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Mrs. Longstreet's Plea to Wilson
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Blames‘Power Trust'as Her Foe
Far-Reaching Decision Will Vi
tally Affett Railroad: and
Other Corporations,
, ruling of far-reaching impor
tance was made to-day by the'State
Supreme Court when It decided that
ili» lessee of lun-i is liable for its
isx-s, as well as for taxes assessed on
improvements the lessee makes, in the
,-vert the lease is in perpetuity.
Several railroads of the State and a
number of corporations, which have
held they could not he forced to pay
taxes on land they did not own, but
leased in perpetuity, "ill be affected
by the decision handed down to-day.
The court called attention to the
fart that a perpetual lease sometirhes
has been referred to and is considered
the legal equivalent of it conveyance
in fee, reserving' the rent: and added
that it was the opinion of the court
that a' lease in perpetuity is a' sub-
Mantial equivalent.
Morgan County Case.
The decision came on the (use. of
Penick, executor, against Atharates
Atkinson et al., from Morgan County,
- Judge Park presiding. .Vkinson
leased two lots ui the city of Madison
in 1RH9 from A. G. Foster at un .an
nual rental of $300, the lease to con
tinue so long as payments wen made.
When the city began taxing t/ie lots,
heirs of Atkinson brought suit against
heirs of Foster, contending that as
the city had assessed the property at
a stated sum, three-fourths attributa
ble to the buildings erected on the
property and one-fourth to the land
without the improvements, taxes
should be borne in proportion by the
defendants and themselves.
The Foster heirs declined to admit
the contention. The plaintiffs agreed
to pay the whole tax, pending a set
(lenient of the matter in the courts.
The jury, under the court’s instruc
lions, found the tax was apportion-
able. Tile defendants moved for a
new trial. It was refused, and they
excepted.
Supreme Court's Words.
In reversing the decision of the
lower court, tlie Supreme Court said:
"The petition was projected and
rase tried on the hypothesis that the
two parties hao separate interests on
the land and as between themselves
there, should be an apportionment' of
the tax. But. as we have attempted
lo demonstrate, such is not the case.
Vs we view it, the owner of the base
fee is Liu. owner of the property in
possession and is liable for such taxes
ms may be assessed against the prop
erty.”
DINNER FOR COMMERCE HEAD.
CHATTANOOGA, TES.V, April 1.1.
V dinner in honor of Edward F. Trefz,
fil'd secretary "of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, is Jo be giv^n
ay the. Chamber of Commerce to
night at 8 o’clock. Colonel Lockett,
ommander of the Eleventh Cavalry,
will be one of the guests of honor.
F ainous General's Wid
ow Declares Fight on
Monopoly Inspired
Opposition to Her.
SATISFACTORY DENTISTRY
i
If your teeth
pain you. don’t
delay.
You consult a
specialist when
you have an
operation per
formed, a spe
cialist for your
eyes, throat,
ears. etc. WHY
NOT A SPE
CIALIST FOR
YOUR TEETH?
You can not
afford to run a
risk or take a
chance with
any other. My
expert consul
tation !s with
out cost or.ob
ligation.
Roofless Plates;
my own Inven
tion', 55.00.
Gold fillings. $1.
Crown and
Bridge Work,
$4.00.
Painless extraction FREE when
other work iG being done.
Crooked teeth straightened.
Riggs' disease treated. Loose teeth
tightened.
Silver and amalgam fillings, 50c.
Don't think cf accepting a sub
stitute. Remember, there is but
one place to obtain the original. -
The only plate that gives lasting
comfort and satisfaction. Hun
dreds of people praise WHIT-
LAW’S PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
Let me demonstrate.
Twenty-year guarantee Prices
low. Highest grade work.
Open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Sundays. 10 to 3.
Phone Main 1298.
Lady Attendant and Ladies' Rest
Room.
Terms to Suit
Nervous Patients Given Special
Attention.
DR. WHITL.AW, PAINLESS
DENTIST.
The largest and most thoroughly
equipped office In the South. En
trance 73' . Whitehall Street. Over
the A & > -Tea Store. Opposite
the Vaudette Theater. Fourth door
from J. M. Hirih Company. Refer
ence: Central Bank and Trust Cor
poration.
NEW YORK, April 15. Mrs. Helen
D. Longsireet has written to the New
York Times the following letter set
ting forth her charge that a ‘water
power trust” is responsible for the
effort to remove‘her-from her position
a.s postmaster at Gainesville;
President Wilson was swept in
to the .White House by a wonder
ful majority as the Nation's pro
test .against the “invisible govern
ment.’.’ Millions of my country
men united with a great leader in
founding a new party. But men
of all political parties, believed
that Woodrow Wilson was a
clean; high-minded, courageous
American, and that, his triumph
was tfie triumph of a Nation’s de
sire that a government of the peo
ple, for the people and by the peo
ple, should not perish from the
eaTth.
Exercising authority as the
chosen tribune of the untrammei-
od millions of the American peo
ple, I cannot- believe that one of
the first and most conspicuous
acts oi President Wilson’s ad
ministration was to disregard
every i nnounced policy bearing
on the recognition of meritorious
service;by striking dowm a wom
an at • the behest of a dangerous
water-power trust. It is true that
the political spoilsmen are fight
ing me because my woman's
heart was loyal to the great
American who in the hour of my
bitter \yoe and broken health and
pitiful need had done more for
me fhan any oilier man in the.
world, “new birth of the new .
soil,’’ the first American, Theo
dore Roosevelt.
Blames Georgia Power Co.
Biit the real light on me is be
ing made by the Georgia Railway
& Power Company, a water pow
er trust which has extablished a
monopoly on -all the water power
of Georgia in ; he region of the
State’s greatest industrial activi
ties. This water power trust
found ' in' Georgia a community
which, did not seem to be awake
to what was going on all over
the World and took advantage of
the situation to unload a $30,000,-
000 watered stock issue on the
people with the privilege of col
lecting dividends thereon for sev
eral generations. This trust is
operating .in dilect violation of
the anti-trust :\ws of the United
States ‘ Government.
In the midst of their schemes
these • conspirators against the
public weal grabbed Tallulah Falls
which is the property of Georgia,
situated in an unrivaled gorg-e
of our Blue Ridge Mountains
and is the most beautiful natur
al l^nd mark in the western
world. . I went before the Legis
lature with an arr^y of Taw and
of facts which compelled the
passage of a resolution directing-
Gov. Brown to bring - suit to re
cover' Tallulah Falls. Senator
Hoke'Smith when he was Gover
nor ordered a survey of the Tal
lulah Falls property, and it was
tile- evidence developed by this
survey, which enabled me to get
the bill through the Legislature.
‘ Senator Harris of Georgia, re
cently appointed to. the Census
Bureau, knows that the Georgia
Railway & Power Company
maintained the most powerful
lobby ever assembled in the cap
ital of Georgia, to work against
the resolution empowering the
State authorities to bring suit to
recover the State’s property. This
suit is now pending in the courts
• of Georgia.'
Tfie Georgia Railway Power
Company evidently argues that if
'■’it can l ave me kicked out of the
Postal. Service of Georgia, dis
credited’by the President of the
United States, crushed, and de
stroyed it will be rid of one of
.. its most dangerous foes, with re
sultant disastrous effect on the
Slate's interests in the pending
suit.
Will Woodrow Wilson strike
me down at ;lie behest of tile
Geoig'a Railway & Power Com
pany and its Miellnss and hench
men’ Let hir,i answer .to the
American people.
There is nothing on my side
but right and the aroused con
science of tile Nation. Pitted
against me are the mighty forces
of the invisible Government. I
do not know i o« to meet its
"m thol- because it strikes in the
dark and in the back. On the
-llh of March, Woodrow Wilson
summoned to '.is side every lion-
i_st man, every right-thinking
man. every forward-looking man.
,ViU be suniiuoii to his aid to-day
■i dangerous "iter power trust,
,„d use its lash to strike down
all A mi rican ' woman ? Let him
msv.e.’ to the American peopi*.
i "believe he a til answer as 'be-
oMie-s the traditional manhood
r a .{nightly race,
I believe there, are real men in
m American tffnatu who will de
mand some better reason than be
Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet.
furnished by the Georgia Rail
way & Power Company for driv-
■ ing me from the postal service of
.the State, on whose bosom I was
cradled: . 1 call to my support
in this hour every courageous
man, every square dealing man,
every bigh-mlnued man in the
American Congress. I believe
that men of this character sit in
the law-making body at the Na
tion's capital. 1 believe that they
are no; confined to any one State
or section or to any one party. I
believe that the day will never
dawn in the East when men in
whose veins courses the red blood
of American citizenship will fel
lowship with dangerous wa 1 er
power trust in an effort to strike
down a woman across whose
heart is lettered America.
HELEN D. LONGSTREET.
CLAPP REPORT
Penrose, Exposed Senator, Suc
ceeds in Fight to Smother Re
sults of Investigators.
WASHINGTON. April 15.—Senator
Penrose, of Pennsylvania, who was
exposed in the Hearst newspapers
and magazines as having served the
interests of Standard Oil, has suc
ceeded in his fight to smother the re
port of the Clapp investigating com
mittee.
The Hearst papers told exclusively
a month ago that Senators Oliver
and Jones demanded a report that
would whitewash Penrose. Senator
Paynter. Democrat, of Kentucky, sided
with them. Senators Clapp and Pom-
erene have a very different idea con
cerning the treatment of the 1,600
printed pages of testimony taken.
Although money was spent lavishly
in gathering this evidence, it is con
sidered certain that no recommenda
tions are to be made. The disclos
ures before the committee were most
damaging.
The Senate committee on Privileges
and Elections failed to fill the vacancy
caused by the retirement of Senator
Paynter from the Senate. The affairs
of the Clapp committee thus are at
a standstill.
This is believed by many to indi
cate that the influences of Standard
, Oil expend even further than to the
j sub-committee that has been making
i this investigation, and which is sub
ordinate to the full committee on
Privileges and Elections. The follow
ing Senators are members of the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections:
Kern of Indiana, Lea of Tennessee,
Pomerene of Ohio, Reed of Missouri,
Johnson of Maine, Vardanian of Mis
sissippi, Hughes of New Jersey,
Walsh of Montana. Thompson of Kan
sas, Dillingham of Vermont, Clapp of
Minnesota, Sutherland of Utah, Brad
ley of Kentucky, Oliver of Pennsylva
nia, and Kenyon of Iowa.
CREDITORS ATTACK FIRM.
Creditors of Cohen & Feinberg,
merchants of 50 Decatur Street, filed
an involuntary petition in bankruptcy
against the firm to-day, alleging that,
an act of bankruptcy had been com
mitted when Ridley, Williamson &
Wyatt were paid $110 in preference to
other creditors. The creditors’ names
in the petition are A. Schaap & Son,
New Y’ork; Louis M. Strauss, New
York; Sadie Miller. New York, and
Sullivan & Co., Philadelphia.
Death Penalty Just,
Says Miss Eva Booth
Salvation Army Chief Commends
Capital Punlahment to Make
Men Regret Crimes
NEW YORK, April 15.—Commander 1
Eva Booth, of the Salvation Army,
goes on record to-day in favor of
capital punishment. And this ' at a
time when lawmakers all over the
land ore opposing the death sentence.
"I believe in capital punishment.
Contemplation of coming death
arouses one to a realization that lie
must look to the welfare of his soul,”
said Miss Booth, whose life has been
devoted to .work among the lowest
classes.
"The view 1 take of capital punish
ment is that a man who knows that
he has but a certain length of time to
live will think of the hereafter,” she
said. "If the law decrees capital pun
ishment and a man is sentenced the
seriousness of his situation makes
him think of his soul. If he is sen
tenced to but a few years, or even for
life, there is the hope that lie will
some day be free and with the though!
of further freedom thoughts for ilia
own welfare vanish. Human beings
are pro-ne to procrastinate. Let there
be uncertainty of time and the nec
essary will not be done.
"As for the after world—whether
there be flre'and brimstone—concerns
me not in the least. The worst agony
a person can suffer is in his own
mind. Many are the persons who
would willingly and gladly step into
the flames if by so doing they could
rid themselves of the ■ torture their
rnisde ds have brought upon their
minds "
Senator’s Daughter
A Soap Box Orator
Lane's Society Friends Write Mrs.
McBride Is Making Socialist
Speeches in Portland Streets.
PORTLAND. OREG., April 14-
Friends of United States Senator
Harry Lane, shocked at the conduct
oi his daughter, to-day sent him word
that Mrs. Nina McBride had blos
somed out as a Socialistic soap box
orator on one of tho principal streets
of Portland. Society friends of the
wealthy young woman whose father
was recently elected to the United
States Senate were astonished at the
"unheard of conduct of Mrs. Mc
Bride.”
"You white-collared fellows,” shout
ed Mrs. McBride from her position )n
the soap box. "get wise to what, is go
ing on in society to-day. Wake up
and vote the Socialist ticket."
She waved a daintily gloved fist by
way of emphasis to her words. The
crowd applauded.
Mr. and Mrs. McBride recently at-
, ended a convention of hoboes in New
Orleans.
Class of Initiates
Get Masonic Degrees
Four Days’ Convocation Held by At
lanta Order With Banquets
Each Evening.
Beginning lo-day and lasting four
days, degrees will be conferred on
those seeking membership in the An
cient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry in the seventh general
convocation of the Valley of .Atlanta,
Orient of Georgia.
Meetings will be held at the Ma
sonic Temple. There will be a ban
quet each evening from 6:30 to 7:30
o’clock.
Seven well known Masons have die]
since the la.st convocation, and their
names are placed in the “In Memo-
riam” list at the end of the. souvenir
program. They arc:
Henry Marshall Smith, 14 degrees,
died Ju’v 2~. I r 'i4: MtLyton
Troutman, 32. K. C. C. H., died July
5. 11112; Artuur \Voud .an i. ..unu. .*3;
died August 1G, 1012; Henry < lay
Stockdell, 33, died September 11, 1912;
William Andrew McCurry, 32, died
September 21. 1012; Jack Morton Wil
son. 33, K. ('. C. H., died October 1.
1912, and Granville Beal, 32. died
October 3, 1912.
SLAYS HIS SON-IN-LAW.
GADSDEN. ALA., April 15. Smith
Black shot and killed his son-in-law,
Joe Haney, at ITnion Grove. Marshall
County, following a family quarr I.
Black claims Haney came home drunk
and beat his wife and that when lie
interfered he turned his attack upon
him. To protect his life, he says, he
killed Haney.
Messenger Girls are Great
Favorites at the Bonita.
No more fascinating or better S
trained bunch of show girl.- has j
been seen in Atlanta than tho j
beauty chorus with the Messenger
Giri Company, appearing at the
Bonita, and they can sing and
claim, too. The comedians ate
amusing, and the show is pleasing.
Don't overlook the fact that-the
Bonita, gives first pictures that are
as good as can be seen anywhere. .
Every fhnlan
is interested prd should know I
about the wonderful
i MARVEL Whirling Spray i
The dpw Vaginal Syringe.
B?st—merr convenient. It
cleanses instartly'.
Ask your tfruggirtfer i
If he cannot supply •_
MARVEL, accept no other;*
jjt send stamp for flmst-ted
?ook — reeled. It gives f ;!l partlcu-
ars and directions in-, air.: bleto iadiesH _
ftiAfiVU Ctf . 44last*3d Street.He./ Yorh^
Colonials—
Pumps—
Oxfords
Constant special care
in selecting our
models for Spring
has produced some exceptionally excellent styles
for our display this season. No matter the
price, if
S3, $3*4 $4. $4*4 $5.
We can show you all accepted shapes in
all kinds of leather—and you will find always
as high quality as it is possible to build in their
respective grades.
The new things just now are Colonials, small
tongue and buckle with Kidney heels.
10—Patent Kid Colonial, small leather-cover
ed buckle and tongue, turned sole,
Kidney heel
20—Dull Calf Colonial, small leather-cover
ed buckle and tongue, turned sole, a j*
Kidney heel vpD
32—Patent Colt Colonial, small leather-
covered buckle and tongue, welted sole, ^ *
Kidney heel - xpD
You will find our stock of Pumps and But
ton Oxfords complete and of the latest designs
in Lather and fabric.
FOR GRAFT PROBE
Witnesses in the eouncllmanic uraft
probe probably will be subpenaed to
morrow. The two factions involved
announced to-day that they were
ready to proceed.
Police Chief J. L. Beavers. Recorder
Nash Broyles, numerous Councilrmfc
and Aldermen and a number of pri
vate citizens will be called as wit
nesses.
John S. Owens, foreman of the Ful-
*on County Grand Jury, and Aider-
man John E. McClelland, who has
been most active In bringing charges,
both held conferences with Mayor
Woodward to-day.
Mr. Owens repeated tlie statement
recently given to The Georgian that
the Grand Jury would take no action
until the Council investigating com -
nT.itre had shown what it intended to
do. He said he did not discuss the
graft charges with the Mayor.
"What of interest to tlie public did
you discuss with the Mayor'.’" he was
asked.
"Tlte public is not interested in
anything but baseball," said Mr. Ow
ens.
Alderman McClelland said lie had
his charges written out and he would
fi e them a.s soon ns the committee
met. He also said that diaries T.
Hopkins would appear as his attor
ney.
"Can't you give the names of those
you accuse?” he was asked.
"When 1 file my list of witnesses to
be subpenaed yoii can come pretty
near guessing whom I accuse,” he re
plied.
Alderman McClelland said he knew
some offirials were "trying to trump
up charges" against him.
"They can go their limit.” he said.
I can disprove any charges tliev may
make. They can't frighten me. I'm
going to make good on everything 1
have said."
Official of Wayne
County a Suicide
W. Brock Westberry Whets Razor to
Keen Edge Just Before End
ing His Life.
JESUP, GA„ April 15.—W. Brack
Westberry, a prominent citizen of
Wayne County, committed suicide at
ills home near here to-day. Telling
his family that he was going to feed
his horses, Westberry .vent to the
horse lot, taking his razor and strop
with him. After whetting Lie blade,
he out a deep gash in the right side
of his throat. When discovered a fe’.v
minutes later by his son. Hugh West-
berry, he was dead. The strop was
hanging on a barn wall near by.
Westberry, who was County Road
Superintendent, had been in bar!
health for some lime and brooded over
this until bis mind became affecleJ,
causing him to kill himself.
Begs Money to Bury
Wife, Dead 20 Years
Notorious Negro Goes to Stockade
for Working Flim-Flam Game
on Church.
Glenn and Wife to
Fight Case Thr
There Will Be No Attempt
Part of Either to Compro
Their Attorneys Declare.
There will be no settlement Jn the
case of Luther J. Glenn, charge! with
the abandonment of his two minor
children, according to statements of
his attorney, L. F. McClella|i4L^I|{>
Mrs. Glenn's attorney, Sam Hewlett,
to-day. ,ojq0
“We are going: to prosecute in
court,” said Mr. Hewlett.
Mi. McClelland said he had no Idea
the case would be satisfactorily set
tled until it was tried before a jury
Palmer Pease, Atlanta’s most noto
rious negro, to-day a&ain went out to
tlie stockade, after admitting to Re
corder Broyles that he had invaded a
negro ministers' meeting in the church
at Central Avenue and Hunter Street
and Aim-flammed the preachers with
a fake story that he was raising fund*
to bury his wife. After making up a
fund, the preachers found that the
story was a pure swindle.
Pease admitted to the court that his
wife had been dead 20 years.
”1 was drunk and just happened to
remember about it,” he explained.
Get
"In The Game
but remember you must be.
k strong and robust to win. A
sickly person is the loser in *
1^ every way; but why remain ■
*0 7 anal
Zhostetter’s!
■stomach bitters'
■ .1
will aid digestion and heli>
£ you back to health and |
strength. Try a bottle to-day,
H Avoid substitutes. I
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CHAM BERLIN-JOHNSON-Dii BOSE CO.
ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS
KEELYS
KEELYS
KEELY'S
’Twas the week before Opera and all through the store
New things were arriving, new things galore.
Mr., Mrs. and Miss Atlanta and their many visitors will
dress in their best next week.
And C-hamberl in-Johnson-Du Bose Co. is going to lend a
helping hand.
We have already done so, as a trip through the many de
partments of this store will attest.
There are new, bright, attractive things on all sides.
Where or how shall we begin to tell you of them?
It maybe that your particular interest lies in a hat—
Estelle Mershon.the smart little shop at 20 E.46th Street,New'
York, has sent us the hats that Paris and New York have de
clared for this spring. Many arrived yesterday, more to-day
—a more varied or brighter collection has never been shown
in Atlanta.
-—Or perhaps it may be an evening wrap or dress that
you need-—either is here in a splendid satisfying array-sim
ple, elegant evening wraps and dresses, gorgeous, resplendent
evening wraps and dresses reflecting the glorious colorings and
wonderful patterns of materials new with this season.
—Or perhaps it is the corset—and the answer is the new
suedine and tricot boneless corsets, softer and more supple
than corsets were ever before known, and Miss Scott to fit
you—Miss Scott, an expert to her finger tips, who knows cor
sets,the human figure and the styles, and who uses this knowl- ,..,'7/
edge to her customers’ advantage.
—Or—but we could extend the list through many col
umns and tell of gloves and handkerchiefs and jewelry and
hosiery and ribbons and neckfixings and other
things. The upshot of it all would mean that women opera-
bent have here the choicest merchandise of the world’s
markets before them!
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rt tori n
Jsns«i
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soft!!
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Special In the Art Department
By right of a very remarkable and unusual purchase is this
announcement made.
$1.25 Stamped Crepe Gowns
See them in the window. Note the quality of the
crepe, reckon the cost of it by the yard. Consid
er there are four and one-half yards in each pattern—there is the
proof of the bargain. They are figured little Dresden patterns
and colorings and plain shades of pink, blue and in white.
Stamped variously for French embroidery.
$1.00
Stamped WhiteNainsook Gowns
I’he Nainsook is a splendid grade, very soft, very
evenly woven. They are stamped for scalloping about
the low. round necks, for little florals, for many patterns
French embroidery.
50c
of
sitT
rr* s
.jfO''-'
'Our;t
Keel
eeiy s
Selections from “Lucia” on the Columbia Grafonola Grand
in the Tea Room Wednesday between the afternoon tea hours of
four to six.
iChamberlin^Johnson-DuBose