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■ f 6 A TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. GA.. SI NDAY. AUUUST It), lnm IT RENT FIR Heiress on Lone Hunt for Gold Seeks Mine Grandfather Found TO GIVE KNIGHTS *!* • m b • *1* Plans to Do Own Prospecting Recorder Wood, “People's Candi date,” Denounces Opponent as Champion of Interests. BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 9.—Clement R. Wood and George B. Ward are engaged In the moat spectacular cam paign for President of the Commis sion of Birmingham ever waged In this city. Wood, a* the "candidate of the peo ple,” Is making many and varied charges against the political element supporting his opponent, Mr. Ward. He chargee that he (Wood) was re moved Recorder by the Commis sion for sending one of their friends to the atockade and insisting on his serving his time, ns he did In simi lar caaes. He also charges that Ward repre sents the Birmingham Railway, Idght and Power Company and the Bir mingham Loan and Discount Com pany. He charges that the manag ing editor of one of Birmingham's afternoon papers was forced out of the race under penalty of losing his position on the paper. He claims that many other pros pective candidates have been elimi nated from the race by the powerful hand of the interests, and calls on the "common people" to assert them selves in the defeat of Ward. Ward claims that Wood was dis couraged bv the Commission because of incompetency, and makes many other charges and insinuations in his speeches and newspaper cards. Meetings are being held almost every night, and music from brass hands and the orations of the spell- Miss Franks Leighton, an heiress of California, who is pros pecting through a section of the Sierra Madre Mountains in search of a gold mine which she believes her grandfather, a “Forty-niner,” discovered, but never made known. Recently she heard of the reported “tind” and, securing a miner’s outfit ,sta- ed alone on the perilous trip through the mountainous wilds in search of it. binders are to be heard on every corner. It is impossible to get a complete Jine-up, but It can be said with cer tainty that the race, will be close, and that the result will be known only after every vote has been count ed. Thousands of Templars Pour Into City, Which Is Lavishly Dec orated for Conclave. Secretary of the Interior Has Begun Long Battle on Land Grabbers. WOMEN BUY LAND ONE- THIRD CHEAPER THAN MEN KANSAS CITY, Aug, 9. After hearing from women of the Council of Clubs the Finance Committee of the upper house of the Council has killed the ordinance to advance $1,000 of the $12,000 set apart for the pur pose of making a start on the con templated women's reformatory at B a eds. U developed that the $1,000 had been asked by the Board of Public Welfare as a first payment on thir teen acres of ground it proposed to buy at Leeds at $500 an acre. The women made fun of the busi ness abilities of the Welfare Board, jind said that they had already .‘•e- eured an option on 96 acres close by the thirteen at $171 an acre DENVER, Aug. 9.—Thousands of Knights Templar are already here for the thirty-second triennial convention, and it Is estimated that when the convention formally opens Tuesday next more than 100,000 Knights and their friends will have arrived. All buildings are decorated In honor of the Knights, as are private dwell ings. The municipal and other public buildings have been elaborately orna mented and great arches have been built over many of the streets. Thou sands have been spent upon decora tions and illumination. Denver has spent more than fifteen times as much on Its plans for the Knights Templar than It ever before expended upon any one convention. 8un to Shine All Nlqht. At Eighteenth and Champa streets the huge figure of a Knight more than 60 feet In height ha« been erected. A searchlight will play upon It all night. At Fourteenth and Champa streets a "Colorado Sunset," a marvelous elec trical display, has been built. It shows the sun sinking below the rim of the mountains. Twenty monster search lights are placed behind the "sun,” throwing their rays into the sky to re semble the rays of the sinking sun. Over the Isle of Safety at Broad way and Sixteenth street, a reproduc tion of the Church of the Holy Se pulcher In Jerusalem will astonish the visitors. It measures 50 by 60 feet, and Is lighted by searchlights on the tops of nearby buildings. Every arrangement possible has been made by the railroads to bring the Knights and their friends into Denver. More special trains will en ter Denver than entered Washington in the same space of time for the inauguration. The Pullman Company has reserved large space of ground on the outskirts of the city for a "Car City,” where the special cars and spe cial trains will be parked, and where those Knights who so wish may live in the cars. Sanitary arrangements will be perfect. Stores of various kinds for the convenience of the car dwellers have been established. Two trainloads of automobiles from New York, sent here by New York Knights, have already arrived, and carloads of automobiles from other cities are arriving daily. These have also been parked on the outskirts of the city. More than 500 special trains and cars have already arrived. Ac cording to the railroad schedules, when the visitors really commence to flock in a special train will arrive ev ery eight minutes for forty-eight hours. Every State Represented. From August 1 to to-day more than 2.000 automobiles reached this city. More *than 1,000 other cars are on their way here. The delegates to the convention are from every State in the Union, and from Alaska, Hono lulu, Philippines, Canada, England, Scotland and Ireland. As the special trains began to ar rive, some 2.000 Colorado Knights ranged themselves at the station to escort the new arrivals safely to their hotels Every hotel room In Denver has been rented. On Tuesday next the vrand parade will be held. More than 50.000 Knights will be in line. Their white plumes, costing $15 each, will altogether be worth $600,000. The regalia of the Knights on parade will be worth more than $1,000,000. Sixty-five bands will march, with the Knights, the fees to the bands alone amounting to $22,- 000. Some 600 Knights’ commanders will be mounted on picked horses from the ranches of Colorado and Wyoming. Miss Frances Leighton Shows Same Intrepid Spirit of the Argonauts of '49. SHAMPOO YOURSELF With omcuKA 50AP Tonight rub your scalp lightly with Cuticura Ointment. In the morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap. These emollients do much for dry, thin and hair, dandruff and itching scalps, and do it speedily, agreeably and economically. \ trip a:i(! OhitmPDt mV 1 thr'“iK*'out tb. * * Liberal sample of each mailed free, wltb ample of >k. Addrmii* • i Jutieum.‘' Dept. 7G. Boston, n who shave and shampoo with Cuticura i bud It best for jaA and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9—With the name dauntless spirit exhibited by her grnndfather during the Cali fornia gold rush of ’49, Miss Frances Leighton, one of the wealthiest and most prominent socially of the younger generation of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco, is on a prospecting tour through the Sierra Madre Mountains to-day in search of a gold mine she had learned her grandfather discovered but never developed. For many months Miss Leighton planned the prospecting tour before leaving to carry it out. Topograph ical bureaus supplied her with maps of the mountainous territory through which she planned to make her tour und several veterans of the gold stampede not only advised her against the foolhardiness of the prospective journey, but told her that there waa one chance In a thousand of ever greeting civilization again if she lost herself in several untraveled sec tions of the mountain region that as yet have never been thoroughly ex plored. Nevertheless. Miss Leighton had great confidence in the belief that her grandfather did find the mine some where in the mountain fastness and she determined to find it, if it did exist, at any cost and without taking into consideration the hardships that confront her. Miss I^eighton, according to reports which have reaohed her hpme town, is to-day prospecting at or near the West Fork Canyon, twelve miles be yond Mount Wilson. Grandfather Killed. Her grandfather, John Easton, was one of the first of the thousands of New Englanders to reach California, after a perilous journey across the prairies following the report of the discovery of gold in that State. Soon after reaching San Francisco, ho loft with his wife and daughter and a partner and established a camp at Sierra Madre. Easton left the camp one day on a prospecting tour and never returned. Three days later his partner went out to search for him. He was found crushed to death by falling rock. Before his death, however, ho man aged >v draw roughly on a piece of paper what is now believed to be the location of the mine his intrepid young granddaughter Is searching for. Miss Leighton some years ago re ceived a letter from her grandfather's former partner containing the piece of paper on which he had drawn the outline of the supposed mine. It was on receipt of this letter and diagram that Miss Leighton planned to go in search of the hidden gold. After months of careful study of the many maps, topographical bu reau reports and advice from old-time miners, Miss Leighton treated her self to a complete miner’s outfit and started on her tedious journey up the mountain. To Work Alone. She will do the entire work alone, staking her ow n camp, preparing her meals, making surveys and using the pick and shovel whenever she be lieves she has struck the right trail. Her outfit includes several changes | of clothes, a heavy pick and shovel, I a mountain mule, or pack animal as ! they are called in that section of the country, a complete dining and cook ing outfit, a pack of playing cards which will afford her her only amuse ment v htle practically a prisoner In the wilds, nt^dles, thread and many other useful and necessary articles. She wears most all the time a pair of regulation top trousers, similar to riding breeches, with canvas leggings and a plain but heavy mountain shirt. KANSAS SHERIFF RETALIATES FOR HIS ARREST ON SUNDAY HUTCHINSON, KANS., Aug. 9.— Following his arrest on a charge of violating the Sunday labor ordinance, Koon C. Beck, sheriff of Reno Coun tv. announced thAt he would stop all Sunday labor In this city. He swore out complaints against 350 persons who work on Sunday, in cluding all street car employees. Reck and a brother are proprietors of in amusement park ind shows have been given there on Sunday. Local minis ters and church members made the complaint against the park. the Interior Franklin K. Lane has started a little war on the land grab bers west of the Mississippi River. He has taken up the cudgels jt the farmer and the homesteader in the great West. His efforts in this direction materially effect the pocket- book of every man, women and chili. Incidentally, he is "bucking” the land speculator. These land "grab bers” have quietly been acquiring vast tracts of land in the West on which the people of the United States have spent over $75,000,000 in irriga tion projects. The homesteader has either been ousted through excessive water rate charges or becomes a ten ant of the land companies. Speculators Hold Land. Secretary Lane finds that the projects were planned for the pur pose of aiding the small farmer in tilling his ground, but that In reality 95 per cent of the land Is held by speculators, who are charging exces sive rates for water which hfts been shiiced to the land by the Govern ment. The other 5 per cent of the acre age is owned by the small farmer, but even Government water rates art held by Mr. Lane to be excessively high. Building notes for dam canil and sluice wavs add to the cost of upkeep of the farm and conditions, Westerners say, are becoming intoler able. By going Into the question from the very first, day that he entered his office, Mr. Lane has become inti mately acquainted with conditions obtaining in the West. Daily con ferences have been had with delega tions from the West. Even the land speculator had his day in court, and his contentions and views were plac'd before the Secretary . Farmer Needs Help. In this connection Mr. Lane an nounced: "I am for the farmer, first, last and at all times. Naturally han dicapped by lack of sufficient funds to carry on expensive farming under the conditions that obtain in the West, the farmer must receive sup port and co-operation from the Gov ernment, if the great West is to be settled and made to be as produc tive as the East. "Expensive water will ruin the small farmers and ranchmen. Th'\y must have cheap rates and long-tim° notes, the Government must back them up an extend them credit, helping them over the rough places if necessary, if the various projects designed to benefit the whole people are to accomplish the purposes for which they were constructed. "Why should this Government spend $75,000.00' for the benefit of private capital? Why should the Gov ernment adopt a hard and fast policy, such ns has existed in the past, whi h has kept the small farmer from going into the new regions and taking up Government land? Isn’t it time for the United States to extend to th** Westerners a little paternal patience, a little more consideration, a helping hand?” NEW SECURITIES LISTED. NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—The Stock Exchange has admitted to the list Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway $1,134,200 additional capital stock, and has stricken from the list Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis fully paid subscription receipts for capital stock tis well as Mobile ani Ohio Railroad and St. Louis and Cairo collateral 4 per cent bonds, due 1930. TRIES BANANAS IN FLORIDA. ARCH CREEK, FLA.. Aug. 9.— George W. Oden will experiment on banana culture in this county. The numerous demonstrations and experi ments in Dade County have been very successful and Mr. Oden is pretty well satisfied that banahas will do well here. POPULAR EXCUR SION TO WRIGHTS- VILLE BEACH. $6 round trip; six days; Satur day. August 23. Special train, sleepers and coaches. Leave 6 p. m. Make reservations early. SEABOARD. If the gold mine really exists, every one of the young woman’s friends believe that she will not return until it has been found. U. S. EDUCATION EXPERT SAYS ILLITERACY GROWS BOULDER. COLO., Aug. 9—That in only two States of the Union has the Ideal democracy in education been even approximated; that every year in the United States almost 70,000 illiterates are sent out into the world to make their way; that there are in the country to-day 5,615.000 person? over the age of ten who can ne'ther read not write and that almost 50 per cent of the rural teachers of the country have not had a high school education, were anumg the startling statements made by United States Commissioner of Education Claxtou in an address on "Democracy and Education.” NATIONAL.^ Conservation EXPOSITION KNOXVILLE TENN sept. i st (° . Nov. I s1 1S83 LOW RATES ON ALL RAILROADS SOUTHERN RAILWAY PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH Offers through and local TRAIN SERVICE, SLEEPING CARS DINING CARS For fares, reservations and other information, write: Jno. L. Meek, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. R. L. Baylor, D. P A, Atlanta, Ga MEN AND RELIGION No. 73 CHILDREN OF GEORGIA “AND THEY ALL WITH ONE CONSENT BEGAN TO MAKE EXCUSE.” Luke 14:18. p They were at dinner. \ . S, Jesus said: "When thou makest a feast, call the.poor, the maimed, s the lame, the blind, 7 "And thou shalt be blessed.” T One at the table pretended to be-in sympathy. He began;smugly: f \ "Happy is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!” s ’ r The hypocrisy of the man and all.others.like him was** unmasked in the answer made by Jesus. He said: i i > f • * (( h "A certain man made a great supper’and bade many— "And they all with one consent began to, make excuse.” One said one thing, another another. 4 , . i With one it was a field; with another it?was new oxen. } In the end, the Lord said: - ' f >' "None of those men which were biddemshall taste of my supper.” And from the highways and the hedges called He His guests. Are you a maker of hypocritcal phrases as was the man at the Phari see’s dinner table—pretending a love for that which is just and right? Or, to-day, are you trying to do.the will, not of man or men, but of Him who died for you? £ • Let us have done with excuses! T * While spending thousands on fields, hogs and cattle, say not: "We are unable— * r •. "We can not give proper care to these girls— F r "These children must go down in,shame because of our lack of money— I "But our beasts we must protect=whatever the cost.” If animals are more valuable than /girls, let us say frankly: but you know that this is untrue. You know what Georgia would do. Consider, then I The Bill in the House providing a Reformatory for Girls is No. 4 ahead of any other measure appropriating money. The Penitentiary Committee has approved it. 7 : > Unanimously the Appropriations Committee has recommended that it pass. Why, then, should beasts and fields be provided for by later bills and nothing done for Georgia’s wayward and delinquent girls? BURWELL of Hancock, the Speaker of the House, the Chairman and the vice-chairman, BLACKBURN of Fulton, HARDEMAN of Jef ferson, MILLER of Bibb, NUNNALLY of Floyd, PAULK of Berrien, RAGLAND of Talbot, REDWINE of Fayette, RHODES of Clarke, SHUPTRINE of Chatham and SL ADE of Muscogee constitute the Rules Committee of the House. The Bill is in their hands. Monday is the final day in which the measure can be heard and en acted into law at this session of the Legislature. These eleven men, THE RULES COMMITTEE, will not prevent a hearing, say their friends. We believe that they will do more, that they will help to pass the Bill. For they know the worth of a girl-child of ten to fourteen. And they can appraise a cow or hog. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE MEN AND RELIGION FORWARD MOVEMENT