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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS: SATURDAY, JUNE 17,1911. 3 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 mobile