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BASEBALL HI PEN
WORKS REFOBNIS
Federal Prisoners Never Have
Abused Privileges Allowed
in Diamond Contests.
•
Baseball as a reform force ha* prov
ed an entire success at the Federal '
prison, according to the prisoners ■
themselves and they ought to know.
The prisoners have become such base- '
ball experts that two leagues are now
playing for the prison championship
each Saturday, and the race has be
come so hot that a post season series
has been arranged.
"That the ball games organized by I
the prisoners of the Federal peniten- j
tlary at Atlanta have done much to pre.
serve discipline can not he denied." says
the current issue of Good Words, the
official paper of the government pris
oners. "It has proved of exceptional
value as an aid to the work of reform
ation." '
Under the direct patronage of the
warden and his deputy, two leagues
formed of prisoners of the penitentiary,
and named after the favorite nines of
the major and Southern leagues, meet
in contests even- Saturday on the
prison grounds.
During the ball games the prisoners
are allowed the utmost freedom of
movement compatible with discipline.
They may coach, cheer, smoke, sing
and even "pan" the opposing players
and the ump l —e. who are prisoners.
They - play in white and brown uni
forms and all the other prisoners
watch the matches, with the under
atandfng that any breach of good be
havior will be punished by withdrawal
of th* baseball privileges of the prison
for three months.
Good Words says that not an infrac
tion of the rules has occurred since
basabdl! was inaugurated.
JOHN d7s housekeeper
SAVED EXACTLY $3,000
NEW YORK, July 4—lt took Mrs.
Sara D. Scott 26 years in the household
of John D Rockefeller, the richest man
in the world, to sav« $3,000. Mrs. Scott,
who died recently, worked as house
keeper for the oil king, and her will
has just been filed She left a per
sonal estate of s3.non and directed that
it be divided among her twelve nephews
and nieces
Mrs. Scott went to the Rockefeller
home a quarter of a century ago. when
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was a child
She was 71 years old when she died.
AVIATOR GETS BAD FALL.
LONDON. July 4. —The Irish aviator
Corbett Wilson, after flying from Kil
kenny, ; control of his machine w hlle
attempting to land at Clonmel toda.v
and struck the ground with such tre
mendous torce that the machine was
wrecked and he was badly shaken.
Mail Carriers Will Fly.
This Is an age of great discoveries
Progress ride* on the air. Soon we mav I
see Uncle Sam's mail carriers flying In
al! directions, transporting mail. Peo
ple take a wonderful interest in a dis
covery that benefits them That's why
Dr. King s New Discovery for Coughs, j
Colds and other throat and lung dis
eases is the most popular medicine in
America. "It cured me of a dreadful
cough," writes Mrs J. F Davis. Stick
ney Corner, Me., "after doctor’s treat
ment and all other remedies had
failed " For roughs, colds or any
bronchial affection it's unequaled. Price
50e and $1 00. Trial bottle free at all
druggists.
ATLANTIC CITY EXCURSION
RATE VIA SEABOARD.
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Get Information at 88 Peachtree, phones
100.
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AND DECORATIONS.
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Call Main 1130.
SHORT AND TO
THE POINT
Follow Example of Woman's
Institution In Compiling Knowl
edge Compactly.
Dr Graham Taylor the noted Chi
cago sociologist, has said that there is
nothing like a woman's intuition for
going directl) to the point bv th. short
est cut possible. Mr Taylor believes
that there I;, something almost un tn
ny about the high average of correct
ness in the apparent guesswork of
womankind, and perhaps various men
w-ho have tried to deceive their wives
agree with him
The last of just the quality t, at this
student notes tn woman is what ha*
long blocked the progress <>f gtring to I
the publt. a compact. ■ otnm.msens.
reference work that would pi.t< , the his
tory of the world's- great . vents upon
any one's desk without occupying a
Space greater than an ordinary novel
would take up That is the Standard
Atlas and <'hronologlcal Bistort of the
World, which The Georgian -,s off, ring
to its readers
Graham Taylor was crossing on a
New York ferry boat and received one
of his first impassions of womanly di
rectness when his mother cried out that
her pocketbook hud been stolen, anil,
pointing directly to the man who stood
next tn her. cried: "That man took it."
Her son feared a sene, as he i-fitirned
that no man would have dared accuse
another without evidence: but. much
to his surprise, th* man proved to be
the guilty party.
In th* past experts In compiling
knowledge have lacked the ability to
pack it in a volume so that not an
inch of space is lost and the possessor
of the bonk .an place his finger on
a fact like Mrs. Taylor dt ' on the
r.lekp*. k»t without a moment » delav
Pair 'hr publishers of this Atlas hav*
arc-uT.piisred this task and it is th*
* book ou .an not afford to be with-
I out
’ .U'- six headings from this paper and
f. an . I cjvprne* fee get it.
GUNS AT FORTS BOOM
AS NEW FLAG IS BORN
A new flag was born today and flung
i to the breeze for the first time as the
[official banner of the United States.
With simple cetemony, the like of
which was rehearsed on every battie;
-hip, in every armv post, at every Amer
ican legation and consulate the world
i round, the new national standard, daz
zling with 48 stars, to include the new
states of Arizona and New Mexico, was
raised at Fort McPherson today.
While th* Seventeenth infantry stood
at attention, the band playing the na
tional air, the poet guns blazed a na
tional salute and the flag which will
remain the emblem of the American
republic until another state Is created
was given to the wind.
i July 4 Recognized
As Fla# Birthday.
The flag, which has heen official
since July 4, 1907. immediately' follow
ing the admission of Oklahoma into
the Union, went out of commission to
day when th* new standard with 48 in
stead of 46 stars was declared the of
ficial standa-d. Th* stars now are ar
ranged in six even rows.
Sine* the nation was born of the
Fourth of July It has become the cus
tom to make that date the birthday of
n*w flags. Whenever during the past
century a new state has b*en admit
ted to the Union a new flag with a
rearrangement of stars has been born
on th* Fourth of July that followed
Immediately following the admission
of a state a commission is appointed
iby the president to decide .upon a
grouping of-th* stars In the Union.
Ever since the orders were issued
effecting the change of standard today
government employees have been busy
pulling down the old banners, ripping
off the two short rows of stars and re
arranging them to meet the new re
quirements. At the Brooklyn navy
yard alone 66,n0n stars have been
ripped off, rearranged and sewed back
on. In 39 states where th* public
school buildings ar* required to fly the
national flag it is necessary that 250,000
flags be remodeled or replaced with new
ones. •
Fort McPherson
Floats Big Banner.’
Strang* so say, congress has never
defined the exact dimensions of the
national flag. The various departments
are very apt to have dimensions of
their own. although the navy flag has
come to be recognized as the proper
size for all purposes save for army
posts.
It was a rce-ulation gn-rison flag that
was unfurled at Fort McPh*ison today
—a banner peculiar to the army. This
flag, which Is the biggest authorized
by the war department, is twenty feet
wide and 36 feel long The navy flag,
which Is commonly used, is ten feet
wide and nineteen feet long
Police Curb Noisemakers.
Young America found Its natural ten
dencies to riotous celebration of Inde
pendence day much more pronounced
in some parts of the country than here-
Birmingham Gives
Day Over to Sport
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.. July 4.—Plen
ty of amusement has been arranged for
the celebration of the Fourth of July in
Birmingham. Two games of baseball
were on the program. Returns of the
fight in Las Vegas will be called at the
theaters Joe Cutrer, of Birmingham,
and Pete James, of Boston, will meet
on the mat this afternoon at th* Jef
ferson theater, while Eddie Jordan, of
New York, and Joe Gans, of Nashville,
both negro lightweights, will have a
six-round go at the Bijou. Birming
ham Moose will give a big picnic at
Germania park and a picnic with fire-,
works in the evening has been ar
ranged for East Lake park, Weather
permitting, the largest crowd since the
opening game of the season ie expect
ed this afternoon at Rlckwood park to
witness the game between Birmingham
and Memphis.
Chicago Has
Noiseless Fourth
CHICAGO. July 4.—Chicago today
experienced the novelty of a sane and
noiaeles Fourth. Chief of Police Mc-
Weeny issued stringent orders tn all
police ■ liners to arrest any person ex
' plod’ng firecrackers of any kind. In
depend* -ci day was celebrated by the
closing of banks and large mercantile
estab sl.mcnts. outdoor sports, band
concerts, patriotic addresses and flag
raising
Montgomery Has
Real Sane Fourth
MONTGOMERY. ALA.. July 4.
Montgomery today celebrated sanely
Independence day . The principal events
of the day were mfftorcyvle ra-es, a
baseball game between two teams of
professional musicians and Qieater and
park amusements Th* Fourth was
more like a day of rest than one of pa
triotism.
WOODBURY COURTMARTIAL
ENDS AT FORT SCREVEN
SA' AXNAH. GA .Inly 4 After a ees
sion lasting the greater part of five days,
| the < ourtmurtlal which has been sitting
lat Fort S< reven in the case of Major
Frank Thomas Woodbury, ranking *>ir
i geon at *hßt peat charged with regie '
of dut- has • ilourned
Th* finding <->f the court will he *-.ib
mlt’.ed t- the tevlewing authorities a*,
department headquarter* be'nre the' are
mad* public Tr;s will probably require
"several weeks a* least
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. JULY 4, 1912.
abouts only slightly curtailed by the
police enforcement of Mayor Winn's
order for a quiet Fourth. The police
didn’t attempt to quell any reasonable
frolics of the throngs of boys and young
men that gathered about the streets In
various parts of the’ city, but Chief
Beavers had told his men to prevent
any public firing of giant crackers, and
with the exception of the cracking of
cap pistols and the snapping of the
smaller breed of crackers what there
was of noise was made on pHvate prop
erty.
Byway of observance of th* day
most of the offices in the city remained
dosed and many of the larger build
ings flung out the flag at full mast.
Most of th* flags noticed were the new
banners with 48 stars.
In accordance with the latter day
trend that Independence day observ
ances are taking throughout the coun
try formal celebrations were held by
various organizations. At its chapter
house, opposite the Piedmont Driving
park, the Atlanta D. A. R. will begin its
exercises at 4 o’clock. After th* sing
ing of America and a prayer by Rev.
M. A. Hughlett, the Declaration of In
dependence will be v read by W. W.
Memmfng*r. The Fourth of July ora
tion Is to follow, delivered by Rev.
John E. White. In th* audience will be
many Daughters of th* Confederacy,
Daughters of 1812 and members of
many similar organizations from this
city and over the state, which have
been invited by the D. A. R. to par
ticipate.
Many Enjoy Picnics.
Many of the Germans of the city
joined in a big picnic at Germania park
and the Socialists of South Bend held
a similar gathering at th* grove near
McDonough road and Sawtells ave
nue.
The Atlanta Jewish Educational Al
liance will cap the safe and sane ld*a
tonight by holding a celebration at the
Alliance hall. A patriotic program has
been arranged' with a chorus of girls
and an oration by Attorney James L.
Mayson as features. The grounds of
the alliance on Uaplto] avenue will b<
lighted and decorated with flags and
banners. The celebration will conclude
with a dance.
Out at Piedmont park lake the cele
bration has been carried on ail day by
a multitude of enthusiastic swimmers
who competed in a dozefi events for va
rious prizes The holiday throng at the
park lake was me of ihe greatest in its
history. Captain Schiomberg and the
member of the volunteer United Stateg
life saving corps watched over the cen
tests all day and guarded the disport
ing water revellets from accident.
Convicts of Fulton county are being
treated with barbecues today. The
preparations for a general holiday
among the camps of imprisoned work
ers were completed late yesterday,
■when 5,000 pounds of fresh pork, beef
and mutton were cooked at the county
stockade and distributed to various
camps.
Augusta Observes
The Day Quietly
AUGUSTA, GA.. July 4 —-This city is
observing the Fourth quietly and or
derly. The day is a holiday with all
of the public buildings. The stores will
be closed throughout the afternoon.
There are manj' barbecues and many
persons have left the citv for the week
end.
This morning there was a celebration
by th* local chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution in the First
Baptist church. Dr. Howard T. Cree,
pastor of the First Christian church,
made an address on “The Patriotism of
Peace."
This afternoon the Augusta Gun club
had a shoot.
Tonight there will be a display of
fireworks at Lake View park.
BABY BROKE OUI
IN HEAT RASH
Turned Into Festers. Head, Face,
Groins and Chest Affected. Mass
of Sores. Itched Badly, Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment Cured
Where All Others Failed,
R 22 Georgia Ave.. East Nashville. Tenn.
"My baby was about two months old
when he began to break out In small red
-'TUTFx pimples like heat rash.
/- afterward turning into
fester*. They gradually
I,' } spread until his little
y ( " ** •: head. face, groins ‘and
<*• / chest, his head being most
A < affected, became a mass
of sores with a great deal
I'Y ri < ’ l ’ rr,l P , * on - It became
offensive and gradually
grew worse I kept a white cap on him
to keep him from scratching, it seemed to
Itch so badly. It made him cross and bis
chest and groins would often bleed
"Nothing seemed to help It and I had
almost com* to th* conclusion that my
baby s case was hopeless, when hearing of
the < uticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
1 decided tn try It. I used the Cuticura
ointment on all affected parts at night.
I and th* next rooming used Cuticura Soap
and hot water as directed. I nottgfd at
[ one* that baby rested better I continued
I It for a few weeks and my baby was entirely
cured by th* Cuticura Soap and Ointment
They cured where all others failed (Signed)
M • E O Davis Not 29 1011
1 Cuticura Snap and C uticura Ointment are
sold throughout the world Libera! sample of
I each mailed free, with 82-| Skin Book Ad-
I dress post-card "Cutieura Dept T Boston
*?■ Tender-faced b-ob ’hou-d use C utleura
• Snap Shaving Stick, SAe Sample free
SOLDIER KILLS HIMSELF
AT FT. SCREVEN BARRACKS
SAVANNAH, GA., July 4.—Robert
C. O'Connell, private of the 121st com
pany, coast artillery corps, Fort Scre
ven, committed suicide by sending a
bullet into his brain. The act was
committed while his comrades were at
drill. LJfe was already extinct when
the body was found.
O'Connell's mother, Mrs. R. J. O'Con
nell, of 4026 Lexington avenue, New
York, has been advised of the death.
Private O'Connell was company clerk
and it was in the company office that
the suicide took place. He had been
in the army about thirteen months. Be
fore he enlisted he was bookkeeper for
Tiffany. He was a man of good habits.
CHATTANOOGA BREWERS
AND BOTTLERS STRIKE
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., July 4
The brewers and bottlers of the Chat
tanooga Brewing Company, numbering
70 skilled workmen, are on strike as
the result of the failure of Charles Reif
president of the company, to reach a
satisfactory agreement with Charles
Staff, of Cincinnati, representative of
the executive board of the International
Brewers association, and of the brewery
drivers and bottlers union, in regard to
an increased wage scale.
The bottlers demand an Increase of
$1.50 per week, while the brewers de
mand an increase of $1 per week.
NELSON TEACHER WINS
EARLY SUPERINTENDENCY
BLAKELY, GA., July 4.—The unff.x
pired term of B. R. Collins, county
school superintendent, has been filled
by the Early county board of educa
tion after a spirited contest for the
position by S J. Smith- E S Collins,
W. w. Wright, E. A. Evans and W. S.
Collins. The board elected Mr. Evans.
His term of office expires May 7, 1916.
Mr. Evans Is a graduate of the State
Normal school, and for the past two
years has been the principal of the
school at Nelson. Ga.
DISTRICT MISSION MEETING.
EASTMAN, July 4.—The Missionary
societies of the Mcßae district will hold a
meeting In Eastman commencing tonight
The Home and Foreign Missionary socie
ties of this city are making preparations
to entertain the 40 or .*0 delegates.
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Let’s Go Camping—-
in the open, under the oak trees, by the side of the lit- Qk’W
tie lakes or rushing rivers. Be a boy again—it means
health, pleasure, comfort and satisfaction to you. It is the
best medicine in the world and will bring the bloom to pale
cheeks. It’s the only way to spend the long, hot summer
mpnths. We have everything necessary for the comfort of
camping parties. Here are a few of the things you will need:
sl2 U. S. Army Cfj Folding Cot CA Camp Stools 7C«
Blankets for vJ forcpOstJv f or / OC
U. S. Army Hat (fr 1 (-fl Camp Chairs 1 flfj Thermos Bottles for SI.OO up
foreachipl.vV Winchss'er Repsating Rifies $8 00 up
o I
We are agents for the
celebrated OLD TOWN
CANOES. Also carry a
£' H ne Fishing Tackle
King Hardware Company
53 PEACHTREE STREET
ROME CITY BOARDS
FIGHT TO CONTROL
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS
ROME, GA., July 4.—Charges that
Mayor Ben C. Yancey and city council
will bankrupt Rome are made by R. A.
Denny and John C. Printup, members
of the board of public works, which
body ' City council proposes to abolish
through an act of the legislature.
City counrtl takes the stand that it
comes in conflict with the board too
often and that it ought to be abol
ished. The two bodies are novy at war
with each other and a municipal sen
sation is the outlook.
It is probable the'difficulty will be
settled through a-vote of the people. A
commission form of government is
freely talked of as the solution of the
problem.
ALABAMA N. G. TO~
BEGIN MANEUVERS
MONTGOMERY, ALA.. July 4.—Ar
rangements have been made for two
special trains out "bf Montgomery- Sat
urday morning over the Louisville and
Nashville to carry nine companies of
the Second regiment to Anniston for
the Joint maneuvers.
The Second regiment, commanded by-
Colonel Charles R. Bricken, of Luverne,
will be in camp ten days. The follow
ing ten days, the Fourth will ma
neuver, and the third ten days -will be
for the' First regiment.
FIREMEN TO TAKE OUTING.
DALTON, GA., July. 4.—The Dalton
fire department is making preparations
for a ten-day outing at Wrightsville
Beach, leaving here on August 8. City
council has appropriated money for the
trip.
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GIRL WINS PROMOTION
AT COST OF HER LIFE
NEW YORK, July 4.---Little Mary
Wolfler, thirteen years old, was pro
moted from the Eighth B to the Eighth A
in Grammar school No. 122, Williams
burg, but th* efforts she put forth to
accomplish this, according to physi
cians, cost her life. The child died last
night, the result of overstudy.
The girl studied far into the night,
and when she was informed that she
would enter the graduating class at
the beginning of the next term she col
lapsed completely’. She was carried
from the school to her home, a short
distance away, unconscious.
Are YOU
One of These?
Within the past six months, ending June 30,
1912, our Savings Department has increased
ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE PER CENT—in
other words, it has more than doubled.
There Are Many Reasons
Courteous Treatment
Absolute Security
Attractive Quarters
Convenient Hours—Daily 9 to 5,
Saturday 9 to 6
If you are not alreaay with us, JOIN us; you
will not regret it.
Money deposited in the Savings Depart
ment on or before the sth draws interest
from the Ist.
Third National Bank
Capital and Surplus $1,700,000.00
FRANK HAWKlNSPresident R. W. BYE RS. .. . As»istant Cashier
JOS. A. McCORD . Vice President A. M. BE RGSTROM. . Asst. Cashier
JOHN W. GRANT Vice President W. B. SYMMERSAsst. Cashier
THOMAS C. ERWlNCashier A. J. HANSELLAsst. Cashier
MANY NOTABLES OWE
BANKRUPT BAKER:BILL
RUN BY JOHN D. 56 CIS.
NEW YORK. July 4.—John D. Rocke
feller is named as 56 cents debtor to
the Purssell Manufacturing Company,
a confectionery and bakery concern,
wnich has filed schedules in bank
ruptcy. The oil magnate is among a
long list of New Yorkers prominent in
financial and professional circles sched
uled as Indebted to the concern presum
ably for buns, cakes or candies, in sums
ranging from 10 cents to not over $49
Miss Helen Gould, according to the
list, owes 44 cents; Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell. $3: Felix Adler. 80 cents; John H
Flagler, $1.97. and Thomas F. Ryan
$15.35. More than 2,50(1 debtors were
named in all.