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BLIND MAN TELLS
OF HIS HOPES IF
LIGHT COMES
John Cashin Would Like to See
the Church of His Boyhood,
and Also Judge Broyles.
Continued From Page One.
!*» cp what th* penpie with whom hi I
has been associated so l«»ng look like.
H* w ants to be< om? an active member
•>f the societv of which he has been a
dependent s*» long
Rut mor* than all he wishes to tin- '
ckrstand natures beauties He ha*
never known tne difference between th*
glorx of a sunrise and the passive
grandeur of sunset The budding of
trees nevei told him that spring had
* ome The coloring leaves never told
him that autumn was at hand. H»- lias
never seen a smile, hut he does not
know a f row n.
In contemplation of nature he would
wish to spend his first weeks of sight.
Two Men He
Wants to Know.
'Phen ther*' are two men that he
wants io know. The first is himself
He has no idea whether he ia gargoyle
or Adonis One of his first acts would
be to utilize a mirror. The other man
that he most wants to know is non*-
other than the redoubtable Judge
Rroyles He has come in contact with
Atlanta's famous police magistrate on
more than one occasion I want hi
know what he looks like, the old ras
< al,“ says the blind man.
With the restoration of his sight,
('ashin has no fears for th* future. Ik
has plenty of determination. He tells
of working as a news butcher until
railroad officials discovered they were
employing * blind man, and discharged
him.
His ambition l« to become a lawyer
He will fiist have to barn to read and
write. I can mnstei thi* easily." he
says There are friends in Virginia
who he says, would stand ba* k of him
in his work of obtaining an education
and slatting the practice of his pro
fession. He thinks that his wide knowl
edge of hum 4n natu e that lie has pick
ed up on the street- while soiling pa '
pets will stand him in good stead I
when lie appears before the bat. H* hl
determin* d to succeed, ami h< b* • \ ■ I
that tlie time is not long be for* he h *■• '
the opportunity.
Cashin Has Been
Blind Since Birth.
The blind man believes In Ills heat I
»f hearts that if t’lay goes to the gal- I
lows and tin slayer s eyes are used to
make him sec through the operation!
In ha- suggested, these things will be
made possible.
* 'ashin is 4.1 years old. lie has nevei i
seen. At birth his eve- w ere exposed
too long to the light. Since then he
has known nothing but darkness. He I
" is horn in North Carolina, but moved |
to Richmond, Va., when two years old.
There he was raised. His travels have
been wide, hut for fourteen years ho
has lived in Atlanta.
Practically since he has been her,
he has known the man whose eyes he
hopes for The man condemned to
death was his friend Though he thinks
that Clay's death will mean restoration
of his ow n sight. <'ashin hopes that
the sentence of the court will never be
executed "I wish Clay the best of
luck," he says, "but if he has to die, 1
might as well get the benefit "
Cashin declares he has the nerve to
stand the operation. He declares he 1
would prefer to have it performed with
out the aid of anesthetics He Is sure
there Is still life in his optic nerve
He Is confident that the operation
would be successful,
WAGGONER'S WORK
IN RAILROAD Y.M.C.A.
PRAISED BY HIS AIDS
Twenty years in Railroad Young !
Men s Christian association work. Sec
retary W A Waggoner of the local
branch today Is thinking of new
achievements for the organization, and '
probably is more enthusiastic than for- '
merly because of the recognition given
his work by railroad officials, employees '
and well known business men last 1
night. A number of them gathered at '
the association building to pay tribute '
to him.
Mr. Waggonet was given praise for 1
the rapid development of the associu- '
tion since he took charge in 189.'. and
the support of the assemb y was prom
ised him in future work W Woods I
White. G. I Walker. Dr. A R Holderby i
Marion M Jackson, I>. .1 Fant. s p 1
Jackson. Van Bell, G. K Roper. W H
Nabors, T B Black. Jam. ■ V .' irn. s I
Thomas A Kemp I. B Smith. v H
Jones and Lonnie Smith vvei,- among ■
i h »)*•*- t*» iii«ik* j short in Iks
TRADE TRAIN TO BOOST MACON
MA<<»N GA.. Auk 16. Ma. .*n is!
Ruing to send h trade l ain varryiny
100 boosters, to 194 south *;♦-*» gia
low ns. during the week ■ Srpa-nib* I
9. This “booster tiain' will be gon* I
six days and will <aity epiesenUith
of all the leading firms of th* rit>. The j
drum and bugle corps will a <<• be taken i
The Atlanta Georgia
Th s coupon will be accepted at our
• i pa r t'al payment for any nf the bOutif
See Premiun Parlor Annou
Crack Swimmers of Atlanta Begin Series of Races for Silver Loving Cup
WOMEN AND GIRLS IN PIEDMONT LAKE CONTEST
Ai. -'HI:STBF
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A typical group of "inerniaids" al I’iedinoiit lake park.
Some of these fair water sprites coolest in races at the lake today.
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MEAICAN REBELS
DESERT JUABEZ
LI. PASO TEXAS Aug 16 Jaur.z
has been evacuated by the Mexican reb
els. Instead of coming to tire American
side, as had been expected, tile rebels
turned back into the interim- of Mexi
co, going tight into tile taws of the
federal army.
Throughout today they were busy en
training over tlie Mexican Central, in
tlie direction of Chihuahua. Tlie reb
els declare Sonora Is tlie objective
point.
U. S. Arrests Rebel Chief.
General Steever lias arrested Colonel
Rolielo. of tile rebel army, in El Paso.
Robelo is wanted by tlie department of
justice for violation of tlie neutrality
laws, and will be turned over to tlie
civil authorities General Steever ,
learned Robelo was in El Paso when
I
the telephoned to him and an- ]
nouneed that Orozco was about to leave
Juarez, and wanted General Steever to
aid in keeping the lawless element from •
crossing tlie river and looting Puarez.
After his talk with Robelo. General
Steever moved quickly ami captured tlie •
rebel chief before lie could leave El
Paso. An American guard w ill be post
ed at the entrance to the international
bridge, and no one will be permitted to
cross unless vouched for by the Mexi
can consul. •'
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Senators Expect
l aft to Intervene
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W ASHLN'GTiiN. Aug 1 6—T ha t
President Taft, following the adjourn- »
memos emigres- will send American |
troops ... loss tlie Mexican border andi,
i put an end to the disturbances which L
Niav- kept tin- liord. r states in turmoil
I tot soim time was tlie opinion <x- i
I l'.e-s, I l>\ sevetal d< II 1011, r.l I O M-11.l -| (
j lot's alt, i tlivv .ailed al tile white ,
i lioust lod iv. It was pointed out that i
| Ota. eongr. s.- has adjoin lied tile, pl'esi- I
ilent will li.iv, tli, right to intervene on i *
I ins ov. n inftlat iv, . and it is certain that
. sin li a mov ,■ wmi hi en li am e ills chance-. -
lor re-ele,tlon. Tlie outrages of tlie 1
I la-t few davs would apparently justify I
American intel ventioii, ami the rebels I
who now an massed in great numbers, i !
I duilv ari growing boldet
in--Premium Coupon
r Prem.uni Parlor. 20 Ea«t A'afisma at.. {
fill n r *tri am gonna a an a>ea there.
uncement art Another Paar
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEW’S- FRIDAY. AUGUST 16. 1912.
Jennie Perkerson and Virginia
Merker to Meet Again in
Half-Mile Match.
'I'll" fastest svvimmeis at Ple.lmoi.
pa k will contest this afternoon for a
silver loving cup. which will be 'Ward
ed to the one making tlie greatest
number of points in the meet today
an,| the one to be held on September
15. the last day of this season on which
swimming will be allowed at tile park.
Women and girls will contest in on,
of the races, which will be either 25 or
50 yards, us tlie contestants prefer.
Jennie Perkerson and Vi-ginia Merk
er. tile two eleven-year-old girls vvliosc
race which Jennie recently won at
tracted sucli a crowd, will race again.
The distance this time will be a half
mile and Jennie will give Virginia a
slight handicap.
A tub race and a tilting contest will'
be tlie most amusing events of the aft
ernoon. and for tlie men and boys of
the United States Volunteer Life Sav
ing co - ps. Captain Ben Schlomberg ha
arranged races for 25, 50 and 100 yards.
The contests are to start at 3:30 o'clock.
FATHER SENTENCED
TO PRISON FOR LIFE
FOR DEATH OF SON
ANNISTON. ALA, Aug. 16—The
jurv engaged in the trial of William
I'’. Kennedy. 76 years old, fol complici
ty with Dr John Pearce and others in
the death of liis own son. Shell Kenne
dy on January 1-1. 1911. late yesterday
returned a verdict of guilty and fixed
tlie punishment of the old man at life
time in tlie penitentiary
Shell ’ Kennedy and lit- voting son.
Surge, were shot '<> death by the John
Pea ee gang in a imi-saei, led by ih"'
, lde: Ki nnedy. though lie did not fire a
gun.
John Pearce is now in the peniten
tiary under a life S"iilemHis son
Cro-s Pear... eighteen years of age.
wa< t onvicteii last week for complicity
in ilie death of Suig, Kennedy an.
given two year. Ada Kennedy, a sis- |
t< r of sio It K-nin dy . John Fowler am :
John Eaton aie yet to be tried for com j
plicity in tin killings.
FAINT S. 0. S. PICKED UP
FROM PACIFIC STEAMER
SAN EK \N* IS< ’O. Aug 16 A \vir*-j
S *» S «'■ r .iii the steam
\\ a- Hngton was picked up t"*lax b\ •
ih* SlHmlnul ha’u* N'> 91 Th*
*a; whs v* \ tarn: an i ib»‘ op. .at*v *»n ,
’h« ha *cu i inc u. i-p W a>aing .
■ ••i «• ;"< iH'oii • •• IL WaXing-
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UNPA R DON ABLE SIN TO SQUEAL
IN OPEN, SAYS GAMBLER ROSE
By JACK ROSE.
(Copyright. 1912, by Star Company. All
rights reserved. Infringement will
be vigorously prosecuted.)
The dangerous man to a gambling
house is the man who comes in. gets
lucky, wins what h' wants, cashes in
and departs. He may go somewhere
else and lose what he won from us.
Everybody connected with a house,
from the doorman up to tlie principal
owner, 1s trained in one important point
—lto must try to keep the winners play
ing. The loser is sure to come back to
look for evens.
Many are the methods employed in
keeping an usually large winner at
play. I was present one night at a
place where a young man was brought
In by one of the "sfeerers.”
He started playing "roulette" and his
lin k was phenomenal.
It scenied as if everywhere lie placed
liis chips that number was sure to come
up. His winnings soon amounted to
about four or five thousand dollars.
The colored attendant was right at
his elbow, and each time the play er be
gan to figure up his winnings the at
tendant attracted his attention by of
fering him a fresh glass of wine.
The dealer would spin tlie ball It
was time for him to get his chips dowr
befote tile ball dropped. This was kept
up until soon his tim«of lin k was ,>v< ■
in a short time he was broke.
In conversation after the play with
another player, the attention of this
man was called to tlie fact that he was
at one time between four and five thou
sand dollars winner He refused to be
, ii"ve it. When his attention was called
to the fact that lie had 35 brown
checks, each reprt'uting $199. besides
other checks of lesser value, he col-
Loses $7,000 While Awaiting Taxi.
Anothe' night a man from the Wot
ii’.ropped into a faro bank and began i
I playing. Refoie I,mg. by cashing in
I cm h deal, he had about $7,000 in hi-j
I pocket ami S2OO worth of checks in I
front of him that lie was trying to lose i
ami quit.
But lie couldn't lose them. Soon that
I S2OO worth of chips had grown into
1 $2,000.
j It was then about t a tn. He vailed
ithe attendant and »ald: "Ge: me a
I taxi ' The attendant bowed and left
I appaiently to order his taxi. The play
j,r kept on playing, waiting for the
taxi Vhout an ,iour , .apsed when hi- '
i tin of luck - hanged. He had lo«t th.
/ ■ ' " ” ' b 0 is
~t ", r >L“o“ am> llii: was .cm,,.si gom.
He turned and said to the attendant:
"How about that taxi',’".
"Coming, sir." replied the well trained
hoy.
in the meanwhile lie had another
drink, a fresh perfeeto. another deal
and another SI,OOO worth of checks
went very fast.
Another turn to the attendant: "How
about my taxi?"
Just telephoned again, sir. It is a
snowy night, and taxis are all at work.”
"Another drink, sir?" A fresh cigar,
another stack of cheeks at SI,OOO a
stack, and so it went. He finally was
so dazed by the excitement of the high
play and tlie wine ami the big black
cigar that he forgot about his taxi.
Pile Gone, Taxi Arrives.
Win n he had purchased a new stack
it was at SSOO a stack.
This showed to the proprietors lhat
this was the end of liis money. After
making a few bets with the last
and losing them, the attendant walked
over and very respectfully said:
"Sir. your taxi lias arrived and it's
waiting for you."
He vva- a good, game sport. He
turned around, and. in the drawl of a
man under the influence of liquor, said:
"Are you sure it is mine?"
I am thinking of the man who last
wiutei went into a club uptown where
they were playing stud poker. He had
been having a long run of bad luck,
and w as very low in cash and spirits.
He sat around with a few others who
we., In the same position he was.
They kept talking of the good old days
of racing and of money a-plenty.
The latest arrival spoke of it being
about Christmas time. For the first
time in many years, hr said, liis folks
it home wouldn't be the recipients of
any gifts at his hands
A more optimistic member of the
party said:
"Why. Lou, Christmas Is almost a
week off. ami you and I have seen
many strange jltings happen to a gam
bler in a week."
Yes. 1 know, -aid Lou "When rav
ing w as good a man hail a chant e. Tlii
tlm< of year I used to lie down at New
Orleans and was alvv ays sure t<i have
plenty of money."
Soon one of tlie poker players at the
table gm up. In ca-hlng in liis chips lie
looked around anil saw Lou He told
the dealer to give him cash for all his
ellijs but $25
He tailed Lou eve: lie knew him as
an < xpert stud poker player—ami said.
Won. Then Lost All.
1.0 I pi.c. liic.x, , ,k- St " :f V
money. If you win just leave my $25
here so: me and keep the winnings."
Lou sat in and played the game until
tlie following night about 8 o'clock.
When it broke up Lou cashed in five
hundred and some odd dollars, leaving
the $25 for his benefactor.
He was the happiest man in all the
world. The Christinas gifts he wor
ried so much about were an assured
thing.
Tlie following night he returned to
tlie place, after having left $250 with a
trusted friend with instructions to keep
that for him until the following week.
He played and won S3OO or S4OO.
Lou went home and added $250 more
to tlie plant for the Christmas gifts
for those at home.
The next night he came again, sat
in the game, and began to lose. Soon
he lost all he had with him Then he
started to sending messages, begging liis
friend, who was the guardian of his
fund, not to hold him to his promise.
He explained that the game was so
soft that lie would surely win: that his
present losses had been brought about
through extraordinary pranks of the
cards, but. as he said:
will tell, and I'm the class of
that crowd."
Suicide His End.
His friend sent him SIOO. That soon
went Then anothe note for SIOO more,
which went the way of the others. An
other note, and his friend sent him the
entire balance
Morning saw Lou leaving the place
penniless. A- he was walking up the
street he met an acquaintance, who
saiil to him:
"Say. l-oii. who was Hie boob' the
crowd up street have been playing with
and u.-ing marked cards?"
Lou didn't answer, but went home.
‘ His body was found in ills room, a bul
let through his brain. A note on the
table said:
"A gambler's life is not wot til while."
Subsequent events that led to my
I meeting with Lieutenant Becker, my
association with Herman Rosenthal, al!
these are matters that at present can
not be touched on They are all in the
hands of District Attorney Whitman in
the document named by the gamblers
(my) "squeal."
While on the subject of "squealing."
the reason there isn't more "squealing."
or. in fact, a general rush to the dis
trict attorney -office, is. How to do if
and get, away without being bbanded
as a "squealer?" '
Th, r< arc n<> sc: uple- among mast of
tile big o: little about "squealing." but
they- object to doing it In tlie form pre-
POISON IN BANNED
PEACHES FROM
TORTILE!
Arsenic Solution Used in Late
Spraying Likely to Condemn
Much of Georgia Output.
The discovery by State Pure Food
Inspector Methvin of arsenate of lead,
a deadly poison, in noticeable quanti
ties in peach pie stock and canned
peaches from the Fort Valley district
may lead to the condemnation of the
output of several of the largest can
neries in t’ne state.
While it is the opinion of the state
chemist that the poison lodged in th'
peeling of the peaches as a result of
late spraying is not of sufficient amount
to cause violent poisoning, he said to
day that continual eating of the tinc
tured canned product might have a
cumulative effect more or less serious.
Inspector ’Methvin said he had not
decided upon a definite course of ac
tion. but would hold up quantities of
canned fruit in the peach district until
he could make a complete investiga
tion. It was impossible, he said, to
grade the fruit until it had been canned
and for this reason a general condem
nation would be unfair to many can
neries.
Late spraying for worms and biown
rot. he asserted, was the 1 eason for the
arsenate of lead. Peaches canned as
pie filler are put up with the skins on
and the poison lodges in the peeling.
Lee Worsham, state entomologist,
said today that peach trees should not
be sprayed with arsenic solution les ;
than 60 days before the ripening pe
riod. but the appearance of worms in
the Georgia orchards this year caused
many glowers to spray their trees a
second time and much later than usual.
In the cans of pie stock examined by
the state chemists, showing definite
trace of arsenic, the fruit had discol
ored. In many instances the peaches
had taken a dark purple tinge.
ATLANTA VIOLINIST
TO MAKE HIS DEBUT
AT SUNDAY CONCERT
Hermann Dietelei. Atlanta violin
virtuoso, who for the past five years
has been studying under various mas
ters in Paris and Berlin, will make bis
first professional appearance Sunday it
the Auditorium, when,he will assist I 1
Percy J. Starnes in the regular Sunday
organ recital.
Di Starnes ha= arranged a Massenet
program in memory of the great com
poser who recently died, while Mr. Die-
I teler will play solos and violin obligato
I w ith the organist.
ORCHARD COMPANY
PLANTS 10.000 TREES
Ten thousand apple trees have been
planted on tlie lands of the Piedmont
Orchard Company, in Habersham coun
ty. The tract has 2.000 acres, and m
experienced horticulturist is in charge.
New officers took charge of the com
pany today. They ate: J. Frabk Beck,
president: Frank Callaway, vice presi
dent: O. D. Small, seertary. and James
J. Ragan, treasurer.
LAZY WEATHER FOR BEES:
HONEY CROP TO BE SHORT
BLOOMINGTON, ILL., Aug. 16.—The
1 honey crop in tliis state, one of the
principal states for the supply, will be
’ short this year. It is explained that
the weather made the bees lazy.
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"VOTES FOR WOMEN” ON
MRS. BELMONT’S CHECKS
NEWPORT. Aug. 16.—1 n order to ad
vertise the suffrage propaganda. Mrs.
10. H, P. Belmont has had "Votes for
■Women” stamped on all her bank
. checks.
scribed in this case, seeing District At
torney Whitman, appearing before the
1 grand jury and then in open court.
Something About “Squealing."
That is not the way of the "higli
l class gambler." His way of squealing
has more "finesse" to it. He enjoys the
’ friendship of some one who is taking
care of his place. To this man he has
proved that he is a man who in stormy
times like the present will stand the
"acid test” and prove he is no "squeal
er."
The hundred and one times that he
lias "squealed" about opposition place
does not count. What he told was not
in the form of a "squeal." It was Just
to have his friend know w hat was go
ing on around him.
File opposition place that has been
“squeaeld" on does not enjoy the inti
mate acquaintance or friendship of so
big a man as the other fellow, so he.
poor fellow, lias got to do his “squeal
ing" in the crude way of the Houston
street gambler. He must write anony
mously to everybody in authority, either
as a "Public Spirited Citizen" or th.
"Heartbtoken Mother and Wife.” whose
son or husband is losing all his wages
in So-and-So's gambling house.
If I'ncle Sam knew the exact figure
as to liow the postoffice Is enriched an
nually by these letters, he would insist
that all "squealing" be done entirelv
through the mails.
These are a few of the ways; there
ate others more drastic, but Io
squeal as Jack Rose did, with on!)'
the fact that he wa« being made the
g.'iit. with the electric chair staring
him in the face, he has committed th*-
unpardonable .-in of "squealing" in Im’-
open.
JACK ROSE.