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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MONDAY, MAY 2>\ II
7
GEORGIA REPUBLICANS
are Mad a t roosevelt ;
READY TO MAKE WAR
Chairman of League
Sends Hot Mes
sage.
War la on, and It la a red hot one at
(hat! i '
• A fight to the knife, and the knife
to the hilt to see that no federal officer,
regardless of hla past party affiliations,
■hall be elected as a delegate from this
■outhern section."
That Is the slogan of T. M. Blodgett,
rhalrman of the executive committee,
Republican ^State League of Georgia.
So, rhalrman Blodgett and Postmas
ter Blodgett are not Identical. Post
master Blodgett would hardly go on
record with as caloric an arraignment
of President Roosevelt as Chairman
Blodgett has just Issued.
The statement Is a pippin. It opens
up very heatedly. After setting forth
the generally accepted fact that noth
ing Is so agitating to the mind of
every loyal Republican now as the next
nominee of the party. Chairman Blod
gett hands President Roosevelt this
one:
“Sole Owner of Party."
"Many names have been mentioned
and the socalled leaders and federal
office-holders have lined up under the
bannw of Roosevelttsm and are to a
man favorable to the nomination of
Taft, Root or whoever Is presented
through the dictation of the present ad
ministration, domineered and controlled
by that_erratlo_stntesman from Mew
Tork who believes he Is the sole owner
and possessor of the Republican party
and its principles.”
That's only an opener. There's plen
ty more, In a statement covering over
a column. Chairman Blodgett says
there Is no doubt that federal office
holders will espouse the cause of
Roosevelt or ignomlnlously submit to
his dictation, and he points out that
now Is the time for loyal and unafraid
Republicans to unite In overthrowing
this oligarchy.
Every state In the South, he declares,
should organise along the line of his
Republican league. He says that "this
dictation by the president Is wrong and
has a tendency to degrade every hon
est man who Is allied with It More
over, It will prevent an honest expres
sion In the selection of delegates to the
next national convention."
Hitchcock's Visit
He points out as paramount Indica
tions of the president's activity to nail
down the nomination for his favorite,
the visit to the South of Assistant
Postmaster Hitchcock, and the selec
tlon of ex-Senator Marlon Butler, of
North Carolina, to round up the South
ern delegates.
Chairman Blodgett says efforts to
separate the "black and Illy white” ele
ment is like Don Quixote charging the
windmill; that It can never materlllxe.
No separation of the blacks and whites
In political Issues Is possible or feasible.
He says that “the Republican league
will be pledged to support no candidate
favorable to the present administra
tion or the so-called policies It has en
deavored to carry Into execution.” Then
this:
“Many known and outspoken Demo
crats, luko-warm Republicans and pro
fessional ward-heelers have been ap
pointed to office and given control of
ON CENTRAL
Train Leaves 1 Track
and Rolls Down an
Enbankment.
C?
respectable ele-
Tlodgett says that all past
lights over this Issue will pale Into wan
and Insipid bouts aa compared with the
merry shindy now coming. ‘The bit
terest fight since the organisation of
the party will bo fought In the selec
tion of the delegates to the next nation
al convention and no federal office
holder should he permitted to represent
this section,” he concludes.
He says that the Republican forces
In the South are falling off under the
dictation of such men aa Roosevelt,
and unless the fight to the death Is
made, the party will crumble to noth-
So opens up the famous old struggle
for the Republican delegations from the
South. It Is not new. Every four
years the country has a treat In seeing
the wrangle.
Special to The Georgian.
Opelika, Ala. May 21.—Thirty pas
sengers were Injured In a wreck at
the Central of Georgia railroad,
Camp Hill, Ala., at noon yesterday.
While rounding a curve at Buck
Creek fill, and traveling thirty miles
an hour, passenger train. Mo. 2, from
Birmingham to Columbus, flew the rails
and two' passenger coaches tumbled
down the embankment. The engine
and two baggage cars were not de
railed.
The train was crowded with pas
sengers and It Is regarded as almost
miraculous that there was not a great
loss of life.
The list of Injured are:
Mrs. C. F. White, an old lady, of Bir
mingham, hip and leg badly cub
Captain A. J. Crumpler, Central
freight conductor, back, head a
hurt
Miss Adelaide D. Vorak, Cleveland,
Ohio, arm cut and bruised.
Gus Town, Dolamlte, Ala, bruised.
R. H. Walters, Morley, Mich., slight
ly bruised.
M. E. Rawls, Buena Vista, Ga., face
and scalp badly cut.
Arthur Turner, Phoenix City, Ala.,
both hands cut.
Frank Bush, Anniston, Ala., scalp
cut.
Rev. L. A. Holmes, Bessemer Ala.,
sllghb shoulder and left ankle sprained.
L. C. Hunsucker, Sylacauga, Ala.,
back and hip hurt.
J. D. Monroe, Birmingham, Ala., arm
cut and sprained.
W. E. McIntosh, Opelika, Ala., right
ear and left leg Injured.
W. E. McClure, Birmingham, Ala,
head cut and bruised.
Mrs. G. B. Adams, Alexander City,
Ala., bruised.
The most seriously Injured among
the negro paasengelu were: •
Amanda Smith, Opelika, Ala, badly
bruised.
Minnie Bennett, Camp Hill, Ala., bad
ly bruised.
Helen Wilson, Columbus, Ga, badly
bruised.
Rev. J. J. Chisolm, Opelika, Ala, hip
dislocated.
John Matthews, Columbus, Ga, bad
ly bruised.
B. Poole, Camp Hill. Ala, badly
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
LAW IS NEEDED TO SAVE
THE CHILDREN OF GEORGIA
Women Are Working
Hard to Secure Its
Passage.
Compulsory education In the atate of
Georgia la an assured fact.
It Is coming as surely as fate, for
the woman of this state are behind the
movement.
When that body of energetic and In
defatlgable workers begins It Is time for
the opposition to call a truce, or frank
ly come forward and acknowledge an
unconditional surrender. Opposition
there Is to overcome, and obstacles
there are to surmount, bat this the
woman realise, and they are preparing
for war In times of peace.
At a meeting of the Georgia branch
of the Southern Association of College
Women, held Monday afternoon at the
Georgia Tech, the tint gun was flred,
and thsre will be stirring times In
Georgia until the day of compulsory
education comes to pass.
Ths meeting was not so notable In
point of attendance, but the amount of
enthusiasm manifested by those who
were on hand ts the kind that becomes
contagious For about two hours thd
audience listened td Interesting speech
es delivered by both women and men,
and while no definite action was tak
en, the meeting being held mere
ly for the purpose of discussing the
question, the movement took such
shape that when the next tegtsature
meets a bill will be drawn up and pre
sented to the legislative body with the
request that It be passed.
Miss Landrum Presides
The meeting Monday afternoon .was
called to order at 1:45 o'clock and In
the absence of the president, Mrs War
ren Boyd, Miss Grace Landrum, presi
dent of the Southern Association of
WITH FAVOR
HIGH’S.
HIGH’S.
HIGH’S.
Opposition Shown by
Prominent Decatur
Citizens.
bruised. .
John Murphy, Columbus Os, leg,
face and head bruised.
Rev. B. W. Willis Camp Hill, Ala.,
back and hip badly sprained.
Charles Knowles Birmingham, AIs,
shoulder broken and leg bruised.
Lambert Gardner, colored train por
ter, shouj'er broken.
Engineer J. A. McDougald was unin
jured.
KNOTZ CHOSEN
GRAND SECRETARY
Special to Tha Georgian.
Columbus. Ga, May 21.—The Grand
Encampment of Odd Fellowi elected
officers as fallows: Grand patriarch,
C. W. Parr, of Athens; grand high
priest, E. L. White, of Macon; grand
senior warden, E. A. Bangham; grand
scribe, J. S. Tyson, of Savannah; grand
treasurer, A, L. Konts of Atlanta;
grand Junior warden, W411lam McCor
mick, of Fltxgerald; grand representa
tive. J. L. Bass, of Rome.
The only contest was over the elec
tion of Mr. Bass.
College Women, pr<
who spoke on the
compulsory education were Mrs. El
len Foster, of Washington; Professor
K. G. Matheson, president of Tech;
Walter O. Cooper, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, and F. L. See
ly, publisher of The Georgian.
Mrs. Foster, who has been commis
sioned by President Roosevelt to inves
tigate the Industrial conditions In the
country, talked most Interestingly of
the result of her labors. She has spent
much time in the South, and In addi
tion to Investigating the Industrial con
ditions t hss looked Into educational
conditions as well.
Mrs. Foster's Address,
find that the Industrial Is
■o closely related to the educational.”
said Mrs. Foster, "that I find It Im
possible to study the one without hav
ing to Investigate the other. My study
of the problems In the South has been
most satisfactory and when I return to
Washington I shall tell the president
that I have seen the arid deserts of the
West blossom and bloom like the
Rose of Sharon; that I have seen the
East spring Into abundant .life under
tha lmpejus of advancing civilization,
but that nowhere have 1 seen the rain
bow of promise shining with more en
trancing brilliance than It shines tn the
South today.”
Coming from a Northern woman, who
vlewa Southern conditions from tha
Northerner's point of view, the en
couraging words of Mrs. Foster were
accepted aa a most hopeful Indication
of the strides which the new South Is
making toward the accomplishment of
the Ideals of the old.
A startling Illustration of the apathet
ic attitude occupied by the South In
Active steps looking toward a de
cision on the question of annexing the
various suburbs of Atlanta to form a
greater city, have been taken at mass
meetings held In two suburbs and by
delegations before the annexation com
mittee.
That some of the suburbs will favor
the annexation proposition. If equitable
terms are offered, there Is little doubt,
but It.la also apparent that some of the
Important towns of tho adjacent terri
tory will oppose a movement looking
toward bringing them Into the clty'a
corporate limits.
Decatur and Kirkwood, two of the
municipalities which It Is proposed to
annex to .Atlanta, showed their wil
lingness to entertain a fair proposition
from Atlanta at mass meetings Mon-
. day night, by appointing each a com-
■resldsd Those. mlt, e« ot three to negotiate with the
TCBiaeU. I IIUHP I tea
notation city extension executive committee,
question ox The meetlng . at Decatur waa at
the court house and was largely at
tended. While the great majority fa
vored annexation, there were a number
there who opposed It, and the debate
between the two sides was warm at
times
Colonel Howell Erwin, T. C. Mason,
N. P. Pratt, George Pratt, C. D. McKin
ney, J. H. Green and Dr. J. H. Goss
spoke In favor of annexation. . »
Representative Murphy Candler, <>l
DeKalb, led the opposition, and said
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The lot as advertised con
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few soiled) Children’s 1.50
to $2.00 Washable Dresses
of Dress Ginghams, Per
cales and Figured Batistes
in light and dark styles.
These pretty Dresses are in
Russian Blouse, two-piece,
and Sailor models; a few
white Lace and Embroid
ery-trimmed Dresses and
others. They are great
bargains' at the price. On
sale after 8:30. While they
last .$1.23
to
egard to Industrial and educational de
velopment aa compared with other
atates, waa given by President K.
Matheson, of Tech.
President Matheson Speaks,
short while ago,” said Profes
sor Matheson, "a gentleman came to
see me who Is a member of a commis
sion appointed by the legislature of
Massachusetts to Investigate the re
sources and Industrial conditions of the
8outh, and see what the people here
are doing to develop them. They are
doing this In order that Massachu
setts may train and develop her chil
dren with a view ^o sending them here
Aim for this store
and you’ll hit the bull’s-eye
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You can’t miss perfect clothes-satis-
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Come and see the new patterns in
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' $15 to $40.
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L, J. DANIEL, President.
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Hu; Scteffner ij Muz
to develop our own J. sources at our
very doors. ■
"This gentleman rrankly told me
that they Intend to beat us at our own
game. We are easy-going and more
or leas lazy, and whUe our children
are Idle Massachusetts will be giving
hers an industrial and technical edu
cation, and they will distance us In
the race of life.”
As an Illustration of the marvelous
resources of the South, and the crying
need of technical and Industrial de
velopments In order that these re
sources may be developed. Walter G.
Cooper said:
Wonderful Resources,
"A few days ago 1 had an Interview
with Dr. Cameron, of the Vnlted States
department of agriculture, who hae
been In the South Inveetlgatlng the
reeourcee of thle eectlon aa compared
with othera ot tha Union, and he laid:
“If a Chinese wall were built around
the Piedmont eectlon, and It It were
totally laolated. from the rest of the
world, the Piedmont eectlon would be
better able to eustaln Itself than any
section In the world."
.Mr. Cooper showed the necessity for
compulsory education and declared
that out of 500,000 or 800,000 children
In Georgia of' school age only about
400.000 are In school. Mr. Cooper ex
tensively discussed the relation of In
dustrial efficiency to education and
showed that the amount of production
In many states Is out of proportion to
the Illiteracy.
Mr. Seely discussed at length the In
dustrial and educational conditions In
Georgia and gave a number of statis
tics showing the need of some meas
ure which will compel tha boys and
girls of Georgia who are of school age
to get an education before the school
age passes. He compared the propor
tion of children of Georgia who are In
school with the proportion of other
states and demonstrated the fact that
Georgia Is woefully behind In this mat
ter.
In Georgia only 25 out of 100 boys
from the ages of 6 to 8 are In school,”
dsdarsd Mr. Seely, “while In Missouri
50 out of 100 are In school, and In
Iowa 57 out of every 100. It Is ap
parent that something must be done If
we would keep the educational stand
ard of Georgia on a level with that of
other states."
■ Some Interesting statistics, compiled
by Mrs. Warren Boyd, were read to
the association by Miss Grace Lan
drum. acting president, which were aa
follow's:
In twelve counties, over 20 per cent
of the native bom white voters are Il
literate.
Fifty-nix per cent of all the negro
voters of the atate are Illiterate; Geor
gia children, 10 to 14 years (Including
both white and black), are 22.7 per
cent Illiterate; are thirty-lour time* as
illiterate as the children of Massachu
setts; are sixty-seven times as Illiter
ate as the chlldrep of Nebraska.
In Augusta, Ga., the native bom
white children are more Illiterate Chan
the native bom white children In any
other city tover 25,000 population) In
the United States.
The native born white children of At
lanta rank fourth lowest In the United
States In such Illiteracy.
Atlanta ha* a higher per capita
wealth than Cincinnati, but thirty-four
time* a* great a proportion of Illiteracy
among her native born while children.
Each year In Oeorgla about 14.000
young people are passing, totally Il
literate. beyond the school age, and
hence beyond the possible rend) of
anv future compulsory education act.
"We need, tve must have compul-
story education law*. We must re
move the stigma upon tlie state and
elites. We must educate those who,
under a democratic government, will
some day become our master*. We
must unseal, were It but in pity, the
thousands of little minds that else are
forever closed to the record of dally
fad, to the greatest dreams that liave
been dreamed, to all that has come vis
ibly to us from the millions of minds
that have groped with thought through
tho long centuries of the old world's
history.
The meeting adjourned at :> o'clock
and the ladles of the association, con
ducted by Professor Matheson, took a
trip through the various departments
of the Tech and viewed the work which
Is being accomplished there.
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J. M. HIGH CO.
he would vote against It. J. L. Rams-
peck and J. S. Howard also spoke
against annexation.
Mr. Candler declared that he opposed
the annexation of Decatur to Atlanta
for personal reasons, for Decatur and
for DeKalb county. He stated that
residents had gone to Decatur to escape
city taxation, and that there would be
confusion between the. two counties.
The prohibition law of DeKalb afid the
latvs of Fulton would be In constant
conflict. He would vpte. against an
nexation l\the stale legislature.
A motion to appoint the committee of
three, one to represent the mass meet
ing, one the vicinity around Decatur,
and one to represent council, was
adopted. Tha following Is the commit
tee: Tom Cooper, Decatur; Will Ans-
ley, adjacent territory; J. L. Ramspeck,
council.
At Kirkwood.
The mass meeting In the auditorium
of the Kirkwood school house was even
more enthusiastic than that at Decatur,
although there was also some opposi
tion at Kirkwood to the annexation.
J. C. Branan waa elected chairman
and T. K. Aron secretary of the meet
ing:
Dr. C. M. Donaldson started the fire
works by Introducing a resolution say
ing It Is the desire of the cltlxens to be
annexed before 1810, provided It can be
effected In fairness and equity, and
providing further that a committee of
seven be appointed to negotiate with
the Atlanta city extension executive
committee. The committee was later
changed to three.
Dr. Donaldson spoke at length In fa
vor of hla resolution, but declared that
the present rate of taxation In Decatur
should not be Increased for a term of
years. His speech wo* applauded
freely. ,
Mayor Dunwoody. F. A, Bate* and
W. C. Cousin* spoke In favor of the
re*olullon. and J. W. Miller declared he
opposed It.
The resolution via* adopted, and the
following committee was elected nt the
inas* meeting: I,. J. I’asaels, P. 8.
Dunlap and H. F. Emory.
Are First to Act.
Decatur and Kirkwood were the first
two municipalities to appoint a com
mittee with power to negotiate. In ac
cordance with the request of the exec
utive committee. In a motion adopted
Monday, when the committee met with
the mayor* and reprc*entattve» of the
municipalities.
The motion tva* made by Clark How
ell. after all the mayor* and represen
tatives hail reported, and It was learned
that the sentiment of Kirkwood. Edge-
wood. Battle Hill, Decatur, East Point
and East Atlanta, representing a popu
latlon of about 12,000 and taxable val
ues of nearly 55,000,000, were favorable
to annexation.
Representing Decatur at the meeting
Monday morning were the following:
Mayor John A. Montgomery and the
following citizens: C. B. McGinnis, L. J.
Steel, Dr. J. H. Goes. William H. Ans-
ley, J. W. Mayeon, M. I. Stone, C. D.
McKenney. W. F. Pattlllo, J. Howell
Greco. O. U. Scott and Howell Erwin.
College Park wae represented.by the
mayor, Dr. C. M. Curtle.
Representing Edgewnod were the
mayor, O. N. Brown, and two members
of the common council, Lee Hagan and
C. W. Smith. R. F. Thompson and Al
derman John D. Humphries represent
ed East Point.
Mayor J. 8. Dunwoody spoke for
Kirkwood; M. M. Anderson and J. E.
Babb, for Battle Hill; J. Thomas Wel-
llam, for East Atlanta, and Lee Doug
las, Eugene R. Black, C. J. Haden and
others, for Brookwood.
Favorably Inclined,
All reported that the sentiment of
their municipalities and communities
were favorable to annexation on fair
terms, but the delegation from Brook-
wood, which protested against that
Community being taken in.
The following condensed statements
give a fair Idea of how the suburbs
look upon annexation; .
Mayor Dunwoody, Kirkwood: "While
I can not say positively Just what the
sentiment of the people Is, for the
reason that they have nover given
public expreislon, I can state that It
appears favorable to annexation.”
C. W. Smith, Edgewood: "We have
from between 2,700 to 2,000 population
and are growing rapidly. The taxa
ble Value now reaches about 21,000,-
000. We have a great public school
and our total bonded Indebtedness Is
125.008. Wo want to come U we can
on a fair basis .and equitable terms."
M. if. Anderson, Battle Hill: “We
have had no public meeting a* yet, but
the aentimeht seems favorable. There
ls, of course, some unfavorable senti
ment, but this could be silenced If
proper terms were made. We have no
bonded indebtedness. Our population Is
from 1,000 to 1.200."
Mayor Montgomery. Decaturr "The
people seem to favor the extension, but
the mas* meeting will bring nut the
true *entlment better than I ran tell
lt. Our taxable values Is 5550,000. not
including'school property. Our popu
lation I* 2.600. The tout bonded' In
debtedness I* 144.000.”'
R. F. Thompson. East Point: "The
people of East Point favor the pro
posed extehslon. provided they can get
what they think Is falrand right. Our
population, conservatively estimated. Is
4,600. not Including those who work lo
the factories near by. Our taxable
value reaches nearly 12,000,000, and our
total Indebtedness Is ot which
<2,000 Is now In the sinking fund."
J. Thomas Welllam, East Atlanta:
"We are not incorporated, but wo ace
overwhelmingly In favor of being takrjn
In Greater Atlanta. East Atlanta I*
like the child on tha doorstep, crying
for somebody to tako It In.”
Mayor Curtis. College Park: "Wo
don't think the city of Atlanta has the
least Intention of extending out aa far
as we are, but If she takes In East
Point we will like to havo beg as our
neighbor.”. '
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