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V . *• SEE THE WANT AD PACES FOR • I LITTLE STORIES OF BIG OPPORTUNITIES j MM The Atlanta Georgian SEE THE WANT AD PAGES FOR >s»snj * LITTLE STORIES OF BIG OPPORTUNITIES Eiijht Known To Be Dead in Fire Which Destroyed Asylum. M’ELREAfj! DELAY WILL KILL REVISION Continued From P*ge Ono. Burwell and Tarrer, the tost four com ing In after the hearing had been In progress for about an hour. They were • ” . . -. ■ nlit n>Aotlnir« Hamilton, Ont, Aug. 1.—The Ham ilton asylum for the Insane was de stroyed by fire early today with heavy loss of life. Eight bodies have boen taken from the rulna, and It Is Relieved that many othera are burled by the falling walla. More than IS were tn- * U The tiro waa discovered In the bond ing about 2 a. m. and It was due to the courage and coolness of the official* and attendants that the lose of life was not heavier among the inmates. Lira nets were used with good effect. Many of the frenzied Inmatee fought desper ately with their rescuer* and had te be beaten Into Insensibility before they could be gotten out Tho Are origi nated In a small building set apart the many structures of the Institution. It had gained considerable headway before It was discovered, so that It was deemed the wisest course to turn all the Inmates loose and attempt to herd them to safety. However, before the Inmatee could be marshaled In the grounds the flames had made such headway that the main stairway was ^ThsT'llfo nets were then adjusted while the attaches worked hard to get the men and women to use them. Some of the Inmates had to be tossed out like bogs of meal In order to be saved. Intense excitement prevailed among the unfortunates who wero herded upon the lawns. The Institution was set upon a high mountain and the glare or the lire could be seen for miles. Inmalst Panic-8strioksn. Attaches who worked In the rescue work In tho upper corridors today told thrilling stories of the scenes enacted during I he height of the (Ire. It was not until exit by the main stairway was cut off by the names that the delirium of terror of the afrilcted Inmates reach- ed Its climax. Men and women who bad been tractable for months became violent at the noise and confusion and danger about them. The shout* of the Are-fighters and the crackling roar of the bhuje aroused them to a panic of frenzy. Only those who maintained some degree of discre tion were permitted to Jump from the window and they were Immediately •efsed as soon as they landed. Tho frenslcd men with the superhuman _. ..S mnelees htlnpUlirl nMpfHls irennra men "7 ; strength of maniacs attacked attend ants and nremen. not only Interfering with the work of fighting the names, but threatening to Inflict fatal wounds upon those who were trying to save them. Many of the attaches were knocked from their feet and trampled upon In tho mad rush of the Insane pa tients. . . If tho officials had lost thslr self- possession bloodshed might have fol lowed. As It was, they gave battle with the maniacs, It being the only thing to do under the circumstances. As the pa tients were rendered Insensible they were dropped from the windows Into tho nets. The most of the Injuries resulting from tho (Ire were Infficted In battle with attendants and nremen. Guards Wot oh Mad Man, Fearing that scores of the mad men would escape Into Hamilton, extra gunrils wore placed about them to keep watch. Conetematlon spread among the resi dents of ths oity when It waa learned that the Inmates of the asylum were under guard upon the grounds and hastily steps were taken to arrange new and safe quarters for ths patients. Many of them were still suffering from their fright hours after the fire and had to be constantly watched for fear they would do Injury to thomselves or others about them. I progress for about an hour, mey were I engaged in other committee meetings 'until about 6 o'clock. Absent commit teemen were Representatives Johnson, McCarthy. Fullbrlght and Ashley. Messrs Garllngton. Bower and Clarke were called out In the midst of the hearing to attend another committee meeting, but returned In a few minutes. Sir. Nlsbet presided during tbelr ab sence. The committee agreed to give each aide one hour for argument, the commission advocates having 46 min utes for opening, then the antl-commls- slon people an hour and the commis sion people a fifteen-minute rejolncr. Alex C. King opened the argument for the commlelson bill and was fol lowed by Edgar Watkins. They con sumed the entire 46 minutes. For the antl-commlslaon faction Judge George Hlllyer, Alf C. Newell. J. D. Kilpatrick, C. T. Ladson and Alex Smith spoke In turn, occupying the full time allowed that side. Charles T. Hopkins conclud ed for the commission advocates, speak. Ing flfteen minutes. On motion of Mr. Bower, the committee then went Into tho executive session to agree on Its course of action. Ls< Peopls Decide It. Speakers for commlelson government made It clear from the outset that the essential question for this committee to consider wee whether or not the cltl- xens of Atlanta should be given the privilege of deciding ut the polls what form'of government they prefer. The three commission speakers Iterated and reiterated that the commission charter bill gives the people of Atlanta the right to say whether or not they want It before It can become a law, and all the legislature Is asked to do Is to give the people tho desired opportunity to express themselves at the ballot box. It was emphasised that 4.100 voters hnd asked this right In signing and return ing the postcards petitioning the Fulton representatives to Introduce and pass tho measure. It wss shown how this was an unprecedented response on At lanta municipal questions. The speakers pointed out that no fac tion was defending the present cumber some council and board system and that all were agreed that the present char ter was denclsnt for the proper admin istration of Atlanta's affairs. The suc cess that had attended commission gov ernment I t other cltlea and how seven teen states had enacted commission government laws for municipalities were emphasised. Personal observations of the success of commission government In Houston and Galveston were given by Mr. Wat kins. • Comparisons of the proposed Atlanta commission charter with those of other cities and the more recent New Jersey commission statute were drawn by Mr. King, who declared that the bill pro posed for Atlanta placed more and greater safeguards for the protection of the people and the public finances than did any other one yet put In force. Mr. Hopkins told how the politicians time and again In the past nrteen years had throttled efforts to Improve the system of municipal government In At lanta and had only conceived their present plan of chartor rovjflon and board reduction after the people had become aroused over the Idea of com mission administration and were de manding It He told how Alex 8mllh had drawn one charter bill to center all power In the mayor and give that office the Influence of a despot. Opposition Contentions. CRAWFORD FAMILY SUES FOR FORTUNE Continued From Page One. rlagr. It alleges that at the time of her marriage she was Insolvent and bad no property of her own. It Is set up that the estate of J. B. Crawford Is worth fully 1160,000, and that the widow and administratrix Is wasteful und extravagant, and baa not given the bond and security as required by law, executing a bond for only 220.000. It Is recited that the petitioned the court of ordinary, setting up the estate to be greatly In excess of 220,000, and that the whole of the estate was coming to her. The 220.000 bond allowed by the ordinary Is attacked as of doubtful solvency, and U Is asserted that shs has advertised all the real estate to be sold on August 1. The marriage or "pretended mar riage” la attacked. It being alleged that J. II. Crawford was so Insane at the time as not to be able to contract mar riage. and that he said Mrs. M. B. Sav age brought about the marriage con trary to law at the time, when J. B. Crawford was drunk; that the marriage was u concocted and nefarious scheme. It ta asserted that Mrs. M. B. Sav age came from Florida and went to tho home of said J. B. Crawford and by fraudulent and deceptive means took advantage of him; that he was drunk and In a drunken condition, and almost dying—and that he did dlo a few days after the marriage. Petitioners claim they were Informed that after the mar riage the "pretended wife" continued to induce him to drink liquors In great excess “to carry out her purpose of getting and possessing his property," and she took possession thereof. It Is further alleged that said wife claimed she was the widow of a man named Ravage In Florida, before her marriage to J. B. Crawford. Petltlfm- ers allege they are not sufficiently In formed as to this; but If reports be true, her character was not what It ought to be." As to the August 1 real estate sale, petitioners say the property will not bring anything like tt ought to, hut that she proposes to sell It and get the money In her pocket without comply ing with the law. They allege it Is dangerous for her to proceed further In charge of the estate; that J. B. Craw ford owned u large number of houses and lots In Atlanta, some 20 or 2<\ and a hotel and other valuable property In Florida. Petitioners ask an injunction, a tem porary and permanent receiver, and that the "void marriage" be sot aside by order and decree and declared null and Judge Hlllyer, speaking for the op position, contended that the c'“ ‘ old char ter In force before 1274 waa commission government under another name and had proven a failure, and that Atlunta never did have a real safe and sane system until he helped draft the char ter of 1174, Instituting the council sys tem. He declared Atlanta was bank rupt and Its credit was destroyed be fore his charter came to the rescue. He predicted dire disaster should the bom- mission bill be adopted. Mr. Newell declared "tills meeting to day 1s the result of a master stroke of advertising" and "the result of agita tion by the heads of two department stores.” By Inference he credited I. 8. Jonas, advertising manager for Cham- berlln-Johnson-DuBose Company, and Fred J. Faxon, of Davison-Pnxon- Stukes Company, as being directly- re sponsible for the commission move ment. Ho declared that "the Individu ality of nbls ad artist ran riot" and "his commerclo-llterary talent ran ram pant." He declared that Mr. Jonas, In his enthusiasm for commission gov ernment, "roams with old Romulus, cants with Cantharldcs and rips with Euripides.” Mr. Smith endeavored to show that Mr. Hopkins was not consistent in his advocacy of commission rule. In that he lutd disapproved the centralisation of power when a previous charter change movement was under considera tion. He argued that the welfare of the city demanded that the representa- tlvo system be continued, as proposed In the council's charter revision scheme. Mr. Kilpatrick declared that commis sion government might work all right for a small town, but It would not do for a large city like Atlanta. Ho denied that a city should be operated along the business lines pursued by large cor porations Mr. Ladson voiced his opposition to commission government on the ground that he was opposed to concentration of power In ths hands of a few men. No Compromlst Mentioned. Not once during the argument did the opponents of commission government present an argument why the commis sion bill should not be submitted to the people and let them say at the polls whether or not they wanted It. Not once during the hearing was there n compromise proposition ' suggested, ns Tho Constitution has been strenuously advocating for a week or more. None of those Interested seemed to be look ing for a compromise measure. The Is sue was clearly and unequivocally drawn between the odvoentes and op ponents of rommlsMon government. Enthusiasm on one side or tho other burst beyond the bounds of decorum now and then and was given vent In loud applause. The chairman had to rap for order when these outbursts oc curred and at ons time threatened to clear the hall If tt was continued. The majority of us would have to work 24 hours a day If we were to love our neighbors us they love themselves. Chicago NewB. void. Whereupon Judge Fendlcton Is sued his order. Mrs. M. B. Crawford lives at 674 Peachtree-#t. The marriage of the ugod man to Mrs. Ravage attracted a great deal of attention In the press at the time It occurred, and * was folio wed shortly by his death, which also gnve rise to several columns of newspaper space. No Dirt: No Minerals: No Germs 1UKM«t«ait •VWECTV.Y PURL Pura Water is just pure water—and that’s what you should drink. No dirt and germs to breed disease; no minerals to clog the system. Distilled watei; is the ONLY absolutely pure water; the only SAFE water to drink. Pura Water is distilled by the best modern scientific processes. With one of our perfect water coolers .in your office, store or other place of business, you can have always a supply of abso lutely pure, gormless water to drink. We install these coolers, keep them constantly supplied with Pura Distilled Water and iced daily, for a moderate charge. In the Pura cooler the water never comes in contact with* the ice, being cooled in a coil of block tin pipe and kept always at tho right temperature. Raw water Is an aquarium. Boiled water Is a graveyard. Mineral water la premature old age. Filtered water la a gay deceiver. Distilled water ie PURITY. —Professor Edward B. Warman. Telephones: Bell, Ivy3226 Atlanta FUR ATLANTA OFFICE Continued From Pag® One. teen larger cltlee In ten states were designated. Memphis and Nashville, Tenn., were among those honored. At lanta Is expected to be In the next des ignation. The growth In popularity of the pos tal savings banka has caused even the government officials to take notice. The bill authorizing the opening of these banks was passed by the last congress, two years ngo, and ut**present there are over 1,000 In operation, that figure being the number In existence on July 1, The Idea was expected to appeal to the residents of the country hamlets and smaller cities, but It not olny cap tured tho rurallsts, but even the urban dweller Insisted upon the opportunity of allowing Uncle Sam to act as his banker. It whs this last element that caused the postmaster general to designate certain cities of the flrst-clus* ae pos tal savings banks, and a large amount of money heretofore kept In old stock ings or strapped In belts about the In dividual waist has been brought and deposited. Tho aggregate sum In the bunks now established has passed the 91.000.000 mark, and no man knows the limit that will be reached. Any one may deposit In the banks— men, women and children, the age of the latter being ten yours and upward. Married women may make deposits and have absolute control of their money. Guardlunu have no control over the de tain cases, the deposits must be opened personally by the owner of the money. After tho first sum Is on record de< posits may be added by mall If de sired. Individuals only can be patrons of the postal savings hanks, accounts of so cieties or organizations not being ac cepted. To become a depositor, which privilege Is open to patrons of an office, an application blank Is secured from the postmaster and filled out. No pass book Is used in the bank, each de positor receiving for the money he turns In a paper known ns a draft or certificate of deposit for that sum. The totals of these certificates Indicate the full amount on deposit. The certificates are Issued In dupli cate, the depositor receiving one and the postmaster placing the other In a manlla cover bearing the patron's name. To make withdrawals, permit ted at any time, the applicant must write hla name on the duplicate certifi cate in the presence of the postmaster. Deposits may only be made In denomi nations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $50, $100, and Interest at the rate of two per cent will only be puld If the money la in tho bank ono year. If In two years he gets four per cent. In the rate of interest Uncle Sam Is below private savings banks, which pay from three to four per cent on deposits. Georgo M. Sutton, postoffice Inspect or In churge of this division, will huve supervision of the establishment of the Atlanta postal savings bank when it Is officially announced. If a young man twists up his mus tache Just before bidding a girl good night, It isn't Ukufty .she'll be disap pointed.—Chicago News FUNERAL NOTICE. Mr. ami Mis. W. H. I*atterson. Mr. and Mrs. Frank 11. Reynolds, Mr. D. C. Patterson, Mr. ami Mrs. K. B. Pat terson. und Mr. Baxter H. Patterson are Invited to attend the funeral- of Mr. W. H. Patter.Hon, Jr., at his fath- Jtir. d . ii- iRiieiwu, ill., at iiir (Min er's residence, 605 Ponce PeLeon-ave., at 3:30 p. m. Wednesday. August 2. The following named gentlemen Will please act as pall*bearers and meet at the office of H. M. Pnttenmn it Son at 2:30 p. m : Mr. Thomas C. Candler. Mr. Henry W. Davis. Mr. George W. Adair. Mr. W. It. Tlehonor. Mr. L. E. Hummel. Mr. W. W. Cunningham, Mr. Will Simms. Major Jeff Dun woody. FREE LIST BILL IS PASSED IN SENATE Continued From Page Ono, fruits on the free list, was defeated without a roll call. Bailey, Turned Down. Senator Bailey then offered an amendment to strike meats from the free list This, on roll call, was de feated 16 to 60. Senator Bailey moved to strike out the provision placing flour on the free list. In view of the over whelming vote against striking out free markets, he did not ask for a roll call, and the amendment failed by a viva voco vote. Senator Bailey's next proposition was to place lemons on the free list. De feated. 15 to 59. An amendment presented by Senator Heybum to strike lumber from the free list was defeated without a roll call. Senator Jones was successful in get ting u record vote on his proposition to eliminate shingles from the free list, but it failed by a vote of 6 to 72. Smith's Vote Was Needed. Democratic senators point out that the vote of Senator Hoke Smith would have saved the bill unamended. Ba con, of Georgia, voted for It in its orig inal form, as did all the other Demo cratic senators except Bailey. Paper and Wood Pulp Rejected. Senator LsFollette's motion to recon sider was agreed to without division. Senator Shively's amendment to In clude agricultural binders was then agreed to. as was Senator Gronna’s amendment to include cement In the free list. Senator Gore offered an amendment the free Hat. to 96. Senator Gore's amendment putting printing presses on the free list was re jected without a roll call Another amendment by Gore Inatruct- ing the president to enter Into reciprocity trade agreements with other nations was knocked out on s point of order as not germane to the bill. Senator Lodge offered an amendment adding rice and rice flour to the bill. All the Southern Democrats oted against this, while the Northern Democrats voted for it. It waa rejected 45 to 25. A second roll call on the direct passage of the bill then began. I Thoee voting on the bill as It finally passed were low, iiriiR n, urjun, Liniiinriioiii, v.uutuiii Clapp, Clarke of Arkansas, Crawford, Cummins. Davis, Dixon, Fletcher, Foster. Moore, Groins, Hitchcock. Johnson. John- stone. Kenyon, Kern, LaFollette, McCum- ber. Martin. Marline, Myers. Nelson, New- tands.- O'Gorman. Overman, Owen, Payn- ter, Poindexter, Pomerene, Reed, Shively. Simmons. Smith of Maryland. Smith of South Carolina. Stone, Swanson, Taylor, Thornton. Watson, Works—18. Those voting against the bill on Anal passage were: Bourne, Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs, Burton, Clark of Wyon;!ng. Crane. Cuilom, Curtis, Oamblo, Guggenheim, Heybdm, Jones, Lippltt. I.odge, Lorlmer, McLeach, Nixon. Oliver, Page, Perkins, Richardson. Root. Smith of Michigan. SmooL Stephen son. Townsend, Warren W ettmwe. The Ml! will now go back to the house, which probably will disagree on It in Its amended form and send It to conference. NO PORTIA WANTED IN DEAR OLD GEORGIA continu.d From Pag. On*. to every modest woman’s cheek. A woman lawyer! "Help us to keep our girls at the Are. side and let our young mothers raise, by the help of God. boys to speak und vote and live the life they should live If He hnd made them men. "Oh. for a Paul to command our women to keep silence, and be keep ers at home! "It Is our only hope for I he future." Mr. Newlywed Is For It. Claude Payton, of Worth, followed Mr. Hall In the debate and strongly ad. located the bill's passage. Mr. Payton recently became a "benedict" and was most earnest in his appeal. He referred to Florida as an example. "Only several weeks ago, gentleman. I saw Mis* Dorcoa Broward, the eldest daughter of the late ex-Governor Brow ard, of that state, admitted to the bar. “Other states give their women this privilege which Georgia denies them," Mr. Payton continued. Hla speech last ed fully an hour. He waa followed by Mr. Converse, of Lowndes, who spoke against the bill. Minter Wimberly, of Bibb, was the next sneaker to advocate the passage of the bill, and was followed by Hooper Alexander, of DeKnlb, himself a prom inent Atlanta lawyer. Mr. Alexander said In his opening remarks: "Woman Is here now asking for bread; let's not give her a stone of complimentary remarks to woman hood." He reviewed the different stages of slavery to which womanhood hod been subjected, and of the gradual ad vance to the throne which she now oc cupies. ' "You And no hesitation In requiring her to work In a cotton factory. There are some who would even vote ngalnst striking off one hour each day from her work. But you come here now and argue against women being lawyers, as It draws them from the homeslde," he said. Representative Lord, of Jackson, fol lowed Mr. Alexander, but opposed the bill. Representative Fullbrlght, of Burke, spoke In ndvocacy of the bill. Mr. Full- bright drew applause from the ladles In the galleries when he answered the question of Mr. Adams, of Hall county. Mr Adams asked If he thought that all court houses In Georgia were decent enough for ladtea "Ought To Be Decent" "All of our court houses should be as decent as our other housee," replied Mr Fullbrlght Again Mr Fullbrlght scored on an answer to one of Mr Adams' questions He was asked If he thought he could ably represent hi, client In court where he had a woman lawyer against him He replied; "I never yet have found It embarrass. Ing to be In the company of ladles” Representative Lovejoy, of Troup, made a motion that the previous ques tion be called at 12:20, and Represen tative Harrell, of Stewart, moved the previous question Immediately the lat ter motion prevailed and debate was closed Hottsclaw, of Houston, vice chairman of the Judiciary committee No 1. which reported the bill favorably, yielded flf teen minutes of his time to Speaker John Holder, of Jackson Representative R N Hardman, of Jefferson, who was presiding, recog nised the speaker of the house as he took ths floor In behalf of the bill. Mr. Holder stated In the outset that from the speeches of the gentlemen op posing the measure the practice of law In Georgia was the lowest and most de graded of vocations, unlit for women to Indulge In. "It has always been my opinion, gen tlemen," said he, "that the profession of law In our state was one of the high est, and that our noblest men come from the ranks of our lawyers. "There Is no ono who respects the womanhood of the 8outh more than I do. Of all the pictures that hang on my memory’s walls, there Is none so beautiful as home, yet I think woman hood has s right to practice law In our state.” The speaker pleaded earnestly with the members of the house to pase the bill and give woman her right' to earn llnood In the most noble of all llvell professions. The balance of the time allowed the committee chairman was yielded to Randolph Anderson, of Chatham. He sold that the most graceful sight one could Imagine was a woman law yer pleading at the bar of justice. He paid a high tribute to Georgia's women, and most earnestly pleaded for Its pas sage. ✓ "For God's sake leave the breeches to the men," shouted Adams, of Hall, In explaining his vote against the bill. "I am willing to give woman everything •he wants, but let's not give her breeches." In explaining hts vote, William Allen, of Upson county, paid an eloquent tribute to Georgia's womanhood and cast his vote for the bill. 1 Representative Beck, of Brooks •truck a chord which went home to the representatives when he referred to the negroes being given a privilege to prac tice law and our pure womanhood pre vented from It. "Our ancestors went to the wilds of Africa," said Mr. Beck, "and brought back a naked, Jabbering, snake wor shipping savage and trained It to rook and work. Now we have trained that savage up to an 'educated gentleman' and he is practicing law where our women arc barred." Fulton's representatives divided on the bill. Dr. George Brown not voting, Walter McElreath votlnf for and George Westmoreland opposing the bill. Those Against It. Here Is the list to the member* re- sponsible for the defeat of the bill In the house Tuesday; Representatives Adam*. Anderion of Floyd, Anderson of Gordon, Almand, Ashley, Bell, Bower, Brinson, Brown ot Forsyth, Bryan, Burnett, Burney. Bush, Cannon, Collins of Union, Converse, Darsey, Elder, Ellis, Farrar, Field, Fro. hock, Gardner, pastley. Hall of Bibb, Hardemrfn. Harrell of Stcwnrt, Hires, Hlxon, Hobbs, Holtsclaw, Jnmes, Jonex of Burke, Jones of Dougherty, Jonee of Meriwether. Kimbrough, Kirby. Lane, Lawrence, Lord of Jackson, Lord of Washington, Lott, Lovejoy, McIntyre of Murray, McKee, Massengale, Melton, Montgomery of Webster, Nesblt, Park er of Liberty, Paulk of Ben Hill, Paulk of Irwin. Peacock. Pickett, Pope, Bag- land, Ragsdale, Rawlins, Redwlne. Roy. nl. Simpson, Spier, Stephen*. Strtrk- land, Tolbert, Turner, Turnlpseed, Vin son, Waters. Westmoreland, White of Laurens, Williams of Bulloch, Wood of Twiggs, Wood of Walton, Worsham, York. GET BUSY IN CANADA Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 1.—The first stumping parties speaking In the In terest of reciprocity with the United States will set out next week, It was announced today. Traveling In a spe cial train, Premier Laurier will < oa ]i Ontario and Quebec, while Minister of Finance Fielding will tour the western provinces. The government spell binders are stealing a march upon lire antt-reclproclty statesmen by starting off their campaign flret. “JACK” BROXfj TAILORS Nine Peachtree GOOD TAILORING “BOB" 8 A LL the clever, original, attractive new color effects for Fall and Winter 1911-12 await you here in our generous assortment of new Fall woolens. Come in! You’ll enjoy looking at the new patterns. Particular personal attention to the little details of GOOD TAILORING is our specialty. We love GOOD TAILORING It’s our hobby from dawn to dust. Order that new Fall Suit NO W. We’ll deliverit any time you wish. WATCH OUR SHOW WINDOWS