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FIGHT PLANNED
ON MILITARY
RIOT LAW
Slade Will Attempt to Have Leg
islature Repeal Statute Per
mitting Bayonet Rule.
BY JAMES B. NEVIN.
An effort will be made in the next
Legislature to repeal that section of
the State military law which now
puts a community in time of riot in
the hands of the military authorities,
to the exclusion of the Civil Govern-
f ment.
It is by no means sure that th** ef
fort will be successful, for the present
military establishment has many
warm supporters throughout the
State, bilt it will be backed aggres
sively, nevertheless.
Representative Slade of Muscogee,
already has prepared a measure
vhich he thinks will restore the old
order of things in time of riot, and
yet leave in large proportion undis
turbed the other military regulations
enacted by the last General Assem
bly.
In a recent interview', Mr. Slade
is quoted as saying, “1 am r.ot in
favor of licensing ‘tin horn’ soldiers
to shoot down innocent people in time
of trouble, and then allowing a mili
tary court-martial to sit on the case
and say whether murder has been
committed!”
This statement refers to recent dis
turbances in Augusta, where, as an
incident to the military control of
the city in time of riot, several per
sons were killed by the soldiers on
duty. The soldiers doing the shoot
ing were subsequently tried by court-
martial and acquitted.
It has been very well known for
some time that the military haws
were to be attacked in the next Leg
islature, but until the gentleman from
Muscogee spoke up and notified his
constituents at home that he intend
ed fathering the measure, much un
certainty has existed as to who would
lead the way.
Mr. Slade is one of the few Legis
lative veterans who comes back to
the House this year. He will intro-
* duce his proposed anti-military bill
• early in the session.
A bill will be introduced in the next
House seeking to make the tax col
lector of Ware County ex-officio
Sheriff of the county, in order that
he may proceed to the collection or
levying of tax executions without call
ing on the Sheriff for assistance.
This innovation is by no means
unheard of in Georgia, though as
several counties now operate under
that system. Wherever it has been
tried, moreover, it generally has been
found to be most satisfactory.
Representative-elect J. R. Palmour,
of Hall, a new member of the incom
ing Legislature, is an Atlanta visitor.
Mr. Palmour is a young man of
fine business reputation, and will en
ter the House as one of its most
promising new members. He is ex
tremely modest in talking about the
things he expects to achieve, and
makes only one claim with aggres
sive emphasis. He says he undoubt
edly is the ‘‘original Burwell man”
among the new membership, and con
fidently predicts the election of the
gentleman from Hancock to the
Speakership on the first ballot.
Some time* ago, in cleaning up the
bookcase in the Mayor's office in
Savannah, some valuable reports of
the City of San Francisco were
brought to light, 'and were found to
concern in detail eighteen years ot
the city’s history prior to 1913. They
are of comparatively little value to
Savannah, but the thought suggested
itself to the Mayor that perhaps they
might be of considerable value to the
municipal Government of San Fran
cisco, as doubtless many of the rec
ords of that city were destroyed in
the great earthquake and fire.
A letter received by Mayor Rich
ard J. Davantt from Mayor James*
Ralph, of San Francisco, has confirm
ed this impression. The Mayor of
San Francisco expresses his gratifica
tion of the offer of the old reports,
stating that of some of them there
are known to be but one or two
'copies in existence, and that they
would he highly appreciated.
The reports will accordingly be at
ence boxed and shipped to the metrop-
olis^of the \Vestern State.
Jamesjda 11aw’ay, in the Macon Tel
egraph, /writes as follows: ‘‘Winder
is located, like Metter, at the ‘cor
ners' of counties. Hence, Winder
r wants a new county, and to call it
/• Barrow, to be taken from the corners
of Walton, Gwinnett and Jackson.
Winder is many miles from the coun
ty seats of all three of the counties.
This is a day of progress and con
venience. The Legislature will con
sider kindly these moves for devel
opment.”
Both the proposed new counties of
Barrow and Candler seems, at this
stage of the game, to be viewed with
favorable eye by such members of
the incoming Legislature as visit At
lanta nowadays.
The Augusta Chronicle is worried
because Governor-elect John M. Sla
ton has a Japanese servant in his
\ employ.
v Still. Japan couldn’t very well get
a battleship up the Chattahoochee
River, and if she did, it would have
to anchor 8 miles away from the Ex
ecutive Mansion, so what’s the use?
Solicitor General Joseph E. Pottle,
of Milledgeville, is in Atlanta’s estat-
ic and deliriously delighted midst to
day.
Colonel Pottle has just returned
from Chattanooga, where he attended
the Confederate reunion—not as a
delegate, however. He says the boys
in gray had a mighty fine time in
Chattanooga, but that the town is
hardly large enough to take care of
them. In wandering Thursday
through the picturesque and much
tnonumented Chickamauga battlefield,
'Colonel Pottle’s patriotism became so
thoroughly stirred, that he delivered
V an impromptu but highly eloquent
oration upon ‘‘Stonewall” Jackson, to
an admiring group of Innocent by
standers.
The solicitor general is one of the
most finished orators in Georgia.
TITE ATLANTA OEORGTAN AND NEWS,
First Day’s Record in Big Player-
y HAT the interest in the gigantic Weather-
holt Player-Piano Club is widespread
was demonstrated yesterday when the mem
bership books were opened. When the store
closed for the night, 46 members had been en
rolled. At this rate the 400 memberships will
be taken before the time limit expires. I am
not surprised at this record, for I knew the
music-loving public would realize just how
remarkable my club offer was. People are re
alizing that the day of the ordinary piano is
rapidly drawing to a close, and that the day
of the Player-Piano is at hand. And when I
made it possible to secure a $650 Player-Piano
for $488.50 on terms of $10.00 down and $2.50
per week, there was a rush to enroll in my
great co-operative club.
The club membership is limited to 400
members. I will save each member $334.50.
Because of the great purchasing power of the
400 club members, I can offer a magnificent
$650 Player-Piano along with $173 worth of
club features for $488.50, on terms of $10.00
down and $2.50 per week. In addition to this
there is my Free Life Insurance Feature and
the Music Exchange Privilege.
Piano Club
Here Are My Club Features:
w Saving of
J. $161.50
AT A 25c rebate on all weekly payments
vr made before due
•^One year’s trial
mi (exchange privilege)
7 No
■ interest
-c A ten year guarantee
with each piano
V A two-year conservatory course
w (regular price $80)
/% A Free Life
Jt Insurance Feature
Q A free music
t/ exchange library
Terms of payment $2.50 per week
(monthly payments may be arranged)
1 ii A selected bench to match
JL v player and 12 rolls of music
All accompany in writing the sale of every Club Player-Piano
Regular Price $650.00; Club Price $488.50
Club Terms: $}0 Down, $2.50 Per Week
M Y Free Music Exchange Library alone
makes the Weatherholt Player-Piano
Club attractive. This means that every club
member may secure $10.50 worth of Player
Music every day if desired. Each member se
cures free with the player twelve rolls of se
lected music worth $10.60. I have installed
a great library of 5,000 rolls, and members
may exchange their music as often as desir
able. Many have told me that the cost of
Player Music has prevented them from buy
ing Player Pianos in the past. My free li
brary removes that objection. Sheet music is
being replaced to day just as the Player-Piano
is superseding the ordinary piano. That the
Player-Piano may make those who do not un
derstand music as proficient as those who do,
all my vocal Player Music has the words
printed on the roll. Anybody can play. And
anybody with a voice may sing. A vocal in
structor is constantly before the one operating
the Player Piano. Every direction is given.
The result is that the novice can render a song
as well as the professional. I have devoted
weeks of study to this great co-operative
plan. I wanted to offer something which had
never before been offered to lovers of music
in the South. I know that I have done so.
MY CLUB PLAN SAVES
$650
00
78
00
80
00
50
4
10.
50
Player-
Piano
Interest
Saved
2-year Conserv
atory Course
Selected
Bench
12 Rolls ol
Selected Music
$323.00
488.50 CLUB PRICE
$334.50 saving
Notice to All Owners
j\ Player-Pianos
During our Player Club Mem
bership Campaign, we will ex
tend—without charge—our ex
change privilege to any one
purchasing 12 rolls of Player
Music from us. This gives the
purchaser free access to our
5,000-roll library.
T HIS picture shows one of my demon
strators adjusting a roll of music in
a Club Player-Piano. There is nothing
about these instruments difficult to un
derstand. They have everything that one
has which costs a thousand dollars. I
think so much of these Club Player-Pianos
that I GUARANTEE THEM FOR TEN
YEARS. Every one of these players is
equipped with a double accouatic sound
ing board which produces the quality of
tone found in a grand piano.
Our Club Piano
Regular Price . . $375.00
Club Price $267.50
Terms: $5 Cash, $1.25 Per Week
*
CONDITIONS: No interest, one year s
trial and exchange privilege 15c rebate
on payments made before due, free life
insurance feature, ten-year guarantee.
All of which accompany in writing
the sale of every Club Piano.
I WANT everybody interested in good
music to visit our store. I want you
to hear some good music—anything you
like, from the classics to the latest rag
time. Examine these Club Player-Pianos
closely and see how easily you can play
anything yon like, and play as well as an
expert pianist. If you CAN play on the
piano, you have two instruments in one—
a Piano and a Player-Piano. You may
use the piano and those members of your
family who can not play, can produce
music on the Player equal to yours.
For Out-of-Town Customers
Fill Out Coupon and Mail
WEATHERHOLT PIANO OO,
Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen: Enclosed please find
$10.00 membership fee (first cash pay
ment), for which ship to my address
your Olub Player-Piano at once, includ
ing bench, scarf, 12 rolls of music and
free delivery, with the understanding I louble
oan pay balance in $10.00 monthly pay-by the
ments. r pair.
Name *s to
Address
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WEATHERHOLT PIANO COMPANY
72 North Broad Street
“THE SOUTH’S FOREMOST PIANO HOUSE”
Weatherholt Building
Atlanta, Georgia