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Incompetent Employers Doomed
to Certain Failure—Working
man’s Rights Paramount.
By B. C. FORBES.
"It can’t be done” it the favorite
argument of many employers when
urged to treat their employee more
liberally in the way of wages or
Hours or rest days or conditions of
service. And they flatter themselves
that their obiter dictum—their say-
eo—settles it, leaves no room for
argument, closes the case finally and
Irrevocably.
• • •
Skinflint employers are going to
learn a few things before the world
I# vary much older. They are going
to learn that few things “can’t be
done” when the public makes up its
mind that they ought to be done.
Not many things that are right and
just are impossible.
• • •
The eight-hour day, you remember,
was socialistic, anarchistic and ab
surd when first advocated. Nothing
could be more impossible, all but a
few far-seeing, broad-guaged, large-
hearted, humane employers argued.
Well, the eight-hour day was ushered
in without any tremendous upheaval
in the industries concerned.
• • •
“It can’t be done” was once the
pet reply to please for the abolition
of seven-day work in the stsel in
dustry. To-day not five per cent of
the United States Steel Corporation’s
employes work seven days a week.
• * •
Sunday labor in certain industries
used to be considered absolutely un
avoidable. To-day it has been radi
cally reduced, almost eliminated in
most directions.
OUR ANTEDILUVIAN ANCESTORS!
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The railroad, at fint vowed that
rebating .imply could not ba .topped
To-day thay are infinitely grateful
that the law stepped in and annihi
lated it.
• * •
Political parties could not be held
together, it was urged, without bosses.
To-day th# bosses are being driven
out to the advantage of all.
• • •
“Can’t” ia an overworked word. It
Is too often the refuge of the unfit,
the laty and the coward. Sometimes
H expresses a fact; more often it is
an unconvincing excuse.
• # •
What ie here written is for ths edi
fication and exhortation of certain
corporations and other large employ
ers who glibly deciare that sorely-
needod reforms for the benefit of their
workers “can’t be done.” These em
ployers are ready to admit that they
would like to do certain things, that
justice is on the side of the reforms
and that they hope at some distant
date conditions—especially among
their competitors—will so change that
It will be possible to mix a little more
humanity with their money-making.
• • •
They would like to let their work
ers off one day every week, or every
month. But “it can’t be done.”
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They would like to pay all their
helpers a Hv»ng wage. But “it can’t
be done.”
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They would like to better working
conditions.. But, again, “it can’t be
dona.”
• • •
Gentlemen, it CAN be done. And
It WILL be done.
• • •
Any man who can’t pay his work
ers a living wage has no right to own
a business. If he can not supply the
brains necessary so to manage a con
cern that it can pay decent wages,
then stop him from being an employer
and let him become an employe. If
capital can not be handled <n one
industry so as to afford reasonable
wages, then let it seek other employ
ment. Not only is it an economic sin
to continue the use of capital in an
unprofitable business, in one that does
not pay for the things necessary for
the sustenance of the workers en
gaged in it, but it is a crime against
humanity, a orime agamst society, a
crime against the State, for if an em
ploye receives less wages than is ab
solutely needful to maintain life, then
othere—-the butcher, the baker, the
dry goods merchant, the landlord,
•tc., etc.—have to make up the dif
ference, sinoe men and women can
not allow themselves to starve to
death.
The employer who persists in re
plying “it can’t be done” to requests
for reasonable treatment of workers
writes himself down incompetent, un
fit to enjoy the services of others.
Cspital and labor are not sufficient
to insure business success; MAN
AGEMENT is the third and indis
pensable requisite. And any employer
who can not supply it intelligently
enough to enable him to deal fairly
and decently with workers has no
claim to be allowed to remain an em
ployer. That inexorable law which
^decrees the survival of the fittest
larks such an one for destruction, as
ft ought to be marked.
• • •
It may be necessary to be more
specific in a subsequent articls.
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“Can you tell me why they are all staring at that young lady?”
“Can I? Why, sure. That’s Miss Stonehatchet with her new slashed skirt! The whole town is up
in the air about it!’
IB PROTESTS
Declares Negligence of Civil Of
ficials Is All That Wakes State
Troops Necessary.
Declaring that if the civil officers
of the Slate could be made to do their
duty, there would be no need of the
military, Adjutant General Van Holt
Nash, before the House Committee
on Military Affairs Thursday after
noon, protested against the passage
of the* military bill offered by Rep
resentative Slade, of Muscogee.
The bill repeals the military act
of 1912 and re-enacts the law of 1910.
making the militia subservient to the
civil authorities.
“The militia is entitled to some
consideration,” declared General
Nash. “We offer our lives to the
State with practically no remunera
tion. and are sworn to uphold the
honor of the State and Its laws. The
only reason there is any need for the
militia is because the civil officers
do not do their duty. If you will
make the civil authorities perform
their work, there will be no necessity
for calling out the militia.
Says Praaent Laws Protect Them.
"The present law’ should stand. It
protects us from being overridden
by the civil authorities, and prevents
us from being made the scapegoats
of incomi>etent civil officers.”
Mr. Slade declared the present
military law is unconstitutional be
cause It means the suspension of the
writ of habeas corpus. He likened
conditions that arose in Augusta last
year, under military rule, to the Re
construction period. when "blood
flowed as freely as water '
Representative Gnnis. of Baldwin
County, spoke against the bill. He
declared if the State were under mil
itary rule there would be fewer law
breakers.
Because of the absence of a quorum
the committee did not take any ac
tion on the bill. Mr Slade declared
he has small hopes of the passage of
his bill, but seeks to effect a com
promise with the bill introduced in
the Senate by Senator McGregor,
which curtails the powers of the mil
itary.
It is probable that the committee
will not report on the Slade bill until
next week
Dies Trying to Save
Chicken From Storm
NORTHFIELD. MASS., August 1.— 1
Richard Stratton. 11 years old, was
killed instantly in an electrical storm
to-day while attempting to release
a chicken which was caught in a wire
fence.
Lilghtning struck the fence 100
yards distant from the boy and. fol
lowing the wire, passed through his
body.
POWER STATION DOUBLED.
COLUMBUS—The Columbus Pow.
er Company has doubled the capacity
of its substation in Newnan because
of the growth of business in that
town. The substation has been
tablished about one year.
Girl Fights Turks as
Man; Weds In U. S.
PITTSBURG. PA., August 1.—A ro
mance that began in the Balkans re
sulted In the marriage of Vida Radak
and Barbara Coganlc, Bulgarians, In
Farrell, Pa.
When Radak was obliged to join
the army and go to the front, Barbara
dressed as a man and entered the
fighting against Turkey. After many
hardships, she found her lover and
fought by his side.
In a battle, she was slightly ground
ed, her sex was discovered and she
was sent back home. Later Radak
left the army and came to this coun
try* He sent for his sweetheart.
Slade’s Interpretation of Consti
tution's “Good Character” To
Be Recommended to House.
Puts Steam Shovel
Above Court; Jailed
PITTSBURG. August 1.—When
Judge R. A. Kennedy, in Common
Pleas Court, was annoyed by the puff
ing of a steam shovel excavating n
street near the courthouse, he ordered
the shovel stopped. When the noise
continued, he issued a warrant and
had the crew brought into court.
The superintendent was asked
whether it would be better to stop the
s'hovel or stop the court. The super
intendent replied that the court should
stop, and was promptly sentenced to
Jail for contempt.
Blacksmith Gives a
Social in His Shop
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.—The custom of us
ing the churches And school houses of a
community as social centers was upset
in Oak Park, a suburb, when M. M. Mc
Mahon, a blacksmith, held an ice cream
social where the guests sat among piles
of horseshoes, ami the decorations were
tongs, hummers and bellows.
A lecturer from Chicago gave a ta*k
on the “Rocky Mountains,” after Mc
Mahon called the folks to order by
pounding on the anvil.
Textile Industry in
Spain Hit by Strike
Special Cable to The Georgian.
MADRID. Aug 1.—The textile in
dustry in Spain ia practically at a
standstill today Twenty thou&anu
men are on strike for higher wages
and better working conditions, ami
195 factories have been closed.
The strike is spreading hourly, the
workers at Sahadell. Tarrasa and
Villa Nueva joining the men who are
out. Troops are being rushed to the
strike zone.
The disfranchisement bill of Rep
resentative Slade of Muscogee, which
its author* says is an interpretation
of the “good character” clause in the
State Constitution, will be favorably
recommended by the House Commit
tee on Constitutional Amendments at
Friday’s session of the House. The
vote was unanimous in favor oE so re
porting the bill at the committee
meeting Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Slade’s bill interprets the good
character clause to mean that ”n »
man, white or black, whom a virtu
ous woman will not trust in a place
of seclusion without fear of phy^icni
assault, shall be Allowed to vote.”
The right to strike off names of
voters is vested In the ordinaries of
the counties If a voter objects, wom
en shall not be called in, but the
question shad lie decided by men who
are familiar with the voter’s life and
habits.
Mr. Blade declared that the bill .s
not directed Against white men, but
by its passage he hopes to disfran
chise every negro in the State.
“1 have been trying to get this bill
through for the past two or three
years, and am very hopeful that the
members of this Legislature may see
fit to pass it at the present session,”
Mr. Slade said.
FLU OF VOTES
NIKS CLOSE
OF CONTEST
Names of Victors in Georgian and
American Pony Race To Be
Announced Sunday.
The pony contest is over.
Winners in the exciting races con
ducted by The Georgian and Ameri
can will be announced Sunday, if It Is
possible to complete the necessary
clerical work In time.
Until midnight Thursday votes were
received Wednesday night the con
test manager and his assistants work
ed almost as late. Friday finds them
exhausted with the late hours and the
strain, for the excitement of the con
testants proved contagious, Infect
ing the whole office.
Thousands upon thousands of votes,
so many that the aggregate seems in
credible, were received Thursday and
up to the very last minute.
Most of the boys and girls too’.- to
heart the repeated warnings that
over-confidence was fatal, and put
copious quantities of "ginger” into
their final efforts.
This was as true in the country as
in the city. The mail brought hun
dreds of letters for the contest de
partment.
From every point of view, It has
been a thoroughly successful contest,
ar.d, conducted in the most strictly
impartial manner, there has not been
a word of complaint.
Nothing remains but to count the
votes and announce the eleven win
ners of ponies and carts: the eleven
saddle ponies, and the twenty-two
watches.
Mitchell Named by
Anti-Tammany Men
For New York Mayor
NEW YORK. Aug. 1.—After a stormy
all night session of ths anti-Tammany
allies, John Purroy Mitchell, collector
of the port of New York, was named as
the fusion candidate for Mayor of .Great
er New York. Mitchell was named on
the ninth ballot, with 46 votes, to 43 for
District Attorney Whitman
The rest of the ticket follows;
Comptroller, William A. Prendergast.
President Board of Aldermen, George
McAneny; President Borough of Man
hattan, Marcus M. Marks; President
Borough of Brooklyn, Lewis H. Pounds;
President Borough of Queens, Robert W.
Hlgble; President Borough of the Bronx,
Cyrus C. Miller; President Borough of
Richmond. George Cromwell; District
Attorney New York County, Charles S.
Whitman.
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Want Ad Contest Offers You an
Opportunity to Use Your
Wide Acquaintance.
Vote Buttons Sold
By Suffrage League
Atlanta auffragiets busied them
selves Thursday In the sale of suf
frage buttons and distribution of suf
frage literature just to be doing some
thing while their suffrage sisters were
parading in Washington. The button
sale was held at the entiance of Mrs.
Lillian Smith’s millinery store. No.
115 Peachtree street, and a neat sum
secured. This fund will be expended
in the holding of meetings to further
the cause.
The sale was held under the aus
pices of the Woman's Suffrage League
of Atlanta, which was the Woman's
Civic League until two weeks ago.
Weds Fiance, Georgia
Man, on His Deathbed
LEBANON. PA., August 1.—The
death of Wallace Van Sickle, of Ma
con, Ga., in a hospital here to-day
revealed the devotion of a young
woman member of a prominent
Lebanon family. Miss Miriam Bow
man, to whom Van Sickle became en
gaged. Shortly after the announce
ment was made he was stricken with
typhoid fever
The date of the wedding .iad been
fixed, but it was postponed n the hope
of Van Sickle’s speedy recovery.
There was no change In hie condition,
however, so it was decided that the
marriage ceremony should be per
formed in the hospital. The cere
mony was performed, and the bride
remained at the bedside of her hus
band until he died.
Peace Near in Mine
War in Transvaal
Special Cable to The Georgian.
JOHANNESBURG. Aug. 1.—A
peaceful solution of the demands cf
the railroad men and miners seems
assured to-day. doth sides are adopt
ing a conciliatory attitude.
Troops which were called in tj
guard property in case violence was
resorted to will be withdrawn by the
Government.
‘Walk With My Wife,
Then Buy Her Shoes’
SACO, ME.. August 1.—Irving L.
Meserve, an expressman, attempted
to take a new pair of tan shoes from
the feet of his young wife when he
met her walking in Main street with
a young man he did not know.
“You’re not goin^ to parade in my
shoes,” he cried. “I bought these and
paid for them. If that man is going
to walk with you. he can buy your
shoes.”
With that he pulled off one of the
shoes and was about to take off the
other when the young man attacked
him. They were fighting, it is alleged,
when Special Officer Whiteworth
placed them under arrest.
$900 Tip by Gates Is
Returned by Waiter
MINNEAPOLIS, August 1.—Charles
G. Gates, son of the late John W.
Gates, nearly caused the collapse of
a negro waiter in a hotel cafe here.
His dinner check amounted to al
most $100, It is said. Gates called the
waiter to him, pulled out a roll of
$1,000 bills, slipped off the top ode
and said: "Here, boy, keep the
change.”
Gates then left. The waiter turned
the $900 over to the manager of the
cafe, who mailed Mr. Gates a check
for the amount.
How many people do you know'?
How long is your list of acquaint
ances, friends, fellow club members,
folks who know you. personally or
through business connections?
Well, the more people you know
the better your chance to win first,
prize in The Georgian Want Ad
Contest.
But they can not help you unless
they know' you’re in the game. Be
sure to tell them you’re a contestant,
out to win, and want their votes.
The Want Ad man will help you
reach every friend in the city if you’ll
ask him.
Everybody in Atlanta needs a Want
Ad sooner or later. They’re going to
advertise for something, that’s cer
tain. Everybody does.
Tell your friends to use Georgian
Want Ads and vote for you. They
can cast ten votes for every cent tfyey
spend in Want Ads. All they need
do when they send in the ad is to
ask that th e votes be credited to your
name.
The contest promises to be the one
big event of the season. It isn’t too
late to get in and win. If you w r ant
an automobile or a piano or any of
the big prizes, see the Want Ad man
at the office of The Sunday American
and Atlanta Georgian, 7 Edgewood
avenue. He will tell ybu all about
the conditions and help you get a
start.
Fines Both Twins
To Get Right One
PHILADELPHIA, August 1.—It
makes $8.50 difference to-da.v to either
Frank or Harry Swartz, 19 years old,
because the are twins. Magistrate
Morris fined them both that amount
because he couldn’t tell which ha1
been guilty of flirting In the park.
The only difference between the pair
was that one of them wore white
socks and the other lavender.
Wife’s Lips Too Red;
Won’t Pay Alimony
NEW YORK, August 1.—Emil Kop.
stein, a wine salesman, told Supreme
Court Justice Donnelly yesterday that
his wife, Mrs*. Elizabeth Kopstein, is
not entitled to alimony pending the
trial of her suit for separation be
cause she painted her lips and pen
ciled her eyebrows.
He said that on July 4, when they
were at Arverne, L. I., his wife’s
cheeks were so red that he wouldn’t
be seen on the street with her. and he
told her that if any other man had
been her husband he “would have
broken her bones long ago.”
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 30. 1913, of the condition of
The Continental Fire Insurance
Company
OF NEW YORK.
Organized under the law? of the State of New York, made to the Gov
ernor of the State of Georgia, in pursuance of the laws of said State.
Principal office, 80 Maiden Lane, New York.
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
Whole amount of capital stock $ 2,000,000.00
II. ASSETS.
Total assets of the company, actual cash market value $26,528,483.44
III. LIABILITIES.
Total liabilities $26,528,483.44
IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1913,
Total income actually received during the first six months
in cash % 5,708.526.59
V EXPENDITURES DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1913.
Total expenditures during the first six months of the year in
cash * 6,256,201.21
Greatest amount insured in any one risk $200,000.00
A copy of the act of incorporation, duly certified, is of file in the office
of the Insurance Commissioner.
STATE OF NEW YORK—County of New York.
Personally appeared bet- :e the undersigned. J. E. Lopez, who. being
duly sworn, ueposes and says that he is the second vice president of The
Continental Insurance Company, and that the foregoing statement is cor
rect and true. J. E. LOPEZ, Second Vice President.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of Juts*, 1913.
WM. JOHNSTONE.
Notary Public, Westchester County. New York.
Name of State Agent—VERNON HALL.
Name of Agents at Atlanta—J. L. RILEY &. CO.
CHICKENS MUST GO TO ROOST.
SAG HARBOR, N. Y„ Aug. 1.—A
curfew for girls 16 years old and un
der goes into effect here September 1.
At 8:45 the bell rings and ail maids
are supposed to be in their homes by
9 o'clock.
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SPECIAL REDUCTION
For a few days you have an opportunity to
get your eyes fitted with first-class glasses at
lowest possible prices.
EYEGLASSES and SPECTACLES
$2.50 Glasses Now $1.00
$5.00 Glasses Now $2.50
We are thoroughly equipped to fit you with
any style of glasses you may desire.
Our oculist will give your eyes a thorough
scientific examination, and we guarantee glasses
he prescribes to give satisfaction.
L. N. HUFF OPTICAL CO.
Builders Fine Spectacles and Eyeglasses.
TWO STORES.
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YOUR reasons for buying a 1913 Mitchell
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the most reliable, powerful, complete and beautiful car in
the moderate price class.
All Mitchell 1913 cars have left drive and center control; Bosch
ignition; Bayfield carburetor; Firestone demountable rims; rain-vision
windshield; Jones speedometer; silk mohair top with dust cover; Tur
kish upholstered cushions: Timken front axle bearings; gauges on the
dash show air pressure and oil pressure; gauge in the gasoline tank
showing the amount of gasoline it contains; and a portable electric
lamp which illuminates the instruments on the dash.
All with T-Heed iTK*tor, electric
7-patsengsr Six. 60 H. P„
2 or 6-pessenger Six, 60-H. P-
2 or 6-pacteng«r Four, 40-H. P.,
elect He lighting i
Wheel Base.
144-in..
132-In
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end 36-Inch wheel*.
F. D. B. Racine.
I..,$3,500
1,860
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