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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. » 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 L /ZTi T i&\ 1 Sfffc «\ '■ V' wl * WBwA WWWWOtr j?fl jWMb X.%. **' & V. wlrWßy?*’ wgwffU IlWMpk f |Jp- J i 1. • I Owl Wk -- rryMi i ■ ■ •» f/ -cf - J 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. •< <* ? ■ ;•■ - x '" 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. The delicious flavors of the best fruit and more economical. SAUER’S EX TRACTS ALL FLAVORS. Thirteen highest awards and medals. (Advt.) D Hawkeye* First Class Finishing and Jcn larglng A complete stock film*, plates, papers, chemioala, ete. Special Mail Order Department for out-of-town customers Send for Catalog and Price Liat. 4. K. HtWKtS CO. --Kcdtk Dtp»rln>tnl H Whitehall Bt. 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All who wish, that have not tried Swissco, can have a free 25c bottle pre paid on receipt of ten cents in stamps or silver, to help cover expense of packing, etc., by addressing direct to the Swissco Hair Remedy Co., 5061 P. O. Square, Cincinnati, Ohio. (Advt.) 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. 1 jii 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« woi Id. • 3