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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Just a Minute By Quill Incompetent Employers Doomed to Certain Failure—Working man’s Rights Paramount. By B. C. FORBES. “It can't be done" is the favorite argument of many employers when urged to treat their employes more liberally in the way of wages or hours or rest days or conditions of service. And they flatter themselves that their obiter dictumi—their say- so—settles it, leaves no room for argument, closes the case finally and irrevocably. • » e Skinflint employers are going to learn a few things before the world is very 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 impo-sible, 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 steel 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. * * * The railroads at first vowed that rebating simply could not be stopped To-day they 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 /the bosses are being driven out to tne advantage of all. * * * Can’t” is an overworked word. It is too often the refuge of the unfit, the lazy and the coward. Sometimes it expresses a fact; more often it is an unconvincing excuse. « * • What is here written is for the edi fication and exhortation of certain corporations and other large employ ers who /glibly declare that sorely- needqd 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 ©very month. But “it can’t be done.” * • • They would like to pay all their helpers a living wage. But “it can’t be done.” * * * They would like to better working conditions.. But, again, “it can’t be done.” • • * 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 arf 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 crime against society, a crime against the State, for if an em ploye receives less wages than is ab solutely needful to maintain life, then others—the butcher, the baker, the dry goods merchant, the landlord, etc., etc.—have to make up the dif ference, since 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. Capital 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 b6 allowed to remain an em ployer. That inexorable law which decrees the survival of the fittest marks such an one for destruction, as he ought to be marked. • * • It may be necessary to be more specific in a subsequent article. HELLO BILL, JUST A r N iMUTfej © fM QLAD I *00- l TVE "BEEN WONDtRIHCil MOW TOO WERF - I'M r GLAD YOU'RE WORKlkjCvJ © HERE'S A LETTER FROM ' IAIKE HE WANTS TO KNOW/ ALL AOiWT TOO - HERE'S WMAT me says -- or one minute more bill, NE WANT Y00 ON THE .COMMITTEE A* T HE "BALL j HERE'S A LIST OF THE" \ NAMES r "I WQ-L. MURRY ALONQ -Jill that trunk must t»c heavy Tt$ theT HEAVIEST TRUNK 1 VER. SAW Corporations Committee Dooms Bill Curbing Recorder and Pro- vidingReferendumand Recall. The proposed new charter for At lanta. providing, among other things, for the limitation of the city record er’s power and the application of the Initiativo, referendum ind recall to heads of city departments, is doomed to defeat at the hands of the Senate corperatlon committee. The committee held an executive session Friday morning following an open meeting In which the matter was discussed by Representatives Black- ton. of Fulton. Alderman Nutting and Mason, City Attorney Mason and Judge Hillyer also addressed the com mittee. Immediately following the executive session Senator Burtz, chairman of the Senate corporation committee, de clared that the proposed charter has objectionably features and probably would never not get the support oi the committee. He also intimated that the Senate committee might never take any ac tion on the charter. Later the charter bill wap recom mitted In the Senate fo. the further consideration by the commltee on cor porations. The charter bill has been passed by the House and recommend ed to the Senate with the initiative, referendum and recall feature omit ted. Representative Blackbon, In urging a favorable report. Friday morning, declared in favor of the provision lim iting the City Recorder's power. Un der this provision the Recorder may not have Jurisdiction in cases where the fine exceeds $200 or the sentence is* more than 30 days. Senator Burtz opposes this, he says, on the grounds that It does not leave the Recorder the power of discretion in cases where one man should re ceive a heavier fine than another for similar offenses. The provision, he says, would be a boon to violators of the prohibition law. Blackmon, nowever, opposed th£ lr. itiative, referendum and recall fea ture. upheld by the City Council dele gation including the City Attorney and the two aldermen. Senator Burtz Joined Mr. Blackmon in this on the grounds that, under the provision it would be too eas^ to get the re quired 20 per cent of the voters to sign the petition for the recall. Senator Burtz declared this pro posed amendment was a slan at the Mayor and would he opposed by the Senate Committee. Invents a Device to Serve Quick Lunches € NEWPORT. R. L, Aug. 1.—A min iature luncheon wagonette, a device by which many steps will be saved for the housewife who has a few friends drop in on her unexpectedly, is the invention of Mrs. James J. Brown, of Denver, the heroine of the Titanic disaster. It is a small combination of pan try. refrigerator, sideboard and elec tric cooker. BigReduction Girls! Want a King? Cable Siam's Ruler SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.—The young King of Slain, according to Mrs. Clara Williams, wife of a wealthy plantation owner of Bankok here to day, is an automaniac. writer of poetry and admirer of American women. He declares he will marry only an American girl. This feeling for American women, according to Mrs. Williams, was stirred when the young King met and was fascinated by Mabel C. Gil man, now the wife of William E. Co rey. The King still Indites hits of verse to the former actress, and it is well known in Siam that he refused to wed his cousin because he was waiting for an American girl to enter his life. Passenger Club to Dine Two Members The\ Atlanta Passenger Club will entertain • W. H. Leahy and €. F. Stewart in the Georgia pine room in Hotel Ansley Saturday evening at 3 o’clock. W. H. Leahy, formerly with the At lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Rail road, has accepted a position with the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. C. F. Stewart, formerly superintendent of the tariff bureau of the Southern Pas senger Association, has accepted a position as general passenger .pert for the Western Maryland Railroad and will go to Baltimore August IB to assume hfs duties. Capt. ‘Bill' McDonald Hunts Dallas Slayer DALLAS, TEXAS, Aug. 1.—Captain “Bill” McDonald, United States Mar shal and famous in Texas as a “bad man” catcher, left Dallas to-day aft er announcing that he had taken up an investigation of the mysterious murder of Miss Florence Brown in a local real estate office last Monday. A. M. Vaughan, whose office is a few doors from the real estate office in which Miss Brown was killed, has given the police a description of a well-dressed man he saw standing beside Miss Brown’s desk a few min utes before her body was found. Woman Is Punished By Own Sex on Jury EAST ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1.—The first Jury of women ever chosen in East St. Louis tried and convicted another woman in Justice Ztegel- meyer’s court. Mrs. Blanch Thomas was tried for disturbing the peace of Mrs. Edward McKinney, found guilty and fined $5. Four of the women Jurors were un der age and another lived in an ad joining county. Here's How Leiters Escape From Heat WASHINGTON, Au? 1.—Mr. and Mts. Joseph Lelter. of Chtcasro, who have become the leaders of "sensible society," proved their claim to that tit'' again to-day whin It was learned that they had devlaed a unique plan to fleht the heat. During the day they spend cool hours In the hlg glass palace on the Virginia hills, and then when night fall comes on, they move down into the houseboat moored Just below and enjoy restful sleep there. Bishop Arrested as Masquerading Priest LOUISVILLE, KY„ Aug, 1.—Mis taken for a man maaquerading as i priest wanted In New York for swin dling Catholics, Bishop Thomas F. Gailor, of Memphis, chancellor of the University of the Si uth, was held bv Cincinnati authorities in the Union Station at Cincinnati until the au thorities were convinced of his den-1 tlty. ‘Jack the Clipper’ Gets Girl’s Braids JOLIET, ILL., Aug. 1.—A “Jack th« Clipper” cut two long black braids from 12-year-old Goldie Book last night while the girl was sleeping. Her bed is close to a window and a cut screen this morning explained how the hair thief obtained the tresses. Senate Committee To Inspect Prison The Senate Penitentiary Commit tee, consisting of twelve Senators, left Atlanta Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock for Milledgeville, where they will in spect the State Prison Saturday. The committee is composed of Sen ators Tarver, chairman; Bulloch, vice chairman; Burtz, Johnson, W. W. Jones, Moore, OlifY, Parrish, Peyton. Pope, Rushin and Taylor. Incendiaries Try to Burn Mayor in Home HIGHWOOD. ILL., Aug 1—The home of Mayor Joseph Severson was destroyed by an incendiary fire to day. Mayor Severaon, hla wife, daughter and two sona narrowly es caped. The fire was believed to have been a deliberate attempt to burn alive the Mayor and his family. Mayor Severson has been active in fighting the liquor interests of the town of Highwood. Crops Biggest Ever; Canada Needs Money CALGARY, ALTA., Aug. 1.—With s e biggest crops in history, ready for har vesting In two weeks, money is tighter than ever known here. Newspapers are urging the Dominion Government to loan $10,000,000 in Al berta either to farmers or by taking up provincial or city bond Issues. SEASHORE EXCURSION AUGUST 7. Jacksonville, Brunswick, St. Simon, Cumberland, At lantic Beach, $6.00—Limit ed 6 days. Tampa, Fla., $8 —Limited 8 days. TWO SPECIAL TRAINS. 10 p. m. solid Pullman train. 10:15 p. m. Coach train. Make Reservations Now. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Cuban to Try Flight Across the Atlantic NEW YORK. Aug. 1.—Domingo Ro- slllo, the Cuban aviator who reoently dew from Key West to Cuba, is in this city on his way to Europe from which he plans to cross the Atlantic by air. Breaks Automobile Ordinance; Jailed MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Aug. 1^- Charles Quist, an automobile driver, who failed to obey a city ordinance prohibit ing vehicles from passing a street car when it is receiving or discharging paa- sengers, was sentenced to forty-five days in the workhouse. WARM SPRINGS, GA. MORE POPULAR THAN EVER. n Mr. Slade, the new proprietor of Warm Springs, is adding daily to the popularity of tnis well-known bathing resort. He has this week added a new orchestra of brass in struments and drums, and the dancing is one of the popular amusements. The ballroom can not be excelled by any in the State, and with Lilly’s Band from Colum bus the dancing is all that can he wished. The Warm Springs is the pleas antest place in the State, and the swimming pool the finest bathing in the country. The mountain breezes and healthy clime, free from gnats and mosquitoes, make it an ideal spot for a summer out ing. The Warm Springs wants to see its old friends again. Australia Planning Canal Fair Exhibit MELBOURNE, Aug. 1.—The Com monwealth Government announces it will contribute $100,000 for the erec tion of an Australasian building at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, pro vided the State Governments give sufficient sums to insure their ade quate representation there. IN Set ot Teeth Best That Money Can Buy Dental Work GOOD WORK means more practice and tower prices. We have reduced our prices on all Dental work, but the quality of our work remains the same. Gold GO 00 Crowds vd. Bridge $0 00 Work vd. $5.«» We Use the Best Meth ods of Painless Dentistry Atlanta Dental Parlors Cor. Peachtree & Decatur Sts. Entrance 19 1-2 Peachtree St. EISEMAN BROS., Inc. Annual Midsummer Discount Sale News! Clearance Prices in All Departments! Men’s and Young Men’s CLOTHING! Sumptuous line of high-class models. MEN’S and YOUNG MEN’S TWO and THREE-PIECE SUITS. Regular val ues $15—to—$40 Now selling at $11.25 to $30 YOUTHS’ TWO and THREE-PIECE SUITS Regular values $10—to—$25. Now selling at $7.50 to $1S.75 Clothing Specials One very extra Special lot Men’s and Young Men’s Two and Three-Piece Suits; mixtures, light and medium colors. Absolute Values $12.50 to $18 00; CC CA Now selling at One very extra Special lot Men’s and Young Men’s Two and Three-Piece Blue Serge Suits. Absolute Values $12.50 to $18.00; Crt Now selling at I iwU Young Men’s Norfolks One very Special lot Men’s and Young Men’s high-grade NORFOLK Suits; greater number received from the factories within the past 30 days. Absolute Values $20.00 to $25.00; Now selling SI 2.50 Men’s Straw Hats, 1/ price Panamas and Bangkoks ^ Specials in the Furnishing Goods Section MANHATTAN SHIRTS! Madras—Percales—Silks—Silk and Linen. $1.60 to $6.50 values re duced to $1.15—to—$4.15 Other high-class SHIRTS including E. I!. Specials, $1.00 to $5.00 values reduced to 75c—to—$3.65 Main Floor—Left COOL UNDER- / WEAR 50 makes and styles to choose from, Including American Hosiery—Otis— Roxford R. V. D.—Gotham and E. R. Specials. Two-piece garments 50c to $2.00 per garment. Values now 35c—to—$1.50 Per garment. UNION SUITS $1 to $3 values reduced to 75c—to—$2.25 PAJAMAS $1.00 to $8.50 garments now 75c—to—$5.00 NIGHT SHIRTS 50c to $5.00 garments, now 38c—to—$3.00 SILK HOSE All shades—all sizes, $1.00 to $2.50 values, now 65c—to—$1.69 BELTS! 25% Discount NECKWEAR! Silk, Silk Knitted and Washables, 50c values 35c; three for 1.00; $1.00 to $3.00 values uow 65c to $1.85 Odd Trousers Sale! Including White Flannel and Striped Serge. Regular Values $3.00 to $10.00; now selling at — $2.25 to $7.50 Men’s Tennis Blazers! Absolute $6.00 and $7.00 values; Now selling at $2.50 AUTOMOBILE DUSTERS At Half-Price Men’s Skeleton Coats! Men’s Black Sicilian Coats and Blue Sts . 25 % Reduction Main Floor CHILDREN’S DEPARMENT Entire Second Floor BOYS’ CLOTHING. Boys’ Wool Norfolks, fine (flection fan cy mixtures, 25 per cent discount. Boys’Double Breasted Suits, choice range fancy mixtures, 33 1-3 per cent dis count. Extra Special Boys’ Suits—one lot Boys’ Double-Breasted Suits, regular val ues $5 to $10, now $2.70 to $5.00. Boys’ Odd Pants—Fancy mixtures, 25 per cent discount. Boys’ Felt Hats, 25 per cent discount. Boys’ Straw Hats, Half-Price. Boys’ WASH SU1TS-33 1-3 per cent Discount. Boys’ WASH SUITS—One lot slightly storehandled, HALF PRICE. Boys’ BLOUSES—K. & E.—35c—3 for $1.00'. Boys’ Colored Blouses and Shirts. Reg ular 75c to $1.50—values now 60c to $1.15 Boys’ Pajamas—75c to $1.50 values— now 60c to $1.15. Boys’ and Children’s Cool Underwear, 25c to 50c garments—now 15c to 25c. Boys’ and Children’s Genuine K. & E. Rompers—50c to $1.00 values—now 40c to 75c. Eiseman Bros., inc Bargains Throughout the Leather Goods Dept. (Third Floor) \ Fine Footwear! At Clearance Prices Main Floor--Rear Men’s Low-Quarter ShoeR, Bal and Blucher styles. All leathers-—Tan, Black, Patents, etc. Regular $6.50 and $7.00 values, now $5.25 Regular $6.00 values, now $4.75 Regular $5.00 values, now $3.85 Regular $4.00 values, now $3.00 BOYS’ LOW-QUARTER SHOES Regular $3.50 values, now $2.75 Regular $3.00 values, now $2.50 Regular $2.50 values, now $1.95 Regular $2.25 values, now $1.75 Regular $2.00 values, now $1.55 Misses’ and Children’s Low-Quarter Shoes, nature shapes, including Little Juniors, Pla- Matcs and genuine Skrappers, reduced in price practically to cost! Leather Goods Now is the time to buy Trunks, Suit Cases, Traveling Bags and travelers’ leather goods requisites generally. Our stock includes the best makes and most desirable styles. , Third Floor 11-13-15-17 Whitehall