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) TN K ATLANTA GEOKGIAN AND NEWS, TUESDAY, MAY G, 191;;. 9CJHD- vf Town Renews Accusations Against the Council Despite Sweeping Ac- quittal of Officials. CouncH’s unanimous action in ex onerating Fire Chief W. B. Cutmnlngp «nd Aldermen J. W. Maddox, F. J. Bpratling and I. N. Ragadale has aroused Mayor Woodward to addi tional attacks. He wild Tuesday ; "I believe the charges agfi-lnut Chief Cummings. regardless of the action of the investigating committee and Council. "I had nothing to do with accusing the Aldermen, but I knew Council would vindicate them. Council had to to protect itself; for all Its members have known for month* of the al leged corrupt activities. “Just the same, I have accom plished what I expected to accom plish. I have let the people know what ia going on In their city gov ernment. I have won a victory against graft and corruption despite Council, for the people do not ap prove of their "whitewashings.” Exoneration Not Protested, In striking contrast to the attitude of the Mayor is that of every member of Council. The reports of the two investigating committees were unani mously adopted without a note of protest. The evidence was reviewed at length and the closing words of each report were: "The evidence does not support the charges.” Councilman Albert Thomson was the only member to voice a resent ment. When the report of Alderman John S. Candler’s committee on the councilmanic graft charges had been read, Councilman Thomson aald: I move that the report of this com mittee be adopted, the committee be thanked and continued as a body. Some serious accusation* have been made through the newapaporn against Alderman John E. McClelland, the ac cuser of his three colleagues. I am sure he will want these charges In vestigated when he returns from his leave of absence, and I want this committee to make the investlg.»- tion.” McClelland Charges Pass However, the committee was dis missed at the requoat of ita mem bers. It was stated that if Alder man McClelland wanted the charges against him investigated a new com mittee could be appointed. The essence of the report of the Are probe committee was: "That the committee preferred to believe the denial of Chief Cummings instead of the unsupported statement of R. E. DavidBon, Are apparatus agent, that lie had presented Chief Cummings with $400. "That the purchase of the $0,000 Are engine by the Board of Firemasters without authority from Council was not a purchase, but merely a recom mendation to Council, and, therefore, not irregular "That the system of buying hose without competitive bids was an old precedent in the depart ment, for which Chief Cummings was not re sponsible. wrong though it waa, and that the evidence disproved the accu sation that Chief Cummings had failed to secure for the city an available 10 per cent discount on hose. Candler Committee Positive. Alderman John S. Candler’s coun- ciimanic graft probe committee was somewhat more positive in its ex onerations. Referring to the charge against Al derman Maddox that he had illegally held sub-contracts with the city, it stated: "Maddox was requested and urged by the contractor to make bids on the excavations in question. Before bid ding he sought the advice of the City Attorney. "Maddox did not violate the code in question and he did not do anything which, under the charter of the city, the ordinances of same and the code of the State he could not legally do.” Ragsdale is Praised. The conclusion on the charges against Alderman Ragsdale that he had been dealing in stock with the city was: "A careful examination of every act of Alderman Ragsdale in connection with the various transactions with which he has been connected all show’ the acts of a faithful, honest, con scientious officer of the city, doing far more for the city than his duty required him to do. and doing these acts for the sole purpose of helping the city, and, so far as it was possible for us to ascertain, at* a great loss of both time and money to himself.” Spratling Charges Dismissed. The report reviewed the charges that Alderman F. J. Spratling had borrowed money from beer dealers and dismissed them as follows; "Your committee is of the opinion that the General Council can not take cognizance of matters such as these, which happened long prior to the election to membership in this body, and where every person con cerned, under a rigid examination, swears that there was no promise of assistance nor of help of any sort and no engagement for any service of any sort to any of the parties from the Alderman named." ______ ♦ G, C. MARSHALL GIVEN A FAREWELL BANQUET Friends of G. C. Marshall, news editor of the coast division of the As sociated Press, complimented him with a dinner at the Capital City Club, prior to his departure for Chi cago. Mr. Marshall leaves Atlanta for a position at the Chicago headquar ters of the Associated Press, central division. Before coming to Atlanta. Mr. Mar shall was night editor of the Wash ington office, later going to Hondu ras as war correspondent. Pioked Wrong Man To Get Interview. "While I was in l^>» Angeles re cently," said the Atlanta man who used to be a newspaper reporter, “I ran Into Arthur Bennett. In the days of the Cotton Plates Exposition Ar thur was a reporter for one of th* Atlanta papers. He wap sent out t* get a lot of interviews with prominent citizens concerning! he demonetization of silver, that question being a burn ing one about that time. Arthur was new to the town and didn't know many prominent citizens. He had made friends with a local poet and went to him for advice. 'Aw. that’s easy.' said the poet. ’Here’s a dty directory. Pick out the names that look good to you and In terview 'em. They'll all fall for it. Feel swelled up to nee their names in the paper.’ "Arthur did as directed. The inter views were gems. The office was pleased and Arthur was thinking of striking the boss for a raise when somebody called attention to the fact that one of the gentlemen interviewed had been dead for about three years The directory the poet had offerd In the emergency was an old one. "Arthur then went to painting pic tures. The Bull Fight’ and the one of the lions at the Aragon Hot^l are two examples of hJs work. He sold them to ‘Pop’ Dodge when that genial gentleman was manager of the Ara- ? on. Ju»t now’ Arthur is 1n his glor,\ ie’s press agent for the SeHs-Floto Circus in summer and star reporter for The Denver Poat in winter. Cir cus and Post are owned 1 by the same people. Arthur asked to be remem bered to the Atlanta bunch.” Getting Latest News of Fashion’s Decree "While on Fifth Avenue the other day,” said a well known Atlanta law yer who has just returned from a visit to New York. "I saw a group, of men In front of the Public Library closely scrutinizing passersby and Jotting down notes on pads or note books. Investigation revealed that they were tailors who had selected that point of vantage to examine the latest creations of the world’s lead ing dressmakers as worn by women afoot or In passing carriages. And thus are Dame Fashion s decrees pro mulgated to those who do not order Suburbanite Still True to the Spring Water. There is a well known business man who has a home in one of the suburbs. He comes to work every week day morning on the train and he brings his supply of drinking wa ter with him. “I never could get used to this hydrant water,” he explained, exhib iting a small Jug In which he keeps his dally supply of thirst eradlcator. ‘Tve got a little place of ten acres near here and on it is one of the fln- eet springs in the country. "1 whs born and raised on a farm and one of the most pleasant mem ories of my boyhood Jays is that of lying down on my •tomHoh at the spring and drinking my All of cool, delicious water. "Every day I bring this Jug full of spring water with me to the oflV . 1 keep it next tin* ice in the cooler in hot weather and it certainly does taste good. 1 haven’t been sick ui Avo yours and I really believe tills spring water lias had a good deal to do with keeping me in such splendid condition. "No ‘Chattahoochee cocktails' for me w’hile the spring water holds out.” Important Sayings By important people on topics of live interest BIG SURPRISE IS Publication of Entrants’ Names and Standings May Reveal Many Unexpected Rivals. Prepare for a surprise. It will come when, in the. next few days the names and standings of the entrants In the pony < ontest are an nounced. The Georgian and American ex pected the contest to prove popular, hut expected nothing like the Aood which has come by mall, by tele phone and telegraph. The mere matter of listing con testants and their standings haa proved to be much more of a task than Indked foi*. and it will take a day or two more The youngster who has expected to And himself the only one In the race In his district is likely to pick up the Georgian one of these days and And ho has a dozen rivals. ’Twill Be No “Walk Away ” We can say this much, from hur ried scanning of th© application blank*, not a district but has its contenders, and most of them have a score or more. There is going to be no "walk away" for anyone. And already new subscriptions are beginning to come In from contest ants • The books In which subscriptions are listed and voting strength com puted are ready. Most of the con testants noticed the announcement in the Hunday American and In the Georgian, and have called for these books. Those who have not done so. should come in at once, for the books are the handiest things <*ver devised for the u*h of contestant. Anyone can nominate a contestant. Any boy or girl who wishes to enter may send in bis own name on an en trance blank, and 1.000 votes will be credited to the person so doing Only Ona Nomination Taken. It is not necessary to get some one else to submit the name. In quiries are coming in by telephone and mall on this point, and this an nouncement is made to settle the point. Only one nomination, however, is accepted for any one person. Two or more nominations huve been re ceived from some entrants. The ponies are coming, and they are the best to be found in careful search of the Bluegrass region of Tennessee, which Is the pony market of the United States. Twelve in telligent, gentle, handsome little beasts, thoroughly broken for chil dren to drive, are the prizes the Georgiau and Sunday American will distribute to the boys and girls of Atlanta and of the State, together with prizes for carriers and agents contesting under the same rules. Coupon Counts 5 Votes. A coupon In every issue of the Georgian counts five votes. There is h coupon in every issue of tlie Sunday American which counts 11 f - t«‘on votes. These are worth hav- In*. But. tiie contest will be won by the contestants who got the most sub scriptions. A year’s subscription to the Georgian and American counts 3,500 votes. VoteH are credited f"T subscriptions of varying periods, down to 100 votes for one month for tlie Georgian alone. The ruios are simple. and prizes are worth while. Go in and win! t he Quits Steamboat Business. COLUMBUS.—L. N. Smith, for the past several years manager of the Merchants’ and Planters’ Steamboat Company, of this city, lias resigned to engage in the brokerage business at Dothan, Ala. White City Park Now Open "As I sit in my office at Washing ton there are windows on only one side of the room, and those windows look out upon parks and the Potomac and the shore of Virginia on the other side. 1 can not see Washington from those window®, and I sometimes thank God that I can't, because Washington ( behind me is seething with the little' games of special privilege.”—Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. "Corporal punishment in the pub lic schools would be a step backward in education. This method of disci pline was. and perhaps still is, of value in rural district®, but in New York, where there are 20,000 teach ers. the possibility of Its abuse would be too great " Thomas W. Churchill, President of tne Board of Education of New York. "I dont think votes for women would cure all evils But 1 know from observation in the Western States that it’s a good thing. In no instance have I seen it produce damage, and in many case® I have seen it work bet terment in social and civic conditions. We hear it said that women would neglect their homes if they voted. A century ago it was argued that if la boring men voted they would neglect I their work Theodore Roosevelt, ex- President of the United States, in ad* j dress to suffragists. HARDWARE MEN OPEN CONVENTION IN MOBILE MOBILE. ALA, May 6—The an nual convention of the Southern Hardware Jobbers’ Association and the National Association of Hard ware Manufacturers convened in Mo bile to-day at the Battle House with more than 800 delegates and visitors present from all parts of the coun try'. Addresses of welcome were deliv ered by Mayor Lax Schwarz ana \V. H. Armbi'echt. of the Chamber of Commerce The responses were by President c. H. Ireland, of the Job bers, and President Pierrepont B. Noyes, for th- manufacturers. CLEARS FACE OF PIMPLES, BLACKHEADS Wonderful ZEMO Also Stops Terrible Itching AT ONCE; Cures All Skin Troubles. Get a 25c Bottle of ZEMO To-day. At last! At lasn! One appli cation of ZEMO, the wonderful new treatment, quickly put an t*nd to those awful, humiliating pimples and blackheads. For the first time in months I haven’t been ashamed to go out in public.” A trial of ZEMO will con vince you of its astonishing results in clearing the complexion. Don’t Look this Way When ZEMO Will Cure You of Pimples and Blotches, Surely and Quickly. ZEMO is a clean, antiseptic solu tion. not a greasy pa>«te or oint ment. You simply apply it on the afflicted part — your pimples, blotches and blackheads—all ec zema sores and pains, prickly heat, rash, tetter, inflamed or reddened skin all disappear It also cures dandruff, which is scalp eczema. ZEMO is guaranteed to stop itch ing immediately. It gives instant rc lief "I have had wonderful benefit from your famous ZEMO for tht si in. It has cured my face com- p.etely.” Miss E. N.. Rugby Place, St. Louis, Mo. Go to any first-ela.ss drug store and get a 25c sealed bottle of ZE MO. or sent direct on receipt of prife by E W. Rose MedicineA'o.. S: Louis, Mo. Sold and guaranteed in Atlanta by Frank Edmondson & Bro.. Courstv A Munn Drug Company. E. H. Cone Drug Company. Belkin Drug Company, Gunter & Watkins Drug Company. vwvvvs^A^wV^v^-ws^vwwwvw, THE PONY CONTEST JUST STARTING This Is a Good Time To Enter Timid boy and girl contestants are asking us, every day, if it is too late to enter this contest for free Shetland pony outfits. Our answer is that now is the right time. The “too late” period will be here before we realize it, though, and every boy and girl who wants*to compete for one of these splendid outfits is urged to send in a nomination blank by to-day’s mail. WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO OWN THIS OUTFIT? kmq And wouldn't your enjoyment from its use be doubled if your own efforts had earned it for you? Certainly! And this delight is ahead for the winners in this great contest. Why not send your nomination blank to-day, and make an effort to be among the winners? This Nomination Blank Starts You With A Thousand Votes ckx>oooockxk>oock3oocoooooooooooooooooooocx)ooooc}cx><xkx>cx)ooooooo< 1 nominate, as a candidate in The Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta G-eorgian Pony Outfit Contest: Name Address Nominated by Address ’ GOOD FOR 1.000 VOTES Only one nomination blank can be voted for any contestant. Subscription blanks and printed instructions for the use of contestants are now ready. Sent anywhere on request. To-day's Vote Coupons appear on Page Two of this newspaper-—Ask your friends to save the Vote Coupons for you. They will be found in The Georgian every week day and in every issue of Hearst’s Sunday American. Address all inquiries, nomination blanks, vote coupons, etc., to PONY CONTEST EDITOR Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian 20 East Alabama St. ATLANTA, GA. i