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POSTOFFICE
McKee’s Successor Asserts Strict
Business Basis Will Rule—Ef
ficient Employees to Remain.
Declaring that there wil Ibe no pol
itics in the postoffice when he taken
charge. Bolling H. Jones, who was
nominated Monday to the Atlan'a
postmastership by President Wilson.
Tuesday indicated the principles
which he will apply to the depart
ment. The appointment of Mr. Jones
probably will be confirmed by the
Senate early this week.
Following thlg confirmation the of
ficial commission of offic e will be for
warded to the new postmaster, who
Immediately will assume hla duties,
supplanting Hugh McKee.
Mr Jones declared Tuesday that he
would run the office on a strict busi
ness hasig, that he would not dis
place officials who measure up to the
requirements of the office where those
officials are protected by civil serv
ice. and that he would see to It that
politics plays no part in the depart
ment. Mr. Jones expressed great faith
In the civil service and said he would
adhere to it wherever he could do so.
Pending the receipt of Mr Jones’
commission Mr McKee will retain of
fice. Mr. McKee declared Tuesday
that he would not resign until th**
charges against him have been with
drawn. However, when Mr. Jones ar
rives on the scene to take charge,
he will relinquish the office to him.
Mr. Jones is a native of Virginia
• nd one of Atlanta's most enthusl
astir boosters and successful business
men At present he Is vice president
of the Fulton National Bank, a di
rector of the Continental Trust Com
pany. a director of the Merchants
and Manufacturers* Association, a di
rector of the Atlanta Freight Bureau
and secretary and treasurer of the
Atlanta Stove Works, of which his
brother. Sam D. Jones. Is president.
He also is an active and enthusiastic
member of the local Chamber of
i. ommerce.
Barnesville Names
New City Officials
BARNBSVTULE. Aug 26.—In
•nirlted primary election on Monday
James N. Cochran won for Mayor
over A. H. S. Franklin by a majority
of 116, T. J. Berry, J. E. Buah and
W. T. Summers won by safe majori
ties as Aldermen, defeating W. C.
StokeB, M. S. Fitts. M. Burns and B.
H. Butts
The new officers will he installed
on September 8. The hold-over Al
dermen .are A. L. Mills. B. F. Reeves
anad B. M. Turner.
T. J. Ogletree. Emmett Larxford, L.
(\ Tyus. Pierce Hammond and Z. T.
Maxwell were elected as the new City
Executive Committee.
Asks U. S. for $990
Stolen 50 Years Ago
WASHINGTON. Aug 26 —Nearly a
half century ago George Chorin, then
a dashing young soldier In the First
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry,
lost J990. Now he wants the Gov
ernment to reimburse him.
He has appealed through Represen
tative Mitchell. He says he was
robbed while on guard duty.
Buckingham Palace
Employees on Strike
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Aug. 26.— All the electri
cians in Buckingham Palace and the
war and admiralty offices to-day
joined the general strike of Londt n
builders.
Girl Is Scalped By
Windmill; Will Die
LA PORTE. 1ND., Aug 26.—Miss
Clara Hutjon was scalped when her
hair caught in the abaft of a wind
mill. She will die.
The scalp stopped the mill.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
DUBLIN.—The Laurens County
Sunday School convention will meet
with Mount Zion Church, several miles
from this city, Thursday and Friday.
A general meeting of the association
will be held Friday, Saturday and
Sunday with Pleasant Hill Church
ISLANDS GOVERNOR QUITS.
MANILA, P I., Aug 26.—Governor
General W. Cameron Forbes, execu
tive head of the Philippines since
Novembere, 1909. to-day sent his res
jgnation to Washington to take effect
September 1. F>*incis B. Harri»<*n
has been nominated to succeed
Forbes.
Masons to Confer
Degree on Big Class
Gate City Lodge No. 2. Free and
Accepted Masons, will hold a commu
nication Tuesday evening, at whlcn
time the master Mason's degree will
be conferred upon a large class
candidates.
A special feature will he the lecture
on the degree by the Hon. George M.
Napier, past grand master of Masons
of Georgia.
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Prosecutor to Follow Same Lines
as He Did in Convicting
Diggs of Like Charge.
SAN FRANCISCO, Ann 26—The
work of selecting a Jury to hear the
trial of F Drew Caminettl. accused
of being a white slaver, began to-day
before Federal Judge VanFleet.
Tin* Government attorneys followed
the same methods in questioning
talesmen as in the case of Maury I.
Diggs. Caminettl'* companion, who
was convicted of the Marne offense last
week.
Encouraged by succe&s in the Diggs
case, Special Prosecutor Roche to-day
appeared confident of victory in the
Caminettl case
The evidence In the two cases was
nearly identical and the same testi
mony offered agaln»t Diggs by Mar
sha Warrington and Lola Norris, the
two Sacramento high school girls who
eloped to Reno with the two men, was
ready for presentation against Cam
inettl.
Frees Boy Who Found
Gun of Toting Charge
That a person may carry uncon
cealed a weapon not his own when
no malicious intent is shown was the
opinion handed down by Justice Rus
sell. of the Court of Appeals, in the
raa> of Casper against the State.
The defendant, a boy 18 years old,
picked up a pistol on the road and
carried it home unconcealed.
The Jury returned a verdict of
guilty on the ground that the boy was
“carrying a dangerous weapon with
out a license.'’ The court reversed
this decision on the point that the
gun was carried openly and uncon
cealed and apparently without mali
cious intent.
Horse as Gift to Him
KY. FARMER ASSASSINATED.
LEXINGTON, KY.. Aug. 26.—Jacob
Mottle.v. a wealthy farmer of Boyce,
Ky., was assassinated last night. As
he returned home from church two
unidentified men crept near him an I
emptied the contents of shotguns into
his body.
Statistics Bulletin
Issued by Chamber
The first issue of the Bulletin of in
dustrial Statistics, which will be pub
lished semi-monthly by the Chamber of
Commerce, will go to press Tuesday
The bulletin will contain a foreword,
explaining the purpose of the new In
dustrial Bureau of the Chamber; a
transcript of the "blue sky” law re
cently enacted by the Legislature; an
Mrticle on the Manufacturers’ Exposi
tion and various statistics about Atlan
ta's manufacturing plants. It will be
sent to all members of the Chamber of
Commerce, to business men over the
State who are Interested In the “blue
sky'' law and to manufacturers all over
the country
The data for the bulletin was pre
pared by W. H. Leahy, who ia in charge
of the Industrial Bureau
$19,00,000 Gain in
County Tax Returns
County tax returns show a gain of
more than $19,000,000, according to
late reports received at the office of
the Comptroller General.
Out of 141 counties which have been
reported 73 show gains and 68 losses.
The total gains amount to $25,447,341,
while the losses are $6,2 6,814. Among
the counties showing heavy gains i«
Fulton with a gain <»f $10,828,080 and
Chatham with a gain of $2,669,598,
Only five counties now remain to b?
heard from
OBITUARY
B S. Heard, who was on board th**
Georgia train which was wreckei
Sunday near Decatur, died Monday
night at a local hospital. It is statel
that he was not injured in the
wreck, but died of a malady for
which he was coming to AtlanM
for treatment. He was thirty-fl
years old. The body was sent Tues- I
day to his home in Covington, Ga . I
for funeral and interment.
Benjamin J. Stanford, a well-know.) i
Atlantan, died Monday at the rest- i
dence. No. 65 Gartreil street. H*
was sixty-three years old. and is j
survived by a wife and five sons, j
Daniel, Henry, David, Joseph an i J
Bartow Stanford The funeral will
be held from the residence at j
o’clock Tuesday afternoon, and will
be an automobile one. in charge of
Barclay & Brandon. Interment it j
Sylvester Cemetery.
Funeral services of Mrs. Clara Robin
son Roberson, who died Sunday
night at the r •sidence. No. 407 Kirk
wood avenue, will be held from the
home at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon. She was twenty-nine year.*
old. ttnd is survived by her hu?-
band, J. L. Roberson, and two small
children. Interment at Hollywood.
The remains of Mrs. Mary F. Ewing,
who died Monday at the residence
on Oxford street. Kirkwood, were
sent Tuesday morning to Dacula.
Ga.. for funeral and interment. She
was eighty years old, and Is sur
vived by two sons, -C. P. Ewing. >f
La wrencevllle. Ga.. and M. E. B
Ewing, of Atlanta: four daughter*.
Mrs T W. McMMian. Mrs E. M.
Buchanan. Mrs. N. D. Buchanan
and Mrs. N. G. Phan, all of I^avv-
rencevllle.
The body of Mrs. M. R. Barfield^who
died Monday at a local hospital, is
at the chapel of Greenberg & Bond
awaiting the arrival of relative*
from her home in Camden. S. C.
She was thirty-three years old.
Frank Whitehead, forty-six years old.
died Monday afternoon at a local
sanitarium The body will be taken
to Winder, Ga.. for funeral and in
terment.
The funeral of Dr. George Y. Pierce,
who died at the residence Monday
morning, will be held at 2:30 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon from St. James’
Church.
Officers of Organization Planning
Campaign to Raise money for
Adequate Home.
The Young Women’s Christian As
sociation of Atlanta, which has re
cently undergone a complete reor
ganization, will shortly begin a cam
paign for funds to erect a modern
and fully equipped building like those
in Chattanooga. Birmingham, Kansas
City, St. Louis and other cities.
The officers of the association state
that a new building is badly needed
here, to take care of the rapidly
growing army of working women,
who come to Atlanta without home or |
friend*. The association daily re
ceives letters from girl* and women
all over the South who are coming to
Atlanta and wish to be aided in find
ing a home.
Miss Alice Logan Win go. formerly
dean of women at Drury College,
Springfield, Mo., took charge as gen
eral secretary of the Atlanta asso
ciation Monday morning. Miss Wlngo
has had considerable experience in
the work in Missouri and Virginia,
and it is expected that she will great
ly build up the local association.
Rooms for boarders have been fit
ted up at the new association head
quarters. which has been moved from
the Steiner-Emery Building to No. 16
Ellis street. The old house at No. 19
West Baker street will continue to be
the main rooming house, however.
Classes 5 n Industrial and educa
tional work will soon be started at
No. 16 Ellis street, and also a course
in millinery and dressmaking will be
inaugurated. Competent teachers
have been arranged for. and the
classes will begin about September 1.
The association now has what Is
practically an employment bureau in j
connection with the other work, and
places are secured for a number of
girls and women every week.
2 Begin Attempt
To Swim Channel
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
DOVER, ENG., Aug. 26.—A spectac
ular double attempt to swim the Eng
lish Channel began almost simulta
neously to-day. Henry Sullivan, of
Boston. a well-known American
swimmer, accompanied by his father,
left Dover for the French coast, while
Jabez VVolffe started from the French I
side.
The weather was favorable and the j
swimmers hoped to pasj in midchan
nel.
DENVER, Aug. 26.—Friends of
Buffalo Bill outbid each other at the
auction sale of the Wild West show-
property, when “Isham,” the famous
white horse ridden by Colonel Cody
at every performance for 25 years
was offered by the auctioneer.
The bidding was spirited and ever\
man was actuated by one sentiment
presenting the faithful animal to
the veteran plainsman.
Col J. C Bills, of Lincoln. Neb.,
rode 500 miles in an auto to be pres
ent. He started the bidding.
There was general rejoicing when
the animal was knocked down to
Colonel Bills, who declare he would
present the animal to “Its rightful
owner. Colonel Cody.”
Child Drinks Poison
Picked Up in Depot
AMERICUS, Aug. 26.—Getting pos
session of a bottle of morphine left
carelessly In the waiting room of th?
Seaboard depot at Leslie, near Amer-
icus. the young son of Station Agent
Williams. ag€*d 18 months, swallowed
a quantity of the drug. Despite the
efforts of several physicians, the child
died a few hours thereafter.
No one knows who could have so
carelessly left the poison there.
Chaingang Sentence
Penalty for Flirting
ATHENS. Aug. 26.—Six months in
stripes on the streets of Athens at
labor is the penalty for annoying
young girls who have to travel alone
on the trains entering Athens, ac
cording to the Mayor in sentencing
J. H. Maxey in Police Court.
He had flirted at a girl <*f 16 who
was coming home Saturday night on
the Georgia train and persisted in his
unwelcome attentions after the girl s
mother had met her at the train.
MOLTEN METAL BURNS 20.
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, Aug. 26.—
Twenty men were seriously burned,
five of whom will die, when a “ladle”
car. carrying over five tons of molten
metal, toppled over in a steel mill
here.
EASTMAN SCHOOLS TO OPEN.
EASTMAN.—The Eastman public
schools will begin the fall session on
September 1. Professor H. W. Hurst,
who has been superintendent for sev
eral years, will again head the schools
this year.
Conyers Banker and Merchant
Walk to Asheville in Ten Days,
Winning Their Wager.
ASHEVILLE, Aug. 26.—Tramping
through the mountains of North
Georgia and Western North Carolina
for Just six hours less than ten days,
E. t*aul McDaniel, cashier of the
Bank of Conyers, of Conyers. Ga.. and
Louis C. Summers, a merchant of
that place, have arrived in Asheville.
Mr. McDaniel and Mr. Summers
walked to Asheville following the
posting of a wager with two other
Conyers residents that they would not
resort to the use of train or automo
bile.
Upon their arrival here the Georgia
hikers were tendered an informal
dinner by J. F. McDoogal and L. H.
Pope, both of Atlanta, and other
friends. While walking is fine, they
will return home In a parlor car.
The trampers left Conyers on Au
gust 16 and followed the mountain
highways and byways in reaching
Asheville. They had no maps nor
charts to guide them, trusting to good
fortune and advice from residents
along the route. They stopped at
.several Georgia and North Carolina
towns, secured photographs along the
line and getting testimonials fror
mayors and bankers to the effect that
when ln*»t seen they were “footing it"
and there wasn’t a train or auto
mobile in sight.
1,200 Mlies in Hack.
DALTON. Aug. 26.—Having trav
eled 1.200 miles in a hack from Okla
homa City. Mr. and Mi's. T C. War
ren. Miss Pearl Warren and Ed War
ren reached here Monday afternoon.
The party is en route to Asheville,
N. C., their home. They left Okla
homa City June 4 and have made the
long ride by easy stages, camping out
at night and stopping en route for
hunting and fishing trips.
TWO FRENCH FLYERS KILLED.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Aug. 26.—Lieutenant Sen-
sever and Sergeant La Fargue, of the
army aviation corps. were killed to
day. Their machine dropped from a
height of 150 feet while practice stops
in midair were being made.
Huerta Asks Wilson
To Delay Message
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26.—Presi
dent Huerta, of Mexico, to-day tele
graphed to President Wilson asking |
him to delay for 24 hours the reading
of his message on Mexican affairs.
Secretary Bryan and the President
are now dscussng Huerta’s telegram.
BABY 3
Baby Under Knife
For Appendicitis
CHICAGO v ■ 6 Robert Scer-
zino, aged 11 months, is recovering
to-day from an operation for appen- j
dicitis performed last night.
The child was the youngest person
ever operated on for appendicitis, ac
cording to the hospital authorities.
THE SAFEST AND BEST
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D. L. GRIFFIN, C. P. A.
121 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.
So Sore Could Hardly Put Them in
Water, Pimples on Arms Itched
and Burned Badly. Cured by Cu-
ticura Soap and Ointment.
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RlenTille. La—“I was troubled with
rzoini in my hand* for several years The
•kin would break and look like it had been
cut with a knife anti my hands
were so sore l could hardly
bear to put them in water
and could hardly use them
When l used them the blood
would run our. They would
heal a little and then they
would get worse than ever
attain They were very pain
ful The ecxema got to
breaking out on my arms In
pimples which itched and burned very
badly
" 1 used different, remedies also used all
kinds of facial creams and on my
hands and arms and 1 did not get any relief
until 1 used Cutieura S^>ap and Ointment.
I cured my hands and ecxema with Cutieura
Soap and Ointment.' (Sigued) Mias Fannie
Most liter. Oct. 5, 1912.
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WMen who shave and shampoo with Cu-
tkur«* boap will dud it uv*t for skiu aud scaly.
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INSURANCE
Phone Ivy 1272 812-813 Grant Bldg.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 30, 1913, of the condition of
THE PALATINE INSURANCE CO., Ltd,
OF LONDON, ENGLAND,
Organized under the laws of Great Britain, made to the Governor of the
State of Georgia, in pursuance of the laws of said State. Principal office
in the United States—No. 55 John street. New York
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
Whole amount of capital stock $ 500,000,00
Amount paid up in cash 500,000.00
II. ASSETS.
Total assets of the company, actual cash market value
III. LIABILITIES.
Total liabilities
IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1913.
Total income actually received during the first six mon.hs
in cash *1.003,223.41
V. EXPENDITURES DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1913.
Total expenditures during the first six months of the year
in cash * 947.841.74
A copy of the act of incorporation, duly certified, is of file in the
office of the Insurance Commissioner.
STATE OF NEW YORK —County of New York
Personally appeared before the undersigned A. H. Wray, who. being
duly sworn, deposes and says that he Is the manager of The Palatine In
surance Company, I.td, and that the foregotng staiwent i- correct and
true A. H. WRAY, Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of August 1913
H R. RAY!
Notary Public. Kings County, New York.
Name of State Agents—JOHN C. WHITNER <S. CO.
Name of Agents at Atlanta—MAN RY BROS. £ HESTON, WHITNER
£ CO,
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*1.937.492.20
The Plot For
the Pennant
Hatched by the celebrated arch-schemer
of baseball fiction, Hugh S. Fullerton, is un
der way in the
SUNDAY
AMERICAN
The second installment of this enthrall
ing tale will appear next Sunday with a syn
opsis of what has gone before, so it is not too
late to become a fiction fan. Incidentally
one may read in the same issue of
Lily Elsie’s
Shattered
Romance
It’s a story of how this noted beauty de
fied all superstitions which surround newly
weds only to find that she just could not give
up her old stage friends to please a mere
husband. There will be another tale which
proves that songbirds are
Not Above the
Law After All
For it reveals the agitation of emotional
ly unrestrained tenors and prima donnas
who are cruelly worried by the sentencing
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of Carl Burrian to a month’s imprisonment
for stealing another man’s wife. These are
but a few of the things which go to make
The Sunday American worth
rp rj"i#
ten limes
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