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TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
CABAL TO BLOCK SLATON
TAX ACT IS CHARGED TO
BRYS’ AND REFORM FOES
The “dry” members of the House
of Representatives and those mem
bers who oppose the enactment of tax
reform measures have formed . a
combine to defeat all bills introduced
or favored by Speaker Burwell, be
cause the Speaker ruled that the res
olution of Mr. Kidd, of Baker, order
ing the Temperance Committee to
report the Hixon-Searcy (Webb) bill
back to the House was out of order
Wednesday morning, after Wohlwen-
der. of Muscogee, had held up the
business of the House for an entire
day with a filibuster.
The formation of the combine is
virtually a defiance of Governor John
M. Slaton and a refusal to accede to
his wishes that tax reform measures
and bills putting the taxation sys
tem of the State on a business basio
be passed. It is a dare to the Gov
ernor to veto the House appropriation
bill or call an extra session, both of
which the Governor has said he will
do if the House does not enact tax
reform measures or keep Its appro
priations within the estimated reve
nues of the State.
Plan to Resurrect Bill.
In addition to trying to defeat the
bills of Speaker Burwell and Governor
Slaton, the combine will make every
effort possible to resurrect the Hixon-
Searcy Senate bill from the pigeon
hole to which it has been consigned
by the Temperance Committee. Mr.
Kidd, the apparent author of the res
olution which met such an inglorious
finish Wednesday morning, declared
that he will try to introduce his res
olution at the first opportunity.
"We intend to try in every way
possible to get the bill out of the
committee and before the House at
this session,” said Mr. Kidd. "I in
tend to offer my resolution again, and
if I can not do that we will try to
find some other means of combating
the enemies if the bill. We were not
treated right by the Speaker when he
ruled my resolution out of order. We
are prepared to fight for our rights,
and if the bill can not come up for
the consideration of this House there
are a lot of other measures that will
receive scant consideration at the
hands of the friends of the measure.
Organized Fight on Burwell.
"We intend to defeat every meas
ure offered or favored by Speaker
Burwell or the men who aided in the
defeat of the resolution ordering the
Temperance Committee to report
back the Hixon-Searcy bill. Burwell’s
bills have no chance of passing this
House during the present se.vsion. I
have nothing personally against any
of the Speaker’s bills, but we are
going to get even for the treatment
we got during the consideration of
my resolution and for not being giv
en a chance to pass, or at least at
tempt to pass, the Webb bill that
passed the Senate.”
The combination of the "dry 1 ’
forces and those opposed to tax re
vision was formed the day before the
introduction of Mr. Kidd’s resolution.
Mr. Wohlwender, who started and
carried through a successful filibus
ter, declared Wednesday that the res
olution was drawn up by Barry
Wright, of Floyd County, one of the
prohibition leaders. It was the re
sult of a combination formed at that
time between Mr. Wright and other
temperance leaders and Messrs. Sto-
E
Bullard Bound Over
As Slayer of Spain
WAYCROSS, Aug. 7.—Following a
long hearing before Justice C. H.
Smith, Tom Bullard, 20 years old,
held for the murder of Mack Spain,
near Waycross, a month ago, was
bound over to-day for action by the
Grand Jury. One of the witnesses
testified that Bullard tried to get him
to kill Spain. The defense contended
that the remark was made in fun.
The plea of suicide was not intro
duced but probably will figure iv
Bullard s trial if he is indicted by the
Grand Jury.
THOUSAND GIRLS SEE
POLO GAME AT FORT
Milton Wise,
(left) and *
F. A. Savage,
(right) in
action
vail, of Klbert; Sheppard, of Sum
ter, and other members who havp
consistently opposed tax reform
measures.
Unite Against Tax Reform.
It was agreed, it is generally under
stood. that the enemies of tax reform
were to support the Kidd resolution
on condition that the prohibition
members aid them in their efforts to
prevent the pas.-iage of tax bills. The
idea was this:
If the Hixon-Searcy bill were
brought out from the committee and
consideration of it begun by the
House, it would precipitate a “wet”
and "dry” fight pure and simple. De
bate would naturally wax f?st and
furious, and the members who opposo
tax reform measures figured that the
discussion of the bill would occupy
the time of the House until adjourn
ment, or at least create such a spirit
'of unrest and antagonism that the
ranks of the tax reformers would oe
broken.
Then, when Speaker Burwell ruled
the Kidd resolution out of order on
the grounds that it asked a physical
impossibility of the Temperance Com
mittee, the strength of the combine
was directed against the presiding
officer of the House and his bills,
and the bills of others that he fa
vored, and the bills of the other
members who opposed the resolution
Controls Half of House.
The combine at present controls
probably half the votes cf the House,
and renders impossible the passage
of any measure that requires a two-
thirds vote, and makes exceedingly
difficult the passage of any measure
requiring even a bare majority. Wed
nesday afternoon the combine dis
played strength enough to defeat two
of Speaker Burwell’s bills, both con
stitutional amendments requiring a
two-thirds majority to carry. They
were administration bills, and the
word has been passed among the
members of the House that Governor
Slaton favored them and desired that
they be enacted. Both were over
whelmingly defeated.
The first bill to feel the strength
of the combine was Burwell’s meas
ure submitting to the qualified voters
of the State a proposition to amend
the constitution so that the school
levy of any one year should not ex
ceed 2 1-2 mills, in addition to the
regular school fund provided by the
Constitution.
Two of His Measures Beaten.
Though the Speaker himself took
the floor and explained the purpos *
of the bill—that it was merely one of
a series of bills designed to place
the State on a sound business basis
—the bill was defeated by a vote of
106 to 67, lacking by 17 votes
the necessary two-thirds majority.
The other administration bill, a com
panion bill to the one defeated first,
submitted a proposition that the an
nual levy for pensions should not
exceed 1 1-2 mills. It was defeated,
the vote being 79 to 79. It lacked 44
votes of having a two-thirds ma
jority.
Unless the combine '•an be broken,
the result will be that little or no
legislation of importance will be en
acted during the balance of the ses
sion. It means that the Legislature,
having already attained the name by
doing less than any Legislature in
years, will go down in history as a
Legislature that did absolutely noth
ing of importance.
Want to Live Long?
Tackle Hardships
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 7.—Hardships cause
long life. Lord Strathcona, the "grand
old man of England and Canada,”
who celebrated his 93d birthday yes
terday, declared so to-day.
“No man’s life has been filled with
more hardships than mine,” he de
clared, “and yet I am happy and
healthy and believe that I will live
to be 100. My early experiences in
Canada were filled with the hardest
kind of work, and I have never gone
out of my way to avoid stress, nor
distress, either, for that matter.
Stern Policewoman
Makes Masher Move
On Face and Head. Was Very Dis
figured. Hair Fell Out. Cuticura
Soap and Ointment Cured.
Falmouth, Ky. — “Two years ago I was
troubled with skin and scalp troubles. I
would have pimples that would break out
and form soros on my face and
head with terrible itching.
The eczema on my face and !
head itched and burned and |
when I scratched it, it made j
sores and 1 was very dis
figured for the time being, i
My head became so sore I
could not touch it with a
comb; it became a mass of
sores. My hair fell out gradually.
"After trying several remedies without
much benefit a friend that had been cured
by Cuticura Soap and Ointment told me
and I decided to try them. I was afflicted
about a year before I used Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and after using them three
weeks I was getting better and in less than
three months, after using eight cakes of
Cuticura Soap and five boxes of Cuticura
Ointment. I was completely cured of ecee-
ma.” (Signed) Frank Yastine, Dec. 12,
1912.
If you wish a skin clear of pimples, black
heads and other annoying eruptions, hands
soft and white, hair live and glossy, and
scalp free from dandruff and itching, begin
to-day the regular use of Cuticura Soap for
the toilet, bath and shampoo, assisted by
occasional light applications of Cuticura
Ointment. No other method Is so agreeable
or economical. Sold everywhere. Sample
of each mailed free, with 32-p. book. Ad
dress post-card " Cuticura.Dept. T. Boston.’’
<^*Men who shave and shampoo with Cu
ticura Soap will find it best for skin and scalp.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.—"Policeman”
Alice Clements, one of the ten newly
appointed women police officers, to
day reported the first police duty any
of the ten have performed. She
drove a "masher” from a street cor
ner where he was annoying passing
women and girls.
Display of her police star and a
threat to arrest him if he did not
obey her order to move on were suf
ficient to urge the man from the cor
ner.
Bulgars Prepare
To Turn on Turks
oecial Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BUCHAREST, Aug. 7.—A third
war is imminent in the Balkans, ac
cording to a report which was cur
rent here to-day during the final
tages of the peace conference. A
degram from Sofia intimated
-trongly that Bulgaria would inde
pendently declare war on Turkey
after her army is relieved of present
operations against her former allies.
Dreams He's in War
And Shoots Himself
WARREN, OHIO. Aug. 7.—While
dreaming about a Balkan war battle,
witnessed in a moving picture thea
ter early in the evening. William H.
Grace early to-day reached under his
pillow, secured his loaded revolver
and shot and killed himself.
Mrs. Grace said her husband had
been muttering in his sleep about the
Balkan war.
HELP DENIED 10
TEICHEHSIT
House Defeats Measure Provid
ing Election on Special Levy
to Pay Tutors.
Deaf to the appeals of the country
schoolteachers of the State, who have
not been paid one cent for more than
six months, the Georgia House of
Representatives on Thursday morn
ing overwhelmingly defeated a con
stitutional amendment submitting to
the voters of the State a proposition
for a special tax levy of 1 mill in
1915 and* 1 -2 mill in 1916.
The revenue derived from both
levies was to be added to the common
school fund, and would, advocates ot
the bill claim, have relieved condi
tions that exist at present unde*
which the State has permitted its
schoolteachers to go unpaid.
The vote was: Ayes, 70; nays, 9y.
It lacked 53 votes of receiving the
requisite two-thirds majority.
Called Slap at Slaton.
Besides being a denial of the re
quest of the schoolteachers that they
be paid what is due them, the action
of the House in defeating the con
stitutional amendment is construed as
a direct slap at Governor Slaton, in
asmuch as the additional tax levy is
advocated in his platform, and he has
made a special request that the bil'.
be passed, allowing the people to de
cide whether the teachers shall be
paid.
The House by its action put itself
on record as being opposed to any
measure that will provide for the pay
ment of the teachers.
The defeat of the Governor’s con
stitutional amendment Thursday was
accomplished by the same combine
that defeated his two bills Wednes
day afternoon and which has declared
it will fight to the bitter end all ef
forts to pass measures favored by
Speaker Burwell and the Governor.
Hardeman Leads Foes.
The fight against the bill was led
by Hardeman, of Jefferson, who de
clared he was opposed to it because il
raised the limit of taxation. Among
those who spoke in favor of the bill
were Kullbright, of Burke County;
Gower, of Crisp; Wall, of Elbert; Mc-
Michael, of Marion; Wimberly, oi
Bibb, and Wheatley, of Sumter.
Prior to the defeai of his constitu
tional amendment bill Governor Sla
ton secured the enactment of the first
of his measures that the Legislature
has seen fit to pass. It was the in
heritance tax bill, providing for tax
ation of legacies ranging from 1 per
cent on $5,000 to 6 per cent on $1,000,-
000. The vote was 135 to 13. An
amendment proposd by Greene, of
Houston, that all inheritances of
whatever amount be taxed was lost.
The House aNo passed a resolu
tion authorizing the Governor to bor
row any amount up to $500,000 nec
essary to supply the deficit in the
State’s revenues. The vote was 113
to 0.
TRUE IS CALLED
GREAT POWER
T
Dixie Merchants Hear Stirring
Addresses—Organization and
Advertising Emphasized.
‘13’Is Happy Omen to
Miss Wilson as Bride
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Lovers of
the mystic have discovered the letters
in the name of Miss Jessie Wilson’s
fiance, Francis B. Sayre, number
thirteen. Therefore, Miss Wilson will
not only be the daughter of th*
“Lucky Thirteen President,” and the
thirteenth White House bride, but
have asa husband a man about whose
career thirteen appears an alluring
halo.
Washington society hopes the wed
ding will take place November 13.
It may be stated Miss Wilson will not
have thirteen bridesmaids.
Atlanta Team Defeats Soldiers by; Shiny Berlin Streets
Score of 2 to 1 in First Match j Amaze U. S, Tourists
of Sport De Luxe.
118 and 120
Whitehall
Cash Grocery Co.
EGGS, doz. . . 15c
LEMONS, doz. 12'c
5 pounds Granulated Sugar. . 25c
100 pounds Granulated Sugar $4.79
30c Wesson Oil 24c
No. 10 Cottolene $1.15
No. 10 Silver Leaf Lard $1.39
No. 4 Snowdrift. 44c
Winner Milk, can, 10c; doz. . $1.19
Meadow Gold Butter 33c
40c Coffee, pound 28c
Eagle Milk. 7 cans for $1.00
Discount to Dealers in quantities.
Cash Grocery Co.,
11S
Whitehall
With nearly 1.000 pretty girls look
ing on and applauding, polo, the gam**
de luxe of society, was given ttfl At
lanta premiere at Fort McPherson
Wednesday afternoon, and Thursday
it was the all-absorbing topic of con
versation among the society folk, es
pecially the younger ones, who were
thrilled with the riding and dash of
the players.
The crowd that saw the Atlanta
team defeat the Fort McPherson team,
2 to 1, was one of the largest that
has* ever been on the parade grounds
at the army post. Scores of auto
mobiles linen the sides of the playing
field, and a tally-ho filled with hila
rious young people added color and
gayety to the scene.
The preliminaries*, a tug of war on
horses and wrestling on horseback,
thrilled the spectators. Eight pri
vates, four on a side, engaged in the
tug of war. No saddles* were used.
Private Veotick, Todd. Purdue and
Houston dragged Privates Flynn,
Williams. Pryde and Reynolds from
their horses three times in succes
sion.
Wrestling Bouts Exciting.
The same men engaged in the
wrestling on horseback. The con
test between Todd and Reynolds was
long and strenuous. Purdue and
Flynn were evenly matched and It
was nip and tuck all the way through.
The match between George Veotick
and John Pryle was applauded warm
ly. Pryle finally threw his adver
sary. At one time their horses gal
loped the entire length of the field
while the wrestlers struggled.
Owing to some misunderstanding,
four of the polo contestants failed to
appear and the game was called at
4:3ft with two men on a Hide instead
of four. J. O. Seamon and F. A. Sav
age represented Atlanta, while T. C.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, Aug. 7.—American tour
ists here have succumbed to the
cleanliness of Berlin, which they be
lieve is unsurpassed.
“When I rode over the asphalt
pavements the night I arrived,” said
one to-day, “I thought they were
glass, so shiny and smoth were they.”
The visitors also are Impressed
with the power-driven street cleaners,
which flush and then wine the streets,
making them as clean as a kitchen
floor.
Smokes in Dynamite
Warehonse-That’s All
OSYKA. MISS., Aug. 7.—The entire
town of Osyka was shaken, Sid Tay
lor, 18 years old, was blown to pieces
and three other persons were hurt by
the explosion of 200 pounds of dyna
mite to-day.
Taylor entered a warehouse with a
lighted cigarette in his mouth. One
of his legs was found nearly a quar
ter of a mile away.
Busine«»s is a developer of charac
ter; business Is a science; the great
rewards of the future are for busi
ness men, and to them the world must
look for the economic development
which shall eradicate poverty, dis
ease and crime.
These are tile message.*-* given by the
speakers at the Southern Merchants’
Convention Thursday.
It was the second day’s session and
Wednesday was a holiday for the del.
egates. Thursday night, at the
Piedmont Driving Club, a reception
will be held, the delegates* going out
in special cars which leave ffom the
Equitable Building.
There will be another meeting Fri
day at which store management will |
be the theme. %
Delegates are in Atlanta from Geor
gia. the Carolina®, Alabama and
Florida. Key West men are the
"travelers” of the gathering, having
come the greatest * 1 is*.• n.•.-
Commerce Builds Character.
W . \\ . Orr. the first Mpeal^pr on
Thursday, lauded commerce as the
means of developing the highest type
of character and the keenest intel
lect. He cited Marshall Field. Harry
Selfridge, John Wanamaker and
John B. Stetson as examples, and wno
gave generously of their time, monev
and thought for aiding the uplift of
their employees. He said:
“Marshall Field turned out fourteen
junior partners as mlllionaries. Self
ridge employs lft.ftftft persons who es
teem it a privilege to be allowed to
work under the ideal conditions he
has created. Wanamaker conducts
a school for boys and girls, and make*!
their promotion dependent on school
progress as well as efficient work in
his store."
Norman Johnson, editor of a Vir
ginia trade publication, declared the
merchant to-day must study his busi-
nens closer than ever before. He
urged organization extension.
He has no sympathy for the mer
chant who wails about the inroads of
the catalogue houses.
“If you would climb down off the
dry goods box, stop whittling, and go
after business with good, hot letters,
you would get the trade the mail order
bouses now get. You can under
sell them.” he asserted.
Emphasize Need of Advertis'nq.
He spoke of the growth of Jobbing
in the South giving as an instance
the increase in the number /of dry
goods wholesalers from 26 to 105 in
twenty years.
W. P. Riley, of Evergreen, Ala.,
talked about combating the catalogu *
houses.
Paul T. Harbor, of Commerce. Ga
editor of a newspaper, took “Aggres
sive Advertising” as his theme.
J. H. McGhee, of Lawrenceville. Ga.
led the “Open Parliament” discussion.
“Advertising is an absolute essen
tial to the local merchant.” he de-
clored. “We must turn trade from
the mail order houses back to the
local dealer through the greatest ad
vertising campaign the country ever
has seen.”
Fleet ‘Takes' Brest
France's ‘Gibraltar'
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Aug. 7.—The French Gov
ernment was thrown into consterna
tion to-day by the unprecedented feat
of a submarine flotilla in penetrat
ing the supposed impregnable harbor
at Brest.
The fleet crawled through the water i
under the very guns of the great
forts guarding the approach to the
harbor and despite the use of every
scientific device known to modern
warfare, got through undetected.
He Has Some New Ideas and
Wants a Heart - to - Heart
Talk With You.
Miller and Milton Wise represented
Fort McPherson. After ten minutes
of strenuous play the Atlanta team
succeeded in driving the ball through
the fort goal twice in quick succes
sion. Not long afterward Milton Wise
scored for the Fort.
More Matches Are Planned.
Dr. John A. McLeay, who refereed
the game, stated that the exhibition
was merely for the purpose of giving
Atlanta a mmple of what real polo
would be like.
"The players are a little out of
practice,” said he, “but after the new
ness wears off should be able to give
a better account of themselves.”
No admission was charged, as this
is against the law when Governmen:
property is used. It Is expected that
more games will be arranged.
Abstainers Pray for
Aid in FightingDrink
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 7.—With a
solemn high mass celebrated in »the y
cathedral by Bishop McCort, »he na
tional convention of the Catholic To
tal Abstinence Union of America was
opened here.
The scene was an impressive and
significant one as the total abstainers
knelt to ask a blessing upon their
work in spreading the gospel of total
abstinence from strong drink and
combating the curse of drunkenness.
SEVERE QUAKE RECORDED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. — The
Georgetown University observatory
announced to-day that a severe
earthquake shock was recorded there
last night. It is estimated to have
been about 4,000 miles from Wash
ington.
Contestants, take notice.
The want ad man wants to see you
to-morrow or Saturday sure. He
wants a heart-to-heart talk with you.
He can give you some new ideas
which will help you win.
The fourth floor of the Foote & Da
vies Building, Edgowood avenue and
North Pryor street, has been engaged
for the want ad contest offices. The
want ad man Is there from 8 a. m.
to 5 p. m. every day. On Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays he will be
in his office until 8 o’clock at night.
The contest is going to be a big
thing. Every contestant already en
tered has an even chance to win. New
contestants can still enter and get a
good start. But it should not be de
layed.
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Rich’s Economy Basement
White Canvas
Pumps, One
Straps and
Lace Oxfords
A remnant of
3 styles
for merly
selling for
$3 and $2.50
Slippers
Children
NEGRO BOY THIEF CAUGHT.
Two negro boys were seen robbing
a saloon at No. 230 Decatur street early
Thursday. The police made a quick
run to the saloon and caught Jim
Thomas, 14, at the back door. The
other boy. who was acting as "look
out,” escaped.
GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS,
DAINTY AND CHARMING,
AT THE BONITA THEATER
If you care for pretty girls w’ho
can sing and dance, who are
dreftsed in bright, new costumes,
comedians who will make you
laugh until your sides ache, music
that will make you pat your feet
and sway your body in unison, go
to the Bonita and you will rid
yourself of that grouch ahd come
away smiling.
White Canvas,
Gun Met
al and
Patent.
Broken
sizes,
but
i note the
prices.
Sizes 1 to 5.
85c values ..
Sizes 5 to 8.
$1.£5 values 85c
Sizes 8 to 11.
$1.75 values 95c
RICH’S
65c
} ECONOMY BASEMENT §
WANTED--TO RENT
Bungalow With 3 Bedrooms
New family arriving in Atlanta desires to
rent modern Bungalow with all modern con
veniences and in pleasant part of Atlanta.
If you have this, kindly phone
West 639-L
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 30, 1913, of the condition of the
Southern States Mutual Life Insurance Go,
OF CHARLESTON,
Organized under the laws of the State of West Virginia, made to the
Governor of the State of Georgia in pursuance to the laws of said State.
Principal Office—Corner Capitol and Lee streets.
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
Amount of capital stock $250,000.00
Amount of capital stock paid up In cash 250,000.00
Amount in notes of the stockholders 35,372.00—$250,000.00
These notes are secured as follows: Fully secured by ade
quate collateral of market value of $58,350.
II. ASSETS.
Total assets $736,194.68
Ml. LIABILITIES.
Total liabilities $736,194.68
IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1913.
Total income $108,527.47
V DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1913.
Total disbursements $ 73,158.04
Greatest amount of Insurance retained $ 10.000.00
Total amount of insurance outstanding 6.352,473.50
A < opy of the act of incorporation, duly certified, is of file in the
office of the Insurance Commissioner.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA—County of Kanawha.
Personally appeared before the undersigned John C. Riheldoffer, who,
being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the secretary of the
Southern States Mutual Life Insurance Company, and that the foregoing
statement is correct and true. JOHN C. RIHELDOFFER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of August, 1913.
1VARRRN.il. ORCUTT.
Notary Public, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co.
Two Events of Interest in This Store
for Friday and Saturday---
A Sale of Corsets
A Sale of Undermuslins
A timely sale for young women just now beginning to
plan their wardrobe for going away to school.
Prices are much less than ordinarily, and there is a
brand-new supply of beautiful muslins from which you
may choose Friday and the half day Saturday at this
special price.
The Corsets are new, not a collection of “odds and
ends” or “left-overs”—good models and stylish—long
hips, low and medium busts—a few high busts for those
who prefer them. All sizes—18 to 36.
But note the prices:
$1.00 for Regular $3.00 Corsets
$2.98 for Regular $5.00 Corsets
The Muslin Underwear
02.50 Gowns at . . . $1.98
02.50 Petticoats at . . $1.98
$2.50 Combinations at $1.98
$2.50 Princess Slips at $1.98