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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
ALL sToCKADE ABUSES TO
BE CORRECTED SOON

The city OF Atlanta viii correct any
abuses which exist at the stockade.
This is certain. Mayor Maddox an
nounces that he will insist on immedi-
ate improvements and will, urge the
1910 finance committees. to provide the
fuads necessary TO complete the stock
ade buiidings and aftord the sanitary
facilities required.
As a. result OF recommendations
which the council prison committee mas
agreed 10 make the general council
win. on Monday afternoon, appropri-
ate from it's fund OF unanticipated re-
cefprs, the sum Of S1.100 with which
20 immediately relieve the situation.
This amount will provide better sleep
ing. and eating quarters. will supply
clean blankets, arrange ventilation and
increase the bathing facilities.
FINANCE COMMITTEE TO ACT.
The 1910 finance COMMITTEES. viii, in
the January sheet. appropriate $4,000
for the scompletiono OF the stockade
buildings and $4,000 for a prison ward
robe Superintendent ID. NJ. vining and
Foreman Pete Cornett. the men charged
with crueIIy hogging negro prisoner.
have been suspended pending several
investigations (which are being made.
Eese are being instituted by the may
OF. commissioner OF public works and
the. prison committee. A reorganiza-
ton OF the force and discipline at the
stochzade viii most likely follow.
MAYOR Is EMPHATIC.
The mayor, members OF council and
commissioned OF public works are en-
phAtic in their announcement that the
good name OF the city shall no longer
be furnished by the shameful conditions
1t the stockaie. many OF which have
been due 10 lack OF funds. A general
house cleaning win be made and the
objectionable features will be elimi-
mated Owing to the fact that the
building fund became exhausted before
the stockade buildings were completed
the prisoners are now eating In nails
that were designed for cell rooms and
are sleeping in rooms not yet COM
pleted- With the completion OF the
buildings new dining rooms will be
available and cells viii be Installed in
the sleeping quarters.
The original plans for the stockade
buildings are comprehensive. thorough
and OF the most modern design.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
SOUTH MORE PROSPEROUS
THAN SINCE THE WAR

William Schley Howard returned to At
lanta Friday from a trip to Washington
and New York. While in New York he
talked with a number of prominent men
i'm Wall street and everywhere he found
the greatest optimism over the prospect
for prosperous times during the next few
years.
New York is simply overrun with
money" said Mr.. Howard. Everyone
seems to have plenty of 1t and good times
is the general cry. I was talking with
Mr.. Violet. of Atwood, Violet & Co., the
big cotton factors, and he told me he
thought the south was in the most pros
porous condition the section has known
since the war
Mr.. Howard spent some time in Wash
ington I'm connection with his coming
campaign for congress against Colonel
Livingston. He says he secured the infor-
nation was after and will at once be-
gion an aggressive campaign
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
BIG TELEPHONE MERGER
rs PLANNED BY MORGAN

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-One of ]. P.
Morgan's partners told reporter today
that he knew no more about Mr.. Morgan's
purchase of the controlling interest in the
merger telephone lines in the central west
than apparently was known by the pub
lie.
ST will say this" he added. that If
Mr.. Morgan has secured control of the
telephone systems in Ohio and Indiana
he will be the boss of the job, Mr.. Nor
gan never goes heavily into anything he
does not control"
In the financial district the opinion was
general that Mr.. Morgan's purchase of
this established telephone lines foreshad-
ows his entrance as a powerful, If not the
dominating. factor in the gigantic tele-
phone and telegraph trust. He has secur-
ed control of the systems between Cleve-
land Toledo, Columbus and indianapolis,
with branch lines completely ramifying
Ohio and Indiana. He paid $3S 900 for
a sufficient amount of the shares of each
company composing the system to give
him absolute control.
1t is conceded by telegraph and tele-
phone experts that the system occupies the
best strategic position in the, entire field
of electric communication in the country.
Representatives of both the Postal and
Western Union Telegraph companies say
today that If Mr.. Morgan dlu make. Ine
purchases it dwas with the view of start
ing competition to these concerns. They
admitted that he could very easily in
crease and improve the equipment of the
lines so as to have his wires carry both
telephone and telegraph messages, but
they said Mr.. Morgan rarely ever did
business that way
1--WE believe" declared man close to
George Gould in the management of the
Western Union, that Mr.. Morgan's en-
trance into the communication of the
country will only strengthen existing con-
ditions. Mr.. Morgan you know, never
tears down He always builds up before
he undertakes to build up he invariably
informs himself as to the situation of
the business in which he invests his
money Instead of his fighting we should
look for him to work with us in har-
mony"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21

ATHENS. Ca. Dec. 1S.-A faculty Of
five OF the strongest educators in the
south have been secured by the board
OF trustees of the State College of Ag-
riculture at Athens. in connection with
the extension work. They are:
DR.. A. c. Richardson, professor OF
veterinary medicine: w. A. Worsham,
Jrs adjunct professor of agricultural
chemistry; ]. E. Hite. director of the
extension; Thomas A. Early, IN charge
OF school extension work; A. Maclaren,
dairy extension and poultry husbandry;
S. A Minear. horticulture and trucking
industries; r. L. Nixon, cotton industry.
FUND BY LEGISLATURE.
The last legislature appropriated s1O,-
COO a year to be used for extension work
in agriculture in the state of Georgia.
This fund does not become available
until January 1, 1910. hence active work
cannot be inaugurated before that date
In the meantime the board of trustees of
the State College OF Agriculture pro-
ceeded to secure men to take charge Of
this work. II has been a difficult mat
ter to find men with the needed training
and judgment at the modest salaries
which il was possible to Offer but the
board feel they have at last perfected an
organization for the work which should
prove satisfactory, and place the college
IN position to serve the farmers of the
state in an acceptable manner.
1t is the purpose of the extension de-
partment to aid in carrying agricultural
knowledge out to the people through
holding itinerant schools, attending
farmers Institutes and teachers meet
ings, and advising and consulting with
farmers wherever Important problems
develop. The extension department will
be clearing house for agricultural in
formation. and the services of the vari-
Gus experts engaged in this work will
be free Of cost to the people OF the state.
The following is a sketch of r. L.
Nixon, a graduate of the University of
Georgia. who received his special train
ing in the State College of Agriculture.
He has been engaged since graduating
in assisting in the organization and de-
velopment of the farmers institute meet
ing in the state. and will now devote
his attention to work I'm cotton industry.
This will give the extension department
man competently trained and familiar
with all the latest and best knowledge
available on this important subject. Like
all the other men engaged in the ex-
tension work, he was raised on a farm
and understands the, viewpoint of those
who till the soil. and. is thoroughly IA
miiiar with the conditions which CON
front our Georgia farmers.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
"G0D ONLY KNOWS HOW
WE BEG FOR OUR CHILD"

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dec. S.-Anony-
nous letters, written, say the police, by
cranks, began coming today to the rela-
tives of Alma Keliner. the S-year-old girl
who has been missing IL days from her
home in this city. One communication
addressed to Frank .Fehr, millionaire
brewer and uncle of the. missing child,
demanded that $4,000 be left at a house
on Preston street, s b.. 49,.
Upon investigation this letter was de-
clared a hoax by the authorities, and it
is. taken as an. example of all the Kell-
ner mail of this character. ,--
The opinion is growing here that Alma
Kellner will never be seen. again alive,
and that her body will never be found.
In a letter signed by F. L. Kellner,
father of Alma, and addressed to the
public today, the conclusion is:
"God alone knows what these long,
long days have been to us and how we
beg for our child
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
MRS. AST0R LIVED LIFE
:. OF TARNISHED SPLENDOR

= NEW YORK, Dec. lS-The last days OF
Mrs William Astor. long the acknowl-
edged leader Of New York society. and
whose husband left between S0.oO0OJb and
E0o40o. were passed in furnished SPLEEN
dsE Testimony of the tax appraiser. as
HE'D with the surrogate today shows that
uSs. @Astor allowed her Fifth avenue
mansion to-run into shabby disrepair
~ he haBgings in the reception room the
ssppraiser found sofled. torn and practI-
.eally worthless. The hall carpet was
tworn 10 the warp. and is valued at only
IS. Ninety chairs, supposedly gilt were
sfosmd to be only gilt painted, and many
Of them riclsety, and worth about $50
apiece,
Paintings after Boucher, the appraiser
Substantially refers to as mot paintings
at at @f5erefy 10y some amateur
Mrs. Astor's piano he values at SO.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
SENSATIONAL REPORTS
-. DENIED BY TIElEMAN

H.
ss~ianes.t has been Issued BY Mayor george
W TiedemEu:
SAVANNAH. Ca. Dec. Is, 1919
The Editor The Atlantis Journal. Atlanta. ga. :
Dear Sir: In justice 10 all concerned sesl
fksf tShosld make public a statement in regard
TO- tbs -unwEfxanted re10rtr- mat nave necn
neF51dA1 With 3 fhe -th4bbls- Ilhrisnder- Hunter
tragedy.
savannah shsNsiarsr nan. who Is a CORE
spcndent for numerous papers OF wide circuIa-
ton seat cut = sensational and exaggerate,i
sfeyy.a ID which he depicted q reign OF terrur
IN Savannah and mace numerous statements
which. 20 say the least. were horribly exaggsr.
ated AMI did the city a grave Injustice.
Demands for military protection. HOuse-t9-
boss Ean-hunt By hundreds OF determined mca
armed TO the teeth 10 raen already IN JAM as
suzEScts, doors bursted ir and fences torn down
b Eoos. police do not conceal the fact that a
Of the statements made
II was ny first impulse to publish card IN
refufatinn - these Wild assertions. but the Sa-
accents referred to. thought mat tnat pub
lefty might suffice ard / was dissuaded from
No original intention. -
h0~eTer M affection f. row called to
secusds sensational rerort wnlcn am in
formed--euaArntes from the sane source as the
original sePort ~ Ehieh- il apresrs that the
mayur q savannah askel.thst the -lecal papers
publish no extras. and that. though one paper
was alnost in the press, the edition was sup
pretSed-
IRIS statement JosS.a grave injustice TO. the
edlier Of -fte .S4vEnnah Press snd TO the people
of SfvanhsH- The afternoon papeE, with com
meraehle entrrTrise and a derire to- furnish
TIRE people with the Iatesf news, made prepare
ttons 10 issre IA extra, ,Hpon learning that 4
ene which seemed % fix the identity OF the
assassin had been found. although consider
Aahis sexeenEe had Been iucurred N -the pFepura-
&sons--fhe editor. Hpon -fearufnE from me that
es-Tclue furnished Ca positive exidenoe. de-
81. Voluntarily. not 10 publish an extra
lon
reference 20 the original article sent out
, Savannah. ! viii not dignity II with =
led deuial- I Do wish TO say. however.
tile fofbearsEce. the conserSat ism and the
for law ind order which has Deem
.sted By the good people Of SGSannaB IN
extraordinary circumstances reflect
reiit upon the community and are wor-
Re comment and c1mmendatiOn OF the
De eoantry. They stand out IN strone
TO the conditions Pictured In the I'M
y. exaggerated, unjust and unforiun-
les sent oct frDr Savannah by a sen
Statement IL being sem TO the principal
o. the country which published the ac-
zssfsrred ts- Respectfully.
kEned-l GEO. ". TIEDENIAN
- - Mayor Of Savannah
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
SHOW MANAGER DEAD;
ACTORS HURT IN FIGHT

MOBILE, Ala, Dec. 1S-ManaRer
Evans, Of show out Of Memphis. was
killed and others seriously injured this
afternoon at Maben, Miss. The man.
ager, 1T is said. was intoxicated and be
gan abusing two brothers. Harry and
Rock Johnson.
Evans struck Rock Johnson over the
head with pistol and fired on Harry
Johnson, infiicting flesh wound. The
latter wrenched the weapon from Ev-
ans and shot him through the forehead.
causing instant death.
Men and women of the show Joined
in the difficulty and two men and
three women were struck over the head
with an iron bar, and seriously wound
ed. The JOhnsons and i've showmen
are under arrest.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
RHEUMATISM BRINGS
.REPRIEVE FROM JAIL

RALEIGH, N. c., Dec. B.-Governor
Kitchin has granted a reprieve to Bax-
ter Shemwen. the wealthy Lexington
man. under sentence of five months in
the Guilford county Jail for drawing two
revolvers and threatening to kill South
ern railway conductor because he would
not stop a through passenger train at
Lexington for him to get of.
The governor says that the prisoner is
at Hot Springs, Ark. for treatment for
rheumatism, which is worse in winter
months than in warm weather. Therefore
the reprieve is allowed to April l. 1912
when the sentence will begin. A bond OF
s. 900 is required.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
BOY SHOOTS SELF ~ !.
.~. PLAYING WITH GUN

SPARTA, Ca, Dec. Hast night
while playing with pistol John
Height, Jr., seriously shot himself
through the stomach and is not ex-
pected to live.
He is Is years old, and a son
of Mr.. John Height, prominent farm
er six miles from Sparta.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
NEGRO IS CAPTURED;
KILLED FARM AGENT

WEST POINT. Ga. Dec. Is.-L,ate this ,+..r-
noon. after p hours pursuit. Troup conntv of
ucers from LaGrange captured SolomAn Heze
reih- the negro who late yesterday afternoon
Killed Shirley Owens with the latter's pistol
which he secured during a difficulty between
them on a plantation.
Owens was collector for the Atkinson AMI
Turner estate. and was closely related to some
OF the wrzithiest and most prominent citizens
Of Wea Point. owens funeral was conducted
rom the home OF Mai. " L. Atkinson by DIR.
Golden. pastor 81 the First Baptist church The
body was carried to Union Springs. Ala. for
interment
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
Foreign Iter1lS

CANNES, France, Dec. 1&-Grand Duke
Michael Nicholaievitch, grand uncle of
Emperor Nicholas, died here today.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 1s.-M. Iswolskv the
foreign minister, has been appointed a member
Of the council Of the empire, but he retains his
present official position.
ROME. Dec. ia rumor was circulated here
today that King Menelik. Of Abyssinia, was
dead, but there is confirmation Of this. The
latest dispatches from Abyssinia which are
dated December u. merely announce the illness
Of the king, but give no details.
ROME, Dec. 1s.-Cardinsl Satolli has suf-
fered a severe relapse from nephritis Extreme
weakness has been marked and he was often
delirious. The doctors fear a fatal issue The
pope has bestowed upon him the apostolic bens-
diction.
LONDON. Dec. 1S.-King Edward, who
has decided views on what is descent and
fitting in biography and autobiography,
has vetoed the writing of any volume re-
cording his life and reign until after his
death. He is also deeply annoyed at
the outrageous scandals published in the
Countess Of sCardigan's "Recollections,"
which he has ordered to be removed from
ali royal residences.
'ToKKYo. Japan Dec 1S-sIts is
not Japan's desire or Japan,s intention
to encroach upon the rights of others or
to win a way in the world by swash-
buckIing."
This is the position of the mikado's
government, as made clear In seni-of
fetal statements which have just been
issued to the resident diplomats here.
Japan, the ministry frankly declares, has
gone through a period of bitter expert
ence and her statesmen have profted by
that experience.
PARIS, Dec 1s.-The Academy of Moral
and Political Science today elected T'heo-
dore Roosevelt to a foreign associate
membership. With this honor he will be
entitled, when delivering lectures at the
Sorbonne. to wear the plumed cap Of an
academician, q pearl handled sword and
suit embroidered with green plurnes.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
CLAY MADE CAPTAIN
OF NAVY TEAM

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 17.-Announce-
ment was made today of the election of
Midshipman Henry S. NICK. Clay. of
Pennsylvania, as captain of the navy
football team for 1910.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
THE TEXAS WONDER

Cures all Kidney. Bladder and Rheu-
matte troubles; sold by Southern Drug
Company, Norfolk Two months treat
nent by mail. for 81. Send to Dr. E. w.
Hall. as2s Olive street, st. Louis. No.
for testimonials sss
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
SHAFT TO VETERANS
PLANNED BY L0N0KE

LoNOKE. Ark, Dec. ia monument
to the memory of the Confederate sol
diers will be erected here next spring by
the T. c. Hindman chapter U. D. c.
At a recent meeting of the chapter
design was selected and a contract placed
for a handsome Georgia marble shaft.
which will stand rs feet high surmounted
by a statue of Confederate soldier In
Italian marble.
The design selected was submitted by
the Mcneil Marble Co., of Marietta, Ga,
who were given the contract for this
work. The unwilling viii take place June
g. 1910, with appropriate ceremonies.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21

NEW YORK. Dec. 1s.-'Next week may
see the Brokaw VS.. Brokaw case complet-
ed, and it, may not" was the indefinite
forecast today of counsel in Mrs. Mary
Blair-Brokaw's suit for separation
from her husband, W. Gould 4Brokaw.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21
ALABAMA NEWS

RUSSELLNILLE. Ala. Dec 1S-Tom
Robinson was hanged here today for the
murder Of his wife and mother-in-lawl
The execution was I'm public and was
witnessed by great concourse OF people
Robinson wanted his execution TO take
:. place in public. so that it should be q
warning 10 all.
MOBILE. Ala. Dec. K-Clarence Jones
5 And Frederick Townsend Martin. pfesi-
dent and vice president respectively. OF
the american Embassy association, in a
speech here tonight arraigned the present
diplomatic system OF the United States
and said that the government treated it's
foreign representatives "shabbiIy, ungen-
eTously and in a manner not consistent
to.American dignity and democracy"
SAsHF1EIsE. Tenn, Dec. IA Deca5
tur. Alalss dispatch says for six hours to-
day the heaviest snowstorm- ever seen
In north Alabama prevailed. Snow. has
faiieneat-th rate of two inches an hour.
Snawfalls are reported at Tullahoma
and other points in Tennessee.
Il began showing in Nashville at 1880,
with Indications Of heavy fall.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S-Thel study Of
aeronautics has been formally introducedl
into the curriculum Of the New York pub
lie schools and Lee Stevens, the aeronaut.
HIS offered a silver cup which will go
next year to the pupil showing the larg-
est knowledge of aeroiiautics.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21

CANNES, France, Dec. 1&-Grand Duke
Michael Nicholaievitch,- grand uncle of
Emperor Nicholas. died here today.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-11
Rspnhlioaniam and ths West.

without presuming to enter the
controversy started by Governor John
son and prolonged by Senator Gore on
the thesis that the republican party
has misused political power to the det-
riment Of the western people, 1t is
worth while to repeat some recent
statements Of fact.
Out of the last forty-eight years the
republican party has been in power
forty years. IL has nominated ten
presidential candidates - Fremont.
Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Har-
rison, Mckinley and Taft-and eight
out of the ten were western men. The
other two, Blaine and Roosevelt, we're
not western men, but were strong ia
vorites in the west and we're chosen
with the aid of warm western support.
Since 1861 there have been seven re-
publican speakers of the house. Grow.
Blaine and Reed were from the east
and Schuyler Colfax, Keifer, Hender-
son and Cannon from the west.
In the monetary contest, which is
cited by the democratic leaders who
have been in control for a dozen years,
as dividing the west and east, the west
ern states which have acted regularly
with the republican party and without
subterfuge or constraint, were Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ore
gon and California. Are these states
going about now with unhealed sores
or old scores to settle? In the present
cabinet there are Hitchcock, Mac
Veagh, Ballinger, Nsgel and Wilson,
an Overwhelming number Of those
who deal with subjects in which these
sections might have special interest.
Laying aside the present tariff, in
which democrats played a part as con-
spicuous as any republican along the
line where Gore and Johnson find
trouble, history credits the republican
party with special friendliness to the
west, not to mention what the party
did in the creation Of Nebraska, Kan
sas and the later admissions. In fact,
1t is obvious there would be no west
none of that west of which Governor
Johnson is thinking, but for the re-
publican party.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-11

This is the time for reminders of
the everlasting financial topic of ma
tional bank currency. We are told
that the issue of bank notes, in the
face of ~ per cent money and con-
%tinuing gold exports. keeps on. To
meet the needs OF the panic the bank
note circulation increased $8S,0OO,-
900. Under a fully elastic system
there would have been immediate con-
traction after the crisis, but this con-
traction was so slow that only about
$40, 10000 0 had been retired in July.
1908. The condition remained sta
tionary until this year. when an ex-
pansiOn set In and the bank c~ircula-
ton reached $r43. 0OO,O 900 more than
the high point reached before the
panic and $4,000 600 more than the
maximum Of the panic period.
1t is hard to find anything in the
financial conditions TO call for this in
crease of circulation. The banks held
idle bonds which they could use to
secure note issues. When the federal
treasury adopted a policy Of with
drawing deposits, the banks trans
ferred the amounts from deposit ac-
count to circulation account. Natu-
rally, Secretary Macveagh announces
that he will not sell any new 3 per
cent bonds If he can avoid it. He does
not wish TO ruin the market status OF
2 per cent bonds or to hasten a dan
gerous imitation OF bsuk paper and risk
an uncertainty of the gold reserve.
II seems almost incredible that,
after all our effort to put our currency
on q sound and stable basis. we should
be. facing this uncomfortable situation.
While there is no cause for a~pprehen-