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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 1. 1913.
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‘Footfalls/ by Register No. 4435, Pic
tures Restless Tramp of Remorse-
Goaded Convict—Gives Zolaesque
Description of Caruso’s Audience.
A* Register No. 4435, Julian Haw
thorne, son of the famous novelist,
now a prisoner at the Federal Peni
tentiary for violation of the postal
laws, makes some remarkable contri
butions to this month's issue of the
f prison magazine, Good Words, out to
day.
Hawthorne, who achieved fame as a
writer before he got into the tolls of
the law, has an eloquent article enti
tled "A Sermon and a Song." doubt
less inspired by the recent visit of
Caruso, to whom he wrote touching
verses printed in the Atlanta papers
at that time. Writing about the pris
oners gathered in the auditorium, he
says:
Life Has Told Truths.
"It is a terrible audience; no other
can be compared with it. Whether by
Justice or. by injustice, they are tn
, hell, and they know its secrets. Life,
and, through life, its Creator, has
^ spoken with them there, man by man,
each in his solitude. It has told them
truths, in silent but moving ways,
such as no human orator would find it
easy to rival.”
The prisoner-writer, who is asso
ciate editor of the magazine, has con
tributed also the following poem:
FOOTFALLS.
In the cell over mine, at night,
A step goes to and fro
From barred door to iron wall.
From wall to door I hear it go,
Four paces, heavy and slow.
In the heart of the sleeping Jail,
And the goad that drives, I know!
I never saw his face, or heard him
? speak:
. He may be Dutchman, Dago, Yankee,
Greek;
But the language of that prison’d
step
Too well I know'
Unknown brother of the remorseless
bars,
Pent in your cage from earth and sky
“ and stars,
* The hunger for lost life that goads
you so.
I also know 7 .
•kour by hour, in the cell overhead.
Four footfalls, to and fro.
Twixt iron wall and barred door.
Rack and forth I hear them go.
Four footfalls come and go.
T wake, and listen in the night:.
Brother, I know!
Under the title of “Philosophy of
the Ranges.” Hawthorne writes.
FABLE IN CORRECT LANGUAGE,
(With Apologies to Mr. Ade.)
“For what purpose,” Inquired the
Intelligent Investigator from the Plan
et Mars, “was the High Wall con
structed which surrounds this Insti
tution?”
‘In order,” was the Reply of the
Terrestrial Interpreter, “to render im
possible the Escape of the Inmates.”
“And does It fulfill its Object?”
“Perfectly!”
“And why,” pursued the Martian
Visitor, “are the Shins and Shoulder-
blades of the Denizens inscribed with
the letters U. S. P.?”
“With the Intention,” responded the
Guide, “of Preventing their Escape.”
The Planetary Stranger took out his
notebook, and entered in it the fol
lowing Discovery:
“n this Earth the Prevention of the
Impossible Is not considered Super
erogatory.”
Violets are growing wild out in the
prison yard; and this big plot of
ground, if the arid red soil were treat
ed with the right fertilizers and cor
rectives, would be bountiful of all
sorts of crops, from roses to turnips.
“Potato” Pingree, the stout old Mayor
of Detroit, got his nickname by li
censing the poor folks in town to use
the vacant city lots for the free cul
tivation of that nourishing root: and
perhaps our own little population
might find health, subsistence, and
peace of mind, were they permitted to
turn parts of our vacant plain into
‘Intensive” vegetable beds—and be
diminishing the expense of their up
keep into the bargain.
It is worth wtille to have stood on
the hard-pan and bottom of things;
for not only is it a wholesome expe
rience which many miss, but w r e shall
have only ourselves to blame if every
subsequent step we take Is not an up
ward one. William Stead, the fa
mous English Journalist, who fitting
ly closed a worthy life by heroically
bidding farewell tb it on the deck of
the Titanic, said that a man who has
not been in jail could not know what
life was. Some of us might think it a
knowledge that we might willingly
forego, but Stead’s saying was true
(he was in jail himself for a year or
two); and since we have been accord
ed the privilege we may as well make
the best of it.
Many imagine resignation to be
much the same as contentment. But
no man who, peering between his iron
bars, has seen the trees dressed in
fresh green beyond the wall, makes
that mistake. Resigned?—possibly!
but content?—not by the diameter of
the universe. Resignation is philoso
phy; contentment is paradise, and in
paradise philosophy is never seen, be
cause there is no one there to give her
a job.
Notes of the Flute
Sounded Good to Him.
The other afternoon, the aged man
who is blind and plays a flute as he
wanders up on*- street and down an
other was on Peachtree and pedes
trians were attracted by the sight of
a man following the flute player. The
queer part about it was that the fol
lower was crying. Tears streamed
down his cheeks as he plodded pa
tiently behind the old musician.
He kept this up for a block or more,
then pushed fonvard and pressed a
bill into the old man's hand. After
that ho turned and entered a cigar
store, where he wiped his eyes vig
orously and smiled at the curious
glances that were bent upon him by
patrons of the place who had wit
nessed the strange sight. Without
being asked, he volunteered this in
formation :
“The sound of that flute awoke pe
culiar memories." said he. “My fa
ther used to play the flute, and the
melody of that instrument carried me
back to my boyhood days. I loved my
father, but while a youngster I got
Imbued with t,he idea of going West
to kill Indians and find my fortune.
1 ran away and w^ent to California. I
w r as gone a good many years, and
neglected my folks I did pretty well
and saved my money. Then I re
turned home, expecting to give my
people a surprise. I found that both
father and mother were dead and my
sister married and moved away to
Mississippi. I w r as shocked beyond
measure. Now’ every time I hear a
flute I think of father and mother and
my neglect of them.”
Singing Negroes
Do More Work.
A Northern visitor in the city was
very much interested the Qther day
in watching a gang of negro laborers
who* chanted as they worked. The
men had a song leader, who would
“give out” the lines he wanted sung,
and most of these lines w’ere im
promptu.
The foreman of the gang was ap
proached by the visitor.
“Excuse me,” he said, “but do these
negroes sing all the time they are
working?”
“Yes.” replied the foreman. “We
can get twice as much work out of
them in the same time if w r e keep
them singing. That leader draws ex
tra pay for ‘giving out’ the lines. We
are lucky to get him. He’s In de
mand among contractors here and
has jobs waiting for him. T hope I’ll
be able to land a. contract I’m work
ing on before this one gives out, so
that I can keep him constantly em
ployed.”
“Well, why is it that they w’ork bet
ter wdiile singing?” inquired the vis
itor.
“I don’t krow, unless melody works
up their enthusiasm the same as a
brass band puts ginger into the fight
ing soldier,” said the foreman. “The
•negroes are passionately fond of sing
ing, and as long as they are permit
ted to indulge they’ll w’ork their heads
off.”
RUSSIA INVADES
ARMENIA; TUI
LANDGRABNEAR
Persecution of Christians Excuse
for Threatened Annexation,
Porte Appeals to Powers.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 1.—
Having lost Tripoli to Italy and ap
proximately 60,000 square miles of
her European possessions, a new ter
ritorial menace to-day faces Turkey.
Russia has begun a heavy troop
movement to the Persian frontier and
ipto Turkish Armenia and the belief
is gaining ground that the Russian
government contemplate! annexing
Turkish Armenia.
A note has been tendered the Turk
ish government from St. Petersburg
proclaiming Russia’s intention of tak
ing over Turkish Armenia “unless
Turkey's persecution of Christians in
Armenia ceases.” According to Rus
sia, these atrocities have not ceased.
The council of ministers has com
municated its fears to the powers,
asking that Russia be restrained.
Russia has consistently used her dip
lomatic resources against the Turks
during the Balkan war.
Macon Merchant Is
Accused of Perjury
Attorney Dasher Objects to Dis
charge of His Former Client
From Bankruptcy. e
MACON, GA.. May 1.—Joseph M
Napier, a prominent Macon merchant,
has been accused by Arthur L Dash
er, Sr., a lawyer, member of Council
and mayoralty candidate, with per
jury and fraud. Mr. Dasher has filed
In the United States Court a formal
objeotlon to Mr. Napier's discharge
from bankruptcy, asserting that the
latter concealed 310.000 in assets from
the trustee, swore falsely at the hear
ing before the referee, and made a
fraudulent assignment before going In
bankruptcy, with deliberate intent to
defraud his creditors.
Air. Dasher formerly was Mr. Na
pier’s lawyer. The two, last year, had
a light in the City Coutt room. Mr.
Dasher pulling a pistol and attempt
ing to use it.
An early hearing will be given the
charges by Judge Emory Speer.
Arkansas Father, 93,
Boasts 50 Children
Champion of Roosevelt's Progener
ation Principles Has Them From
65 to 11 Years Old.
WALNUT, ARK., May 1. In Thom
as Ellison, better known as “Uncle
Tom,” who resides in New’ton Coun
ty, It is believed the real champion
of the progeneration principles of
Theodore Roosevelt has been found.
Uncle Tom is 93 years old. The birth
of a son to one of his grand-daugh
ters caused a recasting of Ellison’s
record. Here it is:
Married three times.
Father of fifty children.
Grandfather of 125 children.
Great-grandfather of 60 children.
Great-great-grandfather of 27
children.
His youngest child is 11 years oid,
the eldest 65.
Avalona Reported Taken
By Turks; War Feared.
ATHENS, May 1.—A new war In
the Balkans is imminent, with Alba
nia as the prize, according to Infor
mation received by the Greek Gov
ernment to-day. A wireless from
Corfu stated that a heavy Turkish
force under Djavid Pasha, who is
supporting Essed Pasha’s claim to the
sovereignty of Albania, has taken
possession of Avalona, driving out the
Albanian army of Independence.
Djavid Pasha, who has been prom
ised the portfolio of Minister of War
If Essed Pasha makes good his claim
to the kingship of Albania, has 10,000
men.
This action, If reported correctly,
may make It necessary for Europe to
•Intervene to carry out its decision as
to the boundaries of Albania and its
government.
RESIIOL WILL
STOP TWITCH
Bring, Instant Reli.f and Quickly
Clears Away Skin Eruptions.
Resinol Ointment, with Resinol
Soap. stops itching Instantly,
quickly and easily heals the most
distressing cases of eczema, rash,
ringworm, tetter or other torment
ing skin or soalp eruptions, and
clears away pimples, blackheads,
redness, roughness, and dandruff,
when other treatments have
proved only a waste of time and
money.
But we do not. ask you to accept
our unsupported word for it. You
can send to-day for a generous
trial of Resinol Soap and Resinol
Ointment, and test them to your
own complete satisfaction, at no
cost whatever, while thousands
who have been cured say, "What
Resinol did for us it will do for
vou." Physician, have prescribed
Resinol for eighteen years and
every druggist in the country sells
Resinol Soap (25c) and Resinol
Ointment (in opal 1ars, 50c and
$1.00). For free samples of each,
with full directions for use. write
to Dept. 16-S. Reslpol, Baltimore,
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Millionaire Loses
$161,000 at Roulette
Rambler* Call Son of Canadian Rail
way King ‘Welcher’ When He
Refuses to Pay.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—Roder
ick J. McKenzie, millionaire son of
:he famous Canadian railroad king,
lost $181,000 In a roulette game at
Villa Mateo, according to reports. The
loss, one of the biggest recorded in
this vicinity in many long days, has
not been paid, and, according to Mc
Kenzie, will not be paid.
Gambling men, who are repeating
the story to-day, declare that Mc
Kenzie is a "welcher.”
Men who know the millionaire de
clared that he never “welched" tn his
life, when he was beaten fairly and
squarely. They point to an occur-
■ rence in Dos Angeles about live years
«go when he lost $78,000 In a roulette
game.
WALL STREET PARTNER OF
LATE JAY GOULD MARRIES
NEW YORK, May 1.—Miss Jean
nette Thurber and Washington Ever
ett Connor, 60 yeaT old. a partner of
the late Jay Gould, were married in
Grace Church yesterday. The bride
is about 20 years the jynlor of Mr.
Uonnor.
Mr. Connor’s wife -died about two
years ago. He retired from Wall
Street in 1887. shortly after the re
tirement of Jay Gould.
Police Officer Dies
As Son Visits Him
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A. K. HAWKES CO.
14 Whitehall St.. Atlanta. Qa.
Sergeant K. S. Foster. Member of
Force 18 Years, Victim of
Heart Failure.
Police Sergeant K. S. Foster died
suddenly to-day at his home, 302
Grant Street.
Five minutes before his death his
son, J. Z. Foster, a Marietta lawyer,
in Atlanta on court business, had
walked Into the house to pay his
parents a brief visit.
Mr. Foster had been a victim of
heart trouble, and a few days ago
went to his home to rest. He was
lying on the couch when, he was
stricken. His w/ife and son were the
only relatives with him.
Chief Beavers was notified and sped
to tlie home of Sergeant Foster in his
automobile. On his way he picked
up Dr. J. D. Mahoney, living at
Grant Street and Woodward Avenue,
but the police officer was dead before
they reached his house.
Sergeant Foster was appointed to
the police force October 9, 1895, and
had been a sergeant for several years.
He was a Mason and a member of
the Police Relief Association.
U. D. C. MEMORIAL SHAFT
UNVEILED AT LITTLE ROCK
LITTLE ROCK, ARK., May 1.—In
the presence of 1,000 visitor* from all
over Arkansas, the United Daughters
of the Confederacy to-day unveiled
the $10,000 monument on the new cap-
itol grounds in honor of the Arkansas
Women of the Confederacy. Acting
Governor Futrelle received the monu
ment on behalf of the State, having
previously issued a proclamation de
claring this afternoon a holiday.
Women of the State worked three
years on the memorial.
Eastern Roads Deny
Trainmen Pay Raise
Strike Sentiment Grows as Demands
Are Flatly Refused by Fifty-
four Lines.
NEW YORK, May 1.—The confer
ence committee of managers of 54
Eastern railroads to-day turned down
the request of the Order of Railway
Conductors and Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen for higher wages.
When news of the managers’ atti
tude became known strike, sentiment
began to develop among the tranmen,
and it was said at headquarters that
the proposition Of a great strike
might soon be put to a referendum
vote.
WANTS MISSOURI PACIFIC
TO PAY U. S. $3,650,000
WASHINGTON, May 1.—The At-
torney General is asked to proceed
against the Missouri Pacific Railway
to collect $3,650,000 alleged to be due
the Government, in a resolution by
Representativ’e Neely, a Kansas Dem
ocrat.
Neely says in 1866 the Government
issued bonds to finance the first 100
miles of the Atchison-Pikes Peak
Railroad, now owned by the Missouri
Pacific. He contends the government
should be repaid the $1,600,000 bonds
with, interest for fifty years.
HOTEL MEN fo MEET AT
BARNES’ FARM SATURDAY
The Atlanta Hotel Men's Associa
tion will hold its annual spring meet
ing at the farm of J. Lee Barnes,
president of the association, Satur
day afternoon. Automobiles will be in
waiting for the members at the Hotel
Majestlc^t^^Oo^clock^^^^^^^^
CUTTING EXPENSES
It's like cutting the grass on vour lawn.
You cut off your superfluous grass and leave
that which is desirable. Same with your
expenses—cut down the unnecessary ones and
gather up the dollars which you will save by
so doing and bank them with us.
4 °jc Interest Added
GEORGIA SAVINGS BANK & TRUST CO.
GRANT BUILDING.
Open Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6 In addition to
morning hourt.
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Askyoordruarelstfor
it. If he cannot sup
ply the MARVEL,
accept no other, but
send stamp for book.
ttorvel Ct , 44 E. 214 St. It.
HUNDREDS OF REFUGEES
FLEE BANDITS IN MEXICO
GALVESTON, TEXAS, May 1.—
Fifteen refugees, men and women,
from Tampico, Mexico, arrived here
on a private yacht they chartered for
the trip. Fourteen were Americans
and one was an Englishman. They
say rebel bandits were becoming so
bold throughout Mexico that all th
coast points are congested with hun
dreds who want to get out of the
country, but have no means to secure
passage.
RESTORES PLEASING PLUMPNESS
' Samose Sold Under Jacobs' Phar
macy “No Cure No Pay” Plan.
There are a good many people in
Atlanta who ardently wish they
1 could find some way of getting fat
I and plump. While not ill, yet they
are so thin and scrawny that their
friends think they can not be well.
In nine cases out of ten this con
dition can be readily overcome by
using the combination of flesh-
forming foods known as Samose.
This little tablet taken three times
a day with the food does wonders
jin building up good health and
restoring the pleading plumpness
| that is so desirable.
Jacobs’ Pharmacy has the
; agency for this preparation arid
. sells it with the promise that if it
! does not do all that is claimed for
it in making people gain in weight
and in health, the money will be
refunded.
You certainly can afford to try
a 50c box on this plan, as Samose
will cost you nothing unless it
ogives satisfaction.
CLEAN UP
And Sell the Unused Things
That You Have About the House
Old Clothing, unused pieces of
Furniture and numberless other
articles that can be found in near
ly every household can easily he
converted into cash if advertised
in the “For Sale” columns of The
Georgian’s classified section. Cost
ordy 30c to run an ad like this:
FOR SALE—Upright piano; good as
new; will sell less than half price.
Address B., Box 98, care Georgian
Phone Main 8000 or Atlanta8000
and give in your ad and you will have no
trouble in selling anything you have.
FORMER MERCER ATHLETE
PLANS MAYORALTY RACE
MACON, GA., May 1.—The local po
litical situation ha^s been complicated
by the announcement that Will Gunn,
former star Mercer pitcher, and an
ex-Alderman, will run for Mayor in
the event Colonel W. A. Huff is not a
candidate.
Bridges Smith, at present City
Clerk, is another who will not oppose
Colonel Huff, but will be a candidate
if he does not run. A. L. Dasher,
lawyer and member of Council, is al
ready a candidate on an anti-admin
istration platform.
DIRECT PRIMARY DEFEATED.
ALBANY, N. Y., May 1.—Governor
Sulzer’s direct primary bill was de
feated in the Senate by a vote of 42
to 8.
DR. T. H. RICE DELEGATE
TO PRESBYTERIAN MEET
RICHMOND. VA„ May
Theron H. Rice, profeusor of the Bng-*
lish Bible at the Union Theoloiioal
Seminary, this city, formerly pastor
of Central Presbyterian Church, A**
lania, is one of the delegates named
by the East Hanover Presbytery te
represent K at the forthcoming ses
sion of the General Assembly In Ate
lanta.
ONLY VETERANS NEED APPLY*
WASHINGTON, May 1— Secretary
Lane to-day told Senator Kern ne
man would be appointed Commission
er of Pensions who was not a Civil
War veteran. This would eliminate
many candidates.
nil The Store Is Abloom With New Goods. Vlllflllll
. RICH & BROS. CO
20 c to 60 c Laces 12 c
Pardon the big type--we don’t usually shriek in “box
car” letters. Ordinary type is sufficient to tell our story
99 times in 100. But this is the Hundredth time—the
exception— -the event extraordinary— the occasion that calls
for screaming type a foot high.
For we offer at 12c a yd. dupli
cates of the very laces that we have
sold so freely at 30c, 40c and 50c.
These laces come from the importer who supplies us regularly. We are
his largest account in the South. Off to Europe on Fall business, he favored
us with his reserve stock. Sold it to us for a song. Though these are usual
20c to 60c laces, we make a profit by selling them at 12c.
Sane, sensible merchandising this—the kind that has brought Rich’s the
lion’s share of the lace business in Atlanta.
The laces consist of Calais Vais, Diamond Mesh, Platte Yals, Ruby and French
Vais. Beautiful patterns in edges and insertions to match. Edges 2 to 6 ^
in., insertions 2 to 5 in. Not a yard worth less than 20c; some worth to 60c; I J
most of them worth 30c to 50c. Choice of the lot JL
Now shown in window. Sale at 9 A. M. Laces, Main Floor, Right Aisle.
Because these are Silks that Women Want to Buy
and NOT Merely Fabrics that We Want to Sell
An Overwhelming Success Has Followed This Presentation of the
Annual May Silk Clearance
To-day’s record-breaking crowd in response to our silk sale is not a
surprise.
ft was looked for.
Because we hold this SILK SALE every May, and Atlanta women
know what to expect—the choicest silks of the season at
Savings of a Third to a Half & More
They got such silks in this sale. Not choice of a few odd pieces and tag
ends, but choice of hundreds of crisp, fashionable patterns, fresh from the
looms. Interest to-day centers in the imported French
$3 & $3.50 Silk Voiles & Chiffons at $1.29 & $1.39
More than 100 pieces—the importer's entire reserve stock. Dreanjs of loveliness.
Airy chiffon cloths and French voiles, exquisite dreams of artists made manifest. Some
have deep borders of oharmeuse; some of meteor erepe. Some are overprinted with strik
ing Futurist designs in color combinations that only the French would dare; others are in
spaced floral designs and Dolly Madison patterns; some—but one can’t, describe moTe than
100 different fabric-poems—please come and see them.
Here Are Other Splendid Groups
NAME OF SILK
COLORS
WIDTH
VALUE
PRICE
Bordered Chiffon
Nearly all Colors
Double
,• $2.50
$ .98
Dress Taffetas
All Colors and White
27 in.
1.00
.59
Silk Suiting
All Street Shades
24 tn.
1.50
.89
Kimono Silks
All Colors
27 in.
1.00
.69
Silk Foulards
All Colors
23 in.
1.00
.69
Silk Foulards
All Colors
23 in.
. 9
.33
Messallnes
Black Only
36 in.
1.00
.79
Fancy Taffetas
All Colors
24 & 27 ins.
1.00
.66
Messallnes
Street & Evening Shades
24 in.
1.00
.59
Chiffon Taffetas
Solid and Changeables
26 in.
1.00
.59
Imp. Foulards
Black Only
42 in.
1.50
.98
Fancy Messallnes
Fancy Colors
24 in.
1.25
.69
Striped Wash Silks
While and Colors
32 in.
1.50
.89
Pongee
White Only
27 in.
1.50
.95
« An Added Feature: Up to $1.50 Remnants, at 29c
For the second big day of the sale we take the season’s accumulation of remnants
—silks that have sold down to short lengths of 2 to 6 yards.
About 1,200 yards in all, including the best styles and silks of the season. All go on
sale at 8:30 a. in. at 29c a yard. Choose from
$1.00 silks
$1.25 silks
$1.35 silks
59c silks
75c silks
85c silks
NVaMv
all silk dress patterns reduced less than half-price.
Three big lots of fashionable trinynings at exactly half-price.
One tabic of woolens in short lengths. 2 to 10 yards. Values to $2, ari68c.
Mail orders filled with promptness and exactitude.
(Silk Ann.x—Main Plo*r,-L(ft)
(»**/»*» M. RICH & BROS. CO. W!m M. RICH & BROS. CO.