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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS: SATURDAY, JUNE 17,1911.
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Swill’s Old Hickory or Hex
Nice, Lean Shoulders 9;c ib
Eggs You Can Eat
171c doz
10-pound pail
Hogless Lard
5-pound pail 49c
89c
ESCAPES FROM TRAIN
Kelly, on Way to the Federal
Prison, Makes Break at
Toccoa—Gets Away.
GASH GROCERY COMPANY
118 Whitehall
OLD SEA DOG IS BACK
AFTER EVENTFUL TRIP
James Kelly, a Federal prisoner, be
ing brought from Delaware by three
deputy United States marshals to serve
a sentence in the Atlanta penitentiary,
broke from his guards Just as the train
pulled out of Toccoa, and made his es
cape.
The train was stopped and search
made for the man, but without success.
He Is described as being 43 years old,
6 feet 2 Inches in height, and at th»
time of his escape had long black hair
and wore a striped suit.
WILL TRAIN TEACHERS
FOR WORKJN SCHOOLS
Forsyth, Os., June 17.—To help re
lieve the growing scarcity of teachers
in Georgia by providing a year's normal
work course, Bessie Tift college, the
famous old girls’ school of Forsyth, has
Incorporated a special course for young
women who expect to teach In the com
mon school grades of the Georgia
schools. Graduates of Bessie Tift are
in especial demand as teachers and
have pfoven unusually successful.
BACK FROM ROCHESTER,
• HE BOOSTS ATLANTA
"Verily, Atlanta does progress and
grow," says W. Z. Smith, manager of
the city waterworks.
Mr. Smith has Just returned from the
waterworks convention at Rochester and
a trip to other Eastern cities. In the ten
days that he has been gone some marvel
ous changes have taken place, especially
in regard to the general manager. Ills of
fices nave been moved from tneir cramp
ed quarters In the old city hall to the
new building, and, like the ragged tramp
who was given a complete new outfit of
toggery', he feels a marvelous change.
It Is no myth," says Mr. Smith, ‘’that
Atlanta grows magically In a single
week."
Trainmen’s Memorial.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
and Ladles Auxiliary to the Trainmen will
hold their annual memorial service in the
Unlversallst church. East Harrls-st.. Sun
day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. W. C.
Puckett will be master of services, and
an impressive program has been arranged.
SHOP TALK
The Fulton Auto Supply Company,
229 Penchtree-st., Is having a special
demonstration In the window* of Dixon's
graphite transmission grease. An axle
and transmission is shown in operation
and Is attracting attention.
A. K. McCluny. of the sales depart
ment of the Buick Motor Company,
Flint, Mich., is In Atlanta for a few
days on business, visiting the Atlnnta
branch.
C. W. Martin, Jr., manager of the
Atlanta branch of the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company. Is now In Porto
Rico on business for his company. This
territory has been added to the Atlanta
branch and Is in charge of Mr. Martin.
H. W. Brown, district manager of
S. F. Bowser & Co., manufacturers of
oil storage systems, returned Saturday
from a successful business trip to
N&shvllte.
Announcement Is made by the Jet-
Owe Manufacturing Company of their
readiness to take orders for typewriter
ribbons, carbon papers and typewriter
papers. This Atlanta concern manu
factures Its product here.
oh, gloom! OH, JOY! OH, GLOOM!
By MR. TOM POWERS.
Doily Statistics
Boulevard: Kiri.
To Mr. and Mr».
nedy-»t., a boy.
W. H. Dorsey. 41 Ken-
COMMODORE E. C. BENEDICT,
Of New York, photographed upon his
arrival home after a two months' trip,
which Included n voyage up the Ama
zon river and a seven days’ shipwreck
In his yacht, the Virginia, on the Colo
rado reef, off Cuba. Commodore Ben
edict returned appearing none the worse
after his trilling experience. He aud
his friends, he says, enjoyed themselves
delightfully and time passed quickly.
• 'rlbhnge, fishing and music wore the
only amusements possible. The Vir
ginia, from which he and hie party
were taken by a tug, has since been
floated.
SECRETARY COWLES FINDS
A BRAND NEW SIMILE
Washington, June 17.—James L.
Cowles, secretary of the Postal Prog-
ress league, today spoke before the
house co.mmlttee on postoffices and
postroads, likening the present free de
livery system unto a Noah’s ark
dragged by half dead horses. He ad
vocated an international postal service,
postal cables and postal transports.
LONE NEGRO HOLDS UP
STORE ANDJS CAPTURED
Columbus, Ohio, June 17.—A lone ne
gro held up Qustave Luchtenburg's
Jewelry store on Hlgh-st„ the city’s
busiest thoroughfare, In broad daylight
today, securing a number of diamond
rings. He was captured an hour later
and the Jewelry recovered.
BIG TURBINE BLOCKS
TRGLLJEYCAR TRAFFIC
When a train of work car* loaded with
a 30-ton steam turbine tried to pass thru
MaHetta-st. at noon Saturday street car
traffic at Marietta and Broad-sts. was tied
up for a quarter of an hour and About
fifteen can were delayed. The trouble
was that the big place of machinery was
too wide for passenger can to pass, and
"ne on the English-ave. line got hung up
with the work ualn. The turbine wes
J>*ing conveyed to the Butler-st. power
house of the Georgia Railway and Elec
tric Company, where ft will be installed.
It Is of 2,900-kilowatt power capacity
•nd will greatly augment the power fa-
•'lllttee of the plant. It required a whole
hat car to carry the piece of machinery
•nd two motor cars to haul it- ^
To Mr. and Mn. O. C. Barrow, 671 Law-
ton-st., a girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. E. H. HufT, 48 Green-
wood-ave., a girl. #
To Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Reynolds, 116
oak-st.. a girl.
To Jake and Fannie Smith, negroes, 24
Essard-st., a girl.
DEATHS.
Ernest M. Copeland, four months old,
196 Crumley.st.; meningitis.
Ida Taylor, 36 years old. DeKalb coun
ty: cancer. *
nr. John E. Smith, 62 years old, 636
Hfghland-ave.; heart disease.
Edna E. Casey, one year old, Konts-
ave.; gastritis.
Mrs. J. Brigg. 40 years old, Piedmont-
ave.; locomotor ataxia.
Mrs. Clara Martin, 60 years old, alms
house; nephritis
Mary Hunt, negro, 40 years old, 324
Smith-st.; apoplexy.
Emma King, negro, 40 years old, 77
Smlth-st.; pellagra.
Emma King, negro, 04 years old, 77
Jones-ave.; pneumonia.
William Stafford, negro, 32 years old, 83
North Mayson-ave.; heart disease.
Ethel Dawn, negro, two years old, 67
Bell-st.; cholera Infantum.
Sam Whitlock, negro. 36 years old,
Chester, 8. C.; pneumonia.
BUILDING PERMITS.
$7.600—City of Atlanta; alterations at
72 $7..V"*MaIer; house at 736 Peacta-
tr $2,30b—If. O. Earnest; house at 22
Ormewood-ave. . .. .
$600—Tom Winn; house at 11 Jephtha-
-t ’$200— A. W. Farlinger, repairs at 26
Scott-st. t
warranty" DEEDS.
$4,760—Mrs. K. L. Boone, Maude Boone.
Llssle Boone and Kidor Boone to Mrs.
Fannie 8. Stewart, east side Washington.
260 feet north of northeast corner of Jef-
ferson»st.. M by 200. June 16.
$7.100—Mrs. Mary B. Hook to Mrs. Elisa
C. Young, northwest side Piedmont-ave.,
100 feet south of southwest corner of
Seventh-st.. 61 by 166 by 46 by 170,
known as 140 Pfedmont-ave. June 7.
$JL260—Mr*. Mary P. Fish to Charles
\V Daniel, south side Fourteenth-st., 431
f*et east of southeast corner of Peach-
M by LOAN DEED*.
12 420—Mr*. Mattie M. McColl to Atlanta
Realty Inventment Company. We»t Peach
tree and KJfteenth-M*., 45x100. Juno 0.
l!, |5 000—Charle* W. Daniel to the Pru
dential In*ur*nce Company of America.
nt VmiHMtnth.tt . nMP corner
AN OPEN FORUM TO DISCUSS
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT
rientfai insurance \.umiainy «i aniviim,
south side Ol Fourteenth-st. near comer
Peachtree, 60x200. June 13, 1911.
MORTGAGE DEED. 0
1*26—Max Oppenheim to the Sixth
Ward Bank, near comer Connally-st. and
Glenn wood-are., 43x120. June IS. 1911.
DEEDS TO SECURT DEBT.
12 400—Mr* E. F. Pittman to the Trav
elers Insurance Company. Seventeenth-at.,
near comer Peachtree-st., MxJOO. June
12. 1*11.
BONDS FOR TITLE. . ^
$1,900—Mr*. Mary E. Stanton to J. P.
Reynolds. Jr., 2$ Fltxgerald-at., 28x130.
Editor The Georgian:
The gentlemen who are backing the
commission government Idea say that
‘hey want to put the city on a business
basis—want to run It like a modern
business corporation. In other words,
they want the city run on the 81s Hop
kins theory, "that you can't make
nothin' doing nothin’ for nobody for
nothin’." Of course If government was
a business that might be all right, but
It Is not. It is a slmon pure money-
spending machine. It is not expected to
make money. Its only end and aim Is
to see how much It can give the people
for the money they pay In as taxes.
One of the troubles cities have with
the modern business man is that, gen
erally speaking, he doe* not get inter
ested in government and politic* unless
he can see where he can take down a
profit.
A charge they make against the pres
ent system Is that it Is - unwieldy. I
admit that you can’t do any and every
thing you want with It—generally be
cause you ought not to. Neither can
you do anybody with It. Which Is one
of Its chief recommendations, in my
mind.
The greatest business men In the
world recognise that the separation of u
great business Into departments under
separate boards with one general bodivl
controlling all Is the correct principle
for the greatest success. Witness the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey,
which Is the holding company and has
under Its supervision twenty other cor.
porntlons, each with its own board of
directors and officers. Also, the' United
States Steel Corporation, with more
than 60 subordinate corporations, each
with Its own board of directors nnd of
ficers, among which Is the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. Com
ing nearer home, we have the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company, which
Is itself a holding company, having su
pervision over a number of subsidiary
corporations, each with Its own sepa
rate board of directors and ofllcers.
The city of Atlantn very properly
has Its affairs divided up among a
number of boards, the members of
which I* am sure devote as much or
more time, to their duties than the di
rectors of any private business In the
city of Atlanta.
These boards are uniformly com
posed of twelve men etch. If the mayor
and council member ex-ofllclo be In
cluded. The water board has under Its
supervision a proj>erty worth ten to
fifteen millions of dollars and collects
and disburses many hundreds of thous.
and* of dollars In the courso of a year.
It seem* to me that this Is a fair sited
| Job for one set of twelve men.
J The school board has the handling
| i f soin o thlng like five hundred thous-
■ and di liurs In money each year nnd hns
imd* r Its control more than five hun-
! drrd employees—mostly women. A
pretty large Job, If I am any Judge.
The board of health, police und fire
deportments have each the expenditure
of something like two hundred thou
sand dollars. No small task of itself.
The park board and board of trustees
of the Grady hospital havo each tho ex
penditure of approximately fifty thou
sand dollnrs.
We also have the Carnegie library
bonrd and cemetery commission, each
of which have a considerable appro
priation.
The gentlemen on these boards spe
cialise on things and naturally become
thoroughly familiar with the depart
ments under their control und are able
to give the city the very best service
with a minimum of effort.
We have also a sinking fund com
mission which has under Its control
nil of the securities In that fund which
are accumulated from time to time fot
the purpose of paying off the bonded
debt at maturity. Inasmuch as all
'of these gentlemen are bankers I am
sure the commission government crowd
can have no criticism to make of them,
whatever.
Another thing which seems to trouble
the brethren who are for commission
government In this town Is the ward
system. They say that ward lines
THE RAPID GROWTH OF A NEW
ATLANTA BUSINESS FIRM
The Pearson-Jones Lumber Company, Opened One
Year Ago With Capital of $5G0, Now Incorpo
rated, With Capital Stock of $25,000.
A good example of what the applica
tion of brains. Industry and honesty
will do is exemplified by the phenome
nal growth of the Pearann-Jones Lum
ber Co.
One year ago the onmpany was form
ed with a capital of only $500. Since
then satisfied customers and honest
business methods have built this firm
Into an Immense concern, capitalized
at $25,000,
One of the very first tqPcs of the
M. H. PEARSON.
A. A. PEARSON.
! Ing of same. The second, real estate
I with all Its branches.
T he <;Hirers of the firm are all well-
1 known Atlantans, men who have hosts
i f friends nnd men whose standing In
| tho bt4-lnesM world Is assured,
i Mr. A. A. Pearson, president of the
I cum •any., was for years an employee
j of the Atlanta and West Point railroad.
I and was very highly thought of by the
* officio's of the road for his ability and
implication.
Mr. J. <\ Jones, vice president, was
f rmerly with The Atlanta Journal, but
company was 110 car.* of lumber to
the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills. From
then on, for one year, the total .naira of
the firm amounted to $200,000. The
shipments consisted of railroad trucks,
shop material. heavy structure build
ings nnd high-class muhogany.
The company has now taken In ten
new Interests, one of which Is dealing
in coal. This Include? the mining,
wholesaling, retailing and mnnufaefur-
J. C. BARNARD.
for tho past few years he has been with
Tin* Goorgian. and stands high in the
esteem n t all his associates.
The .casurer and secretary, Mr. Sill-
ton H. Pearson nnd Mr. J. C. Barnard,
are both well-known young business
men of the city.
Wo cun truthfully say that all the
friends of the firm partners wish them
oil tlie success possible,, and congrat
ulate them on their remarkable prog-
Suburban Town Plans Fine School
COLLEGE PARK’S PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
Th* county will ..p.nd $15,000 on an nduc.tioncl pl.nt for thi. hunting Jittl* city, on condition th.t citizen,
of tho place furni.h a auitabla location. A good part of tha amount datirod waa ran.d at a man meeting aa».
oral night. tinea, and liva committeee wara appointad to pu.h tha work of railing th. r.mamd.r. It will doubt,
lei. b. subscribed within a short tiirs.
should be ubollshed and a good in in
should be elected no matter where hi
resides.
There are two or three very good
answers to this proposition. For In
stance. why not abolish county lines
and senatorial district lines and “tale
lines and congressional district lines
nnd Judicial district lines, etc., etc.? It
would be Just as reasonable. In a rep
resentative government It has been
found after many nf.o* of experience
that the best guarantee of equal treat
ment of all Is to give representation
to both territory and population. When
a proposition of this kind Is put for-
ward there Is usunl'y nn argument In
favor of nnd In addition a real reason
which In not stated. The real reason
for the abolition of ward line- can best
be illustrated by the condition of
affairs In this city with reference to
boards before each wal'd was given a
representative on edch of the boards.
When the police board had only soven
members and they were elected from
th city at large, the Sixth ward had as
many an three, I believe, nnd I am sure
It had two at a time. The Sixth and
Eighth wards had seven or eight mem
bers on the Carnegie library bonrd. It
was the same way with the Grady hos
pital and other boards. How they
managed It I know not, but they did.
Dr. Curtis made a long light for equal
representation by wards on these
boards, which was finally won, very
much to the disgust of the advocates
of small bqards elected by the city at
large, which meant that the most of
them came from the Sixth and Eighth
wards. Another real reason for this
ngltntlon for the abolition of ward lines
Is that every time a politician makes a
strike that will permit him to do so, he
makes a bee line for the north side.
Sixth and Eighth wards and Druid
Hills. The result Is that there Is resi
dent In these so-called ioney sections
of the city a great many times more
politicians who are used to office hold
ing than thers are offices under the
present system of distribution by
wards. Hence the cry for the abolition
of ward lines. Some of them hope to
get back In office if the offices hold out.
The cry for the abollth n of word
lines In the election of aldermen Is
bottomed on the same reason. If they I
can not get commission government I
with the abolition of ward lines, they I
will take the next best thing, which;
Is the reduction of council and the &l- ;
dcrmanic board to five members, and j
have them elected from th* city at J
large. This will do almost rs well. t
Precisely why all the powers, oxecu- i
tlve. legislative and Judicial, in a city (
of the size and having tho w ealth of;
Atlanta should be turned over to a
small commlsAlon Is rot quite clear to
me from any arguments which have
been advanced. It Is true that It has
been necessary to do this In a number
of cities which were bankrupt, either
morally or financially, or both. In
some cases the city government has
been abolished altogether and tha
powers of government vested else
where. For instance, this was done
with Memphis some 30 or 40 years ago.
Its government became so corrupt and
•wauuoj, jo ojniBpqgaf at|j l*t|| jqap U|
see abolished Memphis and created
what It culled the Shelby taxing dis
trict, with limits corresponding to that
of Shelby county. But so soon as the
city, or rnther that portion of Shelby
county inhabited by what was formerly
called Memphis, became rejuvenated
morally and financially, the legislature
reincorporated a city on the same spot
and called it Memphis, Tenn. But
nothing of this sort seems to be neces
sary here.
Again, nnd lastly, Atlanta has more
population und wealth than some of
the Staten of this Union which are rep*
resented In congress by a representa
tive and two senators, and have a state
government with a senate, house of
representatives, governor an<| other
state house officers, supreme and other
courts, counties, county officers, cities
nnd other things of like character. This
being ».*, why should Atlanta have all
Its powers merged In one governing
board? Yours truly,
WILLIAM H. TERRELL.
Atlantn, Ga., June 14, 1911.
KAHN ASKS CONGRESS
TO INVESTIGATE ARMY
Washington, Juns 17.—A thorough
Investigation of the army with partic
ular reference to the efficiency of th<
mobilization of the troops on the Mex
ican border Is demanded in a con
current resolution introduced In th«
house by Representative Kahn, of Cal
ifornia, today. •
SPEEDERS STILL SPEED,
DECLARES JOHNSTOf.
Councilman Stc-ve R. Johnston, chair
man of the special automobile commlttc*
cf council, says he believes the police an
falling into their old-time negligence it
enforcing tha automobile laws.
*i steed cut on Peachtree-st. for at
hour the other bight," said Councilmai
Johnston, “and almost every automobll
that passed was breaking the speed law
And not a single case was made."
Mr. Johnston says he will probably cai
a meeting of his committee next week t
consider revising the automobile law»
and Hat the attitude of the police ml
prrbably.be touched on at that meeting.
It was following a criticism by ihi
mm It tee that the. police department go
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