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k , i Till'. AT LA A I A UKUKtilA \ AM) A LV\ \\ KDA LSD A Y , A DKI Mi. i di TO ENJOr LIFE S ENATOR F. M. SIM MONS, of North Caro- •na (above), and Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, on whom President Wilson is de pending to put the Underwood tariff bill through the Senate. Sues Power Company For Fireman’s Death Task Well Done Is That Done With Enthusiasm and a Will Says Business Expert BY B. C. FORBES. Are you good friends with your work? * * * Since we spend most of our wak ing hours at our daily tasks, is it not very important that we should be happy in the doing of them? The man or woman who has no heart for his or her employment cannot real ize the full joy of living. * * V There is only one thing worse than having disagreeable work, and that is having no work at all. The per son who has no work can have no recreation, no relaxation. The vil lage blacksmith is more to be en vied than the idler who may have millions. The squire who walked to get a stomach for his meat was less happy than the sturdy son of the soil who rejoined: “And I walk to get meat for my stomach.” * * * The man who brings a right atti tude to his job is rich all day long, for, as a sage remarked, “Money never made any man rich, but his mind.” * * * Some people spend more energy in grumbling than in trying to get on. * * • To be done well, a task must be done with a will, with relish, with enthusiasm. The best workers are those whose hearts are in their work. Those who are wisely ambi tious seldom grumble. A motto which has been framed and hung on many walls reads’ “All things come to those who hustle while they wait.” The malcontent usually waits without hustling. He wants the moon without having to soar to get it. He sits with folded hands instead of speeding forrh with busy feet and nimble fingers. * * * Contentment can be cultivated. And it's -a plant worth cultivating. It can at least be said of Christian Science that it has turned many sour people sweet. The harder a man's toil the greater his need for bringing cheerfulness to it—the merry heart goes all the day. * * * Employers will promote a cheerful worker sooner than a discontented one. The foreman who believes in his work, who takes pride in it, who goes at it wholeheartedly infuses something of his own spirit into those serving under him. Why should a servant who is constantly complaining, who is eternally railing Against his bos&, who finds his em ployment a bore, be placed in com mand of other servants? His ex ample would bring on a strike rather than promote success. * * * Of course, many jobs are near relatives of drudgery. It is hard to sing at them. But, if nothing else can be reached, what's the use of making the worst of it? Why nob make the best of it? “What cannot be cured must be endured.” Most men toil and slave not solely for their own sakes; they sow that others—wife, mother, family—may reap. When tackled in this spirit, when performed from unselfish mo tives, few tasks cannot be made at least tolerable. No man liveth to himself—unless he be a fool, for to ■try it invites inward failure even though it may bring outward "suc- #ess.” * * * Some of these platitudes are irompted by an incident that oc curred on the Brooklyn Bridge ele vated platform in the early hours of Saturday morning, when newspaper men were waiting for their trains On this platform is a veteran whose duty it is to hoist the proper signals, call out the destination of trains and answer the . countless questions of passengers. Of late there has been a second man on the platform. He does not yet know what the public have a right to expect of him. On this particular m rning he was guilty of such ir.J v<lity that the veteran began to give him some homely sound advice. Instead of ac cepting it in aood part, he replied jauntily that there were plenty of jobs in New York. * * • “Don’t throw away dirty water until you get clean,” chided the vet eran. “There are ten thousand peo ple in New York this night looking for work—I see some of them hang- round a gate I pass every morning.” * * * The trouble with the uncivil plat form man, it struck me, was that he brought a wrong attitude, a wrong state of mind to his work. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company pays him to give its patrons civil answers, but apparently he felt too big for his job. And he sought to vent his spleen upon the company’s customers. Be a little more patient, a little more cheerful, my friend. You will get farther and the way will be a|l the smoother for yourself and for others. DENVER MAN NAMED AS AID IN U. S. CLAIMS COURT WASHINGTON, April 18.—Attor- •ney-General McReynolds to-day an nounced the appointment of Samuel Houston Thompson, of Denver, Colo., to be Assistant Attorney-General in charge of the Court of Claims. The appointee succeeds John Q. Thompson, of Illinois, recently de ceased. Even Opponents Admit Massa chusetts Election Is Indorse ment of Democrats. WASHINGTON. April 16.—Chair- man Underwood and the Democratic leaders of the House were confident Co-day the Democratic caucus would accept tlie cotton schedule just as the Ways and Means Committee framed it. without a single change. - despite CUMMINS URGES RIGID TESTS FOR FOREIGN MEAT WASHINGTON. April 16.—Senator Cummins, of Icwa. offered an amend ment to the Underwood tariff bill in the Senate to-day providing that meats, which have not passed an in spection as to their purity as rigid as that made in this country, shall not be imported into the United States. •SOCCTO S C ** UovMCfc CABLE II NEWS Important Events From. All Over the Old World Told in a Few Short Lines. Raising Mongolian War Fund. CANTON, CHINA. April li;.- Con tributions toward the Mongolian war fund are coming in rapidly. The po lice have been given power to sup press news of the movement of troops. Airman Falls into Sea. PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND, April 10.—Aviator Busted had a narrow os cape from death while making a flight from Newport. Isle of Wight, over the Solent. The motor of the aero plane stopped and machine and airman plunged into the water. After float ing about for an hour in the icy wa ter. Busted was picked up exhausted. Suffragettes Barred From Parks. LONDON, April 16.—Home Secre tary McKenna has prohibited suffra gettes from holding any more meet ings in London parks. English Bishop Dead. DURHAM, ENGLAND, April 16 — Right Rev. John James Pulleins. Epis copal Bishop of Richmond and Suf fragan to the Bishop of Ripon, is dead, at Stanhope Rectory, aged 72. Husband, Allowed a Dime a Week, Rebels Atlanta Man Seeks Divorce After Twenty Years of Marital U nhappiness. If your wife would permit you an allowance of only 10 cents a week for street car fare and for an occasional “good time.” in what .manner would you rebel' and asserfc your manhood? Charles H. Garrison, of 86 Connally •Street, after all other methods failed, sued for divorce. His petition, filed Tuesday, narrates that for nearly 20 years his married life was tilled with unhappim^s; that he was cruelly and inhumanly treated, and that after he dutifully had turned over his wekly wage of $18 to his wife, Fannie, she would give him only 10 cents for spending money until next payday. He left her i11 11*11, he said, hut on the pleading of his daughter he returned. His complaint continues: “The petitioner then believed that the long-absent dove of peace was about it) return.” ^ INDIAN STEALS ENGINE: HAS “HEAP MUCH FUN” KLAMATH FALLS, OREG., April 1.6.—Inspired by several “shots” of Klamath Palls firewater, C. Stone- cole, an Indian from Sacramento Cal., captured a mogul locomotive in the Southern Pacific yards and held it for two hours against ail comers. Stone.olc thought he was preparing to take a train back to Sacramento. He shot the locomotive up and down the tracks southeast of this city at, a record-breaking clip. After tiring of the toy, he quietly surrendered to the police. INCOME TAX LAW WON’T PUT BURDEN ON INSURED WASHINGTON. April 16.—Repre sentative Hull, of Tennessee, who framed the income tax law, denied to day that the bill would have the effect of levying a quadruple tux on life in surance policyholders. Hull dociar. «1 the misunderstanding on the part erf the insurance companies was due to the belief that the tax on incomes was to be collected on the face value of policies. “There is no lax on the face value of a policy,” saifj Hull. *'**m!m* ,.v Charles Dougherty’s Mother Seeks $25,000 for Loss of Son, Charg ing Negligence. Asserting that her son, Charles Dougherty, a fireman, was killed be cause of the negligence of the Geor gia Railway and Power Company in not having one of its wires properly insulated. Mrs. M. Dougherty has filed suit in Fulton Superior Court against the corporation for $25,000 damages. Dougherty was the hero of a fire at 362 Washington Street on March 7. in which he lost his life. He had gone into the attic carrying v line of hose, and in the smoke and flames lost his footing and stumbled. He thrust out a hand to save himself and touched a live wire, which sent 3.000 volts of electricity through his body, killing him instantly. Before his deatli Dougherty had done work that resulted in the saving lives, and afterward a large sum of money was raised by the people of Atlanta for his family. In her suit. Dougherty’s mother as serts that her son would not have been killed had the wires been prop erly insulated, and that the Georgia Railway and Power Company was criminally negligent in allowing the insulation to wear off without repair ing it. Police Open Road Residents Blocked Armour Highway in North Atlanta Barricaded by Property Owners as Private Way. Acting under instructions from the Fulton Commission, county police men have been dispatched to the vi cinity of the Armour Fertilizer plant, in North Atlanta, to open up Ar mour Road, which, certain residents asserted to the board, had been bar ricaded by property owners. The board took this action at the behest of Dr. W. P. Walker and J. W. Mason, residents of the section, who maintained that the road had been declared a public highway. They said certain owners had obstructed tne road with barbed-wire under the im pression that it was private property. The commission also authorized the appointment of county expert to as sist the State officials in the fight to eradicate the cattle tick. The office, to become effective May 1. carries a salary of $80 monthly and lasts six months. Plans for the establishment of the reformatory* for negro boys, already passed up by the board, were dis cussed at length by board members. ONLY RELIEF OF STATE’SSTHESS Need of Board To Readjust As sessments Urged By Many— Georgia Polittical Gossip. ED HOG PLAGUE ON E, Fence Law Great Aid in Eradicat- Millionaire Lumberman Intercedes Women’s Court for Girls, Illinois Plan ;ittc ks made on it by cotton manu facturers. Accepting the result of the elec tion in .Massachusetts as a genuine indorsement of their bill, the leaders do not look for a single adverse vote from the caucus. Democrats who are of the belief that the cotton rates are too low admit ted that tlu election did not strengthen their position. Many disgruntled Democrats now look to the Senate as their only hope foi- increases in rates. No coalition of high-tariff Democrats with Repub licans .is looked for, the Republicans opposing such a plan and the huge size of the Democratic majority being an additional deterrent. Representatives from the mill dis tricts prepared amendments looking to higher compensating duties on the higher grades of manufactured cot ton. Jt was not believed, though, that any of these would be acted upon fa vorably. A counter agitation in the shape of a movement to put muslin underwear and other such accessaries of life on the flree list also was started. Little 1-upe that any of these free list crusades would be successful was entertained. Germany Wants Trade Pact Under New Tariff. BERLIN, April 16. -An invitation to the United States to join Germany in a trade agreement in 1916. when the German agreements expire, was extended by George Gothein, the Un derwood of the Reichstag, in speaking to a, correspondent to-day. “The influence of the American tar iff reduction on Germany will be largely moral,” he said, “and will as sist tiie general movement for tariff reduction. German Liberals regard the effort in America as an answer to the popular demand for cheaper living rather than as a policy to increase prosperity through export trade. If America wishes to widen its market for manufactures, the best mean.-' to that end will be a trade agreement with Germany. Our agreements ex pire in 3516. which gives America a splendid opportunity to foliovv tariff reduction with a constructive econom ic policy.” The correspondent found among the Liberals a tendency toward skepticism regarding a successful reduction of the tariff in America. One of the leading spokesmen of the Progressive party said: "We hope President Wilson will win his fight, but we realize the immense opposition from the interests which he must overcome. If he does succeed th** influence in Europe will undoubt edly be for a lower tariff.” Germany stands third among the countries buying American exports following England,and Canada. Th< imports from the United State-* to this country for eleven months of the cal endar year 1912 amounted in value to $289,000,000. or an increase of $63,000. . ihe i «<rn-ponding period in White Slave Probers Recommend System to Shield Victims and Punish Guilty Men. CHICAGO, April 16.—The Illinois Senate white slave committee will recommend a bill to the State Legis lature for the establishment of a spe cial court of five women to sit in con fidential session to hear the stories of wronged girls. This was announced to-day by Lieutenant Governor O’Hara, chairman of the committee. The court will be supplied with a card index of men who have been responsible for the downfall of girls. This index is now being compiled from information already in the hand$ of the committee. Lieutenant Governor O'Hara said: The stories and the girls’ names will not be made public, but the men who are guilty will be turned over to the authorities and prosecuted. Fear of publicity on the part of the girl has saved many bad men. Girl Accuses Head Of Pittsburg Schools Educator on Trial on Charges Made by Former Maid in His Home. PITTSBURG, April 16.—Making a general denial of the charges made against him by Miss Ethel Ivy Fisher, the former maid in his home, S. L. Heeler, Superintendent of the Pitts burg public schools, to-day took the witness Kand in his own defense. The school Superintendent denied any misconduct with his maid, and also that he was responsible for the girl’s condition, which necessitated ner being removed to a hospital. Miss Fisher to-day resumed her testimony, having been removed from the stand late yesterday, w hen it was seen that she was on the verge of a collapse. $200,000 NAVAL STORES COMPANY IS ORGANIZED PENSACOLA, FLA., April 16.—It was announced to-day that the Globe Naval Stores Company, with capital stock of $200,000, had been organized here to succeed the Jones-Dusenbury Company. The new company takes over the assets of the old concern and begins business to-day. It is s'aid that the organization of the new company was brought about because Pensacola’s prestige as a na val stores center was threatened by the recent upheaval In the naval stores business. The new company w ill maintain offices at Pensacola, At more, Ala.. New Orleans, Chicago and New York, and operate much more extensively than the company it suc ceeds. GIRLS’ WAGE BILL PASSES IN PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE HARRISBURG, PA.. April 16—The House has passed the Bigger minimum wage bill, providing for a commisj-non of three to fix a mini mum wage for w oman and girl work ers and all minor workers In the State. All occupations are included even that of the “hired girl” in pri vate residences. The bill w r as sent to the Senate. By JAMES B. NEVIN. The income of the State of Georgia to-day is approximately $6,500,000. And although that is more than double what it was fifteen years ago, It still Is barely sufficient to wee the State through its necessities, and fur ther elevation of the tax rate is a it of the question. What the State needs, in the opin ion of many observant men. is a board of tax equalizers—a board that will make the dodgers pay their just share of the expense of running the State. It is agreed that nobody pays to > much tax—that is to say. nobody pays more than his Just share. On the other hand. It is figured that prac ti cally everybody and everything that pays as much as $100 pays less than his or its just share. If the State had a board of tax equalizers, it is thought that its income might easily be jumped to $8,000,000 and more, and its tax rate lowered, in addition to that. Nothing really helpful has been done by the Legislature in years to remedy the annual embarrassment of the State treasury. The Governor, by constitutional amendment. na.i been authorized to borrow in certain emergencies as much as $500,000, in stead of $200,000 as heretofore*, but that helps none in the long run. be cause the money has to be paid back—Peter merely is robbed to pay Paul. Also certain corporations have been required to pay their taxes in the fu ture at an earlier date in the fa I, but that helps little, too, as those re turns will not be nearly sufficient to relieve the situation. The thing authorities are agreed upon is the necessity of a board of equalizers, whereby the total of taxes collected may be increased and still render an increase in the rate unnecessary. In other w’ords, it is argued that there will be no embarrassment in the State treasury, if the State only is enabled to get what is justly and truly its duo from the tax payers. The Augusta Chronicle has been moved to speculate whether Gover nor Slaton will send his first mes sage to the Legislature in the usual way or follow the Wilson lead and de liver it in person before a joint ses sion. The chances are he will send it in the usual way. He has been speaker of one house of the Georgia Legis lature and President of the other, and he probably would not risk being “sassed back” in a joint session for anything in this world. Colonel .Tames Hamilton Lewis, formerly of Georgia, now Senator- elect from Illinois, was the last Sena tor of the United States to be elect ed by a State Legislature. Hereafter, all Senators will be named by the people of the various States in direct election. Three Georgians who went to Tex^fc many years ago now' figure most prominently in the politics of that enormous State, according to Benno Kayton, a former Savannahan, now a resident of San Antonio, who has come back to Georgia for a short visit after an absence of twenty- three year®. The three Georgians referred to are R. M. Johnson, editor of the Houston Post and ad interim Senator, Governor Colquitt, and Clarence Ous- ley, editor of the Fort Worth Record. "Senator Johnson,” said Mr. Kay ton. "was born and reared in Brooks County. He began his career there as a printer’s devil. He is now re garded as one of the strong men of the West. Clarence Ousley was born at Ousley station. Lowndes County, near Valdosta. As editor of the Fort Worth Record he exerts a great deal of influence in the State. Governor Colquitt was born and reared in Thomas County. He went to Texas about the time I did. He made his mark rapidly.’’ It seems pretty well settled that William J. Harris. Chairman of tlie State Democratic Executive Commit tee. will resign that honorable posi tion when he goes to Washington to accept the office of Director of the Census. In the latter office. Mr. Harris wiii have to reside In the National Capital and could not visit his home State at will to look after the business of the committee as he would like to, and as it might require. In the event of Chairman Harris' resignation, ho would be succeeded by Hon. W. S. West, former Presi dent of the State Senate, who is now vice chairman of the committee. In Oglethorpe County this month there was not one sheriff .sale, and the Echo, the county organ, in con sequence carried no legal advertis- ments whatever. The Echo consoles itself for the loss of revenue with the pleasing thought that the absence of sheriff's sales indicates general prosperity throughout the county. The politicians of Northwest Geor gia already have organized the ne.v Chickaonauga judicial circuit, and Solicitor General Sam P. Maddox is being boomed for judge. All that is needed now is for the Legislature to get busy and ratify the motion. Griffin expects to see a movement inaugurated in the next Legislature looking to the removal of the Ex periment Station to Athens. The general impression among those who keep close tab on things political in Georgia, however, is t4i.it no such fight will be made—at least, not before the incoming Legislature. Mouse in Her Hat; If She'd Only Known! It was on a South Pryor Street mr *he other morning. \ woman board- *•». <.ii .. " Georgia Avenue. She gave her he.. peculiar shake and several times' passtu *' hand to her hat as if to straighten i. f '| position. Suddenly several men sitting be hind her began to smile, looking towards the woman’s hat. She gave it another punch and out popped a small mouse, which scuttled away. The woman remained in her seat apparently unconeerned as to the young zoo she had been toting about in her millinery. The Waist, Gladys, Is Where You Please. Where is the waist this year.’ Femininity sounds the eternal query of spring fashions, a query for whose answer the About Town man made a personal investigation along Peach tree Street and adjacent thorough fares la^l evening. And the answer, it finds, is an echoed "where?’' To judge the evidence gleaned from Atlanta street displays, if the latest things in sartorial^, the waist, that acid test of yesteryears, has received small attention from thos*e who tills year set the styles. The waist, Gladys, is where you please. Those who affect the Bulga rian mode of questionable etheticism wear their waists an Indeterminate distance between the hips and knees. And there are suits and 'uiits on Peachtree Street whose waists are snugly belted somewhere In proximity to the armpit. Gamin Prefers Grand Opera to Baseball. A bunch of newsboys were congre prated about the alley which leads front the railroad tracks in Wall Street to The Georgian press room. They were waiting for the city edi tion to come off the press and were killing time as only Atlanta news boys know how. "Wish 1 could git off dis afternoon ter de ball game," said one chap jing ling the coins with which he pur posed buying his afternoon's stock in trade. “Well, I don't." ejaculated another hoy. "I’m savin’ up me money to hear de gran' op, I iy." And he is, too. He heard three of the operas last season and he says nothing can keep him away from us many this year. He is infatuated with grand opera and being some thing of a musician—he plays the harmonica—he declares lie simply can't keep away. Rewards Purse Finder With a Piece of Gum. Fhe was an old woman and her ing Disease Spread Mostly by Straying Razorbacks. Hog cholera, while not yet com* pletel,\ under control, is deertsasing, s:i\* Dr. P. F. Buhnson. State Vet- “'n triM*' commenting upon the Fed eral report of losses in Georgia swine herda from this disease. "In counties where there is a fence law," tys Dr. Bahnson, "the disease is not as bed as it has been. It con- tmueij to be bad in tile open range counties, where the hogs are allowed to stlay at will, and spread the dis ease broadcast, fqr you know a sick hog never stays at home. ’ ’Pile money , loss from this* disease no longer is heavy, for the owners of good grades of hogs are w iping it out. The deaths are among razorbacks. the kind you have to run down with dogs or shoot when you want them. And razorback hogs probably are worth on an average less than $1.50 apiece.” The Federal report, issued yester day. placed the losses in Georgia at about 165 per 1,000 head, an increase over last year. Dr. Bahnson believes there has been a decrease instead of an increase. AIDS OLLIE TIM arms were full of bundles* as she walked slowly out Whitehall Street. She evidently had been shopping and she was tired. She had a time of it keeping her bundles straight in her anus and kept shifting them about. As she pawed Mitchell Street she dropped her purse. She did not notice the loss but kept light on. A well dressed young man saw The purse, picked it up and hurried after the owner. He touched her on the arm. ‘ I beg pardon." said he. politely lipping his hat, “but you dropped this.” and he held the purse toward her. The woman’s face beamed with a huge smile... "Thank you thaqk you so much,” she exclaimed as* she twiddled a fin ger toward the object in the young man’s hand. Then she stooped, put all her bundles on the sidewalk and took the purs€ The young man started as If to leave. “Walt a minute,” exclaimed the old lady. ”1 must give you something for your kindness.” The voung man tried to demur, but the o«d woman beat him to it. She dived into the pocketbook and pulled forth—a piece of chewing gum! She extended it toward the young fel low. He turned red in the face, but he accepted the gift. What else could he do? The Sunday American goes every where all over the South. If you have anything to sell The Sunday Amer ican is “The Market Place of the South.” The Sunday American is the best advertising medium. With Congressman for Georgia Lad Who Stole. CHICAGO, April 15. Agiftittbn against the sentence imposed iffwm fourteen-year-old Ollie Taylor, of At lanta, who confessed stealing a 5*-beht bottle, continues to spread. C.‘ W. Oroty, a lumber manufacturer of Tomah, Wis., read the story of'the youngster, and immediately wrote Senator LaFollette and Congressman J. .1. Each, of his district, asking ^vhat could be done to have the child's pun ishment ended. The Senator replied it was a question for the Georgia au thorities. Mr. Esch said he wbtild confer with some of the Democratic Congressmen. **♦ ”1 believe there must be some mis take,” the Congressman added. “At least I hope so, because the penalty is out of all proportion to the Of fense.” i *■ Hears from Lawyer. The Wisconsin lumberman ar*o heard from W. H. Terrell, who Wius attorney for the Taylor boy. Mr. Terrell said that unless the boy should be paroled or the Governor pardoned him, the only hope he has is in appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, “and he is too poor to pay the necessary expenses of such a proceeding.” This is ex actly what Mr. Croty is considering, lie says he is not through with the case. ‘I called the attention of Mr. La Follette and Mr. Esch to the different decisions in the oleomargarine trust case and to this Taylor boy’s case as to the penalty being unreasonable.” he remarks, referring to the Treasury Department’s attempted compromise of the oleomargarine cases which were slated for criminal prosecution by the Chicago Government authori ties. Agitation Due to Misconception. W. H. Terrell, attorney for Ollie Taylor, said to-day that he had writ ten to C. W. Croty, the Wisconsin millionaire, replying to a letter w r hich had been addressed to the boy’s fa ther. Numerous letters of this kind addressed to the lawyer and the fa ther have been received from all parts of the country, and nearly all of them have been briefly answered. As The Georgian has repeatedly pointed out, the entire agitation is based on a misconception of the facts. The boy ran be released at any time, the sentence being indeterminate. The Sunday American goes every where all over the South. If you have anything to sell The Sunday Amer ican is “The Market Place of the South.” The Sunday American is th® best advertising medium. jP SCORES JAILED AS AIDS IN PLOT TO KILL ALFONSO Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MADRID, April 16.—Suspected of complicity in the attempt to assassi nate King Alfonso, several political arrests were made to-day here and at Barcelona. Thirty-two members of anarchistic orgarazations were arres - ed in Barce ona. J % WHY??? CRIME??? DOES NOT PAY Amazing Story by SOPHIE LYONS The Most Famous and Successful Criminal oi Modern Times, Who Made a Million Dollars in Her Early Criminal Career and Lost it at Monte Carlo, and Has Now Accu mulated Half a Million Dollars in Honor able Business Enterprises, Told Exclu sively in the SUNDAY AMERICAN The Newspaper Wonder of the South = — - < Jj - i