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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: TNUBSDAY, MAY 19. 1910.
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HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR IT?
THE G. 0. P. TARIFF
Says People Can’t Be Fooled
by False Issue on This
Subject.
POOR MAN FAVORED
BY DECREASED DUTY
Ohioan Warns Democrats That
They Gloat Too Quick—He
Turns Loose a Rousing
Campaign Document.
Washington, May 19. Representative
hoard. and «tr«
tariff law. !!«•
"XlW Nil
misrepresented
law. .Voter ha
termlneil effort
and to piejtiill'
Rut I
that i
always try
urly defended the net
aid III part:
law be#»n so Krossl
i- haa Uts present tariff
there been
to mislead the people
• tliolr final Judgment,
iny Democratic friends.
>t fool them forever. You
(most aucreede 1
In doing it in 1 hut their plain,
even -day horse sense came to their
rescue and saved overwhelming disas
ter. Common sense triumphed then and
It is going to triumph again, and that
soon.
"You have been gloating for the past
few months over the rise in prl«ea
which has Increased the rost of living to
the average American cltir.cn. because
you saw in it a chance to misrepresent
the facts. You said to yourselves. Here
Is an opportunity to harpoon the Payne
law: we will lay the blame for In
creased prices on II.' and so you In
vented and out of whole cloth made up
the screed: ’The Pa> tic law Is respon
sible for the increased cost of living.'
"I do not know that I altogether
blame you. You arc shy on Issues and
you arc always ready to assume an
issue If you have It not; I do blame
those who. not partisan, but for purely
selfish puriHises. make this statement;
those who with sinister Intent to exact
unfair and unreasonable profits out of
the consumer, give the Payne law as an
excuse for raising the prices of their
wares. How about the things that the
poor man eats and drinks? Most of
them have gone up In price, and yet
not one single duty upon any aillrle of
food or drink on the |»oor man's table
lias been Increased. On the contrary,
runny of them hove been substantially
decreased. If there Is anything In your
theory that the Imposition of a duty on
any article at least correspondingly in
crease* |ts price to the consumer you
are forced to admit that any decrease
would at least correspondingly reduce
the price to the consumer. Now, then,
can you reconcile the fact that some of
the largest Increases,In the price of ar
ticles used In the daily life of the
American people have followed the
largest decreases In the duty on those
§ttl<
You can't reconcile li
Changes On 8chool Board.
Dalton, Ga.. May 19 A shake-up
on the school board took place her#
yesterday, when Mayor Trammell re
signed from the honed. His place was
filled by T. H. Htmpe ami ns Mr. Tram
mell was chairman of tin* board an
election was entered Into. Frank Mamy
being elected as head of the board.
Mayor Trammell resigned because of
the fact that he holds another dtj of
fice.
Mistakes in Amounts.
H. M. Park, agent of the Georgia
Industrial home, ask* that corrections
be mad** of errors In a published list
of contributions to the I
stenographer's mlstak
Salesmen's association subscribed $10
Instead of $l. and F. .1. Faxon $10 in
stead of )1. as published.
Walk Out at Georgia Railroad
Shops in Augusta at
Noon Hour on
Thursday.
Augusta. Os.. May If.—Th# bolUrmaker*
of the Georgia railroad went out on s strike
today at noon.
There w«« a tlmilnr strike on thv Charles
ton and Western Carolina railroad a few
days ago, and they are still out.
m
IS GREAT IN GEORGIA
Commissioner Pound's Last
Report Shows Remarkable
Development in System.
Ih'inarkatde Improvement nnd development
In the common school system of the state
will be shown by the coming report of
Slate School Commissioner Jere M. Pound.
iow being written by him preparatory to
is presentation to Governor Joseph M.
trow n nnd the rotning general assembly.
This report will be comparative In nature
md Will show that the citizen# of Georgia
pent 91.29,94.7* on education during 1909,
nirnlnsl 13.011.768.4(1 spent during fft()7, Of
ie former amount, the state appropriated
.iVi.o’s*, iho remainder being supplemented
i- local tax from dlStrlcta and other nab-
• contributions. The slate will add
• thU amount during 1811.
I luring 1909, 3.M school building* nor*
■acted nt a cost of $l67,kP1. no average of
..H« per building. Commissioner Pound de-
are* that this break* the record In this
ate The yrnml total of school property
'Jrnrgjp Is put at fX.WMM.
The
numlM
MANGE
IN RACEFOR PLACE?
Two Educators Mentioned to
Succeed Pound as School
Commissioner.
Already prospeetlve rsndidstes tre loom
ing up for ths vsrsnry caused by the an
nounrsd retirement of Commissioner of Kdu-
ration Jere M. Pound, to be effective on July
Most prominent so far are M. b. Brittain,
superintendent of tha Fnlton county schools,
and l.awton B. Keans, superintendent of the
ombiavd school systems of Augusta and
Kirhmond county.
. This ronteat will cause a campaign pr
ceding the coming August elections. The r
signation of Commissioner Pound coming so
near election time, it la said to be hardly
probably that Governor Brown will feel
alb-d upon to tyi the meaner for the Inter-
ening period pi two months, but may allow
he successful candidate to assume the du
let of commissioner Immediately after the
elect ioa.
Both Superintendents Brittain and F.rans
• prominent officials and have been identi
d with educational matters of importance
for many years. Both have held their re
apective positions for many years and each
is regarded as being competent to till the
office of rnmmiseioner of education. Huper
Comet Clearly
Seen in Manila
Not a Particle of Solid Matter
at Head, Declares Jesuit
Scientist There.
iutendent Brittain has directed probably tha
most extensive school system in the state
is a man of much experience. Huperin-
dent Frans Is also an educator of e*
pcrietice and ability and haa conducted the
combined duties of supervising the rtty
in**, due to hie ! schools of Auguste and Richmond county In
— 'I* v ! * creditable manner, lie ia a son of General
.li I Clement A. Knit*.
.1 C. Adams, president of the Fifth dis-
rict agricultural school, it said also to be
i prospective candidate.
Manila, May 19. Under almost Meal
oather conditions. Halley's comet was
observed from 3:30 to It:.10 o'clock to
day nt the Jesuit observatories here, At
Rnguln and Antipolo. Not a particle of
solid matter Is In the head, according I
the report of Father Algue.
The detection of ntnfter would have
been facilitated by three large sunspot*
hlch were observed. A terrific storm
last night threw the natives Into panic,
they attributed It to the comet.
JUST «
Atlanta
NEW
Phones
were installed for the six days ending May 14, 1910.
“Trade, today, follows not the flag, but the wire”
That's why so many Atlanta business houses are installing private branch ex
changes connecting their every department with the growing list of Atlanta Phone
subscribers.
Do You Reach These 40 to 60 New Customers Each Week ?
We are furnishing you, as a business man, with the opportunity to reach di
rect to the homes of this new trade. Can you afford to miss it?
HERE ARE LAST WEEK’S NEW SUBSCRIBERS. Cut this list out and
paste it in your Phone Directory:
NEGROES ALL MIGHTY GOOD
ON THE EYE OF THE COMET
Police Court Had Hardly a Case and Dives Were Deserted.
.But Just Wait Until the Scare
Is Over. -
That th# advent of the much heralded
Wednesday night visitor—the cobtet—wa#
attended by many misgiving* and much up-
pr«*hen*lon on the part of Atlanta titgroe#
waa demonatrared In striking fashion In
polk* court Wednesday afternoon.
Not br any particular Incident that oc-
ctirred during the evasion, hut by the size
of the court Itself.
The fear that there might be a terrible
collision between the earth and the speed
ing comet and that there would be no
earth Thursday morning drove worldly
thoughts and meanness our of thousands of
which many firmly believed they were to
t*e suddenly plunged. With the uncertainty
of It all nnd the rnnseqnent dread upper
most In their minds, the negroes assembled
In lheir homes and in churches and almost
completely abandoned the streets for two
‘ "its.
..j a result, the police had but 'little to
do Tuesday night and Wednesday night, and
only n small handful was In police court
Wednesday afternoon to hear a much
smaller number of cases tried. There was
hardly any court »t all. and the proceedings
ere marked by a conspicuous absence of
nsky offender* and ene.-titora.
Mo email was the docket that court was
over at 1 o'clock.
IT IIROKK IT TIJK COURT.
This Halley's comet Is Indeed a wonder
ful thing." remarked Ilecorder Broyles to
Recorder fro Tern Preston. "It has come
mightv near breaking up our court,
ythlng that
marvel."
► that gtuot h certainly
roller car. and went to church. .
tending the afternoon service at the St.
John Methodist revival. Judge Preston
states, however, that the comet hud nothing
to do with this further than that he merely
took advantage of the opportunity.
According to the police, services were
held hr the negroes In churches and In
their homes all over the city Tuesday
side
MIIR WANTED TO BK MI RK.
"No, suit. I’se going to wait till I secs
whar dat ilar conilt dees befo' I pays out
any mutiny for dat nigger."
This was what an old negro woman told
the station sergeant Wednesday when asked
If she wanted to pay her son * flue.
Whether she believed that Mother Ship-
man's ‘ *- * - • *
Men Prominent in the Order
From All Parts of the State
Attending Sessions
in Brunswick.
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
Is the specific remedy f ( ,r
that tired feeling so com-
moil in the spring or upon
the return of warm weath
er. It purifies and enriches
the blood.
Get It today in usual liquid form o*
tablets called Sarsatabs. 100 Dose* j.
Brunswick, Ga., May 19.—With un
doubtedly the largest attendance In
the history of the order, the grand
lodge Knights of Pythias convened In
Brunswick yesterday In annual meet
ing. The Unit session w as devoted (
only to regular bualness matter#, such j
as the reading of report#. The report
of the grand keeper of records and j
seal# shows ten now lodges and the re
organization of eight during the year.
The election of officer* and prize)
drill by uniform rank companies will»
occur today. There 1# a contest for
some of the offices.
Macon seems to he the only bidder
thus far for the Mil convention.
. . at Inal to be fuMlIrd.
nnd the world accordingly tin
she did not explain. Much n finale
proph«
quite likely Indeed release her *on from his
present place of confinement at least, but
what the old darky expend to do with the
"chink" thu* thriftily snve«l Is a puzzle.
Perhaps she thought that the comet, with
out destroying the earth, would yet open
the prison door* Jn flic manner described Jn
holy writ and free the Inmates of Atlanta's
Jail by a twitch of Its tall ns the earthquake
freed the evangel to the Romans and his
•iiipanlon. But the hoy I* still In Jail.
MAY ENTER THE RACE
TO SUCCEED POUND
TEL. NOS. NAMES. ADDRESS.
1577 —J. N. Burn.tt, 134 Luck., Si.
Pay SUtien—
2410 —J. R. Forb". Whit, City.
4986 —I. M. ShM. 297 Lawton St.
3116-M.—J. S. Morgan, Campballton Road.
5963-M.—W. A. Wood. 20 Damal St.
BOM —Suaia Williama, 33 Logan St.
E. P. 135 —Hapavilla Drug Co., Hapavilla, Ca.
5999.B. —J. H. Aaktw. 537 Pulliam St.
5011 —J. W. Wray, 14 E. Mitch,II St.
6903-B.—J. R. Forbta. Whit, City.
5145 —J. B. Brica. No. 3 Hawaii Mill Raad.
5046 —0. E. Harris. 90 Howall Mill Raad.
1604 —J. C. Harkins. 421 Kiaar Bldg.
553 —Durand's Raataurant, 10-18 Edgawaed Avs.
5133 —Edmond Houaa, 81 S. Pryor 8t.
145 —Taylor Bros. Co.. 923-4 Empira Bldg.
5053 —M. R. Analsy, 374 Randolph St.
SOTS —0. W. Wabb. 15 Pisdment Ava.
3585 —Kailsy Fual Co., 6 Walton St.
515 —Jacobs' Pharmacy, 6-8 Marietta St.
TEL. NOS. NAMES. ADDRESS.
5706-B.—R, J. Rica. 300 Mangum St.
5080 —J. W. Ha-ringten. 125 Plum St.
5730-M.—E. D. Bishop, 22 Plum St.
5165 —Mrs. R. L. Raavaa. 164 E. Hunter St.
5013 —Mr,. Eataila Johnaan, 154 Patsr, St.
5072 —Mauds Jehnasn, 50 Courtland St.
1932 —Jama, F. Lynch. 46 W. Hunttr St.
1562 —Catsn & McDaniel. 161 W. Pina St.
6070 —Dr. Charlta Bibla. 61 Highland Ava.
5769-B. —J. T. Langley, 226 Laggatta Ava
1121 —Pater A Chappell*, 32 1-2 S. Broad St.
6877-M.—Annie Lyon*. 139 W. Mitchell St.
6S4S-A. Georg, H. Pugh. 17S Central Ava.
5973-F.—Samuel J. Cohan, 242 Central Ava.
5990-M.—E. C. Cash, Cor. W. Fourteenth and Spring Stt.
4977 —Fred Kutglar, 67 Dodd Ava.
5030 —Miea Ola MeClung, 163 Hunn'cutt St.
749 —K. Siagla, 324 Decatur St.
6089 —Mrs. J. F. Finley. 405 Pulliam St.
6023 —R. M. Carlton, 71 Williama St.
5909-B. —W. E. Knight. 27 Lillian Ava.
This perfect service in your home for 10 cents a day; in
your office, 13 cents a day.
Delegation Will Go to Washing-!
ton to Press Claim For the
Panama Exposition.
\V \ Wimbiafc. Asi G. Casdler. Mr anti
Secretary W. G. Cooper have been appointed
by the Chamber of Commerce to go to Wash
ington during the firm part of next week with
a delegation from New Orleans, who will
appear before a special hearing before the
houee commute*. "n foreign affair* in an *f
f«*rt to teenre the Panama exposition for that
rrn Thi* delegation was appointed at the
reqeeat nf the g.werwor of f<ntmtsna. and the
mas or of New Grtean*. both of whom wrote
“ Maddox a short whi’e ago axktng him
petition.
lift **'
Idd
ngth
affair
s the committee on
he inclined Ptrortf 1.
Franriftco. the only other eit) in the rare of
selection.
By nature of its proximity and the nvar
commercial relatione between New Orleans
and Atlanta the Chamber of Commerce ia
particularly anxiotta to »ee the former city
Announces Conferences Over
Which Heads of Church
Will Preside.
Ahovill#, N. Cm May 19.—Tit# assign
ment of work for th# y#«r wan made
by th# college of bishop* and approved
by th# general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South thi.n
morning, ae follows:
Th# place and time of holding th#
annual conference ratified by th# blah
ops today follow:
First District—Bishop A. \V. Wllaoti
Virginia conference. Centenary church,
Richmond. Va, .November 9. 1910;
North Georgia. Athens. Ga.. November
16. 1910; Alabama, Troy, Ala., Decem
ber 7. 1910.
Second District—Bishop E. R. Hen
drlx. Denver. Denver, Colo., Septem
ber 8, 1910; Western North Carolina.
Winston. N. C.. November 16: North
Carolina. Elizabeth City, N. C„ Novem
ber .10: South Carolina, Charleston, S.
C.. December 7.
Third District—Bishop W. A. Can
dler. Holefon, Chattanooga. T#nn.. Oc
tober .*»: Tennesgee, Clarkesvlll#. Trim..
October 12; Memphis. Paducah. Ky„
November 9; Cuban mission. Havana.
Cuba. January 19. 1911.
Fourth District—Bishop H. C. Morrl
son. Western Virginia. New Martins
ville. W. Va., September 7; Illinois.
Patoka. Ills., September 22: South
Georgia. Columbus. Ga.. November 30.
Fifth District—Bishop E. E. Hoss.
Japan mission. Arlru. Japan. Septem
ber 1, 1910; Korean mission. Songdo,
Korea, China. October 12; Baltimore,
Clifton Forge. Va.. March 29. 1911.
Sixth District—Bishop James Atkins.
New Mexico, Artesla, N. M.. October
6. 1910: West Texas, Austin, Texas,
October 26: Central Texas. Wnxa-
hatehle. Texas. November 2; North-
eat Texas, Clarendon, Texas, Novem
ber 9. 1910.
Seventh District —Bishop Collins
Denny. Missouri. Plnttshurg, Mo., Au
gust 31. 1910; Southwest Missouri,
Webb City. Mo.. September 14. 1910;
St. Louis. c*ps» Girardeau. Mo.. .Sep
tember 28, 1910; Oklahoma, Ardmore,
Okla„ November 9.
Eighth District—Bishop John C. Kll-
go. Kentucky. Harrodsburg. Ky.. Sep
tember 21, 1910. Louisville. Russell
ville, Ky., September 28. 1910. North
Alabama, Huntsville. Ala.. November
1910. Florida. Springfield church.
Jacksonville. Fla., December 14. 1910.
Ninth District—Bishop W. B. Mur-
rah. German mission. Enst Bernard.
Texas. October 27. 1910. North Texas.
Wichita Falls. Texas. November 23.
1910. Texas. Galveston. Texas.. No
vember 30, 1910. Louisiana. Homer.
La.. December 7. 1910.
Tenth District—Bishop W. R. Lnm-
buth. Brazil mission. San Paulo. Bra
zil. July 28. 1910. South Brazil mis
sion. Santa Maria. Brazil. July 7. 1910.
Bishop Lnmhuth will go to Africa also
f=£*
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I* tbira anjthtnc jou mu
a„ t Wist Ad for tod*r?
Both Fbonil 6000.
J
HIS STATE OFFICE
School Commissioner To Be
come President of Gordon
Institute at Barnesville,
Beginning on July 1.
State School Comnil#sloner Jere .\f*
Pound, recently elected tg th# presi
dency of Gordon Institute, at Barnet-
vllle, ha# accepted that position and
will resign from hi# position with th*
state In time to take up hi# new duties
about July 1.
Altho Commissioner Pound will make
no statement at this time, It ie re
ported from Barnesville that his elec
tion took place last Tuesday and h*
accepted the presidency after a com
mlttee. representing the trustee# of
Gordon institute, called upon him
Governor Brown admits that h* ha.«
heard of the rumor, but that h# his
not been Officially notified of Commis
sioner Pound's Intention to j**#lgn.
However, he said that he would regret
to lose Commissioner round from th*
official household, and If necessary, h*
would All the vacancy until th# n*zt
election. He said th# Importance #f
the position demanded due deliberation,
and he could not at this time determine
who would All th# vacancy.
Commissioner Pound Is a gradual# ft
Gordon and has twice previously b**n
president of that Institution, his s*n-
Ice all told being fifteen years. He It
one of the foremost educators of the
South and has been prominently Iden
tified with all progressive educational
movements.
in the Interest of the mission witch
th# board of missions proposes to open
In that Reid.
Eleventh District—Bishop R. G. Wa
terhouse. Montana. Butt#. Mont.. Sep
tember 8. 19in. East Columbia. Wall*
Walla. Wash.. September T5. Colum
bia. Nod ford, Oreg.. Beptember 23. 19b'.
Pacific Htockton, Cal.. October b. 191".
Los Angeles, Cal., October 12. 1910.
Twelfth District—Bishop E. h. M"ii-
zon. Mississippi. Hattiesburg. Mi#*.
December 7. 1910. .Mexican Border
mission. Monterey. Mex„ Februsrt
1911. central Mexico mission. M#xi< •
City, February 9. 1911. Northwest Mex
ican Mission. Nazatlan, Mexico, Feb
ruary 23, 191L
Thirteenth District—Bishop J. H.
McCoy. Arkansas, Fayetteville. Ark.
November 2. 1910. Little Rock. Fr**
cott. Ark.. November II. 1910. Whit*
River. Forrest City. Ark.. November
23. 1910. North Mississippi. Sard!*.
Miss., November 30, 1910.
The semi-annual meeting of the bi«h-
ops will be hold In Stw Orleans. M.
October 20, 1910.
There fs Only One
“Bromo Quinine”
That is
Laxative Bromo Quinine
USCO THE WORLD OVER TO CURE A COLO !H ORE BAY.
Alw«jt remember the full name. Ixiok
for this fignature on etery box. 2&c.
SWA
GET INTO THE GAME!
ftOTival at 8t. J#kn.
The r**i»al at S«. John rbnr<-h ia in«*r*aa
ing in mter**t from 4ajr to day a*d ih«
rrowd* attending are m«*?td by the Rible
reading* of Jgixe Emm* Tarker 'i he Wed
neftdar ntfht congregation *•« greatly mtved
u ut- Twker'a re *’
M. L. BRITTAIN.
Superintendent Fulton county
schools, w ho Is mentioned as prob
able candidate for state school com
missioner.
Burr Datailad to Pott.
Major f\ W. Burr. «»f the <»Mnance d#
tKirrreenf. has been ,j.-f illc.l a* onitianc*
- .. - deer of ih*» department of the gulf, vie
■ ( - - • - reading on "Th* Danger* Captnhi Adam F- Ca»*»|. who will l.e a«
of \eg1ert and a nxmbn war# concerted *i*tart to the . hlof ..f that departm#nt. I
at the eerriRe The ftppvintment itemme rffertite Maj I\
Thousands of |>eople waiting for j'ou to step Into the WANT AD f •
and to get Into the game.
Ready to applaud nnd help you win your game. A
Every night tor nmrningt the WANT ADR of Th# Georgian are t .t
by thousand# of people m Atlanta who see no other dally n#w*P*p* r -
Tell them your wants—they’ll t#ll you theirs.
Phone your ad if >*»u prefer. B-»th phone# 89U0u