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DESERTS EK TO ESCAPE JAIL With six children to support and care for. Mrs. W. A. Hook, a young woman living at Williams and Mills streets,Xo day is seeking her husband, who van ished, she says, when she threatened two weeks ago to report him to Proba tion Officer Coogler for drinking. Since then she has had no word from him. Mrs. Hook called at the police sta tion and had a conference with Re corder Broyles and Officer Coogler. ex plaining the disappearance, and plead ing that every effort possible be made to find the missing husband. She said her people have bren aiding he in caring for the children, but that she has a "tough job" on her hands. Hook was placed oh probation sev eral months ago under Officer Coogler, with the usual promise by the recorder that should he drink again he would be given 30 days in the stockade. He is said to have gone home intoxicated two weeks ago, and, when his wife told him she intended to report him to the pro bation officer, a vivid vision of the stockade came before him, and he fled. THIS IS WHAT CHAMBERS AND “HIS RING” ARE DOING FOR ATLANTA ‘ : I - ■ 1 <■. '■■ ■ ’*** ■ : ■■ ■- ? F ' . - . ■ . - 1 \ ' ' >r- ' s .. . ': " ••* ' ’’ ’ ' ,< ~ \ ' /'■ / 'A* I« . JK-. . iCSi 1 fWMKm. w'S Aw* JamBMEaMWE&fIaJI ■ ■ 1 wnMiw.* 'to wffi J®vw? ’ - .WMLWY IsiW SCENE ON COk. FAIR AND WALNUT STREETS The Woodward Campaign Committee Has Been Telling You That Chambers and “His Ring” Have Been Wasting Your Tax and Bond Money. How true this is, is evident to any person in Atlanta who will take the trouble to investigate. The accompanying pictures were used in one of the afternoon papers re cently to illustrate the terrible condition of the streets of Atlanta. They are actual photographs, and can not be denied. Chambers and “His Ring” are directly responsible for these conditions. He has been chairman of either the sewer or street committee for the past four years. Think it over. WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE PEOPLE'S MONEY? Elect James G. Woodward, and he will tell you the truth, the whole truth, regardless of whom it hits. WOODWARD CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. FOOTBALL IN PRISON; EX-COLLEGE STARS WILL TEAMS bootball games for the amusement and pastime of the prisoners in the Federal penitentiary are expected to be started within the next two or three weeks. Baseball was played by the. convicts all through the past season, and fur nished so much recreation and en tertainment that they are looked for ward with great pleasure to the form ing of football teams. Several star players, graduates from some of the leading colleges of the country, and who are now spending a while in the prison, will lake part In .the play, which as sures some real sport on the prison reservation. Games will be played on Saturday afternoons, as were the baseball games. MISSION WORKERS IN AN ALL-DAY SESSION Missionary workers of ten evangeli cal churches held an all-day session at the First Christian church today. Reports were given by each vice pres ident representin'” the different denom ination.-. Devotional exercises were conducted by the pastor of the church. Mrs. Sam Jones presided, and in the afternoon Mrs. Brogdon conducted a Young Woman’s Model Missionary so ciety. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1912. INSANE PATIENTS. IN PANIC FROM FIRE, BATTLE RESCUERS HOPKINSVILLE. KY.. Oct. 10 Three hundred insane patients of the Western Kentucky asylum here, ren dered frantic by fire which did SIO,OOO damage to the institution, were rescued with the greatest difficulty by the offi •cers and firemen early today. The electric lights were cut off and greater parts of the buildings were in darkness, save for the light from the fire. 'Some of the patients fought their rescuers, while others in abject terror bad to be carried out. but all were saved. POSTOFFICE DISTRIBUTES BOOK OFJNFORMATION Renters of boxes in the Atlanta post office have received a book entitled "Postal Information,” which has been issued by the government. The books contain information about every detail of the postoffice and are the first is sued which tell of the purposes and ad vantages of the pastal savings banks. Postmaster McKee says that be has exhausted the supply of books sent him, but will receive more from Washington and will distribute a number of them in the public schools in order that the pupils of the school may use them as text-books to learn all about the postal service. PEDESTRIANS SEE AUTO BANDITS ROB SALOONIST OF $3,000 ST. LOUIS. Oct. 10—Holding 40 pedestrians at bay with revolvers, three automobile bandits “strong-armed” and robbed Thomas J. O’Meara of $3,000 early today near his saloon at Twenty first and Randolph streets. O'Meara, who was unarmed, snug gled and called on spectators in vain. The three bandits tote a grip from his hand containing $3,000, which he in tended to use today in cashing the pay checks of Terminal association em ployees. The trio, leaped into a large black touring car and escaped. STINGLESS BEES TO MAKE HONEY-GATHERING EASY WASHINGTON, Oct 10. —Stingless bees are being bred in the insectary of the department of agriculture by Dr. .1. A. Nelson, the government's bee ex pert. Dr. Nelson is getting the new' variety by crossing the stingless South American bee with the fierce Cyrpias queen. In a year Dr. Nelson expects to have an entire new species of bee and says that farmers will shortly be able to do away with gloves, masks, etc., when handling their honeymakers. CHIROPRACTICS TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR RECOGNITION Dr. Joy M. Loban, formerly of Daven port. lowa, but now practising in At lanta, will lecture at the Carnegie, li brary hall tomorrow night on “At lanta's Need for Chiropractic." Chiropractic.«as far as a layman can see, is a sort of second cousin to oste opathy. and its professional followers think there’s a right smart need for it in Atlanta. Chiropractic mostly con cerns itself with the treatment of the spipe, where most of the ills human flesh is heir to are centered, accord ing to the believers in this new sci ence. The chiropractics want official recog nition from the slate and are going to wage a campaign lo get it. EXPLOSION BURIES 20 MINERS: ALL ARE SAVED SPRINGFIELD. lid... (let. 10.— Twenty miners were buried early to day when the shaft tower of the O’Gara-King mine at Green Ridge, south of Springfield, was blown with dynamite. A posse is seeking men suspected of the dynamiting. All of the mine's night shift were brought to safety after much difficulty. I MBEffl, |wm M SW 3Mr| t ßß t w WU ' T ; ... ott 1 W- i ' lisP 1 Jte* i‘ < <• Wmß&^ A>y<sfc~.j»f x<u «|jr •’ j ■> Jf s / Jh J SCENE ON LUCKIE STREET NEAR SPRING. READ THESE CLIPPINGS FROM THE VAR 110US ATLANTA PAPERS, THEY TELL A FORCEFUL STORY, OTHERS WILL FOLLOW URGES PEOPLE 10 RAISE ■ FDR STREEJMR Councilman Smith Tires of Delay in Paving Repairs and Advises Drastic Action. Alarmed at the poor progress of a number of important street improve ments, Councilman Charles W. Smith has advised that the people and their representatives should "raise a rough house” if no legal redress can be ob tained. fourteenth street has been torn up since July I II still is impassable. North Boulevard lias been in .1 .simi lar condition for almost an equal length of time. St. Charles avenue has been Impa hi hie for two years. Money has been pro vided to pave- the street for two years. South Boulevard has been mutilated for some weeks by the laying of a sewer. The l oiitiwtor failed to repair the street whi n he finished his sewer work. North Avenue Dissatisfied. The wood blocks on North avenue, just laid, are uneven, ami the citizens who paid for the paving are mm h dis sat Isfied. SIX STATE-WIDE MEETINGS IN MACON DURING THE FAIR MACON. GA.. Oct. 10. —Six conven tions and gatherings of state-wide in terest will be held in Macon during the state fair, which begins next Tuesday The Georgia Berkshire association. Georgia National Guard officers asso ciation and Georgia. Fertiliser Mixers association will hold annual meetings. KASFJKLSDAFJKLSAF Nature in her wisdom and beneficence has provided, in her great vegetable laboratory, the forest, a cure for most of the ills and ailments of humanity. Work and study have perfected the compounding of these bo tanical medicines and placed them at our disposal. We rely upon them first because of their ability in curing disease, and next because we can use them with the confidence that such remedies do not injure the system. (SB) 'Jr S. S. S. always cures without leaving any unpleasant or injurious effects. It is-perfectly safe for young or old. Book on the blood and any medical advice free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. PAVING EVILS LAIR BARE IN GOURI WAR ON CITY I Administration’s Lax Methods Shown Up in Injunction Ac tion Brought by Residents. 1 Property owners living in North i Boulevard between Ponc< DeLeon and ■East avenu s today tiled a suit In the t superior court charging that the terri ble condition of that street constitutes a nuisance, alleging that the delay in i the paving work and the tearing up of the street is in keeping with the meth ods of the present city government, and I asking an injunction forcing the city to 1 abate the nuisance. The petition goes into lengllily details, showing the meth ods or lack of methods In the city con struction work and th' unnecessary delays and is an unusuall) interesting document. The patrons of the Central of Georgia at Barnesville, Thomaston. Forsyth, Bolingbroke and other points will meet to frame a petition for a "shoo-fly” train in and out of Macon each day. The Knights of Khorassan will hold a special session, initiating 50 candidates. The commercial traffic managers, con nected with various trade bodies throughout the state, will assemble and pel feet the organization of the Georgia As-ociation of Commercial Traffic Man agers. Among the best of these remedies from the forest is S. S. S., a medicine made entirely of roots, herbs and barks in such combination as to make it the greatest of all blood purifiers and the safest of all tonics. It does not contain the least particle of harmful mineral. S. S. S. cures Rheumatism, Ca tarrh, Sores and Ulcers, Scrofula, Malaria, Skin Diseases, Contagious Blood Poison and all other diseases dependent on impure blood. As a tonic S. S. S. builds up the system by supplying a suffi cient amount of vigor and nourishment to the body. "MUCHTRUTH"FOUND BY MAYOR WINN IN WOODWARD CHARGES Mayor Winn was asked today what he thought of the attacks of James G. Woodward, canidate for mayor, on the city government. lie looked very serious and replied: There is lots of truth in some of the things Jim Woodward has said. There arc some things in connection with the city government that are inexcusable.” iratelitizenTwani THEIR PAVING FINISHED Street Committee of Council Has Another Characteristic Session of Complaints. The street committee of city council mid mother session F'rlday afternoon w ili citizens complaining about the condition of their streets. 9