr W. It. Joyner— thla la "Cap"—
aa the head of the executive deportment
of the city government.
Will he stay out? Hard to aay. lie him-
aelf Maya he doesn't know. Thlnka he will,
but hasn't nuy polltleal plan mapped out.
But whether lie ever again announces for
a public position or not. he baa already
achieved the distinction of having been the
longest time in the service of the city—that
la. In the executive branch. Frank IV
lUce served eleven years aa councilman and
alderman. He la aecoud, and the present
mayor la four years ahead of him In length
of service.
Uke all men. Mayor Woodward baa Ida f
friends nnd hla encode*. There la this dlf- j
feremv. however. He has more friends and }
more enemies than the uamfl run. better;
friends and more Litter encode*. Through -
ont hi* stormy public career—nnd It cer
tainty has I wen stormy—n**n\- few thousand i
of Atlanta's people have stuck to him
through It all.
Mayor Woodward's present administration I
baa fieeu one of Id* stormiest ones. He nn* t
noutice*! when hardly n man in Atlanta high !
In public life or politically wise, thought
he had n ghost of a show. His old-time
friends stuck to him. however, and soon
be had made new ones.
“Woodward • Dead Ona?**
"Woodward's a dead one,” they all said.
He was figured out of the running,
tween Htcx-kdell and Goodwin lay the
plum, and these two •vuswU" nnd discuss
ed each other nnd each other’s record In
burning words in speech and print.
Ku«*h had page after page of political i
vertiMunenf of their respective ruudidaH«**
In the dally M*xrrpaj*»r*. Wtsslward’s news
paper bill hardly reached Sift. It was Gnod-
wlu or Ktorkdett. whhh? And when the
Anal vide was east, GwhIvIu kow-towed to
htockdcll and Mtockdeli k»M towed to Good-
wlu —Win*1 ward as* elected.
He Usd hardly made hfmm-lf comfortable
M the mayor's rbalr before he clash* U with Atlanta. NVMy
will bn €3 on the 14th day of next month.
He waa born and ralaed In Cobb county,
nt Marietta, and began liuslneaa life aa n
printer when a little Imy.
lie rtraf visffed Atlanta In 1X2. In 1977
be moved here, and haa been living here
continuously ever since. He was In the
printing business up to Just a fow years
^lls public life began In 1888, when ho
waa aged 43 years, lie was elected council-
limn from the Third ward. After servlug
two years In council, he waa elected to the
, nldernmnle board. lie served na alderman
’In 1890-1891-1892. lie wna out of the public
| gnae for three years, then In 1896 was sent
1 back ns nlderinnn by hla Third wnrd con
[ stltuents.
1 After serving three more years on the al
! dermnnle Itoard. he ran for mayor and wni
| elected. He served two years an mayor,
j nnd then waa out of office ouo year, nfter
which he wns again elected nidertunu.
! He served three more years on the
' iildertnnnle board, and In 19TB. In a five cor-
j tiered race, he was ngnln elected mayor.
Now, he's going to retire.
! Mayor Woodward's first public service of
' note was In 1888, when, n* the clmlrnuiii of
1 the gns and lamp committee. In* led the
•nt for the lighting of the city by
.... — - -ud then 950.000 more, mak
ing a total of 9116,800. The Investment
paid the city 936,000, which wna more than
construction of the Peters
electricity.
Other noteworthy
accomplishment
•'hie
cuts
who
due largely lo the ef
forts of Mr. Woodward during Ills llrst
years In council were the construction of
the Grant street uuderpuHM, the new steel
bridge on Bell street and the Jones avenue
bridge.
Tha Whitehall Viaduot.
But the achievement of achievements
during his service of tiftecn years, the star
that shines brightest hi the galaxy of ids
accomplishments. Is the Whitehall street
vlnduct.
Mayor Woodward is proud of this, more
than all the other things looking to the
upbuilding of the city which ho has hud
000. then 915,000 ai
Ing a total of
paid the city 935,<
her share In the
■treet vlnduct.
City Mada Profit.
With the ordinance providing for the
right of the Rapid Transit Company to
cross the vluduct went the provision that
the city could nt any. time assess a i>er*
centnge of*the.gross receipts of the com
pany, not exceeding 5 per cent.
In 1902, after, tho two .companies were
nnmlgamated, 1 per cent wns declare! by
cent from then on. Tills meant the pouring
of 910,0*10 Into the coffers of the city tho
past your.
vestment ever made by the city of Atlanta
nnd lius caused more growth nnd develop
ment than any other thing lu her history,”
Is the way Mayor Woodward puts It.
Woodward was n member of the Mitchell
street vluduct committee. This was the
first vluduct built lu the *ity of Atlantn,
nine.
outstanding debt
er the City’s head—the
esfried over by one ad-
i n couple of
do. with.
et loll of
of business enterprises, the
tunny of the city's largest iiiki most com
plete business houses, the springing up of
"the sky-scraper colony," tuny lx* attributed
largely to the construction of tho •viaduct.
It has revolutionised the geography of the
city and changed completely the business
center.
Mayor Woodward worked for It. fought
for It. schemed for It. day lu and day out.
and to Ids efforts, probably more than to
any other man's or set of men. wen* due the
dnal consummation of the project.
The story of„ibe Whitehall street via-
I duct Is Interesting. Woodward was serving
' his first term ns mnyor when the subject
{ wns ttrst seriously broached. It was dur
ing the bitter tight for supremacy between
the (Consolidated nnd the Rabid Transit, the
two street ear lines then In operation lu
Atlanta; when the light wns tUa hardest
and most strenuous an I the whispera of
a ilialga tnnt lou ha.! not been beard.
Tha Straat Car Battle.
The Rapid Transit then had to run two
line*, ouo on the .north side up to Mariet
ta street, aud the other on the south side
up to Alahama. The company could not get
iis two lines toKcirn.-., and natural tv the
t’onsolIdolc«l did
together. Win
In 1906, there Wi
9350.000 hovering
largest debt ev
ministration to another.
When he goes out of nffle
weeks tin* total Indebtedness will lie but
9125,00ft, and |«W,ftno of this, strange as It
tuny sound, the city will owe herself.
This 96ft.W) Is the amount of bonds Is
sued for the purchase of I'iedniuut |*ark In
19*>1. which have Ih*o»i called In nnd paid hy
the sinking fund commission live years be
fore maturity. The city, therefore, having
originally taken on the obligation, owes
the commission pW.OOft. The commission
being a department of the city government,
the city owes herself this amount.
A Splendid Administration.
And yet, despite the fact that the debt
lias lanm cut down this extraordinary
amount, the administration lias been n
splendid one from n standpoint-of achieve-
luetif. The c/ty has not been niggardly, nor
has its growth lH>cn retarded in the least by
COUNCILMAN CHOSE WOOOD
REMEMBERSONE CHRISTMAS
"What's the most memorable Christ
mas I ever spent? Let me see,” said
Councilman Chosewood the other day
*Tve seen lots of them, you know,
and It’s hard for me to distinguish one
from the other. Of course, when I was
a little fellow I enjoyed the holidays
more than at any other time. I guess the
happiest Christmas was the time I got
>wy*
from public life—whether It be for short or
S iod nr bad—will come nn unusual
e city hall for many a day. He
* in managed to mix It up with uearly
very department of the city government,
Ith nearly every city official, ami with
rery newspaper.
Hit New Business.
Mr. Wondwnrd Is manager of the Fulton
Realty nnd Improvement Company, with of
fices In the Empire building. *After retire
ment from the mnyor's office he will devote
hole time nnd attention to Ills duties
with this concern.
"If niiylxNly who hasn’t ever fought with
him," said a knowing one a day or two
ago. "ever gets Into polities nnd doesn’t do
to suit hliu and shows nn Inclination to
scrap, lookout for n thunder storm
or an earthquake lu polities, for Jim Wood
ward wilt lie buck lu the game so quick
some folk’s heads will swim."
Maybe 1
This is
writer a .
"I've worked for the city fifteen years
now. During tbnt time I've had my share
of ups and downs, my dark days and my
bright days. The good people of Atlanta
know me now nnd they ought to, for I
the moat flreworks and other present!.
"No, I take It back. My most mem
orable Christmas was when school
turned out for the longest time. I cer
tainly enjoyed those days. Happiest
time of my life, I reckon. Yep, that wax
my best Christmas.
"What In tho thunder am I thinking
about anyway. If my wife heard me
saying all that I’d be murdered. Why,
I waa married on Christmas day."
street school, have been added to AMmita'
educational facilities. The itoalerard mi
deriKiss Is now a reality ami the Miiguollii
street and Kdgewood avenue crossings,
which were Iwguu during the j
ministration, hate Iteen flu I died,
obligation of the eltjr has
promptly.
lu short, there hasn't 1**011 n single big
thing of note done by the rlty of Atlantn
In the last nineteen years In which Mayor
WisMlward has not figured, either to a
small er n large extent. He has been
prominent on -one side or the other lu the
di«ou**iou or every Important matter re
lating to the city government, nud where
the city's welfare has l*een concerned he
pretty uenrly always l*een on the rignt
side.
Whether right or wreng. though.
Inning side er the losing
litetber
one. he
JAMES G. WviOUWAKL,
n *t want them hnmgbt i has fought gmaidy and bravely.
Ilw protwgmniijo •*•••_ I Never a Straddler. .
n“ntf. ,,!"r ,1, "thr Rapid Tnmil’t h Viri.-Ul. i >to"r Woodward r.la-nr* l»Lr, a firm
tlu-y jnniprd ut It. • ! utmul »«» puMIr .|fir«tlon. Hr I, any-
The mayor negotiated with tke:u. t nud ■'thing Lot a straddler. He calls the special
ffirtBSP* ISf 'I. “w’2 ! I- 11 -** •■«»“'••'« •** • **ap-®tai •«••»«*»
rumple! ed. The Nashville.
.the right* to
t’Uattann'uai I couiniittee/’ inualclpal ownership, "political
otmcll. lie dashed, then dashes! again, t aid. Xofculv. ever said he bus m>t done. tlTeks!*’ ifS-^ve eli* hand***'
nd then some mure. Council passed mens- Hie Hi* mn -h good. Xolmdr oxer wild| {«* ll "‘ T"ii- ‘^1' p Jm,.h [ q?i. .E' .nSL.i 1 if S. n.1
res Woodwanl vHiohI them. Then rouu-> bis administrations have not tie-n 1.-JIV1 avi o5*J eftln ffn. «
anything yis* that happens tu
f S^Sm
night ul
A m**ni
few f.-ot
X»‘IU, Then eouu- ' bis admlut.
That's 1 be way leal.
He .* unalterable nptiesil to carrying
tin* debt nf one itdudnUtraH' U over to the
next, and to that end In* is death to up-
pninriatletis !i»n ml the oral of ids adntlu-
•strjtlous. He ea> certainty lte-n. In his
, tlfte»n \f..rs of piddle «er* l» e, the watch-
og Just a dog of tin* «liy tre: *ury.
il. It might Ik? refa.ar*i*s; in passing that It
•• Imn'ii i Is of this that Major Wmslwsrd I* nnisl
that j
rd Tbete are j-ist njpr
: Is* *«Ud ; g*»lt’«t him 1
r • b#* didn't lore |
sail Ue waa * wur
hi.
A Printer by Trada.
Mayor Woodward U ag-’d Cl jt-ars.
..Trendy' In the treasury^ was more
than the erf gnat »*otifra«t [<rlc* tor th** eon
strue*Ion of the viaduct
Liter the spcellbnitlnna were changed and
the 911.000 was thus taken up. It ’
nlate.1 that tin other eoinpnuy .*
tracks on the via duet wit hoi I th«
payment cf ISO.* 1 *"*.
The vlnduct oust the city tSft.ftW
When the Rttldd Transit t»eigat •»is: ns
competitor. rVVtlUl had f« »*e paid t.» the city
for allowing flic new eieiqNtuV* tracks to
„ I cress the viaduct. Accordingly the Hty o|*ent
He ;$) g»j |ur the viaduct ami got in return 9*V
• slip-
ould lay
• similar
all told.
..one of the tiews|wipers has
hint a square deal: that all of them
ham hotiu*l' i >l hint <i-rau ah*} ]um(*>*} </u
him at every e.uicelvald** opportunity.
Yet he la friendly to all the newspaper
men. plays 110 favorites Slid Is nlwnys cor
dial to tlietu. And. on other other hand, nil
the newspaper men. particularly the city
ball reporter*, will "swear” by him.
The Georgian he Uke* us little ns nuy of
the iicwsoiipcru, aud lens. It seem*, than
most. ID i principal objection to Tin* Geor
gian Is because It adverate* municipal own-
With the retirement of Mayor Woodward
have |
"At times If seemed thuf everybody
against uie, and I have bnd to tight many
n tattle alone. .When I wns fighting for
the Whitehall afreet viaduct, nearly every
prominent man In the city railed nt me.
litc newspapers Jumped on me. snd called
me so many bad. things that when I read
the editorials I used to feel njy bend to
See If | bn 11 horns.
"Then, after the vlnduct was built nnd
tue good effects of It liectune apparent,
those who Imd opposed me so strenuously
tried to tnke the credit nwny from me.
"I don't think I’ll ever l*e In politics
ngnln. I won’t say )KMHflve|y, though. A
umn can’t every tell what he's going to do
until he has done It. nud many folks don’t
know what they’ve done after It’s all over."
PA8SING OF LAGNIAPPE.
New Orleans, the most conservative city
of America, has nt last .resolved to break
one or her old chains, and It haa been
proclaimed that after January 1, 1907, no
more inguiappe will l«» given.
This to the children of the Crescent City
Is almost equal to uu anoutteemeut of the
death of Santa *'lnu% snd a great deaf
wors»* than would Is? the abolition of tl
Fourth of July.
The origin of the word lagninppe _
spmi v.hu olmcu.-c. iHdotigfug move to the
f.reolo* Krcueh patois than to any
language.
rly
lilt
something "thrown In" with
exact
a purchase, and *...
"hoft In New OrtettM thin custom of
gtTtog: lngnlap|H* with every pun-ba 1
prevnlleil.
The ettsto
ben the
tn originated In the early days.
Hintry people came In to town
on Saturday to <to their week's buying, aud
tie* shnfi which (»ffi*r«l more in the wav
trade ltnn * ,|H * *** th ‘‘ ,m *' fo ,lrnw VtXe
of bite years, however, the girlug of
this I Mm us luts been court ned to children,
and every cblhl who bought s nickel’s
worth of coufcetlouary always expected a
atlck of candy or an orange aa lagnlapp**.
Prices have advanced so uitich, however,
nnd competition has become so sharp,
that the small shopkeepers ore lieglnnlMf
to complain that lagnlappc makes serlaoi
Inroads Into their profit, nnd, on the other
baud, tho advocates of iiure food hold that
the health of the children Is Mug serloua 1 /
Impaired hy the Inferior grade of edible*
{ liven ns lugnluppe, and through *he*s
evers, working from opposite ends of iu«
question, the result mentioned above lu*
lieen obtained, and so laguiappe, going with
other old cuatoms nnd Inuduxarks. will * ,j0B
be 11 thing of the past and New Orlesai,
which kept up for so many years tuanf
of the phases of American colonial Ur*,
will become' u moderu up-to-date city.
There is so much to lie said on M»
sides of this question that time would tM
in the writing and lu the reading.
"inuny sighs ure uttered ut the passlug w
all things old."—Birmingham Ledger.
Famous Old Hymn.
A pathetic and yet charming story »
told of the origin of the well-knouo
hymn, “Hle8t He the Tie That Rim**. ,
which waa written by Rev. John va»*
cett, an Lngliah Baptist, who died a
1817, having spent nearly nlxty y**ft rfi 10
the ministry.
It won in 1772, after a few years
spent In pastoral work, that he
called 10 London to succeed the Rev.
Dr. Gill. His farewell sermon had bern
preached near Molnagate, In Yorkshire.
Six or seven wagons stood loaded
his furniture and books, and all
ready for departure. .
Hut his loving people were hear 1 *
broken. Men, women and children
gathered and clung about him and »‘ s
family with aad and tearful raie J
Finally, ovenvhelmed with the s^rr*)
of those they were leaving, Dr. 1 ft'*
cett .nd hU wife sat down on one 0*
the packing cases and gave "»>
grief. .
"Oh. John,” cried Mr*. Fawcett .u
last. ”1 cannot bear this! I know n *
how to go!” . „i
"Nor I either," returned her husband,
"and we will not go. The wagons snow
be unloaded and everything put * n
old place." ..
His people were filled with Jnt f. n n
Joy and gratitude at this determination
br. Fawcett at once sent a i fl . lf p r ,,. a
London explaining the case and • *
resolutely returned to his work " n
salary of less than 9200 a yyar.
This hymn was written by Dr. 1
cett to commemorate the event.
Ib* not so sure what causes 1
What causes his apparent J«*>' :
It tusy lie au Indictment quashed
Or m a brand nr* -
What in Ihr Dtrkrn, .IH "Ollvrr T«
anyhow?—Jatues (Monty Times.
Th- ma, who rtn»u«Hr 'Y -'2
hrmrery ruirrtnln, a doubtful audb'
Oaltluore Amrrtca^L
