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'4 D IlEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, «A„ SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1913. I ncr Will Outbid Detroit □UlflR LUuL For Asphalt Expert VaiUlIilUdlll Ul UUU Led W LLCdJVCIo nMr||U j 1 nULa j -l-a-r +•+ -!-••'- LWlUfi H > i I U| Chairman Smith Says County Must 11 |j| T Have Proctor, No Matter .nilLI j What the Coat. Convicts Tell Woes to Moyer JOSEPH MARTIN ill IIOEUIED TIE’ •!*•*»• *i* • *1* v • v *r • *1* Wails of Protest Against Policy toj Let Republicans Serve Out Postmasterships. Postmaster General Burleson's an nouncement, upon ine authority of the White House, that all Republican postmasters will be permitted to serve out their commissions, unless positive and specific Inefficiency is shown, has created more or less consternation throughout Georgia, and long and loud walls of protest are going up Irom all points. It Is estimated that this policy, If hdhered to, will tie up for from one to three years something like 200 post- Siastershlps and 1300,000 annually In Juicy Federal "pie," the which the militant Democracy of Georgia thinks itaelf entitled to Immediately, Of course the figures run even heav ier than that, when all classes of post- masterships are taken Into considera tion, but those of presidential size figure comfortably over the quarter- million-dollar mark Democrats who have been standing out In the cold, looking In for sixteen long, weary, lean years upon Republi can opulency and feasting on the In side, are Inclined vigorously to resent this highly virtuous attitude upon the part of the administration in Wash ington, and to say that It was not the (tort of thing they bargained for ex actly, when last fall they shouted themselves hoarse and rolled up a majority In Georgia of 70,000 for Wil son and Marshall. They say the administration te straining at postmastershlp gnats aft er having swallowed a large supply of Cabinet camels, and that If l’reeldent Wilson thinks Georgia voted ram pantly for the Democracy last fall, oaring foe nothing more by way of change in office than the swapping of i'hid Magistrates, t'abinet officials and a few Ambassadors and Ministers, he labored under a profoundly mis taken Impression, Bartlett, of Georgia, Leads Fight. I'ongreosman Bartlett, of the Sixth District, is vigorously and vehemently opposed to the policy announced by th. Postmaster General. He Is the dean of the Georgia delegation In * Congress, and he recalls how, sixteen years ago, Cleveland appointees were dumped out unceremoniously when McKinley succeeded to the Presidency the first time, and how those few who were not dumped out were reduced sharplv In standing In the depart ments. In order that they might be replaced by Republicans. Congressman Bartlett says he know s of dozens of cases where good tJemocrats, with from two to three years yet to serve, were thrown out 1n Georgia upon all sorts* of trumped- up charges sixteen years ago, and he thinks it a false and foolish senti ment that undertakes to bar Demo cratic retaliation now Mr. Bartlett feels the Injustice of the present situation, from his point of view, so keenly that he proposed a resolution recently in a meeting of the Georgia delegation In Congresw pro testing specifically against the Inno vation set up by the Postmaster Gen eral, which resolution was adopted unanimously. The Georgia delegation, headed by the doughty Congressman from the Sixth, proposes to wait upon the President and let him know that it thinks the policy of Republican re tention In office all wrong and likely to create lukewarmness and repressed hostility, If not open revolt. In the rank and file of the party In Geor- gl That the Georgia delegation took this radioal step without being fully advised of the discontent "back home" Is inconceivable. As a matter of fact, hundreds of very frank and outspoken letters have gone forward to Washington of late with regard to this matter, and Congressmen are mighty quick to respond when they see symptoms of a disturbance around and about the homo base. In which they may become unpleasantly and perhaps disastrously Involved unless they get busy and straighten things out. Sidestepping Home Complications. it Is said there are some statesmen In Washington who are more or less Indifferent to thd Immediate distribu tion of Federal patronage because they see Inwlelay the possible tempo rary escupe of embarrassment at home. These statesmen do not hall from the South exclusively by any means. They are pretty well distributed through out the entire country. They are not protesting against de lay, however, because they desire the Republicans to hold on to the jobs the Democrats might have, but because delay gets them out of choosing be tween friends back home right now, thereby sidestepping possible compli cations in the matter of re-election. Be that as it may. however the aould-be postmasters of Georgia, thrir backers, indorsers, well wishers.-not to'mentlon their sisters, their cousins and their aunts, are plainly discon certed, disappointed and little short of dismayed at the lack of Immediate in terest In their material welfare appar ently manifest nowadays in Wash ington. Not a few of these kickers are frank to eomplain that they actually “went down into their jeans for the long green" last fall, in order to help "put Wilson and Marshall over," and this they stand ready to prove by hand somely engraved exhibits from the National Committee, acknowledging receipt of their mite In contribution to the cause. They say these steel engravings ar fc pretty to look upon and. In certain circumstances, may be depended upon to stir the patriotic heart to all sorts of flutterings and palpitations, but that as a matter of cold, political fact, they would rather have the jobs they han ker for than the aforesaid handsome engravings, even if they are decorat ed with a smiling likeness of PrAi- dent Wilson at onq end and "Little Tom" at the other. In short, what the average Geor gia Democrat nowadays apparently Is demanding to know is w hy a Demo- HET&tlc administration should be so ||<! ■ 1 • now, when the Republicans j were not solicitous a »out the Democrats. Chairman Shelby Smith, of th< County Roard, said yesterday he had telegraphed C. A. Proctor, Detroit as phalt expert, asking what salary he would accept to supervise the roa-l work of Fulton County. Mr. Smith said the county would outbid De troit for Mr. Proctor’s services If nec essary. Smith said that since Proctor had declined to accept the position of fered him at a salary of $3,1100 he had made an extensive Investigation that developed the fact that Proctor was one of the five first-class asphalt experts available in the United States and that he was doubly determined Fulton County dnd Atlanta, should have the best. “We want Proctor at any cost," he said, "We have talked our situa tion over with him In detail, and would rather have him than any man we know of, "Proctor gets something over 14,- 000 now, and we'll have to come a bit stronger than that. 1 have no doubt the city will pay Its share of the salary when they see what a good man he Is.” Always Find a Helping Hand Warden W. T. Moyer, seated in his.office in the Federal Prison, ready to listen to the confidences of one of his charges. Spanish Woman With Him, Says Detective, Who Reports to Family and Drops Case. Board of Trustees Petitioned to Re-establish Athletics at Methodist College. . celved yesterday a number of curou- lars from the student government as sociation of the college, who are en deavoring to Interest others In their cause. The circular, signed by J. L. Matlifcws, president, and Cranston G. Williams, secretary of the student or ganization, declares that In spite of many improvements and additions to the curriculum and equipment of the college, the enrollment has decreased from 313 to 200 In three years. The students blame the lack of intercol- colleglate athletics for the situation. They ask for the support of the alum ni to their petition before the board of trustees In June. Graduates, in a meeting, framed the following petition: "Resolved. by the undersigned alumni and former students of Emory 1 Superstition Halts A Double Wedding Their Friend*’ “Don’t*” Avert Die- a»ter and 9care Young Couple* Into Separate Wedding*. A double wedding: in the Gross home, 278 South Pryor Street, will not take place to-night as planned, but in its stead there will be the con ventional affair of a single bride and groom. A pet superstition thwarted fm pap* : "%y:*:. . ,, well laid plans for the double cere mony. As planned. Miss Fannie Gross would have been married to Isaac Rosenberg, and Isadore Gross was to wed Miss Sadie Jacobs before a single altar. The affair would have been elaborate. But— “Disaster always accompanies a double wedding,” friends of the be trothed told them. And if they told it once they told it scores of times. Finally Mr. Gross and Miss Jacobs yesterday afternoon decided to thwapt fate and to wed at once. They were married by Rabbi Levine. The other couple will be married this evening, and the ceremony will be followed by a reception for both the couples, an occasion Just as joy ous as If the scheduled double wed ding had* taken place. Special Cable to The American. LONDON, April 19.—William J. Bums, the American detective, de clared to-night that he had dropped the case of Joseph Wilberforce Mar tin, the “missing” cotton broker from Memphis, Tenn., because he had Lo cated Martin at a small village near Vevey, Switzerland, in company witii the Spanish woman who has been prominently mentioned in the case. It was declared here that Martin will be able to settle any financial ob ligations which may be outstanding against his firm. Burns said he had notified the Mar tin family In Memphis, who had re tained him, that the missing man had been located, and as he held no war rant for Martin, his connection with the case should immediately cease. Burns said to-night that he learned Martin purchased an entire new out fit of clothing on the morning of April 4 and then left for Folkestone on the 10 o’clock train. From there he went to Paris via Boulogne, and thence to Vevey. Family Refuses To Credit Reports. MEMPHIS, TENN., April 19 — Members of the family and relatives of Joseph Wilberforce Martin place no credence in the reports that he has communicated with friends in London from a remote part of Switz erland. Rumors have been rife for several days that the family was cog nizant of Martin’s whereabouts and was concealing the information from the public. This Is refuted by Fon taine Martin, brother of the missing man, by pointing to the fact that if Martin were alive he would commu nicate at once with his mother, as he was known to be her favorite an. Mrs. Martin, the mother, lies at the point of death and has not regained consciousness since her prostration Thursday, when sjrie became con vinced tha? her son would never be seen alive again. Bankruptcy Hearing April 28. (’reditors. it is expected, will agree on the appointment of a trustee in bankruptcy at a meeting called for Monday, April 28, under bankruptcy acts. The trustee will take charge of the assets to be turned over by the receiver, Dan F. Elliotte, who has announced that he will take legal steps in the Federal Court to secure funds to carry on the company’s plantation work. It Is authoritatively stated that in dictments will follow the consideration of the case by Attorney General New ton Estes, as county prosecutor. Gen eral Estes has refused so far to take up the case, but will at an early date if no further news of Martin is heard, say creditors of the bankrupt Mar tin-Phillips Company. Opposing «an almost solid front of college officials and faculty members, students of Emory College, Oxford, Ga., have taken up the fight for the establishment of intercollegiate ath letics, and yesterday were joined in their position by more than 100 Emory alumni in Atlanta. A committee of former Emory men, visiting fellow alumni, obtained many signatures to a petition to the college board of trustees, asking for othletlc privileges. No man approached re fused his endorsement of the position. Decrease in Enrollment Petition. The Emory alumni in Atlanta re- Collegc in meeting assembled that under present conditions at Emory College and in the college world at large, we believe that the best in- trest of the college would be pro moted by allowing the students to engage in intercollegiate athletics under proper faculty supervision and control and, therefore, we request the Board of Trustees at its next meeting to grant this privilege to the student body.” The signers were: George C. Gro gan, El her ton; George W. Stevens, Henderson Hallman, Norman C. Mil ler,, AY. D. Thompson, T. M. Cheat ham, AV. P. Blood worth. A. D. Thom son, A. G. Fort. Thomas W. Cgnnallv. Walter T. Candler, H. Y. McCord. Jr., G. W. Wight, G. H. Stone, S. Vernon Stiles. Grand Opera Visitors! ~STODDARD1ZE F OLKS who are coming to Atlanta, during Grand Opera Week, should bring along apparel that needs Dry Cleaning! STODDARDIZING is a truly wonderful process—it restores Men's and Women's soiled, stained and out-oNshape clothes to an appearance of newness! A Wagon for a Phone Call pay Charges (one way) on Out-of-Town Orders of $2 or more. We Stoddard t26 Peachtree Street Dixie'8 Greatest Drv Bell Phone. Ivy 43 , _. Atlanta Phone 43 Cleaner and Dyer Warden of Federal Prison Sets Aside Tuesday to Listen to Troubles of His Charges. Mounts and Towns Are Named Wilson Geological Survey Also Finds Many Counties and Cities Called Marshall. WASHINGTON, April 19.—The United States Geological Survey has been looking up the question of the prevalence of the names of Wilson and Marshall in the geography of the country. It finds there are twenty towns and four counties in the United States bearing the name of Wilson and a chain of mountains in Colorado and Utah having that name. Eleven .counties are named Mar shall. They are in Alabama. Illinois, Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Kentucky, Minnesota; Mississippi, South Dakota. Tennessee and West Virginia. The majority of these were named far I John Marshall, Chief Justice of the ‘ United States from 1801 to 18S5. Six teen cities or towns have the same name, besides numerous Marshall- towns. Convict Succeeds To Title in England Noble Prisoner Has Spent Most of His Time Behind Bars in United States. LEAVENWORTH, KANS . April 19.—Fred Grey, serving a sentence for misuse of the mails, was notified to day that he has succeeded to a Brit ish title and a large estate in Eng land on account of the death of his older brother. His term will expire June 16, and he will leave at once for England. Since he was nineteen years old. Grey has spent most of his time in English and American prisons on charges of forgery, bigamy and usirv: the mails to defraud. Promoting sales of land in Mexico led to Lis 1 cst ar rest. \ It is TUVsdav afternoon at the At lanta Federal Prison. Two score con victs are waiting on their appoint ments for interviews with Warden V’. T. Moyer. They are going to tell him variously of their hopes*, their fears, their Joys, tlielr sorrows. ' The number Is there, more or less, every Tuesday afternoon, becauue then Warden Moyer is the confidant and father confessor of the men In his charge, to whom they go eagerly with their troubles. “They talk to me about everything under the sun,” said the Warden ye> - terduy, explaining the “man to man” system which has its application at the prison. “About business troubles and family troubles, about life and death, about themselves and their consciences. And, some jinl talk.” It is a part of the “humanity” sys tem at the Federal Prison that it is so. Tuesday afternoons have been set apart as the time when the prisoner may forget his stripes, may become a man with Warden Moyer, and may talk out of his’* heart. 2,000 Have Interviewed Warden. Since the custom of Tuesday after noon interviews began, nearly two years ago. about 2.000 men have talked thus to the Warden. Each prisoner has access to request blanks on which he may frame a formal application for an audience with the big, hearty man who is the prison’s guardian. The application al ways* is granted, the prisoner is brought down to the Warden’s office on Tuesday afternoon, and talks. And because he is their confidant, hearing things that men in the free world seldom entrust to the ears of others, he Is not inclined to talk much about what he has heard. Not even under the veil of anonymity will he tell you of incidents in the inter views; he is the confessor *of the men. and there i>* something sacred in the position. Man To Man Talks. But about the “man to man” scheme in general he talks. And the story of the system makes it very plain that here is work that might very well be deemed sacred* It deals with 'the hearts of men. the secret hearts. 'They talk about everything.” the Warden explained. “They hear for Instance, that business affairs are going wrong, and come to me for ad vice. or for assistance in communi cating with one man or another. They want to know what to do. In these cases it is not hard. “With others something is wrong with the prison—their clothes, or their cells, or something that they want changed That, too. ij* easy. “But then there comes another man with another trouble. This time it himself or his conscience. That is mlcr T # he bes thing is just t\. 1L-- n. ami to help »hen l can. Some times there is nothing to do to help except to listen. But that seems to help some, they ray.” Heart Panqs of Prisoners. Sometimes, he said, a man tells him just this: A baby has been born at hoin<\ and Its coming has brought a joy and a pain together to the father In prison. Emotions have come *o the prisoner-father that swell over and beyond tin* walls of the peniten tiary, and somebody must share them. It is Warden Moyer’s mission. Sometimes a death has occurred at home. A long-term convict, maybe for the time in a mood of revulsion against the stripes and the barred doors, hears this news* and must have sympathy. “It is hard to bear your troubles alone after a time in prison,” the Warden comments, “there is some thing behind the walls that softens a man’s heart In affliction, and that brings him to yearn for sympathy and companionship.” A Tuesday afternoon interview seems to mend the trouble. There is sympathy from the big man in the office, the sympathy of a man to an other man. Not the sympathy of a guard to a convict. Comfort to Sufferers. “Some men come to me,” he went on. explaining the system, “who have not heard from their homes and rela tives. They come at times with a fear in their heart that they hesitate to express. Something is* wrong at home. "The letters that they mailed are not answered after days and weeks. Mat-lie there is no reply for months " The men who have Inin in their eells, sleepless night after sleepless night, wondering why they have not. heard thinking everything, fighting all the time against the sense of im- potency, praying, with fists clenched and with teeth locked, for just a wor.l front the people at home—these men turn naturally at last to the Warden and beg him to find out They mutt suffer in just suoh a way. because the Warden says that sometimes they come to him hi some thing near to agony. Some "Just Talk." •But sometimes,” said the War den, and h** smiled, "there are men who come just to talk. They have no troubles. maVbe. Their lives are just the placid lives of the prisoner The world has settled into a routine for them, a routine workshop and cell and crowded meal room and quiet Sundays They hear the same things see the same fares. They must talk ' It was plain from Warden Mover's manner in talking sympathetically of these men that they are not the phi losophers. these men who want just io talk. They are uot the men to whom reading appeals, or who find . ompuuioii-hip in their uwu thoughts. Titev are th.- men simpler minds. who become almost like children in their simplicity.. They must talk— about anything, everything—them selves, the prison, politics in their crude conception, maybe baseball. And Warden Moyer listens to them with as much concern as to the banker who wants a telegram sent about his millions. “Tuesday afternoon is always a busy time," said the Warden. "11 Is always" taken up with Interviews. Last Tuesday there were 20. Some times there are a few less; usually there have been many more. The rec ord book shows that on one day there were 126.” Two Records Kept. The Warden keep*' a record of the interviews granted—not of the sub jects discussed, but of the men whom he has seen. The entry Is like this: "April 15—The Warden interviewed 3.345, 2,809, 1,217, 62. 3,456, etc., in his office.” "The real record is In my memory," he said. Or in his heart. Most of the storied reach hie heart he will tell you. The prisoners have learned that the Tuesday afternoons are for their ben efit. They seek the interviews them selves. "I never invite an audience, r.or ask a confidence." said Warden Moy er. “X never ask a question. Some times there are men who, remorse ful. want to confess. I merely listen to them. That is best and, in fact, is all I can do.” Troubles and Tears. Most of the men who come tq the Warden with their troubles, he said, bring frowns. But frowns with men are rather wholesome indications, be tokening brains alive, and business tangles or other troubles easy to work out. But when the man brings tears, tin Warden says, as many of them do, the problem is different. The War den finds then that the man's troubl" is of the heart or of the conscience, and that there may be no way to remedy It except ny sympathy. The smiles come sometimes, he says. Then he knows that the busi ness of running a great prison is not a failure. SPECIAL PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR ATLANTA TO MACON *CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY APRIL 21-22-23-24-25-26 To accommodate those who may attend the grand opera in Atlanta and wish to return to Macon after the performance, the Central of Georgia Railway will operate a Pullman sleep ing car from Atlanta to Macon on train N >. 8, April 21 to 26. inclusive. Train No. 8. scheduled to le^ve At lanta at 11:45 p. m.. will, on the above dates, leave Atlanta Terminal Sta tion 12:01 a. m. This car will be open for occupancy at 9 p. m. Berth? in this car may be reserved in ad vance at Central of Georgia offices in Macon or Atlanta. \V. H. FOGG, D. P. A. Adv. Rogers’ Customers Do Not Worry About the High Cost of Living For nearly a quarter of a century the Rogers Stores have been the means of saving thousands and thousands of dollars to the Atlanta housewives. And the everyday out prices, together with the special two- day sales each week, are still and will continue to be the reducers of the'High Cost of Living. Note the many specials for Monday and Tuesday Fancy Yellow Yams, 24c Peck For Iced Tea Use Ridgways Tea When you want to have’ iced tea. you must choose your tea. Some teas are all right for Icing, but others would be bitter. Good teas alone produce an entrancing cup when iced. The bet ter quality teas, like Ridgways. havff no such acrid, herby taste as the inferior sort, and icing only serves to bring out their fine flavor. Capitol Household Blend, 1 J? Quarter-pound IOC Five O’clock Blend, Quarter-pound Her Majesty's Blend, Quarter-pound 18c 25c Delicious Fresh Roasted Rogers’ Coffe es A cup of Rogers’ Coffee will help to make your breakfast one of the pleasantest memories of the day. Those who drink these coffees cannot fall to appreciate them on account of their fine flavor and delightful aroma. The latest improved Hobart Electric Mills, which grind your coffee to any degree of fineness, or pulverizes it, as desired. Is part of the equip ment of all our stores. 35c Santos Blend 25c 40c Java Blend 30c 46c Regal Blend 35c 50c Royal Blend 40c Special Pure Food Combination Monday and Tuesday a special combination of National Biscuit Company’s Crackers and Rogers' Better-Bread. Select your own com bination, either three of a kind, or one each of three kinds, or anyway you desire. They are specially priced. Better-Bread Uneeda Biscuit Uneeda Lunch Biscuit Zu Zu Ginger Snap Best Granulated Sugar 24 Pounds $1.00 Evidently everyone has not taken advantage of our spe cial sugar offer. We have several hundred dollar packages still undelivered. Did you get yours? If you did not, then do so immediately, for by Tuesday night we are sure there will not be a lot left. U I q Smaller quantities in the same proportion, l aC&agC OC 12 pounds 50c 6 pounds 25c Extra Specials in Everyday Items Dr. Price’s Fruity Dessert Makes the most deli cious desserts, beautiful to look at, still better to eat. Nine flavors — Lemon, Orange, Chocolate, Mint, Strawberry, Raspberry, Cherry and Pistachio. Zatek Chocolate Icing, package 15c Borden’s Milk Chocolate, 8c and 4c Piedmont Hotel Vermicelli, package. ... 9c Anger’s Egg Noodles, package 9c Green Split Peas, package 9c Hasty Lunch Chocolate, can 20c Wommack’s String Beans, can 9c American Beauty String Beans, can 9c Red Snapper Sauce, bottle.. 21c Spencer’s Horse Radish and Mustard. ... 9c Stagg Amber Marmalade, 25c and 15c Franco-American Spaghetti, can 10c Franco-American Spaghetti, large can... 15c Smoked Herring in Olive Oil, can 12y 2 c Marinated Mackerel, can 12V2C Family Brand Kippered Herring 6c Pure Vermont Maple Sugar, cake 5c Clear Lake Brand Early June Peas Regular Price 15c Monday and Tuesday 3 Cans 25c Franco-American Potted Beef, can 10c Rose Queen Sardines, can 8 l-3c Boned Chicken, can, 55c and ,.. 35c Underwood’s Deviled Ham, can, 30c, 20c, 10c Nutlet Peanut Butter, Large size jar 23c Medium size jar 14c Small size jar 9c Mammoth Queen Olives, $1.00 bottle... 60c 30c Large Queen Olives, bottle 19c Robin Hood Brand Olives, quart jar.... 30c Sticky Fly Paper, 25 double sheets 30c 40c Hickmott’s Mammoth White Aspara gus 24c 35c Hickmott’s White Asparagus Tips. 21c 15c Chesapeake Herring Roe, can 11c Extra Fine Fancy Canned Apples Peeled and Cored Regular 10c Value 2 Cans 11c 36 Sod STORES