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Alexander
Tipoins Bill Leader Says the
Ex-Mayor “Butted in’’ and
Must Take Consequences.
in a card to the public, good natured
in rhe main, but rasping in portions.
Representative Hooper Alexander, of
DeKalb, prohibition leader in the house
and chief advocate of the Tippins bill,
answers today former Mayor Maddox's
~a r, | of Saturday, in which the Tippins
bill was scored unmercifully as a busi
ness and moral proposition.
Mr. Alexander takes Mr. Maddox se
vere!.' to task for preaching things he
is alleged not to practice. The prohi
bition leader .says the mayor- thinks
it all right, apparently, for him to be
long to a swell club which violates the
i.iw. whe thile he objects to the poor
man's club and the negro "blind tiger,"
which also and in the same way violate
the same law.
Mt. Alexander asks the former mayor
number of leading questions, and
openly dares him to make answer- to
them specifically and categorically.
Inferential!.'' and most interestingly,
the DeKalb county representative calls
upon the mayor to explain hi? alleged
< < nnection with a tentative plot to
make a "candidate for- something” of
Mr Alexander, if possible, in the hope
that hi- candidacy might work to the
disadvantage of the Tippins bill in the
senate by dividing the prohibition vole
therein.
it was openly stated in some quarters
as far back as last Saturday that Mr.
Alexander's candidacy for the govern
orship might be urged by some, in the
exjwctation that it would influence sev
rral so-called "Joe Brown senators.”
favorablr to Slaton, but also "Tippins
bill “enators/' to incline against the
bill rather than be classed pre-Alex
ander or help put either Mr. Slaton or
the governor "in a hole." It is this ru
mor that Mr. Alexander, it is supposed,
refers to.
Former Mayor Maddox, shown Rep
msentative Alexander’s card, seemingly
was in no wise upset. He read it, and
gave out a brief interview in reply.
Mr. Alexander's card follows:
Little Tin God”
Is Rumbling.
'Then I read Bob Maddox's pon
derous effusion wherein he couldn’t
resist the temptation to take a shot
at me. but was uncertain whether
to call me a miserable "fanatic" or
Ju-t a plain ordinary demagogrue
‘playing to the galleries." I won
dered if the senators, to whom his
lecture was principally addressed,
realized who this was rumbling like
some tin god on wheels. If they
did, they "ill of course understand
that when the rulers of this town
bring Bob out to tell folks what
to do. they are beginning to sit up
and take notice, and that it's time
for common folks to stand from un
der 1 didn't know what trouble
was corning out of this thing till
the.' trotted Bob out.
Whenever the battle is going
against the bosses and pie eaters
of Atlanta they call for Bob, and
then the thunderous hoofbeats of
his charger coming to their help,
sound like the hollow echoes on
the Winchester Pike "with Robert
30 miles away," and his worship
pers call aloud in chorus of kilted
exultation. "Dina ye hear the pib
roch" The Campbells are com
ing." •
I wonder if I could modestly
comment on a few of his state
ments and ask him a few questions
without committing treason
against "the first citizen of Atlan
ta." "the finest mayor Atlanta."
the eloquent young banker from
Georgia." the fellow whose com
panions in boyhood struck out the
R, F." from his name and insist
ed on styling him "G. A.”
Bob says that all the time that,
he was mayor there wasn't a sa
lon in Atlanta where you could
but a drink of whisky, and then
he bethinks himself and adds that
' ourtland Winn is just as good as
he ever was. and that you can’t get
one now. I wonder if Bob really
believes that. 1 have observed that
the liquor people boast mightily al
di ordinary times about how they
'lefy the laws of Georgia, but that
'hen the representatives of the
people begin to call them to ac
i ount they sing a very different
tune.
Maybe he hides the bold and no
torlous falsity of the statement be
hind some mental reservation in
the way of a limited meaning to
the word "saloon." What do you
">an by a "saloon." Robert? What
'io you call that place in your club
and in the eight or ten other clubs
teat call themselves "legitimate.”
'here they sell whisky by the
drink? Is that a saloon? If not,
>s there any legal or moral differ
ence in selling liquor in a saloon
’o a nigger and selling it in that
place to a judge of the supreme
court or of the court of appeals?
'gain. is there any difference
between the selling of liquo in
violation of law in a "legitimate"
club, as vou call them, and in what
-ou call an ■■illegitimate" club.’
fake that barroom down on Ala
' "ma street that hangs out a sign
■ailing itself a 11 ■ Hive," like
'hf olr] tavern signs of the "Blue
I-ion" or the "Es-cx Boat." ’he
r aco " here anybody can go and
u'.ja drink of liquoi ’hat want’
/•’. that a saloon If ’’ is tie’
difference does it make to a
I
•Are You in Love? •
: Here Are 4 Tests •
• CHICAGO. July 15. — Hereafter •
• the young people who attend the •
• Woodlawn Park Methodist church •
• will know when they are in love •
• with each other. Rev. W. B. Nor- •
• ton. pastor, told them in a sermon •
• about love and how to find out •
• when you've caught it and ended •
• by laying down four "tests." Here •
• are the tests: •
• First. You care not for wealth. •
• position, things material. You •
• worship only the person. *
• Second. You are intensely inter- •
• ested even in the tiny things con- •
• cerning the beloved. •
• Third. You find Joy in service, •
• no matter how arduous. •
• Fourth. You feel pain at Sep- •
• aration. •
• Incidentally. Rev Mr. Norton •
• explained, if you are really in love •
• you will not cate for "auto rides. •
• amusement parks, social position •
• or candy. You will think only of •
• "him." •
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law-abiding people whether th?
criminals who defy the sovereign
authority’ of their state call them
selves by one name or the other?
Bob. you don't dare answer pub
licly these questions:
1. Is it lawful or unlawful for
the Capital City’ club or the Uni
versity club to sell whisky?
2. If it is lawful for these clubs
to sell, is it lawful or unlawful for
the Bees, and the Beavers, and the
Owls and the Jackasses and the
other animals? _
,1. Is there one law for your club
and another for the common crim
inals? and. if not. why did the
grand Jury the other day’ indict
one set and let the other set go
free? Was any secret advice given
to ’he jury that didn't harmonize
with what they were publicly
charged ?
I don't want to annoy you. Bob.
by any inordinate curiosity but
when you start out in public dis
cussion with the attitude of some
Jove shaking his ambrosial locks,
you must be prepared to give- us
your whole stock of wisdom. You
don't have to butt into this discus
sion if you don’t want to. but if
you do. you must tell it all-. And
when you start, you can pitch your
tone towards your adversaries in
decent and courteous fashion, or
you can call them demagogues and
fanatics, but the echo that these
words arouse starts equally as
harsh as they are. and gets worse
as it goes; and when you make
broad denials of the existence of
crime, you and your friends must
expect specific inquiries on the
cross examination, and the inqui
ries may grow very embarrassing.
“What’s a Club,
And What's a Tiger?”
Bob. you say that your "officers
and courts have been diligent in
prosecuting the blind tigers." etc.
Just what do you mean by a blind
tiger? I gather that when a nig
ger sells a drink of com liquor in
an alley he is a blind tiger, and
that you think it's the business of
the courts to prosecute him all
right. But if the Atlanta Brewing
& Ice Company’ manufactures beer,
and Oppenheim sells it in his Ala
bama street barroom, or if your
club sells whisky by’ the drink in
its big barroom, why are they’ not
blind tigers, too. and why isn’t it
the duty of the courts to be "dili
gent" about prosecuting them, just
as you say they are "diligent" to
prosecute the poor devil of a blind
tiger?
1 don't want to worry you. Bob.
but you know you started this dish
ing out of knowledge and I am
fairly thirsting for more of your
information.
Why the State
Is Short of Cash.
Then again. Bob. you say that
the passage of this law is going to
deplete our revenues; and that's
true, but do you think the state
ought to sell its honor and compro
mise its sovereignty for the dirty
dollars of a dive keeper, or because
you and the balance of its privi
leged classes want to disregard law
and defy authority? It will deplete
revenues all right, but never again. 1
hope, will a Georgia legislature In
dulge in a violous saturnalia of ex
travagance in order to tie rhe
hands of the people against cur
tailing the privileges of criminals
who stand ready to dole out a few
grudging dollars from their store
of blood money as a quid pro quo
for a license to commit crime.
Our revenues are scant enough,
as you say; God knows. But. Bob.
did you know that there is a dawn
ing recognition in the minds of men
that what really impoverishes both
the state and her people is the lav
ish granting out of privileged fran
chises to favored men to tax the
people under the guise of tolls, and
the resulting ungodly watering of
stocks like that $57,000,000 thing
that three purblind railroad com
missioners allowed to your power
company?
This thing of depleting revenues
is a big question, Bob. and mighty
far-reaching. I don't particularly
care to go Into It if you don’t; but
if finance is on your mind, I am
thirsting for knowledge on that
subject also, and when 1 thirst for
knowledge I fairly pant for It.
Conservative Laws
And “Drastic” Ones.
Bob. there's so much of this thing
that I am afraid 111 weary you,
but there's one subject you mentior
that I just hone to understand. I
observe that you are positively en
about sane
and conservative Uw," and utterly
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. JULY 15. 1912.
J] Daughters of Dixie in Business Life
TELLING MUCH IN A FEW WORDS KEY
TO SUCCESS' OF WOMAN AD WRITER
Mrs. Minnie Randolph. Depart
ment Store's Publicity Chief.
Advises Ambitious. Girls.
Take it from M’'s. Minnie Randolph—
who know s--a woman of many words
can probably bake a cherry pie or aril
ribbons or be a huge success at a bridge
table, but she can't be an ad writer.
Mrs. Randolph, who has charge of the
J. M. High advertising, knows, because
she has been on the job twelve years.
“I wouldn’t discourage anybody ." said
Mrs. Randolph, "and I refuse to say for
publication that women talk mote than
men. 1 will say howeuer. that the
woman who would write to interest a
fond mother who wishes to invest a' few
dollars in marquisette for her daughter
had better get it out quickly."
Mrs. Randolph began her career at
Davison-Paxon-Stokes’ in the map or
der department and in that way became
acquainted with the many sides of the
business of running a department store.
Began Writing For Catalogue.
"I staried by writing for a catalogue,"
she said. "A gentleman asked me one
day if I could write advertising, and I
told him that I had never tried. He
asked me to try. I did. It was fairly
intelligent and I have been writing ever
since. I. of course, had the advantage
of a good education. 1 was with M.
Rich for many years, and then came to
my present employers.
“It’s rather hard for me to tell you
what It takes to make a good advertis
ing writer, and I would hardly know
how to go about giving advice to a
young woman who would adopt the
profession. To begin with, I don't be
lieve a young woman—or. at least, one
young In experience—would be suc
cessful. because she would need knowl
edge of the ways of life. But T will say
this:
“It is an attractive profession for
women. It is dignified: it gives privacy
and it is practically free from tempta
tions, because one is thrown not with
the public. I will say here, parenthet
ically. however, that one shouldn’t be
come a recluse or her perspective will,
be lost and her scope narrowed. It Is
a business that doesn’t become mo
notonous. because it changes with each
day and its requirements resuft in giv
ing one a pretty good idea of human
values. ,
Education First Requirement.
"As for qualifications—some amount
lof education is absolutely necessary.
I and the more you know the better ad-
I verrisement writer you will,be. A wotn
' an-must be able to look at things from
another's viewpoint, or after a while
she will have a very limited clientele.
A woman must be able to choose a few
words that will express a large mean
ing. She absolutely must not be tedi
ous. a bore.
"She must he a woman. The only
quality which she must possess, which
is generally’ considered characteristic
of the good business man. is the one I
have named above —ability to be brief
The male advertising writers who are
most successful are those who best un
derstand women and their wants.
Therefore, a woman who would write
ads should cling to her native talents,
because women are the most consistent
advertisement readers. She should go
out and mix with people; go to card
parties, keep up with the little topics of
the day. raise chickens, fall In Jove
from all of these she will obtain Ideas
that will serve her from time to time.
"I often receive suggestions quite ac
cidentally which prove of much value
to the firm. I hear women talking of
some particular style and 1 straightway
tell the office folk about it. From just
such chance incidents I often learn
enough to aid my firm in preparing for
a heavy demand.
Field Offers Opportunities.
"There are, of course, a number of
technical things a woman ad writer
must learn, such as styles of type, dia
gram drawing and so on. But if she
have a good intelligence, a fair educa
tion. a capacity for hard work, an un
derstanding of people, especially her
disapprove of the fanaticism of the
proposed "drastic" measure. V\ ell,
Bob, it amuses me about you liquor
people. Every proposition we fa
natics have ever made you assured
us was "drastic" when we made it,
and when we took file next step the
old one had always quit being
"drastic” and was "sane and con
servative.” Don't you remember,
Bolt, how your liquor crowd warned
us tn 1907 that wt were "drastic’
and were going to bankrupt every
body and destroy all the property
vafltes in Atlanta? Bob. property
values in Atlanta have doubled
since that time, and now you and
your money-loving crowd say that
the law is “sane and conservative."
If you sane and conservative guys
didn't have somebdoy to put the
"prop" of a little fanaticism under
your property, you'd div of the dry
rot.
And say. Bob. when it cropped
out the other day that three police
men were fired for belonging to a
locker club, "as that because it
disqualified them as policemen? If
it did, why ’lid it? Up in Rome the
other day some people tried to get
an Injunction against a blind tiger
ami the solicitor said he couldn't
ai t because he was a member of it
himself and disqualified for inter
est. and when they asked the .fudge
to appoint n solicitor pro tent be
said ’itat he "us disqualified, too.
Ivo au e his -on "a- a member 'nd
so the people haven't got any court
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Mrs. Minnie Randolph, now in charge of the advertising of
M. High ('o.. who has been in the publicity field twelve years.
• •
: Requisites a Woman •
: Must Possess To Be •
• Successful Ad Writer •
• •
• Mrs. Randolph says; •
• She hiust know people—espe- •
• cially women •
• She must try very hard and •
• learn to say big things in a few •
• words. •
• She must know the details of •
• the business she represents. •
• She must he observant. ®
• She must know as much about •
• everything as she possibly can. •
• Everything helps. •
• She need never bo unwomanly. •
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own sex. and the ability to say a big
thought in a feu words, she can learn
all else easily. ,
"The advertising field offers good op.
portunities for women. I believe. Cer
tainly it is as attractive an occupation
as I know.”
Mrs. Randolph is a widow and a
mother. She lives at 36 Peachtree cir
cle.
up there to appeal to. Isn't that
anarchy? Anarchy means "no gov
ernment."
Suppose those people wanted to
apply to the supreme court for a
writ of erroi -well. I reckon I'd
better not say anything more about
that. They might say I was at
ta king th'- courts. But suppose
We had a governor who was him
self I think I'd better not say any
more, Bob; I'm getting on danger
ous ground.
I" don't want to make anybody
mad. was just so tickled over
the ponderous absurdities of your
pron uneia men to that I couldn't help
poking a liltle fun at ' ou. But
don't you get mud, Bob. for I think
just as much of your divine intelli
gence and superhuiflan importance
as you do, anti that's flattering
some. I think you ought to be sat
isfied, for nobody could state his
admiration in molt- superlative
terms than I it. The senators to
whom you have handed out a few
choice morsels of your wistlorn will
now salaam.
As to Alexander
Playing Cat’s Paw.
By the way. Bob. before I quit,
what was,that scheme vou out
lined in your conference the other
day about dividing the prohibition
fori es in the senate by putting me
u p a. 4 candidate for something
Ito" " i ’ha’ ' I know it "a- <' •
tta mart and 'tperfine. because
you got it up; but, you know, I am
so thick-headed 1 can't quite un
derstand it, I wish you would ex
plain it. because I want to under
stand which you were setting down
as a fool —me or the senators? Or
was It both?
And, Boh. when you complain In
one breath that the people are not
allowed "an opportunity to vote
upon the measure” and in the very
next breath, declare that "to have
the state torn into tatters political
ly, friends and relatives divided on
its question, and the ultimate result
disastrous, no matter which side
may win, is an unpleasant picture
to contemplate,” doesn't the com
mon thought of common men begin
to percolate even into your supernal
wisdom that your attitude is Just a
little inconsistent’?
Finally, if you want to pursue
the subject, leave out personal in
sinuation next time, and i'll reply
in n different vein.
Maddox Declines
To Enter Debate
Mr. Maddox, when shown Mr. Alex
ander's reply, after briefly glancing
over it, stated:
"I have no desire to get into any
newspaper controversy over the pend
ing legislation on the Tippins bill. As
i citizen of Georgia 1 felt interested in
it. and 1 did not hesitate to express my
views. I did not mention Mr, Alex
ander's name not refer to any mem
ber of the house or senate in the state
ment I gave to Tlie Georgia. The only
part my statement which seem- to have
stuck in Hooper's craw was when I
stated that I hoped Ibis important sub
ject would lie 'considered calmly, with
out fanaticism, political ambition or
prejudice ' I believe there are a large
number of members of both the house
and senate who can and do discuss this
subject in that manner, but. from
Hooper's card, he evidently is not one
of them."
At least five members of the senate
< ommittec on temperance will vigor
ously oppose the Tippins-Alexander bill
at the committee's session this after
noon.
Senator Graham of the Seventh dis
trict, supported by Senator Dickerson,
of tip- Fifth, will Introduce a referen
dum amendment, hoping for favorable
committee action. However. Indica
tions ar*’ that the Tippins bill will go
t* the senate in exactly the shape it
passed the, house with a favorable
committee report Amendments to it
will be offered on the floor of the,sen
ate.
ESCAPED CONVICT CAUGHT.
SAVANNAH GA. July 15 aleorgi
Britton. on° of the five convicts who
escaped from the gang working on the
White Bluff road Thursday, when one
of their nuntbet wa killed and thei"
i-u.'C'l ”unn r d by i bo!' of hghlAiinij
SOLICITOR FEES
STff 111 FORCE
Bill to Put Them on Salaries
Fails to Get Necessary Two
thirds Vote in House.
Th? house declined, by a vote of 119 to
43, today to pass the bill b> Mr. Allen
and Mr Hu 11 bright providing for tho abo
lition of solicitors general in Georgia and
the substitution therefor of county prose
cuting attorneys in the several counties
of the state, un a salary basis.
The vote in favor of the bill was four
less than the necessary two-thirds re
quired for constitutional amendments
Debate on this bill was commenced in
the house Friday and was participated in
by a dozen or more leading members.
It was evident from the first that the
vote on the bill would be close, and tha/t
there was wide and serious differences of
opinion as to the precise terms upon
which solicitors should be removed from
a fee and put upon a salary basis.
In general, and in its broadest applica
tion. the house is a practical unit in favor
of a salary basis for solicitors.
The defeated bill provided for a salary
of not more than $5,000 to any one county
attorney, and that the salary might be.
made a« much less as the county au
thorities determined It required that all
county' prosecuting attorneys should bring
Into the county treasury in fines and
forfeitures not less than the salary
awarded them, or lose such portion as
they failed to bring in.
The bill provided that prosecuting at
torneys should be elected by the people
<»f their respective counties
An effort was made, under a motion to
reconsider, to save the bill from death,
just before the vote was announced, but
it failed. •
Mr. White, of Screven, offered a bill
in the house today providing for a codifi
cation of the. educational laws of Georgia.
With this joint legislative committee of
three the attorney general and superin
tendent of education will serve.
Discussing his bill. Mr. White said:
“Professor Brittain has compiled a. prac
tical codification of the law. and all we
need now Is official anti intelligent In
dorsement of the same. If it Is indorsed
and the next legislature adopts it. Geor
gia will have a comprehensive and in
telligent codification of our educational
laws.”
Mr. Christopher, of Hall, introduced a
bill today to raise the pensions of in
digent blind pensioners from S6O to SIOO
per annum.
Mr. Payton, of Worth, introduced a
bill fixing the fee of justices of the
peace in Georgia at $2.50 for Issuing
criminal, search, peace or possessory
warrants, unless the party taking the
same makes affidavit that he is unable
to pay same.
Mr Payton. of Worth, also introduced
a bill this morning aimed at insurance
combined, both life and fire, made for
the purpose of advancing rates,
WOMAN SELLS LAND
NEEDED IN WIDENING
OF EAST POINT ROAD
Mrs R M. McWhirter, who held up
the county work on the East Point roaxl
for months, today withdrew her objection
to the widening of the thoroughfare She
signed a deed to a 22-foot strip of land
necessary to the widening of the road
late Saturday. Several months ago the
county commissioners authorized ft and
the work was begun However, when
the crew reached Mrs McWhirter's land,
near East Point, she refused to allow
them to include any of her property In
the road Plans for purchase of the prop
erty were made by county officials, but
Mrs. McWhirter steadfastly refused all
offers made her. Then citizens of East
Point sought a condemnation order from
the court, but failed to get it
Tull C Waters, county commissioner,
finally, through a tempting offer of $2,750
for the little strip of land, obtained Mrs.
McWhirter’s signature to the deed late
Saturday.
Today workmen are completing the
widening of the road and probably will
finish the work this week.
“WEARY WILLIES’’ GAME
WONTHEM ALL FREEDOM
WJDKESBARREJ, PA . July 15.
Thirty tramps rounded up in the bor
ough of Plymouth wore trotted out to
the baseball field by Burgess W. D.
Morris and divided evenly, fifteen play
ers to a side, and told by his honor
that the " Inning aggregation was to be
well fed and ordered from town. « hlle
the losers were to remain prisoners for
two days putting in their time at work
on the streets pounding stone.
The burgess < ailed one set the "Never
Works" and the other aggregation "Toil
Fearers." He officiated as umpire. At
the end of the fifth inning, tramps and
burgess were tired of the game and
Morris declared the "Never Works”
victors by a score of 43 to 38. When
the crowd got back to the lockup he
fed them as he promised and declared
that the game had been so hotly con
tested that he believed one side was
as much entitled to a victory a.s an
other. released everv one of the thirty
with the understanding that they leave
town fen minutes after their meal was
finished and not show up again for at.
least another year.
ROOSEVELT PROVES BOON
FOR SLICK PICKPOCKETS
NEW YORK. Julj 15. -Colonel
Roosevelt received an unexpected trih.
ute from "Kid" Shaffer, a young pick
pocket, who was taken Into custody by
detectives as a fugitive from Elmira
reformatory.
“Teddy tea great one for drawing the
crowds.” said the "Kid." "Stick with
him rind you'll always have plenty. All
the pickpockets I have ever met read
the newspapers and keep track of Colo,
nel Roosevelt.”
S. A. WARDLAW SEEKING
RE-ELECTION TO COUNCIL
S A VV’ardlaw announced tjubn that he
would be a candidate for reelection to
council from the Firsi ward I II Har
well. ” • said, will be ;« candidate tn u» -
• eed x .1. Johnson as alderman from the
TWO MIKERS
CLASH ONFLOOR
George Brown Resents Vinson’s
Action on Health Board Res
olution and “Calls Him.”
A sharp atjri sensational clash be
tween Representative V'in=on. of Bald
win. and Representative Brown, of
Fulton, occurred on the floor of the
house this morning, but not as a part
of the recorded day's proceedings, aft
er Mr. Vinson, in the absence of Dr.
Brown, had succeeded in having a res
olution fathered by Dr Brown, report
ed favorably to the house, recommitted
to the committee on hygiene and sani
tation for a rehearing.
Dr. Brown's resolution provides for a
joint committee to investigate the
stale board of health, and has been
reported tn both the house
and the senate.. It seeks to air some
of the inside doings of that committee,
some of which have, been aired before,
it is said, and some of which have not.
Soon after the house met today Mr.
Vinson asked that, the resolution be
recommitted. There was no objection,
and the bill was sent back to the com
mittee.
In a few minutes Dr. Brown came in,
and, in ignorance of what had hap
pened, asked that his resolution b«|
called up for consideration
The speaker informed him that his
bill had been sent back to the commit
tee for a rehearing.
Calls Down Mr. Vinson.
Dr. Brown was visibly astonished,
but said nothing more on the floor.
He walked down tn the reading clerk
and inquired as to the facts of the sit
uation.
When Dr. Rrown had satisfied him
self as to what had happened and how,
he went to Mr. Vinson and said:
"1 consider such methods as you
adopted In blocking my resolution this
morning as questionable. I shall keep
my eyes on you 1n the future."
Mr. Vinson flushed, and said ha
guessed that would be satisfactory' to
him, and that he was not answerable to
Dr. Brown for his conduct.
Speaking of the matter later, Mr.
Vinson said: “I wanted this resolution
recommitted because I wanted to be
heard by the committee on the'merlts
of the. proposed investigation. I think
there Ir no real merit in it. This boa-d
has been investigated once, and noth
ing wrtfng was found. Why should it
be investigated again? There Is more
spleen and malice in the matter than
anything else. I do want to kill the
resolution because 1 think it should be
killed."
Dr. Brown, discussing the Incident,
said: "I have known for some time that
somebody was seeking diligently to
block nty resolution providing for an
investigation into the doings of the
state heard of health I found out to
day who it was, and T must say I was
astonished at the methods he used.
The plea that Mr. Vinson wants to be
heard by the committee comes mighty
late. Why hasn't he been heard here
tofore? He has had abundant oppor
tunity. The plea that the department
has been investigated before is silly. It
Investigated itself, antj found itself all
right I want a real investigation held
and the committee agrees that, it should
be Investigated. What Mr. Vinson is
trying to do is to block an investiga
tion. 'The secretary of the health board
has influential relatives in Baldwin
county and the gentleman from Bald
win seems determined that the board
shall not be investigated. If he Is so
sure that everything Is all right, why
does he undertake to head off an In
vestigation ?”
Live Session Expected.
A more than ordinarily sensational
session of the committee on hygiene
and sanitation is expected to follow
today’s clash between Vinson and
Brown.
Tlie proposal to investigate rhe stat
hoard of health by a legislative joint
committee evidently will be bitterly
fought.
This fight Is, in some of its aspects,
a continuation of an old controversy
between Dr. Willis Westmoreland, of
Atlanta, a former member of the board
and its chairman, and Dr. H. F. Harris,
the present secretary.
Several months ago Dr. Westmore
land. resigning the chairmanship of the
board, filed charges of extravagance
and maladministration against Secre
tary Harris. These charges the board
absolved itself and its secretary of. but
there has never been a legislative in
vestigation.
Il is this legislative investigation
that Dr. Brown is seeking to bring
about.
THOMASTON PROVIDES
FOR FIRE PROTECTION
TH'IMASTON. GA. July 15.—The
city council has purchased two reels
and 1.5011 feet of hose for Are fight
ing purposes, and is negotiating for a
fln truck, with chemical engine, lad
ders and extra hose. When this is
done the city will «e made a third
class town, according to the South
eastern Underwriters association’s re
quirements. and insurance reductions
"ill be in order. A'"eady the 75,000-
gallon 130-foot water tank is com
pleted and two electric and two steam
pump- installed- at the waterworks
plant to be completed August 15.
SUFFRAGETTE ASSAILANT
OF PREMIER TO PRISON
I.ONIMiN. Julx 15. Charles Gray,
the voting suffragette sympathizer, who
on Thursday assaulted chancellor Da
\id Uloyd-George as the cabinet was
entering Kensington theater to speak
«- sentenced to two months at hard
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