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■V ■■■■ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15, MCA ATLANTA CAN AFFORD TO GIVE CITY SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONASKEDj Council Cannot Re fuse to Pay $130,- 000. FINANCES SHOW GOOD CONDITION SCHOOL CHILDREN GUESTS OF GEORGIAN IN ITS MODERN PLA N T Two New Buildings Are Im perative—More Arc Badly Needed. i Atlntitn's schools will nsk (lie city fathers for $130,000 with which to erect three school build ing*. Two new schools arc needed to relieve the eoiificstion which now prevails in every school in the city. A new building is needed to replace the Marietta street school, which is too close to the • railroad tracks and in a location otherwise unsnited to the educa tion of children. The Georgian, in a recent series of articles, has called the atten tion of the public to the conditions prevailing in Atlanta’s schools, the crowded rooms, the badly lighted, insanitary basements used as a makeshift. The public has been shown something of interest. Few of the fathers and mothers of At lanta's thousands of school chil dren knew bow bad these condi tions are. They may have heard complaints about the particular school in which they were inter ested. Their own children may have complained about the dis comfort of crowded schoolrooms, but not until The Georgian took up the tight for more adequate school facilities did the patrons of the schools know how general was the congestion, how- badly needed the improvements suggest ed. Spirit of The Georgian. Li! The articles in The Georgian KaVe been published in no spirit of “muck-raking,” no idea of roasting the city government for its failttre to provide more liberal ly for the public schools, hut in a friendly effort to awaken all con cerned to a realizing sense of the conditions and in a spirit of sug gestion for the future. Atlanta has done the best it could—or thought it could—in the past. The council has tried to deal liberally with the school system. lint Atlanta has grown—is growing. The city is growing faster than has been realized, and otto of the best proofs of this is the steadily and rapidly increas ing number of pupils in the public Mhools. Not only is tliis shown in the primary grades, where tiny toddlers whom the stork brought to the city begin their “n-b ahs” and their “twice one is two.” It is shown in the pupils of higher grades, brought by their parents from country and village to swell the city’a population and the city’s school, but it is high time for improvement. The city of Atlantn is prosperous. The ad ministration which goes out next month will leave the city in a splendid financial condition. The council can grant the request of the hoard of education without a fear of over liberality. Good Financial Condition. For instance: The city has just redeemed the Piedmont Park bonds, $60,000 worth of securities upon which it was paying interest at the rate of $:1,0<k) a year. Tlh*r bonds need not have been called in until Jane, mil, five years ■head. To redeem them was a good stroke of business—but it in dicates that the city of Atlana is not hard pushed for money. Nos-, the school* ore not n'.’khiK for luxuries. Marble fountains ami rose- shod desk* are not on their appropria tion list. All they ask Is more room- room to teach the children, room to let the little girls and boys sit at com. tort»bte deaks. In well lighted, well ven. tttAted room*. Look at the figures. See how the echool* have grown—the attendance, mind you—not the equipment. That has not kept pace. In 1902 the average attendance of the elty school* was 11.333. In 1903 It was 12,134. In 1904 It had grown to 13.865. In 1*05 it had reached 13.691. In 1906 the attendance Is 14.361. In 1907 It will have grown, at the same ratio, to more than 15.000 pupils In attendance at the schools each dsy. Now. Atlanta has Just twenty-three school buildings for white children, with six for negroes. In every school the congestion ha* reached a condition which must be remedied, and remedied soon. Before the beginning of the next session, if new buildings are not erect ed. It will be far worse. „ Grades Are Overcrowded. ...... K . ■forty pupils to a grade la considered new buildings. Did you ever see a modern newspaper plant when you were a boy—or a girl, as the case may bef Of course you couldu't have seen n plant like those of today— but it is probable that you never once stepped behind the front of fice of even the little sheet of your youth. Perhaps you wonder sometimes how it is all done—how edition af ter edition of a modern daily comes from the “news source” to the street, giving the public the latest news—the assassination of a Kuropean monarch or the election of n constable: a marriage in Now York’s Four Hundred, or a dog fight down the street. Perhaps you wonder how a photograph taken at 10 o’clock is transferred to the white page of the first edi tion at noon—perhaps you would like to see it ail done. The school children of Atlanta are to see all of this and more. They are to learn how a great daily is made, how the type is turned out by fast moving ma chines which are almost liumnii in their working, how the pages are made up and locked, how stereo types ore made, how plates are east and sot on the waiting presses, how with the turning of an electric switch the presses be gin to turn and the white paper (lying swiftly over the rolls comes out printed and folded—faster than one could count. Quests of The Georgian. For the children of the city school* nre to be the Ruests of The Georgian In Its plant, the most modern newspaper plant In Atlanta. They are to watch every operation from the time the “copy” leaves the hands ( of the reporter Just off the street* through the llni- types, on the forms, under the steam table, through the stereotype plant, on the press. Into the hands of the Impa tient newsboy outside. Several day# ago Mr. F. I* Seely, publisher of The Georgian, extended to the board of education an Invitation to send the pupils In the public schools to visit the plnnt. on Thursday, the next meeting of the board, the Invitation wns nccepted, and the pupils of the seventh and eighth grades of the gram mar schools nnd ojl the pupils of the two high schools will be brought by tnejr teachers to see the plant. It wa# behoved that the children In the low-r grades nre too young fully to appre ciate a visit to the plant or to under stand the machinery of the various de partments. Friday It Childrtn't Day. Friday was selected as the best day for the visits of the children, and the busy hour before press time was con sidered the best hour, for then the visi tors may see not only the workings of the composing room, but follow the pages to the press and watch the actual printing of The Georgian. A head of one of the many depart ments will act as guide to the visiting children and explain to them the va rious operations necessary to publish a modern paper. The children will be taken Into the composing room, the busiest hive of Industry In the city, where they mny watch at close range the manifold details of the work. They will see the stereotypers In their under ground chamber, casting metal plates from pasteboard molds. They will see the paper on the press, see the prens start and watch the first of the new edition come flying from the folder to he sent up the endless chain to the mailing rooms. Every detail will bo explained by an expert. flotnethlng new in education. Isn’t It? But It Is the kind of education to which great Instructors are turning nowadays —practical Illustration. A visitor can learn more In an hour by seeing a thing done than In a month from a text-book. There is nothing which Is closer to the inan and woman in every-day life than the dally newspaper—and to one who understands how It Is made the news paper will take on a new Interest, a new value. Newspaper in Schools. Some schools have adopted another new wrinkle In education. This Is the rending of a dally paper during a cer tain hour. Instead of a text-book. I has been found that It puts the pupil !r touch with the world of today, give# in struction not found elsewhere; that it Impart# n world of general Information which no text-book can supply. It would not be safe to Introduce every dally paper Into the school room, without carefully expurgating it. Homo dallies contain article# hardly calculat ed fur the pure mind. If the Atlanta schools were to adopt this system—and It Is not Improbable, for Atlanta educators are quick grasp ideas that are good, as well as now—it is easy to predict which dally paper would be selected for the dally reading. The Georgian Is always clean, free from objectionable matter in new* columns and advertising—fit for th school room or the home. The Georgian extends a welcome *o the school children and hopes that every pupil In every school will pay a visit to the plant on the dny appointed by the teachers. They will find some thing Interesting, something worth re msinberlng. There Is a charm h watching |>eople do things; there Is *in attraction about all skillful work—and the visitors, old or young, will find ex pert workmanship at Its best In The Georgian. And the Invitation, though extended specifically to the children of the schools, Is not limited to them. Tlio Georgian will he glad to welcome the general public In its plant, glad to ex plain all the workings of the depart ments. There Is no forbidding sign “Keep Out” on any door In The Geor gian office. It Is your paper and you are welcome everywhere. FOES MAY USE CRISIS TO PROVOKE CIVIL WAR Continusd from Pag* On*. of regretful obsdlsnc* to th* l>«pnl command—or rnth»r to th* dictation of the Impulsive Del Val—will b* treated with especial consideration by th# gov- srnntent In the event of a resort l> force. . . , t'ardlnal Richard, however, Is not of this number. _ , , What Is likely I* tliat after a period of saltation the lay Catholic# will Dike the matter Into tlielr own hand, and make the formal declaration* of the Intention to hold public worship under the law of 1881. The pnimt pro- hihltlon doe* not extend to the laity. declarations made by member# of the laity for services In churches. The attitude of t'ardlnal Richard, archlhlahop of Paris, has been repre sented as favoring and as equally strongly condemning such declaration. The Temps give# the 1*xt of on opinion which shows that t’ardlnal Richard allows such declarations, although It may he pointed out that the pope may upset the cardinal's decision as hs up set that of Cardinal Lecot at the last moment. Is Not a Disobedience. TJie opinion says: - "Are declarations made by third par ties a disobedience to the pope? No, provided they are made with with the. honest, upright Intention of avoiding troubles which might result from the present anarchist state, and that no claim be made In any way whatever to CARDINAL RICHARD I88UES OPINION ON POPE'S ORDER. Paris. Dec. 15.—Among the many points tn dispute, about which there have been statements and denials, re statements and re-denlal*. I* the ques- ^ tlpn of whether thV pop* authorizes meddle In the pastoral exervlTe"of llglon or to replace In any point the hlerarrhlal authority of the church.” In the present case there hns ap peared no means of obtaining the go>1 result which Is desired. This means, therefore, ha# been employed as the e<de possible expedient. It has been employed by two citizens because every citizen can Interest himself on behalf of public order and these two being laymen are specifically unaffected by the papal prohibition, which hus an ecclesiastical prohibition. by educational expert# the largest num ber that can be handled to advantage. In Atlanta It has been necessary ts Increase this maximum to sixty In many Instances. Forty-one grades In the twenty-three white schools have the proper number of pupils. Seventy- five grades have between forty and fifty pupils. Ninety-two grades have between fifty and sixty children, hud dled together In small r«**m#, or over flowing Into basements never intended for accommodating human beings. That Is one of the worst features of the situation. It has been necessary to renovate rooms partly beneath the ground, convert them Into makeshift school rooms, and teach many classes in places unfit for such a purpose. The light is bad, the ventilation is worse, the dampness calculated to cause dis ease. The Georgian has published pho. tographs showing a few of these base ment rooms. The hoard of education needs more buildings for the accommodation of the growing schools. It will ask the coun- cll for a modest sum, $130,000, with which to erect three schools. Even this will give but two additional build ings. for the third must take the place of the present Marietta Street school, which Is In a bad location. This la a matter which concerns every head of a family in Atlanta. There is not a father In the city who will not stand behind the hoard of education In Its request for the appro priation. There can be little doubt thaj city council will accede to the request and grant the $130,000 for tha POLICE MUST PROTECT SOLDIERS, OR SOLDIERS WILL NOT AID POLICE S I Occupation Tax De clared Unconstitu tional. Burton Smith Talks Straight Before Board. CLASH AT THEATER CAUSES TROUBLE Policemen Who Stopped Mi litia Are Exonerated By Board. In affirming Judge Pendleton, of Ful ton superior court, In granting an In* Junction agulnst Comptroller General Wright to prevent him from collecting from the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company certain taxes, the occupation tax of Georgia ls deolnred unconstitutional. Moreover, the state loses directly $30,000 and Incidentally a sum that would probably have amounted to $150,000. This Is the act of 1902 re quiring as an occupation tax such a l>er centum on gross receipts as would, when added to the ud valorem taxes, equal 21-2 per cent upon the gross receipts. test was made by the comptroller general In seeking to collect from the Southern Bell this difference for the years 1003 and 1904. The telephone company sought an Injunction on the ground that the tax was not uniform, ns required under the constitution. When heard before Judge Pendleton he sustained the Injunction. Now the supreme court affirms him. If the state had won Its case the tax for 1905 and 1906, amounting to about 930,000. would have been collectible. In addition every telephone, telegraph and express company would have been liable under the act. The head note In th opinion, In which all the Justices concur, with the exception of Judge Beck, disqualified, set forth the mat ter clearly: Not Uniform, It Invalid. provision In a tax act that per sons engaged In a given business, if the revenues derived from their ad va- lovcm tax, together with all taxes on franchises of such person, does not amount to 2 1-2 per cent of the gross receipts of such person from such busi ness, should pay, as an occupation tax, such n per centum upon Its gross re ceipts us will, when added to the ad valorem taxes, state and county, In cluding all taxes on franchises, <«qual to 2 1-2 per centum upon the gross re ceipts, Is lacking In uniformity and In- Va »lf n ■(Aiiitn !■ i n nflrt valid and Ini 1 ne P«iniea remaras oi lupwtin part Invalid, nnd th* ..l>j*ctlonabl* I"’ 1 '-1 ?rowded r *TOom' 1, and ^hT’faces’Vf" 'll* Xu,"* of c ;r e . c t l ;, d u,; vl . i s«;"u us? « n Charge, Preferred. The charge* were preferred ngalnst Policemen B. M, Brodle and R. J. Wil liam*. the anldlera having taken th* number* of tho officer*. A mistake ivna made In on* of the numbers, however, and the complainant* aahl Wflllnm* was not pre**nt. They Identified Offi. cer Englett a* the policeman who wa* with Brodle. The Kotdler* testified that the policemen Interfered with them and jeered them, referring tn them a* “tin soldier*" and characterising their com manding officer. Captain W. B. Dlsh- man. as a "fool." The officer* denied th# charge*, as serting they merely objected to the sol dier* going Into the crowded theater with their gun*, fearing excitement might result. They said that when the soldier* left their arm* outalde they were permitted to go Into tho theaters and search for their ninn. "If th* pelic* eemmlulon fail* to protact stat* militiaman while they ar* doing duty, I think th* pelle* need ex- pact no h*lp from them during tim** of an omorgoncy. And th* police, I am satiofiod, would certainly b* 'goner*’ in a serious outbreak without th* aid of th* ooldioro, unless th* fore* ehould bo quadrupled. I hardly think you can obtain eufficisnt appropriation to do thi*." CAPTAIN BURTON SMITH, Adjutant Fifth Georgia. The Investigation on Friday night by the police commloslon into the recent clash between state militiamen and police at the Bijou theater waa given a decidedly sensational tinge In an argu ment by Captain Burton Rmlth, adju tant of the Fifth regfmnet, infantry, In defense of the conduct of the soldier*, who had been oent to the theater to arrest a member of their company. Captain Smith declared that the sol diers had been treated In an entirely Improper manner by the police In the theater, and asserted that If the police commission did'nor administer a re buke and see that the state militiamen were protected while doing their duty the police need expect no more aid from them In times of an emergency, such as the recent race riot. Policemen Ar* Uphold. Following this declaration, the com mission exonerated two police officers, against whom charges had been pre ferred by the militiamen, thus deciding against tho soldiers. Whether there will be any further developments I* a matter of conjec ture. The tone of the hearing Friday night Indicated considerable feeling. During the course of his remarks Captain Rmlth said "The*e two soldier* had gone to the theater under order* from their captain to nrre*t a member of the company who wa* under charge* and had been falling to report for drill, nnd there 1* no evidence that they created any dis order. The two policemen In the then- ter Interfered with them nnd, the sol dier* say. treated them discourteously." The pointed remarks of Captain THE MARCH OF PROCRESS BELL- MORSE-CHARTIER THE WORLD’S GREATEST TIME-SAVERS Chartler Shorthand, taught at Bag- wtll Businsts College, 193 Peachtree street, is as wonderful discovery In the Held of rapid wrltlpg as wireless teleg raphy Is In the world of electricity. What Bell, the Inventor of the tele phone, or Morse, the Inventor of teleg raphy, has done Chartler has done— they have saved time and "time Is money." AN AGE OF PROGRESS. The "old line" shorthand systems will die hard, but Chartier’s has de creed that they must go. This Is dis tinctly an age of progress, discovery And Improvement. The slow, uncertain, complicated, hard-to-leam way of do ing anything must as surely give way to the swift, sure, easy-to-learn way as the old stage coach gave way to the modem passenger train. R Is the cli max of folly to cling tn the old Just because It "answered the purpose.” 8WEEPING 8UCCESS IN ATLANTA. still being accomplished by Bagwell Business College have overwhelmingly convinced even Its competitors of the superlative merltH of Chartler short hand. Those who have been loudest In their denunciations dare not enter a contest on any term* which will dem onstrate to the public the relative merits of Chartler and Graham short hand. OUT8TRIP OLD 8CHOOL. Bagwell Business Cnllego hns pre pared and placed In positions a greater number of competent stenographers since June 1 than the "Big School” on the viaduct, which claim* to be the largest In the South (?) Many pupils of the Chartler system have accepted positions from Bagwell Business Col lege after five to eight week’s study. The college will furnloh a list of such pupils to any one who may be Inter ested. 10 RULES AND THE ALPHABET. Chartler shorthand consists simply of the alphabet and 10 simple rules That's Bill No contractions! No omis sion of votvels or consonants! No long and short vowel distinctions! No dots and dashes! No thousands of word signs! None of the things that have heretofore made the study of shori- hnnd almost a hopeless task In nine cases out of ten! THE PROOF OFFERED. Chartler Shorthand Is simpler, swift er, clearer, sounder and far away bet. ter than any other system the world has ever known. Bagwell Business College guarantee* thla and Is readv to prove It. The College offers a free scholarship to any one making the in vestigation If It cannot produce four- weeks pupils who can write on the blackboard any ordinary business letter at tho rate of fifty words per minute and read it back without an error, a tree scholarship will also be give* If It can be shown that any school teaching any old system of shorthand will make the *amc offer. INVESTIGATE. It will cost nothing to Investigate If you can learn Chartler shorthand In half the time and at half the expense required to master any other system nnd nt the same time make a better stenographer, It Is certainly worthv of consideration. You incur no risk If you study Chartler shorthand at Bagwell * Business College. GOODYEAR-MARSHALL BOOK KEEPING. The latest, the most Interesting and the most practical system of bookkeep ing on the market. DORMITORIES Furnish pleasant and wholesome on vlronmcnt and reduce the cost of board at least one-half. Write or call for catalog. BAGWELL'S BU8INES8 COLLEGE, 1D8 Peachtree 8t.,'Atlant*. lie stricken out nnd effect given to the legislative Intent, the whole statute must fall." Inasmuch ns the supreme court practically declares the whole act un constitutional. It will be neccssnry tor the next legislature to pass a new act, removing the difficulties pointed out. In Its opinion the court says: "It may be said that that part of the act providing that the ad valorem shall be deducted from the gross receipts tax, In determining the amount of oc cupation tax, should be eliminated from the act If this renders Ihe act Invalid for the want of uniformity." BAIL is SECURED BY MBS, BIRDSONG VATICAN PREPARES PROTEST AGAINST DESPOILING ARCHIVES Rome. Italy, Dec. 15.—The general Impression In Vatican circles Is that the French government Is losing ground and gradually realising the Impossibil ity of carrying out th* measures threatened against the clergy. Meanwhile the Vatican, unperturbed, attend* to the compilation of n note of protest against the violation of the nunciature's archives, which will be delivered to the ambassadors here and sent to the apostolic delegates abroad. To Aid French Clergy. Ths Vatican Intends to extend every help to the Frenfh clergy and students expelled from seminaries. They will continue their studies In the college* here at the pope's expense and financial help will be extended to needy iiarlsh priest* In France. The attitude of American Catholic*. «* expressed In the me**arcs of sym pathy, la highly appreciated by Special to The (irorglon. Haxlehurat, Miss., Dec. 15.—Judge Miller yesterdny denied a new trial to Mrs. Angle Birdsong and passed a sen tence of five years In the penltentlary tor the killing of Dr. Butler. Notice was given of an appeal to the supreme curt. Counsel for Mrs. Birdsong made ap plication for ball, which wa* granted In the sum of 410,000. Major Fox, father or Mrs. Birdsong; A. Q. May, of Jackson, and other friends of the wom an signed the bond. The defendant was taken to court lying upon a col. Moaning with pain and fever, and nt times nearly delir ious, she listened for an hour and a quarter to her counsel's arguments for a new trial. She was allowed to hear the sentence without standing. A striking feature of this scene was the fact Him the leading argument for Mrs. Birdsong was mails by a lawyer, himself so III that he reclined In an In valid's rhalr while addressing the court. Mrs. Ulrdson shot and killed Dr. Thomas Butler, at Montlcello, Ml*#., November 36, 1905. and several day* ago was convicted of manslaughter. Since that lime she has been seriously III. Because of her young child and her Illness. Mrs. Birdsong was never sent to Jail. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money If It falls to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signa ture oa each box. 25c. pope, who remarked that "the voice of the m->st distant Catholics reached me first." Heart of America Consol**. Commenting upon the message sent by Archbishop Farley, of New York, he said: "It, Is the heart of America thst con soles us. The largest center of Catholicism I# In the United States." In u statement Issued from the Vati can It Is declared: To Drive Out Molarlo And Build Up tho System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TA8TELK8S CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking." Th* formula Is plainly printed on every bot tle. showing It Is simply Quinine and Iron In a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out the malaria and tha Iron builds up the system. Sold by oil dealers for 27 years. Price 60 cents. IS KILLED WHILE PLAYING IN CM News haa been received In Atlanta of the tragic death Friday afternoon at Montgomery, of Charles Ball Strat ford. the only child of Mr*. Philippa Ball Stratford and of the !at* Mr. Edwin Stratford, of that city, *bd grandson of the late Colonel Charles P. Ball, who had many friends In Atlanta and who previous to his death, two years ago, wo* one of Jhe prominent railroad managers of the South. Young Stratford was 13 years of age. a most promising and lovable boy, and of unusually bright intellect. His death was caused by a fall of dirt In a rave, built by himself and several of his playmates. In the grounds of his grandmother, Mrs. Charles P. Ball, at Montgomery. Major and Mr*. George C. Ball left Saturday afternoon for Montgomery to attend the funeral services of their young nephew. THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS. Prof. J. o. Bagwell, AtlantaToi G “’ N ° V * mb * r »' 1906 ' Dear Sir After a three-months* course In your Book keeping Department I have accepted a position at $50 00 per month with the Muillnax Grocery Co , this c iv which you secured for me. As far as I can tell, my work Is giving entire satisfaction. ’ J orK Very sincerely. EUGENE G. MOZLEY. To .he Public: Ga.. Nov. 3. 1906. After having studied Graham Shorthand for several months, I took a position aiiq held j t foc . one year. I soon found that I was unable to take dictation rapidly enough to hold a flrst-cla»s p„,itlon, so I decided to take up the Chartler. Afte r one month I wa* able to do better work with the Chartler system than I had. over the change. 1 ' 0 ^Youra tr^ *'“ d ,ht “ 1 ™ d « BERTHA C. VERDERY. Auburn, Ga., Oct. 16, 1906. Professor J. O. Bagwell. Atlanta, Oa. Dear Sir—I believe that you hnvc tha best school In Georgia, nnd will always recommend It every chance I ? ;et. Chartler Shorthand li all and more than you claim or It. After I had been In school hardly three months 1 accepted a position nt $60 per moath. Sincerely yours, J. S. RAINEY. „ . . _ _ „ . Wrightavllli, Ga. Prof. J. O. Bagwell, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir—This Is to certify that I was In your school for only two months and eight days, and during that time 1 was piepared to accept and to hold a position ns bookkeeper and stenographer with n large -hardware store In my town. • Very truly yours, G. C. COX. Prof. J. O. Bagwell. Atlanta, Qa. Dear Sir—I urn well pleased with the result* I have obtained after spending ubo u t threo months In your college studying bookkeeping. , nni nt pr ^„ nt raMhlG1 . of the Bank of Stark, Fin., and It ha* been only one month since 1 left your school. * Very cordially yours. C. D. STIUPLINO. Judge Nowman in Rom*. Judge William T. Newman was In Rome Saturday for the purpose of hold- "Thc holy see Is not oppooed to the | Ing court In that circuit. No motion "H| - — - the law, but was heard Saturday In the making of plana under the law. but I was heard Saturday In the Federal takes exception to the whole spirit of (court In Atlanta because of the absence the circular Issued by Minister of Pub- of the Judge. All motions and demur- Ihe lie Worship Brland." , rers were postponed no* wee* , Tlfton. Oa., Oct. 25, 1906. Professor J. O. Bagwell. Atlanta, Oa. Dear Sir—I studied the PI'.man system nbnut three months, but my progren* was so mIow and discourag ing I was Induced to enter your college to take up the Chartler system. The work was delightful from the first day I began, nnd after only five weeks' study I nm able to take about 100 words per minute and transcribe my notes without difficulty. Very respectfully, (MISS) KSTELE McMILLIAN. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 26, 1906. To Whom It May Concern: . I am satisfied that Chartter’s Is the easiest and the best shorthand system In existence. After only nine weeks' study 1 was nble to accept and hold a heavy position with the Southern Express Company. Very respectfully, - (MISS) ELLA BROWN. _ „ „ . Atlanta, Ga., Oet. 26. 1966. To Whom It Mny Concern: After six weeks' study of chartler Shorthand I can easily lake dictation at the Cate of one hundred word* per minute. I have studied other-systems. h ut nnd that the Char tler system as taught at Boswell's Business College is by far superior to them all. Very respectfully, (Miss) Maude westbrooke. _ _ Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 25, 1906. To 1\ hom It Mny Concern; Having had some experience W | th the Pltmanic sys- tem# or ghorthand, I am prepared to nay that the Char- tier system Is far superior t„ them al , ln of „ m . pllclty, rapidity and legibility, J. F. WESTBROOK. „ . , 4 ..Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 25, 190«. Professor J. O. Bagwell, Atl nmn (j a IV.ar Professor-Just *eve n wceKs from the day I en- tered your college l accepted a position with ths Cred- *2! „ Empl ™ building, and I experience no difficulty In getting out the' correspondence. I always *B\gw P erMe^T.^ d,n * 8h °« h '" d and Very respectfully you rs. (MISS) EDITH LITTLE. Fourteenth Judicial District Court .. . Markvllle, La., October 18, 1903. Mr. J. O. Bagwell, Atlnn'u, Ga.: Dear Sir—I have been using Chartler Shorthand for court work for almost a year, ami find that It meets requirement. I have taken testimony side by sloe with writers of other systems, and In each Instance met with less difficulty In reading my notes. It Is easy to learn, easy to write and easy to read. Very truly yours, M. A. ST. ROMAIN. _ .... ' ,, _ Atlantp. Ox, November 19. 1908. To \\ hom It May Concern: It gives me pleasure to stnte that I attended Bagwell's Business t ollegc and School of Shorthand fifty-seven days, at the end of which period I was able to take dic tation In the ordlnury transaction of business, and have been doing so ever since leaving the school In Septem- •* r JOSEPH H. DONNELL. 2 ~ i. u .. Atlanta, «a.,Oet. 25, 1006. O To Whom It May Concern: 2 .ii °f»ham Shorthand In another school about 2 — 00,1 gave It up to Study Chartler. I consld- 2 * r tb « rtl « r f ar superior that therf Is no comparison. Very truly.