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INSURANCE M
lii FINAL!SESSION
Election of Officers to End
Convention of the National
Association.
The National Association of Local
Fire Insurance Agents, meeting in its
final session of a three days conven
tion at the Auditorium-Armory'. is
electing officers today. The nominat
ing committee, went into conference
vesterday and will make Its report to
the convention today. It is expected
that its slate will be accepted without
change. James H. Southgate, of
Durham, N. C., now is president. It
... en.' d to be the opinion of many of
. , members that if a change is made
ii, the head of the association the place
i rot i> .' would go to George D. Mark
ham. of St. Louis, whose treatise,
„ >4ade Rates,” delivered yester
day ’corning, made such a distinct im
pression on the delegates.
I--. ,i Hires of yesterday afternoon's
session were addresses by' Hon. Her
man L. Kern, commissioner of insur
.jma of Madison. Wis., who stressed
th. relation between the departments
o f the insurance companies and the
agents, and rate fixing to avoid dis
crimination against the companies; an
iih'ess on "The Insurance Contract
ar.'l the Premium Payer,” by Alex C.
King, t.te Atlanta attorney, and an ex
t..;ni .’taneous speech by Captain Ed
w.(r(j g, Gay. of Atlanta, who was re
ferred to as the "oldest insurance man
ager in the city.”
I'nptain Gay paid tribute to the as
focie.tion as one of the best organiza
tions in the country.
GIRL FAINTS WHEN
SHE RECEIVES WIRE
THAT SHE MUST WED
SYRACUSE. N. Y.. Oct. 17.—"Fran
crs s;»ys you will have to mar-
ry him immediately.”
When this telegram was handed to a
fashionably gowned girl, who had reg
istered as Frances Dalton, of New York,
at tin Onondaga hotel, she dropped in
a dead faint.
Much mystery surrounds the case.
Aftu the young woman was revived.
. m took .the next train for Rochester,
i w hence the telegram had been
sent
c Dalton came to the hotel on
Saturday with a young man of 22. who
was said to have been a Cornell stu
dent. They dined together, and the
man left her early in the evening. After
that Miss Dalton kept to her room until
ailed to the desk, to receive the tele
gram which caused her to collapse.
POLICE FIND RUNAWAY
SCHOOL BOY “SPIELING”
FOR FREAK SIDE SHOW
MACON. GA., Oct. 17, —Christopher
Gallagher, the twelve-year-old son of
a prominent Birmingham family, who
ran away with a midway show, is being
detained by' the Macon police pending
the arrival of his father.
The police department here was ad
vised to maintain a watch for the
youngster, and he was found here
spieling for a freak show at the state
fair midway. He still had his school
books and said that he played truant
from school the day he joined the show
and left Birmingham.
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AGENTS FOR LIQUOR
HOUSES CAN’T SEEK
ORDERS IN GEORGIA
In the ease of Kirkpatrick vs. the
State, from Whitfield superior court,
the supreme court today held, in af
firming the trial judge, that section 434
of the penal code is broad enough to
prohibit an agent for a non-resident
Jquor dealer from personally soliciting
orders inside the state for the sale of
uciuors to be shipped into the state
fmm the non-resident principal.
The court also held that there Is
nothing in the section that violates tho
federal constitution or conflicts with
f oner. ssional acts upon the same sub
ject.
HE ACCUSED HIS WIFE.
BUT SHE GETS DIVORCE
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 17.—After ten days
? r nt reviewing the evidence in the di
" ' “ case of FYank R. Young, a trav
‘ ' !) g hardware salesman, against Mrs.
r, riio Young, an actress. Judge Mc-
■ tnnoy, ~f ffjp ciayton qircuit court,
"ardefi a decree to Mrs. Young on her
hill, and ordered Young to pay
a 'nmny of |25 a month.
' "irig alleged in his petition that his
"as addicted to poker playing for
gambled his money in slot ina
and finally went on the cheap
„ 1 t ille stage with a low comedy act.
1 ung charged that he had been
niggardly and abusive.
J-GEORGIA TOWNS TO HAVE
24-HOUR ELECTRIC SERVICE
' i: nvELb, ,GA.. Oct. 17.—The board
Liar- has sold the city electric
A’.tnt. j. b. McCrary Company, of
Ibis company Is now preparing
r Jv , r ' " l> w «ter power on the Hudson
• u Royston, and has already se
i r n * ra, ts /or furnishing .light and
Royston, Canon and Lavonia.
1,1 a ’ ,x hiary plant is now being
Hurt’**, A 1 ( anon * a bout ten miles from
t<» supply light and power until
< at Jho river is ready for use
Phe plant here will he sup-
l,v ’he auxiliary plant al Canon
Plant at the river is read} A
th “' l i'-h<>ur service is promised by
1 I’ tny by December 1.
Elbert Martin, First to Seize Assassin; Manuscript Which Stopped Bullet and Mercy Hospital
AGENCIES IN SAVING OF COL. ROOSEVELT’S LIFE
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Elbert E. .Mtirlin, Colonel K oosevelt s private secretary, hold
ing the pertorated manuscript. Ihe ex-football player over
powered John Schrank ininiedi ately after the first shot and pre
vented the firing of the second.
ATLANTA FIFTH CITY IN
HOMICIDES; GUN - TOTER
AND NEGROES BLAMED
Promiscuous pistol toting and the
extensive negro population are the two
greatest causes assigned by Recorder
Broyles and Police Chief Beavers for
the South leading the nation in homi
cides, as shown in statistics compiled
by the census bureau.
These figures place Atlanta fifth in
the list of important American cities
in the record of bloodshed—figures
based on population. Memphis heads
the list with a percentage of 47.1. Then
comes Charleston, Savannah, New Or
leans and Atlanta, this city with a per
centage of 17.1. While the population,
of course, is much greater and the ac
tual number of homicides greater, both
New York and Chicago have a much
smaller average than Atlanta, Chicago
showing 8.4, and New Y'ork 5.1.
Milwaukee, the city in which Theo
dore Roosevelt was shot, has the best
record of any of the thirty big cities
shown, its percentage being only 1.7.
11 Slayers Now in Tower.
As a testimonial of Atlanta's record,
nine men are now confined in the Tow
er charged with murder. Three of this
number are under sentence of death—
Robert L. Clay, white, and Ben Green
and Oscar Dewberry, colored. Two
other prisoners from other counties,
charged with murder, aDo are held in
the Tower for safe keeping, making a
total of eleven.
"There, are two great reasons why the
South leads in the record of homicides
—promiscuous pistol toting and our
large negro population.” said Judge
Broyles. "The habit of pistol toting is
worse in the South than any other sec
tion of the country, and this naturally
breeds murder. . And then we have so
many negroes in this section —a prob
lem with which the other sections of
the country are not confronted. The
low class of negroes carry pistols and
other deadly weapons, and don't hesi
tate to use them in drunken brawls and
rows. This, 1 believe, is really the
greatest cause that runs up the South's
murder figures.”
Chief Beavers advanced the same
Saved By His Wife.
She’s a wise woman who knows just
what to do when her husband’s life is
in danger, but Mrs. R. J. Flint, Brain
tree. Vt„ is of that kind. "She insisted
on my using Dr. King's New Discov
ery.” writes Mr. F., “for a dreadful
cough, when I was so weak my friends
all thought I had only a short time to
live, and it completely cured me.” A
quick cure for coughs and colds, it's the
most safe and reliable medicine for
many throat and lung troubles —grip,
bronchitis, croup, whooping cough,
quinsy, tonsllitis, hemorrhages. A trial
will convince you. 50 cts. and SI.OO.
Guaranteed by all druggists. (Advt.)
Fortunes in Faces.
There’s often much truth In the say
ing. “Her face is her fortune," but it's
never said where pimples, skin erup
tions. blotches or other blemishes dis
figure it. Impure blood is back of
them all. and shows the need of Dr.
King’s New Life Pills. They promote
health and beauty. Try them. 25 cents
at all druggists. (Advt.)
To Drive Out Malaria
and Build up the System
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTE
LESS CHILL TONIC. You know wliat
you are tailing. The formula is plainly
printed on every' bottle, showing it is ■
slmplv Quinine and Iron in a tasteless
form, and the most effectual form. lor
grown people and children. 50c.
(Advertisement.)
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1912
opinion as the recorder.
Figures Put Atlanta Fifth.
“It's the pistol toter and the crimi
nal class of negroes that combine to
make such an unenviable record for the
South.” said the chief.
Here ire the figures compiled by the
census bureau:
—l9Ol-1910
Rate per
100,000
CITIES. Homi-pdpula.
cides. tion.
Memphis, Tenn 556 47.1
Charleston, S. C 159 27.7
Savannah, Ga 154 25.6
New Orleans, La 702 22.2
Atlanta. Ga 215 17.1
Louisville, Ky 356 16.5
Nashville, Tenn 132 13.6
St. Louis, Mo 804 12.6
San Francisco, Cal. ... 343 11.22
Cincinnati, Ohio 328 9.4
Chicago 11l 1,659 8.4
Spokane, Wash 55 8.0
Seattle, Wash 119 7.6
Washington, D. C 210 6.8
Manhattan and Bronx,
New York 1.249 5.1
Cleveland. Ohio 234 4.9
Pittsburg, Pa 243 4.9
Providence, R. 1 97 4.8
Boston, Mass 28>3 4.6
Dayton. Ohio 44 , 4.3
Brooklyn, N. Y 553 4.2
Baltimore, Md 215 4.0
Reading, Pa. 32 4.0
Philadelphia, Pa 520 3.7
Hartford, Conn 24 S.-3
Buffalo, N. Y 109 2.8
Minneapolis. Minn 71 2.7
Newark. N. J 68 2.3
Rochester, N. Y 43 2.3
Milwaukee, AVis 56 1.7
Average 9,672 6.9
ARE YOUR
GLASSES
RIGHT?
Dr. Hines' examination with per
fect equipments is absolutely scientific
and so exact that a mistake is Im
possible. He takes each eye separ
ately and goes to the root of the
trouble, and is never satisfied until
perfect results are given. Glasses
fitted by him always brings light to
a proper focus on the retina, thereby
removing all strain from the nerves
and muscles, gives perfect sight and
relieves headaches and nervousness
caused by eye strain.
READ LETTER BELOW FROM
ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN
BUSINESS MEN IN ATLANTA.
REAL ESTATE BUILDING AND
LOANS.
916 Fourth National Bank Bldg
Atlanta. Ga., October sth, 1912.
Dr. L. A. Hines, care Hines Optical
Co., Atlanta. Ga.
Dear Sir: Ten years ago you fitted
me my first glasses in your Savannah
store, which opened up a new world
to me. since that time I had occasion
to get new glasses and although 1 have
been to s, o e of the leading special
ists. have f' ilcil to get results or even
relief. Two months ago you fitted me
again in your Atlanta store. I wish
to say that they are giving me entire
satisfaction Your "Dixie" mounting
is great; can't shake them off. No
more broken lenses for me.
Yours very truly,
L. S. TEAGUE.
HINES OPTICAL CO.
Optometrists and Opticians,
i 91 Peachtree St, Atlanta, Ga.
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AVJIIL- ”
| '.t left, folded manuscript of
1 (idress Colonel Roosevelt defied
I path to deliver, showing bullet
hole.
Insects Suffer as Much as Animals, Says Expert
BE KIND TO THE SKEETER!
The city's official mosquito farm is
doing a rushing business this week. No,
we re not referring to that dirty back
yard of your next-door neighbor's. We re
speaking of I >r. Claude Smith's exhibit in
the city hall, right by' the east entrance.
Dr. Smith, city bacteriologist, and Dan
Carey, park manager, had an interesting
discussion on cruelty' to animals, animal
culae and insectivora, arising from the
mosquito incubator outfit. Dr. Smith be
gan operations at the exhibit by placing a
tumbler of water under a glass cover.
In twenty-four hours little mosquitoes be
gan to hatch from eggs which had been
laid in the water. They flew’ up to the
glass dome and sunned themselves
against its surface, drawing an admiring
throng that wondered how such diminu
tive pests could possess such power of
song and sting.
“Claude, I’m going to have you pinched
for cruelty to animals,” said Mr. Carey.
“You’re hatching out mosquitoes and
failing to feed them.”
"Waiving the obvious point that mos
quitoes are not animals. Dan,” returned
the expert, ’TH admit you are right. But
if you’re really so tender-hearted I’ll open
that cover and let them have a nibble at
CARUSO OPENS SEASON
AT BERLIN OPERA HOUSE
BERLIN, Oct. 17.—Caruso week In
Berlin is regarded as the formal open
ing of the winter season, as society
then returns to the city to form its
part of the passing show. The Royal
opera house at the opening perform
ance. by Signor Caruso, was attended
by the Crown Prince and Princess and
Prince and Princess August Wilhelm.
The audience was composed of Berlin
society and included the American am
bassador, Mrs. Leishman and Miss
Leishman.
AUSTRALIA TO GIVE $25
BONUS FOR NEW BABIES
MELBOURNE. Oct. 17.—The com
monwealth parliament has voted to
award $25 to parents for every child
born in Australia.
CLEANSE YOURLIVERAND BOWELS
WITH DELICIOUS‘‘SW DF FIGS”
Removes the sour bile, gases and clogged-up waste
without gripe or nausea. No headache, indiges
tion, constipation, biliousness or coated tongue.
Foul breath, coated tongue, dull,
throbbing headache, stomach sour and
full of gases, indigestion, biliousness
and a sallow complexion, mean that
your thirty' feet of bowels are clogged
with waste matter; that these drain
age organs of the body are obstructed;
liver stagnant and stomach full of
poisonous gases, sour bile and undi
gested fermenting food not properly
carried off.
Most of out ills are caused by const!,
pated bowels. We all need a laxative
sometimes; nobody can doubbthat. The
only' question is: Which one is the
best? and that isn’t a question any
more. Syrup of Figs, being composed
entirely of luscious figs, senna and aro
matics. must act In a harmless, gentle
and nr .oral way. Syrup of Figs can
be constantly used without injury. Its
1 lb. 20c.— t lb. 10c.—lb. sc. Better quality than the
higher-price Baking Powders yet sold ata lower price.
Insist on having it. All good grocers sell it or will get it for you*
At right, a view of Mercy Hos
pital indicating location of Dr.
•I. I>. Murphy’s suite, occupied by
Colonel Roosevelt.
you. I don’t think they’d bite anybody
else while you’re in reach."
“But. seriously, this ‘cruelty to ani
mals' proposition is a strange thing. ’’
continued the bacteriologist. "If you saw
a man heating his horse or mule, you’d
call a cop. If you saw him abusing a
cow’ or a cat or a dog, you'd want to lick
him or have him arrested.
"But when cruelty goes further down
in the animal kingdom nobody seems to
care. You'll watch a crowd of boys and
a dog worrying a rat to death with no
thought of interfering. You don’t care
how many' bugs fly into your gas light
and burn to death, except that they in
jure the light. And the fly—why. the
whole nation is resounding with shouts of
’Swat him!’
"Perhaps it’s because the little fel
lows haven’t a voice to raise tn anguish
and are too small to struggle. But the
tiny' fly has just as much capacity for
suffering as the elephant.”
"It hadn’t struck me that way before,”
said Mr. Carey. "Next time I desire to
smash a mosquito, I’ll restrain myself,
coax him into confidence with a lump of
sugar and administer chloroform before
I electrocute him.*
ACCUSER ENDS HER LIFE.
BUT MAN WILL BE TRIED
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 17.—Mrs. Mary L.
Barber, 56 years old, who accused Ed
win W. Baker of swindling her out of
$4,200. killed herself with poison at her
home. She had previously threatened
to end her life if the police failed to
recover her money.
The circuit attorney’s office says it
will push the charge against Baker in
spite of the death of the prosecuting
witness, using Mrs. Barber’s typewrit
ten statement as evidence against him
MOTHER DRINKS POISON.
GADSDEN, ALA., Oct. 17.—1 n a fit
of despondency, Mrs Joseph Mc-
Clendon. mother of a large family, at
tempted to take her life by drinking
carbolic acid at her home at Attalla.
She is alive this afternoon, but physi
cians say she can scarcely survive. Mr.
McClendon is a motion picture show
operator of Gadsden and Attalla,
action is the action of fruit—of eating
coarse food—of taking exercise. It Is
a true and effective liver and bowel
cleanser and regulator.
Most folks dread physic—they’ shrink
from the taste and after effects'. Syrup
of Figs is delicious, and. besides you
don't realize you have taken anything
until morning, when all the clogged up
waste of tlie system is gentlv but thor
oughly moved on and out of the bowels
without griping or weakness.
Ask your druggist for the full name.
“Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna.”
This is the old reliable and only gen
uine. Refuse, with contempt, any oth
er Fig Syrup recommended as good.
They are Imitations meant to deceive
you. Read the label carefully and look
for the name California Fig Syrup
Company. (Advt.)
First page of manuscript
pierced by bullet as it rested
folded in Roosevelt's pocket.
WORD “CADET" IS
TO BE DROPPED
Jane Addams Promises to Heed
Military Men’s Protest Rela
tive to Misuse of Term.
COLUMBIA, MO.. Oct. 17.—The word
"cadet” no longer will be applied to
men in the underworld.
This is the promise of Miss Jane Ad
dams, the noted sociologist, to Lieu
tenant Ellery Farmer, of Columbia,
commandant of cadets in the Missouri
State Military school at the University
of Missouri.
Lieutenant Farmer wrote to Miss Ad
da ms, telling her the word cadet was
used in a respectable sense by military
men. He said the graduates of the
United States Military academy at West
Point are cadets and that the students
at military schools throughout the
country have the same title.
He asked Miss Addams if she would
discontinue the use of the word, so it
could be saved to good usage.
"Military men do not want to use the
word cadet,” he told her, "when it is
also used In the terminology of the
white slave traffic.”
Miss Addams has omitted the word in
her new book on the social evil, and it
is believed writers on sociological sub
jects will not again use the word.
Observers of the white stave traffic
are not agreed on a substitute word,
but it is probably some distinctive term
will be adopted. The word “maquer
eaux” has been used by some.
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DIXIE MERCHANTS
PICKING OFFICERS
Selection of Next Meeting Place
Also Taken Up at the Final
Session Today.
% —————
Much interest is manifested in the lead
ership of the Southern Wholesale Dry
Goods and Notion association for the next
year. The delegates are concluding today
their session at the Piedmont hotel. The
present officers are: W. J. D. Bell,
Lynchburg, president; E. W. King, Bris
tol. first vice president and secretary and
treasurer; A. T. Dosser, Knoxville, second
vice president, and the executive com
mittee. J. C. Freeman, Richmond, chair
man; E. B. Sydnor, Richmond; H. A. Cal
loway. Atlanta; J. L. Deaver, Knoxville;
Walter Pringle. Charleston.
There also Is considerable interest in
the question of deciding what city shall
have the 1913 convention, since the asso
ciation represents about 75 per cent of all
the jobbers In the South. The convention
probably will adjourn at 2 p. m.
The session today is executive and given
over to the discussion of general topics.
J. K. Orr, formerly president of the
Southern Wholesale Shoe Dealers associa
tion, addressed the gathering yesterday as
did President W. J. D. Bell, of Lynch,
burg. Va.; J. C. Freeman, of Richmond.
Va.; Norman H. Johnson, editor of The
Merchants Journal of Commerce, of
Lynchburg: W. A. Parker, vice president
of the National Hardware association, of
Atlanta.
Opposes Paroefs Peat.
One of the most important addressee
was delivered by Norman H. Johnson, edi
tor of The Merchants Journal of Com
merce, of Lynchburg, Va., wbo declared
that "the further operation of the par
cels post law system as Inaugurated by
act of the last congress would be Injuri
ous to both retailers and consumers. “
Continuing on this subject, Mr. Johnson
said;
"In Its present form It will be the mak
ing of great mall order and wholesale
houses to the destruction of the small
jobber, wholesaler and retailer and win
be the ruination of bustness In small
towns. If the government proposes to
operate the parcels post at a loss it will
certainly be advantageous rather than
disadvantageous, but a general parcels
post law operated under the present sys
tem can not but be destructive to the
commercial and Industrial interests of the
South. It will destroy the small town
and merchant of the South to the ad
vantage of the large mail order catalog
houses.”
In substantiation of these statements
Mr. Johnson quoted the parcels post rates
applicable from all Southern shipping
points to every section of the South.
THE DAY’S WORK
Doe* it sometimes seem that
you simply could not get your
work done? Do you constantly
feei like sitting down? Per
haps you yawn continually.
Then you need
Tutt’s Pills
Because your liver is sluggish
and should be stirred to ac
tivity— at your druggist’s,
sugar coated or plain.
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Ugly Pimples
Have All Gone
Face a Sight, But in a Short Time
Stuart’s Calcium Wafers
Worked Wonders.
Many an otherwise pretty girl is
distracted with her appearance. Poor
girl! She doesn’t yet know that Stuart’s
Calcium Wafers will quickly transform
her Into a perfect dream of loveliness.
And many a young man with tender
skin Just growing a bristly beard is also
a sight to behold. All the face creams
in the world are nothing but masks.
They do not overcome pimples, but
merely allay surface irritation.
Skin-health must come from within.
Skin-tissue is made from the blood, and
as it Is a tendency Os nature to throw
off a good share of Impurities througli
the skin, naturallv impurities gather on
the surface In the form of pimples,
blotches, blackheads and other erup
tions. But Stuart’s Calcium Wafers
have a remarkable activity in the blood
which seeks the skin as an outlet for
its impurities. These are thrown off In
Invisible mist or gas, are consumed in
the oxygen of the air, and in a few days
all imperfections of circulation and of
skin-health are overcome.
All blemishes disappear and the skin
becomes as cjear and smooth as a
baby’s. Go to the drug store today—
any druggist can supply them—and get
a box <>f Stuart’s Calcium Wafers for '
trial. They will cost you only 50 cents,
but are really worth many dollars tc
you If your face is marred by ugly pim
ples, blotches, blackheads, etc. Con
vince yourself by actual test thal
Stuart’s Calcium Wafers are the mos’
effective blood and skin purifiers in th«
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