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§ i i 2 TV!-- \']'I \XT\ firnpri \\ AXT) XKWf? SA'ITI?day. MAY 3. idm. ELECTED HEAD State Convention Before Adjourn ing Demands Labor Laws and Better Sanitation. T (3. Polhtll. of UGrangf, is the ntu head of the Georgia Educational Association. He was elected without opposition this morning at the last session of the convention. M. Pol - hill was first vice president of the or ganization during the past year He Is principal of the LaGrange High 1 School. Other officers elected were J. C. Wardlaw. of the Georgia Military In stitute at Milledgeville. first vice pres ident. and Miss Elizabeth Holt, of the Augusta High School, second vice president. C. L. Smith, superintend ent at LaGrange, was re-elected sec retary, and Ralph Newton, superin tendent at Port Valley, was re-elected treasurer. Three new members of the Board of Directors were also elected. They were Ja B on Scarboro. superintendent at Tifton; R. E. Brooks, superintenu- ent at Dublin, and G. D. Godard, su perintendent at Moultrie. Teachers Demand Prompt P*y. Resolutions were adopted imploring the Legislature to provide for prompt payment of teachers' salaries, to pro vide for better supervision of rur«i school work by appointing five su pervisors in addition to the three al ready employed to provide, for com petent medical Inspection of school children, to pass laws requiring in stallation of sanitary drinking foun tains and other sanitary necessities and to pass a child labor law’ making it unlawful to work a child under 14 years of age. Selection of a State song and » State flower were carried over until next year. Four songs have been se lected from a large number submit ted. They will be "tried out" by various schools and a vote taken ns to the best one. The question of selecting the State flower also will be put to a vote, the children of each schooi voting. Each school will be entitled to one vote when the mat ter is decided nevt year. Mestinq Place Not Fixed. Albany extended an invfiation t> the association to meet there nex* v ear and delegate.* from South Geor gia a-Hod that their section be re garded : n the miming of the next meeting place. 'Hie matter was left iu -<he hands of the executive nm- mlttec. The convention adjourned at l-:30 o’clock. Puts Health Before Learning “If it were a choice between health and education. I would select health. Make the child healthy: then educate him." was the terse comment by Dr. T. R Abercrombie, inspector for the State Board of Health, before the association this morning “The child’s health comes before every thing else; conditions that sur round him and the condition of his physical being for the development of his mental qualities are most impor tant factors." he continued. "Too often the child has been developed mentally when his ohyaica] part was absolutely unfit. The great problem lies In mak ing him fit physically and then to de velop his mentality. ‘A rigid campaign along this line 1s what is needed. Teachers have been educated to the need of health among children. It remains for the State to follow up this work.” Dr. Abercrombie’s address was lis tened to attentively. One of the strongest features of the Georgia Ed ucational Association since its organ ization has been the promotion of . Children’s health. | Wilson Reconciles McAdoo and McCombs I President Brought Two Leaders To gether on Recent Trip, It Is Just Learned. WASHINGTON. May 3.-Tired, but confident that his trip to New Jersey will be productive of good results in connection with jury reform. Presi dent Wilson returned to Washington early to-day and at once went to the White House, where he attacked a large amount of routine work which had accumulated In his absence. One of the incidents of the trip which afforded the President much sat is fact ion and which did not become known until to-day was his meeting in New York with National Chairman William K. McCombs and Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury Department, at the home of Colonel E. M. House. It was the first time that Chairman McCombs and Secretary McAdoo, wiio was vice chairman, had met since the early days of the campaign. Differ ences of opinion as to the manage ment of the campaign were said o have existed between the two men, though their relations with Mr. Wil son were always of a warm cordiality. Silk Stockings Exasperate judge jj£p(j v • v v»v v Calls Them In Contempt of Court v • v *:••*!* Fair Defendant Hastily Hides ’Em Mrs. Kiichacl X. Ducas Kindly to Artifices of Modern Feminine Dress. White City Park Now Open Next week. Beautiful Bedding Plants, 3c each. Atlanta Floral Co., 555 E. Fair Street. ATLANTA WEEK ™ Miss BILLY LONG Wed and Sa And Company In A Butterfly on the Wheel WfMs 15c to 50c First Tima In Atlanta LYR!C| This Week Mats. Th jrs Tues., Sat. BILLY THE KID A DRAMA OF THE WEST. With the Young American Star, BERKELY HASWELL. Home Again With Vaudeville FORSYTH “*'• To-day 2:30 ”“ ' JLH To-night at 8:30 Sophye Barnard-•Lou Angler A Co.—Chris Richards — Gaby — Helm Children—Barr A Hope—Muriel A Francis ard Other*.... «IT WEST Gis Edwards K:d Kaharat Suffragettes’ War With Torch Spreads 6cotch Militants Burn School, Eng lish Women Lay Freight Sheds in Ashes. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, May 3.- Scotch suffragettes aro adopting the methods of their English sisters. Mil itants to-day burned the new wing • f the Ashley public school, entailing $2,600 damage. Suffrage literature was found scat tered about the ashes, showing the identity of the incendiaries One of the cards bore the inscrip tion . "Justice as well as education. ’ The* Incendiaries escaped. BRADFORD. ENGLAND, May 3. - A number of freight sheds, filled with merchandise, on the Midland Railroad were burned here to-day by suffra gettes The damage Is estimated at $600,000. A train of freight cars wax also burned. Says He'll Eat Sixty Eggs For Breakfast Husky New York Mechanic Pror ises to Perform Feat Every Other Morning. NEW YORK. May 3. Here’s what William H Reinke proposes to have even other morning for breakfast as long as the bank roll lasts and he lias a good job: Fifteen scrambled egrs Fifteen fried eggs. Fifteen soft boiled eggs. Fifteen hard boiled eggs. Seven coffee rings. Five cups of coffee. Reinke will begin getting on the outride of his first sixty eggs this morning. The egg eater is a mechanic em ployed in a garage. He is twenty years old, hard as nails, close to six feet in height, and weighs 190 pounds. 55,000 Out Now in Welsh Miners' Strike Owners’ Promise to Hire No More Non-Union Men Presages Vic tory for Unions. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. CARDIFF. WALES, May 3—The strike of Welsh coal miners in pro test against the open shop policy of the min© owners is spreading to a serious extent. Fifty-five thousand men were out to-day Leaders of the miners' union expect a rpeedy victory, because many of the mine owners have already prom ised to hire no more non-union men. This is compelling non-unionists to Join the organization. A Cavalier to Wife Even in His Grave In His Will Lord Crawford Pays Graceful Complimsnt to His Lady. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. May 2.—One of the most graceful compliments ever paid to a woman is contained In the will of Lord (’rawford, v ho died in January, ! leaving in estate valued at $2,181,396. In his will the Earl said that since iiis father's death lie had bought a considerable number of diamonds and i other jewels "winch have beet usee. : and adorned by my wife." White City Park Now Open Ye women of Atlanta, have a care! The judicial temperament, like tlie (‘ole Bic&ae temperament, does not take kindly to the ar tifices and blandishments of mod ern dress. Listen to this stor> from New York: Supreme Court Justice Gavr.gan looked over his spectacles In Part XIV of the Supreme Court and scowl ed at a dainty pair of pearl gray silk stocking©. The hosiery was displayed upon the feet of Mrs. Rachael N. Ducas. a pretty wife of Benjamin P. Ducas, a wealthy manufacturer. Mrs. Ducas was sitting at the table of her coun sel. her feet crossed. "1 want to say,” the Court began gravely, “that the young lady in black there is disrespectful to this Court. If she wishes me to be more explicit, I will say for her benefit that her lower limbs are insufficiently clad. She Is making far too free an exhibi tion of them in a public place.” Mrs. Ducas promptly pulled her hobble skirt down over the silver buckles on her ©Uppers and kept her feet under her chair during tlie New York Justice Does Not Take Standpatters Against Findings of Taft Tariff Board; Progres sives Favor Them. i WASHINGTON, May 3.—Discussion of the wool schedule to-day showed the Republicans divided over the question of what sort of a substitute should be offered for the Underwood rat- s in Schedule K. Standpatters believed the report of the tariff hoard too indefinite to base an accurate scale of tariff duties upon it, while the progressive faction In sisted that as the Republicans were declaring for a tariff commission they should accept without equivocation the findings of the Taft tariff board. The Progressives took the stand that the Payne rate© on wool were too high and they supported the Dem ocratic rates. Representative Gardner of Massa chusetts. Republican, who has been leading the fight for tarilT revision based on the findings of the tariff board, declared he believed that the Underwood rates on the better grades of woolen cloth were too low. Democratic Leader Underwood in tend© to keep the House in suspense until late to-night, and it is probable that before adjournment is taken th* 1 House will have completed all the schedules except the free list. ‘All Men Are Liars' She Said; 'Insane,' Jury Votes at Once Harsh Views of the Sterner Sex Prove Unfortunate for Mrs. Fenes. YONKERS, May 3.—Harsh views of men, written by Mrs. Lula Fenes. a prominent NVw Rochelle woman, con vinced j Sheriff's Jury that examin- * 1 her that she is incompetent, and they returned a verdict accordingly. “All men ate liars.” she wrote “Alan wants woman to slave and work for him, to cook, to nurse him v Lien he is sick, to close his eyes when he dies, to dig his grave and then lie down in it herself.’’ Mrs. Fenes wrote her husband, Dr. Fenes. letters addressed, "Murderers’ Row, New Rochelle,” while in a san itarium. GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF P. T. BARNUM MARRIES ASHEVILLE. N. C, May 3.—Henrv Nash Carrier and hi© bride, formeriv Miss Nancy Barnum Clark, great- granddaughter of the late P. T. Bsn - num. are to-day enjoying an auto mobile honeymoon in the North Caro lina mountains, following their mar- i riage here yesterday afternoon «t Rockbrook. - ’ the bride’s home. They left Asheville immediately after the ceremony in an automobile, keeping their destination a secret. The bride groom is from GreuivU’- S. C. The wedding was attended by friends from Greenville, Spartanburg, Richmon !. Norfolk and Atlanta. HUFF TO ASK CONGRESS TO PROBE SPEER AFFAIR ROME-GADSDEN RAILROAD PROMOTERS FORM COMPANY GADSDEN. ADA.. May 3.—Pro- moters of the proposed Rome and Gadsden Railroad to-day elected of ficers and directors. The officers ayre: President, J. B. Wadsworth, Gadsden; vice president, J. N. King. Rome; treasurer. G. P. Smith. Center; secre tary, L. S. Daniels, Rome. On May 9 a meeting of the directors and officers will be held at Rome to arrange to send representative© to New' York to finance the project. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR LEADER VISITS HERE Miss Mabel Langford, of VVilkins- llle. Ga., field secretary of the Geor gia Christian Endeavor Union, is In Atlanta for a visit of several days to confer with leaders of the Christian Endeavor societies here and for a meeting of the recently elected State officers. At 7 o’clock Sunday evening Miss Langford will speak to the Christian Endeavor Society of the Central Con gregational Church. MACON. GA.. May 3.—Nineteen Macon locker club and saloon pro prietors have been indicted by the Grand Jury, which is conducting an exhaustive probe into locai prohibi tion conditions. Following the issu ance of warrants, Sheriff Hicks raided all of the places’, and in severai seized large quantities of liquor. The Grand Jury in tw r o weeks has examined 280 witnesses. If you have anything to sell, adver tise in The Sunday American. Larg est circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. me for Dr. Wilmer, Regiment Chaplain, Is Retired Rank of Captain Goes With Fifth’s Spiritual Adviser After Ten Years’ Service. With a record of more than ten years as chaplain with the Fifth Geor gia regiment. Dr. Cary B. Wilmer was retired from active service to-day with the rank of captain. Dr. Wilmer. who Is rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, has been devoted to the welfare of the regi ment and has been with the soldiers on many of their encampments, the most notable of which was the Ma nassas campaign of 1904. His suc cessor will be appointed on the recom mendation of the regimental com mander. remainder of the court session. Her lawyer replied: "Your Honor, this young woman in black is the de fendant." "I don’t care who she is,’ replied Justice Gavegan. "She is making an exposure of herself in this court. That’s all I have to say.” GARDNER CANDIDATE FOR G. 0. P. CHAIRMAN '^4Colorado i Summer ” WASHINGTON. May 3.—Represen tative Gardner, of Massachusetts, has announced his candidacy for the chairmanship of the Republican con gressional campaign committee. He declared that If he is elected he will liberalize the organization. . : 'ijr i'iji . A TEN CENT BOX OF “CASCftRETS” O Watch for the an- j nouncement of our auc tion sale of Bungalows and lots in Sunday’s American. W. E. Treadwell & Co. \ 24 South Broad St. CHEROKEE LIFE GETS CHANGE IN CHARTER The Cherokee Life Insurance Com pany, of Rome, Ga.. for which a re ceivership was asked some time ago by dissatisfied stockholders, to-day was granted a change in Its charter by the Secretary of State, becoming a stork company with a capital of j $100,000. The company was a mutual concern j when the litigation began. The new ! arrangement divides Its capital stock; Into 10.000 shares with a par value of $ i each. I SLAYER DEFIES HANGMAN TO TAKE HIM TO GALLOWS LOUISVILLE, GA.. May 3—Armed with two knives, metal parts of his pris on cot, which he had demolished, and several large lumps of coal. Will Thomp son, a condemned negro, yesterday after noon defied Sheriff Smith and his depu ties when they went to his cell to re- niove him to the scaffold to be hanged. He threatened to kill the first man who entered his cell. He was later forced into submission at the point < f a shot gun and carried to the gallows | Thompson was convicted of the mur der of tMaude Humphrey, at Avery, two j years ago. Keep your liver and bowels active and you feel bully for months l Put aside— just once—the Salts. Cathartic Pills, Castor Oils or pur gative waters which merely force passageway through the bowels, but do not thoroughly cleanse, freshen and purify these drainage or alimentary organs, and have no effect whatever upon the liver and stomach. Keep your inside organs pure and fresh with Caecarets, which thoroughly cleanse the rtomach, remove the undigested, sour and fermenting food and foul gases, take ihe excess bile from the liver J and carry out of the system all the constipated waste matter and pois ons in the intestines and bowels. A Oasoaret to-night will make ! you feel great by morning. They work while you sleep—never gripe, sicken and cost only 10 cents a box [ from jour druggist. Millions of < men and women take a Cascaret [ now and then and never have Headache, Biliousness. coated tongu , Indigestion. Sour Stomach or Constipated bowels. Cascarets \ belong in every household. Chil dren Just love to take them. V? i A book-f°ldcr, illustrated with views of the Colorado Rockies. It tells all about the vacation delights of that Land of Many Mountains—about trout in the brooks, camps in the pines, snow on the peaks, turquoise in the sky■ Read, and j;ou will wish to go there, taking advantage of the low-fare Summer Excursions After seeing Colorado, there's the Ctand Canyon of Arizona and the California Sierras or seashore ; booklets about both, on request. Yon can't afford to miss these "’See America'' outings in the Far West. Fred Harvey meals on the way. Jno. D. Carter. Sou. Pass. Xgt., 14 N. Pryor St.. Atlanta, Ga. Phone. Main 842. , : 3rl c; 4 MACON, GA.. May 3—The charg of contempt of court hanging over him for sending a vitriolic letter to Judge Emory Speer last July will not I deter Colonel W. A. Huff, ex-Mayor, from presenting a demand to Congress ' for the impeachment of the judge. The charges, which, he contends, justify an investigation by Congress, will be made public in a pamphlet to be issued as soon as the printers can prepare it. 19 LIQUOR INDICTMENTS RETURNED BY BIBB JURY TheSunday American’s Great Magazine Section in Color Continuation of the se ries of extraordinary revelations by Sophie Lyons on “Why Crime Does Not Pay” O ffl E S SS SI “How Dancing Develops a Beautiful Figure" Another of the instruc tive articles by the famous dancer, Ruth Denis. May Irwin’s Fam Recipes Brand-new cooking se ries by America s most popular comedienne and best cook. Lady Duff Cordon “Why Women lust No Fight Their Savage Tastes B m 5« Jttt Gorky’s Romance r Foremost creator of fash ions in the world, has an unusually interest ing article on The celebrated Russian novelist is the central figure in an amazing story in which the other figure is an ac tress for whom he deserted his wife and child. Dozens of other fea tures exclusively in The Sunday American. Order Your Paper Now L dj If » • 42 / t \ ew Prob oi r > WHEN ARE WE REALLY DEAD A 5 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN EXPLAINS A GREAT MYSTERY