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2 BUILD FOR HAT GIH. ADVISES E. P. ANSLEY ‘Makeshift” Municipal Policy Blamed for Bad Condition of Streets and Sewers. Continued From Page One. sewer and repair work and not build streets in the city. Street I work should all be done ->y con tract by the lowest best bidder. Al! contractors should be forced to furnish the material called for by the specifications. The city should em ploy mon laborers and fewer bo-s --es for its work. Employ the best business man ob tainable to be chief of construction. I and let all plans and specifications for work to be done be drawn by expert engineers, and contract for all work strictly under these plans and specifications. In addition to aldermen and coun cilmen. let eich ward select by written private ballot the best bust- : ness men In their ward to form an i advisory board that will be nun politlcal and hear ail requests for public improvements to tie made anywhere in the city, and let this board recommend to the city coun cil such work as It approves, after all necessary estimates of the cost of same have been obtained. Makeshift System Now. In my opinion, the fault with the present system, if It may lie called a system, is that It Is only a "make shift,'' and public improvements, where undertaken at all are done by "piecemeal,” which is not only unsatisfactory, but very much more expensive- than if these matters were handled on a business basis. The city should adopt a definite progressive- policy and work to that end. The streets located in the center of the city should be brought to their proper grades at .the ear liest possible moment, and this could be done at u comparatively moderate expense. Building limits should also be es tablished on streets where it is deemed advisable to widen the present street and an agreement obtained from the property owners to conform to this building limit in the erection of all future struc tures. As an illustration of the present "piecemeal" method. 1 will mention tile following cases: 1. .Mitchell street was regraded three times before it was brought to its present level. 2. Edgewood avenue was regrad ed at a large expense to both the city and county on two different oc casions before it was brought to its present grade. 3. Hunter and Forsyth streets have been regraded twice, and the new grade now being established on Forsyth street Is from three to five feet ton low. 1 Whitehall street was widened and regraded at a very large- ex pense to the city and county a few years ago, and by reason of im proper grade being placed on the street, the residents of that section of the city are clamoring to have the street regraded. The Peachtree Example. 5. The city and county are now engaged in grading and widening one block on Peachtree from Har ris to Baker, and grading Baker street and West Feacntree street to conform to this new grade. While this is a much needed improve ment. It is a very small part of what should have been done. Peachtree street should be graded from the Grand opera house to Harris street, and the- street wid ened. as is being done on the next block. This can be- done now at a very much less cost than it ever can be done in the future, because it is only a mutter of a short time until permanent structures will be erected on this part of the street. The only building in the way now is the Aragon hotel, and it will be a comparatively easy matter to ar cade the front of that for the side walk Atlanta is one of the easiest drained cities in the Unite.l States, being located on a high ride with creeks and branches running in all directions away from it. and yet in spite of this fa. t, its sew er sy stem is now in a deplorable condition. Years ago. before Atlanta had reached anything like its p cent size, a :■ *i’ was nloptcd which would : «’babl\ hav» been adequate foi a \i hut which can be with a large city, that is the singb «ew • r s\st«ni. where surfa«« water and > initaty sewag* all go t<>u- th.•*. The difficulty is that with . up-\ paved the volume of surfa« p water which flow ** into the i* I largely Increased, and as a con«<»- «iuenee sewers have to be . >n fctrueted of such magnitude f-at it ..- veiy expensive to extend hem Rains Overtax Sawerg. Kteiy trunk s<w<r in Atlanta I ,• a blanch tinning through It. at.' The Atlanta Georgian—Premium Coupon Tn t coupon will be accepted at our Prem i.n p»rlor. JO E.tet Alabama at., aa part ai payment for any of the beautiful prym „m s ode diepiayert there S*« Pramiun Parlor Announemnant on Another Paga T.R. Has No Monopoly on Fair Sex WOMEN AIDING WILSON $ I hi ■ ■ it fZ» h F A ' //[ < i ut ■ 1 7n I! I i fJA u/j! ill* u 9 U S a- -/ / j Mrs. -J. Borden Harriman speaking in Union Square, Next York. —— — 7 111 cases of heavy rains those sew ers art taxed to their utmost ca pacity to carry surface water. Sev eral of these ’large trunk sewers • now empty Inside the city limits, an<i when the bond issue was passed some three years ago it was stated that one of the main purposes of this bond Issue was to relieve that situation and dispose of this sewage. In an effort to do this a plan was adopted to estab lish sewage disposal plants near the city to take care of all the sew - age, and to carry the sanitary sew age from the ends of The present large trunk sewers to 'these dis posai plants in reduction pipes, in locating these disposal plants they were located so near the city that they will not only interfere with the extension of the city, but in or der to convey the sewage to these plants at the proper level the re duction pipes were placed at such a high level that a Inigo part of the sewage can not flow into these re duction pipes. A trunk sewer has been laid on ( Central avenue at a cost of approx imately JRB.OOO, which, It Is stated. I is of practically no value to the city, because It has been Improp erly laid. Remedy in Double System. All of this means that before the cltx of Atlanta can get a satisfac tory sewer system It will be forced to adopt the modern double sys tem. separating the sanitary sewage from the surface water. " Ith these groat problems before it, the city should employ an expert engineer, capable of handling the Situation, to direct the work, and, if a proper selection is made, the vitt will he saved many times the < 1 -st of bls services. The present oflicials seem to he unable to cope with the situation, and, in my judgment, it is time some action is taken along the lines suggested. EDWIN P ANSLEY. Amorous Not Ready To Run; Hits Charter Complaints about the bad condition of; Atlanta streets continue to come into The I Georgian office from all t>arts of the city. ' Cit> officials arc charged with neglect I and dilly dallying while many thorough- ! tares remain torn up or badly in need of repairs Dr Robin \dalr, In a letter received today ixdnts out the unfit condition of North Boulevard and the utter inability of protesting residents to get action. Hero is his letter. Editor Georgian As you have sev eral times championed the cause of g ■<! streets in Atlanta. I wish to cull tour attention to what Is probably ”• wore- abused street in the city of 1 i I reset to North Boulevard, which THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24. 1912. Mrs. J. B. Harriman, of New York’s “400.” Real Booster for Governor. T. R.’s Bull Moose party has no mo nopoly on the fall’ feminine support. Since the notification of Governo l Wilson, several of the nation’s most prominent women have come to the front with a rush in support of the Democratic party. Further than that, they propose to take the stump and keep it throughout the campaign. In New York, the New Jersey gov ernor has no more ardent supporter than Mrs. ,1. Borden Harriman, presi dent of the fashionable Colony club and member of the "406." Mis. Harriman thinks Wilson and talks the same doc trine. Nor is she averse to getting up in a crowd of men and going to it in good old campaign fashion. This was pi overt I only a few days ago w hen she ad dressed a big noon day meeting in | Union square. New York. I Another New York woman who is a warm supporter of the Democratic par ty is Mi’s J. B. Eustiee. In the West Governor Wilson is being sponsored by Gertrude Atherton, the novelist In Georgia Mrs W 11. Kelton and Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet are among Teddy’s most valiant supporters. has been torn up for three months, from .North avenue to Highland. While other sections of the city are suffering, from personal investigation and In hearing others talk. I do not think that there is any section in At lanta undergoing the inconveniences that the residents of this street have been subjected to. and that without any real excuse Practically Impassable. If you will lake the trouble to ride in a machine over the so-called street, , you would find it practically impassa ble I approached our councilman on this se.bjeet. who informed me that it did not make any difference to him what the people out there thought about it The street railway claims it can not get the brick to tinisii the street with. This seems to be a re flection on our street authorities, that they would let the trucks be torn up without some assurance that mate rial could be procured with which to finish the job They certainly should find out about the brick before tearing up the street On the other hand, the citizens out there have petitioner! the street rail way for other than brick, ami it would be an easy matter to put down as phalt. wood blocks, or stone cubes Not one single lick of work has been struck on this street for throe weeks, thus greatly inconveniencing not only the residents on this street, but pre venting traffic from other parts of the city which would come this way were the street passable The citizens of our street have been beating tins burden up to this time , quietly, but w« must have some relief. | and w lii appreciate any tiling you can do for us along this line \\ e ver t.iinlv think in the future, tin men ; who luv e the matter tn charge w uhl se< b. fen tint street Is lorn up t .it there would b< a certain hngi'i a I time g|v> ■ in wlm II t - rei’l.o - bricks and tix it m a passable . mdttion Thankli g mu tot any publicity you m«' give thß situation, and hoping •I- it S me sentt-1 . nt may be at. u.-< I, , 1 am, I'll If 'BIN ADAIR LaFollette Asks WhereT.R.GetsCoini WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Senator R. M. LaFollette xjn an editorial in his weekly today again scores Roosevelt. This time it is in connection with the publicity campaign contributions. In • felling to Roosevelt's speech of Au gust 6 delivered in Chicago LaFollette "Ho called his speech his 'Confes sion of Faith,’ Much interest would have been added by making It also a confession of FACTS, pertaining to the contributions to his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. "The public knows that he spent an enormous amount et money in that campaign. In some states, as in Ohio, for example, it has been estimated that not less than $300,000 was expended to secure delegates for him. Go where you would through this country in that campaign, it was common talk that 'there was all kinds of Roosevelt money every w hei e.’ "It is generally believed that his money was in large part the unlawful spoils of trusts, which thrived by spe cial favor at the- expense of the people under the Roosevelt administration. Campaign contributions of such magni tude are made by those who have big interests to serve. They are ‘practical’ business men and expect big favors in return. "When the presence of money in the ZB .11 KjT I p \\ wRnT ' ■ ■ m 1 ■ ■ y ’ mA V Ik / / \\ \ f I Mrs. J. 15. Eustice listening to speakers in Union Square, New York. Roosevelt campaign for the Republican nomination became so glaringly sus picious there was a general Impression that -to quote the words of his recent convention speech—'there should be publicity of campaign contributions luring the campaign. "He was accordingly invited to make such a statement. He did not tespond to that invitation "Interest in the matter has In no de gree abated. Until he makes a clean breast of th financing of his last cam paign his Chicago declaration for pub lication of contributions in this cam paign is an insult to public intelli gence." Boost for T. R., Says Dixon CHICAGO. Aug. 21.—A boost for the i au.se of Theodore Roosevelt was seen by his campaign manager. Senator Jo seph M. Dixon, in the Penrose-Archbold disclosures concerning the Republican campaign fund of 1904. Dixon read the testimony ear- fully as it was conveyed in news dispatches hero and said it all pleased him. "The testimony demonstrates the ne cesslty of div ucing big business from politics." said Dixon "Colonel Roose velt's letter- show conclusively that he had nothing to do with the contribu tions that may have hen made by tlie Standard Oil Company Penrose and his crowd are destroying themselves by their statements." Oto of the most comm -I ’’ ailments i’hat hard working people are afflicted i with is lain* ba. k. Apply Chamber 'lain's Liniment twlge.a day and mas j-age the puts thoroughly at each ap plication. and you will get quick relief. ••• ’Abv do ’.tiev ah sav. ‘As good m s .u s• ” SAITT.'S PURE FLAVOR ING EXTRACTS hart revived thir teen highest American and European aw ords. MED DUE TO EICK OF POTASH Disease Caused by Methods of Preparing Foods, Declares Physician. LONDON, Aug. 24.—“ The treatment for cancer is easy for any doctor who is qualified to administer castor oil and to perform a surgical operation.’’ sdid Dr. Forbes Ross, lecturing at the Eus tace Miles Restaurant on "Cancer —Is the Problem Solved?” He argued that the disease was due to the deficiency of potassium salts in the body, owing to the popular cus tom of pouring away the Juices of cook ed vegetables which contain potash and other valuable natural salts. “While lime, magnesium and sodium.” he said, "are to be found in practically every form of food, potassium was often absent, and the English fashion of cook ing results in people eating ’muck minus minerals.’ "Fifty years ago 500 women and 200 men per million died of cancer, and to day the figures are 1,000 and 800 re spectively. "The savage never suffers from the disease, nor did the negro and other native rgees, until they began to cook in ’white man' fashion. Food ought to be cooked conservatively and eaten with the natural juices. - r ;: ’ z ’ SUEZ CANAL’S RATES WILL BE REDUCED TO EQUAL PANAMA TOLL WASHINGTON, -Aug. 24. —A rate war, which might involve all the mari time nations of the world and which would revolve about the Suez and Pan ama canals, is predicted in Washington by officials who have watched the de velopment of world interest in the Pan ama canal bill now awaiting approval of President Taft. According to the report that reached the state department, the directorate of the Suez canal has decided to reduce rates through the canal. In official circles this notice was re garded as the first retaliatory step against the free tolls provision for American ships through the Panama canal. The announcement of the proposed I reductions through Suez appeared in inconspicuous notices in American newspapers. The notice which aroused so much interi st was to the effect that, after the first of next year, the transit dues in the Suez canal will be reduced 50 centimes, bringing the toll for load ed ships down to 6.25 frahes. This is the precise equivalent to the $1.25 maximum tolls which the Panama canal act prescribes for vessels passing through that waterway. Flying Men Fall victims to stomach, liver and kidney troubles just like other people, with like results in loss of appetite, back ache, nervousness, headache, and tired, listless, run down feeling. But there's no need to feel like that, as T. D. Pee bles. Henry. Tenn., proved. "Six bot- I ties of Electric Bitters," he writes, "did more to give me new strength and good appetite than all other stomach reme di s I used." So they help everybody It's folly to suffer when this great remedy will help you from the first dose. Try it. Only 50 cents at all druggists. ••• IT QUENCHES THIRST Horsford * Acid Phosphate Teaspoonful in glass of water swret ene.l to suit, far more delicious an<t te freshing than lemonade ••• MAILFLIRTATIONS DNTHEDECREASE New General Delivery Rule Causes Many Girls to Drop Secret Love Affairs. Flirtations by mail have taken an awful slump in Atlanta since the in troduction of a series of questions which are asked every person who calls at the general delivery for mail. For a number of years the postoffice corridors in Atlanta and in other cities have been thronged with girls who were carrying on clandestine correspondence and who had their letters directed to general delivery in order to evade the watchful care of their parents. Post masters all over the country com plained of the matter, and among the first to take up its correction with the postmaster general was Postmaster H. L. McKee of the Atlanta office, who finally Received authority to compile a series of questions to ask each appli cant for mail. This plan recently was started and the series of questions included the age, occupation, street address, name of parents, in case of minors, and a spe cific reason for using this window. "That last question, a specific reason for using this window, has proved a ■feazer’ to many girls, and especially to the younger and more innocent ones.” says D, C. Cole, assistant postmaster, who Is In charge in the absence of Postmaster McKee. "Many of the girls have succeeded in giving answers so that we are com pelled binder the postal laws to deliver their mail, but the clerks tell me that numbers of familiar faces have dropped from sight. This is especially true of the younger ones, and that is the kind we want to reach. We want to stop them before they get too far from out of their parents' influence.” INSANE MOTHER AND BABES LIVE FIVE DAYS IN A TREE CHICAGO, Aug. 24.—Robert Walu nick, six years old, and his six-months old baby sister, whose home for five days had been a hollow tree, are being tenderly cared to: at a West Pullman orphanage today. Their clothing drenched by recent rah s, almost fam ished, and their only guardian a mother whose insanity transformed her into a wild woman of the forest, the children were discovered late last night by the police, much in the same manner as were the children whose discovery by revolutionary bands is told in Victor Hugo's "Ninety-Three.” The mother and her children had been missing for five days. When the babes in the wood were discovered by the police their mother fought with the ferocity of an animal to prevent their being taken from her. HAMMER~STEIN ISOFFERED MILLION FOR A THEATER LONDON, Aug. 24.—An English syn dicate’headed by Max Rasinoff has cabled Oscar Kammerstein an offer of $1,000,000 for his London opera house. The syndicate made a deposit of $410,- 000 as an evidence of good faith. GIRL HIT BY BULLET AS CAR RUNS OVER A SHELL PITTSBURG, Aug. 24.—Walking along the strict. Ethel Levine, seven years old, was struck by a bullet from a cartridge exploded when a trolley car passed over it. F\O you wish to improve your com plexion, hands and hair? If you wish a skin clear of pimples, black heads and other annoying eruptions, hands soft and white, hair live and glossy, and UT I 7 J Wiwi 1 IM* i— bi 1 i»/ -L- and so economical in treating poor complex ions, red, rough hands, and dry, thin and fall ing hair. Cuticura Soap and Ointment have been sold throughout the world for more than a generation, but to those wishing to trx them without cost, a liberal sample of each will be sent free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address “Cuticura,” Dept. 15, Boston. T. H. NOW EAGER TO DE GALLED AS • WITK Wants to Answer Archbold’s Statement Before Campaign Probing Committee. Continued From Page One, ~ Mr. Archbold never brought up any statement of this kind. Wicked Assault On Dead Man. “He now says that Mr. Bliss warned him that he was making a serious mis- < take in not . contributing the extra amount of money and that later on when the administration began to deal with the Standard Oil people, Mr. Bliss ’ said it would have been different if they had clone as he asked him. r "This is an assertion that Mr. Bliss was deliberately trying to blackmail the Standard Oil Company into con tributing by scarcely veiled threats as to what would happen If they did not contribute, and that Mr. Bliss, In ef fect, told them afterward that If they had contributed the administration would not have proceeded against them for violating the law—for this was all the administration did. > "This is a wicked assault on a dead man whose high standing and probity was such that no human being who was himself honest would ever impute evil motives to him. Mr. Bliss was incapa ble of conduct such as Mr. Archbold imputes to him. And I can not too strongly denounce the baseness of mak ing such an attack upon an honorable man who is now dead and whom Mr Archbold never ventured to assail while living. | "Moreover, Mr. Archbold shows per- f fectly clearly, as published reports say that his corporation had contributed in order to get value for its gift and that the gift was made with the expectation of receiving improper consideration. "I do not for one moment believe that Mr. Bliss made any such remarks to Mr. Archbold, as Mr. Archbold says For example. Mr. Archbold states that he and the late H. H. Rogers visited me at the white house and that I then re marked to them that there had been some criticism about campaign contri butions. This Is a falsehood. Neither f on that occasion nor on any other occa sion was one word said, either by me to Mr. Archbold or by Mr. Archbold to me about campaign contributions. Archbold Tried to Stop Prosecutions. /• "Mr. Rogers and Mr. Archbold called on that occasion to protest against any government action being taken against tlie Standard Oil Company. This was one of a number of calls which Mr. Archbold made on me to try to prevent acting against the Standard Oil Com pany by the bureau of corporations un der the department of the interior and by the department of Justice. If Mr - Archbold had really believed that Mr. Bliss had told him that I knew of any contribution by Standard Oil or had felt that he was jeopardized by having refused to make a contribution, or was z entitled to immunity’ for having made one, he would certainly in one of those calls have said as much. He never bioached the subject. EXQUISITE WEDDING BOUQUETS AND DECORATIONS. 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