Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, July 15, 1912, FINAL, Page 3, Image 3

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MDXORffi HDTHEPLYFRDM ALEXANDER Tippins Bill Leader Says the Ex-Mayor “Butted in” and Must Take Consequences. In a card to the public. Rood natured In the main, but rasping in portions. Representative Hooper Alexander, of DeKalb, prohibition leader In the house end chief advocate of the Tippins bill, answers today former Mayor Maddox's rard of Saturday, in which the Tippins MH was scored unmercifully as a busi ness and moral proposition. Mr Alexander takes Mr. Maddox se verely to task for preaching things he is alleged not to practice. The prohi bition leader says the mayor thinks it al! right, apparently, for him to be long to a swell club which violates the law. 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. Mr. Alexander asks the former mayor a number of leading questions, and openly dares him to make answer to them specifically and categorically. Inferentially and most interestingly, the DeKalb county representative calls upon the mayor to explain his alleged connection with a tentative plot to make a "candidate for something" of Mr Alexander, if possible, in the hope rhat his candidacy might work to the disadvantage of the Tippins bill in the senate by dividing the prohibition vote therein. It was openly stated in some quarters a.- far back as last Saturday that Mr. Alexander's candidacy for the govern orship might be urged by some. In the expectation that it would influence sev eral so-called "Joe Brown senators," favorable to Slaton, but also “Tippins bill senators." 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 resentative 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. When 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 just a plain ordinary demagogue 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 will 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. I didn’t know what trouble was coming out of this thing till they 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 39 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,” "th. eloquent young banker from Georgia." the fellow whose com panions in boyhood struck out the "R. I’, front his name and insist ed on styling him "G. A.” Bob says that all the time that h> was mayor there wasn't a sa loon in Atlanta where you could buy a drink of whisky, and then he bethinks: himself and adds that f'ourtland Winn is just as good as h > vf> was. and that you can't get "n< now I wonder if Bob really b i--ves that. I have observed that the liquor people boast mightily at -’I: ordinary times about how they defy the laws of Georgia, but that "hen the representatives of the people begin to call them to ac count they sing a very different tune. Maybe he hides the bold and no torious falsity of the statement be hind some mental reservation in 'ht way of a limited meaning to 'he word "saloon." What do you m an by a “saloon." Robert? What ' o you call that place in your club n l in the eight or ten other clubs call themselves "legitimate,” 'here they sell whisky by the 'rink" is that a saloon? If not, I* there any legal or moral differ '■'ne< in selling liquor in a saloon a nigger and selling it in that i' o e to a judge of the supreme c'mrt or of the court of appeals? 'gain, is there any difference between the selling of liquor in violation of law in a "legitimate” 1 bib. as you call them, and in what " J call an “illegitimate’’ club" be that barroom down on Ala •;,ma street that hangs out a sign ailing itself a "Bee Hive.” like lil " old tavern signs of the “Blue '•ion or the “Essex Boar." the t> ace where anybody can go and i drink of ’lquor that want' ’o—!- that a "saloon?" If it is not. what difference does it make io a ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* : Are You in Love? • : Here Are 4 Tests • • CHICAGO. July 15. —Hereafter • • the young people who attend the • • Woodlawn Park Methodist churcn • • 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 thing? 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 care for. "auto rides. • • amusement parks, social position • • or candy. You will think only of • • "him." • • « •••••••••••••••••••••••••a law-abiding people whether the 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? 3 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 the 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. Yon 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 w'hen you start, you can pitch your lone towards your adversaries in decent a«id 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. f Just what do you mean by a blind tiger? I gather that when a nig ger sells a drink of corn 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? I don’t want to worry you. Bob. but you know you started this dish ing out of knowledge and 1 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 Ute 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. I hope, will a Georgia legislature in dulge In a violous saturnalia of ex travagance in order to tie the 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 thia thing that I am afraid I'll weary you; hut there’s one subject you mentior that I Just hone to understand. I observe that you are positively en thusiastic about the present "sane and conservative last, and utterly ivil Jti. V 1\ 1011 0 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 Mrs. Minnie Randolph— who knows—a woman pf many words can probably bake a cherry pie or sell 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 1 refuse to say for publication that women talk more than men. 1 will say, however, 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 mail 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 started by writing for a catalogue," she said. "A gentleman asked tne one day if 1 could write advertising, and I told him that I had never tried. He asked me to try . I did. It was fairly intelligent and 1 have been writing ever since. I, of course, had the advantage of a good education. I 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 aljput giving advice to a young woman who would adopt the profession. To begin with, 1 don't be lieve a young woman —or. at least, one young tn experience—would be suc cessful. because jhe would need knowl edge of the ways of life. But I will say this: "It is an attractive profession ♦or 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, result in giv ing one a pretty good idea of human values. Education First Requirement. "As for qualifications—some amount of education is absolutely necessary, and the more you know the better ad vertisement writer you will be. A wom 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 be 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; gojjjto card parties, keep up with the little topics of the day. raise chickens, fall in love— 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 I 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. Well, 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 the next step the old one had always quit being , “drastic” and was “sane and con servative.” Don’t you remember, Bob. how your liquor crowd warned us in 1907 that we were "drastic” and were going to bankrupt every body and destroy all the property values in Atlanta? Bob, propertv 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 sotnebdoy to put the "prop" of a little fanaticism under your property, you’d die 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, was that because it - disqualified them as policemen? If it did, why did it? Up in Rome the other day some people tried to get an injunction against a blind -tiger and the solicitor said he couldn't act because he was a member of it hltnself and disqualified for inter est; and when they asked the Judge io appoint a solicitor pro tern he said that he was disqualified, too. because his son was a member And so 'he people hav n’t got any court \ \ "AnSar W ■ Pt? I i "A7 .*/■ i i g * ** j : « mwWB - \ \Wwm\ X** X * \ \ \W\ \ * * >V \’ X * x \\ -A \w- '‘ ’ T ■ ' / /BXEB \w \ (1 Mrs. Minnie Randolph, now in charge of the advertising of •I. M. High Co., who has been in the publicity field twelve years. •••••••••••••••••••••••••a • a • Requisites a Woman • : Must Possess To Be • : Successful Ad Writer • a— a • Mrs. Randolph says: • • She must know people—espe- • • eially women • • She must try very hard and • • learn to say big things in a few a • words. • • She must know the details of • • the business she represents. a • She must be observant. • • She must know as much about • • everything as she possibly can • • Everything helps. • • She need never be tin womanly, a aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa own sex. and the ability to say a big thought in a few 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 error—well, 1 reckon I’d better not say anything more about that They might say I was at ta king the courts. But suppose we had a governor who was him self—J think I’d better not say any more. Bob: I’m getting on danger ous ground. I don’t want to make anybody mad. 7 was just so tickled over the ponderous absurdities of your pronunciamento that I couldn't help poking a little fun at you. But don’t you get mad, Bob. for I thinly just as much of your divine intelli gence anti superhuman importance as you do, and that’s flattering some. I think you ought, to be sat isfied, for nobody could state his admiration in more superlative tetrns than that. The senators to whom you have handed out a few choice morsels of your wisdom will now salaam. As to Alexander Playing Cat’s Paw. By the way, Bob, before 1 quit. what was that scheme you out lined in your conference the othr r day about dividing the prohibition forces in the senate by putting me up as a candidate for something? How was that? I know it was ex- 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. Bob. wlren 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 Aen 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 a different vein. Maddox Declines To Enter Debate Mr. Maddox, when shown Mr. Alex ander's reply, after briefly glancing over it. stated "1 have no desire to get into any newspaper controversy over the pend ing legislation on the Tippins bill. As a citizen of Georgia I felt interested in it. and I did not hesitate to express my views. I did not mention Mr. Alex ander's name nor refer to any mem ber of the bouse or senate in the state ment 1 gave to The Georgia. The only part my statement which seems to have stuck in Hooper’s craw was when I stated that I hoped this important sub ject would be ’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 rpembers of the senate committee on temperance will vigor ously oppose the Tippins-Alexander bill t at the committee’s session this after noon. Senator Graham, of the Seventh dis trict, supported by Senator Dickerson, of the Fifth, will introduce, a referen dum amendment, hoping for favorable committee action. However, indica tions are that the Tippins bill will go to the senate in exactly the shape it passed the house with a favorable committee report Amendments to it w ill be offered on the floor of I he sen ate. . ESCAPED CONVICT CAUGHT. SA VA NN.MI GA., July 15. George Britton, one of the five convicts who escaped from the gang working on the White Bluff road Thursday, when one of their number was killed and their guard stunned b> a bolt of lightning, has been captured at Jesup. SOLICITOR FEES STAY IN FORCE Bill to Put Them on Salaries! Fails to Get Necessary Two thirds Vote in House. The house declined, by a vote of 119 to 13. today to pass the bill by Mr. Allen and Mr. Fullbright providing for the abo lition of solicitors general in Georgia and the substitution therefor of county prose cuting attorneys in the several counties of the state, on 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 that 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 salarf 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 as 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 of 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 and intelligent in dorsement of the same If it is Indorsed and the next legislature adopts ft, 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, peaoe or possessory warrants, unless the party taking the same makes affidavit that he Is unable to pay same. Mr. Payton, of Worth, also Introduced h 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 road for months, today withdrew her objection to the widening of the thoroughfare. She signed a deed to a 22-foot strip of land necessary io the widening of the road late Saturday. Several months ago the county commissioners authorized it 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 WTDKESBARRE, PA., July 15. Thirty tramps rounded up tn the bor ough of Plymouth were 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 winning aggregation was to be well fed and ordered from town, while the losers were to remain prisoners for Iwn days putting In their time at work on the streets pounding stone. The burgess called one set the "Never Works" and the other aggregation "Toll 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 as an other, released every one of the thirty with the understanding that they leave town ten minutes after their meal y>as finished and not show up again for at least another year. ROOSEVELT PROVES BOON FOR SLICK PICKPOCKETS NEW YORK, July 15,—Colonel Roosevelt received an unexpected trib ute from "Kid” Shaffer, a young pick pocket, who was taken into custody by detectives s? a fugitive from Elmira reformatory. "Teddy Isa great one for drawing the crowds." said the "Kid." "Stick with him and 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 Wardlaw announced today that he would be. a candidate for reelection to council from the First ward. .1 11. Har well, it is said, will be a candidate to suc ceed A .1 Johnson as aiderman from the W’.i rd. TINO LAWMAKERS CLASH ON FLOOR George Brown Resents Vinson’s Action on Health Board Res olution and “Calls Him.” A sharp and sensational clash be tween Representative Vinson, 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 re»» elution fathered by Dr Brown, report ed favorably to the house, recommitted to the committee on hygiene and sani tation for a rehearing. 1 Dr. Brown's resolution provides fog a joint committee tn investigate. th« stale board of health, and has "been reported favorably in both the house and the senate. It seeks to air- some of the Inside doings of that comftnittee, 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 fbe called up for consideration. The speaker informed him that/hit bill had been sent back to the commit tee for a rehearing. , Calls Down Mr. Vinson. , Dr. Brown was visibly astetntshed, but said nothing more on ths? floor. He walked down to the reading clerk and Inquired as to the facts ott the sit uation. When Dr Brown had satfefled him self as to what had happened and how, he went to Mr. Vinson ancUsaid: "I consider such methods as you adopted tn blocking my resolution this morning as questionable. I shall keep my eyes on you in the/future.” Mr. Vinson flushed, and said hs guessed that would be satisfactory to him, and that he was not answerable to Dr. Brown for his conduct. Speaking of the matter laten, Mr. Vinson said.: "I wanted 'this resolution recommitted because I wanted to be heard by the committee on the merits of the proposed Investigation. I think there is no real merit In This board has been investigated once, and noth ing wrong 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 I think it should be killed,” Dr. Brown, discussing the incident, said: "T have known for some time that somebody was seeking diligently to block my reaolutlon providing for an investigation Into the doings of the state board of health I found out to day who It was, and I must say 1 was astonished at the methods he used. The plea that Mr. Vinson wajits to be heard by the committee comes mlg/ity 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, and 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 1s 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. The proposal to Investigate the state board 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 pi-esent secretary. Several months ago Dr Westmore land, resigning the chairmanship of ths 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. It is this legislative Investigation that Dr. Brown is seeking to bring about. THOMASTON PROvTdES FOR FIRE PROTECTION THOMASTON, GA,. July 15.—The city council has purchased two ree’s and 1,500 feet of hose for Are fight ing purposes, and is negotiating for a fire truck, with chemical engine, lad ders and extra hose. When this is done the city will "oe made a third class town, according to the South eastern Underwriters association’s re quirements. and Insuiance reductions will be in order. Already the 75,000- gallon 130-foot water tank Is' com pleted and iw<> electric and two steam y pump installed at the waterworks plant to be completed August 15. SUFFRAGETTE ASSAILANT OF PREMIER TO PRISON Lt >NIM >N. July 15. —Charles Gray, the young suffragette sympathizer, who on Thursday assaulted Chancellor Da vid Lloyd-George as the cabinet wax entering Kensington theater to speak, nas sentenced to 'wo months at hard labor. 3