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t ITEARS'rS SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, (JA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1913. CURE TAX EIILS, Atlanta’s Home of Friendless Prepares Exhibit CD CD SUN (I PENS +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +,+ +•+ +,+ , +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•* +•+ +•+ +•+ rinjiT rnn nni/r Display Is Intended for Conservation Exposition ' lul T il III fl M r 11 * Son ? e ° f tbe babies at tb, ‘ Home of the Friendless, photographs of whose activities will make up the exhibit arranged for the Children’s Welfare building 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 L 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 $9,000,000. The site has not yet been I selected. New Cancer Cure Arouses Germany Kaiser’s Subjects Have Cornered Supply of Mesothorium, Found ^ in U. S. and Brazil. BOSTON, Aug. 23.—Mesothorium. the new* cure for cancer, is causing ! great excitement in Germany, accord ing to Dr. F. D. Donoughe, of Bos ton, w’ho has just returned from the Cancer Congress at Brussels and the Medical Congress in London. Ger man towns have subscribed large sums for the purchase of mesotho rium, which is found in Colorado, the Carolinas and Brazil. A rayless product of theyum, it be comes active through transformation I into radio-therum. The price, for merly one-sixth that of radium, re cently has become higher. Hungary and Germany have purchased the supply of mesothorium available until 1915. It is said to be a dependable cure for certain forms of cancer. o DISCOUNT On All BUCK’S Gas Stoves and Ranges Buck’s—the most conven iently" arranged, the most sanitary, and certainly the most economical gas user made—comes in for a tremendous discount this week. They are here—anything from the small stove to the most elaborate range —and all are carrying the same big dis count. Discard your old, worn, smok ing, fuel-consuming cooking machine to-morrow, and let us replace it with one of these modern stoves or ranges. The savings of your fuel bill will soon pay for any BUCK’S you may se lect. ConnectionsFree--$l a Week Buys Your Choice That’s fair enough, isn’t it? We will actually put it in your kitchen—ready to turn on the gas—and you can pay the bill at one dollar per week. Come in to-morrow and take your choice. See our big Mitchell street window display. !© FURN 103-5-7-9-11 Whitehall Street, Corner Mitchell