Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, August 14, 1912, EXTRA 2, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text4 ' DIRECT VOTE ACT I ONLY CRITICISED •‘e* •r • Georgia Senate Fails to Reject ' Sutherland-Bristow Amend ment. Called Inimical. Over the protest of a goodly number < f r legislators, who stood t- r straight-awa> rejection the Georgia ho.is« of represen tatlves has decided that the Sutherland Bristow amendment to the Federal cor. stitutL n providing direct election of I’nited States senators, was not passed by a constitutional vote in congress. -c If the senate follows the action of the house in adopting the report of the Alex ander committee protesting against the ‘ manner in which the Bristow bill was passed, Georgia will lose an opportunity to record a vote against a measure said ’■* tn he inimical to the Southern states * • Joe Hill Hall fought strenuously for a straight vote on the amendment, know- M Ing full well that the Georgia house would have none of an arrangement that gave ft the Federal government the right to mwl '* die with state elections. “I want Georgia to record a vote against g this amendment,” said Minter Wimberly, of Bibb - Mr. Alexander's theory that congress ’’ had acted unconstitutionally by ratifying the amendment with a two-thirds vote * of those present rather than a two-thirds Vote of the entire membership, seemed to appeal to a majority, ami his suggestion that Georgia register a kick at the man ** per of passage was sustained. G: The senatf has placed its approval on , the general insurance bill, ami that meas uro, considered one of the most impor a tant pieces „f legislation submitted at the present session, has only to be ap proved by .he governor to become a law Governor Brown has said that ho favored a complete revision of the Insurance ’ statutes, and unless the bill contains t~ some striking error when it reaches the chief executive it will go the law-making J route successfully ® I PRESENT INDIC AL TIONS PROMISE UN PRECEDENTED FALL BUSINESS Are von, Mr. man. preparing now to re-! reive your full share of this ' great increase inirade' “Shopping by Wire” is today recognized as the most modern and direct me . diuni between merchant and . customer. Adequate trunk lines and departmental stations se cure this profitable phone trade. Call 309. Atlanta Telephone and Telegraph Co. A. B. CONKLIN, fien. Mgr. ANNUAL MOUNTAIN EXCURSIONS SOUTHERN RAILWAY PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1912 Low Round-Trip Fares as Indicated in Following Table: Asheville, Bristol, Header- Hot Lake Tate r 10111 1 O NG Tenn sonville. Springs, Toxaway, Springs, N. C. N. C. N, C. Tenn. TA, GA .. ?6 On j |6,50 00 >6OO $777 io 00 AISTELL. GA. 6 00 :6.006 00 6.00 FA YETTEVILLE, GA .. . 7.20 | 7 20 720 ~ FLOVILLA. GA 7.1.0 I 800 7.5 Q 7.60 7*50 FTTi ft valley ga 750 sOO 7 ;-o 7 w 750 7 r,o GRIFFIN. GA 760 j 7 60 7.50 7 60 JACKSON GA 7 50| 750 7.50 I ~ MeDOXOI’GII. GA 740 i7JO7 40 ■ 7o' ROCKMART. GA 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 6.00 | 6.00 600 FINAL LIMIT Tickets will be limited to return on any tram and date up to midnight of September 2. __THREE SPECIAL TRAINS FROM ATLANTA” * NOON NJ I- v ' ’ . Lv. Atlanta Ar, Hendersonville 15 p tn j Ar Hendersonville 817 p. m Ar Hendersonville ♦; 00 a in Ar. Asheville 6 - p tn Ar Asheville 9:25 p. m Ar. Asheville 7 10 a. in Ar. Brevard . 41j. in Ar Brevard Ar Brevard7 11 a .in An Lak* r< xaway s 4 \ m Ar Lake Toxaway jAr. Lake Toxawaj slO a m f •' :r - I | Ar Hot Springs | Ar Hot Springs 750 a m Day trains will carry through parlor car», coaches and dining cars. Night trains will carry Pullman sleeping cars and through coaches For further info-mation and sleeping car reservation address James Freeman, Division Passenger Agent. City Ticket Office, No. 1 Peachtree St.. Atlanta. Ga. Phones. Main 142-143, Atlanta 142. H. F. CARY, JNO. L. MEEK, JAMES FREEMAN. General Passenger Agent. Asst. Gen. Agent. Division Passenqe- Agent. AT THE THEATERS (GERTRUDE VANDERBILT IS THE HIT OF FORSYTH BILL There was one feature of Gertrude Vanderbilt's brilliant performance at the Forsyth last night which the men missed —at least those who were not accompanied by a woman. This was the knowledge that, tn gazing on Miss Vanderbilt's costumes, one saw the latest expression of the most fetching of the very new styles. "That's what the women will wear this winter," one could hear on every side, mingled with expressions of "Oh, isn’t it lovely!” "Look at that petunia girdle over the French blue tunic!” "The mushroom hat is the very latest; Isn’t it beau tiful?" Painty little Miss Vanderbilt charmed the men as well as the wom en, for even those who failed to note that her frocks were of the latest style could not hut observe that they set off tile beauty of the little lady t<l the best advantage, and that there was a con siderable amount of beauty to set off. In fact, as far back as the memory of 'good things at the Forsyth go, one can not recall anything to equal Gertrude Vanderbilt for charm, grace and fasci nation of personality. George Moore is almost as good, as far as singing and dancing goes, as is his dainty partner, but she lias the advantage In her pret ty frocks and her winning smile. The act scored a tremendous hit and de ■ served every bit of the applause ar ; corded it by Monday night’s audience. The second hit of the evening was ; made by Willie Weston, late feature of ’ the New York Winter Garden. Weston sings well and his a breezy collection of new songs to offer.- He has. in addi tion. a splendid gift for characteriza tions, which adds to his work. There are several other good things on this week's bill. The clay modeler offers an interesting act, better than the usual cartoonist; the "Three Lyres” sing and dance well and have a good line of jokes, and the four Hianos give an amusing comedy novelty act, Sidney Prow is well known here, and ills acting is appreciated. How ever he lias a poor vehicle for his tal ents in "The Model Young Man," and his work is almost lost in the general dullness of the playlet. "The Top o' th' World” dancers are familiar to all. The act is pretentious and pleases the audi ence. Think of All You Eat No wonder you some times have a bilious headache, feel dizzy, are troubled with in digestion and can’t sleep. Tutt’s Pills will help your liver do its work regularly, as it should. lake no substitute sugar coated er nlain. HOTELS and resorts. Ocean View Hotel W. H. Adams, Owner and Manager, Pablo Beach, Florida. Fort>’ minutes from Jacksonville. Florida, the most desirable seaside re sort for the accommodation of Georgia people. One night’s ride from Atlanta. European plan, rates one dollar per day and up. $5.00 a week and up. Ex cellent case In connection. Special re duced rate to regular guests. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. ATLANTICCITYOmCIALGUIDE I I I M n.,.1.1 .Y. . b.e. opy I 1 L 1J "I ' Infoni.ntioii I ■O. Box Sl»a. Atliintle Clt,. N. J mJ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. . ALFRED HENRY LEWIS ■ TELLS WHY HE IS FOR ■ COLONEL ROOSEVELT L "" 1 ■■■— ■ —J By ALFRED HENRY LEWIS. , The Republican party was long ago , seized upon by Money. It is instinc tive in Money to make slaves of men ' Money, in Republican control, used and ‘ still uses the party to drive the people to the shearing -hods of criminal priv ilege. The Democrats protested and still protest against tills in their plat form and from their stumps. But the Democrats are no more to be trusted than the Republicans. They promise, they protest. But when, from 1893 to 1897, they had not only the white house, hut both houses of con gress, they most carefully did nothing They have shown that as a whole party they are as much beneath the callous, calculating thumb of Money as are or ever were the Republicans. Where fore, for one at least, my preference goes In this campaign to the new third party and to Mr. Roosevelt. Government Is business; president picking is business. The country is but a corporation) a company; the citizens are the shareholders. An election is the shareholders’ meeting. The com pany, the country, is intended to pro duce in favor of the shareholder-citi zen protection to life, limb, liberty and property. Questions For the Citizen. I'pon a plain business principle of the most and best for the least, the citizen-shareholder in casting his bal lot should consider government from the standpoint of what he pays and what he gets, what it costs and what it comes to. As to what the citizen shareholder is getting in this year of political ungrace—l9l2—you may form your own conclusions by reviewing the conditions—the higher cost of living, for example—which surround you. By casting a wary eye about, you can set tle, In that matter of government, questions of quantity and quality for yourself. Am 1 not right In comparing the country to a corporation? What is it. indeed, but a merest stock company in which each and all of us hold equal shares? And a president, what is he tut the country's business manager when till is in? Also, the post of busi ness manager is of all positions that one where an lion courage and a sweiveless honesty should most abide. A feeble or dishonest congressman should mean no more than Just a rat aboard a liner. A feeble or dishonest president might well become the leak that sinks the ship. Here Iles the trouble: The every-day American is politically lazy. It grows each year more and more difficult to make him work at his politics in per son. His public idleness arises doubt less from the fact that, with the mounting census of the country, he feels of less and less account. His self importance gets swamped in a popula tion of 96,000,000. He owns not one twentieth the weight that was his a century ago. The Idler in Politics. Our duty-shirking idler of politics is right so far as he seeks to measure his own shrinking importance to govern ment. And yet he should remember that while his importance to govern ment has diminished, not a splinter has been whittled from the importance of government to him. The citizen, with 96,000,000 for the country's population, should feel as much concern in select ing a right president as was felt by those who voted for Mr. Madison 100 years ago. As practiced and taught by the par ties, politics becomes the art of arous ing the ignorance of mankind. In this ignorant particular 1 shall not follow the parties. For myself. I am glad that Mr. Roosevelt was robbed at Chicago. It compelled him to create a third party, a party of progress, which is what the age demands. True, there are Demo crats who will hesitate to abandon tlu ir old party standards, just as there are Republicans who will find it hard to break their own old party ties. They should not hesitate for that. They should put aside a sentiment which is costing them their liberty. Who would fail to pull down a bastile I lest he kill the Ivy on the walls? Parties are like street cars; no one not a fool will stick to one after it ceas s to carry him in the direction lie should go. The man who is always a Democrat, like the man who is through thick and thin a Republican, is the sheet anchor of the scheming, trick turning. managing politician—of the Boss Murphys and the Boss Barneses, who in their evil turn are but the merest packmasters of criminal privi lege. Also, these changeless folks of party have the same place in politics that the balls have in a game of bil liards; the bosses, acting for criminal privilege, knock them about and count off them. Against Petrified Politics. Politics stagnant and without a cur rent Is disastrous for the individual. Own your party; don’t let your party own you. A healthful uncertainty, a hopeful ability to abandon a party going wrong or decline a candidate w'ho lacks fitness, should work for good— good for the public—good for the indi vidual. In politics, as in commerce, no one buys his own, but sells it. Where fore, if you would be listened to and not ignored, enriched and not stripped, become uncertain. Cease to think that progress consists in standing still or your politics is bettei 4 for being petri fied. Because I feel that Mr. Wilson and •Mr. Taft'are too small for the white house, I am opposed to them. They aren't, in my opinion, white house size. Mr. Taft has been weighed and found wanting. Mr. Wilson has not been weighed: but, judging by what he has written and what he has said/ by his shifts of principle and corkscrew twists of feeling. I should say that, considered from the standpoint of a white house, mankind would find him only' inches where he should be feet, ounces where he should be pounds. Not that I impute to Mr. Wilson and Mr. Taft their innate smallness as a moral fault. Rather, it should be charged to the thronged conditions into which they were born. Big populations bear small men. In a crowd the infinitesimal finds Its opportunity. To herd men stunts men. Big trees re quire room, and what plant subsists itself upon a foot of earth will never kiss the clouds. It may do for a fish ing rod; it will never furnish timber for a bridge. Not that Mr. Taft and Mr. Wilson should find fault with their own littleness. It was their littleness, their lack of height and weight and strength which gave them their nomi nations. Roosevelt Defies Environment. As a mere man-producer tin elder day was a better day than this. As lately even as 50 years ago, there were bears and panthers in the political hills. Those bears and panthers of politics have passed away. Commercialism, and the press and crowd of population provided for their disappearance. Commercialism fears the bears, avoids the panthers; population refuses them room. They go, and in their stead come rabbits and Wilsons, red squirrels and Tafts, offending no one, threaten ing nothing. Mr. Roosevelt is big in defiance off an environment. After a fashion he is a throwback of polities, and would have better matched a Jack son day than this. Mr. Roosevelt would fit into the white house day like a picture into a name. The demand is for laws and a scheme of courts to bring about an 'quality of right. We make laws to prevent the physically strong from beating the physically weak. Shall we not make laws to prevent the finan cially strong from beating the finan eial'.v weak? The law should be as a quart pot in the hand of every man so that when one dips up more than th.- Justice of nature intended, the unfair excess will instantly overflow and re turn to the common store. Os the three named. Mr. Roosevel ts the only one whose force and cour age are equal to the white house work ahead. Also, he knows the peo i pie. knows where they and their inter est belong in the procession of govern- I ment. And he is equal to saving "No'” ■whenever a negative would make for popular right. T. R. Strong and Bold. Moreover, Mr. Roosevelt is not too nervously fine. The white house is I I'i-e unto a stone quarry. It is a p ] aee I tor drills and giant powder. Nothing j is honestly done there save by heavy , lumbering work—work for the crowbar' not for the lancet. All i s as ruflt . b : ■coarse as any canebrake bear. It is j no place for wool-foot weaklings or ar- I lists* of the back stairs. Your great president will be one ■ w lose nature is not too sensitively r.r.twn. He will possess qualities of the buffalo-bull kind. In the white house quantity is often greater than quality and momentum counts for more than I being quick. | for myself, give me men of the I Roosevelt type. They always fight and never skulk. They are firm in friend- I nerce in war. To come within I eyeshot is to know the worst and the host of them. And to know it once is to I know it always. It is their boast that I they would sooner do good than do I right, that they prefer a white purpose to a white principle. j It was while he was on tile civil serv |ice commission that 1 made the ac quaintance of Mr. Roosevelt. Common ly. I much dislike your officeholder since commonly he is overblown, pomp mis. self-glorious and stands stiffly on the toes of what he conceives to be his dignity—like a dog proud of its brass collar. Taking officeholders as they run. the I caste shows a strong pet cent both of I fool and hypocrite. Fsue. iallv th. u. • AUGUSTA-COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY PROCURES CHARTER AUGUSTA, GA., Aug. 13.—Augusta is to have a new railroad to Columbia. The secretary of state of South Caro lina has been asked for a charter for the Carolina and Georgia railway, to be run through Leesville, Batesburg. Hi bernia, Vaucluse and either Warren ville or Graniteville. At tjie head of the list qf petitioners for a charter is James L. Jackson, a well known Au gusta railroad promoter and vice pres ident of the Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation. While no announcement will be made in regard to the plans of the new road, it is generally believed here that the Augusta-Aiken owners, who are at present constructing a $2,000,000 power dam on the Savannah river eight miles above this city, plan to operate the new road by electric power. ter, when one compares what they do with what they say. Wherefore, I keep aloof from them, it being part and parcel of my religion to avoid a fool and hate a hypocrite. "Fights What I Want Fought.” But it was apparent on the face that Mr. Roosevelt was neither. Nor was he that worse creature —a coward. From the start I liked him. and I have never shifted from that feeling. He fights the ones whom I want fought with: and that, with me, has the place of charity and covers a multitude of sins. In twenty years no one in public life has changed less than Mr. Roosevelt. Others have changed, and men assail him now who once indorsed him, just as there are men who now applaud him who were wont to be his enemies. More than any other, Mr. Roosevelt was unaffected t>y office. Even when in the white house he wore the presi dency much as a Western sheriff wears a six-shooter. He could get it and use it on the instant. But he didn’t carry it in his hand; he wasn’t forever point ing it at you. I have known five presi dents, and the big difference between Mr. Roosevelt and the other four con sisted in this; Whereas the others nevt’T seemed to forget that their ad- j dress was the white house, Mr. Roose velt never seemed to remember it. The others appeared to be afraid to lay their presidency down, even for a moment. It was all there was to them, and they feared, mayhap, that it might ggt mislaid. Mr. Roosevelt suffered from no such apprehension. He was a MAN, full-sized and abundant, and was sure that there would be plenty of him I left, even though you took his presi dency away, SCHOOLS OPEN IN SEPTEMBER. ' COLUMBUS, GA., Aug’. 13.—Super intendent R. B. Daniel, of the Colum bus public schools, has announced that the fail term of the grammar and high schools will open September 21. while the secondary industrial school will open the first Monday in September. The primary industrial school runs the entire year. I READ THIS. The Texas Wonder cures kidney and I bladder troubles, removing gravel, cures diabetes, weak and lame backs, rheuma- ! tism, and all Irregularities of the kidneys | and bladder in both men and women Regulates o!adder troubles in children It not sold by your druggist, will be sent by mail on receipt of SI.OO. One small bottle is two months' treatment and eel- | rlom falls to perfect a cure. Send fortes j ttmonials from this and other states. Dr I E. W. Hail, 2926 Olive-st., St. Louis, Ma Sold by druggist*. FINAL REDUCTIONS ON ALL SUMMER GOODS 0 Screen Doors | I <l‘L'>o Door uut to $7.50 5 00 Door uut to $6.00 - \ j $6.50 Door uut to SS.CO / $3 00 Door to $2.25 | J’.'.'" Dorn- cut t" $1.75 I i $l . Dorn ch: :o 95c Screen Windows Our best Oak Swing. we ll 7.‘>c Windows 50c \ Vin, ! ows 40c bolted, will last for years. A good oak swing with reversible back. Was $7.50 now $4.95 Oak swing green finish. Was $5.00 now $2.95 WATER COOLERS HALF PRICE 4 Gallon Galvanized Cooler. Was $2.50 now $1.25 PRICES GOOD LONG AS THEY LAST 53 p s “±'" KING HARDWARE CO. 87 X“-" OLD MARIETTA MAN DIES. MARIETTA, GA., Aug. 13.—Edward McDonald, an old citizen of Marietta, died , at his home here after a short illness, k He is survived by his wife and two chil dren. Mrs. Charles Carnes, of Marietta, 5 and John H. McDonald, of Elberton. Ga. Mr. McDonald was born In Ireland. Distribution of the 45- piece Dinner Set commences Wednesday, August 14. Subscribers who desire back numbers of the coupons can get them at Premium Room. ATLANTA GEORGIAN. B ! New York-American Dental Parlors 28V 2 and 32% PEACHTREE ST. o BEST EQUIPPED IN DIXIE All Our G O IJ Fillings, SI.OO M , c " "V 8 Crowns, $3.00 I Years’ Ex- bridge Work, Mgr perience Set of Teeth, $4.00 T SB.OO SET OF TEETH, $6.00 MEN’S PANTS And a big range from, which to select at One Third Off ormer prices $4.00 Pants are now $2.70 $5.00 Pants are now $3.35 I $6.00 Pants are now $4 00 $6.50 Pants are now $4.35 $7.00 Pants are now $4.70 g $7.50 Pants are now . .$5.00 One lot Light Cheviots and Home spuns some slightly soiled around waistband and crease, to close at HALF PRICE. $4.00 Specials Light stripes $2.00 $5.00 Specials Light stripes $2.50 $6.00 Specials Light stripes $3.00 Odds and ends in Mens and Youths Fancy Suits to close AT HALF PRICE. I Others m Blues. Blacks or fancy colors at One Third Off. I Panama Hats Half Price Liseman Bros., Inc. 11-13-15-17 Whitehall St. JACK MURRAY MAKES BIG HIT AT THE COOL BONITA SHOW HOUSE Jack Murray, who is playing the lead ing comedy role in the "Misfit Pressing t'lub” at the Bonita, 32 Peachtree street, this week, is proving to be one of the most popular comedians that have ever appeared in a popular priced house in Atlanta. His appearance on the stage is always the signal for laughter and applause. The Murray-Jones-King Company is one of the best in the busi ness, and "The Pretty Girl Chorus” is the most delightful imaginable. Mo tion pictures in addition. Children sc, adults 10c. Afternoons and evenings. ♦ * ♦