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DRINK DRAGS WOMEN DOWILOW, Dreadful Orgies of Mothers Void of Maternal Instincts—Money for a Child’s Burial Goes Into Gin—Danced on Her Child’s Coffin. London. August I.—" Poverty produces the casual dock laborer and relegates him to these districts, but ft is the demon of drink that keeps him here.” With these words the head master of a large board school in the neighborhood of the docks opened a story of the effects of alcoholism in these parts. "It la in tlie dock districts that one sees the fearful legacy that beer drinking fathers and gin soaking mothers bequeath to their offspring,” he said to an Ex press representative. "It Is now dinner time, when the children should be at home for their midday meal. Let us look Into the gars of the four gin shops In this street. In these places we counted tMrty-eig’nt women and twelve children—mere Infants. Some wore crawling on the floor, others lying on their mothers’ knees and some were being regaled with gin and water. There was not a man present in one of the bars where the women congregated. It was a race day. A big race was to be run In an hour or so. In ten minutes as many women were seen to leave the pawnbroker’s shop close by. Two of them on their way to their favorite public house stopped to do business with a street bookmaker, possibly hi the hope of get ting back enough money to redeem goods they had pledged. “It is In the faces and bodies of the children that the real horror of this drink ing curse is seen,” the schoolmaster said. "Drink and Its attendant neglect are the causes of nearly ail the wretchedness and vice, ere the sins of the parents are visited with no uncertainty upon the chil- "Look at those poor little fellows! Were they born of healthy parents?” and he pointed out children whose wizened, old looking faces told their own tale. Some of them have been in this class—the low est—for years. They have not the slight est conception of the difference betwee right and wrong. Their vocabuiary is a-- most wholly confined to blasphemous and filthy language. Epidemic’s Opportunity. “Their staple food? Well, bread and margarine. A hundred of them, 1 dare say are dinnerless. Their mothers are spending dinner money in the gin shop. Do you wonder at the headway epidemics make when they break out among such children? The marvel to me is that the sanitary authority ever stamps the. visita lions out. ‘The ‘misery drinkers/ as Ihe Kxpress so well describe them, have no morality and no sense of deecney. During the smallpox epidemic a mother took her baby, which was then covered with spots, to a public house, where she sought ad vice as to the child’s ailment from her cronies who regularly assemble in the bar in the afternoons. “You may probably have heard of the subscription list. Well, here is a case which came under my own observation. A child of a gin soaker was run over and killed. u'i>e collecting card was sent, round for funeral expenaes kf . n ■ me money was spent in a arunion bout, in win ii the mother and her te n ale collectors took tlie leading parts. The' card was sent round next time to t.ay the doctor. This time a most hor rible drunken orgy followed, when the wretched ere iture who had brought the child into the world actually danced upon and broke the lid of the cotlin. ■This week I have stripped four boys and burnt their clothes because of their tllthy state. They were rigged out with ■ new one? When we give a child a pair ol boots we st imp them with eyelets m the Uppers. Every pawnbroker knows the boots then. ■These drunken mothers come up to tne school and charge their children with truanev. AU the time the little fellows have been kept Mt home to mind the others while the mother goes drinking. Maternal Instinct Dead. "A few’ weeks ago a woman smelling strongly of drink, and accompanied by another In the same condition, came up to know if her boy had been to school. He had not. Iler language was harrible. *1 pray to God,’ she said, that he may be brought home a corpse tonight. Ihe maternal instinct seems dead. I doubt ts In the case of the gin-soakers it ever ■ had any life. "Nurses from nursing homes give de voted service here. “Tho dreadful ravages upon the health and moral tone of the people, caused by drink, make one shudder. Here comes a nurse fresh from visiting a school where ehe has been attending to and dressing the wounds of children whose mothers will not take the trouble to see that their little ones are washed, and whose ills are mainly’ caused by dirt. "It seems incredible, but it Is a fact that these mothers will not take the (lightest trouble to tend these poor little mites, and some will not even allow the nurse to see them. Children, too. have been crippled for life through the neglect of drunken mothers. "In on? case, recently, a boy who had been in a hospital was given three new shirts. Two days afterwards he came to school without one to his back. In quiries showed that the shirts had been Id, and the. money spent In drink. “What can be done?’ Take all chil dren of drunken mothers away, and bring them up away from the vice which they see every day. Save the children! The mothers are past redemption!” Opium, Morphine, Free Treatment. Painless home cure guaranteed. Free trial. Dr. Tucker, Atlanta, Ga. HUMBERTS ARE ON TRIAL Paris, August B—The notorious Humbert family today faced a judge and jury to meet the charge of having perpetrated what former Premier Waideck-Rosseau described as "the greatest swindle of the century.” Investigating Magistrate Ley det in May decided to commit Therese Humbert, her husband, Frederic, and her brothers, Romain and Emile D’Aurignac, for trial on the charges of forgery, the use of forged documents and swindling. Jie dismissed the cases against Eve Hum bert (Therese's daughter) and Marie c'Aurignac (her sister). Public curiosity which has followed the fortunes of the family since the days of Its social brilliance is again intensely ■wrought up, the chief interest centering In "La Grande Therese,” who has prom ised to produce at this trial the mysteri ous American millionaires, the brothers Crawford, on whom she based hl*r story of an inheritance of $20,000,000, which she put forward as the security lor the loans the obtained, amounting to about $lO,- t»oo, 000. At the afternoon session, while Judge J3onnet was critically reviewing the story of the Crawford inheritance, Mme. Hum bert complained of being suddenly taken with a violent Illness. The judge, how ever, insisted on proceeding witii me case, intimating his belief that her sickness was feigned, lie men went into the de tails of the alleged Crawford operations end their fleeting residence at New York, ■whereupon Mme. Humbert revived suffi ciently to exclaim: "I will prove everything. I will show my good faith, but not today. Not while I am sick.” Judge Bonnet asked if any one ever saw the bonds she claimed to have de posited within the famous safe, and Mme. Therese replied: "Yes, mapy persons saw and actually counted them. I tell you. the fortune exists. I am an honest wotpan. I de clare Jt.” She also asserted that a notary named Dumort, at Rouen, had seen one of the Crawford brothers. When the judge sought to check the outbreak of skep tical laughter on the part of the specta tors, Maltre Labor! sqjd: "This is a good sign, for when 'ho court laughs the casq not a serious one.” BLACKS CRY TO ROOSEVELT TO THROTTLE JUDGE LYNCH New York. August 6.—Resolutions de ploring the increase of lynchings through out the country and the existence of peonage in the and calling upon President Roosevelt to influence congress to remedy these evils were adopted at a mass meeting of colored citizens held under the direction of the Colored Lite vary Ix*ague of Greater New York to night. The resolutions signed by the members of the league and others will be forwarded to the president. After indorsing the administration of President Roosevelt the resolutions con tinue: "Believing, as we do, that the time lias come when something should be done for the protection of our American citizens from the atrocious evils of mon disfranchisement and peonage which was born in the south and was inflicted upon negroes only, but is now becoming epidemic, showing its deformed face beyond the Mason and Dixon lili.’, disseminating its contagion among Amer ican citizens, white and blacks, men and women, therefore, the subscribers, to gether with a large number of our com mon people of Greater New York, in mass meeting assembled, do petition his excellency, the president of the United States, that he may use his official in fluence with tlie congress of the Unit'd States, to execute so much of the su preme law as it may find necessary to eradicate our national evils and to ameliorate race prejudices, or to enact such further laws, as may have the effect of bringing about a better state of affairs in our civic life.” Among the speakers at tho meeting were George A. Allen, president of the league; James 11. Hayes, of Richmond, Va.; Rev. W. 11. Brooks, of New York, and Rev. Granville Hunt, of Mount Ver non, N. Y. Hayes declared that to make himself felt and to get his wrongs re dressed the negro must use his vote in the northern states, where, he said, eol ored votes represent the balance of pow e> for which politicians are seeking. Speaking of the disfranchisement of negroes in the south, ho said that if this deprivation goes on, "conditions in Vir ginia will be repeated in New York.” TWO BULLETS FIRED AT PREMIER COMBES Marseille.’, August 9.—As Premier Combes was returning this afternoon to the prefecture from a banquet given by the Friendly Society of Teachers, at which M. Pelletan, minister of marine, and Henri Brisson, deputy for Marseilles, and a number of senators and deputies were present, two pistol shots were tired at the carriage in which he was riding. The premier was untouched, and none of those accompanying him was hurt. The attempt upon the life of tlie pres ident of the ministry caused great ex citement, and tlie crowd pointed out to the police the author of the attempt, a man dressed in fisherman's clothes. His companion drew a knife, but the police quickly disarmed him. Tlie police had much difficulty in protecting the man who had tired the shot fron the crowd. He struggled desperately, but was soon overcome, handcuffed and taken to the prefecture, where M. Combes had already arrived. /he first interrogation of the prisoner took place in the presence of the premier. The man said his name was Sanvalre Plcolo. lie spoke very bad French with a strong Italian accent. He denied that lie had tired tlie shots, but when searched a revolver was found with two chambers which had been recently fired. It is believed that Picolo and his companion, who effected his escape during the ex citement. are anarchists The police are aware of the presence in Marseilles of a number of other anarchists. ANOTHER PLOT AT BELGRADE. Several Servian Officers Have Been Put Under Arrest. Vienna, August 6—According to ad vices received here a number of Servian officers have been arrested at Belgrade on account. It is reported, on suspicion that they were enospiring against the war minister, General Alanaskovieh, who is said to have prevented the advancement of tho participants in the assassination if King Alexander and Queen Draga. .— INDIANA MOB TRIES TO LYNCH. Sought Life of Man Accused of As saulting Girls. Geneva, Ind., August 9—Arthur WJl llams, aged 35, charged with assaulting Flossie Barr, aged 14. and Verna Wilson, aged 13. was captured by a crowd to day and narrowly escaped lynching. The jail is very strongly guarded tonight. The officials have secured all assistqjtct possible Luciano Taken Off His Guard. New Orleans. August 9.—Tony Luciano, at the head of the Italian faction whose feud with the Calamia faction has cost half a dozen lives, was himself murder ed today. The old fellow, who lost brother, cousin, wife and child since the murders started over business rivalry, was taken off his guard. He became friendly with an Italian named Sam As paro, who won his confidence and they went to a photograph gallery to get some pictures. On the deserted stairway As pare emptied his pistol into Luciano and ran througli the house into a side street, evidently having planned the affair well. Citizens saw him running and held him for the police. He denied nil knowledge of the affair. Cut Off Babies’ Heads. ’ Columbia. S. C.. August 9. —(Special.)— . Lizzie Aiken, a negro woman 40 years old. was committed to jail todav for be- 1 heading her two daughters. The crime s was committed in Colleton countv. The - heads were severed with an ax. then she ■ threw them into a fire. The children , were 3 and 5 years old When first arrested, the woman ad- ■ mltted the crime, saying she got a mes -7 sago from God, through a dog. that she must sacrifice her children to save tho world. She has been attending revivals , recently. Fiery Shower from Meteor. » Chickasaw. Ind T., August 9—During a ■ heavy thunderstorm here last night a - meteor fell in the north part of the city . with a blaze of light and a shower of sparks which lit up the entire city and the country for miles around. The aerolite 3 struck the earth in the back yard of Mrs. ' Sarah Sibley, who was standing in the j doorway watching the storm. She was s knocked down and severely stunned, but soon recovered. A terrific explosion oc curred as the meteor struck and incan descent fragments flew In all directions. The telephone system in the north end of town was. wrecked. Tricky Tom Goes the Limit, Jackson, Ky.. August B.—“ Tricky” Tom Tharpe who was it witness for the de ‘ sense in tho Curtis Jett trial at Cyn thiana. went to bls home at Elkatawa. 4 miles from here, today, and set tire to the house and stoo<j guard over the blazing building, shooting at all who at tempted to extinguish the flames. His aged father received a slight flesh wound. THE WEEKLY OOKSmVHOHt ATLANTA GA.. MONDAY. AUGUST 10, 1903. CONDITIONS BAD 111 AUSTRALIA, In New South Wales, Between 1886 and 1901, the Number of Mar ried Women Increased 63,- 219—N0 Increase in Births. London, August 1. —The Globe prints the following from Its Sydney correspondent: “The Australian commonwealth finds itself confronted by a new problem. Under the dictation of the labor party, the fed eral government has adopted a policy In tended to discourage immigration of ev ery description, white as well as col ored, into the federated states; and at the same time It has to deal with a rap idly declining birth rate, which, if not speedily remedied, will result In a largely decreased population. Recently published statistics show that the lowest Austra lian birth rate Is only 3 per 1,000 above that of France. "A few years ago It was considerably higher, but the real decline is shown by the total number of births in wedlock compared with the number of women of child-bearing age. Without going into sta tistical details, it may be mentioned that In New South Wales, between 1886 and 1901, tlie number of married women in creased by 63,219; while the number of children bern in 1901 was almost the same as in ISS7. "Taking the whole of the common wealth and New Zealand, there are an nually 20.000 fewer births than there would have been had the birth rates of ten years ago been maintained. "This shows a decline of 200.000 in the natural Increase of Australian population during the decade. Age of Marriage Advancing. “It has also been ascertained that the avenage marriage age of Australian wom en is steadily advancing. In 1881 it is 22 1-2 years; in 1901 it is 24 years. This Is regarded as an indication of a tendency to accept with reluctance tlie responsibil ities of the marriage state; that the Aus tralian declining birth rate Is due less to physical incapacity than to Individual un willingness. "The New South Wales government statistician, in connection with those facts, says: 'There have been very strik ing changes in tlie (birth) rates for the periods mentioned and a persistent and astonishing doeline among women of ev ery class. It would seem that an increas ingly large number of women make up their minds not to have children, or to delay child-bearing as long as possible. After each successive confinement an Increasing proportion of women, still of child-bearing age, cease to give birth to any more children, and the extraordinary condition of things has now come to pass that the fertility of women who have had two children is less than that of women who in 1891 had nine children. “There is no necessity for going into de tails. tlie broad facts are sufficient; but there is one point which lias become overlooked by all concerned in the in jury, and that is that the decline in the Australasian birth rate practically com menced with the discouragement of over sea Immigration, which was a means of systematically Infusing fresh blood into Australasia. Many Holidays One Cause. “The Increasing reluctance, of Austra lasian women to accept tlie responsibilities of maternity is traceable to several causes, one of the principal being the In creasing love of pleasure. "The numerous holidays and lessened hours of labor have strengthened the popular taste for outdoor amusement, and weakened tlie feeling in favor of house hold enjoyment. Then the warm sunny climate has a somewhat enervating effect on tlie younger population, which seems to pass the greater part of its existence In the open air. All this assists in loosen ing the ties of domestic life. There Is too much holiday-making and too little in dustrial occupation. Yet professional agitators like Tom Mann talk of the slavish condition of the Australasian la boring classes compared with that ol their English brethren. “Another difficulty consists in the early age at which Australasian children be come emancipated from home control. Tlie moment a boj and girl can earn a few shillings per week a start on their own account is made, followed by an early marriage, but no children. At holi day time nothing is more common than to find young married couples, unencum bered with families, taking part in excur sions, picnics, and other forms of al fres co enjoyment. Where there are families most of the parents appear of middle age. Labor Party Is Blamed. "How will it all end? Here is a country capable of supporting tlie whole surplus population of the British isles and of continental Europe, yet possessing fewer residents than the British metropolis, and ever seeking to become encircled by a wall to exclude the myriads ready to as sist in tilling the hungry acres and de velop the teeming mines. "The great want of the commonwealth Is population. without which there can be no material advancement; yet. In the face of a rapidly declining birth rate, the federal government, in its fear of the hostility of the labor party, dare not open tho door to willing immigrants, even from tlie mother country. The worst of it is that the states are powerless In tlie matter. "if Queensland wants a few hundred agricultural laborers she cannot have them without tho consent of the federal government. The states, in blindly accept ing federation without proper safeguards, have virtually parted with their birth rights for a mess of pottage. Yet. how different was everything a few years ago. "Thon the burthen of the song was in creasing population, expanding industrial resources, and rapidly crowing resources: but then the labor party, with its love of extravagant public expenditure and restrictive Industrial legislation, had not’ possession of the reins of power." TEXAN VISITS GEORGIA. E C. Green, horticulturist of tho state of Texas. Is spending his vacation In Georgia, where he hopes to gain much Information from the state entomologist and from the various fruit growers of the state relative to the treatment of the various diseases and pests which in fect Georgia orchards. Professors Scott and Sowell, state en tomologists, are just commencing tho work of the annual inspection of the 125 nurseries of the state, and this work will give Mr. Green some active and val uable experience. IT HAS NO SIGNIFICANCE. Charleston. S. August B.—(Special.) W. ft. Chisholm. Manager for the state of South Carolina of the Virginia- Carolina Chemical Company, today gave out a statement in regard to the various reports that have been set afloat, to the effect that the mills of the company here have shut down. Mr. Chisholm said that owing to the large quantity of manufact ured fertilizer held by the company that the shut-down of Its Sharlestown mills might be more complete than it had been in former summer months, but he denied that there was anythink unusual or sig nificant in the shutdown of the plants. He said he knew of no reason for the heavy deqjlnc in the values of the com- pany’s securities and ihepredicted a rapid recovery as soon as fall operations were resumed. It was commonly reported today that three of the smaller local plants of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company had not shut down but that they would be dismantled. It was claimed, however, by persons connected with the company, that this action had been contemplated for a year and that it consequently had no special significance just at this time. LANGLEY AIR SHIP ENDS ITS FLIGHT IN THE RIVER Winde Water, Va., August B.—A partly successful experiment with a 15-foot Langley airship was male this morning from the house boat in the Potomac river off this point. The aerodrome started well In a straight line south with a velocity of 70 feet per second and flew for a distance variously estimated at. from 401 to 600 yards. Some deflection in the wings soon af ter the launching caused it to bike a downward course, which she followed rapidly ami was impelled Into the water under the full power of her engine. There was sufficient steam generated for a rapid flight of a half to three-quarters of a mile. Under Hie full pressure of this force the machine struck the water and a moment more bad disappeared from view. The machine was recovered. It was considerably damaged. The machine was removed to the house boat, wh'-r* extjnslvc repaha will have to !;;■ made before anotlur tost ean be pulled off. At a given signal. Hie mode] was dispatched on Ils voyage. The launching ear was pulled back to the leeward superstructure and s; nt forward on its track a.* a rapid velocity. When the windward end was reached the machine shot forth. A better launching could not have been desired. The Smith sonian scientist believed that the high est hopes were about to be realiz'd, but after the first few seconds of flight the wings were deflect’d and tho flying ma chine went downward until her course was ended on the mud bottom of the Potomac. She was traveling at a ve locity of about it) mill's an hour. When tho machine was rais'ij. from the water, a woikman attempted to cover It with a. cloth. but for a long lime was unsuc cessful. Its mechanism and dimensions were plainly seen from the press boat 20 feet away. It was equipped with four wings, two on each tj£dc, about 4 by 6 feet, made of the limst oil silk and held upon delicate wooden rods. The wings were shaped like n tent. The body con ; sisted of an intricate arrangement of I line steel rods, with cylinders, motor and boilers carefully balanced. Between the two sets of wings were situated the propellers, two lu number, equipped with two blades. The steering gear was situated at the rear and was constructed from material like the wings. The motor is sui.j osed to generate sotne tn'ng in excess of 2-horse power. Sev eral photographs were secured of the machine in flight The wind against which it flew was blowing about 4 mil’s an hour. After the experiment. Assist ant Manley refused to make aqy suite inent for publication. PYRAMID OF DEAD COONS WILDCAT ON TOP OF IT. Americus, Ga., August 9.—(Special.)— Ono hundred and ten dead coons piled in a cornfield; the pyramid surmounted by the carcass of a monster wild cat, weigh ing 35 pounds and measuring five feet In length, was the result of a hunt waged west of Americus tlie past week. The coons had been raiding the cornfields, de stroying acres of fine corn, hence the crusade waged against the ringtails by three colored fanners, Lee Daniel, J'oliu Spann and Wib.ll •' Minnick. The hunt took place in Kinchafoonee creek swapip and 110 coons were thus slaughtered. The wild cat had been feasting on young pigs and had cost the negroes not a few young porkers. He wns a vicious brute and made a fine fight until laid low by their bul lets. COUNCIL ON THE SITUATION. Professor Not Surprised at Northern Animosity to His Race. Birmingham. Ala., August B.—Professor W. 11. Connell, principal of the. Agricul tural and Mechanical Colcge for Negroes, at Normal, Ala., who was in Birmingham yesterday, gave out the following Inter view : "There is a crisis at hand for the negro race In America. I am not surprised at tlie evidences of antagonism to the negro in certain portions of the north which have been recently exhibited; in fact, I ■have long predicted that such antagonism would arise there, because that people do not rightly know the negro and are less disposed to deal with him justly than arq the people of the south. "I have always held that the south was the negro's rightful home, that here he had greater opportunities for building himself up than anywhere else, and every day only the more thoroughly convinces me of the truth of this; but he must be brought to know that he can maintain himself only along lines of honesty, in dustry and helpfulness to those around him. ' The south possesses in the negro race the best and most tractable labor element in the world, anil every interest demands that this fact should be known and appreciated by both white and black alike.” MONEY IS TIGHT IN MEXICO. Banks Are Reluctant To Extend the Usual Favors. Mexico City, August 9.—This is the sea son of the year when a lull Is usually ex pected In ah branches of trade and the present is no exception to the rule, though business is reported more active, than dur ing the same period last year. The pres ent stringency in the money market and the reluctance of banks to extend the usual favors seem to have worked some thing of a hardship on many concerns. The uncertainty in the rate of exchange is largely responsible for the very con servative methods adopted by the banks, quite a decline resulting when the rate was ranging from 220 to 230. many foreign buyers availing themselves of this low rate to cancel accounts contracted when exchange was above 250 and many depos itors checking on their accounts for spec ulative purposes. HONDURAS READY TO ERUPT. Financial Troubles Are Likely To Result in Revolution. Mexico City, August 9.—The financial troubles of recent developments are In a fairway to precipitate another revolu tion In Honduras in the course of tho next two months, according to Manuel He’gueva, wllb arriv'd from that Central American republic I~way of Vera Cruz yesterdav The government is at the present face to face with the possibility of the intervention of England in the in terest of English creditors. Senor Hel gueva is of the opinion that just as soon as intervention appears to be inevitable the enemies of General Mauel Bonnila, who are very numerous, will start a rev olutionary movement Judge Gray Starts South. Wilmington, Del.. August 7.—Judge George Gray, who has consented to act as an arbitrator to settle the differences existing between the coal miners and operators In Alabama, loft here today for the south to assume his duties. Buying Silver for Philippines. Washington, August 3.—The treasury department today bought 169,090 ounces of silver for Philippine coinage at an average of $0.5403, all for delivery at San Francisco. LEIGH, COWETA COUNTY, MARKETS A PHENOMENAL LOAD OF GOTTON r— —— 1 — . ■ z 4 MBrWni'' .’1 i(itaW.ir*iifi n NWiifeMrwiiWiiiiir ’r - v ? ' Wagon Which Was Driven Into Newnan, Ga., Loaded With Twenty-Five Bales of Cotton. Newnan. Ga„ July 20.—(Special.)— It is probable that the largest sin gle load of cotton ever marketed was that recently brought to Newnan by Hon. S. E. Leigh, the total wqight of twenty-five bales of the fleecy staple loaded upon a single wagon, being 13,140 pounds. Mr. Leigh held this cotton from last fall's crop. To cart this Immense load of cotton to market at a single haul a platform of un usual dimensions was necessarily used. The frame was no less than 30 feet long. 7n its construction 800 feet of green pine timber was required, which weighed 4,000 pounds, in addition to the wagon weigh ing 1.40') pounds. When tills colossal float was loaded wllh the product of one of Mr. Leigh's farms, it represented a total weight of 18,540 pounds. When Mr. Leigh was preparing to mar ket this remarkable load of cotton, he thought it would be necessary to h ive an especially largo wagon made for the oc- TO TRY IT AGAIN IN MISSISSIPPI Second Primary Necessary in the Gubernatorial Race. Jackson. Miss., August B.—(Special.) Returns from over the state from Thurs day's primary have been slow in coming in. but all counties, with the exception of three, have reported and the results show that a second primary will be nec essary ■> decble the nom nation for gov ernor of Mississippi. The race will be run between Vardaman and Critz, Varda man receiving 119 electoral votes, Critz 117 asd Noel 24, 131 electoral votes are necessary for nomination. Carter is nominated lieutenant govern or, Henry, auditor, and Brown, clerk of supreme court. The race between Miller and Sharp for treasurer Is so close that an official count will have to decide. 'The second primal y wil be held on the 27th Already the Vardaman supporters have begun to light for their man asd the Critz managers are lining up their fore s for the second contest. —-— • ~ ' SCANDAL ABOUT LITTLE SQUAW Strong Statement About the Case Given Out by Judge. Buffalo, N. Y.. August. 9.—11. J Klein, presiding judge of the grand circuit meet ing, which closed here yesterday, lias given out a strong statement anent tlie scandal in the 2:06 pace yesterday. in that race F. O. Cei'Jeberg. owner ami driver of Little Squaw, was t ikon out of the. sulky, and Ben Kenny drove the mare, winning the h-'it ami the race. Nick Hubinger. the New Haven piling r, su-poc.’ed i:.- wa-. on the oiiiside ol a job when Charlie Havt bent Little Squaw in slow time. Hr protested and the action of the judges resulted. Cei'Jeberg was not fined . . , Mr. Klein stays if he had had autnority he would haw* expelled < eidebeig. V. L. Snow, the trainer, and Frank Wil liams. of Corning, the cwner of Charlie Ha 1 , t The other (w" judges overrn. d hlni. Hubinger had bet inm li money on Little Squaw, and. it Is alleged, bad prom ised Ceidjihyrg S4OO if the mare won. He suspected fraud, RURAL FREE DELIVERY ROUTES Washington, August s.—The postoffiee department established during the month of July 2,455 rural free delivery routes. The total number of routes established for the entire fiscal year ended June 30, 1903, was 5,664. It is announced at the* de partment that, there is remaining un allotted ' of the appropriation for the present fiscal year a sufficient sum to establish about 4,000 additional routes. Yellow Fe ,r er in Mexico. Laredo. Tex.. August 9.—The quarantine which was established against. San Luis Fotosl, Mexico, a week ago. because of the appearance of a case of yellow Lew r. is still being rigorously enforced. Citi zens of San Luis Potogi deny that any yellow fever exists in that territory, and have forwarded a. petition to the author ities in Washington asking that the quar antine be lifted. ' Young Jones for West Point. Montgomery. Ala.. August 9.—(Special.) Congressman A. A. Wiley, of the second congressional district. has appointed Thomas G. Jones, Jr., son of Judge Thomas Goode Jones, of the United States district court, cadet to the mili tary academy, and young Jones lias been instructed to report at Fort McPherson. Atlanta, Ga., for examination on May 1, 1904. Dispensary Fight Is Settled. The Rome dispensary light, the hottest local tight of tlie legislative session, is settled. Messrs. Ennis and McHenry got to gether on the floor of the house Thursday morning, during the progress of the de bate, and agreed to bury the hatehet. edge down, until the next session of the general assembly. Mrs. A. Van Hoose Is Dead. Gainesville. Ga., August B.—(Special.) Mrs. A. Van Hoose died at 6 o'clock this morning after an illness dating from Sun day. She had been complaining for several days and the eating of canned meat and drinking milk caused acute indigestion, or ptomaine poisoing, causing her death. Iler remains were shipped to Eufaula, Ala., tonight for interment. caslon. Upon investigation he found in stock at the White Hickory Wagon Man ufacturing Company's repository in At lanta one of their regular 2 1-4 steel axle wagons, guaranteed capacity 7.000 pounds, that he was assured would carry the load. This wagon, which is similar to hundreds in use on the streets of Atlanta and in other cities, was required to carry a weight of 10.140 pounds over the weight it was constructed to carry, and It stood tlie test without any apparent strain. It is safe to say that there are few counties in the state in which such an immense weight could be transported by team to market. On account of the* im proved condition of the public roads in Coweta, .however, this huge load of mer chandise was hauled by three j oke of oxen. Few processions, military, civic or otherwise, have ever attracted as much attention in Coweta as did this single float as it passed through the streets to the warehouse. The cotton was raised at ’Tx*ighton." 4 EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN GOES PEGGING IN A TLANIA By Isma Dooly. THERE are over seventy-five ma chines at a standstill in the Nun nally Manufacturing Company, makers of men's clothing, and this be cause of the scarcity of women workers, according to the statement made I'ridaj by the president of the factory, Mr. Onne Nunnally. This circumstance proving the scarcity of labor among women for a class of work that is beyond that of those cotton factories or mills, requiring a less well paid class of women, is rather surprising in View of the fact that scarcely a day th.’t OHP une? not hoftr <1 Rtorv that brings on a series of comparative ones relating how this woman or that one is out of work and wants it; and that she Is competent and deserving and ought, to have work provided for her. "Special writers" could be kept busy ap pealing to public sympathy for cases among the army of the so-called unem ployed, and yet stopping long enough to investigate a condition illustrated by this one existing In one of Atlanta's beat known institutions, where women are employed, tempts the writer to expatiate upon the very opposite line. An especially significant nature does the subject assume in consideration of the fact that the scarcity of labor at this establishment is not merely for the present—during the heated term—but it is so continually the case that Mr Nun nally goes so far as to state that the further broadening or development of in dustrial enterprises like his own is being retarded by this very lack of competent women laborers, and that in his mind the question here in Atlanta now Is not. "Can we bring more industries here?” but "How are we to furnish labor for those already established, in operation, and with a dally increase of business re quiring an according increase of labor?' To those impractical theorists about women who may think this incident of the scarcity of laborers among them is a hopeful sign, that woman at this stage of her evolution is awakening to the consciousness that she must return to the home and there abide, or that the army of women forced by circumstances to become bread winners is diminishing, it may be said that never were they more mistaken. National, state and local statistics rela tive to women wage earners, especially among the class who are adapted to in dustrial avocations, prove that their num ber is on rapid increase, and deplorable as it may seem, the number of women forced by circumstances to support them selves increases in proportion to popula tion. That it Is the spirit of woman in this much-talked-of evolution of the sex. and not necessity that makes of her a bread winner is an Impression scarcely worthy of refutation and one does not. have to stop to study the women of this or that class to know that no woman except in unusual and abnormal cases would resist the support of those who had legitimate right and the means to do so. Few women with comfortable homes and the means whereby tn sustain them selves therein would through a desire for more activity rush into the factory or mills or even establishments along the more lucrative and less laborious lines. So whether or not those conditions should exist that place women in tlie position of bread winners, they do exist and there is continuous and Increasing number of them who have to take care of themselves, and It would be Interesting to learn just why here in Atlanta, where there is the average number of women who have to work and many* of whom are in daily quest of it, there is still com plaint among manufacturers of a scarcity of women workers. "Probably it may be that in this par ticular establishment from which the complaint for scarcity of labor comes that the conditions are not such as to encourage competent women, tlie condi tions as to hours, the pay, etc..” may be suggested by those skeptical of tlie situa tion. But tlie fact is a studious investi gation of tlie operatives who are employ ed of the time required of them and their compensation does away with that prob ability and after having seen at work the employees in mauy of the factories and other mills of the state the state of af fairs and advantages of this establish ment, as in others of similar industries, justifies the statement that in this case. not only is there an opening for the com petent and willing women who plies thq miles out of Newnan, and brought 9 "-4 cents per pound, the check in payment of the load being made out for $1,281 14. Had the cotton been held only a few days the Increase in price of the staple would have added something like S4OO to this check. The past season Mr. Leigh mar keted a couple of bales of long staple cot ton, for which he received 11 1-2 cents per pound. Hon. S. E. Leigh is a representative from Coweta in the present session of the legislature and is one of the most pro gressive and successful farmers of the state His farm is < onducted along the I most improved scientific plan and 1 admiration of his neighborhood Mr Leigh, himself. Is a most energetic and successful factor and Is widely in terested in the development of this sec tion He Is an earnest advocate of im proved roads throughout the confines of Georgia and as a convincing argument ! points‘to the value they have been to his 1 home county’. needle, but compensation beyond that which the average seamstress clears who works by the day at home or in many m the pretentious dress making shops of tha citv. . . Os the three hundred women employed here the average pay Is $7 per with nine hours a day work and a ha., holiday Saturday. The appearance es the women no such as to indicate overwork, and with the exception of a. few elderly women who have reached the age when the care worn expression would, natural. j -how itself the female employees where there is this demand for seventy-five mere nrc a healthy, wholesome-looking as- y semhlage. / They are all members of the Garment Workers’ Union, of which Miss Lizzie Humphries, one of the employees, is president. Whether or not. genera, in terest is taken In this organization, or what Its influence may be. is subject matter for another story, but during the luncheon hour, when discussion may be given to such matters, there Is a recreation room, where the women im pair to partake of their lunch or to rest. It is a long commodious apartment hav Ing’among'other articles o' furniture a piano, desks, and a large ta.'.e upon which were the latest magazines and periodicals There were individual c.oak racks and hat boxes, and the venti.atinn here, as in the work room wa’ equal to that of the average office in Atlanta s business centers, and many of the boast ed of office buildings. In reference tn the class of people *m ployed, it was evident at glance thnh as Mr Nunr a stated the? ’ " ’ higher plane industrially and socially than that class of people coming under the head of the generally accepted term of “factory operatives” "Tho latter.” he explaired "are, many of them, operatives b- inheritance, 1. e.; they come of a family of opera tives, anil starting out in the factory as children, grow up in the work an . know nothing else *‘ff they lose their jobs in one mill It seldom occurs to them to do otaer work, j but they go to another mill and seek employment, there. From this class come the most unsatisfactory labor-men and women who are Inadequate to tne pii.- poses of the work In this form ■) Indus try. where something more than the hand operating the machine is req'ured. and where there must be intelligent eye applied as well as some knowledge of sewing." "Then from what element o' people do you find your most satisfactory worn- , en workers?" was here asked. Tn rei ly Mr. Nut te In- 1 cident of how three >r f nr years ago there came Into his establishment three ' young girls In cheeked dr-*s;'-'"'. t'-mm* s and the costumes that s< 1 the still primitive mountain people of the state. They were sisters and asked fe*‘ work, acknowledging on being ques tioned their absolute Inexperience, but declaring they wanted to learn As an experiment they were employed, •and in two months were no longer on the list of novices "Now thev are my most competent women workers,” he stated, "with a /fix room house of their own and the com forts of home. Their average incor/e is $35 per week, and they are models of thriftiness. “What are you going to do about this scarcity of labor?” was asked. "Well, I ’ think I’ll advertise in the newspapers of the rural districts. was the. reply. •Thea you think that this scarcity of labor will have to be supplied from, the rural districts?" x , "it looks as if that would have to be tried, for, as 1 said before, we need the labor to 'tljat extent when the progress of our industries is being retarded for lack of it.” , “But what about this army of unem ployed women w* hear of every day in Atlanta?" , Mr. Nunnally did not know, but the facts remain the same—there are the unemployed women; there is plenty of work for them to do. and yet here is proof of a great scan ity of Jabor. Appendix Full of Cherry Stones. New York. August 3,-Nearly one. hun dred cherry pits have been found tn the appendix’of a patient who was being op erated upon in a Brooklyn Hospital Ihe collection had not caused appendicitis, howe- er Their discovery was due to an operation for . aneer of the stomach tfter tit'* cancerous glow th had been cut aw-iv tlie surgeons took away the pits ami then the patient quickly recov ered. 3
