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GUT IN EXPRESS
RAILS IS FOUGHT
8T COMPANIES
Move to Oppose Order in Re
taliation for New Parcels
Post Law.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.—Attorneys
W pr. senting the American Express
Company. the Southern. Wells Fargo,
United States. Great Northern
fifteen others, including the Ca
in Express Company, and, express
ni inies of Great Britain and France
in international business with
nr< =- companies in the I’nited States,
~ ared before the interstate com
, ummission today and opposed
Pt.-nt findings of the commission re
<iu. .ng express rates generally through
out rhe I'nited States.
(luring the session or congress, when
It l;1 s proposed by certain members to
condemn express property and put it
under government control, express com
panies generally, it was understood,
would accept the findings of the com
mission. Much surprise was occa
sioned when It was discovered that cer
tain companies were preparing to tight
the matter out in the courts.
Preliminary to Appeal.
Ihe arguments submitted todai by
„ x press attorneys was preliminary, it is
understood, to an appeal to either the
commerce court or the United States
district courts.
It is supposed by men familiar with
the express business that the express
companies determined to fight the re
ductions by reason of the adoption by
congress of a parcels post for packages
not exceeding eleven pounds in weight.
Packages up to this weight form the
bulk of the package business of the
express companies.
A number of railroad attorneys also
were present, it is expected that the
decision to appeal the case, should the
commission refuse to recede from its
present position, "will be backed up by
the railroads of the country, as they
will be hard hit.
Railroads Hard Hit.
The railroads receive payment from
the express companies on a revenue
basis and a curtailment -of charges
naturally would result in a reduction of
the amount paid by the express com
panies to the railroads.
The report of the interstate com
merce commission, which has brought
this flock of corporation attorneys abotft
its ears, was issued on July 14, and is
an exhaustive review of the abuses the
express companies have been, and are.
guilty of. the chief of which is exces
sive charges. The commission, there
fore. orders a general teduction of
charges all along the line, which, in ef
fect. would amount to an average re
duction of about fifteen per cent.
LOST GIRL IS FOUND
GARBEDJN— PAJAMAS!
NEW YORK. Oct. 16.—Clad in dainty
pajamas, her long hair streaming down
her back and her bare feet beating the
pavement in a quick tattoo. Miss Ella
Skidmore, of 109 Halsey street. Brook
lyn was found three blocks from het
home by Policeman Peter Horan
Her parents did not know of her ab
sent- from the house until tlie police
man, rapped at the door and handed
the shivering Miss Skidmore over to
them.
SPARED ONCE. HANGS SELF
WITH ROPE IN HER CELL
NEW YORK, Oct. 16. —Mrs. Anna
Chrlstmann, 32 years old. of the Bronx.
Quarreled with her husband. Rudolph,
and tried to commit suicide by throw
ing herself in front of a train on the
1- She was rescued by a switchman
and arrested. When the matron of the
station house made her inspection of
prisoners in the women's wing at 3:30
a. m. she found Mrs. t'hristmann hang
ing from the top bar of tlie cell gate by
a 'ope. made of petticoat strips and a
shop lace.
COL. MADDOX ACCEPTS
OFFICE OF SOLICITOR
DALTON, GA., Oct. 16. Colonel S. P
idnx laic yesterday afternoon received
’ i<dcgram from Governor .1. M. Brown,
' otifying him of his appointment as so
' '"r general of the Cherokee circuit
' ’he unexpired term of the late T. C
‘Hiner Colonel Maddox immediately
afterward staled that he would accept the
appointment. and serve.
ihe appointment meets with considera
p atlsfaotion here. For twelve years,
r’-t’encl Maddox served in this capacity.
* Hfle ay excellent record as a pro«-
* ,f uting attorney, and his . friends are i
• <•< ?’ a”ilaiing him on receiving'
Hie appointment.
PEANUT CAUSES DEATH
OF A PITTSBURG CHILD
HTTSBURG, PA., Oct. 16. Edgar!
2-year-ohl sou of John Boggs. |
’’l following in opera lion in the!
1 1 ' sbyterian In sjiui . to remove a pea
-11,11 lodged in dir child’s windpipe.
W hilo he was eating peanuts one
"ent the •‘wrong’ wax.’’ and lodged near
lie I’ings. ,\i| th** physicians’ efforts!
’♦■move it w <*re futile and the oper- I
'ion was resorted to.
SHE SMOKES IN HOTEL
AND ATTRACTS CROWD
Hot SPKIXIIS. VA„ Oct. 16 Mrs.'
'i'x.tndei Brow ji, ,i |ead<r In Baltimore'
<, " i' ly circles, attracted a gr: H deal;
H l t»nti‘m lafot < a fashionable crowd*'
'* ' l"ii)tstf>ad hotel k- r» !»■ -.trolling tip I J
'>’ ■ • / ■ I lb . n leisu»i i v ;’a -■ ttion. I (
•uioKcd one cigarette al’tej
-Uh i ■ ’
INSURANCE MEN
DISCUSS RATES
Right of Local Organizations to
Fix Tariffs Is Argued by
Speakers.
Discussion of a vital phase of iff e in
surance that is of great interest alike to
the companies and the , |(J wag
opened tn Taft hall. the Auditorium
! XT? r V2 dav - when the sub *« "f
State-Made Rates” was taken up bv
George D. Markham, of St. Louis Mo'
maVL herS - . ThiS « Uesti ™ rates
th <a 5 . certain st a>es, especially in
he Southeast, brings into the ques
tion the jurisdiction, or lack of juris
< tetion, of such organizations as the
Southeastern Underwriters association,
which makes rates where the states do
not.
"The Department of the-Agent" was
discussed interestingly by Herman' L.
Ekern. commissioner of insurance, of
Madison, Wis.. and another live topic,
.ot Agencies and the Underwriters'
Agencies,” was handled by Charles R.
Alexander, of Clarksburg, W. Va„ and
Walker Taylor, of Wilmington N. C
The question of sole agencies is a
vital one with the agents and the com
panies. For years most of t'lte compa
nies have fought the practice of dis
tributing business among- several men
in the same large town and haw fa
vored the sole agency instead.
Among the topics up'for discussion in
the afternoon session, which opens at 2
o'clock, are "Co-operation for Better
General Conditions.” "Casualty Insur
ance as an Adjunct to the Fire Of
fice. "Methods of Compensation. ’Net
Income” and an address. The Insur
ance Contract and the Premium Payer,”
by Alex C. King, an Atlanta attorney.
A dinner-dance will be given the del
egates at the Piedmont Driving club
this evening at 7:30 o'clock.
STRANGER SAID TO BE
ATLANTAN, SOUGHT TO
CLEAR UP A MYSTERY
MONTGOMERY. ALA. Oct. 16 -The
police of Montgomery today are endeavor
ing to locale a strange man, said to be
an Atlanta lawyer, and thereby clear up
the mystery surrounding the finding of a
woman in an unconscious condition on a
downtown street last night.
The woman is Mrs. Jane WaYd. suy
posed to be from New York. Paul Fuller
and Billie Davidson, well known citizens,
discovered her in the arms of a strange
man. who was arrested by the police and
later released after quizzing. He did
not furnish his name, and, although the
police would now like to find him. they
have no < lew as to his identity, other
than that he is said to be an Atlanta law
yer.
The woman is ir a local hospital. The
strange man told Filler and' Davidson
that he found the woman lying in the
street, and that she had been struck by
an auto-or a missile. t
MAN KILLS HIMSELF
AS HIS WIFE PLEADS
ST. LOl IS. Get. 16.—Because he be
lieved he' had failed to provide suffi
ciently for his wife. George Millet, of
704 Market street. East St. Louis, shot
himself to death at his home while his
wife pleaded with him cot to take his
life.
His wife became hysterical from
grief.
Miller had been in financial stress re
cently and feared that his wife had
ceased to love him because of his fail
ure to provide well for her. Jealous)
caused by imagined lack of wifely af
fection caused his- act, the wife de
clared.
GIRLS ACCUSE PASTOR:
HE ASKS INVESTIGATION'
BELFORD. N. J,. Oct. 16.—-The Rev.
John A. Oakes, aged 56, has asked the
trustees of the Methodist church here
to investigate charges made against
him by two New York gifts of 15 and
16, who spent part of the summer at
Camp Wolf, on the shore near the vil- 1
lage.
In a written statement, now in the
hands of one of the trustees, the girls
charge, it is said, that the clergyman
was too cordial in his manner toward
them one day when they went to his
house,in the absence of his wife. The
minister denies the charge.
ELOPERS ARE ARRESTED
AND PLACED IN CELLS
CJNCINNATC OHIO. Oct. 16.—1
Harold Campbell. 22 years old, of Mil
roy. Ind., a cripple, and his bride, who
was Miss Rosalia Burnell. 18, of In
dianapolis, Ind., who were married in
this city, following their elopement, in
which they used three automobiles
across three states, were arrested here
: and held as fugitives.
The arrest was made on receipt of a
I telegram by the local police from the
I parents of the gill. They were placed
m cells.
KILLS FATHER-IN-LAW
IN ROW OVER CIGARS'
(’Ol’Ni’lL BEI’FFS, IOWA. Oct. 16 !
Frank < >\ven shot and killed his father
in-law. Charles Bierwith, in the pres
ence of fifteen guests of the hotel,
which was und-r the management of
tiie two men
Th* men had trouble over cigars.
Owen was selling to a customer, after
whi<Ji Biei with is said to have threat
♦ neo Owen with a knife, when the lat
ter shot him thret times.
JUDGE NEESE VERY ILL.
EASTMAN, G\ . 16. iLe October
term of the city court of Eastman,
which was to have von e»»ed Monday
morning. Las been i»<»stp<ined until the
fourth Menda.v in this n . iir 1 ■ n a'’c« unt
of tl'.e • -u.' illness Ctf ,1 I A
Neese, wiio has been vonfii ed his he<l I
liiv result • l an acute >ioitiach t.ioubie I
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.- WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1912.
500 Children Daily Patronize Penny Food Counter at Inman Park School
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ter at the Inman Park school, and. below, two of ihe children eating a oiie-cent lunch. Appa
rently there is considerable eiijox im-nf in one <d the pennv menus.
DIXIE DR? GOODS
MEN MEET HERE
Wholesalers Open Two-Day
Convention at the Piedmont
Hotel Today.
—— • —— •
Delegates to the annual convention of
the Southern Wholesale Dry Goods and
Notion association, with headquarters at
Lynchburg. Va.. have arrived in the city
for their first meeting this morning
at 10 o’clock in the convention hall of the
Piedmont hotel. The convention comes
to a close with general discussions tomor
row.
Among the features of the morning ses
sion will be addresses by the president
W. .1 D. Bell, of Lynchburg. Va.; J. C.
Freeman, of Richmond, Va.. Norman H.
Johnson, editor of the Merchants’ Journal
and Commerce, of Lynchburg; .1 K Orr,
of Atlanta, formerly president of the
Southern Wholesale Shoe Dealers' asso
ciation; W. A. Parker, of Atlanta, vice
president of the National Hardware as
sociation. ami a report by the first vice
president and secretary ami treasurer,
E. W. King, of Bristol. Tenn. In the aft
ernoon session the speakers will he iNmg
iass Da lion, of New York, secretary and
treasurer of the National Dry Goods as
sociation: R. O. Horton, of Lynchburg
A. T Dosser, of Knoxville: E B Sydnor,
of Richmond, and E. W. King, of Bristol.
The merchants will discuss informally
the value of co-opvretlon in business. the
relation of the retailer, the jobber and the
parcels post: the advantages of special
tickets, sales to retailers by vommisalon
houses, price cutting, etc. The afternoon
session starts at 2;30 ami a banquet fol
lows at the Piedmqnt at 8 p m Tomor
row’s session will consist of general dis
cussions.
The officers of the association are: W
.1. J>. Bell. Lynchburg, president; E. W.
King, Bristol, first vice president ami sec
retary and treasurer; A. T. Dosser. Knox
ville second vice president and the ex
ecutive committee, J <*. Freer*.an. Rich
mond chairman; E B. Sydnor. Hi'chn (
11. R. r'aloway, Atlanta. I L. D*nvv;
Knoxville- \\ niter l»r »>«*’•' (*harlost«m i
| SE ARC HINQ SI DE-L.IGHTS
ON GEORGIA -POLITICS
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
F<-\v people understand, perhaps, hovs
great was the state-wide interest in
Atlanta's mayoralty race, concluded
yesteidax.
o' . <*ol
JAKS3 a myv-rw
All day long and
until late into the
night, the wires,
both telephone and
telegraph, were
busy with inqui
ries as to the re
sult.
' Woodward's pF
turesque political
career long ago
aroused the in
terest of many
Georgians, ouith
admiration of n<> ,
a few.
There ai'e hun
dreds of politi
cians in this state
who consider
to middling masters of
the game, too. that take off their hats
to Woodward, nevertheless;
A good many patriots tindefiled wa
gered their good, long green tiiat Wood
ward would "come track" yesterday -
and he did.
After all. the expected happened.
The tip generally was that Woodward
was to win, and. although the opposi
lion marie the final sledding rough for
“the old man.” lie was backed to ••ro-s
the line well in the lead.
And las’ night, when the ultimate re
turns had been rec, ived, mil the crowd
on the street had assimilated the news
more or less thoroughly , it was a pretty
well satislied Atlanta that went home
and to bed, tired, but feeling that the
watching of the returns had been worth
the price, anyway.
Woodward has a loyal and stout
learted. following In this city- a fol
io leg that believes in him completely,
i And lie is u remarkable man. in mans
ways- one must hand him that, and
hundreds do, ungrudgingly.
Nobody questions his Ihuhs.v: no
body questions his capacity. His ex
perience in the managem -nt of munici
pal affairs is admitted and widely ap
preciated.
Honesty ami capacity at- two big as
sets —two mighty liig assets
I lie pe sonality of a m-iym unless
made positively offensive, is relatively
inconsequential the manner ini w hich
he gets away with lus job is the all
important thing.
There are thousands of people, n it
only in Atlanta, but all over Georgia,
who are hoping with all their heart.-
that Old Jim' will deliver the munici
pal goods in this Gate City of the South
right side up. with care.
And that isn't the best of it, either
these same people, for the most part.
I an 1 betting he will!
That's something to think about.
The nominee for the mayoralty has a
great work ahead of him a work for
better streets, for bettei sewerage, for
better school
11. during the course of his adminis
tration. he succeeds in getting Atlanta's
public Improvements upon a permanem
foundation if he starts Atlanta to
doing things guaranteed to star put In
will have accomplished, when the dav
comes to turn tilings over to his suc
cessor. i work lor Atlanta a- flm, If not
finer, than any work of any of |>lj» pre-.
11 PCI •S. M < H’S
He can do nothing more sure to win
Atlanta's everlasting gratitude than toil
put an end forever to botchwork in
city building!
Woodward made a brave fight,
against terrific opposition. I
No man ever was pounded harder
and no man ever stood up straiglilei
while tim pounding was going on. i
line must admire a good fighter and
ii -st people*do
-Much inav be forgiven the man who
Those Unable to Pay for Mea>s
Are Guests of iviysieiious
“Lady Bountiful.”
W!im th<* bell tapped for the lunch
hour at the Inman Park public school
this vn*k the ehiljireir-ilidn’t dig into
butch baskets or packages. They
troop" 1 I ’ til to the!’’ own restaurant,
rm h .vita a prims’ tightly clasped, and
ordered I mhi m a la carte. It was
the first ei.pc, iment in the penny lunch
system which the board of woman vis
itors of tin schools ate trying out.
What do you think of this as a menu
for the opening day? 1
I to: wiener smnlw i. h One cent
Apple or hindna. with peanut but
ter sandwich ... One cent
Bak ’d -went potato ami two gra
ham wafers One cent
That was the bill of fare, and the
children had their choice. Each c nt’s
worth was a substantial luncheon. The
menu will he changed every lay. so
there ’a ill not be a monotony of ilisiies.
Mrs. Vi im 11. Kriegsluber and Mrs.
•John O Pickett had .barge of the
penny luncheon on the first day. There
are 5'17 ’ I'ddnn enrolled in the Inman
Park s< h ud. end more i nut Min patron
ir 1 th • lumiieon on the first 'lay. The
building is so crowded that the princl
, ual Mrs \\ . T. Johnson, gave half he.
ortii e to he used as a him ii room, ami
the children 'Ai re served there.
.'. h it. was received from a pyom
inent woman, offering to prnviil •
lun hei’iis for those unable to pay.
"S-i ve every child .who hasn't a pen
-11. . and l’.’-ep an a count of it,” she
wrole. ”I’ll pay th" bills.”
Th" penny luncheon is expected to
b> especialli useful in the Inman Park
s hool. as in in;.- of tjie p ipils , ome from
t ;.** mili ‘ll •.i 1 t iii’i’ins Iho lracits, and
have l.e. : poorly piovimd with lunch.
Some of them have been In the habit
of goin _ all day with nothing to eat, a
fe.'t neiitiiei pleasant nor healthful for
a gio. Ing child. But most of them
had th< i*’u nnles t"day, and those who
m iln't wt re fed .lust the same.
The penny lunches will be served in
m.ier schools if tile experiment proses
a sil l-ess A b.ikt ry gave the first
we. k's bread free of charge, and lias
pi uuised to supply all that is n< •<!<»<! •
for th*- future at cost. Several grocery I
firm- delivered other edibles at cast I
| prices. This generosity is expected to I
' make tin luncheons close to self-sup
! pi itlng
gives ami takes courageously and with-i
out whi n i fieri ng, Much more max be I
f”lgivin, indeed, than evei it may bi .
necessary to forgive Woodward, per
haps!
And the thing more nearly sensible
and righteous that Atlanta may do nov I
is to forget the bitterness of the cam i
palgn, ami agree unanimously to back j
Woodward, at least until Woodward
shows which likely he never will--that
the backing Is undeserved.
■' \\ » opeland, of Dayton. Ohio, pur I
chased a bottle of <'ha mberlain’s t'oiigh
H’miedv for Ids boy win. had a cold,
ami before the bottle Was all used th*
boy 's < old was gone Is that not bet- I
ter than to pay a live dollar doetdr -I
bill? Eor sale by all dealers. (Advt.)
■
I WATERY EYES I
CURED IN A DAY
by taking Cheney's Expectorant— ■
■ also cures Consumption. Whooping H
■ Cough. Croup. Trickling or th" B
■ Xose. Droppings in the Throat. H
■ Bronchitis, and all Throat amt M
■ Lung Troubles Cheney's Expec
H torant relieves at onrr. Thor- H
■ .Highly lasted for fifty \ears ■■
!>RI 'l.e. S I S 2S< ANO HOC
USE SAVED 81
WILSON'S CATCH
Nominee, Then College Ath
lete, “Speared” Ball With
“Pillows Packed.”
MACON. MO.. Oct. 16.—Former Gov
ernor Robert Glenn, of North Carolina, in
an aildress to a big Democratic Macon
assemblage here related an incident of his
school «r&ys with Governor Wood row Wil
son at Davidson college.
*’\Ve were poor boys,” said Governor
Glenn, ‘‘and had to work our way through,
practicing rigid economy. It was then
Mr. Wilson showed the stern stuff of
which he is made.
’ He worked at anything his hands could
find to do, sometimes at the most modest
tasks. Nothing that was honest was be
neath him.
“I was the pitcher f< r ou r baseball tram
in a game with a rival roll* g*. At a criti
cal stage of the game th' ither co’.leg**
had three men on tlie bales'with a crack
hitter at the bat
If he brought in those men we were
lost. So I pi > poselj- throw the ball out
side the plate, but the batsman made a
mighty jump and hit the ball a lick that
seemed to send it up to Kingdom Com*
Ihe runners started for the home plat*'
"Out in let’ field was a lean, spindle
shanked fallow. He started after hat ba i
hke • bullet. The chances were a hun
dred iu one 1 e never would make it. but
we watched with mouths open and
tongues hanging out.
"The bail went ver. n rut with the
fielder half a second ahead of it. He ha-’
jumped the ditch and with a long irm
and outstreched hr nd had nailed it fair
and square. He got cheers that near!.,
raised the roof of the grand stand.
I hat tub, r was Wool;<»w Wilson.**
ID re K a w oman uh > front
kn«»\vl< flg<• and Ion;. - expe
rience, viz.. Mi> p H. Brogan" of Wil
son. Pa., who says: ‘I know from ex
periftp e that (’hamberlain’s Cough.
Remedy is far anperior to any othei.
b'or < C>up there i< nothing that excels
if." I* or sale bv ill dealers. (Advt.)
iFpsaanEis
b k Jg ■Opium, Whiskey anil Drun Habit* treated
B “r»me or at Sanitarium. Rook na anhjert
H HMI Wf r< y- , DR - B-M-WOOLLEY, 2«. N, ¥laot
sanltanum, Atlanta, Georgia.
DIABETES
A SIMI'I.H HERB Qt'k’Kl.Y CURES
THIS DREAD DISEASE TO STAY
CUR ED
Diabetes has heretofore been considered
nuiir?* blr, and the only hope held out to
the afflicted has been to prolong their
years by strict dieting.
\ plant recently discovered in Mexico,
called Diabetol Herb, has he»»n found to
be a specific In the treatment of diabetes.
■ mii kly reducing the specific gravity arid
sugar, restoring vigor and building up the
sysiem.
I nis harmless vegetable remedy will re
lieve the patient of his worst symptoms,
in the most aggravated cases, within a
■'<ek. and to prove it we will mail the
first 50c package for 25c. with free book
let of special value to the diabetic, con
taining latest diet list and exclusive table
of food values, giving percentage of
starch and sugar (carbohydrates) in 250
different finals.
Tell your afflicted friends of this offer
a”<l 25c today for a full-sized 50c
package AMES CHILMK’AL CO.. Box
;>:;7 K. Whitney Point, N. Y. (Advt.)
I This is an unnatural con- S
g dition— a little refft each day H
land Scott’s Emulsion after •
every m al gives nature tiie
material to restore strength. S
Scott’s Emulsion !s a5?
strength-building, curative h
food and tonic to ooercome
ceaAness c.nti A.-fi>ne— R
no alcohol or drng.
It doesn’t stupefy the "
| nerves, it feeds them.
Expectant and nvrsing mother:, m
aiwayx need Scott'* Emuleion. fc
■ Scott d< Bownr, Bloomfield, N. J. 12
Women who bear children and re
main healthy are those who prepare
their systems In advance of baby's
coming. Unless the mother aids
nature in its pre-natal work the crisis
finds her system unequal to the de
mands made upon It, and she Is often
left with weakened health or chronic
ailments. No remedy la so truly a
help to nature as Mother’s Friend,
and no expectant mother should fall
to use it. It relieves the pain and
discomfort caused by the strain on
the llgameuts, makes pliant and elas
tic those fibres and muscles which
nature Is expanding, prevents numb
ness of limbs, and soothes the inflam
mation of breast glands. The system
being thus prepared by
Friend dispels the fear that the crisis
may not be safely met. Mother's
Friend assures a speedy and complete
recovery for the mother, and she is
left a healthy woman to enjoy the
rearing of her
Mother’s
Friend
child. Mother's
Friend la sold at
drug •tor eb.
Write for our free
book for expect-
ant. mothers which contains much
valuable Information, and many mug
gestions of a helpful nature.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO,, Atlanta, Ga. *
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