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This afternoon the visitors and num bers of the local men will be taken for an automobile ride around the city, which will end at the home of Herbert E. choate in Ansley Park, where an In formal reception will be held. Mr. choate, who is treasurer of the J. K. Drr Shoe Company, is president of the Atlanta association, which is made up exclusively of wholesale men. Tonight at 7:30 o’clock the associa tion will hold its meeting and banquet ■ Piedmont Driving club. The oc 'asion will be entirely informal and all nf the 150 Atlanta members will be given a chance to meet their national resident. Ihe national organization numbers T'-re than 16,000 in membership and is represented in all of the more impor- : ities where it is looked upon as or. t . f the strongest trade bodies in the world headquarters in Atlanta are in ■ Rhodes building, with E. L. Rhodes secretary and treasurer. ■m Atlanta, President Salisbury so direct to New York to attend neeting of the national directors, ■ ss he is prevailed upon to pay a ' ' ’ to Savannah en route. Representing other cities in the as ”-it ion today are C. J. Beam, presi "f the Montgolfiers association; ' >i“i J. Winter, F. G. Salter and A Stern, of Montgomery J. 1 Mr ter, of Nashville;- <>» iai Ku s '•iroi.ih, and .1. C. Slatter, of Bir t'mgham. Miss Ruth Z. Herbig. Miss Jessie M use Frowns on the Idea of Uniforms—Wants the Students To Be “Just Atlantans,” Not Branded a s H i g h S c h. o*o 1 Girls-—Not Painted and Pow dered to Excess. “Atlanta high school girls are not overdressed, neither are they painted and powdered to excess,” according to Miss Jessie Muse, principal of the Girls High school, today. Miss Muse was quick to defend her 663 students against the charge of immodest dress ing made so often recently against young women seen in the “Peachtree Parade," which has so long been a famous feature of Atlanta life. “There are very few of our girls who ever come to school in anything but proper dress,” continued Miss Muse. •*Yes, sometimes one of the teachers notices a girl whose collar is turned in too far or whose clothes are cut in a fashion too clinging for good taste, and sometimes' there is one wearing too much powder or a touch of artificial color. But whenever this occurs the . teasber speaks to the girl quietly and , privately and> that girl doesn’t offend again. We try to impress her with good reasons why she should be ,more careful, yet not in away to hurt her feelings. And I’ve always found that this sufficed." Opposes Uniforms. 1 The proposal that high school girls wear cap and gown or some other dis s tinctive uniform does not appeal to the ; principal. “We want our students to appear on ; the streets just as Atlantans, not , branded as high school girls*’ said Miss Muse. "College boys are often i guilty of improprieties on the street . and in public places because they feel that everybody recognizes them as a party of collegians and will laugh at 1 escapades which would be frowned upon if indulged in by individuals. If J we dress our girls in a distinctive uni form, they might have the same ten dem \ to larking that college students . often have.” Colorml Walter R. Daley, president of the boaid of education, was quoted last ' spring as tutoring a uniform for high ' I-chool gills His. n-i.-on wa< not so in; o,i th. report, u tendon, y toward THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Miss Emma Lowry Freeman. Negroes Pine for “de Land ob Plenty” Africa ASK GOVERNOR'S HELP From out the miyss of mail coming i into the executive offices this morning I Governor Brown found one he set aside ; for future consideration. Frankly, the governor does not know exactly how to answer it, there is so much of the unconsciously humorous and pathetic about it. It is from an ignorant negress, who signs herself Pauleane Brinson, and it is a petition for aid and assistance in getting from Georgia to Africa, where the woman believes peace and plenty await her coming. The letter reads as follows: Faeeville, Ga., Decatur County. Sept, the 10, 1912. Mr. Broon, Go ver. i rite you A few bines on busi nes, as some of us are askin for help we kneed. Some of us wants to Get to Afri ca, and we are not able to. That is our home, and we asks That you aid us in Getting there. We cannot hardly live here, and we wants to go home. We are paint and powder and bad taste in dress, but the constantly increasing cost of clothes worn to school by the wealthier girls and their less fortunate companions who struggled to keep up appearances It was noticed last year that high school students were wearing such expensive and ornate costumes that poorer girls could not keep the pace set by the leading set. and it was reported at that time that several girls had left the school rather than face the alternative of straining their parents' pocketbook or feeling conspicuous in reasonably priced clothing. Spirit of Democracy. "I believe uniforms would be a good thing for the girls," said Colonel Da ley at that time. “If the right to a choice of dress is being abused by ex travagance an order by the board of education requiring the wearing of plain and simple uniforms might heat a lot of heartaches. And 1 have no ticed in girls' schools where uniforms are worn a spirit of democracy which could not exist where a rivalry in cos tume is permitted.” - Mrs John D. Pickett, chairman of the board of lady visitors, said, when this topic was under discussion, that she would welcome any movement to ward simple girlish dresses for school girls. She said she was well aware of the tendency toward extravagance In dte.-s. poor, and need to go where we can live cheap. Plese rite and let me no. We wants to go in jenery. Write me as soon as you get this. We wants to go to Africa. Respecfuly, PAITLEANE BRLNgON (coll The governor is not at all sine that it would be right and proper to dis illusion the woman, even if there wore anything doing in the way of transpor tation to Africa around the executive departments. Whether, after all, It would be worth while to shatter that African dream - that is what puzzles, even though it does not impress as profoundly impor tant. The governor left for bis home in Marietta early this morning, and, the Brinson letter went over until Monday as unfinished business. MACON BOOSTERS GIVEN OVATION ON RETURNING HOME MACON, GA . Sept. 13. When Ma con’s first trade train returned last night from a trip through middle and south Georgia the 100 merchants who made the trip were accorded an enthu siastic welcome home by several him dred citizens. They were met at the depot with a band and escorted in a street parade to the corner of Cherry and Third streets, where an experience meeting was held, some of the merchants addressing the crowd and telling what benefits had been achieved by the “booster train 1 Forty towns were visited on the tour, GEORGIA COTTON MILLS PAY BIGGER DIVIDENDS » I LA GRANGE. GA. Sept 13. A 2 per cent increase in annual dividends was 1 declared by officers 'and directors of 1 the Elm City Cotton Mills at their an nual meeting, held here, and the Man t Chester Cotton Mills decided to pay Its , first dividend of 8 per cent, beginning f October 1. Large surpluses were turned over by these mills and the L'nity Spln- I ning and l'nity Cotton Mills Divi f dends In all them mills will b« paid 1 beginning Oetobei I. Offiiip ware elected by 'u< h mill. Miss Elizabeth Smith. HIGHDIVING GIRLS Ifraud. she sats Widow Is Suing Manager for SSOO Miss Leahy Hurt in Fifty-Foot Plunge. Mis Alice Cumble, a widow living at 73 Nelson street, is giving Robert M Brown, manager of a “girls' high diver” show, a lively time In the courts in an effort to recover SSOO, of which sum she says she was swindled by Brown. Brown was tried before Justice Rid ley yesterday afternoon on a warrant charging him with larceny after trust, on which lie was brought back from Cin cinnati a few days ago by Detective George Bullard, but was released, the jus tice holding that the offense, if any had been committed, did not come under this head Mis. Cumble then immediately swore, out another warrant against Brown before Justice Girardeau, charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses The “high diver” was again arrested on this second warrant, after enjoying but a few moments of liberty, and again placed in police station He will be given his second hearing this afternoon. Mrs. Cumble says she was induced to finance the "girls' high diver" show, and that she has never seen any profits nor been able to get back her money. Brown says he was not given time to make any money, as Mrs. Cumble had him ar rested just as soon ns he opened his first show in Cincinnati. When Brown left here he was accom panied by his wife, Mrs Blanche Brown, and Miss Nora Leahy, of New York, who did some stunts at Piedmont park. They remained in Cincinnati when Brown was brought here Miss Leahy. whom Atlantans remember I for her startling aquatic feats at Pied mont park this summer, is lying in a Cinclnanti hospital as the result of a 50- foot dive at a public resort in that city. She is said to be the only support of aged parents DONKEYS BALK. ROBBERS DESERT THEM IN YARD NEW YORK, Sept 13.—Dewey and Katherine, 25 and 30-year-old donkeys, foih-d burglars who led them from their stalls by balking Mrs John Fill, theit owttei found . hem pla< idly standing in the front ; a rd. Miss Ethleen Stewart. CALLS HER SON THIEF TO SAVE HIM FROM FRIENDS NEWARK. N. J., Sept. 13. —Mrs. Michael Stacevicz is in jail charged with perjury, because, to save her son from bad companions, she charged him with theft. Overcome by remorse, she admitted the charge was false. Do You Know? 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I Miss Louise Mellichamp. WHOLE POLICE .FORCE AT TARGET DRILL WOUNDED BRONXVILLE. N.~xl Sept. VS.—Tar get practicing, Charles Van Buren, chief of police, and Charles Ambrose, only officer, shot each other. Van Buran wm hit in the abdomen, Ambrose lost a finger , ‘ 1