Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, December 23, 1912, FINAL, Page 6, Image 6

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STRIFE 111 LAST
1312 SESSION
Hot Battle Develops Over the
Nutting-Warren Contest for
Mayor Pro Tem.
The last meeting of toe HH2 < ity
council this afternoon will b> no love
feast. Instead it promises to he a free
for-all fight,
Alderman A. 11. Van Dyke has added
to the spirit of the Nutting-W at :en
contest for mayor pro tem by decla t.y
that Alderman Nutting is untit for tin’
place, and that he will opt nit dir* hl
energies in support of As..
ren until the election, th’? hit meeting
in January.
Each candidate . .aims i. «n.- n >j"i -
ity of the votes for 11 ... ■
much pressure is being brought to bear
on certain members of council that . ■ y
are insisting on a caucus to decide the
contest in secret.
Reject Caucus Plan.
Both Alderman Nutting nmi Alm
man Warren hav< refused
to such a piau, howevs .
A report is going the rouinh iim:
clique in council has organized to kill
nil legislation proposed by Aidermen
Van Dyke and John E. McClelland.
This afternoon Aiderman Van Dyke
will endeavo to have an ordinnall
passed allowing drawn ami undrawn
poultry to be sold during the Christmas
holidays. Vnder the tegular law, only
drawn poultry can be sold. lb says his
amendment will greatly t educe toe
price of all poultr? .
The alderman asked the unanimous
consent of council to consider this ordi
nance out of its regular order at the
last meeting of council. Aiderman Nut
ting objected.
Aiderman Van Dyke immediately
swore vengeance against Alib i man
Nutting, and ho say\ he soon will con
vince Alderman Nutting that h" Is not
luffing.
McClelland Is Aroused.
Alderman McClelland was blocked at
the last meeting from introducing a
new anti-dirt ordinance, similar to the
one repealed at the behest of Alderman
J. W. Maddox, a grading contractor.
Ho has announced that ho will make
It warm for some of the members of
Pouncil if they don’t give his ordinance
s. fair consideration this afternoon. He
also will Introduce a resolution declar
ing the office of Park Commissioner M.
B. Young vacant because the eommis
itoner has missed two meetings without
in excuse.
Councilman Charles \V. Smith, cbuir
nan of the special committee on reor
ganization of the construction depart
ment. will present the recommendations
yf his committee this afternoon. Coun
cilman Harvey Hatcher, chairman of
the streets committee and the cham
pion of the construction department, is
•ndeavoring to organize a light against
he report.
Smoke Board Periled Again.
The most important provision of the
report is an ordinance giving council
the right to reject Chief of Construction
Clayton’s appointments. Despite Coun
cilman Hatcher's activities, an over
whelming sentiment of council seems to
favor the reforms.
Councilman Smith u,so will introduce
tin ordinance abolishing the smoke
ommlssion. Indications are ti r.I this,
too, will pass. However, tin- tight
ignlnst the smoke nuisance is coinpH
ated greatly because the commission
lias not yet succeeded in naming a
smoke and gas inspector to succeed
Paul McMichael, resigned.
The fixing of salaries of a number of
officials for next year will demand the
attention of council and arouse many
conflicting opinions.
Probably Will Safeguard Water.
After the meeting of the general
council the aldermanlc board will meet.
The most important matter to come
before the body will be the resolution
adopted at the last meeting of the
lower branch of council providing that
the $16,000 of premium bond money
now held by the water department b<
used to purchase the private land
around the city reservoirs
The health doctors have condemi. J
this property as insanitary. No objec
tion to its purcham is expected.
OFFICERS HUNTING
•UNKNOWN SLAYER
OF WASHERWOMAN
The Atlanta police an, th DeKalb
county authorities today 'O;J.
for the slay< <?• Mattie . . . . p.
gress. m i’.os> body was found y "st.
morning in a vacant b>t on Hog,; ■
street, Kirkwood, near w.n;. ■- live G
The negress' body was f->. H.r by D. I.
Reed, of 46 Itog* rs st’. a man
She had been shot throng th< i. a l
and then struck 'At the heap wit some
blunt instrument. Near by was found
her pocketbook, empty and covered
with blood There were no other clew s
Reed reported the cqse to t'lty 1’
trolman Wade, who made an investiga
tion, and turned the case ovm to Sher
iff Mo ri', of DeKalb county
It was lea ned tha the neg -■•«.. who
was about 30 years old, had started la.it
Saturday aft' -noon to the home of Mrs.
Mary Burt Meador, a prominent so<l< \
woman in East Lake, for whom th
woman lad done washing She h.i
started after mom y due h< for woi k
The murder took place as the negress
was on he: way to the Meador home
NEW HOTEL TO OPEN
THOMASVILLE GA 11. . ■
on the new Tos, . hot. ier<. is j Ufct
about complete ! a l .,’ ■ ~
beet ■ .
January 1 .; ~.
SEQUESTER ANTI-SANTA
CRANKS—-CHAMP CLARK
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. ; Sequestration of the cranks
who are. tryiriir 1o abolish Santa (,'iaus” was advocated today by
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Champ Clark.
si and Christmas one must understand the spirit of the occasion.
Evervone who has not read it ought to be furnished with a copy
of Charles Dickens’ Christmas carols. That would render a
grep 1 <leal of good.
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NEGRO COOK SLAYS
BUTLER IN REAR OF
NORTH SIDE HOME
l|. tiiid me he hud iiti'Uiier sweet
hem t, and I just shut hitfl.” coolly re
marked Ella IJttle. negro cook in the
home of Dr. It. S. Moore. of 708 Pied
mont avenue, today, just after she had
filed lit bullets into i'harlit Greer, ne
gro buin r for James H. Gilbert, of 724
Piedmont avenue. Giwr died almost
instantly. The tragedy occurred in tin
servants' house in the tear of the Moor
holm .
'Die slayer was taken into custody by
Bicycle Policemen Dorsett and Gantt
and locked in the police station. She
didn’t appear the least eom prned over
her deed, and frankly admitted that it
was prompted by jealousy. She said
she had threatened previously to shoot
Greer because he teased her abou!
“other women." hut that he seemed to
think she was “just bluffing."
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Other Christmas Candies and Novelties
Santa Clam Movaltlea. So. 10c. ISc. S6c. Other Novelties. 5c up. Strawberry and Vanilla Seafoam, lb. 40c.
Ttn'* 1 * 1 "/sTo'a* Joe'' 5C ' l<>o ’ 85C ’ Assorted Chocolate Nute. lb. 750. . Spun Balle, all colors. 15c; 3 for 35c.
snow BMls. lOc. Crystallized Cherries. Cumquats, Pineapple, etc.. Stick Candy, absolutely pure, all flavors, lb. 35c.
Santa Claus and Reindeer, 75c. 1 ‘ Sc ’ Cream Mints, assorted colors, lb. 40c.
Small Toy Cameras filled with little caudles. Crystallized Ginger. 1-3 lb. 30c. 1-4 lb. 15c. Buttercups, assorted flavors. Ib. 40c.
10c. Vanilla and Maple Pecan Loaf. lb. 40c. Walnut Creams, lb. 40c.
JACOBS’ PHARMACY
Main Store and Laboratory, 6 8 Marietta St.
23 Whitehall St. t. 2«« Peters St.
tske*%l ta‘emlllw4 • O W . ’II 14 114 *I I .
102 Whitrhitil >t. 152 Decatur St.
514 Peavhtn-e St Houston St. Mnrietta St.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MON DAY. DECEMBER 23, 1912.
Speaker Champ Clark The movement,
which was begun this (.’hristmas. to up
root the old traditions about Santa and
his slpigh full of toys, moved Mr. • lark
today lo make the following announce
ment :
' I think our Nftulu < latis is a great
institution, and those eranks who are
trying to abolish him ought to be se
tpiestrated. The name of Santa Claus
always calls up lo me the most pleasant
memories of my boyhood. In my day
children were taught lo believe in the
patron saint of Christmas. To under-
SALE OF RED CROSS
SEALS TO CONTINUE
TILL NEW YEAR DAY
The Itml i't oss -..i1l campaign will
continue right pn to New Year’s day.
The seal carries with it both the spirit
ot Christmas and New Yea 'a.
I Reports rte.-ived at headquarters in
the Atlanta Trust building up to today
I showed more than $2,700 actually re
ceived in cash and deposited In bank.
But this is just one-half of the Atlanta
campaign which contemplated the sals’
heie of more than 500,0(H) seals, aggre
gating mon- than $5,000 in returns for
the anti-tuberculosis work.
Mrs. F. G. Hodgson, chairman of tin
Atlanta committee, urges all who have
seals out to make their returns prompt
ly before <'hristmas day at headquar-
I tors In the Atlanta Trust building, 140
Peachtree street. After Tuesday the
Red Cross seal committee will transfer
its headquarters to the offices of the
• Anti-Tuberculosis association, seven'.n
floor of the Gould building.
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
ISSUED TO GEORGIA
PEACE ADVOCATES
J J. H . p resident of tile Georgia
branch of the American Peace society,
has issued the following Christmas
message to peace advocates in Georgia:
"Tile first Christmas morn was ush
ered in by tli, song of angeis. Heaven
it-.lf seemed overcliaryed with music
and some of its sweetest strains fell
iilion ilii- woiid of ours, and the aston
ish' . shepherds on th'- plains of Beth
: hem heard tin strain. ‘Glory to God In
th. Highest, on Earth Peace and Good
Will to Men.'
The astonishing thing is that the
wo; Id has been so long in receiving the
im -age. War and not peace lias en
gaged the attention of men from gen
eration to generation, until today the
nation- are staggering under the awful |
bu: den of a war debt amounting to the
great urn of thirty-eight billions of
dollars! And what shall he said of the
millions of the human beings who have
fallen in battle fields?
"We all desire peace and the time is
coming when war will be looked upon
as something worse than a blunder.
Reason and not force will settle great
intermitional questions.
“In the meantime let us practice those
things which make for peace, so there
will be less strife, less anger, less bit
terness tids Christmas time than ever
in the past.
“’Pi aee be lo this house’ was a salu
tation the first evangelists had to car
ry. If I could I would bring the same
swei i word to every home today. Oh.
men and women who read these lines,
carry some token of peace into your
homes this Christmas time, and do it
with a glad heart and a sunny face.
"It may be that an absent son or
daughter could send n message that
would bring peace to loved ones far
away Do it Employers have a splen
did opportunity at this season of the
year to ameliorate the hardships of
many who work for them and therebv
lessen the friction between capital am!
labor. Both being absolutely neces
sary, let each take the other by the
hand and swear eternal friendship.
"Let our sympathy go out world
wide to hasten the day when the song
of the angels, ‘Peace on Earth.' shall
be the precious realization of all man
kind.”
Realty Transfer Made in 1868 Just Approved
$250 FOR $60,000 TRACT
Real eshtate experts on the Fulton
county commission will fidget this aft
ernoon when they put formal approval
on tin* sale of 30 acres of West End
property, negotiated by Daniel Pittman,
a war-time Judge of ordinary - . Pitt
main’.- sale in 1868 netted the county
exactly $250.98, whereas the real estate
he disposed of is said to be worth $60,-
JOO now.
J. N. Landers, w ho recent ly purchased
a lot at Wellington street and Greens
ferry avenue, discovered, in digging
around in old records, that the Pitt
man sale of the old almshouse property
in the Greensferry road had not been
FIRST CHRISTIAN
BURIAL OF CHINESE
HELD IN ATLANTA
Sing Kee, secretary of the local lodge
of Chinese Masons, who was found
dead in his laundry at 246 Houston
street ten days ago, rests in the Chi
nese burial lot at Greenwood cemetery
today, following his interment yester
day by fellow countrymen. This was
the first burial by local Chinamen un
der, the Christian banner, ordeps from
President Yuan Shi Kai of China hav
ing abolished the Chinese custom of
burning incense, placing chop suey and
Joss sticks on the grave, etc.
Formerly a Celestial sat on the hearse
and threw out small bits of paper with
a hob through the center of eaah piece.
The belief was that devils following the
deceased must crawl through the holes
before reaching the victim. The fu
neral ceremony was formerly accompa
nied with a form of idol worship,
chanting and burning of Incense.
Chicken chop suey and chop sticks were
put on the grave for the dead to eat,
and things were nut In the coffin to ac
company Hie Chinaman’s soul to Para
dise.
Rev. A. C. Ward officiated at the fu
neral at Harry Poole’s undertaking es
tablishment and a local band accom
panied the procession to the grave
Seventy-five Chinamen attended.
Sing Kee is survived by a number of
relatives in China.
formally ratified by the commission, as
required by law. Pittman, it seems,
acted as ordinary in making the sale,
rather than the direct agent of Fulton
county.
So Landers, apprehensive that Pitt
man's action would constitute a. flaw on
his title, petitioned the commission to
ratify the sale.
According to the record, former Ordi
nary Pittman sold 30 acres of land,
which had been the site, of the old alms
house, to John S. Wilson, on Decembet
8, 7868. for $250.98. The property had
a 2.000-foot frontage on the Greensferry
road.
SUSPECT ARRESTED
FOR BANNOCKBURN
POSTOFFICE THEFT
Information regarding the robbery
last night of the postoffice at Bannock
burn came today to George F. Sutton,
postoffice inspector. Close upon the
heels of the first message was another
from D. F. Hinson, police chief of Wil
lacoochee, with the information that a
man suspected of being the robber had
been captured in that town, and would
be held for an investigation. No de
tails regarding the robbery have been
sent to headquarters in Atlanta.
The affair will be handled by deputies
out of Valdosta, at Inspector Sutton’S
order.
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ATLANTA CHANGES
IN FREIGHT MEN OF
WEST POINT ROUTE
The resignation of E. G. Lutz as
commercial agent of the West Point
Route at Montgomery was followed to
day by the announcement that C. E.
Shannon, traveling freight agent of thi
fame railroad tn that city, has severed
his connection with the West Point
Route. Both will enter private busi
ness.
An official circular issued by E. S
Center, of Atlanta, general agent of the
railroad, announces several changes in
the freight department, effective today.
Mr. Lutz will be succeeded by E. G
Hitt, heretofore commercial agent of
the Cumberland Dispatch Lines in At
lanta and a brother of Moultrie Hitt
assistant to the president of the Wes;
Point Route.
C. P. Persons is appointed commer
cial agent at Atlanta. W. M. Center is
named as soliciting freight, agent at
Atlanta, succeeding Mr. Persons.
W. B. Terhune becomes commercial
agent of the road at New Orleans; T. C.
Williams, commercial agent at Char
lotte, N. C., and C. D. Center, soliciting
freight agent at East Point, Ga. The
positions of traveling freight agent at
Charlotte. N. C„ soliciting freight agent
at New Orleans and contracting freight
agent at East Point are abolished.
It is understood also that the position
of traveling freight agent at Montgom
ery. heretofore held by Mr. Shannon,
will also be abolished.
Boykin G. Smith.
Boykin G. Smith. 40 years of age.
died at a private sanitarium this mom
ing. The body was removed to Patter
son’s undertaking establishment, and
will be sent this afternoon to Social
Circle for funeral and interment.