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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
.SPEER SIDED IN
. TRACTION WAR,
IS CHARGE


stating the papers had been volun-
tarily submitted. The rule being dis
missed, the judge said he could not
take an exception to it, which pre-
vented an appeal being taken in the
case.
Adjournment was taken at
o'clock until tomorrow
What Mr. Osborne's law partner
Alex Lawrence. did not say about
Judge Speer, Mr.. Osborne supplied,
but he was a more damaging witness
in that he displayed no bitterness or
feeling. His gravest charge against
the accused jurist was that in the
nineties in Savannah, when there was
a rate war on between two electric
traction companies, Judge Speer sided
with one, issued bankruptcy order
against the other and in less than one
hour after the order was signed the
affairs of the company that had been
sued, its books and all it's papers were
in the office of the counsel for the
competing company.
Usurpation of Power.
Mr.. Osbornes typified the order as
a usurpation of power and an open
effort to side with one company in
the fight. He stated that he made a
pelSoIidl lHNcstiSdlioIi VI tie dilSSSu
creditor who had sued the papers and
found him to be Tennessee noun
taineer. who hardly had the means oi
a livelihood. He then made the
straight statement that in his opinion
Judge Speer was judicially corrupt.
Mr.. Osborne said Judge Speer was a
car and that reform is necessary ir
the district presided over by him
Judge Speer is a good lawyer, Mr.
Osborne said. and he is literary
man, but he is also an unfair one. He
has a colossal conceit. loves the spot
light, courts notoriety and runs d
court in which there is little justice
said the witness.
What we reed here" said Mr.. o.
borne, lis judge and not a car. A
good judge and good court in this
district would do much toward max
ing the American flag loved and re-
spected' here. but this will not be the
case while Speer is judge. l think II
is incumbent upon the Department OF
Justice to take some steps to relieve
the situation"
Mr.. Osborne read from the stand
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
County Board Majority
Determined on Deep Probe

Fortified with what they consider
additional evidence of incompetence
end abuses of Office by Captain Z. j.
Donaldson and other county officers,
\ majority of the members of the
County Commission Thursday an
nounced that a rigid investigation of
these officials would be begun at the
meeting of the commission next Wed =
nesday.
The disclosures before the Grand
Jury of cruel whippings in convict
camps led Commissioner S. B. Tur-
man to declare that 1t was the inten-
ton of the commission also to thor
cughly investigate this phase of the
officials records.
County employees have only been
required to report to the State Prison
commission their whippings, but at
the last meeting of the County Com
mission a resolution was passed MAX
ing it the rule for all whippings to be
Immediately reported to the County
Commission, and, when possible, that
the members of the commission be
advised with before whipping is ad-
ministered," said Commissioner Tur-
man.
Smith and VIM Aid Truman.
Commissioners Shelby Smith AMI
W T. Winn are cooperating with
Commissioner thurman in collecting
evidence for this investigation. They
we're the three who Joined together
and reduced Captain Donaldson as
superintendent of Public Works at a
recent meeting, which move was made
only after a bitter fight.
1t was said Thursday that this was
the first step in the movement for a
sweeping probe of many reports of
corruption.
It was following this action that
Captain Donaldson appeared before a
committee of the commission and
stated that he had been receiving
supplies for his personal consump-
ton from the county commissary un-
der an order of the commission pass
ed % years ago.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
Law Fixes Limit of
Ten Lashes to Convict.

The laws Of Georgia permit the
flogging Of convicts, and the rules
of the State Prison Commission pro-
vide that whippings must be report
ed to the clerk of the commission.
Every stroke of the lash administered
must be reported, and no more than
ten strokes may be given to one man.
The record of the whipping must be
sworn to before a notary public.
These records must be filed with the
commission. The fogging of women
prisoners was prohibited some time
ago.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
Al chARLEsrnN

FIRST-Two-yea r-old maidens. purse
$S00, three and one-half furlongs: Jack
hanover l07, Wathen ITO. Still Day 101,
raven Hall l04, black colt out of Reach;
Miss McMeekin 104 b. G.; Stalwart
FRIEND, l01, Jaunty 101, Emma j. S. lO1.
May lpps lO1.
SECOND Three-year- odds and I'M
seilng. purse $500, six furlongs: xMaii
20, XSlem Beachy 1903, xPlain Ann 1O7,
lam ankee Pooh 100. xHans Creek 106
Gerard Ill, xMiss Primity 10f, Sun
Guide la, Toison Dor ia, xPort Ar
llngton 10Y, Bobby Cook ia. Elsie Hern-
don liz, xBulgar 80.
THIRD-Three-year olds and up, sell
ing purse $500, six furiongs: Nimbus
i ~ Marty Lou 50. xFlask 80, Tony w
IA Henotic liz, xArmor 1O5, Moisant
~, Lord Wen III xVothorpe 112, Polly
a. 20, Flying Yankee ia, Ben Prior la
Daddy Clip ia. Kettle Drum 100.
FOURTH--Three-yea olds and up
selling handicap, purse $500, seven fur
longs: Celesta 10S, Good Day 9S, Mon
ocacy 109, Star Actress 100, Ancon Ito
Prince Ahmed 1OS, Charter 1O7.
FIFTH-Three-y year olds and UP, sell
ing, purse $500, miel: Dr. Jackson ITO
Helen M. SO, Battling Nelson "a, xFiei
102, Sam Bernard 10S Joe Stein 1OS
Judge Monck liz, Stentor 108, Sherlock
Holmes lis. Ruisseau 112, Dicks Pet SO
frog lOS, XBad News ii. 1903. xRoseburs
101, Peacock 81.
SIXTH-Four- year olds and up, SELL
ing, purse $500, mile and 20 yards: xFiel
"a, xKinmundy 107, xKinder Lou So, ia
cob Bum 104, xFord Mai 100, xBonne
Eloise 107, xPliant 80, xSteol Away 1903
The Turk Ill Sherlock Holmes Ill
Stentor 1O6. xSepulveda 104, Our Mug
get 100.
xApprentice allowance.
Weather clear; track good.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
COUNTY CONV|CTS BARE
BRUTAL TREATMENT RY
F0REMEN To GRAND JURY

ofhcials said that Harris, a safe blow
er, in for twenty years, had violated
the rules, and was fiogged according
to camp regulations. 1t was explained
that he had threatened Thomson
when the time for the flogging came,
and that the guard shot in self-de-
Tense. Harris was near death for
some time, and has since been trans
ferred to the State farm at Milledge-
Vile
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
Dr. Ridley to Preach
On The Lord S Supper

The Church and the Lords Sup
per- will be the subject of the sun
Jay morning sermon by the Rev. DR.
Ridley at the Central Baptist Church.
~ the evening he will speak on THE
Shurch and Ambition"
=, w. Smith. T. f. Cathcart.. I.
novel; Jackson, Captain E. j. FLOR
ohce and DIR. NJ. II. Mcclure have been
retained deacons in the church.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
ENTRIES
AT JuAREz.


FIRST-Purse. 2-year-old fillies, sk
furlongs; xDaisy Stevens 10s, xMiss
Fielder 10s, Ida Cummings 1908, Snug
gler l0s.., Category 1OS, COMMUNICATES
lilo, Marie O'Brien 115, Supremacy lis.
x-F, ID. Weir entry.
SECOND-Selling, S-year-olds, 6 fur
longs: XII. Nolan 107, xFrancis 1O7,
Aunue Curl ITO, Kindness ITO, Caldera
ii0. Duty Ito, Montreal ITO, Bertha v.
dlo, Palmer Ito, Stevesta no. Kick liz,
superiority liz, Patrick F. 49, Chupa-
zero III, Ed JUICE lis.
THIRD-Selling, S-year- and up.
Z furlongs: xThomas Hare 80, Duoin
d00, xAsk Ma 100, Uncle Ben 1908,
Transparent los.
FOURTH-Three-y ear-olds and up,
Iuriongs: Cantem IS, Dorothy Dean
W., Truly 1Ob, Gen. Marchmont log,
Jonn Reardon 10S, Bonnie Chance los.
,F1FTH-Selling, 3-year-olds and up,
931a iurlongs: xDominica 100, xGordon
husseH ~, Colquitt l03, Birdman lO4,
herpes l0T, Orange Blossom 1O7.
,SIATH-Selling. 4-year-olds and up,
rs miles: XPhlIistina SO, xtlorence
Birch SO, xSir John l03, Defy 1O6, Han
MS l0S, John Louis lOS, Weyanoke Iii,
Burnt Candle lis.
X-Apprentice allowance claimed.
weather clear; track fast.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
Courthouse Interior
Work Contracts Let

Fielder & Allen, of Atlanta, were
awarded the contract for the metal
work on the inside of the new court
house at s15,S93, and Gambel Bros,
OF Philadelphia, obtained the contract
Tor the woodwork at $37,595 at the
meeting of the building committee or
me county commission Thursday
Their bids were the lowest submit
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29

OWLS BIRTHDAY PARTY

The order of Owls will entertain
at the celebration of their third an
niversary meeting in the Thrower
Building Thursday evening. There
will be speeches. music. dancing and
luncheon
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
JONAS. AID MAN. VISITS ATLANTA

!. s. Jonas, the advertising man.
who left Atlanta and went to Boston,
is visiting here Jonas made himself
known as an ad writer here, and went
to Boston with the Sheppard Nor
well Company.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
Continued From Page I.

Continued From Page I.
,he story of the prisoners to Mr.. Welt
uer, Brannen was numerically fog
ged.
The man was i'll at the time, ac-
eording to the story, and because o.
the whipping he almost bled to death
At the time of the shooting OF
Harris a statement by the county
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-29
Thomson Sarcastic
In Reply to Mayors
'Triumvirate' Charge

Replying to Mayor Woodward's
criticism that he had warned the
people against the Gambler Owens
Thomson combine in the Aldermanic
Board, Alderman Albert Thomson
said Thursday:
81 freely admit that the Mayor
urged the people not to elect me AL
derman. | did all / could to per-
suade the people not to elect him.
ut simply goes to prove that the
public does not always take the adj
vice OF either of U.s."
BURNS CAUSE GIRLS DEATH.
DALTON, Jan. 29.-Mlss Lily Phil
lips. the 17-year- girl who was fa-
tally burned when her clothing
caught fire from an open CRATE at her
home in North Dalton January IL, is
dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
HISTORY OF THE SUEZ CANAL

That the Suez canal. figuring so
prominently in the military operations
TO which Turkey is a party. is not the
first canal that Joined the Red sea
with the Mediterranean. is briefly
told in a statement prepared for the
press by-rfru National Geographic So
ciety:
From the morning history the west
has sought to break into the east by
way of Sutz. Somewhere during the
years 135O-13OO b. c.. the Egyptians.
under Seu ! and Rameses ii, joined
the Nile by way OF Lake Timsah TO
the Red sea. thus opening water
way, the archetype of the present
canal. from the Mediterranean, over
the Suez isthmus. to the orient. This
canal wCs choked by sand in the
course of ages.
Nocho about 500 B. c. began
canal from ancient Bubastis, and Oar
ius Hystaspis. one hundred years later,
completed the work. once more bring
ing the Red sea and Nile together. Al
though nearly choked up by the begin
ming of the Christian era, il was nav
igable to degree as late as the Bat
tie of Actium. and some of Cleo
patra's ships escaped his way to the
Red sea.
"Trajan restored the canal. 1t fell
into disuse and choked up again.
Amru. the Islamic conqueror of Egypt.
restored it for the last time in the 9TH
century. connecting Cairo with the
Red sea. Napoleon caused the old
route to be surveyed, but was forced
to drop the project. After him. Met
tcrnich. the great reactionary prime
of Austria-Hungary. stimulat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09

and 1t may be said truthfully that
some of our very poorest are in some
Of our large cities. poor physical
equipment. little or no apparatus. sad
" overcrowded rooms. teachers bur
dened with twice as many pupils as
they can teach properly. Often these
children represent many nationalities
and require the greatest amount OF in
dividual attention. The village and
city lack the educative elements OF
country life and the school must try
10 furnish some substitute.
In the face of their crying needs
we are met with the stubborn fact of
insufficient revenues. II has been
found that practically no rural dis
tricts need TO levy TO the limit to Sc
sure the very best equipment and
teaching service In villages and
cities. however. boards of directors
and OF education are levying to the
limit and Unjust il be said?) some of
them beyond the limit to meet the act
ual demands. The next % years in
Illinois ought to discover some remedy
for this ailment. The next step in
school Improvement is in the village
and city districts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
The Daily Story
An Island Storehou se--By NJ Quad.
Copyrighted. 1vrs ny As soc1ated Ldterary ,,yresn

Two thousand miles due north of the
island of Mauritius and almost be-
tween that and the Seychelles group Is
the lone island of AgaIegas. 1t is an
island about six miles in circumfer-
ence. with its highest point about 100
feet above the sea. There were 10 in
habitants mp TO 1882. though traders
and shell gatherers often called there
for wood and water.
IL was in the year 1881 that the cap
tain of II trading schooner entered the
port of St Louis I'm the Mauritius to
tell wonderful story about this island
of Agalegas. He bad called there for
wood and water and TO make repairs.
and while his crew was at work be ex-
plored the island Amid the rocks he
discovered n great cave, and from that
cave he had taken and brought away
two elephants tusks. a box of silver
bars and jewel handled sword. He
was a cunning chap. this trader, and
he had got the stuff aboard without
his crew being the wiser and had said
nothing about the cave. He did not
report his find to any consul or other
official at st. Louis. but after hanging
about for awhile he decided to make n
confidant OF the firm of Dayne & Co
This was French trading and export.
ing firm, and as l was in its employ l
came to hear the story first hand.
The plumber Barcas had brought
away was worth $4,000. but he as
sured us that this was a mere flea bite
compared to what had been left be-
hind. He had counted $50 tusks. which
did not include all. He had counted
$50 boxes of silver bars, worth over
81 900 per box, but there were others
behind them. There were bales. boxes
and barrels he had not attempted TO
open, and he believed the contents of
the cave would pan out 81 100000 and
ballast a trading brig. 1t was a very ,,
dignified and respectable firm, that OF
Dayne & Co.. but 1t got down Off its
high horse pretty fast to make a bar
gain with Barcas to bring that treas
ure away and dodge customs officials |
and gov eminent authorities. What they |
offered to do after a consulta ton was |
TO fit out ship, bring the stuff off, |
convert it into cash and give him a |
quarter. 1t wasn't liberal offer on
their part, but Barcas closed at once,
and the enterprise was turned over to
me TO engineer.
The firm had trading brig called
he Foam. and as soon as she arrived
n port she was cleared OF cargo and
ler crew discharged. | then began to
Dick up Madagascar sailors and soon
lad ten of them. with an English A. B.
who had cut and run from a merchant
nan. Barcas was to act as captain,
Ind was to go along as supercargo. 1t
vas easy enough to deceive the NADIA
while the sailor was satisfied
With an offer of double wages and $500
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
ONE VIEW OF WAR.

One man VINO writes TO the Spring
field Republican SAYS that it is not the
warning nations Of Europe which are
most 10 be pitied. but ourselves. The
nations at war will come out re-bap-
tized with the spirit of righteousness
and achievement The state of war
is much better than the state that
preceded it, which he describes as
follows:
Russia. stepped with autocratic the
cries. backward, recalcitrant, will be
brought TO new recognition of lib
erty which peace has never found.
Germany. drunk with dreams of world
power. arrogant with newly-foUnd
wealth, saturated with a false mater
ialistic philosophy, will learn that
there still stands the ancient sacrifice
Of broken and a contrite heart.
England. wallowing In luxury. hon
eycCmbed with selfishness. grasping.
greedy. exulting the individual, will
rise to heights of unselfshness and
nobility through sacrifice she has new
er known. Belgium. through her suf-
fering, has become a nation of demi-
gods has achieved n national unity
which no peace could bring. France.
the volatile vicious. meanly thrifty
AID penurious. has become steadfast,
noble. taciturn. heroic Even Servia
and Turkey will make their gains.
1T is out Of the crucible of anguish
and mortal danger" that men and La
tons become great. Europe is on the
highway 10 this newer greatness. while
We remain stepped In the materialism
of peace and while we are counting on
how many hundreds Of millions we
money We can make out OF the situa-
tion. Counting over the money is
worse for US than weeping over their
blood is for them. We are going NOR
ally downward in our wealth while
they are going morally upward out of
their suffering.
But these ideas are not new TO this
writer. They are very old ones, in
deed. Their best enunciation was CIV
en- by Ruskin many years ago, who de-
clared that all nations grew great
wars and degenerated through
peace. He cited Holland which be
came the foremost nation of the world.
small a. she Vas. while she tough.
for so years against the might OF
Spain. and. having achieved greatness
through war. settled down into a de /
cline. I'm the enjoyment OF the wealth I
that flowed upon her from her great ]
colonies and from her worldwide com |
merce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
PROTECTING NEW ENGLAND

1t might be remarked of the New
England states generally that they al
ways want TO see the protective tariff
made a little higher and the coast de
lenses a little stronger. This may ac-
count for Representative Gardeners
move TO have bigger guns planted for
the defense OF that region. II is very
doubtful, suggests the Bloomington
Paragraph. if investigation shows the
danger as great as Mr.. Gardner ill
AGNES. The government has been
terrifying the New England coast for
more than 80 years and if the army
and navy experts who look after the
job knew what they were doing the
work must have been well done. That
section in fact has nothing to COM
plain Of As remarked by some one a
good while ago. about the only thing
New England now needs is protection
against the east wind
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
MESSAGE HAS PUNCH.

President Wilson's message to the
short session of congress is a master
piece of craftsmanship. characteristic
CT the man and of his wonderful grasp
Of national affairs What he wanted
TO say he put plainly and in the few
est words possible TO send his points
home. Like all OF his state papers, in
construction it is beautiful, and while
its import may have gone over the
heads of some people, TO the citizen
Of average intelligence il was readily
understood. President Wilson pre-
pares his messages with a conciseness
that has immediate appeal TO the read
CT. His experience in public life is
that of every other man who feels the
pulse of the people: That the aver
age citizen does not care for pages of
details and statistics that are for the
most part confusing except 10 the eX-
pert; that what the average man
wants are the simple facts and sug-
gested remedies if these latter be
needed. The president told the con-
gress and the people conditions in ting
nation as he found them and ofe>d
his recommendations. urging congress
% act without delay in those matters
requiring, in his Judgment. greatest
at this time. No true Amer
lean who has read the message but
who Will in the main agree that the
president has voiced the sentiments of
the people in all measures he brings
forward for congressional approval
To be sure the peanut politician of OPP
posite party faith could hardly pass
the opportunity TO work off some of
his bile in unfavorable criticism.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-09
illinois Fire MarshaIs Bulletin)

illinois Fire Marshal's Bulletin)
Spontaneous combustion. is respoT-
sible for many fires in the State OF
Illinois, according to reports received
by this department. and is undoubted-
ly true that a large per cent OF the
1000 fires reported as being of I'M
known origin are in reality due TO the
same cause.
For every substance there is a par
ticular temperature at which it catch
es fire spontaneously. This tempera-
ture. of course, varies widely with the
different substances. In some cases
heat generated by the slow combus-
ton of a substance may raise its tenn
perature sufficiently high to cause ig-
milton, which is then called spontane-
Gus combustion. Thus, greasy rags,
sawdust with linseed oil. or wet hay
piled in heaps might ignite spontane-
ously. Greasy rags cause many fires
from spontaneous combustion. Neget-
able oils, especially linseed oil. are IL
able TO cause such fires. They take
oxygen from the air so rapidly that
the heat from the chemical union will,
if not carried away, by movement of
air, rise to a point at which the fibers
of the rag will first char and then
take fire. Ii is especially dangerous to
put greasy rags in closets or cup
boards, because they frequently cause
spontaneous combustion fires.
In all conclusions We have at least
two substances acting chemically up
on one another, which substances are
generally spoken of as combustible
bodies and supporters of combustion.
gas is combustible sub