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ITEARS'rS SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, (JA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1913.
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ULULflllLU^ ^ be National Conservation Exposition, which opens next month in Knoxville.
When the great National Conserve- ties.
tion Exposition is thrown open in
Knoxville next month, there will be
no more interesting feature than the
exhibits in the Children’s Welfare
Building, and in this great structure
there will be no more interesting in
tegral feature than the display of the
work of Atlanta’s Home of the
Friendless.
This exhibit has been prepared by
Mrs. J. 8. Barnwell, superintendent
of the home, and Miss Margaret Bang,
of the Children’s Court, and has been
sent on to Knoxville, where excellent
space for its display has been prom
ised by Miss Julia Lathrop. of the
United States Department of Labor,
who is at the head of this department
of the Conservation Show.
The exhibit consists of photographs
of the activities of the institutions,
and the activities are as many and
varied as one could imagine without
a visit to the Highland avenue home.
The Home of the Friendless tries
to live up to Its name, and it’s doing
it pretty well, for where it sheltered
but 40 little ones four months ago,
there are now more than 90 within
its protecting walls.
Home Not a Reformatory.
The institution is in no sense a
reformatory or a home of the crim
inally inclined children. It is simply
a place of shelter, a place of educa
tion, for children who have nowhere
else to go. who have no one to pro
tect and guide them.
Among the 90 there now’ are many
orphans, little ones left without fa‘-
ther, mother or relatives. Then there
are the little sons and daughters of
widowers, children robbed of their
mothers, whose fathers are unable to
provide them with protection while
they ar e about their daily tasks. Most
of these pay board, and in many cases
the fathers are earnest, hard-working
men.
But then there are other classes.
Many of the children are the sons
or daughters of parents adjudged
morally unfit to bring up their chil
dren. Occasionally a foundling is
brought in. Sometimes there is a
child with a living mother, too ill to
care for the little one.
The Institution is supported by Fuf-
ton County, which pays $1 a week to
ward the support of each ward of the
home. There is also a State fund
while many philanthropic people and
organizations of Atlanta assist in the
support.
In speaking of the work of the in
stitution, Mrs. Barnwell said:
Strive to Give Them Start.
‘Our work does not stop with mere
ly furnishing these little ones with a
w ^ t '\ sU “: p Hnd something to eat.
\N e do this, but in addition, we strive
to givp them a start that will make
them good, useful men and women
when they go out to fight life's bat-
Commissioner Says New Law Is
Step Forward, Correcting Re
grettable Condition.
ADDRESSES “HOME FOLKS”
In Farewell Speech He Says the
Citizen Should Regard Pay
Levy as Investment.
Voicing the opinion that the tax
bill passed by the Legislature is a
step toward relieving conditions In
Georgia that “are regrettable to con
template.’’ Judge John C. Hart, newly
appointed State Tax Commissioner,
In a speech delivered at Greensboro,
Ga., Saturday, declared the effective
refnedy for taxation evils is educa
tion.
Judge Hart's address was made at
a farew’ell meelng of the citizens of
his home town of Greensboro, gath
ered to bid him good-bye as he left
for Atlanta to assume the duties of
his new office.
“To relieve conditions we must ed
ucate the people.” Judge Hart said.
“Let them know that the annual tax
levied for the support of the State is ;
a contribution to a friendly govern
ment, and that the taxes which the
citizen pays are in effect levied by the
people and for the benefit of the peo
ple.
Economic Question.
“The erroneous impression so gen
eral that the State is one thing and
the citizen another, that the one is pictures of Activities Arranged for Children’s
independent of the other, that each ^
can get along without the other, has Welfare Building.
led, as might have been expected,
to results serious and embarrassing
to the State. Conditions exist to-day
in this State which are painful to
contemplate, the result of this heresy.
“Taxation is a political and eco
nomic question. Taxation is a sci
ence, and lies at the very foundation
of organized society. It is the life
Wood of the State. Government de
prived of this function would perish.
Whatever of advance civilization has
made in the past is attributable ’o
the exercise of the function of taxa
tion. and whatever its future progress
may be is essentially dependent upon
to wise system of taxation, fairly and
Justly administered. Since the hope
of the race is wrapped up in organ
ized society, and since organized so
ciety can not exist without some sys
tem of taxation, every member of that
society is vitally interested in the
, subject of taxation.
“We know the problem of taxation
has been a vital question for 6,000
years, and it is not unreasonable 10
say that it will be equally vital 60,000
years hence. The problem will al
ways be with us. It w’ould seem that
a subject so vital, so important, would
receive at the hands of the persons
taxed the rreatest consideration. Yet
people generally have concerned them
selves but little in the study of its
underlying principles.
It Is Not a Popular Theme.
“Taxation has never* been popular.
Our politicians in pressing their claim
for political preferment rarely men
tion the subject, except to assure th“
voter that If elected to office he would
'reduce the burden of taxation.’ And
that is a very catchy phrase. The
average voter of this country looks
upon taxation as a ‘burden’ exacted
of him by an unfriendly government,
and for which he gets nothing in re
turn. Feeling that way toward the
State, the result is he contributes
sparingly and grudgingly of his means
to Its support, and many citizens have
grown absolutely indifferent to the
State’s claims, contributin'' nothing
whatever.
“There is enough property In Geor
gia to-day in the form of invisible
property, consisting of bonds, of
money, of notes, mortgages and like
securities, which has never paid a
cent of tax, to raise, if put upon the
digest where such property rightful
ly belongs. sufficient revenue to pay
off the State’s debt, and In another
year result in reducing the present
tax rate of 6 mills from 2 to 3 mills.
“In other words, it is to the inter
est of every citizen in Georgia to see
that ever> T species of prypertv pays
its just proportion of taxes, it is to
our financial Interest to be honest.
We ought to be honest even when It
costs us something to be honest, but
no man can claim that his mind or
his heart Is right when he argues
that it is preferable to be dishonest a't
a financial sacrifice.
r Citizen Gets Protection.
'We speak of taxes as a burden It
19 only the truth to speak of certain
taves as least as an investment. Take
thv case of the thousand-dollar man.
The state upon an honest return of
his property for taxation could col
lect out of him only $5. w hat does
he get in return 0 First, the State
protects* him in return for his in
vestment in the enjoyment of life
liberty and property. Nor Is this all’.
He may be the father of naif a doz
en children, to whom the State gives
the benefit of an education for from
five to eight months of the year.
What other investment of $5 would
prove so remunerative?
‘“The last Legislature, realizing the
State's financial condition, has made
a start toward relieving It. The bill
which has passed may not be perfect.
Legislation rarely is. Where there
are conflicting view’** of the legisla
tors all legislation is more or less a
compromise. We will, as we proceed
under the new’ act, note Its defects,
remedying them w r here possible, and
administering the law’ In a spirit of
absolute fa'mess. The local assessnrs
to be appointed in the several coun
ties of the State should be men of
the highest type.
Defines Hi« Duties.
“The principal duty of the State
To do this we have to see first of
all that they are physically equip
ped for the fight. Of course, as a
rule, the children w r e have come to us
ill fed, puny, weakened by bad air
and lack of nourishment. We have to
get them right at once.
“All of their little tasks, such as
Ironing and preparing things for the
kitchen, we have done in the open.
The schoolroom is so well supplied
with windows that the pupils are
studying practically outdoors. Sleep
ing porches are provided for those
who have even a suggestion of w’eak
lungs.
“As soon as a child enters here the
teeth are examined. Nearly all ot
them are in need of dental work. This
is promptly given them. We also
have a specialist examine their eyes,
ears, nose and throat. As a result of
this throat examination last week, six
new inmates had th«Jr tonsils re
moved and are now' doing splendidly
Eat Until They’re Filled.
“But above all we insist that they
get plenty of good, wholesome, nour
ishing food. Breakfast is at 7 o’clock,
dinner at noon, and supper at 5
o’clock. There Is no limit set on the
time a child takes at the dining room
table. There Is no limit set on the
nmount eaten. When a child is. in
good health, he or she is allow'ed to
remain in the dining room until ready
to quit.
"Wo have a big play yard and en
courage the children in spending as
much time there as possible, instead
of staying cooped up in the house.
“As a result, they are always ready
for a good, restful sleep when .bed-
time comes, about 7:30 o’clock.
To aid their progress we have men
tal tests made on each child and sep
arate the bright ones from those who
are more dull. In that way the bright
ones go forward rapidly, while the
others, though they learn with less
rapidity, leabn thoroughly.
Wards Change Constantly.
“Occasionally we get a child whose
mind is so deficient that we have to
send him to the State Institution at
Milledgeville. But this is seldom—re
markably seldom, considering the dis
advantages of birth and training that
most of our wards have had in their
earlier life.
"Our ward^ change constantly.
AV henever we can place one in a good
family, we do so. Frequently the
parent who has turned a little one
over to us later is able to care for
him, and. of course, the child is
promptly turned over.
“Some of them are here for but a
few days. Others we have had here
for years. But we try to do the best
possible for them, whether their stay
is brief or long, and we are getttng
splendid co-operation from the people
of Atlanta.”
‘Pounding Party’ Is
Surprise to Pastor
Dr. C. A. Ridley Called From Slum
ber Land by Flock Celebrating
His Fortieth Birthday.
Members of the Central Baptist
Church went their Methodist brethren
one better last week when they “pound
ed” their pastor, Dr. C. A. Ridley, with
everything from Georgia watermelons to
Elberta peaches.
Like most ‘‘poundings.” the Ridley
“pounding” was a “complete surprise;”
in fact, such a surprise that Dr. Ridley
was hauled from his bed where he
was enjoying a much needed rest after
a long lourney from the mountains of
North Carolina, where he spent his va
cation.
The doctor was perfectly willing to be
“pounded,” however, for it was in cele
bration of his fortieth birthday. The
“pounding” was participated in by more
than a hundred persons.
Shoots at Husband;
Claims Self Defense
B. F. O’Shields Arrested After Fight
With Wife, Who Used
Pistol.
Tax Commissioner is to equalize tax
ation amons counties. If one coun
ty should return like property siml-
larly situated nt a lower valuation
than is returned in adjoining coun
ties. to inquire into and see why the
difference. If there Is in fact no rea
son for the lower valuation, then to
raise it to a parity with like proper
ty in the adjoining counties.
••There can be no objection to this.
The rule which requires taxpayers
of the coMnty among themselves to
be fair applies with equal force that
Ule counties should be fair to the
“ !s a fact that in Georgia
there are at least 125 counties draw
ing more money annually from the
State treasury than they pay into
the treasury under the State’s levy
This is mentioned as a fact but
does not carry the implication ’ that
such counties arc getting more than
they are entitled to under the law
nor does it prove that those coun-
tjes which pay into the treasury
the money have done more than their
share. There are local conditions in
counties which make property more
valuable in one than in the other
K ven in a county, propertv of the
same nature may differ in value in
fluenced by environment.
This principle will be recognized
in the administration of the law. It
applies in administering equality be
tween the counties of the State. Land
in some localities in Georgia Is sold
by the acre or lot, and In others It
Is sold by the foot. It is the environ
ment which reflects values and makes
a difference in similar property dif
ferently located.
‘Gospel Stick’
For President
Negro Bishop, a .Confederate Vet
eran. Presents Wilson With Club
Bearing Scriptural Texts.
After a fight with his wife in their
home at No. 55 Tennell street late
Saturday night, in w’hioh he claims
she shot at him, B. F. O’Shields w r as
arrested by Officers Shumate and
Palmer, and is held at police head
quarters on a charge, of disorderly
conduct. The woman was not arrest
ed.
Neither O’Shields or his wife would
tell the police the cause of the trou
ble. O'Shields claimed his wife drew
the revqlver and fired a shot which
burned his shirt, without provoca
tion. ibijv. O’Shields asserted she
fired In self-defense.
Values Time in Suit
At $40,000 an Hour
Washington Girl Seeks Damages for
Being Held Prisoner in
Railway Coach.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Miss El
len Pierce, of this city, has fixed a
valuation of $40,000 an hour on her
time, and accordingly she has brought
suit in the District Supreme Court
against a railroad company for half
that sum. for keeping her locked up
a half hour in the dressing room of a
railroad coach.
A defective lock made her an in
voluntary prisoner for 30 minutes
while she was on her w’ay last fall
to a seashore resort. She claims she
has not recovered yet from the effects
of her detention.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—The
“gospel stick” in the present Admin
istration bids fair to supplant the “big
stick” of a previous White House oc
cupant. President Wilson was the
recipient to-day of a “gospel stick”
made of dogwood and elaborately
carved with his initials and scriptural
quotations from the Rev. C. Clifton
Penwick, a negro bishop who has seen
service among his people in Liberia.
An unusual fact in connection with
Bishop Penwick is that he is a Con
federate veteran, having served as a
member of the Thirty-eighth Virgin
ia Regiment of Pickett’s Division.
WEALTHY TAMPA MAN ENDS
HIS LIFE IN STERLING, ILL.
STERLING, ILL.. Aug. 23 Charles
Hubner. of Tampa, Fla., shot and
killed himself in a hotel here to-day.
He was said to have been de
spondent because Anna Kulogowski
refused to marry him. Hubner came
to Sterling to visit the girl. He was
welathy.
Blyth, Noted Scotch
Organist, in Recital
Rare Musical Treat Promised
lantans In Free Concert at
the Auditorium.
At-
An elaborate program is announced by
the Atlanta Music Festival Association
for the free concert at the Auditorium
Sunday afternoon. E. Seton Blyth. the
Scotcn organist, will In- the soloist.
The concert begins promptly at 4
o’clock, and everybody is invited to be
present.
Mr. Blyth is one of a number of dis
tinguished organists who are being
brought here this fall by the Music Fes
tival Association in an effort to choose
a successor to Dr. Percy J. Starnes
CITY RESERVOIR TURNED
INTO A SWIMMING POOL
CORDELE, Aug. 23.—Those of Cor-
dele who like an occasional dip Into
the water to alleviate the suffering of
the summer heat probably will have
their desires satisfied during this sea
son of next year.'
It is proposed to convert the reser
voir at the old waterworks station
into a swimming pool w’hen the new
plant is constructed.
Man Calmly Hands Baby to Wife
and Uses Pair of Brass
Knucks Effectively.
F. J. Forrest, No. 607 South Ashby
street, and W r . L. Dunkin, No. 14 De-
Soto avenue, Capitol View’, were bad
ly beaten up in a fight with an un
known man at Mitchell and Whitehall
streets Saturday night, after, accord
ing to stories told the police by a
street car conductor named Leach, the
two men had insulted the stranger’s
wife.
Both men were taken to police
headquarters and locked up. For
rest had gashes on the head and un
der the jaw’. Dunkin’s nose was
broken and he had cuts on the head
and face.
According to Leach, who says he
witnessed the fight, Forrest and Dun-
kin were standing on the corner when
the third man and his wife appear
ed. The man carried a baby in his
arms.
“Come on, kid; go with me,” Leach
says one of the two men said, tapping
the woman on the arm.
The man and woman stopped. The
man gave the baby to the woman, and
she stood watching w’hile he calmly
drew a pair of brass kneks from his
pocket, fitted them on his hands and
proceeded to thrash both Forrest and
Dunkin. He escaped before the po
lice arrived.
Apartment Houses
Must Curb Smoke
Inspector Harwell Declares All Have
Had Time to Prepare to
Observe Law.
Smoke Inspector Harwell Saturday
announced that the smoke nuisance law
will be enforced rigidly against all At
lanta apartment houses, the same as
against factories and business houses.
This announcement comes as the re
sult of rumors, which have reached
the ears of the smoke inspector, that a
concerted fight, from certain quarters,
would be waged against the city smoke
law, with the view of having it declared
unconstitutional.
No cases have been made against
apartment houses since the smoke law
first went into effect, but Inspector
Harwell says he considers that the
owners of all such structures have had
sufficient time to remedy their smoke
appliances.
DUBLIN PUTS TIGHT LID
UPON IMMORAL SHOWS
DUBLIN, Aug. 23. This city has put
the lid on tight on shows, both motion
picture and regular theaters, and has
just created and elected a board of
censors, whose duty it shall be to su
pervise the theaters nt the city and
rule out all immoral plays and pictures.
The members of the board were elected
by the City Council Tuesday night last.
SMITH'S PUCE
Promises to Become Treasury
Watchdog and Boost Good
Roads Movement.
Declaring that his candidacy will
be free from prejudice and demagogy,
Hon. Ralph O. Cochran, of Atlanta,
fired the opening gun of his campaign
for Senator Hoke Smith’s seat in the
United States Senate at Clayton, Ra
bun County, Saturday afternoon.
Before a large and receptive audi
ence, Mr. Cochran clearly defined the
issues upon which he will make his
race, declaring that he is placing be
fore the people of Georgia a proposi
tion to elect a business man. He
pledged himself to put his candidacy
up to the voters of Georgia without
frills or deception.
Included in the platform which Mr.
Cochran announced Saturday, and
upon w’hich he says he will make his
race, were: A belief in the neces
sity of economy in State and national
expenditures; opposition to unneces
sary legislation; Federal aid for good
roads throughout the United States;
increased Federal appropriations to
States where agricultural training is
taught, and vigorous exploitation of
the resources of Georgia and the
Southland.
Opposes Heavy Tax Burden.
“I want to put the people of Geor
gia on notice,” declared Mr. Coch
ran, “that if elected to the Senate I
will become in a measure a watchdog
of your treasury. I have long been
convinced that the praetices we are
following of continuously raising
taxes on property, business, corpora
tions and otherwise, should be stop
ped. There is hardly a session of
the Georgia Legislature or a session
of the United States Congress that
some new form of taxing the people"
or else increasing the old forms is not
projected.
“As a matter of fact, unless the in
crease of the burdens of taxation is
halted, taxes will become very op
pressive to the people of this country.
The philosophy of all taxation, ac
cording to my thinking, is that in
stead of the everlasting increase in
the forms of taxing the people and
also the amounts that the revenue of
the State should only increase
through the enhancement of property
valuations.
Favors U. S. Roads Propaganda.
“I want to say that I shall stand
at all times for the cause of good
roads. If we ever expect to have
great systems of roads traversing this
entire country, the National Govern
ment will have to take hold of the
proposition. It strikes me that money
appropriated for this purpose is just
as much within the Constitution of
this country as the right to appro
priate funds to deepen th e waterways
and improve harbors.
“If elected to the United States
Senate, I shall always do my best to
get increased appropriations for the
educational interests of the various
States in the Union where agricul
tural training is taught. I am deep
ly interested in the cause of educa
tion in all its forms. Our public
schools are our greatest institutions.”
F
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Sheppard Declares Failure to
Convict in Alabama Peonage
Case Travesty on Justice.
MONTGOMERY, Aur 23.—Be-
cause a jury to-day reported a mis
trial after two d^s in the case of
Butler Searcy, a prominent Butler
County planter, accused of holding
Wash Gardner, a negro, in peonage,
Federal Judge William B. Sheppard,
of Pensacola, presiding temporarily
over the Federal Court here, repri
manded the Jury in most sensational
terms.
“This a tarvesty on Justice,” he de
clared. “I do not see how any Intel
ligent man, hearing the evidence as it
was presented, could agree to such a
verdict.”
He hinted broadly that the mem
bers of the jury had carried their
prejudices and petty personal differ-*
ences into the Jury room with them.
This, he said in substance, was de
spite the oath they took and the sa
cred obligations to which they sub
jected themselves.
“While we hear much of the cor
rupt judiciary on every hand,” he
said, “do you not think it behooves
every juryman to consider any case
brought before him in an impartial
light and to render his verdict to the
best of his ability, exercising the
functions God gave him to their full
est power? I know that had I given
you my opinion of the case it would
have had little weight on you. I will
give it to you now.
“This man Is guilty of peonage,
deep down in your hearts you are
certain of this fact, but you agree to
disagree.’
After hearing Judge Sheppard’s
scathing rebuke, Searcy, the defend
ant, arose voluntarily and pleaded
guilty to the charge, despite the fact
that two juries heretofore had failed
to reach a verdict in his case.
He was sentenced to three months
in the Montgomery jail.
“Backon
the lob”
again and very quick
ly, too, if you will only
let Hostetter’s Stom
ach Bitters help the
digestion to become
normal, keep the liver
active and the bowels
free from constipation.
These are absolutely
necessary in order to
maintain health. Try
it to-day but be sure it’s
HOSTETTER’S
Stomach Bitters
900-Foot Skyscraper
To Cost $9,000,000
Pan-American States Building, Plan
ned for New York, To Be
Ttllest In World.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—A sky
scraper, whose topmost tower will
rise 900 feet above the curb, is
planned by the Pan-American States
Association. Unless plans miscarry,
it will be built in this city, construct
ed wholly of materials from the Latin
American republics. It w’ill overtow’^r
the Woolworth Building, the world’s
tallest habitable structure. 150 feet
and will be ready for occupancy with
the opening of the Panama-Pacific
Exposition in California In 1915.
Plans and specifications for the
structure have been drafted and will
be given to a building committee of |
the association next Tuesday for re
view and acceptance. Francis H.
Kimball, designer of notable down
town skyscrapers, made the plans. I
The estimated cost of the structure is I
$9,000,000. The site has not yet been I
selected.
New Cancer Cure
Arouses Germany
Kaiser’s Subjects Have Cornered
Supply of Mesothorium, Found ^
in U. S. and Brazil.
BOSTON, Aug. 23.—Mesothorium.
the new* cure for cancer, is causing !
great excitement in Germany, accord
ing to Dr. F. D. Donoughe, of Bos
ton, w’ho has just returned from the
Cancer Congress at Brussels and the
Medical Congress in London. Ger
man towns have subscribed large
sums for the purchase of mesotho
rium, which is found in Colorado, the
Carolinas and Brazil.
A rayless product of theyum, it be
comes active through transformation I
into radio-therum. The price, for
merly one-sixth that of radium, re
cently has become higher. Hungary
and Germany have purchased the
supply of mesothorium available until
1915. It is said to be a dependable
cure for certain forms of cancer.
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Gas Stoves
and Ranges
Buck’s—the most conven
iently" arranged, the most
sanitary, and certainly the
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in for a tremendous discount this week.
They are here—anything from the
small stove to the most elaborate range
—and all are carrying the same big dis
count. Discard your old, worn, smok
ing, fuel-consuming cooking machine
to-morrow, and let us replace it with
one of these modern stoves or ranges.
The savings of your fuel bill will
soon pay for any BUCK’S you may se
lect.
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