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Night Edition The Atlanta Georgian.*#
VOL. 1. NO. 119.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1907.
THE HIGH LICENSE MEASURE PASSES OVER THE MAYOR’S VETO
PRICK: tissbm
GEORGIANS DECIDE TO ENTER
CONFERENCE ON SUB-TREASURY,
BUT WILL STAY OUT OF CAUCUS
The Delegation Adopts
Graves’ Resolution
Monday Afternoon
HOUSE COMMITTEE
TO HEAR SPEECHES
Atlanta and Savannah Like
ly to go After Plum as
Independents.
By JOHN TEMPLE • GRAVES.
Washington, Jan. .7.—The Geor
gia delegation this afternoon
adopted the Graves resolution to
go into the conference of states
ami to stay out of it if it is a cau
cus to determine the site of the
suli-treasury.
TU« cunfareiicg
ot iM-np-rotlon faced into failure as
other conference* have done.
We met, tve wrangled and we parted.
What’s the mntter with our Georgia
that we cannot agree? We have been
able in reach no tangible remit In five
days of conference. Congressional
courtesy haa been unwilling to go for
ward until all the delegations were
present and the delegation* have taken
their time to come. Griggs and Brant
ley arrived tills morning. Howard
comes tonight. Lewis Is *tck. Mean
while we wait and mark time—or kill
It.
Olive Branch of Peace.
The conference did nothing but ee-
labllsh the fact that Savannah openly
declares It will not aubmlt Ite claims
I" the Ileorgla delegation, and pro
poses. lndr)>endent of all .delegations, to
go before the ways and means com-
tntttK with the presentation of its
claims. They refused a friendly con
ference with Atlanta on Saturday
night nntl abandoned one formally ar-
1-rioted for yesterday at noon.
Today .Mills tame arrived am] Sa.
1.1!’.mills whole tactics changed He
seems to lw the nabob of finance In
the Tybee metropolis and when he
►miffs they sreeie. Ten minutes after
M- arrival and live minutes after the
formalities Conference of the morning
adjourned. Savannah came bearing an
"live branch to Atlanta and a proposal
f"t a conference of a sub-committee.
Atlanta, which has led every move
ment for harmony nntl fathered every
proposition of conlerence, promptly
accepted.
Proposal from 8avannah.
At 11:45 a. m. Mills Lane. Stovall,
Stillwell, Hunter and Senator Norwood
"I Savannah, met McCord. Pope. Mad-
d"*. l’omeroy and Graves, of Atlanta,
Itt ,i Until effort to adjust matters. Sn-
v.mnah’s proposal was to have the
Georgia delegation Ignore Its personal
inferences and to present the two
rules i n equal terms to the committee
wavs ami
Cullen Tells How He
Shoots Gonzales
to Death.
New York, Jan. 7.—On the Royal
mall steamer Tagus, which reached
port *from Panama and Jamaica Sun
day afternoon, arrived- Curtla J. Cul
len, of Knoxville, Tenn., who, according
to a cable from Panama, disappeared
two week* ago while out on ball charg
ed with having killed a native named
Oonxalea In a Hennat tonal ahootlng af
fray In the Hotel Aator In the city of
Panama. *
Cullen la.the eon of the late Curtla
J. Cullen, a wealthy merchant, whoae
family la ioclally prominent In Ten-
nenaee. He la about 28 years of age.
a graduate of the University of Vir*
gtnte'and -four s wife living tn Knox-
vlile. He went to the Isthmus last
summer to accept a. posit ton as in
spector In the dredging department.
Cullen Telia of Killing.
“I regret for my family's sake that
this thing occurred,” »n;d Cullen, “but
since the story has gotten here, I
might os well tell the whole thing. The
man Oonxales was a notorious bully.
While I was talking In the lobby Gon
zales picked up a hand full of confetti
and dust from the floor and threw It In
my eyes and mouth. Then he stood
with aeteral Spanish friends, laugh'
Ing at me.
"Enraged, I hit him with my left
fist and knocked him over a table. Re-
fore he got up some one I did not know
held my hand. I put It In my hip
pocket and walled for Gonzales to
make the next move.
Disguises Himself.
•' 'Now pull your revolver and shoot. 1
lie yelled. Jumping ,up and drawing his
plfttul. Before ho could shoot 1 fired
and lilt him In the Jaw. The bullet
glanced,-went under-!htf skin and cams
out bark of hln ear. This staggered
him. but he ulmed again and was about
lo-shoot when I firad, killing him. 1
then went up stairs to a friend's apart
ments."
Cullen dyed his face and hands with
berry stain. engaged n covered am
bulance and was driven to the pier.
The train was late, and he got safely
aboard as "O. Carrington," under which
name u friend had engaged passage
for him.
His lawyers, Cullen said, assured
him the case would be dropped, but
that If ho did stay for trial ho cotitd
not ‘ get Justice on account of native
hatred for Americans.
Atlanta, unwilling to surrender Its
splendid advantages of a two-thirds
'"‘•0 «r|ty of the Qeorgla delegation, de-
• m««i Whereupon, it was touted a«
! R ’ vlliibli that Savannah and Atlanta
-f* uld both go before the ways ami
meant committee.
Senator Norwood and John Temple
< Jr.ives engaged In debate oyer the ad-
' liability of the Georgia delegation go.
in*: into the caucus of states this after
-an Informal caucus called ovc
protest of flArtlett and Livingston,
• ! Georgia. Mr. Graves contended that
we went Into the caucus we were
» Hind by It—that with a divided Oeor
*ither Savannah or Atlanta would
*"• dropped after the first ballot, as all
t*:. territory was combined against At
nto and that Atlanta's Interests or
numb's lay In avoiding the caucus
May Resent Caucus.
"n motion* of Mr. Graves, It was re»
• !v *d to urge the delegation to par
dilute if it was a conference and to
■'ithdraw If It was a caucus, upon the
und that the ways and means com-
ht«»e resented caucus action on this
•»'ter. which belonged of right to that
•nrufttee. Norwood and Graves were
• n to present this view.
The caucus of states meets at 4 p. m.
Geo
at
o’clock this afternoon.
Continued on Page Three.
ELOPED FROM CONVENT;
ARE WED IN PRISON;
NOW BEHIND PRISON BARS
Mrs. Walter B. Neal, 17 years of a*o.
" h " figured only a few weeks ago In n
r 'ninnee, running away from her home
n Marlon, Ind., and coming to Atlanta
1 1 "ed, Is again In the limelight.
This time the young bride Is behind
burs of the police station accused
'' deserting her husband for another
1 -in. w. F. Bradburn. a clerk for n
' ug store In Peters street. Is said to
' e the man on whom the girlish bride
: -is bestowed her affections, and he was
1 ••> nrrested. A cose was also made
nil net Mrs. B. F. Hutcherson, of 40
CURTIS CULLEN A MEMBER
OF A PROMINENT FAMILY.
S|H-elill to The tienrglsn.
Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 7.—Cunts J.
Cullen, who, It Is said, killed a man In
Panama the night before Christmas, I*
a member of one of Knoxville's leading
families. We Is a son of the late Cur
tis J. Cullen, n prominent merchant nnd
rentty dealer. He went to Panama
several months ago, to take a position
on the canal works. He Is a brother-
in-law of l)r. J. I, Garrard, fonnerly of
Macon. Ga„ but now of Knoxville, sur-
geon In the First Georgia regiment dur.
Ing the Spanlsh-Amerlean war.
News reached here a few weeks ngt
that Cullen shot a man at the Astor
House at Panama, hilt not serTousty
The matter was satisfactorily settled;
It Is said.
E
Civil Service Law
May Bring New
Fight.
It It learned Monday that a deter
mined movement la on foot and has ns.
sumed definite shape to atop with an
Injunction any possible effort the Eng
lish faction In the police commls.lon
may make to hold a regular police
election In April or to abolish civil
service os It now exist. In the police
department.
It l« stated that aome of the best
lawyers In the city have been consult
ed by civil service leaders and have
expressed the opinion that an Injunc
tion will successfully thwart any move
to hold on election, It Is known that
the -English faction holds that the
present civil service I* entirely Illegal,
and. It Is generally conceded, will try
to hold an election at the regular time.
If this Is done present Indications
promise a lively light In the courts,
which may require year, to finally, set
tle.
Regardless of whether the old board
acted Illegally In Instituting civil serv
ice'at the time It did. under the terms
of the state kw civil service will be
come effective on April 2, 1*07. The
regular police election la scheduled to
take place the latter part of March,
and If the present civil service should
be declared void, the new eonimtsalon.
which will be almost unanimously an
Engllah board, can elect as many new
officers and man as tt chooses before
ctvlt service become* effective.
Civil Service Law.'
The law stipulated that civil acme*
could be put Into effect prior to April.
1907, provided a substantial number
of the policemen should resign and be
re-elected under civil service. The
whole force, with the exception of
about eighteen men. resigned, and were
re-elected; nnd civil service was de
clared In force. The old board con
tends this action was iierfectly legal.
So strong Is this contention thnt law
yers have been consulted, with a view
to testing the matter In the courts.
One of the stanches advocates of
the present civil service, when seen
Monday mprnlng. said:
'■The only election that will bo legsl
this spring will be the election of the
few men who refused to resign nnd
work under civil service. These men
were all retained on the force by the
old board and their terms expire In
March. When the places of these men
are filled, the duly of the commission
will cease. Any further attempt at nn
election will be wholly Illegal.
"Civil service has been operating sue
cessfully since Its Inception and there
la no reason why It should be nbnllshed
and then promptly reinstated,
have a splendid force of both officers
nnd men and the only possible reason
for an election would be to glvo some-
body an opportunity to get In a fuv
MARSHAL IS KILLED
BY UNKNOWN NEGRO
HE TRIED TO ARRESTl
COUNCIL OVERRIDES
THE MAYOR’S VETO
BY VOTE OF 18 TO 1
Murderer Made Escape
“and Is Still at
Large.
SpeMal to The Geor,Ian.
Columbus O*- Jan. 7.—Kawart Car-t
tar, marshal at Richland, Go., was abQt
and Instantly killed by a unknown ua-
gn> at 7: SO o'clock last night. Carter
was attempting to arrest the negro,
for Whom tIOO reward waa ofTered
from tame other place. The negro
submitted until an attempt was made
to search him, when he pulled a gun
and (hot Carter between the eyes,
killing him Inetontly.
The negro fled and has not been
captured.
Mayur Sim* offered a reward of 1100
and bos wired the governor to In
crease the amount.
The dead marshal was 30 year* old.
He leaves a young wife.
The eherlff sent here for dogs to
place on the trail of the murderer.
SHOOTING OCCURRED
AT SEABOARD DEPOT.
Hpeclal to the (lenrgtao.
Amerlcus, Go.. Jan. 7.—New, was
received here last night that the bai
liff at Richland waa shot nnd killed
by an unknown negro, whom h* at
tempted to arrest. The shooting took
plm<w at the Seaboard depot. Carter
was shot through" the Brain" by > pi*-
tol.
OLDKNOW REPLIES
TO J. C SOLOMON
After the veto was overridden Councilman William Oldknow
arose to a question of personal privilege.
He stated that J. C. Soloman, head of the Anti-Saloon League,
in • card, made the assertion that he (Oldknow) had said in coun
cil that “every member of that body was elected by the liquor
men.” J
Councilman Oldknow denied that he had ever made any such
statement in or out of council. Councilman Foster arose and said
that”" Mr. Solomon is in the habit of going off half-cooked. Pro
hibition suffers and dies from the advocacy of such armatL"’*
Hereafter every social club that wishes to sell or servo spirit
uous drinks must first secure a permit from the mayor nnd coun
cil. The tax committee reported an ordinance fixing the license for
such places at 11,000, but submitted a substitute requiring a per
mit .which was adopted.
CORTELYOU RESIGNS
AS COMMITTEE HEAD
Washington, Jan. 7.—Gaotge R.rnrtelyou has announced hla resigna
tion a, chairman of the national HcpubUeon commute*. Harry New Is act
ing chairman.
Race Results
NEW ORLEANS.
,. NewOrlcana. Jan. 7.—Hero are the
results of today's race,:
FIST RACE—Capt. Hale. 13 to 5.
won; Henry Boswortli. S to 2, second;
Hagaponak, I to I, third. Time 1:19
4-9.
SECOND RACE—Plea. 1# to 1. won;
Subodor, 9 to 9, second; Moeo B. 1 to
i, thtnl- Time S;m.
THIRD RACE—Blue Lee. 7 to 9.
won: linzel M.. t to 1. aecond; Rebel
(Jtieen. even, third. Time. :ll 3-9.
FOURTH RACE—Devout. 2 110 J.
won;. Foreigner. 2 to 1. aecond; Klein-
wood, 7 to |fl, third. Time, 1:60 3-5.
FIFTH HACK— 1 mrgtn. tt to 5. won;
Athlete. 2 to 6, aecond. Gentian, out,
third. Time, 1:09 2-5.
Entria* for Tuasday.
entries for Tuesday:
New Orleans, La.. Jan. 7.—City
Park entries for Tuesday:
First Race—Five and a half fur
longs: Babe B, 101; Donna 10J; Lux-
arlen 103: B*rt Oars to*: Gold Bearer
104; Ooy Adelaida 101; Prlnoa of Coins
107; Green Cheat lot; Penrhyn 101;
Major Carpenter 109; Monterey 109;
M. John Peter* til; aranadA 111;
Monte Carole lit.
Second Race—Six Furlongs, selling:
Western SO; Pompadour 97; Refined
94; Splen 96; Royal Breeie 95; King
Pepepper 90: Marvel P.. 97; Rickey 97;
Plnaalrker 100; Uazll 101; Holloway
tut; Woodxaw lOt; ItalberL 100; Gold
Proof no.
Third Race—Seven furlonga, puree:
Sea Water 91; Turbulence 96; Lolly
90; Beau Brummel 97; Meralea 101;
Expect To See 103; Tudor 101; Olamer
110.
Fourth Race—One and a half mile,
the Old Hh-kory Handlcay: lllg Bow
97; Softty Light 98; Orly JI. 100; Old
Stone 100; Jamee Roddick 101; Chnr-
laton 102; Judge Pnat lot; Gild 109;
Ooldlc 101; Alma Dufour 111.
Fifth Race—Mile: Bella M 93; Gay
Minister *7; Safety Light 97; Long
Bright 97;Footltght‘a Favorite 98;
Hickory Corners 100; Big Bow lot;
Tartlc 104; Cashier 106; Padre 104.
Sixth Race—Five and a half fur
longs.. selling: Pretty Doreen 103,
Sweat Favor 102, Rustling Silk 101,
Qold Zone 104, Tlchomtngo 104, .Young
n
108. Mias Leeds 108. Reticent 101.
Prtnce Brutus 109, Paul Clifford 110.
Seventh Hone Mila, soiling: So
ciety Bud 91. Bitter Brown 98. St. Noel
100, IOirache loo. Gold Coin 101. Pride
of Woodstock 101, Oauxe 104, Lampn-
flramc"10«-- Ijnefnrd Jomcn 404. Tee-
pain IK. "Gladiator 105, Jack Lowry
107, Happy Jack 107, 1’lantagcnct 108.
T
UN.
Itradbum nnd Mrs. Jfcal arc nalil to
have been Saturday night.
It will be remembered that Mr*. Nc.ll
waa formerly Mix* Irene Took, who
rnn away from d Catholic convent W
Marlon nnd came to Atlanta to wed
Walter B. Neal, a young man who had
preceded her here from Marlon by
only a few day*. The young couple
waa nrrested, but Inter married In the
office of Chief Jennings and obtained
freedom
Since thnt time Mr. and Mrs. Neal
have boarded at Ibe Union Hotel In
Mitchell street. Bradburn boarded at
the name place.
According to statements of the af
fair. the girl received a telegram, pur
porting to come from her mother In
Mnrlon. asking her to come home on
she was III. The bride announced her
Intention of leaving for Morton late
Saturday afternoon, *11 of whleh wan
agreeable to her husband. After fin
ishing his work Saturday afternoon.
Neal hurried to the depot to bid his
wife good-bye. hut failed tn find her.
He then notified the police and a search
was Instituted.
The arresls followed on Sunday, be-
Ing made by Detectives Connolly,
Starnes, Clark nnd Bayne.
Neul visited the police station Mon
day morning and had a conference w ith
his bride. It was Inter learned thnt he
Informed the girl lie Intended to send
her hack home The cases will he tried
In police court Monday afternoon.
\Y. II. SMITH. AUDITOR.
SUCCEEDS F. A. MEALY
W. II. Smith, setlng auditor of the At
lanta slid W.-.t Point, has liecii appoint-
auditor of Dial road to fill the va
cancy ■•Slim'd hy the resignation of F. A
Util Linden avenue, at which place lloHy. uo» <• 'terse of tee daaactei ds-
ltc
Shake-up Contemplated.
Humors have been going the rounds
thnt the English faction contemplated
a big ehake-up In the force and this
has aroused the opposition to a fighting
humor. Hence the movement for an
Injunction.
The civil service’ people declare Ilia:
a temporary Injunction would stay the
proposed' election until civil service
naturally went Into effect, under the
terms of the state Inw, nnd thnt nc-
ct nllngly there would be no election.
Another Interesting pliuse of the po-
lice situation I* the statement thnt n
movement Is on foot to provide a berth
In the police department for t'aptnln
John W. Ball, formerly chief of police.
At a recent meeting of the commission
n resolution won adopted requesting the
city council' to create the offiee of
assistant chief of police und the name
of t'aptaln Ball In being strongly men
tioned In connection with this office.
Jannlngt to 8tick.
It civil aervlce Is hvid’to be In effect
now. Chief Henry' Jennlng# will con
tinue at the head nf the department hy
reason of the elvll service rules. Ills
friends declare also that even should
an election be held Chief Jennings
would be re-elected. It Is known thnt
effort* are being used In behalf of Cap
tain Ball nnd politicians declare he will
be mode assistant chief. It Is reliably
stated that a well-known cltlsen, not
now In public office, haa already been
elated for the office ot assistant to So.
Ilrltor Lowry Arnold, of the city crimi
nal court, the office now held by Cap
tain Ball.
Rolls Into 011 Depot
on'Time Monday
Afternoon.
For IIh» Aral ttm** In tin* railroad
of Admits, a pniwniriT frnltt waa opt-riii^l
Iiito tkU vJtjr or»*r th«* Ijuutavtlfe am! N»-I.
I
Man Then Takes His
Own Life With
Pistol.
New York, Jan, 7.—Mra. Minnie
Sechora, aged 27, a beautiful brunette.
Monday afternoon, eatnltltaliliitf waa «hot and mortally wounded toduy
through aervlre from Cincinnati ami Lotilr !
vlile. The train of dark red coaches
to a atop on time In the union depot, nl
thouh It ■wga marked _np on the bullet in
iMHtnl ten minutes late.
IiiBtcml of traffic from Louisville
in Williamsburg by Loo Uloahoaky, who
waa Infatuated with her. nionhoaky,
after klaalng the dying woman, nhot
and killed himself.
The woman's husband la an Inmate of
duett!mill hereafter being Brought King’s Park Insane asylum. In hla
over a long haul oyer., other .roads, the 7 a. ..... ■->■
partment of the Ohio Myndlrate of laterur-
ban Hallways. The order making the ap*
polntmeut waa leaned Inet week.
Mr. Hmlth l« succeeded ItfTred K. Win*
burn, who aMmiiee the duties of chief
claim clerki which la practically the same
na that of claim agent, having all the
authority nnd ciuoliimenta afforded by that
title.
Mr. Wlnburu la one of the beat known
and moat popular young railroad no n In the
city. Having entered the claim •»ITl<*ca of
the Weatern and Atlantic na clerk In IP"
— - - ... . .
with
— . ... i date
hla l*eln* made claim agent of
the Attaiitii nnd West Point, lie went to
the Waal Point as claim Investigator In
over « 90ng haul hut wmrr um«".
off It Lila of the Isoulavlllc nnd Nnanvlll
will untuhllah thta abort lino permanently,
mill It U expected to Ih» one «»f the Ui"-t
popular with the traveling nubile.
A few ndnutca after arrival, the diner,
om« of fh«* umat '«*tal*»rate that liaa eier
rnn Into Atlanta, waa aldetraeked Jaat «»«»i-
*!•!'• 4if tile old atatlou, and J. II. |MI» n
beck, division pnaaertger agent, waa L«"»t
to the newapnner representatives ami other
frlemle. Au elaborate aienn Waa served on
thla occaalou. III honor of the inauguratlmi
of the through tralu aervlre.
Many Officials.
In addition to the paaneiujem on this
train, them were TmIp conductor W U
|mba, Engineer William Lnrwtetd. Flagman
C II l.lttleton, Itaggageianater «*. 1. l-r
- - -■ fen -
.. y. r._
.. n, t\ l». Hoyd,
laiitn (Mnclnnatl Hue; H.
engine
ngen
... ~et agei
Kppa, J T. Me-
Urble. trawling freight agent; <* W. Ilrad*
thaw, auperlutemleiit Atlanta division;
Harry Khanka, chief clerk to purchaalng
agent; J. II. Ilarlnn. chief apeulal agent;
Charles Oeahard. traveling auditor; II. M.
Gould and W. W. Neal, •
ENGINE RUN8 AWAY,
INJURING EMPL0YEE8.
Hpe«*lal to the Georgian.
Hparta. tla., Jan. 7.—Saturday night
tt • o'clock the engine at the plant of
the ftparta oil mill got out from under
the control of the engineer nnd ran
away. The big belt which connect*
the anglne with the main ahnft was
broken and struck several of the em
ployees, some of them sustaining very
painful Injuries.
The accident will probably necesal-
tate closing down the mill for a few
days until the engine and other ma
chinery can be repaired.
last rational moments he had left hla
wife In the core of Hloshosky. Mrs.
Heehorn wan forced to earn her liv
ing an a seamstress to provide for her-
*t»lf and her I0-yenr-ohl daughter, be
cause she had'refused to accept any
help from THonhosky. %
The woman had left her home at
No. 7! North First street, where
Hloshosky boarded, to do aonm new Ing
at No. 324 Metropolitan avenue.
Hloshosky learned where she wns go-
Ing, ^preceded her to the house, hid
himself In the vestibule and then shot
her us she turned and rnn upon seeing
him. The street wns filled with boys
nnd girl* on their way .to a public
school a block away. The tragedy'oc
curred before the very eyes of the chil
dren.
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O WEATHER MAN CAUTIOUS; O
O ONLY "PARTLY CLOUOY." 0
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O With cnutlon the weather man O
O approach*.h the situation. O
He leaves himself the loop-hole O
TO BE. FIRED
President M’Crea Ex
pected to Have a
Honse Cleaning.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 7— Evidence
of graft, which may reach Into the
millions, has been uncovered In the
Pennsylvania railroad.
It Is Interwoven with the different
departments of the $400,000,000 corpo
ration. whose aggregate expenditures
during 1905 were $192,100,348, while
Its gross Income In the same period
was $246,089,497. '
The new president of the road.
James McUrea, la determined to force
an end to present conditions. A com
mittee of five directors Is now Investi
gating the Internal affairs of the com
pany. V Stewart Patterson Is chair
man, rind Tin antf hTa ttHBOcmtes arw’pg-
pected to file their report within u
short time.
It Is believed that this report will bo
the slgnul for the most radical house
cleaning In the history of any railroad
of the world.
Although the salaries paid by the
Pennsylvania have never been large,
many of it* employees have retired
with Independent fortunes; others have
died leaving estates of grcAt value.
Many complaints have been made by
firm* and companies which found It
Impoalsble to sell supplies or equip
ment to that section of the road eait of
Pittsburg.
Competition, so-called, was governed
by rules which shut out the lowest bid
der, It Is said, and awarded the con
tracts to favored concerns In which
relatives of the officers nnd employee*
of the Pennsylvania are interested.
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O hours by forecasting: O
O "Partly cloudy Monday night O
O and Tuesday." O
O Temperatures Monday: O
O 7 a. m. .. .. .. ..$0 degree* O
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O HAS FRANCE GIVEN O
O TAHITI TO BRITAIN? O
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O Melbourne, Au*., Jan. T.—The O
O Melbourne Age, on the authority O
- O of missionaries, says that France O
• 21 degree* 0 ( o haa ceded Tahiti to Great Britain O
. .13 degrees O o In consideration of territorial con- O
..66 degree* Oi O cessions In Burma. Mr. Deakln. O
O lo a. tn.
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0 12 noon 68 degrees OiO prime minister of the common- O
O 1 p. tn 70 degrees O wealth of Australia, says he haa O
O 2pm 72 degrees O O no Information on the subject. O
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Councilman Ellis Vot
ed to Sustain the
Mayor.
MONOPOLY FEATURE '
WAS ELIMINATED
Two Aldermen afad Two
Councilmen Were Not
in the City. . J
By a vote of It to 1 the lait council,
of 1306 voted to override the veto of
Mayor Woodward on the high license
ordinance before that body nnd R will
now become ft law without hla atena-
ture.
An amendment By Councilmen
Choaewood, Hancock and Elite elim
inating that portion which restricted
the number of saloon* according to
th* Increase of population and pre
venting a monopolyrln the whlaky bus
iness waa unanimously adopted.
The amendment provides that every
man who secures a license must prove
end make-an-affidavit that he own*
the business and bo must prove that
he owns the leaso where the business
It conducted. Thla amendment was
made to preclude the possibility of a
monopoly by wholesale houses to the
exclusion of the smaller dealer.
In voting to sustain the mayor's veto
Councilman Elite explained hla posi
tion by saying that he believed the II-
cmm must bo reduced from M49 la
31,600 or the restrictions referring to
the number of saloons to the popula
tion be eliminated or else a monopoly
would Inevitably result.
Aldermen Peters and Hlrech and
Councilmen Pomeroy and Taylor were
out of tho city and could not parttcD
pue In the council meeting.
Hi
or CURED
Declares Existing Con
ditions Most Un
favorable.
The Hoard of Education has
submitted to council n report em
bodying every point urped by The
(icorffiuii. The hoard asks for an
iipproprintion for two new school
hinldinipi to relieve the con Rested
condition which hns existed dur-
intr the past year. There is no
he prompt nnd liberal in granting
the request.
The Georgian took up tf*e move
ment for more adequate school fa
cilities several weeks ago. Detailed
statements were published which
showed the number of classes ia
nch school and the pupils in each ^
class, nnd these figures brought to j
light the fact that almost every
grade wns overcrowded to a point |
where discomfort and inconvcn-1
ienee resulted.
The Georgian published photo
graphs of sonic of the makeshift;
rooms. One of these was a coal,
ro<*«t. whitewashed nnd cleaned as
host it could be for the reception
of school children. There were
several basement rooms, badly
lighted, badly ventilated,-unfit for
use by growing children during "
the long hours of the school day.
('resident Luther Z. Rosser and
Secretary.L. M. Landrum, of the ,
board of education, have submit-,’
ted to the mayor and council their.
annual reports for the fiscal year,'
and these embody several requests'
for improvements in conditions.
The report shows thst in the
city schools there are 125 grades!
which have between 50 and 60 pu- i
pils in a room, while it is known '
hy educators that 40 is the maxi- f
mum number for thp best results I
in teaching: It is Rhown that two
new school buildings are needed to
relieve the present overcrowded 1
conditions without making any;
provision for future growth.
LiiHt year the city appropriated
about $1106,000 for the publio
schools, but this year tho board
Contlnuad on Pag* Thraa,