The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-23
ATLANTA'S BUDGET OF NEWS.
MAYOR WOODWARD FAILED TO
sign CHRISTMAs PAY ROLLS.


mas Present-Niai. =. ". Thomas
WIN Not ResiEn-Chirf Joyncr Sc
rfousIy Hurt nt r. Ftre-Nsv
Tacuity for state Normal school.
Atlanta. Dee. @-For hours to-day the
city employees On au departments except
tne Health Department. were in deepest
despair because Mayor woodward could
rot be- found 60 sIgr the weekly pay roll
checks on which the employees depended
Tor their Christmas money.
The Mayor apparently sivnod a eau Tor
g. special meeting of tho a,dermanic board
80 consider street railway franchises. but
when the auper.ntorlcGls % the depart
ucnts sent runners al over the city 20
IND him, for me Christmas pay roll. he
Rad disappeared aEain as completely as
Sc the earth had swallowed him up.
the slparrtendrrt OF tae department
cent runners all over the cisy 60 hnd niu
Cor ,he Christmas pay rolls. He had n.
appeared aea.n as completely as u tne
carth rad swallowed him up.
About l2 noon. while tae earnest search
TO- che Mayor was being prosecuted ly
deputy city marshals saud others. " o
wanted their Christmas money. Alder
man u. u BeuteI walked iuto the Office
o. city License Inspector ,. X. Huntst.
"llease take this 10 the Ciu clerks Office
aud leave it." he said a. Mir Hunter. a.
o. held out paper. M. Hunter took %
downstairs ana delivered d 20 the assist
ant ciy CLERK. That paper was the call
Tor the special meeting OF the Aldermanic
Board. ana 30 bore the ragged aud unccr-
tain sigma ,ure Of james g. Woodward
MAYOR
After the search for the Mayor had been
given NJ search Was made for Mayor
pro dem, }. l.. Meyson. but up 20 the
hour Of noon, when the banks closed he
could rot be- found
Superintendent H. ~ Seals with the
Grant Park pay roll called AZ the Mayor
ONCE early 90 tbs morning and the Mayors
secretary Informed him that the Mayor
was not in. Mr.. Seals walked several
hours IN The City Hall building. and then
went out 20 search for the Mayor. or
the Mayor pro tenn. lie returned from
fruiucss search after the banks had
closed. The park pay roll amounted e.
&i5s The super nteudent went 10 Park
Commissioner Grady and Meyers and
asked theis advice.
my men ere depending on their wages
Tor their chris mas money" he said 20
The commissioner. what can b. done 90
They shall not 80 without their Christ
mas money" the commissioners replied.
Even u We have 20 put up the money
from our own pockets" Tho commission.
crs did put 90 the sum from their own
pockets later iu the afternoon and relicv-
ca the pathetic situation SO Gar as the
park employee were concerned.
The sanitary chief had the check FOR
his pay roll signed several days ago hy
Mayor pro TEN Mason, and the men in
that department were not placed In the
cmharrassing position q having no
Christmas money.
With the appropriation made by the
Legislature the state Asylum for tAc In
sane al MiledgcVlle VIII be greatly en-
larsed. The appropriation this year was
$1,000 the greater portion Of which
Niil b. devoted 90 che erection % new
buildings For several years past the
asylum has been badly crowded, and now
there are over TWO hundred insane per
Suns in tho county iail-. Tine legislature
followed the rocommcndation 81 the Gov
eruor on this InC. and made even
larger appropriation than Yves expected.
The buildings wli Dc erected as soon az
POSSIBLE.
There i great deal OF talk a. tue
Capitol about the cost % the committees
OF the last legislature. In nearly every
instance every committeeman who went
out Of the city Cor tine purpose - visiting
down MS expenses 81 81. This Is t7e
t'mh allowed hy the state FOX one trip.
Iu some Instances the members Travelled
on passes issued ly the railroads. AMI in
addition. were entertained free Of cost ~
their destination. sur che So was drawn
from tho treasury department. as actual
necessary expenses OF tine trip. IL Was
mainly on this account that the expenses
% the committees amounted 90 20 mucn.
II IS not probable that the military
schools OF the state viii nave the SER
vices o. United States officers for some
time 10 come The army al present g.
short on officers. and unal peace H. de-
oiared IN the Philippines and the troops
gre Withdrawn from cuba. the officers
will De required To remain with their
commands. There were about two hun.
dyed ofncers detailed from the different
regiments Tor service IN the military
schools. and when the war broke out tn
1sss they were ordered 10 join their reEi-
Hnents- TO may he that some OF the re-
tired Offices VIII De- sent to the schools
The electors % Georgia will meet az
the Capitol on the second Monday In Jan
uery. 1871 and proceed 10 ballot for cam
ddates FOR Ptea dent and Vice Presidcns.
There are tuo Candidates for messenger
from Georgia. ana IL IS expected that
JoHr Greer ~ Macon viii De successful.
Gov Gambler to-day issued the follow
ing order That Hon. ". A. Hemphill
81 ere county a. Fulton he. and be Is
hereby appointed member OF the State
Board ~ NanaEers q the Pan-Americau
ard Charleston and West Indies Exposi-
ton"
The supreme Court has re-appointed
Hon. Joseph CroUk ~ savannah as mem
ber 81 TIE State Examining Board for adj
mission 20 Che bar.
The discharge az fireworks on the
streets ~ Albania ou Christmas day was
this morning forbidden hy Mayor Wood
ward 81 his Christmas proclamation. In
addition the order ~ the Mayor closes
all City Han Offices on Dec. =. and pro-
hibts clerks from doing an work thas Is
not absolutely necessary.
Gov Gambler was The first man IN the
Capitol to receive a Christmas present.
lie was taken by surprise This morning
when be wes presented with a silver
shaving outfit hy the employees IN tho
executive department The presentation
speech was made by Mr.. &. ~. Hitch
fhe Governor private secretary. The OUT
~ o. a very pretty one. The name Of the
Governor was engraved on each piece.
Gov Gambler replied 60 Mr. Hitch in "a
neat speech. iu which Dee thanked bis as
kistanfs for their token Of remembrance.
J. n. Montgomery. alias J. W. smith
fns .H.