The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, December 22, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 The Georgian Carries I The BUSINESS And All Of It Clean L "he Atlanta Georgian. The Georgian Carries The BUSINESS And All Of It Clean VOL. 1. NO. 206. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1906. PT?Tf!T7!. In Atlanta TWO CENTS. JrIXXKjJh: On Trains FIVH CENTS. COUNCIL WILL SUSTAIN VETO; GEORGIAN BAS A STATEMENT FROM EACH MEMBER IN CITY Requires Two-thirds To Override the Mayor. COUNCIL FLOPS ON LICENSE MATTER Whisky Men Busy with Members AH Day Friday. Mayor Woodward has vetoed the or dinance regulating the whisky truffle In the city, and council Is going to sus tain the vetp. Ever slncn Monday, when the ordi nance went Into effect, the whisky men have been working day In and day out to get the mayor to veto the ordinance, and to get a sufficient number of men who voted for the ordinance to flop over on the other side. And they have flopped. Saturday morning The Georgian communicated with every councilman and alderman In the city with the ex ception of the mayor pro tern., Coun cilman Chosewood and Councilman Roberts, who are out of the city, and this Is the way they stand: How They 8tand. Non-committal — Alderman Hlrsch, Councllmen Taylor and Foster—2. To sustain veto—Alderman Holland, Councllmen Curtis, Glass, Ellis and Pattlllo—fi. Inclined to sustain veto—Councilman Oldknow. Practically sure to sustain, but out of the city, Councilman Chose wood—J. . Will vote to override—Aldermen Key, Mayor W « odward con produce new ar guments, ot which they know nothing —Councllmen Patterson, Draper and Pomeroy—I. Will vote to overide—Aldermen Key. Peters, Qullllun, Sims and McEachern; Councllmen Terrell, Wlkle, Hancock and Martin—9. Practically sure to vote to override, but not In the city—Councilman Rob erts. Councilman Foster says he does not object to the ordtdance because It Is too strong, but not strong enough. He wants It embodied In the charter, so that It cannot be tampered with, and this Is not provided for In the ordi nance. When it comes to a vote. It Is believed that Councilman Foster will vote to override the veto. What Member! Say. This Is what the members of the gen eral council say In regard to how they will cast their votes. Alderman 81ms: "I will vote to override the veto If I see there is any use. I don’t believe In butting my head against a brick wall.” Alderman Holland: "I am against the ordinance and always have been. '.VIII vote to sustain the veto.” Alderman Hlrsch: "Haven’t made up my mind how I shall vote. Don’t say which way I Incline.” Alderman McEachern: "I shall vote to override the veto. I favored the or dinance before, and I see no reason for changing my views.” Alderman Peters: ”1 Introduced the ordinance, and, of course, am for it tooth and toe nail. I see no reason why the mayor’s veto should be sustained. If It Is, though, the next council will surely adopt a similar ordinance and Mayor Joyner will approve It.’’ Alderman Qulllian: "I did all I could to have the ordinance adopted, and I ■hall do all I can to have It passed over the mayor’s veto.” Ksy Is Against Vsto. Alderman Key: "I shall vote to override the veto. I consider the or dinance the beet thing that can ,be adopted, considering all the circum stances.” • '■mincllman Curtis: "I shall vote to sustain the veto. I consider that not to do so would be to vote for a whisky monopoly In the city of Atlanta.” Councilman Terrell: "Certainly •hall vote to override the veto of Mayor Woodward. Whisky men called me Up Friday night trying to get me to 'ay I would vote to sustain, bo that they would persuade the mayor to veto the ordinance. Don't suppose the may- or would have vetoed It unless the "hl-ky men had got enough council- men and aldermen to pledge them- seivrs lo sustain It. You know, a change of two votes will do the work.” "License Large Enough.” ''"Jnellman Pattlllo, "Inasmuch as the present license Is about twice as “ r *e as that of any other city In this «ato or section, I think that If,000 Is excessive. Therefore, I think I shall ,0,t lo sustain the mayor’s veto.” f n uneilman Martin: "I stand now where I always have been, for the or- dlnatue. pm ujg down as voting to uvertide the veto.” '-ouncllmaa Oldknow: "Can’t say Positively how I will vote. I never "h, i favored the 12,000 license, { don't VETO HELPS KEEP DOWN PROHIBITION ELECTION" —MAYOR WODWARD. "By vetoing this ordlnancs,” said Mayor Woodward Saturday morn ing, In regard to his refusal to approve the whisky regulations ordinance, "I believe I am doing more to keep down a prohibition election than anything else. "If the retail whisky license Is fixed as high as $f,000 It will serve to freeze out all the small saloon proprietors. Only the big and the rich saloons will be able to stand the strain. The result will be that the poor men, the working men, who cannot come.up to town to get a drink, and who think they have as much right to a drink as anybody, will so stir up matters that a prohibition election will be Inevitable. In fact, they will demand one. "I have pledged, and every city official that haa been elected to office in the laet 18 years, has practically been pledged to stand by the present whisky regulations. Mayor-elect Joyner, In reply to a card from the pres ident of the Anti-Saloon League, pledged himself to support the present regulations. “Not only that, but all the newspapers for the last 12 years, whether living or dead, have demanded a pledge from candidates that they would stand by the regulations. The Georgian Is a new paper, so I can't say that It took this stand. "This ordinance la nothing more nor less than class legislation. As for Dr. Broughton coming to me, just let him come. I am ready for him at any and all times.” 7 SHALL CALL ELECTION; HANDLE WITHOUT GLOVES , —DR. BROUGHTON. “I shall call for a prohibition election In the prelude to my sermon Sunday night,” said Dr. Len G. Broughton Saturday morning. "This thing haa come out Just as I knew It would all the time. I am eoltig to handle the mayor, his veto, and council with gloves off. Some of these councllmen have been pledged to the whisky crowd all the time. I need not mention their names. Their records on the whisky question for the past six months show that. "Council has Just been tampering with this whisky question all the time. Nothing has been done, and probably nothing will be done until the people of the city of Atlanta rise In their might and express their sentiments at the polls. I stand where I have stood all the time, only stronger—for a prohibition election, and for one right now. "As far as what the mayor says In regard to the agreement reached many years ago, everybody knows that council has disregarded It for the last four.years. It was disregarded when that saloon on Mitchell street was licensed. That argument won't go.” ANTISALOON LEAGUE WAITING ON COUNCIL ! . "We shall wait and see what council does. We have a letter from Mayor-elect Joyner In which he pledges himself In black and white to support the Interests of the better element In Atlanta.” Secretary J. B. Richards, of the Anti-Saloon League, says that his organization 1s watching the proceedings with Interest. He Is preparing a statement for publication which will outline thoroughly the position of the league on tho mayor’s Veto. He does not believe Mayor Woodward Is correct In his reference to Mayor-elect Joyner and his platform. He believes that council may yet override the veto and raise the licenses and guard against more saloons In Atlanta.’ LAST OF S. A. E. FOUNDERS ATTENDS CONVENTION OF OLD FRATERNITY Elaborate Plan s For College Men Next Week. John B. Rudolph, the only surviving founder of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, will be the distinguished guest ot the flftleth annual convention of this organisation which will be held In Atlanta next week, beginning Wed nesday. A number of other prominent men In the country will be In Atlanta to attend the convention of college men. It will be one of the greatest gatherings of fraternity members ever held In At lanta. Between 600 and 800 delegates and visitors are expected to attend. The convention will begin with a smoker at the Piedmont Hotel on the ——1 evening of the Wednesday following Phi Chapter and tho Atlanta Alumni Association. This will be an Informal affair and "open house” program will be followed. ACCIDENT OR MURDER? GORDON HAMBY’S DEATH UNDER INVESTIGATION hitu it waj| f alr ln counc n to adopt "*■ ordinance, when members were 7 11 ’ a,tfr It was put on the table. I an ordinance could be adopted to : all, and this one does not.” H, '’in' liman Chosewood: Out of the V; He is one of the two who voted fa.ti«t the adoption of the ordinance. • aturalijr expected to vote to sus- Hidden Crime May Be Back of His Death. COAT WAS FOUND FAR FROM BODY Signs of a Struggle Near the Scene of the Fatality. Strange and suspicious circumstances connected with the death of Gordon Hamby, of Western Heights, whose legs were crushed by a train In the Western and Atlantic yards under neath the Jones avenue bridge lost Saturday night and who died later at the Grady Hospital, have led to the conclusion that the young man was the victim of foul play. Convinced that there Is a hidden crime behind the tragic death of the yoting man, city detectives and Coro ner Thompson are at work on clews In an effort to unravel the mystery. Mysterious Hat Is Found. There officers are assiduously trying to And the owner of a black slouch hat, found near the scene, and which so far forms the strongest clew. When the unconscious form of young Hamby, with both of his legs crushed and man gled. was found In the railroad yards It was at first supposed he had been accidentally run down by a moving train, but the evidence gathered about the Beene has caused a reversal of this opinion Continued on Pago Three. Another strong circumstance tending to the foul play theory Is the fact that Hamby's coat waa found at the same place as the mysterious slouch hat, about fifty or seventy-five yards from where the Injured body was found. The discovery was also made that about this spot the earth and cinders were torn up, as though a fierce strug gle had taken placy. SASSER IS GUILTY, IS VERDICT OP JURYs WAS OUTALL NIGHT Judge Immediately Sen tenced Man to Life im prisonment. The flftleth anniversary dance will be given In the ball room of the Kim ball Friday evening, December 2, be ginning at 9 o'clock. This danco will he given by the Atlanta Alumni Asso ciation. The occasion will close with a german, led by Mr. and Mrs. John D. Little, of Atlanta. The flftleth annual banquet will bo given at the Kimball Saturday evening, December 29. The speakers on this occasion will be Judge John T. Pen dleton, John -Temple Graves. Thomas Watson. Hooper Alexander, Don A|my, president of the Alumni Association ot New York, and William C. Levore, Evanston, 111., president of the fra ternity and grand archon. The last named Is a member of the house of representatives of his state. He Is known all over the country where there Is a chapter of the S. A\ E. fraternity. The dally fraternity paper to be pub lished by William Kearnan Dart. New Orleuns, odltor-in-chlef, will be of the prominent features of the convention. This paper will be distributed among the members 6f tho fraternity In At lanta and will contain news of the con vention that cannot be published In the dally press, nuslness sessions of the convention will be held twice dally. Two steepen loaded with fraternity man from New York are scheduled to arrive oinatmas morning. One epe- clal car will also arrlvo on that day from Chicago. A special coach of vis itors will come In on the 26th from Cin cinnati, and one from Birmingham. JOHN D. SAYS RICHES ARE GIVEN IN TRUST TO HOLDERS OF WEALTH Richest Man in the United States Declares American People Are Extravagant With Their Fortunes. B1IJ.HR Will Build Great Fur naces at Birmingham and Anniston. Special to The Georgian. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 22.—James M. Barr, former president of the Seaboard Air Line railway, today organized here the Woodstock Iron and Steel Corpo ration with a capital ot 21,600,000, to establish great pig Iron furnaces and operate extensive mining properties at Birmingham and Anniston, Ala. .Mr. Barr Is president and treasurer of the company,-frith general offices at Nor folk. J. It. Carrington, of Birmingham, la vice president, and Henry T.' Debardel- ben, 1 of Birmingham, will manage the ore furnace properties The directors are W. H. McQuail, of Pottsville, Pa.; W. R. Bonsai, Hamlet, N. C.: B. L. Dulaney, Bristol, Tenn. Ernest Williams, of Lynchburg, Va., and A. W. Wagner, of Norfolk. The plants will be among the great est of their kind In America. Special to The Georgian. Sylvanla, Ga., Dec. 22.—The Jury re turned a verdict of guilty In the Sasaer case at 6 o’clock this morning, with the recommendation of life Imprison ment. Tho prisoner was sentenced Imme. d lately. The Jury waa out twelve houra. A motion for a new trial was made by Sasser’s attorneys. The trial has lasted through the en tire week and has created a great In terest throughout the community. He was tried for the assassination of Mr. Parker, a well-to-do farmer, who was shot through an open window late at night when he approached to blow out a lamp. In the whole case Is the fact that the dead man's hat has never beta found, despite a thorough search. This was a soft, light colored hat. Motive Hidden in Myslary. What became of Hamby's hat and who Is the owner of the black slouch hat are questions that are pusxllng the officers. The prevailing theory Is that Hamby was attacked In the railroad yards by some unknown person, who, after a struggle, succeeded In knocking the young man senseless, after which the body was laid on the railroad tracks to hide the crime. The body was then mangled by a passing train. Whether the motive*of this supposed attack was robbery Is another puz- . „„„ . zllng question, as It Is not known what One of the most mysterious feat-ires effects Hamby bad ln his pockets. GOOD WILL TO ALL MEN AND GRATITUDE TO GOD Here is John D. Rockefeller’s Yuletlde sentiment: "Good will toward all men and gratitude to Ood." New York, Dec. 22.—John D. Rocke feller, In .an authorised Interview, sounded a stem and earnest note of warning against the wasteful extrava gance of the American people. We are regardless of the present, he said, blind to the future, and disaster will be the check rein unless a temperate spirit replaces the prodigal Impulses now pre vailing In the national life. "We are going entirely too fast," he exclaimed. "We are taking advantage of prosperity to be wasteful and ex travogant. We are not saving up for a rainy day.” Hints He Is Richest. Whether he Is the richest man in the United Htates or not, he does not know, but he gently hints that the lumber king, Frederick Weyrhaeuser, Is not yet»the happy possessor of more mil* Hons than himself. Concerning the reputed abandon ment of the Standard Oil Company’s New Jersey charter and the distribu tion of the monopoly’s stock Into the hands of Individuals, Mr. Rockefeller professes entire Ignorance. "1 have, been out of business twelve years," he said, and smiled genially, anil I am not following the business ethods of any cor Of wealth Itself, Its burdens. "The possession of wealth," he ob served, solemnly, "confers only a /stew ardship, so that the holder may do good to his fellow-men." Mors Intsrestsd in Golf. He took occasion to declare that he was ogt of all active business and that he was more interested In golf and keeping his health good than In wor rying over law suits against the Stand ard Oil. The conversation then drifted to a discussion of the present prosperity throughout the land, and Mr. Rocke feller then sounded his warning to the ►pie regarding their "prodigality," as expressed It. Don't you think are are going to be compelled to pay for all this 7” he ob served. "What do you mean?" he was asked. Extravagance Increasing of the people," continued Mr. Rocke feller, sternly. "It Is the result of our unprecedented national prosperity, and It should bo curbed. We do not keep our money at homfe. We are sending too much of our gold abroad. We are spending too much money. "What do you think of J. J. Hill’s statement that we are using up the re. sources of the country too fust?" "We are using up the resources at a tremendous rate," he replied, "but that Is not our chief danger now. Our peril lies In our parting with the resources we have, and we are likely to find ourselves in need in the future for this very reason. Pcopls Taks Advantage. "But the trouble, I repeat, Is that the people of the United States are tAking advantage of a prosperity such as has never been excelled in this codntry, to be both wasteful and ex travagant." "Mr. Rockefeller, Is It true that you are the richest man In the United States?” "Really, my friend, I don’t know whether I am or not," he finally an swered soberly. "Great wealth Is i terrible burden. It may be a great blessing or u great curse. The posses sion of great wealth, as a matter of fact, confers only a stewardship, so that the holder may do good to his fellow-man." Hit Yulttidt Sentiment. Mr. Rockefeller said the general prevalence of prosperity ought to con duce to merriment, and when asked whether he wished to express a yule- tide sentiment, said: "Yes. my sentiment Is this: 'Good will toward all men and gratitude to God/ ” THREE HELD E Neighbors Are Unable To Reach The Three. BUCKET BRIGADE ROUTED BY BLAZE Head of‘Family Kept in New York Working on Xmas Gifts. •/ Pompton Lake, N. J, Dec. 22.'—Mrs. A. L. McWIthoy and her children, Hel en, aged 6, and Elisabeth, aged 4, were burned to death In a Are that destroyed their home early today, Mr. McWIthey Is an engraver and Is employed by the Gorham Silver Com pany, of New York. The work on Chrlstmae gifts kept him from home. Neighbors were aroused by the cries of Mrs. McWIthey and they found the whole lower part of the house In flames. The villagers got to work with buckets, but their efforts to subdue the Are were futile. Mrs. McWIthey had found the escape of herself and children were cut offend sho was seen standing at a window ap pealing for help. The crowd shouted words of encouragement arid told her that help would soon arrive. The Are gave out such a fierce heat that It waa Impossible to approach the burning building. Despite this, .the villagers made des perate efforts to save the lives of the woman and children and they tried to raise a ladder to the window at which Mrs. McWIthey was standing. As they were about to succeed she gave a last despairing cry and felt back into the flames. 'After the ruins had cooled sufficient ly a search In the cellar revealed a por tion of Mrs McWithpy’s body and a fragment of the body of one of the chil dren. TWO AMBASSADORS DINE WITH PRESIDENT Washington, Dec. 22.—President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained at luncheon today the Brltleh ambassador and LBdy Durand, the American ambassa dor and Mrs. Whltslaw Bcld, and Bishop and Mrs. Earl Cranston. Mississippi Farmers placed Under Bond To Await Trial. CARNEGIE LIBRARY OPENED. "I mean this Increasing extravagance trustees. Kpoci.il to The Georgian. Gatliulen, Ala., Dec. 22.—Gadsden’* handsome little Carnegie library here has been thrown open to the public. The formal opening exercise* were held la.it night In the presence of a large and representative body of citizens. On behalf of the city, Mayor Charles I*. Hmlth presented the library property to the city board of education, who were recently appointed a board of Special to The Georgian. Jackson, Mini., Dec. 22.—L. Carter, Tom Wllliami and Frank King, prom Inent farmers of Rankin county, were held In bond this morning by Commis sioner Moseley, to appear before the United States court, to answer the charge of peonage. Dan January, the negro who. It ih charged, was held in peonage, was the principal witness and told a graphic story of what he had suffered at tho hands of these men. Other witnesses were examined to prove the truth of the charge. The testimony brought out Indicated that Carter was the chief offender in the charge* and he was placed under a bond of 13.000, while Williams and King were placed under a |500 bond each. BAILIFF III LAMAR ATTEMPTS SUICIDEi Special to The Georgiau. Macon, Go., Dec. 22.—J. C. Plunkett, bailiff In Lamar, attempted suicide by laudanum at his home in Telfair street this morning. He was taken to the city hospital und It is believed that will recover. TOWN WANT8 NO RECORDER. We Intend To Kill You Was The Only Explanation. Special to The Georgian. Blue Ridge, Go. Dec. 22.—John and Arthur Harper late yesterday even ing met Allison England Iti the pub lic road near Mineral Bluff, Ga., stat ing that they Intended to kill him, and then shot him twice. Inflicting mortal wounds. The wounded man Is single. No further particulars have been learned up to this hour. OOO000O0O0000O0O000000O00O a 8LIGHT 8NOW FLURRYi O O TIGHT COLD COMING. O O O O "Beautiful snow,” remarked the a O sentimental clerk at the E-cent o 0 counter as be glanced through the O O window to Whitehall street Sat- a O urday morning, “reminds me—” O 0 ■ He never flnlshed. The floor- O O walker heaved a stuffed doll which O 0 went true to the mark. But there o O waa snow, aura enough. Not O 0 enough to get poetical abouL Only O 0 n flurry, the official forecaster’s O O said ’now and again. Cold, too. O 0 Nice Christmas weather. 0 O But the Weather Man says: O 0 “Fair Saturday night and Hun- 0 0 day, with minimum temperature a O of about 2 degrees Sunday tnorn- O 0 Ing.” o O Temperatures Saturday: O 7 o’clock a. m. O * o’clock a. m.. 0 9 o’clock a. m.. 0 10 o’clock a. m.. 0 II o'clock a. m.. O 12 o’clock noon.. O 1 o’clock p. m., 0 l o'clock p. m.. 0 ..21 degre ..31 degre ..33 degre ..24 degre ..22 degre 2 New Decatur, Ala., Dec. 22.—At special meeting of the mayor and coun cil of New Decatur that body adopted a resolution protesting against the in troduction and passage of a bill in the legislature this winter creating the of-1 . flee of city recorder for New Decatur.'OOOOPODOOOOOOOOOCGOOOOOOOO ..33 degree;