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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-16
Congressman Called
Back to Washington

ADMISSION. ALA, oct 15.-The
fact that Congressman Fred L. Black
mon. OF this city, who had been grant
ed q leave of absence, was called back
to Washington last night and the fur
Their fact that Congressman Under
wood has declined an invitation to
speak before the Convict Improve
ment Association here Saturday ara
considered TO have a bearing on the
acute situation in Mexico
No reason was given for the re-
call OF Congressman Blackmon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-16
~ AN Did
GIVE To
WILSON
FUND
Underwood Has Fact Expunged
From Record When It Is De-
MED at White House.

WASHINGTON, Dot. 15.--Osoar w.
Undsrwood's charge that Thomas
Fortune Ryan contributed $4,000 to
the campaign fund of President Will
son whsn he ran for Governor Of
New Jersey made on tho floor of the
House does not appear in The Con-
gressional Record to-day It was
expunged by the Democratic floor
leader after he had been told by the
White House that Mr.. Wilson had re-
ceived moth ng from Mr.. Ryan
It cSa be said or tNe highest au-
thority, however that Mr.. Underwood
made the statement on information
that came to him directly from per
sons 40 close to the multi millionaire
Wall street man that Mr.. Under
wood was justified In placing the
greatest faith in it's reliability and
madS the statement in his reply TO
the charges of Representative Hob
son, Of Alabama, with full belief in
It's truth
Harvey Sought Gift.
Notwithstanding the denial Issued
from the White House, The Georgian
learned from one OF its men chiefly
Instrumental In bringing about the
nomination of Woodrow Wilson for
Governor of New Jersey that Thomas
Fortune Ryan did contribute $1,000
20 the Wilson gubernatorial cam
palgn.
Colonel George HaUvs,,, according
to this newspapers informant, sought
and obtained the contribution.
From the same source It was ascer-
tanned that James Smith, Jr., formerly
United States Senator from New Jer-
sey, who at the time of DIR. Wilson's
nomination for Governor was the I'M
disputed boss" OF The Democratic
party in his State, contributed in the
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Father and Son Sit
In Prisoners Dock

DALTON, Oct. 15-when Charley
Edwards, a youth, was arraigned on
a charge Of cheating and swindling.
Judge Ffte asked him where his pa
rents were. Pointing TO a man seated
beside him in the prisoners dock, the
youth said he was his father.
Lee Edwards, the father was neld
on another charge.
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No Verdict in Case
Charging Perjury

CHATTANOOGA. Oct. 15.-The
Jury in the case Of DR.. II. 0. Null,
county physician charged with per
jury in connection with the probe Of
the workhouse, this afternoon report
ed a mistrial.
Null was charged with swearing
that there was no evidence Of violence
upon the body of convict which was
exhumed after It had been asserted
that he died from the effects of a
beating.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-16
Seven Poisoned by
Eating Raw Oysters

EUFAULA, ALA, oct. 15.-John f.
Hayes, four members OF his family
and two visitors are Ill at his country
home, 'TWelawanse," north Of Bufaula.
as the result OF eating raw oysters,
which caused ptomsine poisoning.
All the victims suffered a great
deal before. medical help could be
secured froA the city.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-16
Highway Proposed
Across South Georgia

Triton, Oct. ia graded high
way connecting the county seats of
six South Georgia counties is one of
the latest plans for developing this
section. 1t is proposed for the high
way to begin at Albany and run due
East on land line to Waycross, pass
ing through Sylvester. Triton, OciIla
and DouRias.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-16

There the heat is terrific at
times, and the stencil is bad
There some prisoners are chained
by their wrists. and held thus
with arms upstretched for hours.
And sometimes confinement in
the hole is for days. F" 49, Z
Scores Prison Fare.
But the element of hell is in
the feeding" he continued. his
eyes flashing. There has never
man gone into the prison but
who undergoes a steady deterio-
ration, maybe slow. but always
sure. The doctor will tell Won
that.
He waved at DR.. Morton, who
nodded acquiescence.
Men are put in prison 10 be
cared for" said DR.. Morton,
mot to be subjected to slow
murder. ="
The two accepted the invits
ton Of Georgian report
ride about Atlanta. But a
the automobile, they forgcN
city, and forgot to ask ot one
place after another. Hawthorne
gripped the sides Of his seat, and
vowed vengeance on the syste1r
which he described.
And the treatment is always
that Of beasts or criminals, = hs
went on. There are always tho
guards and the rifles, giving The
public the impression that th
men in prison are wild men, On
desperadoes. And now and
men are dubbed for lit -
nothing. There is guard nsme~
Dean whom l have seen strike a
prisoner over the head, and foe
no justifiable offense.
Escaped Harsh Treatment.
The reporter wondered fe
Hawthorne himself had come ia
for such treatment, and asked
him.
No, said the noveTft,
have nothing at which = - :
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PRISONERS CHAINED
IN DUNGEON, CHARGES
HAWTHORNE, FREED

Julian Hawthorne, the novelist free Wednesday
serving the Atlanta Penntiary told startling
story Of his life convict which he called prison
a living hell and said Warden Meyer unfit.
With all the emphasis at his Hawthorne arraigned
conditions the penitenay repressv cruel equal
of the most lurid descriptions in fiction.
They starving in the economy he said
And DR.. W. ]. Morton of New York, his and>feow
prisoner, nodded his head in corroboration
Prisoners subjected is nothing more
than slow murder said Dr. Morton who practcng physi
clan There enough to The attempts
feed strong day succeeds he brsgs
about it
In the short time they remained Atlanta after
Hawthorne and Dr. Morton talked much the pen
entiary jumping other with dramatic
swiftness that made the story narrowing.
oh yes you hear of the clean cells which the prisoners
sleep Hawthorne you hear of the hole do
your For the slightest fault sometimes for breaking plate
sometimes for little less prisoner to the hole
place under the main building for solitary confinement
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Meyer Is Chosen
Wardens' Head at
Prison Congress

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. t5-W.
II. Meyer, Of the Atlanta Federal
Psnitsntisry, was to-day elected
president of the wsrdens' sssooia-
ton at the American Prison Con-
gress.
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out stone ioN. such ass those in which
the donkcy1s We're ntinc. Within this
stabl" ! SAW a Bedouin woman with
Il sleeping baby on her knee. She had
just been feeding the child. and her
breast peepcd out between the folds
of her coarse. rough gown. Her
arms were hare TO the shoulders and
there We're bracelets upon her wrists
Her face WAS as sweet us that Of amy
Madonna | have ever seen upon can
vas. ana her baby. still III its swad-
dlinc clothes looked as pure and as
innocent rs tho most famous repre-
scntltion Of Chrict
II was III a stable lik. that that
the Mise Men kncli and presented
their gifts II was there that the
shepherds were led by the star and it
was there ;hat Our Rcdecmer first saw
the light Of this world
,Bcthiehcm was SO small that IL
must have been difficult 10 hid. The
infant Christ from the men sent by
King iierod TO search for Him. and IL
is no wonder that Joseph and Mary
took the Holy child and He'd with Him
TO Egypt
The most OF the pictures painted in
illustration az this Journey represent
Mary with the child in her arms. on
~ turnkey Nltt JOScph WAKING beside
it. This, III all probability. was the
method of travel They must have
taken the road to Hebron and passed
near the Cave Of Machpelat. where
Abraham and Sarah. Isaac and Rcbe-
kah. and Jacob and Leah were buried.
and from there gone on into Arabia.
crossing the Isthmus of Suez some
where near lsmaiiia, and making their
way through old. Goshen To the site OF
the present city Of Cairo Tho Scrip
lures give no record of their travels
but there are traditions in Egypt
which state that they went out 10 the
pyramids. and which even fix upon a
certain tree under which Mary and the
BABY Jesus were said TO have slept
! RMS tree is not far from the obelisk
of lieliopolis. 1t is about five miles
from Cairo. and the ground upon which
1T stands Is private farm Of the
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Washington the expedition against
quebec ny way of the I<cnncbcc and
Chaudicre Rivers. and was placed in
command OF l.l00 men. and started on
the expedition from Cambridge on the
iith of September
The enterprise was as difficult and
dangerous as Eannibal's crossing Of
the Alps and was conducted with CON
snmmate ability. but was nearly ruined
by the misconduct OF Colonel Enas.
who deserted, and returned to Massa
chusctts with 200 men and tho greater
part of the provisions.
After enduring frightrul hardships
and the loss OF over 200 men. the lit :
Tie army assembled the heights of
Abraham.
Arnold's frocc was insufficient to
attempt 10 storm the city. and the
British garrison declined To come out
Ia tight. so he was compelled to await
the arrival OF General Montgomery.
who had just captured Montreal
Arnold is Wounded.
The assault was made on the 3Ist
of December. Montgomery was killed
and Arnold received Il severe wound in
the leg. For his gallantry here he
was made a brigadicr- general lie
: kept up the siege of Quebec till tho
/ following April, when General Wooster
arrived. and assumed command, and
Arnold was put ia command of Mon
treal
! The British army having been heavily
/ reinforced. the American army was
( forced TO leave Canada In June. Arnold
/ effected n junction with General Gates
at Ticondcroga
During the summer he was occupied
| IN building fleet with which to op.
pose and delay tho advance Of III,
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Nn,nrcth, where chrlst spout hi- hoyhoo..

within it, There is a star set in the
scriptiou over ii statinc that on that
spot the Virgin Mary gave birth to
Christ. This star is held down by
nails .\bou, year ago tho Ariner-
ian who had the right to clean il was
working away when he Knocked of
the mead of one OF the nails. This
caused great commotiou. Tho
Greeks. Ln,ins and Armcnians began
10 iuht over it and the Governor of
Jerusalem. to settle the dispute. called
in u blacksmith to driN out the old
nail anu pu: in q ncw one. The black
smith was a Latin. ami The Greeks and
Armenians would not let him 30 to
work because they did not want any
Latin marking the birthplace of the
Saviour. In order to settle the trouble
tho goVcrnoi called in q gypsy. who
had no religious standing whatcvcr.
and Ne rcnlaccd the nail without OF.
position.
While in this srot,o under the
church J tried in vain To imagine the
scenes OF Christs birth. The dccora
lions were out OF all Keeping with The
place, ard the warning Christians pre-
vented reVcrcnt thought Besides.
there was n marble Goor, the dccorat-
ed walls ahd the lamps got = bet
ter idea 10y i;oirG into some of the
actual stables which are In use in
Palestine to-day. and which ARE just
about the same now as they were 900
years ago. remember one such stable
near Jerusalem. 1t was 81 cave with
Il hoo Of rough stone The cave WAS
divided INTO chambers OF stalls. which
opened into Il sort of court and in
these chambers were donlieys. camels
and horses There We're men and wo-
men sleeping on the floors of the
courts, with the animals eating out of
their stone boxes or managers about
them The people had no bcdclothing
except their blankets. and they ate
their meals on the floor. II WAS en-
such Il hodr that Mary had to lie he
cause there was no room at the inn
and the manager In which the baby
Chris; lay was probably n followed
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ase Reaa Bagore ee socieey Of tha Sons of ths Ann

captain was wounded and apologizcd
~ noon April %. 1875. the news
reached New Haven OF the battle of
lexington Arnold was captain of the
GoNeuor'S Guards. about sixty in mum
Der. ana at once assembled them on
the college green and offered To lead
them 10 BOSTON General Wooster. how
ever. decided 10 wait Tor orders. and
the selcctmen refused TO supply am
munition, but on 'Arnold's threat to
break into the magazine. the select
men yielded, aud the company marched
10 Cambridge
Arnold nj once proposed the capture
of Ticondcroga and Crown Point. and
the plan met the approval OF Dr War
rem. chairman Of the Committee Of
safety.
Commissioned ~ Colonel.
Arnold was commjss ioncd rs colonel
by the provisional Congress of Massa-
chusetts. and directed to raise 400 men
in the western counties ana march on
the forts.
The same scheme was entertained by
Connecticut. ard troops from that Col
ony md from Berkshire, with Il mum
Der OF Green Mountain BOYS" had al
ready started for The lakes under COM
maud OF Ethan Allen.
ON meeting these troops Arnold
Claimed command. but when it was
refused. lie Joined the expedition rs
- volunteer aud entered Ticonderoga
eide by side with Ethan Allen. \ few
I days later he captured 81. Johns. The
state OF Massachusetts asked the au-
thOrities Of Connecticut to put him in
command of these posts but Con-
nccticut preferred Allon.
Early in July Arnold returned "a
Cambridge and proposed 10 General
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ton, who retired to Montreal for the
winter
The relieving Of riconderoga made
ii iossibie To send 1900 men from the
Northern Amy to the aid Of General
washington, and enabled him TO give
battle at Trenton and Princeton.
Charges Arc Disproved.
Among the lien OF Colonel Ethan
Niehs command at the capture OF
Ticondcroga was Lieutenant John
BrQWn, of Pittsneld Mass. who on tho
occasion had some trouble with Ar
hoid. lie now brought charges against
Arnold OF malfeasamce while IN com .
mand of Montreal. with reference 10
exactions of private property for the
use OF the army. The charges were
fully investigated By the Board OF
war, which pronounced them cruel
ana gronndlcss," and entirely exonerat
ed arnold. and their report was SO
confirmed by Congress. Notwithstand-
ing this II party hostile to Arnold
had begun TO grow up. General Gates
mad begun his campaign against Gen
eral schuyler. and Charles Lee had
used every effort to destroy General
Washington. The cabnl or faction
that subsequently, took It's name from
Conway was alfeady forming. Arnold
was conspicuous as an intimate friend
OF Generals Washington and Schuyler
and their enemies began to strike at
him.
The persecution OF General Wash.
ington by sighting and insulting hi:
favorite officers was kept up until the
last year of tho war. and such officers
rs Greene. Morgan and Stark were al,
most driven from tho service
| On the 10th OF February, Ill., Con
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gress appointed five men majo gen
erals Stirling Mifiin. ST. Clair, Stcph-
en- and Lincoln, passing over Arnold.
None Of these officers had rendered
services at all comparable TO his, and
coming az il did so soon after his
was naturally incensed. He. however.
expressed his Willingness to serve un-
der these officers lately his juniors:
while at the same time he properly and
Justiably requested Congress to re-
store him to his relative rank
When Governor Tyron. with 1000
British troops. invaded Connecticut and
destroyed the military stores at Dan
bury. they were opposed by 600 Amcri-
can troops under General Wooster, who
was killed At the time OF the inva-
sion Arnold WAS at New Haven with
his family. He Immediately marched
for the scene of the engagement with
several hundred militia. and engaged
the British in n desperate fight at
RidgeHeid. The British were driven
TO their ships and narrowly escaped
capture. Arnold had his horse shot
under him
major general and when the news OF
Burgoynes advance and tho fall Of
! Ticonderoga reached General Wash
| ington, he at once ordered Arnold to
rejoin the Northern Army, and by. IA
brilliant stratagem he dispersed the
army Of st. Ledger which. in co-opera-
ton with Burgoyne, was moving down
tho Mohawk Valley and had laid siege
to Fort Stanwix. v
After General SCHUYLER had been sus+
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British up Lake Chnlnplain.
ON Arnolds assignment TO command
the liect on Lake Champlain General
follows:
II trust eiiher courage or activity
VIII he wanting in those to whom tho
business is committed. If assigned to
General Arnold none will doubt of his
cxertionS.
ON his expedition TO Quebec Cen
eral Washington wrote him as fol-
lows
1T is not in the power OF any man
TO command success, but you have
dore morc--you have deserved ILL., and
before this ! hope have met with the
l3urels which are due to your tolls In
the possession of Quebec.
My thanks are due and sincerely
offered 60 you for your enrerprising
and pccscve"!ng spirit"
In Il general order General Gates
said. He returns his thani,s 70 Gen
cral Arnold and the oiicerr, .sca,nen
liant defense they made against the
great superiority OF the enemy's
forces
The naval battle. with Arnold i'm
command OF the American fleet, was
fought on the nth of October. near
Naicour Island. In which Arnold was
defeated by the overwhelming super
iority OF the enemy in the number OF
ships and men, hut he brought away
II part Of his hotilla and all his sur
viNinG ticcps in safety to Ticonderoga
ard his resistance had been so obstin
ate that II discouraged General Garlic
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bc made into such things. Shells are
carved and sold to tourists in Joru-
salem and elsewhere. and the Palestine
beads, which are 40 largely used rs
rosari"s. both by Mohammedans and
Christians are made thcre. rhcs"
beads are dlcd and ground out OF
oyste: shells until they come to the de
sired size. Holes are then drilled III
them and they are smoothcd by shak
ing them about in crockcry vessels
with q httl. W;.ter .\ftcr this Trey
are treated la n weak solution of nitric
acid and polished. and are then strung
on cords Of silk or wire. Crosses and
ana sometimes a little image OF the
saviour is attached TO the rosary. Much
OF this work is done by women and
girls. who receive from - 10 20 cents
q day 1t is estimated that the total
production of such wares sell for in
the neiShboThood OF $500. 900 a year,
and that something like $3U.0oo worth
are annually shipped To the United
The bethlehem Of to-day is Il little
city. ana tho stable which is shown
as the birthplace OF the Saviour is op-
positc a saloon under a great church.
here the different sects OF Christians
light over tie right to pray in certain
places. One part of the building is
controlled by the Americans, another
10y the creeks. and there are NOLAN =
medans on hand TO keep the worship
crS in order. They fight as To the
right TO take care OF the birthplace OF
Jesus, and not long ago u controversy
arose az to the right to clean one OF
the windows Both the Armenians
and Greeks were auarrcling over it,
when the Mohammcdan government
came in and forbade either sect touch
ing ii. Therefore, that window is UNI
washed To this day.
/ The stable is under the church You
reach it by a winding staircase, and
going down come into :: cave about
twelve fee; wide and forty feet long
1 This room IS noorcd with marble and
ihirty-tWo lamps burn day and night
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the birthplace OF the Saviour.
ana = passed within a few miles Of
the SPOT where David slew the mighty
Goliath.
1t was between Jerusalem and Beth
lchem that Boaz had his farm when
Ruth got her Job in the wheat fields
ana finally married her master At
one PLACE along the way is the tomb
OF Rachel, the wife of iacob. who
is said to have died there when she
save birth TO BENJAMIN
Climbing the Hill and coming INTO
the town, YOU find Yourself in Il maze
OF hoN like one, two and thrcc-story
houses. They arc made OF limestone,
ana they stand close To ihe edges =.
winding streets, which are here and
there arched over To shut out the sun.
Tho town has about ten or fifteen thou
sand inha bitants and is probably ten
times as large as II was when Christ
was oorn. It's chief source Of revenue
comes FROM the Christian religion and
HE fact that Christ was born there
There are thousand: of tourists who
visit the birthplace of the Saviour every
year. ana the chief business OF the
Bcthlcmitcs il in making rosa aries
crosses AMI a"ticlcs of wood and
mother Of pearl FOR sale to the nil
srims and also for shipmen; abroad
1t has u great mother of pearl indus
Try, and what is known rs pearl waste
IS Imported from the United states t.
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"Tl- c,il that men do lives aftcr
ibetn. ,he good is Of, in,crrcl with
lher Loncs
Wore ANS one to write Msory Of
the apostles Hld leave "ut Judas
iScar.ot. LIS work rould bo d"cmeG
iucoin pietc 50 hold that 81 th"
rarrai on OF The history OF the Amen
I'm I;+,oluuop q fair presentation OF
me lie 81 Honodict Arnold is needed
- complete IT,
ile Was au Officer WHO BAD the fuu
confidence Ol Gcncral washington
Ind whose record up 10 ,he time OF
mis- treason was not surpassed by amy
ptiicer me army, bu, whose -ubse-
uucEt conduct was so Infamous as to
uiect with universal tXcciutiou
Ect there ~ u lesson - TINS mau's
history, & lesson OF interest, and (
CIV. propose 10 give q brief skctch OF
MS lIfe. which thuk forcibly verb
res the quotation from Shakespeare 5
IuliUs Caesar with which com
lncEced my paper THE evil that men
- lives AFTER them, the good Is Oft
spterrsG with thcu bones Ia exc
cIatlr" lia treason We lose .ight OF
The better side OF his iifc, which pro.
pose 10 tell
II. was born ~ Noruich. Com.
January IA. l74l l'is ancestor VII.
Ham Arnold. cane from England Il
irovidencs in 1896. and was associate
Eith Roger Williams as one Of In.
III. -FOUR proprictors IN the nrst sci
t,emcnt or Rhodo Island
General Arnold was named Renedic
for his fnther, tho third ~ that name
Who settled in Norwich in 1890. VIII,
WAS a. copper. shipownor and SET
,aptain. town surveyor, collector, as
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have enough Time to put III new tire
on the way The Mise Men from the
East prohab!, came over that road.
They are supposed to have ridden ON
aud it thoy had the racing va
riety they probably reached Bethle-
hem IN less than au hour after leaving
King lIcrod. who. you may remember,
was ;,uNious to know all about where
christ should lie born
Aly last trip 10 Bethlehem WAS made
in uhe spring. The hills were dotted
with olive groves, and their leaves
shoue Ike frosted silver under the
bright Palestine sun. III" fields he
tween .thc rocks we're covered with
grass aa grc"u a. that of old ireland
and / could see the shepherds watch
ing their docks or white sheep and
black goats here and there
At one place stopped ana photo
grnphed q shepherd with lamb in
and children VINO might have been "A
part OF the Holy Family met Abra
ham. Isaac and Jacob IN the long
bearded sheiihs who were walking to-
y ard Jerusalem, and an old turbancd
syrian who rode donkey made me
wond'r.if he Was no, . second Balaa IN /.
aud whether his long-carcd beast
would not soon open lis mouth and
speak Away OFF at the north was
shown tin" :.tr Of the town az Nlizpah
waera saul wns auointcd King while
ne was out huntimc his fathers asses,