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ITRATtST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST "24, 1913. 11 A Document Contains Severe Ar raignment of Custom of Wear ing Jewelry in This Country. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23.—All controversies regarding the disposi tion of the estate of Benjamin Frank lin have been settled by the restora tion of hie will by the manuscript repair department of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The document, recently resurrected from a vault under the City Hall for the purpose of verifying an of fice copy, was found to have dete riorated so much during more than a century of obscurity that it wa? practically Indecipherable. Through the renovating proce^’s to which it was subjected it has regained much of its original freshness and legibil ity, making it possible for every de tail to be understood. In a finely-worded passage he makes disposition of his best cane as follows: "My fine crabtree walking stick with a gold head curiously wrought in the form of the cap of liberty I give to my friend and the friend of mankind. General Washing ton. If It were a scepter, he has mer ited it and would become it. It was a present to me from that excellent woman, Mme. de Forback, the Dow ager Duchess of Deux Ponts.” A small painting of the King of France, presented to him by that monarch, which was mounted In a frame containing <08 diamonus, he bequeathed to his daughter, with the following curious proviso: "The King of France’s picture, set with 408 diamonds to mv daughter. Sarah Bache, on the condition that she is not to form any of the diamonds into ornaments either for herself of daughters, and. therefore, counte nance the expensive, vain and useless fashion of wearing jewels in this country.” TOLD HE'D I Centenarian Walks to Church on Last Birthday and Gives Surr day School Advice. NEWBURGH, N. Y„ Augf. 23,— William T. Osborne, of this city, was 101 years old to-day and he didn’t mind it a bit. Answer to “Old Subscriber,” “Vox Populi,” “Constant Reader” and “Friend of the Paper:” NO, HE NEVER SMOKED OR DRANK. In the spring of 1841—when he was 29—four physicians visited him at dif ferent times to give him some con crete idea of how much longer he was going to adorn the earth. All said he was firmly in the grip of con sumption. Three said he’d be lucky to last more than a few days. The fourth said Osborne didn’t have a chance of picking anything off the next Christmas tree. The four doctors are dead. Five generations gathered at his home to-day. Naturally, he was de lighted. Being a regular communi cant of Trinity Methodist Church, he went there this morning. He wanted to walk, but the temperature made that seem unwise. Before the service he addressed a class in the Sunday school and told the scholars to be clean in their habits, stick on the sprinkling cart and keep up a strong activity in labor. He thinks that if he hadn’t w'orked so hard he would not have taken part in to-day’s party. The old man didn’t dance any jigs to indicate that he was as lively as he used to be, but he gave plenty of evidence that he was around the place. A natural decline in the power of his eyes recently forced him to give up reading but he still writes, can hear well, enjoys walking and has a good memory. He was bom nine miles from New burgh. He ha6 been a farmer, tan ner and storekeeper. His wife Sarah died eleven years ago at the age of 91. Young Engineer Kept From Love by Succession of Revolu tions in Republic. DENVER, Aug. 23.—What chance has a little fellow like the god of love in a mix-up with a big bully like the person who holds down the Job of god of war? The young man is Arthur N. Zwe- tow, a mining engineer employed In Mexico. He and the young woman. Miss Mildred Lowln. have tried to get married five times, to use their own expression, and each time that god of war person has "butted in” and dealt Cupid a knock-out blow. Young Zwetow is in Concepcion del Oro, a mining camp near the*border of the State of Coahulla. Six months ago he wrote his betrothed that he lmd obtained a leave of absence and the wedding halls would ring any time she said. The young woman got her trousseau ready and sot the wed ding day. But the bridegroom did not come. A letter from him said the Federals had started a war, the rail road had quit running, bullets were flying and he had to stay. So it has been for five successive attempts. Girl Chases 8 Cows With Auto; Gets $4 New Jersey Chauffeurette Uses Ma chine to Hustle Bovine Tres passers to Pound. PETERSON, N. J., Aug. 23.—Four dollars of the money Joseph Smith paid for the wanderings of his cows yesterday went into the purso of Miss Minnie DeGray Eight Smith cows entered her gar den and were eating her corn. She chased them in her auto out of the field, across a lot, into the road und a half-mile to the poundmaster’s y;ird. Smith paid $8 for their release. Miss DeGray received half of it. 8111 NITS EVER! INKING CLASS Professors, Trades, Occupations and Even Day Labor Limited to 48 Hours Weekly Work. SALEM, OREO., Aug. 23.—If the uni- vermi eight-hour bill, filed under the Initiative to be voted on at the next general election, should become a law It would revolutionize the industries of the State. The measure Is drafted to apply to every industry, every business or vo cation or profession in the State. No one is to be permitted, under its pro visions. to work for more than eight hours out of nine consecutive hours a day, or more than forty-eight hour* a week. By this law neither manual labor, trades, nor the professions shall be exempted, but every form of labor, skilled or unskilled, as well as every trade and profession, and persons working therein or thereat, shall be Included, in, by and under this law, and the same shall be included, in, by and under this law. within the State or Oregon. The measure provides that the Labor Commissioner must see to the enforcement of its provisions, and if he does not do this immediately It be comes mandatory upon the Governor to remove the Labor Commissioner from office. AGED FATHER THRASHES SON WHO THINKS HIM EASY PREY EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, Aug. 23. When Francis Beaver, 30 years old, charged his father, Henry Beaver, aged 65, with having spokan to an un complimentary tone of the former’s wife, the father resented the imputa tion and soundly thrashed his son. The son. thinking he could easily worst his aged father, began the fight with a hard blow on the elder man's nose. Thoroughly arouoed, Reaver. Sr., then started in and soon the son was lying on the ground with a fractured ankle and a fractured right leg. ANNIVERSARY CLUB MEETS WITH THE SOUTHERN STATES LIFE Leading Life Insurance Agents Hold Conven tion Here—Every Man Produced Over $100,- 000 Worth of Paid For Business in Twelve Months — Interesting Sessions Held. There was a feast of reason, a spar kle of wit and a flow of soul at the brilliant banquet given at the Hotel Ansley last night when the Sixth An nual Convention of the Anniversary Club of the Southern States Life In surance Company brought that gath ering to a close. Over one hundred guests were pres ent. This convention is celebrated oy those members of the agency force of The Southern States Life Insurance Company who produced over $100,000 worth of paid for insurance during the year which ends June 30. This convention had been in ses sion two days, business sessions be ing held in the morning, the after noon and evening being given over to entertainment. Opening Session. The first session of the Conven tion was he** in the assembly room >> > It ’|-m ; ... J. C. WALDEN, SR., President. of the Hotel Ansley on Friday morn ing. The largest attendance in the history of the club was present. President Wilmer L. Moore, of The Southern States Life Insurance Com pany, greeted the club membership in a warm address of welcome, in which he congratulated them upon the J. R. WILLIAMS, Vice President. splendid work jtost closed, and the beginning of the adw year of the An niversary Club, tht? first month of which saw the agents break all pro ducing records. Officers are not elected by the An niversary Club, but'office Is won by th- amount of insurance written. The agent writing the most business Is President, the second man is Vi..•■2 President, the leaders in each State are State Vice Presidents. J. C. Walden, Sr., of Alabama, won the coveted honor of President. J. T. Williams, of South Carolina, was installed as Vice President. Officers Installed. The State Vice Presidents installed were T. Peters, Jr., of Georgia; B. li. Murray, of Florida; H. Clay Smith, uf Alabama', and G. J. McDowell, of South Carolina. In addition to these there were present other mem' rs of this Club who qualifi d for 1912-13; H. N. McAfee, of Georgia, a member for the sixth time; H. Willis Hogg, of Geor gia. a member for the third time; J. T. Weemu. of Georgia, the oldest member of the agency force of the company in point of service, for the sixth time; Fred Hines, of South Car olina, for the fifth time, and L. E. Black, Jr., C. S. Gurr and J. R. Mun- roe. for the first time. Joe W. Vinson, whose absence from the meeting, owing to ill health, was greatly regretted by all present, com pletes his fifth year of membership He also signalized his Intention of making his election for next year sure by not only leading the agency fores in the month of July but by beating his own and all other previous records of written business In any one month, and thereby establishing a high mark for agents to aim at. Brief addresses were delivered to the club by the President and Vice President of the Club. Unanimously Re-elected. Robert F. Moore, Agency Secretar y, was unanimously re-elected Secretary of the Anniversary Club, which po sition he has held with credit since the beginning of the organization. Following the roll call of the An niversary Club badges and certificates wire distributed, after which the firm “Keystone Degree” was conferred. “New Policy” was the subject of an interesting paper by Supervisor of Agents, W. S. McLeod, which was fol lowed by discussion and questions. Agency Secretary Robert F. Moore followed with an interesting paper on “Items of Expense Charged to First Year’s Business—Economy, What it Means to the Agent and the Policy- ROBERT F. MOORE, Secretary. holder.” His paper was followed by discussion and questions. The? photograph ol the Anniversary Club, which appears on Una page, was taken, after which the Club was en tertained at luncheon at the Capital City Cltrb by President Mooi'e. Friday afternoon the Club attended the base ball game and Friday evening occu pied boxes at the Forsyth theater. Concluding Session. The concluding s sidon of' this in teresting convention was held on Sat urday morning, at which time a sym posium of talks entitled “Confidential Chats ‘ With Medical Department,” was participated in by E. M. Veat_*h, Dr. Gaines,W. S. Kendrick and Samuel Bar^it, Actuary. Tills was followed by discussion and questions. “The Company’s Method of Pay ment of Death Claims—Wiir.t It Should Mean to the Supervisor, the Agent, the Company and the Bene ficiary,” was delivered by Supervis »r Frank E. Brodnax. This was fol lowed by a discussion on the analysis of this subject under the following heads: (1) Bankers Agents Contracts. (2) Local Advertisement; (3) Draft on Local Bank, and (4) Follow Up of Prospects from Payment. J. E. McLauchlin, Director of th«» Metropolitan Agency, followed with an interesting talk on “Systematic Following Up of Prospects.” A symposium of actual experiences by all agents came next and the for mal addresses of the Convention we'o concluded with a most interesting ad dress by Hon. Hervey W. I alrd, for mer Assistant Insurance Commis sioner of Alabama, and now Assists, it to President Wilmer L. Moore. Entertained at Luncheon. The Club was entertained at lunch eon at the Hotel Ansley and again at tended the baseball game in the af ternoon. The Banquet at the Hotel Ansley last night was probably the most bril liant gathering held in the history of the Club and the Hotel. Over one hundred guests were en tertained. The colors of the Southern States Life Insurance Company—Red, Blue and White, and the Keystone Arch, the insignia of the Company, till SOUTHERN STATES LIFE INSURANCE CO. Iblo-i-i AiN Ai v Lusaka cl lie . >v •„ ' Va ' • . V/ CELERY MENU GEORGIA CANTALOUPE QUEEN OLIVES CONSOMME FLORENTINE CHEESE STRAWS ALMONDS POMPANO A LA CARONDELET POTATOES ANNA CALVE’S SWEETBREAD ST. CLAIR MOYENS PEAS CHICKEN FILLET, LUCULLUS PEELED ASPARAGUS HOLLANDAISE LETTUCE, RUB RIAN DRESSING BEATEN BISCUIT MOUSSE A LA PARTSIENNE PETITS FOUR CHEESE AND BENT’S CRACKER DEMI TASSE APOLLIN ARTS CIGARS T. PETERS, JR., Georgia Vice President Banquet Menu. B B. MURRAY, Florida Vice President. Hotel Ansley Scene of Wonderful Banquet to Club Last Night— Toasts Were Made by Speaker Burwell, Hon. C. B. Brown, of Ala bama, Hon. W. S. Witham and Clark Howell. Mmgr * HBg Y ' . - ' ■ ■ fif i li, ouum Caronna \ . P. “Success Is Measured by Ambition." He was followed bv Hon. Clark Howell, who responded to the toast, "Civic Duties—Every Man Has H’s Part.” Hon. Cyrus B. Brown, Assistant Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Alabama, lepresented that commonwealth and responded to th* were carried out in tlK flowers, icea and place cards. President Wilm~r L. Moore presided as toastmaster, and introduced the speakers. J. C, Walden, Sr., President of the Club, was the first and his response to the toast, “The Anniversary Club— the Top Rung.” was warmly received. He was followed by J. R. Williams, Vice President, whose subject, “The Southern States Life—Confidence Be gets Loyalty,” was handled In a splendid manner. G. J. McDowell, a member of the Anniversary Club, and a familiar speaker at these banquets, responded to the toast, “The Keystone Degree— An Incentive to Work.” Burwell Responds. Speaker W. H. Burwell, of the Gen eral Assemblv of Georgia, delivered a splendid toast in response to Pres ident Moore’s cordial introduction, on •< • •>. PK. *• . r '-.- • .•JS H CLAY SMITH, Alabama Vloe Pres. toast. “Alabama—Her Part in the Na tion’s Progress.” Hon. W. S. Witham concluded the evening’s gayety with a wonderful poti>ourri when he was presented to his hearers, with the following title for his toast, "A Toast, Like a Text, Is Given to Talk From."