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CHILDREN S CRY GEORGIA news in brief
Armed Guards Begin State S, S, Workers I South the Coming
Vigil at Morgan Tomb Convene Next Week Section, He Says
WILL K HEARD
Important Phase of Sociological
Congress Work To Be Probe
Into Conditions.
Georgia lias remained deaf to Uie
t ries of her children too long," was
the declaration to-day of .James F.
McCulloch, general secretary of the
Southern Sociological Congress, out
lining reforms that will be advocated
during the sessions beginning here
April 25.
While it is intended not to give any
one of the six general subjects of the-
congress prominence over the others,
Mr. McCulloch Bald the awakening of
the people of the South to the shame
ful neglect the children have suffered
for years will probably make child
welfare the most important subject
to receive consideration.
The removal of the blighting bur
dens of labor from young shoulders
will he the prime object of the con
gress. For the accomplishment of
this, more stringent child labor laws
will be recommended, and suggestions
w ill be made for the more effective
enforcement of those already on the
statute books.
Legislative Program.
One of the most important contri
butions on this subject will be by Dr.
A. J. McKelway, of Washington. I).
C.. who will portra\ from personal
observation the sufferings and the de
privations tin* children of Georgia and
other Southern States have had to
undergo hecauae of the laxity of the
labor laws. He will present for In
dorsement a legislative program em
bodying the most modern idens for
FORSYTH, The pipe for th* new
I water mains of Forsyth have arrived
land the city Is busily engaged in
extending the waterworks system.
Taking Chatham Census.
SAVANNAH. The taking of a
|school eensus began under the direc
tion of Luke P. Pettus to-day. Kvery
residence In Chatham County is to be
visited in compiling the desired in
formation.
Berry Commencement April 26-29.
ROME. The commencement pro
gram for Merry School April 26-211 has
been arranged. Rev. CharJet* C. Jar
rell, pastor of the First Methodist
renditions sur-
in the home and
the betterment of
rounding the child
In the fartory.
The program, In part, to he laid
before the < ongress by Dr. McKoI-
way and other speakers reads:
Improved regulation of hours which
children work and of conditions by
which they are win rounded.
Raising of ag« limit in many South
ern States where child labor condl-
11on a ire most deplorable.
enforcement of living wages to the
women and children.
Marriage Laws Advocated.
The Insurance t** future children
that they be well born by the rigid
prohibition of the marriage of Ini -
DCHMU'S. Idiots, Insane, epileptic*', pei-
Son- afflicted with vicious discus.'S
and those in an advanced stage of
fubemilosis.
Inauguration of mothers’ pensions
where death, disease or crime 1ms
robbed the family of its breadwin
ner.
A general system of medical in
spection of school children.
State supervision of “placing out ”
orphaned and otherwise dependent
children. 0
Dr. McKelway is making Investi
gations in Florida and will come to
Atlanta directly from there. He will
preside at oneo of the child welfare
conferences. Florida will be promi-
ncntl\ represented in this department
b\ Marcus <’ Fagg. of Jacksonville,
who is superintendent of the Chil
dren's Home Society of Florida, sec
retary of the State Conference of
Charities and Secretary of the Flori
da State Labor Commission.
‘Blinking Owl Room'
Feature- for Ansley
New Atlanta Hotel Will Stage
Amusements in Latest Wrinkle
in Rathskellers.
One .step ahead of anything else in
the South, and right in line with the
Innovations and thrillers being in
stalled in .Fastern hotels, the Hotel
Ansley intends to make its “Blinking
Owl Room" the very latest thing in
the. form of a rathskeller.
The name is taken from the light-
tig system which will be installed.
Owls with one blue and one yellow
• \ e. . . -timidly blinking, will throw a
fUcko.-* cf color over the room and its
occupants.
Afternoon tea. following the latest
edict of fashion, will be served in
the loom from 5 to 6 o’clock each dav,
and at night high-class vaudeville
and music will be rendered.
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I& yours faded and streaked,
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Non-stlcky. and does not stain
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FOR SALE BY
411 Jacobs’ Slopes
And Oruc.giEtE Generally.
’huivh, of Athens, \vl!$
ointncm ement sermon.
Icllver th*
Treasury Official Transferred.
SAVANNAH. J. <Cummings, spe
cial agent for the IJnltod States
Treasury' Department, in charge <»f
tiie Seventh DintibT, With headquar
ters in Savannah, has boon trans
ferred to Chicago.
Paving Begins May 1.
WAYCROSS Work on brick pav
ing recently authorized for Park-
Tebeau, and Klizaheth Street will
start May 1. according to information
Mayor Reed lias received from the
contractor.
Rome Calls Louisville Pastor.
ROME.- The Rev. <L. McGiney, rtf
Louisville, Ky.. has been called to the
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. Tim
church has been without a pastor
since tin* resignation of Dr* A. B.
Metcalfe two months ago.
Church to Buy Pipe Organ.
FORSYTH. The First Baptist
Church of Forsyth is soon to have a
pipe organ. At the last church con
ference the deacons were instructed
to obligate themselves for Its pur
chase, tli* cost to be about $2,500.
He Wanted To Go Crazy.
ROME. “I wish I would go crazy
for a short while, so I could kill you
and escape punishment," her hueband.
Jesse Whaley, said, according to
Catnerine Miller Whaley, In a petition
which she has bled for total divorce.
Seeks $20,000 for Attack.
Rome. Alleging that his wife's
health was wrecked by an attack A.
W. Watters is alleged to have made
upon him, Lee Goddard and his wife
have brought suit against Watters, a
"'ell known Rome man, for $20,000
damages.
Priest Takes Census.
COLUMBUS. Father McDonald,
of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Pho-
nlx City, Ala., has devised a rather
unique scheme to get a line on the
t’atholi* membership of Phonix City-
find Girard by taking a census of
the two towns.
Fite F avors Whipping-post.
DALTON. A revival of the whip
ping post would not be a bad idea
as a punishment for wife-beaters do
•dared Judge A. W. Fite, when Andy
Hash, charge*! with assault and bat
tery upon his wife, was arraigned.
Georgian Dies in Philippines.
FORSYTH. News has reached For
syth of the death in the Philippine
Islands of J. F. Coleman, formerly a
resident of (his county. He was In
the army, being stationed lit Iloilo,
where he died on March 3.
$100,000 Plant Completed.
TIFTON. The largest manufac
turing plant ever constructed in Tif-
ton was turned over to its owners by
tie- contractors this week. It is the
$ 100,000 acidulating plant of the In
ternational Agricultural Corporation.
It has an annual capacity »»f 50,000
tons of acid.
Fears Felt for Editor.
WASHINGTON. Grave fours arc
entertained by th*- family and friends
« f editor R. S. Barnwell that he will
not rceover from an illness eontracted
about four months ago. following the
destruction by fir* of the plant of
The Washington Gazette-Chronicle.
G. S. and F. Conductor Ki 1 led.
TIFTON Conductor T. L.,Dey fell
under his train, through freight No.
29, G. S. and F. southbound, when
the train was entering T if ton Wed
nesday night, and his right foot was
crushed off. II** died in a Macon
hospital yesterday.
Army Colonels Swap Posts.
SAVANNAH. Colon<1 Clrarie*; |
Phillips, in command at Fort Screven,
i in receipt of orders transferring
him to Fort Winfield Scott. Cal. He
and his family will leave at once.
Colonel Willoughby' B. Blake <*oin» :
t«» Fort Screven from Fort Winfield
Scott.
Traps “Tiger” With Com.
ROME.—Marking a 50-eent piece,
Patrolman G. o. ciimer sent a negro
to Will Brown, suspected by th* police
for months, and the negro returned
with a half pin' of whisky. A few
minutes later the officer arrested
Brown and found the coin.
Presbytery in Session.
c< n r MRUS. -The Fast Alabama
Presbytery Is in session with the First
Presbyterian Church in Opelika, Ala.
There are a number of ministers and
laymen in session from all sections of
Fast Alabama.
Stole Barbed Wire Fence.
FORSYTH. After a session of four
days, in which the criminal docket
was taken up. tli** City Court of For
syth has adjourned until Monday,
when dvil cases will be tried. Char
ity Z* liner, a negress, charged with
stealing a barbed wire fence, was
found guilty.
Thanks For Flood Fund.
WAYCROSS—Through T. W. Mor
rison, who undertook to raise a fund
here for the relief of the Ohio flood
sufferers thanks are extended the
donors by Governor Cox. of Ohio and
Mae Lee Wilson, treasurer of f he
Ohio Flood Relief Commission.
For More Than a Month Watchers
Will be Maintained to Protect
Body in Vault.
NEW YORK. April 18.—Under the
direction of Robert Sclirlnener, super
intendent of the Cedar Hill Cemetery,
a: Hartford. Conn., a squad of arm
guards has taken up the watch over
the cement sealed tomb of J. Pler-
pont Morgan.
The guard will be maintained for
five weeks at leas:, and the superin
tendent will make daily visits to sc--
that the grave is not molested.
There is little fear, however, as
extreme precautions were taken 'it
th*- burial. Pines were placed in iln*
grave and then the triple coffin in
which the body was when it arrived
in this country was placed in a pine
bo:; and lowered, Around It and ov*-r
it comer! was poured. Oil top of tills
great slabs of slate were fitted and
over them another mass of cement.
The carth/was piled in on top.
ARMY ORDERS*
WASHINGTON, April 17.—The fol
lowing army orders have been issued:
First. Lieutenant Harry L Jordan.
Seventh Infantry, United States Mil
itary Prison, Fort Leavenworth,
Kan .
• .First Lieutenant Herbert H. Atchi
son. (’oast Artillery Corps, detailed
for general recruiting service at Al
bany. N. Y., relieving First Lieuten
ant John J. Burleigh, infantry.
Recovered From
Severe Lung Trouble
Plenty of fresh air and good food
are necessary to persons suffering
from lung trouble, but something
more is nee*led to bring about full
health Eckman’s Alterativ* is a
medicine for throat ami lung iron
bles, and so many reports- have been
received showing that it brought
about good results in a number of
cases which were declared hopeless,
that all sufferers who are not bene-
tittlrig otherwise should at least In
vestigate what it lias done for others.
Investigate this case:
Madison Lake. Minn.
“Gentlemen: In December - . 1908.
March. 1909, and September, 1909. I
was taken with hemorrhages <T tin
lungs which confined me several
weeks each time to my bed. My
doctor advised me to go Went.
“In November I started for Denver.
Polo. After tny arrival I met Michael
Brody, who, upon learning of my con
dition, urge*! me to take Eckman’s
Alterative. In about two months I
began to feel better. I kept on tak
ing the medicine and improved fast,
in March. 1910. 1 returned home. -1
think l am entirely well, have a good
appetite and sleep well. When I left
Denver m> weight was 130 pounds. I
now weigh 165. my normal weight 1
thank God and your Alterative for
my health.”
i MTidavlt) PAUL L FASNACHT.
(Above abbreviated; more on re
quest.)
Eckman’s Alterative lias been prov
en by many years’ test to be most
efficacious in cases of severe Thr* at
and Lung Affections. Bronchitis.
Bronchial Asthma. Stubborn Colds
and in upbuilding the system. Does
not contain narcotics, poisons or hab
it-forming drugs. For sal*' by leading
druggists. Write the Gckman Labo«
ratory, Philadelphia. Pa., for booklet
telling of recoveries and additional
evidence.
Several Atlanta Speakers Will Ad
dress Three Days’ Meeting
at Elberton.
ELBURTOX, GA.. April 18. The
annual Stale Convention «»f the
Georgia Sunday School Association
convenes here next Wednesday for
a three-da.v session.
More than 25 speakers will be pres
ent and it is expected that fully 500
delegates and visitor*} will attend.
D. W. Sims, of Atlanta, general
secretary of the State - Association,
i here preparing for the coming of
tie* delegates.
Professor F. O. Excell, of Chicago,
will conduct the music.
Among the prominent speakers and
Sunday school worker j who pill de
liver addresses are W. Pearce,
• hi* ago; Dr. Joseph Broughton. At
lanta; John W. Walker, Sparta: Will
D. Upshaw, Atlanta; Rev. H. B.
Mays, Atlanta; J. R. Farris, Atlanta;
Dr. J. L. White. Macon; A. B. ('aid-
well, Atlanta; F. S. Ethridge, Jack-
son; Rev. H. M. Du Bose, Atlanta;
Professor M. B. Brittain. Atlanta;
Frank L. Mallory. Macon, and C. D.
Montgomery, Atlanta.
The Sunday American goes every
where all over the South. If you have
anything to sell The Sunday Amer
ican in “The Market Place of the
South.” The Sunday American is the
best advertising medium.
Chicago Publisher. Afier Making
$50,000 Profit in Georgia Land,
Loud in Pr#,iee.
BRUNSWICK, GA.
pending a week in t
April 18.—After
ie city, combin
ing business with pleasure, Joseph
Keeley. publisher of The Chicago
Tribune, has returned to his home.
While here Mr. Keeley sold a tract of
land in Glynn County for $140,000. The
land, known as the Bethel tract, was
purchased by him as an investment
two years ago for $90,000, and had
been sold two years previous to that
fi r $50,000. This is a good example
of the incre ie* in Glynn County land.
“Th* South is unquestionably the
Coming section of the country,” said
Mr. Keeley. in discussing the situa
tion. “It is the natural section fo.
farming; it has every advantage ro
offer over the North, or the East, or
the West, and the practical farmers
are rapidly realizing this."
The Sunday American goes every
where ail 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.
Mrs. Jarley to Show
Wax Works To-night
Exhibit at Woman’s Club on Baker
Street Will Be for Benefit of
Building Fund.
Mis. Jarley, close rival of P. T.
Barnum and Artemus Ward, is not
dead, although her name has not ap
peared much in the public prints of
late.
Best evidence of this is that she
will appear to-night at the Woman’s
Club Building on Baker Street, She
will haw with her a wonderful col
lection of wax works, which she will
exhibit ‘o the benefit of the building
fund of the club.
A dro:> • rehearsal disclosed the fol
lowing character.-:
“Cinderella.” by Mis Elizabeth
Clayton; “Bluebeard," by H. M. C.
Ladd: Grecian dancer, by Miss Theo
dora Aline Warfield: Colonial dames,
by Miss Ruby Gaffney and Mrs. Goldie
R. Lloyd; an Italian grand opera
singer, by Miss Wenona Sullivan;
“The Author’s Reading at Blxby Cen
ter.” by Miss Pauline Adams; “Brer
Williams.” Frank Stanton’s old dark
ey preacher, by J: Walter LeCraw;
an old-fashioned singer, by Mrs.
Spencer It. Stone; “Tomboy." by Miss
Anne Dupree Choate; “Baby,” by
Fred Hannah; "Nurse.’’ by Jasper X.
Bell ; Spanish singer, by Emory Calo.
well, ami other characters.
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The Newspaper Wonder of the South
Everything New in Summer Dresses
Priced Special for Saturday at
.95'
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This coupon aud $4 WILL
receive credit for $.> on any
purchase made at our store
before noon Saturday. April
19. 1913.
We have just received a big lot of
new things in summer dresses—
Ratine, Eponge, Voile, Lingerie
-—with the Bulgarian effects.
Every one a winner and a big
value at$i 2.95. We are also show
ing some beautiful numbers at $5.00,$6.00 and $9.00.
We received one shipment this morning of Ratines and Eponge, made
in extreme Bulgarian models. Skirts are draped and slashed on one
side. Some have white skirts with Ratine bodies in the new Nel!
etc. These will sell at $15.00 and $18.00.
Men’s Suits, 12-Ounce All-Wool Serge
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This suit is guaranteed to
be absolutely pure wool, and
of the finest grade. The col
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On account of the Tailors’strike in New York,
we have been unable to offer any special in
ducements in our men’s department this season. This
strike was settled about six weeks ago,and we are just
beginning to receive our men’s goods. If the deliveries
continue, we will make the men “sit up and take notice”
from now on. This serge suit we have advertised at
$20 oo is shown in our window to-day. If you want one
at this price, better come early Saturday morning.
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