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

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    1 The Georgian Carries
I The BUSINESS
And All Of It Clean
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"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.
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O TIGHT COLD COMING. O
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O "Beautiful snow,” remarked the a
O sentimental clerk at the E-cent o
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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
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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
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