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EntireFund Goes to Charity Work
rhey're Tired of Sharing None of
the Advantages, Says Secre
tary Houston,
W ashington. May 13. whia-
not a practical farnur. Hecretary rt
Agriculture Dav! 1 F. Houston has
gUen the subject of agriculture years
of careful -tudy. He htands for edu
cation of the farmers. He believes
that they have been porely neglected
in that respect; that their advantages*
have been few a« compared to those
enjoyed by city dwellers.
"Have you discovered any induce
ment to persuade young men on tho
farms to remain on them?” the Secre
tary was asked.
“It ls» a problem which cannot be
easily solved," he replied. “You can’t
hold men on the farms unless you of
fer sufficient inducements It is lit
tle wonder that turmers and their sous
have flocked to the cities for more
lucrative and congenial employment.
For many years they have, been con
tributing to the partially artificial
upbuilding of our industrial centers,
to the development of the elties as
against their own communities--and
what have they received in return?
You cannot find the bast educational
advantages among fanning communi
ties. They are to he obtained only
1n the larger cities.
Why They Quit the Farm.
“Take a farmer with six small chil
dren. for whom he desires to provide
an education They will be sent to
the country school as long a* some
one can be found to tube charge of
it, but at best the education received
there is meager. If he would give
them an education which will he of
baneflt to them, ho must send them
away to some institution of learning,
entailing perhaps greater expensQ
than he can afford. He must either
maintain his farm at tlie expense of
the education of his chllden, or move
to one of the large cities. So. edu
ction. among other things, is drlv
ing occupants of farms to the cities."
“If the high cost of living is the re
sult of less production and greater de
mand what remedies would you pro
pose ?"
Too Much Gold.
"Don't say ‘high cost of living; say.
rather, tho cause for high prices. One
great contributing cause is the enor
mous increase in the production and
supply of gold during the past eigh
teen years. There is more gold now
than ever before In the history of our
country. The greater the supply of
gold the higher the prices, and ho the
greater the coat of living."
“Do you believe that the present
tariff, or tho tariff presented by the
Democrats, has affected or will affect
th^ high cost of living'.'”
"A lower tariff on the necessities of
life should bring about reduced prices
to the consumer, but, not being a
tariff expert. 1 do not pretend to know
Just what effect the present Under
wood Tariff -bill will have It should
bring about reduced prices, but not
all at once. You can not expect too
much of su<jh legislation. It must
be given a fair trial. Take sugar in
Ix>uisiaiiM. I believe that if the pto- 4
pie of that Htate could produce It
on a business basis there would he
no need for a tariff on It such as
the people of Louisiana and their
representatives claim. But with a re
duced tariff the railroads might re
taliate by increasing their rates of
transportation. That is* one of the
contingencies that might prevent \
healthy ’and remunerative profit to
the sugar producer in Louisiana."
No “Uplift” About It.
Recurring to the education of the
farmer. Secret try Houston said:
"Don't think that the Department*
of Agriculture has any idea of a pol
icy of ‘uplift’ among the farmers.
What 1 have in mind, and what 1 be
lieve will be for the best Intercuts
of all concerned, is education along
the lines of better production and bet
ter marketing More scientific meth
ods must be devised to benefit both
the producer and the consumer. The
far in err. especially those in the South,
must have better banking facilities;
they must be able to jaecuro loans at
a lower rale of interest. A system
of rural credits must be devised to
give th em equal advantages with city
folk.”
ODDITIES
—in the—
DAY’S NEWS
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MACON MAN TO BE TRIED
FOR SHOOTING NEIGHBOR
MACON. CiA . May 13. Mullary
Ftedingtleld mill supply agent, who
shot Ford Guttenberger. a musician,
last December, will bo tried in the
Superior Court Monday for assault
with intent to murder Redingffold
says he thought Guttenberger. a
neighbor, who had just returned home
from the theater, was a burglar.
CHATTANOOGA HAS WHITE WAY
CHATTANOOGA, TENS’., May 13.
Under the auspices of the Chatta
nooga Retail Merchants' Association,
the whole city to-night will celebrate
the opening of the “Great White Way”
from the Terminal Htation to the up
town business section.
White City Park Now Open
Ponce DeLeon Skating
Rink Now in Full Blast.
! Daughter of Secretary Wilson,
Society Miss, Will Quit Draw
ing $2,000 a Year in June.
WASHINGTON. May 13.—Miss As-
nes Wilson, daughter of Secretary of
Labor Wilson, is one of the House
| employees who probablv will he
; cropped from the Government payroll
| vhen the reorganization of the eom-
l mltleo Is effected. Miss Wilson is
i still clerk to the Committee on
Labor, although her father left *hs
Hoof* March 4 to become a member
, of President Wilson’s Cabinet.
According to the Disbursing Clerk
of the House, Miss Wilson still is
drawing $2,000 a year and will con
tinue to do »o until June 1. She has
been prominent in society here sino
I her father entered the Cabinet clrcie
and has acted as hostess at his r -
j ceptions.
Another society girl who will be
more fortunate than Miss Wilson is
Miss Anne Ferris, who i» clerk to the
Committee on Public Lands. Repre
sentative Ferris of Oklahoma, chal •-
man of this committee, probably will
retain the position, and Mias Ferris
will remain on the House payroll.
Cleveland to Have
Shortcake Inspected
CLEVELAND, OHIO, May 13—A
city bureau to regulate the making
of strawberry shortcake and pie.
with inspectors, is In prospect in
Cleveland as the result of reconnnen-
dationns made to the new city charter
< ormnlssion by George E. Murray, fa-
I inous chef here.
"Restaurant and hotel cooking has
fallen into t lie hands of Swiss
I cooks,” «ald Murray. “They despise
pies and shortcake and it is impos-
! sible to find cherry or berry pie that
! is not adulterated or strawberry
shortcake worthy of the name ”
‘Bathhouse John' for
Ban on Gown Rustle
CHIC AGO, May 13.—“Bathhouse
John” Coughlin, alderman, to-day be
gan a campaign to have the rustle of
silk gowns included in the list of
noises prohibited by city ordinance.
This decision was reached after his
\ poetry-trimmed ordinance "regulating
, women’s dress and censoring same’
won a host of friends in the City
Council last night.
The ordinance was assigned to the
health committee.
Famous 11 C M Ranch in
Texas Cut Into Farms
EASIER TO SEE NICKEL.—A
slight change has been ordered in the
new nickel. The words “Five Cents”
will be more clearly defined.
SHIPS PLOW THROUGH FISH. -
The inland waterways connecting the
Delaware and Chesapeake Bays are
s«» filled with herring that thousands
of fish are killed with the passing of
each vessel.
HOME RUN FOR "BOSSIE.”—
During a ball game ii( St. Louis, a
fly ball dropped within a few feet
of a cow. “Bossie” beat the fielder to
the sphere and gulped it down. The
runner romped home.
DRUNK, SAVED SIX FAMILIES.
Two drunken men, homeward bound,
after miking a night of it in down
town Chicago cafes, saved six fam
ilies from death in a fire that de
stroyed a large apartment building.
•
ROBS LAWYER COURT.—A
pickpocket stole $5 from the pockets
of John E. Sandberg, an attorney,
while he was arguing a ease before
Municipal Judge Goodnow in Chica
go. The thief was not caught.
OFFERS HORSE FOR MONU
MENT Believing that death is not
far off. George L. Newton has adver
tised that he will exchange his horse,
Peter, a fast trotter, for a monument
to be placed on his grave in the New
Britain, Conn., cemetery.
URGES $2 DIVORCE.—"A divorce
cense bureau, where a divorce may
be obtained for the asking and a $2
fee, would be a unique remedy for
the present divorce evil." said Mrs
Harry Huston, director of the Parent-
Teacher Federation of Los Angeles.
OONVICTS WELCOME WARDEN.
A letter, done by hand In old English
type, was presented to Edmund M.
Allen, newly appointed warden of the
State penitentiary at Joliet, Ill., by
the 1,445 prisoners, congratulating
him upon his appointment.
DEATH FINDS HIDDEN WIFE,
nvitlng his friend, Jan Piekos, to
witness his ability as a marksman.
John Staffa, of Mindot, N. Dak., shot
through the end of a barrel and killed
his wife. The woman hid in the bar
rel follow ing a quarrel and his threats
to kill her.
HOW LEGLESS MAN “RUNS.”—
Although her husband's legs were cut
off near the thigh in a railroad acci
dent. Mrs. Fannie‘Kendrick, Hunt
ington, W. Va., testified that he "ran”
after other women. She asked the
court to prevent him from spending
his money on-affinities.
“NO” BETTER THAN “RENO.’
"Better ‘no’ before marriage than ‘Re
no’ after marriage.” said the Rev.
John Compton, pastor of the Metro
politan Baptist Church, of Washing
ton. D. C\, discussing stricter mar
riage. laws. He.declared that Paris is
the middleman between us and the
devil.
Miss Tommie Perdue, one o
helped raise llie Sheltering Ar
Receipts Still Uncounted Be
cause of Great Number of
Nickels and Dimes Donated.
Between $4,500 and J'-.OOO was the
•um obtained through Tag Day sales
Monday for the benefit of the Shelter-
ing Arms Association, according to
Mrs. Gilbert Fraser, president of the
organization.
Ow ing to the vast amount of »m dl
change collected, the receipts have not
all been counted, and will not be be
fore Tuesday evening.
Mis Fraser said more tAgs were
sold Monday than ever in the history
of the organization, though premiums
paid for them were unusually small
"instead of quarters and half-dol
lars, the people gave nickels and
dimes," wild Mrs. Fraser, "and there
fore returns are not so large."
The greatest amount of money
gather, d at any one station was $230.
scoured in front of the Third National
Bank building. Mr*. A. McD. Wilson
was chairman of the committee at
that station.
The entire fund will be devoted to
the Sheltering Arms Association work,
which includes the upkeep of four day
nurseries and kindergarten®.
Short Postage Loses
U. S. Much Business
f tin 1 fair youii£ taggers who
ms ciuirit v fund MoncUiv.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.. May 13
The famous “C” ranch in Tex
owned by the late Nelson Morris, will
be broken up and sold to small set
tiers. The announcement that the big
ranch, which comprises four coun
tjes and is larger than Montenegro,
w HI be sold for about $^.000,000, w as
m t*le here lo-day by O. \V. Kerr.
“(’" ranch was the home of the
herd of 20,000 Poll Angus cattle and
it played a large part In changing the
State of Texas from tho home of th
long horn to that of blooded stock
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ir? t/iucuty or 10c and 25c Pictjfes
WASHINGTON. May 13 The De
partment of t'ominerce is receiving
complaints in increasing numbers
from business men in foreign coun
tries against the short postage on
letters received from the Unit. *
States These foreign merchants aver
that the double postage which they
are required to pay on letters from
America is so annoying that it turns
much trade away from our country.
Complaints have reached the de
partment from France, Argentina,
Africa. Australia and many other
parts of the world, and the statement
is usually added that short paid let
ters from the United States are be
ginning to be refused.
It has been suggested that the sim
ple device of using a special oeiorod
envelope for foreign letters wouH
prevent the - oversight of short pos
tage. Many firms have already
adopted this method with success.
TO ‘PLAY HOOKEY’
Wilson Wants Currency Reform,
Lawmakers a Vacation, but Lat
ter Fear Public Sentiment.
WASHINGTON. Way 13 -Does the
United States need currency reform
legislation worse than members of the
Senate will need to go to seashore
resorts. Europe and other vacation
spots in August?
This is tho real question that is
posed before President Wilson.
The President has said that he
wants such legislation at this ses
sion. A large part of the Senate be
lieves it Is entitled to a vacation
when it has completed consideration
of the tariff bill.
It is admitted that legislation could
be passed during the latter part of
the session that would give those
affected by the tariff the advantage
of a more elastic currency system
but Senators don't want to stay in
Washington all through a hot sum
liter. They privately admit that
they fear public sentiment.
President Wilson has made no.se-
oret of the fact that he will appeal
to the public in support of his de
mand.
BOYS OF BERRY SCHOOL
TO ERECT FOUR BUILDINGS
I ROMK, (.A . May 13 —Perry Si hool
bo>> arc going to spend their vacation
in building four buildings for the Ber
ry Sc hool for Girls. The structures
will cost $8,000.
All the buildings will be construct
ed of logs In hatmon\ with the dis
tinctive style of architecture which
makes the school attractive. With the
I completion of the buildings. Miss Mar-
| tha Berry, the founder, will be at the
head of a plant worth more than
THE PLAY
THIS WEEK
Parts of Gospel Long Missing Dis
covered Among Ancient Man
uscripts From Egypt.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 13.—Borne long
missing verses of the New Testament
are Included in manuscripts of the
Gospel discovered In Egypt six years
ago and purchased by Charles L.
Freer, of Detroit. Mich., according 'o
a study made of the Freer manu
scripts by The Times.
A facsimile of the writings has been
presented to the British Museum py
the University of Michigan, to which
Mr. Freer assigned the task of publi
cation, and according to The Times'
study, there have been found in the
gospel of St. Mark several verses
which occur In no other known manu
script of the New Testament, although
they were known to St. Jerome, who
quotes part of them.
In the Freer manuscript, after the
passage in which it is said that Jesus
upbraided His disciples for their un
belief, the text continues as follows;
"And they excused themselves, say
ing that this age of lawlessness and
unbelief is under Satan, who, through
the agency of unclean spirits, suffers
not the true power of God to be ap
prehended.
"For because, said they unto Christ,
reveal at once Thy righteousness.
"And Christ said unto them, Tho
limit of the years of the powers of
Satan is (not) fulfilled, but it draw-
eth near. (The text here and else
where Is corrupt.)
"For the sake of those that have
sinned was I given up unto death that
they may return unto"the truth and
sin no more, but may inherit the spir
itual and Incorruptible glory of right
eousness in heaven."
A number of variations in other
portions of the New Testament are
also pointed out by The Times in the
Freer manuscripts.
STERILIZATION FAVORED
BY CHATTAHOOCHEE JUDGE
COI.UMBUK, GA , May lS.-De-
cjkring that the present methods of
punishment do not reform criminal*
as they ahould. and that some other
plan should be employed to make bet
ter people of those sent to the chain-
gangs and penitentiaries. Judge S. I’.
Gilbert, of the Chattahoochee Cir
cuit. has indorsed sterilization of
criminals-
BARES IlFE FOR SISTER
WHO SHOT HER BETRAYER
MUN(TE, IND., May 13 Miss
Doris Underwood, the school teacher
accused of shooting with Intent to
kill Otis Fisher, displayed the first
signs of emotion to-day when the
prosecution exhibited tha man’s
blood-stained necktie. Ada Undar-
wood, eighteen-year-old sister of
Doris, over whose alleged betrayaJ the
school teacher shot Fisher, was sworn
as a witness to-day. Hhe will bare
her life story to save her older sis
ter.
BANKERS TO PEDDLE POP
AND PEANUTS AT GAME
DALTON, GA., May 13. — With Colonel
Paul B Trammell, State Railroad Com
missioner and Dalton banker, selling
peanuts, and Colonel F. T. Hardwick,
one of the State's leading financiers,
peddling pop, the Elks’ benefit base
ball game will be played at the Fair
Grounds here Wednesday afternoon
Colonel W. E. Mann, a prominent local
attorney, will sell score cards.
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DRINKS POISON, THEN
ASKS FOR DOCTOR; DEAD
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., May 13.—
Cornelius Clark, w ho registered at the
Florence Hotel here a week ago. to
day telephoned the clerk to send for
a doctor. When Dr. B. A. Fox re
sponded he found the young man
had taken carbolic acid. He died.
Three notes, one addressed to his
mother In Tupelo. Miss., one to *hls
wife in Chicago and one “to whom it
may concern but keep it from news
paper men," were found.
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To be sure that you have the Best ask for
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¥. S.-England War
Called Impossible
WASHINGTON, May 13—-“Our
work. I believe, has rendered impos
sible any armed conflict in the fu
ture.”
This statement was made to-day by
Lord Weardale, chief of the British
delegation in the conference arrang
ing for the centennary observance of
peace between England and the
United States.
••ARE YOU A MASON?” IS GOOD.
Miss Billy Long and company, at the
Atlanta last night, presented “Are You
a Mason?” to a crowded house, and it
was received with almost continuous
laughter. #
The play is a farce. For the past
three weeks the company has been han
dling more or less serious plays, and
for that reason the presentation of a
pure farce in so capable a manner was
a pleasant surprise.
The distinct surprise of the play was
the work of Bert Gardner, who imper
sonated a female French costumers' as
sistant. and extracted quite a lot of hu
mor from the scene where he assists
Mrs Perry (Miss Billy Long) to fit her
waist, while the indignant husband (Ed
win Vail) who Is aware of the gender
of the. assistant who is impersonating
the female as a part of the plot and
with the husbamrs sanction—looks on
irt impotent rage.
Ralph Marthv, as Hamilton Travers,
an actor w ith a thirst, made his acting
staid out as a real merit of the play.
Miss l^mg's part this week is more
or less incidental, hut was handled with
the splendid skill of the very versatile
star, and Mias Sheldon as the mother
has another opportunity to show her
splendid ability as a character artist.
"Are You a Mason?” Is good for many
a hearty laugh, and can be seen nightly
(except Wednesday) and at matinees
Wednesday and Saturday
FINE BILL AT THE FORSYTH.
Cleverly plotted and written and a
laugh from curtain to curtain, ‘‘The
Come Back" has no difficulty in main
taining its headline position at the For
syth this week. It is one of the really
laughable college skits. Paul Dickey,
programmed as a former University
of Michigan football star, gets more
than his <hare of the limelight, being not
only t'ie hero, and a very good one. but
the playwright and the impresario of
the little company as well. He is well
supported by pretty Miss Inez Plummer.
Corbett Morris. Stewart Robbins and
Clay Boyd.
Billy K Wells. In his Yiddish ora-
loricals. is an invariable hit, and the
bill has two excellent singing acts, those
of Mayo and Allman und of Newhoff and
Phelps Two unusually meritorious ath
letic numbers are on the program this
week The Apollo Trio are well known
in their bronze posing and reproductions
of sculptural masterpieces. The MeAl-
aave\ Marvels are comparatively new to
the larger vaudeville circuits, but are
makmg good with a clever jumping act
An amusing farce. “The New scholar.’
- presented by Clarence Wilbur and a,
company of seven others. •
POSTOFFICE SAFE ROBBED.
COLUMBUS. MISS., May 13—Rob-
here entered the store of L. , W. Rich
ardson and dynamited the safe of
a postoffice substation here early to
day, securing more than $100 in cash
and stamps.
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