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THE ATLANTA GEORG I VN ANI) NEWS. MONDAY. APRIL 21. 1913.
They Assert Men Have Not Acted
Squarely on Laws They
Demanded.
TOPEKA. KAN., April 21 Tilers
will be Kansas women In the next
Kansas Legislature, in all probability.
The women feel that they haven’t
been given fair treatment from the
present Legislature, and there ire
many women who are already laying j
their plans to become active candi- I
dates against the men whose activi
ties against the measures the women
demanded were mo*, oernidous.
"The women of Kansas have served
notice on the men that we want to
work with them." said Miss Helen
Lacker, secretary of the Kansas
Equal Suffrage League. "We do n«»?
feel that we want to have a party «*i
our own yet. The women are not
ready for it. They must be educated
in their civic duties and realize the
needs of Government before a suc
cessful women’s party ( can be or
ganized.
Would Help the Men.
I told the men, in a speech at the
Progressive party organization meet
ing. that If they are truly progressive,
if they really want t«» help humanl'y,
we would work with them."
The present Kansas Legislature has
been tested and part of the members
have been found wanting. The w«>-
nen went before the Legislature and
asked that a law be passed fixing a
minimum wage for women and fixing
a nine-hour duy for # theirt.
The only law the women asked for
that they are likely to get is the ex
emption from Jury service. Under
ihis law a woman may be excused
from Jury service simply uti the claim
that she Is a woman. Ministers, phy
sicians mid lawyers are the only ex
emptions allowed the men.
As the nine-hour law stands it ip-
plies only to five counties of the Htato
and does not even apply to stores tr.
those counties that employ less than
five women or to other establish
ments employing less than five. The
law originally provided for fifty-four
hours a week and not more than ton
hours in any single day for all worn *n
employees The Hell Telephone Com
pany and the hundreds of small stores
throughout the state that have be *n
keeping open eleven to fourteen hours
a day all joined in the general cam
paign against the measure.
"Interests" Killed Bills.
It was the big packing houses, the
garment factories and the big stores
It ’saLie, SaysMaddox;
Two Others Reticent
Continued From Page One.
nation, ho wont to Honorublo C'ourtland S. Winn, who had llkewiao been
nominated its Mayor of the city of Atlanta, and obtained from said Winn
:< ii a mrunce or prmnlao that ho. SpratllnK, would bo made the chairman of
the Police Hoard, which said board ha* direct and Immediate control over
the Kiant arid regulation of near beer licensee
Immediately after obtaining from Honorable ('ourtluud S. Winn said
is italic, . said Hpralllug iiroeeeded to interview the greater part, or all. of
ilie leading firms and eorporation* engaged in the near beer bimlneRg in the
city of Atlanta To then persons, firms and corporations, lie represented
that lie \v. , to he mad' the chairman of said Police Committee, and that
he desired t•> obtain from them different sums ol money. }!• further rep
resented that, such chairman of the committee, he would lie able to pro
tect said neat beer dealers in the particular /.ones which they were opera
ting.
Said Spratliug, by force of his position and said repi 'sentutlons, coerced
said near beer dealers, or many of them, to either directly lend or indorse
Iris papei for various sums.
I ebargt that, as to one of these near beer dealers, he obtained a
sum of about $800: from another the sum of about $ii00; from another the
sum of about $2,000.
I charge that he went to Mr. Paul Smith (now dead), who wan operating
a near beer saloon on Viaduct Place, and requested said Smith to lend him
the sum of $000, giviriK the usual and customary promise of protection as
an official, and that the said Smith went to the officers of the Fourth
National Bank, in the city of At
lunta, and stated to them that he
desired o borrow the said sum of J3M0
for the purpose of relendlng the same same
to the said Bpralling: ami that the
said officers of said bank, after con
ference, advised the said Smith not to
make the loan to Spratling.
I charge that the money thus ob
tained by the said indorsements .if
said near-beer dealers has not been
repaid by th‘ said Kpratilns. and that
said Indorsements are now evidenced
by promissory notes held by various
banks in the city of Atlanta.
I charge that said conduct upon the
part of said Spratltng constituted a
deliberate and wanton misuse of bis
official position, to tile detriment of
tlic jdihllc, which bad elected him to
said position, and was a betrayal if
said trust and confidence. I charge
that substantially all of these facts
that killed the minimum wage law.
The bill, as originally drawn, pro
vided that every girl, on entering em
ployment, should be started at J.'i.GO
a week, loach month her wages were
to be increased fifty cents until at tile
end of six months the girl would re-
, , lve the minimum wage of *8 a w eek
. i ,m 1 Increases in salary from that
time would, of course, be voluntary
on the part of the employer and a •-
cording to the earnings of the girl
herself.
were made known to Mayor Winn,
and that by reason of the truth >f
he I Mayor Winn) refused to
appoint Hpratling chairman of the
committee that It was agreed he
should be. .1 K. M'CLKLBAND.
Editor Recovers‘Wife;
Resumes Publication
Had Stopped Printing Newspaper to
Look for Spouse, "Lost in
Bloomin’ Wilds.”
LOGAN. ,W. VA . Apr il 19.-George
A. Dean, editor of the Logan Banner,
who announced in his paper that he
would suspend publication for three
week* to hunt for his wife, who dis
appeared two weeks ago after they
had been married but a short time,
has resumed publication and makes
the following statement:
"Mrs. Dean’s trunk was taken by
.1, At. Curry, labo; agent at Kt-nova,
and she got lost in the wilds of this
bloomin’ State while searching for her
trunk and the man. Curry and 1 were
rivals for the hand of Mrs. Dean, but
I war chosen because of tny handsome
appearance and polished manners.
"Mrs. Dean,‘one morning several
weeks ago. was waiting for an N. and
W. train here for Canebruke. She
had just checked her trunk. Curry
re-checked her trunk, and when my
wife arrived at Canebrake she dis
covered the trick.
"She then .started on a hunt for her
missing trunk. The trail led through
\ number of small towns In this
State, and finally Mrs. Dean caugnt
up with furry. She demanded nor
trunk check, and when Curry refused,
she called the assistance of the po
lice. The check was turned over
her, she secured her trunk, and she
is now at home to greet all her
friends."
'JM HI’ LEWIS. GEORGIA NEWS IN BRIEF
U.S.in 14tli Place in
Aeroplane Equipment
Thi« Country Has 28 Machines
Against 400 in Germany; Latter
Spent $28,000,000 in 5 Years.
WASHINGTON. April -1 The
United States stands fourteenth
among the nations of the world in
number of Government owned aero
planes and in Government expendi
tures for aerial navigation during the
last five years.
Figures compiled b\ the Uhief Sig
nal Office of the Army shows Ger
many leads with 400 aeroplanes and
an expenditure of $28,000,000. The
United States owns 28 aeroplanes and
spent $430,000 In five years.
Other countries rank above- the
l!nlted States as follows: France,
Russia, Italy. Austria. Great Britain.
Belgium. Japan. Chile. Bulgaria.
Greece, Spain and Brazil.
BEAUTY AND BEASTS MIX
AT ST. LOUIS PACKERIES
ST. LOUIS, April 19. A beauty
parlor has been established in Swift,
and Company’s packing plant in the
National Stock Yards in Last St.
Louis. The company's officials .\-
pect the shop to promote hygiene and
insure meat from becoming inocu
lated with any germs that might oe
carried by an untidy girl.
Three times each week 125 girls f
the various departments where meats
are handled go to the fourth floor of
the plant to have their nails mani
cured and their hair dressed in
styles most becoming to each parti
cular girl. Many of the girls are also
given shampoos.
The shop is in charge of Mills Vir
ginia Lauer, 10 >5 Gaty Avenue,
East 8t. Louis, and Miss Anna Mor
ris, 4604 St. Louis Avenue.
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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
beat advertising medium.
New Illinois Senator Was Never
Taken Seriously in Georgia,
Except by Himself.
SAVANNAH. G.4., April 21.—Jim
Ham Lewis, a Virginian by nativity
and a Georgian by force of circum
stances, the man who was not taken
seriously at home, has been elected to
i he United States Senate from Illi
nois.
Being born and reared in the South,
his political tendencies naturally lean
toward that party known in the ver
nacular as "Democracy, unterrified
and unafraid." Lewis furnishes one
more example of the Georgian away
front home who has won honors in
an adopted Slate.
In the early eighties there drifted
from Savannah to Seattle, Wash., a
young man named Lewis, James Ham
ilton Lewis. He had drifted previous
ly from Augusta to Savannah. The
drifting then was good, for Savannah
stands on the banks of the river, as
does Augusta. The boats in those
days were not much to look at or to
ride on, but they beat walking.
A Joke in Savannah.
In Savannah Lewis was not taken
seriously except by himself and a few
who knew him best. "Jim Ham," he
was called. Savannah tried to make a
joke of the owner of the name. Joke
or not, Lewis soon became one of the
well-known young men about town.
Rut lie did not get along. He got
talked about. He was red-headed, for
one thing.
Seattle then was demanding notice.
Lewis decided to drift along to the
West. Seattle was a long' way off,
end "Jim Ham’s" funds were low.
But there were a few believers in
Lewis in Savannah, and the money
for the trip was forthcoming.
Savannah forgot tibout Lewis for a
few years. Then some citizen who
had visited the Pacific coast came
hack. He had seen "Jim Ham” out
there and reported that Lewis whs
succeeding. Even in Savannah Lewis
always dressed strikingly. In the old
days he would say that If he had $30
the money would go into three suits
—not just one. "Jim Ham” was
dressing at the $10 gait out in Seat
tle.
Georgia City Takes Notice.
They smiled in Savannah. They
didn’t really believe it. Then came
press dispatches announcing that Jim
Ham had been elected to Congress
from Washington. Savannah began
to sit up. Then story after story
came out of Washington, prodigious
yarns demonstrating that the pink
WASHINGTON.—Roy S. Barnwell,
editor of The Washington Gazette-
j Uhrcnicle, is dead at his home here,
I following a lingering illness of about
! four months.
To Build $25,000 Addition.
CoLU MBITS.-—Thf; Columbus Gror
eery Company, a large wholesale es
tablishment, announces that it will
make a $25,000 addition to its present
store room and warehouses.
Commirce Man Injured.
COMMERCE.—Cicero C. Alexander,
for many years Postmaster at this
place, while returning home from his
farm last night fell from a wagon,
hitting on his head and shoulders and
receiving serious Injuries.
Jealous Woman Shoots.
FITZGERALD. -At Arp, a small
place near here. Mrs. Lottie Pettus
shot hrough the arm and badly
wounded Mrs. Mary Livingston, wife
of a storekeeper at Arp. Jealousy )s
given as the cause of the shooting.
Salvation Army Profits.
DALTON—The {Salvation Army
profited as a result of the session of
the Grand Jury ju*ft closed. Those
Jurors guilty of going to sleep during
the sessions, refusing to wear speks
L
whiskered prodigy from the Pacific-
coast, as the newspaper boys had be
gun to dub him, was r live one.
He was always about two seasons
ahead of the fashion plates. Whal
clothes did for Lewis was to get him
more publicity than any other mem
ber of Congress in those days. He
wore mauve, spats, which protruded
beneath the most beautiful trousers,
and graced patent leather shoes. He
had an abundance of frock coats, with
braidings of delicate colors, silk hats
and canes.
Popular in Illinois.
Later on Lewis left the Pacific
coast for Chicago, where he has re
sided for the last ten years. He has
filled positions of high trust. He has
attained prominence in his profession.
In the popular election for United
States Senator he had the Democratic
field to himself, all others having
withdrawn, declaring that no man
could beat Lewis in Illinois. He polled
a quarter of a million votes.
.James Hamilton Lewis was born in
Danville, Va„ in 1866. He went to
Augusta when a boy and received his
academic training in Houghton Col
lege and the University of Virginia.
After coming to Savannah In the ear
ly eighties he read law in the office
of Chisholm & Erwin. He was ad
mitted to practice in the Chatham
County Superior Court in 1884 by
Judge A. Pratt Adams.
Lewis married Miss Rose Lawton
Douglas, of Screven County. Georgia,
in 1898. For a time Mrs. Lewis lived
in Savannah. She was a strikingly
beautiful girl. Mrs. Lewis ik said to
-have been a great help to her husband
in his political career.
and other offenses were fined, the
money going to the Salvution Army.
Accused Slayer Acquitted.
FITZGERALD. — T o rn Burnham,
charged with murder, was acquitted
When tried yesterday in S iperior
Court here. Claude Hyde, a citizen
of this place, was killed at Bowens
Mill, near here, July 4, 1910. Burn
ham was accused of the killing.
Women Want Clean Streets.
MACON.—The Ladles’ Improve
ment Association, the auxiliary of the
Chamber of Commerce, has started a
crusade for cleaner sidewalks and
streets in the business section of the
city. Mrs. It. J. Taylor, Mrs. H. M.
Wortham and Mrs. Church Berry
man are directing the campaign.
Drop Lunacy Charges.
M A Core.—Mrs. Myrtle Roquemore
and her husband. Herbert Roquemore,
who swore out writs of lunacy for
each other this week, have been re
leased *froin jail, each having dis
missed the proceedings. They have
become reconciled and will live with
each other again.
Columbus Plans Ad Campaign.
COLUMBUS.—An "All for Colum
bus Meeting” of the Columbus Board
of Trade has been called for Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock, when the plans for
increasing the membership and rais
ing $8,00u to be used in an advertis
ing campaign will be formally
launched.
Audit to Cost $2,500.
MACON.—It will cost the city $2,-
500 to ascertain the amount of the
shortage in the Marshal’s office, due
to : he defalcation of W. F. Holmes.
In resigning when the defalcation
was announced, the Marshal esti
mated his shortage at $7,800. but it is
believed it will exceed that figure.
Mission Conference Op«n6.
COLUMBUS.—The Woman's Mis
sionary Society of the South Geor
gia Conference began its annual ses
sion in Columbus last night at St.
Luke Methodist Church, with Mrs. G.
W. Matthews, the president, presid
ing. The conference closes Tues
day.
Gets Another Sentence.
COLUMBUS.—Bill Jenkins, a ne
gro, under a sentence of one year on
the State farm, but now out on bond,
has been convicted in the City Court
of violating the prohibition law and
given one month in jail and three
months on the chaingang or a fine of
$200.
High Belgian Official Dies.
BRUSSELS, April 19.-—Paul Jansen,
Belgian Minister of State, died to-day.
His final illness was aggravated bv
anxiety over the national manhood
suffrage strike.
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Booker T. Washington Has Kept
Count and Is Pleased With
His Race’s Improvement.
Booker T. Washington points with
pride to the diminution of lynchlngs
in the South.
He points with pride to the fact that
of the thirteen lyncliings in the
United States in the first three
months of 1913, not a single victim
was charged with assault on a white
woman. He has written an open let
ter on the subject. It follows:
“There have been about thirteen
lynching* in the United States dur
ing the first three months of 1913,
while for the same period of time a
year ago there were 24: this repre
sents a reduction, by nearly one-half,
in the number of Jynchings. It is a
gratifying record; even though it is
very deplorable that there have been
any at all. If all the people, white
and black, will work together in a
courageous manner, I feel quite sure
that we can gb through the present
year with a much smaller number ot
lynchings than has been true in the
history of the last 25 years.
"In order to throw some additional
light on the subject. I give below
some details as to the places and
causes of the lynchings which have
taken place:
"A colored man in Paris, Texas, lor
murder.
"A colored man in Houston, Miss.:
case of murder. It was later discov
ered that the wrong colored man had
been lynched, and another was burn
ed at the stake instead of the wrong
one lynched
"One was lynched at Shreveport.
La., in February; cause unknown,
"One at Drew, Miss., lynched by
negroes for killing two negro women.
"One in South Carolina, a 17-year-
old negro boy, for assault and battery
on a white mail.
"Two negroes of Harrison County.
Texas; one for cause unknown, the
other for horse stealing.
"Andalusia, Ala., in February, negro
was lynched for shooting a white
woman.
"Cornelia, Ga., two negro tramps
for killing a policeman.
"Union, Tenn.. negro accused of
killing a white man.
"BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
"Tuskegee, Ala., April 12, 1913.”
[$25,000
was paid to the man who
wrote these three words
for the guide posts at
railway crossings :: ::
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