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t Till*] ATLANTA GEORGIAN AM) NEWS. TUESDAY, MAY fi, 1913 P£WD^| dr* Town O +4"H 31 t ! Y *t V f -x-v*x*x*x--x- * ;•,• -xx-*xx**x* *x~h-h~x~m* x~K~ ;;-*h-XvvX-x*y»; x*y*i-K*y*i*!~h~x-c^cd-x-H-M' Renews Accusations Against the Council Despite Sweeping Ac- j quittal of Officials. '<»neracin£ Fi re am! Aldermen Sprat ling anti 1. N ;i mined Mayor Wt tit>riu2 attack*. Vie : “I belies e 11 < 'ummins" of the ins « 'oundl. T ha<i noibi the Aldermen, would v indirat nous action In ex- I ef W. B, Uummlngf VV. Maddox. F. J. Ragsdale has ward to addl- I (1 Tuentias : n against < 'hief •gardleys of the action j (gating conimitte* and ug to d< . hut I t hem. with Reclining knew Council < Council had :•» 11 it* memben to protect ituelf: for lias * known for months of the al leged corrupt activities. Just the same, I hast* accom- plishtHl what I expected to accom plish. I have, let the ?>eOpb- know what is going on in their city gov ernment. I have won a victory against graft ami corruption despite Council, for the peoph do not ap prove of their “whitewashing*." Exoneration Not Protested. In striking contrast to the attitude uf 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 < ouncilmanic graft charges had bean read. Councilman Thomson said: ”1 move that the report of this com- n-iltf* be adopted, the committee be thanked and continued as n body. Home ^e.ious accusations have been made through the newspapers against Alderman John K. McClelland, the ac cuser of his three colleagues. I am sure he will want these charges in vestigated when he returns from his fiejive of absence, and l want this commit let to make the investiga tion." McClelland Charges Pass. However, the committee was dis missed at the request of its mem bers. It was stated that If Aide - man McClelland wanted the charges Sfeainpt him investigated a new com mittee could be appointed. The essence of the report of the tin- probe committee was; That the committee preferred to believe the denial of Chief Cummings instead of the unsupported statement •« K. K. Davidson, fire apparatus agent, that he had presented Chief < 'uinmings with $400. That the purchase of the Stt.oOo fire engine by the Board of Fir«*mastern without authority from Council was not a purchase, but merely a recoin - inundation to Council, snd. therefore, not irregular “That the system of buying hose without competitive bids was an old precedent In the department. for which Chief Cummings was not re sponsible. w'rong though It was. and :hat the evidence disproved the accu sation that Chief Cummings had failed to secure for the city an available 10 i*er cent discount on hose. Candlsr Committee Positive. Alderman John S. Candler’s coun- ilmanic graft probe committee was Huraewhat 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 slated: “Maddox was requested and urged b\ 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 ihe charges against Alderman Ragsdale that he had been dealing in stock with the «it.v w as "A careful examination of every act if 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 oit>. doing far more for the city than his duty icquired him to do. and doing these acts for the sole purpose of helping the city. and. so far as it was possible lor us to ascertain, at a great loss of •l.nttime and money to himself." Spratling Charges Dismissed. The report leviewed the charges that Alderman I'. J. Spratling had borrowed mone> from beer dealers and dismissed them as follows: “Your committee is of the opinion that 4he General Council can not lake cognizance of matters such as these, which happened long prior to The election to membership in this laxly, and \vlier» every person con* • d, ar.dci a rigid examination. *v. -orv that there was no promise of a-sstStance nor of help of any sort and no engagement for any service of an> sor to any the parties from Ihe Alderman named.” G. C. MARSHALL GIVEN A FAREWELL BANQUET' Picked Wrong Man To Get Interview. "While I u:i. In I.... Angel,, re- | oently," said the Atlanta man who | used to be a newspaper reporter, “l ; ran Into Arthur Bennett. In the dn « « ■ t ! i• • Cotton States Exposition Ar thur was a reporter for one of th r Atlanta papers. He was sent out L* I get a lot of interviews with prominent i citizens concerning! he demonetization i of silver, that question being a burn I ing one about that time. Arthur was new to the town find didn't know j many prominent citizens. He had j made friends with n local poet and , went to him for advice. "‘Aw. that's easy,’ said the poe; 'Here's a city directort. Pick out th* names that look good to you and In terview 'em. They'll all fall for i*. Feel swelled up to see their names in the paper.' “Arthur did as directed. The inter view-* were gems. The office wa*» pleased and Arthur was thinking of striking the. boss for a raise when somebod> tailed attention to the fa<: that one of the gentlemen Interview. 1 had been dead for about three years The directory the poet had offerd <:i 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 Hotel ;r • two examples of his work. He sold them to ‘Pop’ Dodge when that genial-* gentleman was manager of the Ara gon. Just now Arthur Is in his glor. He’s press agent for the Bells-Floto Clrcu* in summer and star report af for The Denver Post in winter. Cir cus and Post are owned by the sum.* people. Arthur asked to he remem bered to the Atlanta bunch.'' Getting Latest News of Fashion’s Decree. “While on Fifth Avenue ihe other day,” said a well known Atlanta law yer who lias Just returned from .1 visit to New York, “I saw a group of men in front of the Public Library cjosel> scrutinizing jxissersby and Jotting down notes on pads or note books. Investigation revealed that they were tailors who had selected that point of vantage to examir.e 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 lias a homo In one of the suburbs. He comes to work every week day morning on tlie 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 daily supply of thirst urudlcutor. “I've got a little place of ten acres near here and on It is one of the fin est spritigs in the country. “I with born ami raised on a farm and on** of the most pleasant mem ories of my boyhood days is that >f lying down on my stomach at the spring an«l drinking im fill of cool, delicious water. “Every day I bring this jug full of spring water with me to tlie* offl** J keep it next the let* in the cooler in hot weather and it certainly docs taste gqod. I haven't been sick in five years and 1 really believe tills spring w itter has’had a g»»«»d deal to do with keeping me in such splendid condition- “No ‘Chattahoochee cocktuils for me while the spring water holds out." Important Sayings By important people on topics of live interest Publication of Entrants’ Names and Standings May Reveal Many Unexpected Rivals. Prepare for n surprise. It will come when, in the m — few days the names and standings of the entrants In the pony contest are an nounced. The Georgian and American ex pected the contest to prove popular, buf expected nothing like the Hood which has come by mall, by tele phone and telegraph. The mere matter of listing con testants and their standings hna | proved to he much more of a task Ilian looked for, and it will take a day or two more. The youngster who -lias expected to And himself the only one In the race in his district is likely to pick up the Georgian one or these days and And he has a dozen rivals. ’Twill Be No “Walk Away." We can say this much, from hur ried scanning of the application blanks, 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 arc beginning to conn* in from contest ants. 'Pile books in which subscriptions are listed and voting strength com puted arc ready. Most of the con testants noticed the announcement in the Sunday American and in the Georgian, and have (ailed for these books Those w ho have not done so, should come in at once, for the books are the handiest things ever devised for the use of contestants. Anyone can nominate a contestant. Any boy or girl who wishes to enter may send In his own name on an en trance blank, and 1,000 votes will be credited to the person so doing. Only One Nomination Taken. It is not necessary to got 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 have been re ceived from some entrants. The ponies are coming, and they are the best t«> be found in careful search of the Bluegrass region of Tennessee, whIch Is the pony market of the Fnlted States. Twelve in telligent. gentle. handsome little beasts, thoroughly broken for chil dren to drive, are the prizes the Georgian and Sunday American will distribute t.» the boy* and gilds of \tlantn and of the State, together with prizes for carriers and agents contesting under the same rules. Coupon Counts 5 Votos. A coupon in every issue of the Georgian qounts five votiSe. There is a coupon in every issue of the Sunday American which counts lif- teen votes. These are worth hav ing But the contest will be won by the contestants who get the most sub scriptions A year’s subscription to the Georgian and American counts H,BOO votes. Votes are credited lor subscriptions of varying periods, down to 100 votes for one month for the Georgian alone. The rules art* simple, and the prize* are worth while. Go in and win! Quits Steamboat Business. OH .EMBUS L N. Smith, for the pujft several years manager of the Men hunts’ and Planters’ Steamboat Company. <»f this city, has resigned to engage in the brokerage business at Dothan, Alu. “As i sit in my office at Washing ton there are windows on onl> one side of the room, and those windows look out upon parks and the Potomac and the shore of Virginia on the other side. I cun not sec Washington from those windows, and 1 sotYietlmes 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. “CorporaI punishment in the pub- lit* schools would be a step backward In education. This method of disci piine was, and perhaps still is. if value in rural districts, but in New York, where there are 20.00(1 teach ers. the possibility of its abuse would be too great Thomas W. Churchill, President of the Board of Education of New York. “1 don't 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 1 seen it produce damage, and in many cases l have seen it work bet terment in social and civic conditions. We hear it said that women would neglect their homes if they voted. .\ century ago it was argued that if la boring men voted they would neglect I i ricr v, • v Theodore Roosevelt, ex • j President of the United States, in ad* I dress to suffragists. HARDWARE MEN OPEN CONVENTION IN MOBILE: 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 luK! One appli cation of ZEMO, the wonderful new treatment, quickly put an end 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 u clean, antiseptic solu tion. not a greasy pavtc or oint ment. You simply apply it on the afflicted part -your pimples, blotches and blackheads—all ec zema sort s and pains, prickly beat. ra*dt, tetter, inflamed or reddened skin all disappear. It also cures dandruff, which is scalp eczema. ZEMO is guaranteed to stop iteh- ii ; immediately. It gives instant r ’ief "1 have had wo: derful benefit ■ it: your famou - ZKMti for the ! *■, in. 11 lias cured mv face coni- 1 ce'\ ” Miss E. X., Rugby Place, i r j2» IS JUST JTimi This Is a Good Time To Enter Timid boy and girl contestants are asking us, every day, it 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. LVhite Citv Park Now Owen WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO OWN THIS OUTFIT? And wouldn’t your enjoyment from its use ke doubled if y cm own efforts had earned it for you? Certainly! And this delight is ahead for ihe winners in this great contest. Why not send your nomination blank to-day 9 and make art effort to be among the winners? OOOOOOOG<XK30C500CK>OOOOOOCOCOOOOOOOOOOC.OCOOC5f3COOOCv~'Or,C GCW£ 3® 00003000 1 1 nominate, as a candidate in The HearsL’s Sunday American g and Atlanta Georgian Pony Outfit Contest: § V l Address Nominated by 5 Address Thousand Votes | good for 1.000votes 5? Only one nomination blank can be voted for any contestant. • , booooooo.joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooocsoooccooooccoooooooooo Subscription blanks and printed instructions for the use of contestants are now ready. Sent anywhere on request. To-day’s Vole Coupons appear on Page Two of this newspaper—Ask ycur 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 Hearsfs Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian 20 East Alabama S;. ATLANTA, GA.