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THE ATL.YNTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1013.
IS PM CROP. FAR
SHORT;PRICES
Miss Lucy Hoke Smith Makes Hit
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Appears in Play for Suffrage
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‘Woman’Converts Many toCause
Policeman Friendly to Wandering
Animals Is Haled Before City
Council for Trial.
BY JAMES B. NEVIN.
The ancient and merry cow and
anti-cow warfare has broken loose
in. Thomasvillo once more.
While North Georgia statesmen
tight and scrap over the loaves and
fishes of ordinary political persua
sion, Thomasville can never find time
from its cow war to get in the real
hlg gamo up state.
Not long ago, an anti-cow ordi
nance whs slipped through Council,
but as was predicted, it has not serv
ed to keep grand Old Sis Cow off
the streets of the town. Grave and
reverend city councillors may lead,
or drive, the friends of Sis Cow to
water, but they cannot make them
drink.
The Council may order the police
force to arrest the cows astray on
the -city thoroughfares, but if the po
liceman will not obey the Council's
mandate, what is the Council going
to do about it?
That is the momentous question
now' agitating Thomasville to the
verge of strenuous intemecene strife
once more.
Not Jong since, Alderman Bennett,
anti-cow, ordered Policeman Naze-
worth, pro-cow, to arrest a cow the
alderman discovered at large about
town.
Policeman Naze worth, who is ro
tund and good natnred, a lover of
nature and of cows, didn't exactly
refuse to execute the aldermanic
ukase, but he fooled around and put
it off, upon one pretext and another,
until his honor got mad, and had
the policeman haled before Council
for refusing to obey orders.
The policeman told Council he in
tended no disrespect to the aider-
man, and that, after a while, when
he got through with seven or eleven
other tasks, he had intended chasing
that cow into the “pound,” not that
he had anything against cows, in
fact he rather liked them, but that
he w'as a faithful officer, knew his
duty, and would perform it, if given
time, and permitted to judge for him
self how much, etc.
The Council, rather skittish about
the cow issue in Thomasville, anyway,
laughed, dismissed the charges
against Policeman Nazeworth, and
told him to go his way, and sin no
more.
Alderman Bennett didn’t like it
much, but what could he do when
Council refused that way to back
him up?
The pro-row hosts in Thomasville,
therefore, have taken heart over the
outcome of the thus precipi
tated by AlderoL. Bennett and met
so gallantly by Policeman Nazeworth.
and there is Renewed talk of an
other red-hot municipal campaign in
Thomasville. with the cow as the
burning issue.
In Thomasville. if nowhere else in
this world, age cannot wither nor
custom stale the infinite variety of
grand Old Sis Cow!
Senator M. C. Tarver, of Whitfield,
will Introduce in the next legislature
a bill to legalize suspension of sen
tence in criminal cases, in the discre
tion of the presiding judge, and to
provide for probation officers.
Senator Tarver, who Is in Atlanta,
discussing his bill said:
“I am convinced that the passage
of these measures will work a gen
uine reform in the administration of
the criminal laws of the State. I
do not fully agree with the idea that
Imprisonment for crime is wholly for
reformation and not for punishment,
and I hold that where punishment
alone will operate to deter crime, it
is all- right. Beyond question, the
reformation of criminals, however, is
the ultimate object of punishment.
“I regard the suspension of sen
tence in certain eases an ideal re
straint against crime.
“Of .the 2.688 penitentiary convicts
June 1, 1911. 1.304 were between the
ages of 20 and 29 years—practically
50 per cent. It is hard to believe
that of such a large number, all
young men, and nearly all first of
fenders, the judges could not have
found many w'orthy of another chance
through suspended sentence."
The Supreme Court, in a recent re
versal of Judge Charlton, in a case
from Savannah, has settled definitely
one phase of what constitutes a “blind
tiger” in Georgia.
A defendant charged with operating
a “blind tiger,” pleaded that his place
WfLS not a “blind tiger," because, while
intoxicating liquors may have been
sold therein, they were sold openly
and above board, and hence could not
properly come under the ban of “se-
cretiveness,” held to be an essential
element in the gentle art of “blind
tigering.”
The court held, however, that so
far as the purposes'of the Georgia
prohibition law's are concerned, all
places where intoxicants are sold,
whether openly or in the most e\'-
clusive club, are “secretive” in their
violations of the law, and hence very
properly may come under the desig
nation oT 'ffilind tigers.”
The prohibitionists elaim that this
rating furnishes them a new anJ
powerful weapon for use against vio
lators of the state-wide prohibition
law. - *
A number of ^Georgia Congressmen
have run dbwn home for a week or
so, while the Senate chew's upon the
tariff bill.
Congressman-Lee is spending a few
days at Chickamauga: Judge Bartlett
is in Macon, and Congressman Trib
ble is in Athens.
The House will do nothing more
thap loaf away the time from now
Until the Senate gets through with
the Underwood bill. And as the Sen-*
ate is not expected to get through
with that bill before July or later, it
looks as if there may be much time
for the members of the other House
to see the folks back home, if they
so incline.
Governor Joseph M. Brown has re-
. turned ftoin Albany, where hi* was
Lfi£i guest of honor for a day of the
local fJ&uuaiuiLia,
Highest Estimate Puts Total Yield
of State at 1,450 Cars—Five
Thousand Last Year.
Miss Mildred Bacon
The Georgia peach crop this year
will not exceed 1,450 carloads, which
is 50 per cent less than the city of
New York alone purchased last year.
H. D. Marks, manager of the Geor
gia Fruit Exchange, estimates the to
tal Georgia crop at 1,454 cars. The
Fruit Growers’ Express figures 1,349
cars, while the Central of Georgia
Railway looks for only 1,312.
Last year the Georgia crop was
unusually large. 5,000 varloads of
Georgia’s favorite fruit being shipped
•to market. New York City, always
the greatest consumer of the sea
son’s early delicacies, purchased
2,800 carloads. Still, there were more
than 3,000 carloads for home con
sumption and country-wide distribu
tion. This year New York alone will
demand more than the entire State
can supply.
Last year the growers realized, on
the season’s average, $575 per car
load, gross, in New York. This sea
son’s short crop will send the price
soaring. Early shipments may bring
as high as $1,000 a car, although the
season’s average will be less.
Railroads have already begun pre
paring to handle the crop. All F. G.
E. cars received by the Central of
Georgia are being parked in the Fort
Valley and Marshallvillc yards. This
road has requisitioned 1,200 cars from
the Fruit Growers’ Express.
Mr. Marks expects the first car
load of Greensboro peaches, the ear
liest variety, between June 3 and 5.
Carmen peaches will begin to move
between June 15 and 18; Hihley Bills
June 23; Georgia Bills, June 30, and
Elberta crops will be exceedingly
short. Only the Hihley Bills and
Georgia Bills will be gathered in great
amounts.
Heavy rains, preventing polleniza-
tion, caused the crop shortage, ac
cording to Mr. Marks. Central of
Georgia officials attribute the falling
off to early frosts.
MELONS HANG HIGH IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, May 23.—Twenty-five
dollars for fifty-four cantaloupes.
That’s the rate Chicago paid to-day
for the first of the season.
tise in The Sunday American. Lar
gest circulation of any Sunday news
paper in the South.
Centenary of Famous Composer
Observed Throughout Empire.
Son Maintains Silence.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, May 23.—”1 prefer to be
silent on this occasion,” writes Sieg-
frieid Wagner, son of the great com
poser and himself a noted musician,
in a letter received by an American
correspondent to-day. “We have our
reasons, the same reasons for which
we do not play this year at our Fest-
spielhaus (festival theater) in Bai-
reuth.”
The words quoted were in reply to
a request for an expression in con
nection with the centenary of Richard
Wagner’s birth, May 22, 1813. While
Baireuth was silent the rest of Ger
many was fittingly remembering the
day. The people of Berlin heard five
Wagner programs in the public parks
and the notables who are here for the
wedding of the Kaiser’s daughter at
tended a gala performance of “Die
Meistersinger.”
In Munich, once the home of the
composer, a great monument in his
honor was unveiled yesterday. A
bust of Wagner also has been placed
this year in Walhalla, the famous
hall of fame built by Ludwig II. The
Bavarians were angry over the money
spent by Ludwig on the composer,
and they finally drove the latter
away, withholding all honor from
him until this year.
Frau Cosima Wagner, the widow,
lives with Siegfried in the composer’s
old home in Baireuth, “Wahnfried,”
in the garden of which he is buried.
Frau Wagner is 72 years of age and
not in good health.
Savannah Pastor at Monroe.
MONROE.—Dr. Sam J. White, of
Savannah, will preach the commence
ment sermon of the Monroe High
School Sunday and will conduct serv
ices at the Christian Church through
out the week.
If you have anything to sell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Lar
gest circulation of any Sunday news
paper in the South.
.Miss Lucv Hoke Smith
Daughter of Senator Smith One
of the Charming Figures in
Mrs. Hemmick’s Drama.
Miss Lucy Hoke Smith, daughter of
Senator Hoke Smith, is receiving
many congratulations from her Wash
ington friends for her ability as an
actress. Miss Smith took a promin
ent part in the initial production
of “Woman.” a mortality play written
by Mrs. Christian Hemmick, million
airess and a recent suffrage convert at
the New National theater in the capi
tal Wednesday night.
A number of other prominent so
ciety girls took part in the play, and
it is claimed that many converts to
the cause have been made among the
young women by the production.
Others who had parts were Misses
Mildred Bacon. Mabel Talliaferro,
Nellie Bly, Helen Buchanan, Desha
Alien, Roberta Aimes, Jeanette AD
len, Esther Denny and Mrs. David
Fairfield.
The new play is an allegory, de
signed to depict the troubles and
trials of the woman of to-day.
Dying Woman Killed in Accident.
CASTIGLIONE, It\lY, May 23
While a priest and relatives and
friends were praying at the bedside
of a dying woman to-day, the house
collapsed. The sick woman was in
stantly killed and all the others re
ceived serious injuries.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell
goods. Try it!
GUESTS TRICE
Big and Little Monarchs Throng
the Capital for Wedding of
Kaiser’s Only Daughter.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, May 23.—Big and little
monarchs, royal dukes and fair lad
ies are as common as pebbles upon
the streets of Berlin to-day. Every
once in a while royal equipage, with
an escort of the soldiery of some for
eign nation, rolls past in the street
and the natives pause to stare and
comment upon H. R. H. Somebody
or other or the Duke of something.
All are here to attend to-morrow the
wedding of I*rlocess Victoria Luise.
only daughter of the Kaiser, and
Prince Ernst of Cumberland, son of
the Duke of Cumberland and Prince
of Great Britain.
It is nearly impossible to' get ac
commodations at a first-class hotel
to-day because of the crowds that
have come to Berlin from all parts
of the Empire, from abroad and from
various parts of Europe. Even some
of the royal guests have been quar
tered at hotels because of the fact
that there was not room enough at
the Palace, where It had been planned
to quarter some of the more distin
guished visitors.
The celebration of the wedding
started several days ago, with a most
elaborate evening of opera. A State
banquet was held Friday at which
all o%the impressive appearing diplo
mats here as attendants upon the
parties of their royal masters were
present. To-morrow the actual
ceremony will be performed, and Vic
toria Luise Adelheid Methilde Char
lotte Hohenzollern. Princess of Prus
sia and Ernst August Chretten George
of Vrunswiok-Lunebtiurg. the House
of Guelph, descendant of George III
of Great Britain and great grandson
of Queen Victoria of England will
become one.
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Who Groom in The
Royal Wedding Is
Following are some interesting
facts about the House of ('umber-
land, into which the Princess Vic
toria Luise, will be married to
morrow.
The Prince of Cumberland is
both German and English.
He is a greadgrandson of King
George Ifl of Great Britain. His
grand fat hcrtvns a brother of Queen
Victoria of England, they both hav
ing been children of George III.
In the event of the failure of
succession of present heirs to the
throne of England. It probably
would be the present Duke of Cum
berland, or in the event of ills
death, the Prince of Cumberland
who would succeed to the throne,
because of their descent from King
George.
The arms of the House of Cum
berland are almost similar to those
of the royal family of Great
Britain.
The Duke of Cumberland is a
Prince of Great Britain, a general
in the British army and a Colonel
in the Austrian army.
$2,000,000 Kaiser’s
Dowry on Daughter
BERLIN, May 23.—It is reported
the Kaiser and Kaiserin have settled
a dowry of $2,000,000 on their daugh
ter, Princess Victoria Luise. who
is to be married to Prince Ernest of
Cumberland, Saturday.
The unusually large amount is
probably in view of the coming pro
clamation—making the couple the
reigning Duke and Duchess of Bruns
wick.
Wright’s Models for Birds.
LONDON. May 23. Birds would
copy the Wright brothers if they
only knew how,” said Horace Darwin
in the first annual Wright memorial
address at the Royal United Service
in session here.
But Polly Needn't
Worry Any More
CHICAGO, May 23.—Polly, the $300
parrot, for ten years a lively inmate
of the home of the Rev. J. W. Lib-
bertson, pastor of the Sacramento
Boulevard church, flew out of'a win
dow and with a shriek, “I should
worry!” entered the home of Mrs. C.
F. Hall, some distance off.
A large brindle cat was in the room
when Polly landed. The parrot’s yells
could be heard above the yowls of the
cat. Mrs. Hall ran for the police and
met Mrs. Libbertson.
“There’s a ghost in my house," she
said. “It cries like a child, but it flies
around like a spirit and hollers, ‘I
should worry!”’
Mrs. Libbertson burst in the door.
The large brindle cat occupied the im
mediate foreground. There whs an
expression of deep satisfaction on the
cat’s countenance and a few feathers
and a beak on the carpet.
Why is the soda cracker today
such a universal food?
People ate soda crackers in the
old days, it is true—but they
bought them from a barrel or
box and took them home in a
paper bag, their crispness and
flavor all gone.
Uneeda Biscuit—soda crackers
better than any ever made before
—made in the greatest bakeries
in the world—baked to perfection
—packed to perfection—kept to
perfection until you take them,
oven-fresh and crisp, from their
protecting package. Five cents.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
Miller Bell New
Grand Chancellor
of State Pythians
WAYOR‘OSS, GA., May 23.—Grand
Chancellor James ■ W. Austin’s sug
gestion for changing the method of
electing grand lodge officers for the
Knights of Pythias of Georgia, was
to-day referred to the incoming com
mittee on judiciary with instructions
to prepare an amendment and sub
mit it with a report at the next con
vention.
The officers elected for the year
are:
Grand Chancellor, Miller S. Bell,
Miiledgcville; Grand Vice Chancellor.
H. M. Stanley, Dublin; Grand Pre
late John P. Cheney, Marietta; Grand
Keeper of Records and Seal. W. H.
Leopold, Savannah; Grand Master of
Exchequer, R. C. Norman, Washing
ton; Grand Master-at arms, Troy
Beatty, Athens; Grand Inner Guard,
George <Schaufele, Augusta; Grand
Outer Guard, Joseph D. Smith, Bar-
nesvilh*. Supreme representatives,
B. I). Brantley. Blackshear and C. M.
Milan, Cartersville.
Mdeon was selected as the perma
nent meeting place for the Grand
Lodge.
Fifth District Commencement.
MONROE.—Dr. D. W. Key, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Mon
roe, on Sunday will deliver the com
mencement sermon of the Fifth Dis
trict Agricultural College. On Tues
day evening Professor D. L. Ernest,
of the State College of Agriculture,
will deliver an-address.
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These Girls Not Afraid
Of Any Old Rats.
Pedestrians and others on Alabama
Street, between Whitehall and South
Pryor, were treated this morning to
an unusual sight.
About midway of the block, almost
in front of the electric light station,
several men were engaged in the laud
able business of exterminating some
rats which had been caught In a trap
last night. One of the executioners
had a big stick and as soon as his
companion let out a rodent, the big
stick was wielded with such judicious
precision that Mr. Rat took the count
after getting one blow.
The remarkable thing about the
proceeding was the interest which
three pretty girls took in it. They
were evidently on their way from
home to business when their attention
was attracted by the sight of the
crowd around the rat-killers. The
three stopped and watched I he yro-
ceedings, all the time commenting an
imatedly upon the prowess of the gen
tleman with the big stick. When the
last rat had been slain, the girls left,
going in the direction of Whitehall
Street.
"Well," commented one of the men
in the crowd, "I always had an idea
that w omenfolks were afraid of rats."
"If one of them gais had 1 bin my
w ife," commented an old veteran who
overheard the remark, "she'd have
climbed one of these here ’lectric light
posts."
“Maybe them was suffragettes,
commented a third. "The papers say
they ain't afraid er nothin'.”
“Bet if they had er bin mice,” said
a youth, “instead er rats, you couldn't
er helt them gals here fer a mlnlt.”
Anyway, the girls did see the kill
ing, and seemed to enjoy it.
Small Boys Nowadays
Miss a Lot of Fun.
"Kids nowadays do not have the
same amount of real fun that they
did when I was a youngster," said a
well-known business man last eve
ning at the Transportation Club. "Ir
company with a friend of mine, who
is in the real estate business, I went
out to look at some property the
other afternoon. Near the place was
a vacant lot and some boys were
playing ball. Now, if there is any
thing I do love it is a good ball game
and I stopped to see what sort of
article these chaps were putting up.
The real estate man is a fan, too.
and we were very much interested
in the proceedings on the field.
“But, say, those kids didn't know
they were alive! We watched ’em
play six innings and they didn't
fight a single time! Why, when I
was a small chap we fought all over
the field. We mobbed the umpire
half a dozen times during* the nine
innings. The spectators sure got
their money’s worth! As a matter
of fact, they usually took some part
in the battles and often I have seen
a game resolve itself into a war be
tween spectators and the opposing
teams.
"Coming back to the office, the real
estate friend and I got to talking
about old days in Atlanta and the
times we. used to play ball in the
old field alongside the Tanyard
branch at Orme and Simpson Streets.
We both agreed that the present gen
eration of boys has missed a whole
lot in the matter of enjoying life to
its fullest."
POOR BEWHISKERED GOTHAM.
New York, May 23.—No more
shaves on Sunday in New York. The
boss barbers to-day agreed with the
striking barbers to close the shops all
day on Sundays.
If you have anything to sell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Lar
gest circulation of any Sunday news
paper in the South,
Specials Saturday and Monday
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white pique skills at
75 cents. They are the
same you pay $1.98 for
elsewhere.
MEN’S SUITS
In all colors and fancy
mixtures, all up-to-date
and the latest styles in
summer wear. Just the
thing in blue serges.
Saturday for
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