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TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
With approximately 500 miles of
the transcontinental highway behind
him, Pathfinder E. L. Ferguson Wed
nesday prepared for the long west
ward journey from Mobile through
New Orleans, Houston, Dallas, El
Paso, San Diego and Los Angeles to
San Francisco. Mr. Ferguson ar
rived in Mobile late Tuesday after
noon.
Mobile's reception to the pathfind
ers was only one more indication of
the widespread interest in the mon
ster campaign for a transcontinental
highway inaugurated in Atlanta on
August 18 by Hearst’s Sunday Amer
ican.
The Mobileans carried out a pro
gram which they planned weeks ago.
Several miles north of the city a
big delegation of boosters, including
many women enthusiasts in automo*-
biles, met the pathfinders and escort,
ed them into the city. Here a com
mittee from the Chamber of Com
merce, as well as prominent citizens
and city officials, took the members
of the party in hand and tendered to
them a royal reception which the
Mobile boosters say “surpassed the
celebrations in Birmingham and
Montgomery.”
Immediately following the recep
tion Mr. Ferguson began complet
ing his plans for the resumption of
the journey to New Orleans, which
place he expects to reach on August
30. Like the Mobile boosters, the
New Orleans “live wire®” have had
their plans practically complete for
several weeks, according to advance
reports.
Big Celebration Planned.
A monster good roads and highway
celebration will be held, it is said,
and a representative of The New
Orleans Item, which is co-operating
with The Sunday American. The Bir
mingham News, The .Montgomery Ai-
vertiser and other leading Southern
newspapers, will relieve the Mont
gomery representative.
The special man from The Item
will accompany the party as far as
Beaumont, Texas, where a representa
tive of The Houston Post, which also
is behind the movement, will join
the tourists, accompanying them as
far as Dallas. From Dallas Mr. Fer
guson probably will be accompanied
to Los Angeles by a representative
of The Dallas Times-Herald. Mon
ster receptions have been planned in
each of the big cities named along
the route, as well as many of the
smaller ones.
According to the schedule as now
planned, Mr. Ferguson will reach Bi
loxi, Miss., on August 28; New Or
leans, August 30; LaFayette, Septem-
Congressman Looks to Women
Who Combat Extreme Styles
for Nation’s Strength.
WASHINGTON. Aug 27.—Women
who shun the immodesty and impro
priety of present-day fashions can be
relied upon for the future strength
and posterity of the nation, accord
ing to Congressman Thomas Heflin,
of Alabama. Heflin expressed his
opinion of diaphanous feminine drap
ery and the slit skirt craze as fol
lows :
“I would paraphrase the Scripture,
•By their fruits ye shall know them.’
and say, ‘By their dress or lack of
dfess we shall know them.’ The evil
genius of lustful fashion through im
modest dress is playine havoc with a
certain class of women in this coun
try and setting a had example for
others.
"Thank God. the good mothers have
begun a crusade against this evil.
"The woman who instills in her
daughter the principles of good sense
and modesty and trains her up in the
way that she should go has done more
for her day and generation than she
can ever hope to do by active partici
pation in politics.”
Work Begun on New
Wholesale Section
An important spreading of Atlan
ta’s business section was marked
Tuesday by the beginning of work on
a new wholesale section just west of
the Terminal station. The work be
gun is the building of spur tracks
by the Southern Railway. Erection
of buildings will follow’ immediately.
A large section of West Side prop
erty was bought for this development.
The spur tracks will leave the main
line at the Peters street viaduct, and
extend to Mangum and Haynes
streets. There will be room for two
long blocks of warehouses.
LABOR DAY AT MACON.
M AC ON.—The Labor Unions have
made extensive preparations for the
celebration of Labor Day on Monday
at Central City Park, where an all
day picnic will be held. Athletic sports,
daVci^g, a fiddlers* convention and
basek 0 will be features.
ber 3; Lake Charles. La., September
5; Orange, Texas, September 7:
Beaumont, September 7, and Houston
on September 8 or 9. The party
should reach its destination, San
Francisco, in October.
Following out the policy maintained
all along the route from Atlanta to
Mobile Mr. Ferguson will spread the
gospel\of good roads and fine high
ways through Louisiana, Texas, Ari
zona, New Mexico and Southern Cali
fornia. Already-the efforts of the
pathfinder along this line have had
marked 'results. Beginning at Doug-
lasville, Ga., 30 miles west of Atlanta,
the official starting point, and contin
uing through Tallapoosa, Heflin, Ala.,
Anniston, Ashville, Birmingham,
Clanton, Montgomery and Selma, as
well as other progressive smaller
towns, local good roads and highway
campaigns have been inaugurated fol
lowing Mr. Ferguson’s visit. The
manifest enthusiasm with which the
tourists were received all along the
route has been directed into channels
for the actual improvement of the
roads arjd the development of'high
ways.
Bad Roads Stories Disproved.
Although Mr. Ferguson has com
pleted less than a third of the long
cross-country tour, he has already
demonstrated beyond a doubt that
the South affords an ideal route for
an open-the-year-round highway.
This claim was scouted by Northern
tourists, who have declared repeated
ly that the w’eather was too warm
down in Georgia and Alabama and
Louisiana to make such a trip in the
summer time. It was to disprove this
that Mr. Ferguson decided not only to
make the trip in the very dead of
summer, but also to take his wife and
children with him. That he has al
ready succeeded is indicated by the
reports from Mrs. Ferguson, who has
declared all along the route that she
was delighted with the “ideal” cli
mate.
The South’s reputation for had
roads, too, has been disproved by this
tour. At Anniston. Birmingham,
Montgomery and Selma Mr. Ferguson
declared to the boosters that he was
surprised at the marvelous develop
ment of the roads.
“1/ the citizens along the way
which I have traversed do as much
for good roads during the next two
years as they have done during the
past two, conditions should be ideal,”
he said.
That these citizens are going to do
this and even more has been indi
cated repeatedly from the time Mr.
Ferguson left Atlanta until he arrived
in Mobile Wednesday.
LING OVER MEXICAN SITUATION
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON.
PRESIDENT VICTORIANO HUERTA.
LIKELY IN
Julian Urquhart, Former Re
corder, Expected to Announce
Candidacy for Mayor.
MACON, Aug. 27.—Julian Urqur-
hart, former Recorder of Macon, is
being urged by his friends to enter
the race for Mayor, and he has the
matter under consideration and will
make a final decision in a short time.
It is generally understood, however,
that he will run.
Mr. Urqurhart is an attorney and
well qualified to fill the position of
Mayor. He is familiar with munici
pal affairs*, and his record as Record
er will be used in the campaign. He
will make the race independently
without an aldermanic ticket.
The other announced candidates art*
Bridges Smith, A. L. Dasher, Sr., and
Wallace Miller.
Record Registration.
MACON, Aug. 27.—The registration
in Macon and Bibb County this year
promises to break all past records.
The total registration at present is
2,675. and it is believed this number
will be doubled. The largest regis
tration on record was in 1912, when
3,770 voters qualified in the county.
Three elections with more than 4ft
candidates in the field is the cause of
the increased interest in the registra
tion, and it is believed that before the
books for the special registration for
the municipal primary at least 4.500
citizens will have qualified to vote.
For Chiof of Police.
MACON. *Aug. 27.—Harry Griggs,
manager of the Elberta Hotel, has
been announced by his friends as a
candidate to succeed Walter B. Chap
man. the present Chief of Police.
Chief Chapman’s term will expire
December 17, and his successor will
be elected by the Board of Aldermen.
Mr. Griggs' candidacy will only be
announced in the event Bridges
Smith, administration candidate for
Mayor, is elected at the coming mu
nicipal election.
Miller Has Mascot.
MACON. Aug. 27.—Wallace Miller,
candidate for Mayor on the young
men’s ticket, has a mascot—a baby
daughter, who was born yesterday.
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Chairman of Committee Declares
Mayor Easily Could Have Had
Primary Deferred.
Mayor Woodward’s charges that
the setting of September 30 as the
date of holding Atlanta’s Democratic
primary was the result of a well-laid
plot has brought a strong .denial from
Chairman John Y. Smith, of the city
Democratic executive committee.
There is absolutely no ground for
the charge, according to Mr. Smith.
Also he is of the opinion that six
weeks is sufficient length of time for
the men running for the offices of
councilman and alderman to make
their campaign.
“A charge that the date of Septem
ber 30 was set as the result of a con
spiracy is without foundation,” said
Mr. Smith. “The meeting of the com
mittee was attended by practically
every member, while there had betfli
no meeting or < aucus of any kind
prior to the meeting.
“It has been the custom for persons
other than members to attend its
meetings and to address them. Had
the Mayor desired to have a later
date set he could easily have appeared
before the committee and have been
accorded the courtesy of giving his
views. I doubt if ther e would have
been much trouble in having had the
date set beyond September 30.
“There was considerably more than
a quorum of the committee member
ship present when the matter of set
ting the (late was taken up. There
was practically no discussion of it and
a resolution by Committeeman T. O.
Poole naming September 30 was
unanimously adopted.
“1 can not agree with Mayor Wood-
w’ard that the time is too short for
the candidates for alderman and
councilman to make their campaigns.
When a candidate has to stretch his
campaign beyond a period of six
weeks it works a hardship on him,
while the. people undoubtedly get
tired of too much politics.”
‘Farmer Bill' Zimmer
Joins Benedict Ranks
After Long Romance
“Farmer Bill" Zimmer gave his
friends a great surprise Tuesday night
when he quietly re-entered the ranks
of the benedicts, and to-day Kim-
ballville Farm is all a-flutter. Miss
Mabel L. Leys, of Detroit, was the
former name of Mrs. Zimmer, and the
marriage was the culmination of a
romance of many years standing.
A very few of his intimate friends
and relatives of the bride were in
the bridal party which journeyed
around to the parsonage of the Trin
ity Methodist Church at 7 o’clock
Tuesday night, where the Rev. J. B.
Robins performed the ceremony.
After the ceremony a bridal supp er
was given at the Piedmont Hotel, Mr.
Zimmer having been the first manage* 1
of this hostelry. In the party were
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hazier, of De
troit; Lee Jordan, Will Zimmer, Jr.,
the 12-year-old son of the bride
groom; Mr. and Mrs. T. Chancellor,.
Clarendon Chancellor, Mr, and Mrs.
Joseph Hill. Mrs. Elia I'utchinson,
Jesse Mercer and C. R. Tucker.
Macon Man Missing;
Shortage in Accounts
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OFFICIAL IS VINDICATED.
CHATTANOOGA, Aug. 27.—Samuel
L. Lovell, County Court Clerk of
James t’ounty, was vindicated by the
Grand Jury at Ooltewah of the charge
of burning the James County Court
house last spring.
MACON, Aug. 27.—J. Turner Shep- I
herd, for three years bookkeeper for I
the Joseph N. Neel Company, cloth- j
iers, and one of the best known j
young men of Macon, has disappeared, j
leaving behind a shortage in his ac
counts of approximately $3,600.
Shepherd is married and has tWD
children.
265 CASES TO BE TRIED.
MACON.—There are 265 cases, of
which 100 are fojr alleged violations of
the State prohibition law, to betried
during the September term of th(
City Court which convenes Monday
arid lasts for two weeks. Only 50
of the defendants are in jail, the oth
ers having given bond.
TO DEDICATE CHURCH.
COLUMBUS.—Bishop Warren A.
Candler, of Atlanta, on Sunday, Sep
tember 14, will dedicate St. Luke
Methodist Church, preaching both
morning and evening. The church,
one of the handsomest in the city, cost
about $50,000.
COLUMBUS FAIR IN NOVEMBER
COLUMBUS.—The Columbus Poul
try Association has announced that
it will put on a poultry show the week
of November 17. and in addition will
give a fair which will equal, if not
surpass, the one held by the Georgia-
Alabama Fair Association in 1912.
MADE INSANE BY THAW CASE.
CORRY, PA.. Aug. 27.—Too intense
interest in the Thaw escape drove
Freeman Lylarger insane, and he is
now* confined in an asylpm. Lylarger,
w’ho resided in Kerrtown, was greatly
concerned over Thaw and could not
take his mind off the subject.
Women Join in Demonstration and
Fugitive Bows His Apprecia
tion/or Their Sympathy.
SHERBROOKE, QBE., Aug. 27.—
The habeas corpus proceedings in the
Thaw’ case were abruptly stopped
after they began before Judge Globen-
sky in the Superior Court at 10
o’clock, and adjournment was taken
until 3 p. m.
The judge said he wanted more
time to consult the authorities on
Thaw’s move to withdraw’ his appli
cation far a habeas corpus writ.
There was a tremendous demon
stration in the courtroom in Thaw’s
favor when Counsellor Samuel Jacobs,
on behalf of the Canadian Govern
ment and the State of New York, be
gan his opening arguments opposing
the withdrawal of Thaw’s petition.
“Let Him Go,” Cry Spectators.
“Let him go.” cried the spectators.
“Give,him justice,” screamed others.
The like demonstration had been
made earlier while Thaw was being
taken from the jail to the courthouse.
Men and women followed the auto
mobile and blocked the streets which
It traveled. “They can’t get you, Har
ry,” cried some. Women joined en
thusiastically in the demonstration.
Thaw was delighted beyond measure.
The court attaches had difficulty in
keeping order. Thaw sat at the law
yers’ table while his attorneys, in re
ply to Jacobs, pleaded that under the
civil code of the Dominion they had
a perfect right to withdraw their ap
plication for a habeas corpus writ.
Women in Demonstration.
Judge Globensky finally halted the
proceedings, announcing he would
take the rase under advisement until
2 o’clock in order to consult the au
thorities.
When this announcement was made
one spectator cried out: “Good, good.
Let us have fair play, and three
cheers for Harry Thaw."
There were about 200 women pres
ent, and all joined in the demonstra
tion. With his face beaming, Thaw
arose, placed his hand over his heart
and bowed.
Dr. Raymond F. (’. Kleb, superin
tendent of the Matteawan. N. Y., asy
lum for the criminal insane, from
which Thaw escaped, has joined the
forces which are fighting to get the
fugitive hack into that institution.
Thaw's counsel is confronted by a
formidable array.
CAMINETTI III
Judge Forces Attorneys for Al
leged Slaver to Change Tac
tics in Revealing Defense.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.—It wag
seen in the questioning of prospective
jurors to-day that the defense of F.
Drew Camiuetti will he that he did
not have any criminal Intent when he
eloped to Reno, Nev., from Sacra
mento with Lola Norris, the high
school girl.
Attorney Woodworth, representing
Caminettl, pressed his questions on
this point until Federal Judge Van-
Fleet ordered him to adopt another
line of questioning.
The women directly connected with
the whito slavery case ugainjjt Cami-
netti did not attend to-day’s session
of the trial. None of Caminetti’s rel
atives, except his brother. Anthony
CaminetM, Jr., of Sacramento, attor
ney, was in the courtroom.
Judge Van Fleet was anxious to
have the hearing of the case ended as
soon as possible, and it was expected
the attorneys for both sides would
hasten the work of selecting a jury so
that the twelve men who will hear
the evidence against the son of the
Commissioner General of Immigra
tion likely will be obtained by to
night.
tertained at golf two young men he
did not know and had seen but once
oefore in his life.
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The young men were Charles D.
Uil
Russell, of La Salic, Ill., son of a
Western man, and Horace W. Buell,
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Jr. of Chicago, delegates to the Na-
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tional Association of the Deaf now
p*
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in session here.
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John D. Plays Golf MEN WELCOME
With 2 Deaf Mutes
CLEVELAND. OHIO, Aug. 27.—
John D. Rockefeller cut loose from
his sedentary habits to-day and en-
I have the greatest admiration in
the world for there young men.” he
declared. “Their inability to hear
and speak has not prevented their
becoming good, lntel’igent men.”
Kentucky Feudist,
Reported Dead, Lives
LEXINGTON. Aug. 27.—Green Me.
Intosh, feudist, charged with the mur
der of Greenberry Combs in Breathitt
County, and who was reported as
shot to death while resisting arrest
by a sheriff’s posse, was not killed.
He is being hidden in the Breathitt
Mountains by friends. Word of his
death was telephoned from the moun
tains. the officers say, to cause the
search to die out so he could escape
from the hills.
MOTHER’S FRIEND
A Duty That Every Man Owes
to Those Who Perpetuate
the Race.
it is just as Important that men shounl
know of progressive methods in advance
of motherhood. The suffering, pain and
distress Incident to child-bearing can be
easily avoided by having at hand a bot
tle of Mother's Friend
This Is a wonderful penetrating, exter
nal application that relieves all tension
upon the muscles and enables them to
expand without the painful strain upon
the ligaments. Thus there is avoided
nil those nervous spells; the tendency ic
nausea or morning sickness Is counter
acted, and a bright, sunny, happy dis
position Is preserved that reflects won
derfully upon the character and temper
ament of the little one soon to open its
eyes in bewilderment at the Joy of his
arrival. You can obtain a bottle of
Mother’s Friend" at any drug store at
$1.00, and it will be the beat dollar's
worth you ever obtained, it preserves
the mother’s health, enables her to make
a quick and complete recovery, and thus
renewed strength she will eagerly devote
herself to the care and attention which
mean so much to the welfare of the
rhild Write to the Bradfield Regula
tor Co . 129 T-amar Bldg . Atlanta. Ga.,
for their valuable and instructive book
guidance for expectant mothers. Get
i bottle of Mother's Friend to-day.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 30, 1913, of the
condition of
THE FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
OF PHILADELPHIA,
Organized under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, made to the
Governor of the State of Georgia in pursuance of the laws of said State.
Principal Office—Nos. 112-116 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
II. ASSETS.
Total assets ... $28,249,667.39
III. LIABILITIES.
Total liabilities $28,249,667.39
IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1913.
Total income $ 3,132,351.88
V DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1913.
Total disbursements 5 1,872,953.03
Greatest amount insured in any one risk . . .$ 100,000.00
(Of which a portion is reinsured.)
Total amount of insurance outstanding . . 133.020,900.00
A copy of the Act of Incorporation, duly certified, is of file in the of
fice of the Insurance Commissioner
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA—County of Philadelphia.
Personally appeared before the undersigned Walter LeMar Talbot,
who. being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the vice president of
The Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company, and that the foregoing
statement is correct and true. WALTER LF MAR TALBOT.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of August, 1913.
JOHN B. HENKELS, Notary Public.
THE FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
Of Philadelphia.
JOHN II. BYRLEY,
Manager G-eorgia-Tennessee Department.
712-717 Fourth National Bank Building, Atlanta.
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Would You?
If you go to Portland,
Tacoma or Seattle
without stopping off
at Denver and Salt
Lake City enroute,
you are going through
a wonderful country
blindfolded. These
two interesting met
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be visited without
extra expense or in
convenience when
you travel over the
Union
Pacific
This line traverses for
two hundred miles the
beautiful, scenic Colum
bia River, the St. Law
rence of the West. It
also permits a side trip
to Yellowstone National
Park—Mother Nature’s
theatre—and the mecca
of thousands of tourists.
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