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/ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, Wl U.NE.SDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1906. = 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