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Society Leader Points Out Some Sweeping Reforms Needed to Advance the Interests of Atlanta MRS. WM. L. PEEL'S INDICTMENT OF CONDITIONS HERE Urges Hiring of a Con-’ suiting Engineer and Definite Plan for Building Up the City. Declares Boss Is Need ed and Pleads Wider Peachtree—P oin t s Peril in Dirt and Mrs. William Lawson Peel, promi nent Atlanta society leader and phil anthropic worker, has written at the request of The Georgian her views of conditions in Atlanta, the reforms it needs and the steps it should take to eliminate present handicaps to its growth. Here are Mrs. Peel's striking views: By MRS. W. L. PEEL. The keynote of the situation was struck by Mr. Wilmer L. Mopre. president of the Chamber of Com merce. in a recent interview .when he said that what Atlanta needs is scientific engineering. There seems to be a, want of unity in all our street business. It looks as if we hew to this corner or that, without •fix idea of a consecutive whole. For instance, many people are ask ing. why the cut on Peachtree be tween Harris and Raker, when it only accentuates the climb from Harris to Ellis? If the grade was to be lowered it should have slatt ed at the Candler building. The whole of Peachtree is on a ridge; there' is no other but the Boule va d. If it was to be cut down it would certainly be a great advantage to tile adjacent streets, but if it. is to be cut, it ought to bo cut right and not v rong. Tim.' was. perhaps, when men could work without a patten. Now, every worker in any lire knows that the pattern is the part that costs, and the pattern ! s the pa i that tells, ami the patten 'is the part that saves. If ;• woman cuts out an apron or a pal -of breeches she has a. pattern, be cause she know-- it saves (loth; if she give • a dinner she has a plan of the '.able—every guest, every dish. ev-':y appointment—because she knows that it costs far less than the old lavish way, and the effect is more elegant. Declares City Needs Consulting Engineer. If a man works in any kind of machine he knows that the pattern is indispensable, and if It pit - chases an estate the first iii'i; h secures is a comprehensive plan, showing every path and tree ami shrub. How. then, shall we start out to build a city without a plan? Even a city as big and as finished and is old as New York has a con sulting i ngineer. That is what we need —a consulting engineer. He should be a man of the first qual ity. with broad views, with suffi cient experience to give him a good basis of comparison, and with a technical, up-to-date knowledge of his'business in every detail. Af:e' a full survey of the situation he should make a plan for the whole city, giving every grade and nv“r<' improvement likely to be suggested for years to come. Each change suggested should be numbered according to its impor tance in the general scheme. 1. 2. 3. etc, and each improvement then taken up. not because it was this side or that side, or because it was on the property of some man who had a pull. When litis pan has been accepted it should be tbided by and lived up to. each yqir com pleting what is Imperative. and next year doing mere and so on as I fast as it. is possible. Think what v a. saving to taxpayer! Think what a satisfaction to the citizen, to see with his own eyes that we are not building for a day, but that we are working up to a 'definite end! As it is now, it fre quently happens hat a street is no sooner paved than it is at once tmn up to lay water or sewer pipe, and th" wound is never healed. Take Washington street, for In stance. How much money would he saved and how much time if , things were reversed. Men Who Stand In Their Own Light. Time changes us all and changes likewise all our methods of pro cedure. The manner of 1912 Is not the manner of 1900 even And yet in manx things we preserve the manner of IS74>. Look at the num- I bering of our houses for instance. Time and again the century plan to which no objection could be made has been suggested and laid on the table. Look at our building restric tions. We have none. It Is thought beautiful that a man should invest thousands in a home and have a little butcher's shop stuck up next door. Every man in Atlanta has a right to do exactly as he pleases, and that Is considered beautiful, but it is not. sot while a man stands In his own light he also stands in I bi“ neighbor's light, and boa lose out. In a matter of dirt, f<>' in -icnce, all cities should re quire that every householder wash his front premises ev e y morning to th- middle of the street. twat with dust, germs, microbe'- disease, and all those Ills for which we are taxed to build and operate hospitals! But In All t|t ('x -I y mull '• »> in | his own filth, and the rest of us MRS. W. L. PEEL 'mK jHKHBnnyHSi " iti \ W| ■ I \\ / / x > ■ CABBAGE ON PEACHTREE Take Peachtree street, for instance. This noted thorough fare was fo"iib : I.' our most elegant and exclusive residence streel. It is no longer either elegant or exclusive. What hand some lawns or houses there are. tire spoiled by their environ ment. The others are so near the noise and dust of the street as to be undesirable for residence purposes, and are so near to gether that you ,• i tell whether your neighbor is boiling cab bage for dinner or freezing ice cream.-- Mrs. W. L. PeeJ. i-it! smell, a?: t'rccw it. In the matter of smoke, ,testimony has proven that expert stoking is at least a remedy. We probably have a law about stoking, but it is not observed. Some time ago I arrived in Atlan ta on the Southern and as we were being swtiched around in the neigh borhood of the Terminal I became interested in the conversation of two gentlemen in front of me. They w. re evidently men of the world and experienced travelers. One said: "This is Atlanta." The other replied: "Indeed! The smoko hangs like a pall—is the town on tire?” “No." said his companion; “they breathe this all the time —they don’t know any better.” No Economy in Building And Tearing Down. Every now and then we road in the papers that our city fathers have been sent on a visit to distant parts to investigate the zoos of dif ferent towns; but whether they recommend the ox or the ass or only monkeys and parrots is not apparent. They are, of course, rep resentative citizens of the first class, widely read and traveled, who are well aware what it takes to make a city. They are, of course, also interested from the standpoint of the taxpayer, but there is very little economy in building and tear ing down. Many years ago the city of Wash ington faced a crisis, and there eame a great upheaval. Alexander S.iepherd was governor of the Dis trict of Columbia at the time, by which authority he was also mayor of the city. He decided that con ditions were such as to require a change. He employed a scientific engineer and thex made a compre hensive plan of what the city ought to be The feeling against him urns intensi 1 happened to lie spend ing the winter in Washington and will never forget It. He was culled I’o S i. pherd. He m ■» unlver sad) exex rated. He wa» buried ,n THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 23. 1912. effigy. He was pursued through the streets by desperate men with shot guns and broken-hearted women, tear-stained and disheveled. It was impossible to carry on work in the day time, and gangs with hundreds of laborers in tach would work at night. The (ffect xvas like magic, so large was the force engaged. A man vould go to his front door in the morning and where his porch bad been there stretched a splen did boulevard. Or perhaps they had Free Tried Packngc if Cfir* Jacobs Liver Salt I||KA|JH|T Given Away Every Day This Week at All Our Stores It makes a Pleasint. Bubbling. Natural e.ut&«ittor u Mineral \\ ater that tones the liver and Constipation,Rhenm.tMHiiuiaGout corrects acid stomach. Eor constina phXhatKdicm%Jl?hSb tion, sck headache, sour stomach, jjas: biliousness, indigestion, rheumatism nothing else is so quick and mild. Take it before breakfast. In an hour you will « s P^ en did. faecffcJncuynaMA Jar 25c Made in Atlanta Main Store and Laboratory, 6 and 8 Marietta St. 23 Whitehall Street . pi* c*. 245 Houston Street 102 Whitehall Street 544 * eachtree :,treet 266 Peters Street 70 W r . Mitchell Street 423 Marietta Street 152 Decatur Street Widen Peachtree, Mrs* Peel Urges Peachtree street does not look like a city street, but rather like that of a straggling village. Trade has invaded this sacred avenue, and in al most ev, ry square shops are found. In five years com merce will hold sway almost without exception as far as Fourteenth street. The street should by all. means be widen ed while there is yet time, for traffic may be diverted to some other part if the property own ers stand in the way. Let no one take offense at my re marks on Peachtree street. 1 have lived on it for forty years, and I yield to none in love for it. but I want to see it fixed light. and that means sacrifice all along the line. But what if it does, so long as we make a splendid and beau tiful 'eit.x .’ MRS. W. L. PEEL. _* excavated in front and Uft him 30 feet in the air and no wa.v to get out. Or perhaps there was a fill of 20 feet and he was buried alive. Oh. For a Boss, That's Our Need. But the boss and his engineer moved forxvu <l. He was fine old Virginia stock and was unafraid. He was not popular, however, and he went to Me !• o to live, xvben he -had completed his undertaking. Now. what xx the result? The vety poop"- " (• had abused and nicknamed him were those most benefited Th" cuts and fills had enhanced their values millions and millions of dollars and made the city of Washington the most beau tiful city in the world. No capital In Europe can compare There is a beautiful sequel to this story. Several years ago. jo® before his death. Governor Shep herd return 1 >o the city of his love and received such an ovation as falls to the lot of few living men. Now, there stands, on the very spot where he was burned in effigy, a grand monument to bls memory. Oh, for a Boss! That's what we need—a Boss! One with Initiative to see anead and backbone to exe cute. We need expansi >n. We have got to expand or bust. Anything betxveen is impossible. We can not groxv while everything is bottled up. Take Peachtree street, for in stance. This noted thoroughfare xvas formerly our most elegant and exclusive residence street. It is no longer either elegant or exclusive. What handsome lawns or houses there are, are spoiled by their en vironment. The others are so near the noise and dust of the street as to be undesirable for residence pur poses, and are so near together that you can tell whether your neighbor is boiling cabbage for din ner or freezing ice cream. It does not look like a city street, but rather like a straggling village. Trade has invaded this sacred ave nue. and in almost every square shops are found. In five years commerce will hold sway almost without exception as far as Four teenth street. Think of Peachtree street a year ago. The wildest guesser would not have predicted that it could look like it does to day. It Is progress versus senti ment. The street should by all means be xvidened while there Is yet time, for traffic may be divert ed to some other part if the prop erty owners stand in the way. The celebrated Euclid avenue has POLICE BATTLE STIRS 5 POINTS Terrific Fight for Bluecoat's Revolver Follows Attack on Boy. When Officer Burnett attempted to arrest Earl Zuber, of Careys, who says I he is sixteen years old, on the charge lof attacking a young white box named . Roy Mauldin at Peachtree and Walton streets this afternoon about 1:30 o clock. Zuber is said to have attempted Burnett's life with the officer's own pis tol. A near-riot followed. Men and boys rushed to the scene streets became Jammed When Zuber xx-as finally subdued and was be iqg carried to the police station he gave way to an attack of epilepsy. The city physician, who examined him upon his arrival, said that his condition was extremely dangerous. Zuber was un able for some time to give his tFame or speak a word. The trouble started when the little Mauldin boy became involved in a dis pute with another lad about his oxvn age. Zuber was happening along, it is j said, and attempted to take sides j against the Mauldin boy. According to the letter's statement. Zuber struck him and knocked him down. Zuber says the lad cursed him. No sooner had Zuber done this when two other mon rushed in and eaught Zuber's arms. Officer Burnett then came up and attempted to take Zuber in custody. Zuber snarled, struck at him and by a quick motion of the arm drexx Burnett's pistol from the holster. The officer was quick enough in wrenching it away to prevent its being tired. By this time an enormous crowd had gathered. Traffic was blocked and the officer had a hard time in getting his prisoner into the patrol xvagon. A long scar xvas found on Zuber's head. He said it was from an operation for epilepsy. COUPLE IN NASHVILLE’S COURTS IN EIGHT OVER CHILD NASH VIELE. TENN.. Aug. 23 - The case of disorderly conduct and destroy ing property of others against Mrs. Roy H. Craig, in the city court, this morning I was dismissed Mrs. Craig was held to I ihe state court to answer peace war -1 rant proceedings instituted by her hus- I band in the magistrate court The assault case in the city court against Craig also xvas dismissed, and he i was turned over to the state to answer the charge of assault with intent to com mit murder. i Further complications are promised this afternoon, as the lawyers for Mrs. Craig are preparing to apply for a habeas cor pus writ in the move of the mother to gain possession of her child. The Craigs say they are from Atlanta and that a divorce action is pending. been given over to commerce. Fifth avenue has been widened, and now some of the smartest shops are to be found between Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth streets. Even In Paris the same thing prevails. The Rue de la Paix. having been over run, trade has come Into the aris tocratic Champs Elysees, and the old homes of the nobility are turned into business houses. Let no one imagine that this is meant as a criticism of any one— only of our system. Things ate so much in need of readjustment that even a woman can see it. And let no one take offense at my remarks on Peachtree street. I have lived on it for 40 years, and I yield to none in love of it, but I want to see It fixed right, and that means sacrifice all along the line. But what if It does, so long as xve make a splendid and beautiful city? "All success proves partial failure, AU progress something crushed at the chariot wheel.” Nabbed for Not Using Depot Gates, Misses Train: Sues for SIO,OOO Phil W. Davis, Jr., Tries To Go Under Station to Tracks, Arrested by Guard. Arrested as he made his way under the Terminal station to catch a train, Phil \V. Davis, Jr., an Atlanta attorney, has sued the Central of Georgia railway and the Terminal Company for SIO,OOO. In an action begun in superior court to day. Mr. Davis asserts he was arrested by an employee of the Terminal Company Monday as he rushed from the Madison avenue entrance to the Terminal tracks to catch a Central of Georgia train. Ho says tlip employee refused to allow him to pass to the train even though it was due to leave at that time, but forci bly escorted him from the place and or dered to seek an entrance through the gates. Because of this delay, he says, he missed his train. ERROR FROND IN INSURANCE Li Fidelity Companies Are Not In cluded in Act Which Governs Risk Business. Officials of fidelity Insurance compa nies operating in Georgia made known to the secretary of state today that they had played in luck through an apparent error of the legislative enroll ing clerk who made the copy of the general insurance bill which now is the law. The enrolled copy on file with the secretary of state and approved by the governor does not include fidelity com panies in section 27 of the bill, as was originally intended. Comptroller General Wright, who drew this section of the act at the be hest of the inter-session commission which designed the bill, is authority for the statement no amendment was made to this section in either house. The legislature, he said, hadUfttended to include fidelity companies in section 27, which requires all form of bonding companies to deposit $25,000 with the state treasurer to protect the state on bonds written for public officials. Tlte comptroller general recently au thorized the printing of 200 copies of the insurance act from amended copies of the act as approved by both houses of the legislature. In the comptroller's printed copies the fidelity companies are included, but they do not appear in the enrolled act, which really is the law. Officials of local fidelity companies jumped into the state capitol today with copies of the printed act. but left the state house greatly relieved when they found, upon looking over the en rolled act, that they sx;ere not included. This is the first error that has been discovered in the enrollment of acts of the 1912 legislature. Every day is a good day to read the Want Ad Pages of The Georgian. New opportunities are there today that did not exist yesterday. Oar SHOES REPAIRED FREE! Friday and Saturday, the Broad St., will repair every tenth pair of Shoes free of charge, brought to us for half-soling and heeling. We make this lively bid for your Shoe Repair work in order to demonstrate the fact That We Do BETTER WORK In Less Time For a SMALLER Charge Than any other Shoe Repair Shop in Atlanta. Get your sporting spirit up to the proper pitch now, and take a throw at the Free Repair game. - The Shoe Renury - 78 N. Broad St. Bell Phone, Ivy 2310. Next Door To Cable Hall. POTTLE-WLES RACE HERE CLOSE With Practically Complete Re turns, Only Four Votes Sepa rate Judgeship Candidates. ( .Judge Robert Pottle, in practically complete returns, wins the court of ap- i peals fight against N. R. Broyles. I he commissioner of agriculture race goes to the convention, as no-candi date has received a majority. With three counties missing in com- ■ plete form and one missing entirely, the results seem finally definite. Completed primary election returns from 14n counties in a total of 146 give .John M. Slaton for governor 136 coun ties, with 344 unit votes In the conven tion. The one incompleted county un i doubtedly has gone to Slaton, making I his total 137 counties and 346 conven tion votes. Joe Hill Hall carried eight counties, with 20 unit votes, and ha's no chance in the Incompletefi counties. Hooper Alexander carried one coun ty —Ware —with two unit votes, and is running awa.v bp hi nd in the incom pleted returns. The popular vote accorded Slaton is approximately 99,000; Hall, 23.500, and Alexander. 36,500. Total, 159.000. Hall carried Bibb, Dougherty. Dooly, Baker, Houston. <’rawford, Jones and Macon, with 20 convention votes. Completed returfts in 145 counties give Price for commissioner of agri culture 53 counties, with 13R conven tion votes; Blalock 34 counties, with 36 ventiontion votes, and Brown, 58 coun ties, with 142 convention votes. This race unquestionably goes to the ’ convention to make a nomination, as no candidate can possibly ho|>e for a > majority on the primary returns. Completed returns from 144 counties i give Broyles 68 counties, xvith 180 con t vention votes; Pottle 76 counties, with s 184 convention votes. There are 368 votes in the conven- 1 tion, 185 being required to nominate. i Pottle is leading slightly in the pop ? ular vote. e The missing counties in the court of i appeals race are Cfcarleton and Echols. These counties are unofficially reported - to have gone for Pottle. f In the commissioner of agriculture s rat e, the missing county is Charleton. » In the Sixth congressional district, s Bartlett has won out over, Wise by a t margin of less than 100 votes. 1 In the Third, Crisp has won; in the ? Eleventh. Walker; in the Ninth, Bell, and in the Tenth. Hardwick. t The state convention will meet in ' Macon next Wednesday, there to de-' t dare results, adopt a platform, elect a i nexx state executive committee and solve I at least one knotty problem—the nom inee for commissioner of agriculture. i Never in the history of the state I official returns been so tediously slow ! coming in. This is due to the extreme length of the ticket, and the legal ne-> “ cessity of counting it as a whole and i as the names appear upon it consecu tively. 5