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TTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
JONES WILL BUS Fredd y Fi,m IN
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Another “Quo Vatlis” Stunt
McKee’s Successor Asserts Strict
Business Basis Will Rule—Ef
ficient Employees to Remain.
Declaring that thore wll Ibe no pol
itics In the posti fflee when he takes
charge, Bolling H. Jones, who was
nominated Monday to the Atlanta
postmastership by President Wilson.
Tuesday Indicated the prin< iples
which he will apply to the depart-
men* The appointment of Mr Jones
probably will be confirmed by the
Senate early this week.
Following this confirmation the of
ficial commission of office will be for
warded to the new postmaster, who
immediately will assume his duties,
supplanting Hugh McKee.
Mr. Jones declared Tuesday that he
would run the office on a strict husi-
•
place officials who measure up to the
requirements of th>' 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
menl. 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’
cpmmission Mr McKee will retain of
fice. Mr. McKee declared Tuesday
that he would not resign until the
charges against hifn 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
and one of Atlanta's most enthusi
astic boosters and successful business
men. At present he is vice president
of the Fulton National Bank, a 11-
rector <>f the i'on ; lontal Trust Com
pany, a director of the Merchants
I di
rector of the Atlanta Freight Bureau
and secretary and treasurer of the
Atlanta Stove Works, of which his
brother. Sam I>. .)<*nes. Is president.
He also is an active and enthusiastic
member of the local Chamber of
Commerce.
Bartlesville Names
New City Officials
BARNLSVILLE, Aug. 26.—In a
spirited primary election on Monday
James N. Cochran won for Mayor
over A. 1!. S. Franklin by a majority
of* 116 T J. Berry, J E. Bush and
\V. T. Summers won by safe majori
ties as Aldermen, defeating W. C.
PtoV.es, M. S. Fitts. M. Burns and B.
II. Butts.
The new officers will he installed
on September 8. The hold-over Al
dermen are A. L. Mills, B. F. Reeve*
anad B. M, Turner.
T. J. Ogletree, Emmett Langford, L.
C. Tyus, Pierce Hammond and Z. r.
Maxwell were elected as the new City
Executive Committee.
Frees Boy Who Found
Gun of Totiug 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
ca#e 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 reverted
this decision on the point that the
gun was carried openly and uncon
cealed apd apparently without mali
cious intent.
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 >yyo. Now he wants the Gov
ernment to reimburse him.
He has appealed through Represen
tative Mitchell. He says he was
robbed w hile 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 Londm
builders.
Girl Is Scalped By
Windmill; Will Die
LAPORTE. IND., Aug 26.—Miss
Clara Hutton was scalped when her
hair caught in the abaft of a wind
mill. She will die.
The scalp stopped the mill.
UNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
DUBLIN.—The Laurens County
Linday School convention will meet
ith Mount Zion f'hurch. several miles
oin this city, Thursday and Friday,
general meeting of the association
ill be held Friday, Saturda> and
unda> Pleasant Hill Church.
I’LL STOP THAT
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LSST STAND 10
Give All Support Possible to Re
store Tariff Clause Stopping
Plumage Imports.
With sentiment developing rapidly
In the United States Senate in favor
of restoring to the tariff bill the Un
derwood clause prohibiting the Im
portation of the plumage of wild birdm
for commercial purpose* the wom
en’s organizations of Georgia, in com
mon with the rest of the country,
which have fostered and encouraged
the. movement for the “conservation
of the birds," have started on the final
step of their campaign.
The McLean amendment, designed
to restore tho bird clause, was de
bated in the Senate last Saturday,
with little opposition developing.
Senators Simmon* of the Finance
Committee, announced that at the
proper time the committee would ask
that section 357 be recommitted to his
committee, which is regarded as sig
nificant of a more friendly feeing.
Georgia Women Most Active.
Organized and. started in the
Northern States, the movement for
the conservation of birds has spread
throughout the country. In the South
the brunt of the work has been borne
by the women’s organizations of
Georgia.
Among Hie Georgia women who
have worked hard for the restoration
of the bird clause are: Mias Nina
Hornady, president of the Georgia
branch, Daughters of 1812; Mrs. Wai
ter I >. Lamar, president of the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy; .Mrs. Shep-
l'ird W. Foster, of the Daughters of
the American Revolution; Mrs. VVi!-
'"M. of Savannah, of the Colonial
Dames; Mrs. Joseph Moody, of the
Altar Society of the Catholic Church;
Mrs. A. MeD. Wilson, of the Uncle
Remus Association; Mrs. VV. D. Ellis,
<»f the Ladies' Memorial Association;
Mrs. Joseph H. Morgan, of the Pion
eer Women's Association; Mrs. A. P.
Coles, of the Atlanta Women’s Club,
and Mrs. Z I. Fitzpatrick, of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs.
other organizations identified with
the movement include the Butterflies
and tire Aleyone-Suwanee Fish and
Gam*- (Tub.
Urge Writing to Senate.
Miss ICrmuiy, together with Wil
liam F. Hornady, who also has been
one «*f tin leaders in the movement,
has issued an announcement of the
statement of Senator Simmons, and
asks that individuals and organiza
tions write to the four members of
the Finance* Committee, Senators
Simmon-. Hoke Smith, VV. M. Hughes
and Charles F. Johnson, urging them
to meet tiie wishes of their constitu
ents by deciding to withdraw tlu?
Sena t e amendments.
The work of the Georgia women
has attreted such attention in the
North that the New York organiza
tion Is making a record of it.
Mr*. Bolling Jones, secretary of the
Georgia Federation of women’s
clubs, alone has written more than
300 letters, and many others have
done almost as well. Most of these
letters have been directed to .Senators
Smith and Bacon, the former receiv
ing ( n in average of 150 letters a day
from Georgia women impressing upon
him the need of his aid in the move
ment.
$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 <>f 141 counties which have been
reported 73 show gains and 68 lo*»e.i
The total gains amount to $25,447,341,
while the losses are $6,- 6.S14. Among
the counties showing heavy gains i*
Fulton with a gain of $10,823,080 and
Chatham with a gain of $2,669,598.
Onlv five counties now remain to be
heard from
YAWN DISLOCATES JAW.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—Joseph
Russer yawned so widely that he di«-
loeuted his jaws and the dislocation
left the jaws wide open. At the hos
pital Russer was put under an anes
thetic and his jaws shoved back into
place.
EASTMAN SCHOOLS TO OPEN.
EASTMAN. The Eastman* public
schools will begin the fall session on
September l. Professor H. VV. Hurs:,
who has been superintendent for sev
eral years, will again head the schools
this year.
RESERVE
Officers of Organization Planning
Campaign to Raise Money for
Adequate Home.
The Young Women’s Christian As-
nociatlon 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, fit. 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
friends. The association dally 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 Wingo, formerly
dean of women at Drury College,
.Springfield. Mo., took charge an gen
eral secretary of the Atlanta asso
ciation Monday morning. Miss Wingo
has had considerable experience in
the work in Missouri and Virginia,
and it is expected that *he will great
ly build up the lo^al association.
Rooms for hoarder* 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 '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
connection with the other work, and
places are secured for a number of
girls and women every week.
Wisconsin Senate
Contest in Snarl
ISLANDS GOVERNOR QUITS.
MANILA, P. I. Aug 26.—Governor
General W. Cameron Forbe*. execu
tive head of the Philippines since
Novembere, 1909, to-day sent his res
ignation to Washington to takt; effect
September 1. Francis B. Harrison
has been nominated to succeed
Forbes.
MILWAUKEE, Wifi., Aue 26.— 1 The
announcement of Congressman I. L.
Lenroot’s candidacy for the Unite!
States Senate to-day muddled the po
litical situation In Wisconsin. Sen
ator Isaac Stephenson waa expected
to announce his candidacy to succeed
himself. Governor Francis E. Mc
Govern and Lieutenant Governor
Morris already h? ve entered the field.
Members of tne Republican and
Progressive parties to-day saw In th^
candidacy of Uenroot a further break
between the Congressman and Sena
tor LaFollette. I>enroot incurred La-
Follette’B displeasure last fall when
he refused to withdraw his support
from Roosevelt.
2 Begin Attempt
To Swim Channel
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
DOVER, ENG., Aug. 26.—A spectac
ular double attempt to 6wim 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 Wolffe started from the French
side.
The weather was favorable and the
swimmers hoped to pasj in midchan
nel
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.
Masons to Confer
Degree on Big Class
Gate CMty Lodge No. 2. Free and
Accepted Masons, will hold a commu
nication Tuesday evening, at whicn
time the master Mason's degree will
be conferred upon a large class of
candidates.
A special feature will be the lecture
on* the degree by the Hon. George M.
Napier, past grand master of Masons
of Georgia.
Nemo Corsets Are Health-
ful—Also Fashionable
Nemo Corsets do thing's, and here are
some of the things they do:
They support the abdomen.
They flatten the back.
They reduce the abdomen.
They mold the figure into fashion
able lines, and last twice as long as
any other corset.
The Nemo patented semi-elastic fab
rics, “Lastikops Cloth” and “Lasti-
kops Webbing”—used ONLY in Nemo
Corsets—insure this.
If you have never worn a Nemo, you
have never known perfect corset-com
fort. We have them in all models and
Two models, each with extremely
long skirt, and the new Lasticurve-
Haek :
No. 322—Low bust; white coutil or batiste:
sizes 20 to 36; No. 324—Same, with me
dium bust $3.00
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JUST TWO DAYS MORE
OF THE MOST SENSATIONAL DIAMOND AND JEWELRY AUC
TION EVER HELD IN ATLANTA.
WE POSITIVELY CLOSE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT FIVE.
Wednesday and Thursday we will offer some of the finest diamonds in
the stock, including one diamond necklace valued at over three thousand
dollars.
WHY WAS THIS SALE SUCH A SUCCESS? BECAUSE WE
PLACED THE GOODS IN THE HANDS OF THE AUCTIONEERS AND
SOLD THEM ABSOLUTELY TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER WITHOUT
RESERVE.
The fact that Monday’s receipts were the largest of any day of the sale
is the most convincing evidence that there were some rare bargains.
Beautiful Presents for the ladies at each sale. An Emerald and
Diamond Ring given away Thursday.
Come early as the seats are taken and the next two days the store will
he inadequate to hold the people that will try to gain admittance.
SALES DAILY AT 11:00 A. M. and 3:30 P. M.
EUGENE V. HAYNES CO.
BRIGGS & REID, Auctioneers
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KY. FARMER ASSASSINATED.
LEXINGTON. KY.. Aug. 26. —Jacob
Ky., was assassinated last night. A * J
h* returned home from church tw > !
unidentified men crept net" him anil
emptied the contents of shotguns in'.oj
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We install these coolers, keep them constantly supplied with Pura Dis
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In the Pura cooler the water never comes in contact with the ice, being
cooled in a coil of block tin Pipe and kept always at the right temperature.
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
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
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The Price
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graph and Cable, to say nothing of a hun
dred other features. If you are the one per
son in ten who is not a regular reader, you
had better order at once and become one.
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