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4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SEEKS Ill SOLVE CRIME ST SES L T, M. C. Bram, Free After 17 Years. Asks Work—Marvels at World's Progress. i have reached j>ort at last,” said Thomas M C. Bram, former first mate of the bark Herbert Fuller, and free Thursday after seventeen years In the Federal fTison for a triple murder he says he didn't commit, “but my sails are flat and my hold is empty. My future is in the hands of Qod and the kind-hearted people of Atlanta who freed me after seventeen year* of unjust Imprisonment. I ask no man for charity. All I want is a chance, and* before God, I think 1 am entitled to fair play and a chance to prove myself a man *'I must have work. I will do any thing that is honest and that will en able me to sustain life until I have hunted down the man who commit ted the crime for which I have served seventeen years in prison. That is all I have to live for, and when that is done I will be satisfied. "It is my duty to clear my name of all suspicion, and though seven teen years have passed since the night when I was accused of the ter rible crime, God Is surely good enough to have kept the murderer on earth that he may taste the vengeance of an innocent man.” Appearance Not Criminal. There is nothing of the criminal about Bram. His cheeks are ruddy, his flesh firm and healthy, and the seventeen years of imprisonment have not taken the sparkle from his brown eyea nor the confident swing from his shoulders. His handclasp is the clasp of a strong man, and his speech is well chosen and clear. Many things have happened since June 13, 1896, the day Bram was ac cused of murder and thrown into prison. The Sjtanish-American War has been fought, America has taken her place among the great powers of the world, science has astonished the world, airships, the wireless telegraph and telephone, the trolley car and the automobile—all of these marvels have grown common to mankind. And Bram, living in another world, a man apart, had never seen any of them until the doors of the prison opened Wednesday afternoon. His knowledge of what the world was doing was gained solely by reading and from the little he was told by friendly guards and newly arrived prisoner.% Bram stood at Five Points Tburs- (inv morning, while the busy life of • city was unfolded before him. He saw his first trolley car, his first au tomobile; he heard men talking of the latest airship flight and of the latest wonders of science. Gets First Trolley Ride. •*I feel like a child,” Bram said "I have never seen these things. Horse cars were traversing the streets of Boston when I was imprisoned. Air ships were but dreams, and the au tomobile was unheard of. I did not know what they were.” Bram spent Thursday waiking about the downtown streets of Atlanta, mar veling at the things he saw and the things he heard. He was given his first automobile ride by George Free man. one of the friends who were in strumental in obtaining his release, and he took his first ride on a trol ley car. Mr. Freeman and the rest of Bram’s Atlanta friends are trying to get him a Job. Under the parole which was signed in Washington Monday. Bram must remain in the State of Georgia unless he is granted a full pardon. He plans to remain in Atlanta for at least six months, while his friends endeavor to obtain from the Board of Pardons and the Attorney General his complete freedom Then Jie plans to go to Boston and begin* the search for the man who he says committed the murder for which he has served seventeen years. Praised by Prison Warden, The hope of some day obtaining his release and tracking down the mur derer has kept Bram smiling and cheerful through seventeen years of punishment He was known at the Federal Prison as the "smiling pris oner.” and left a place that can never be filled. Always smiling and lending good cheer to his down-hearted comrades. Warden Moyer has said that Bram was the greatest power for good in the institution. One of the guards, who has been in contact with Bram for fifteen years, says he Is the most honorable man he has ever seen, in or out of prison. ‘If we had opened the doors of the prison and told Bram to go, ,he would not have done it until he learned If It was legal. He was more of a friend to us all than a prisoner.” Bram was convicted seventeen years ago on the testimony of a man who had himself been accused of the crime. The murder—the killing of the captain, his wife and the sec ond mate—was committed shortly be fore midnight on June 13, 1896, dur ing Beam's watch on deck. A passenger named Monk brought the word to Bram, and Bram had him placed in irons. The bark put in at Halifax. N. S., where Monk openly accused Bram. swearing he had seen the first mate commit the crime. Bram was tried in Boston and con victed. Later he was given a new- trial and convicted. He served eight years in Massachusetts and was then brought to Atlanta. EADE'S iT PILLS' ill The old ana HbflF Popular Remedy . for Gout. Rheumatism. K. luc. Agent* for U 8 St., y. %. WATERPROOF ANKLET WATCH SWIMMING FAD Alverton Man to Stay From Atlanta To Keep Sobriety Atlanta it to lose the periodical vis its of .A. L. Malone, a italwart, six- foot farmer from the sedate little town of Alverton. The big farmer has nothing against the city. In fact, he is fond of it, but he says it is a matter of self-pro tection. Malone told Recorder Pro Tern Preston Wednesday afternoon that he Intended to quit drinking, and in or der to do so would have to quit com ing to Atlanta. “I never drink except when I come here,” he said. The Alverton man reached this con clusion when he learned from the evi dence of Policeman Born that he was drunk and disorderly. He was let off with a fine of $10.75. HIT ir CUT Judge Holds Prosecution Doesn’t Have to Show He Bought Elopers’ Tickets. Buzzards Doomed as Hookworm Carriers NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 28 —Despite th protest of Frank M. Miller, former head of the old Conservation Com mission, against the action of the new commission In Issuing a state wide permit for the destruction of turkey buzzards, there seems to be no immediate prospects of the slaugh ter stopping, and the Conservation Commission, backed by an opinion of the Attorney General and the sup port of sanitarians, is standing ex tremely pat in the matter. Dr. Sidney F Porter, head of the Hookworm Commission, is a strong advocate of the destruction of the turkey buzzard. He says it is a car rier of hookworms. Mayor Hunt Stops Runaway; Saves Girl CINCINNATI, Aug. 28 — At the risk of his life. Mayor Henry T. Hunt Jumped from the sidewalk in front of a runaway team of horses and, pushing aside Miss Mabel Hartford, who was In the path of the frightened steeds, seized the bridle and suc ceeded In stopping the animals. Except for a severe shaking up and suit of dusty clothes, the Mayor was none the worse for his experience. Mayor Hunt was about to board a street car when the runaways passed the corner. The girl was crossing the street at the time. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28—Fed eral Judge Van Fleet struck a severe blow- at the defense In the trial of F. Drew Caminetti when he decided that it was not necessary for the Government to show that Caminetti had actually passed money for rail road tickets or sleeping car accom modations from San Francisco to Re no for himself and Lola Norris. It had been the contention of the de fense that Caminetti could not be held because Maury I. Diggs bought tick ets for all four of the elopers. Attorneys for Caminetti refused to comment on the ruling to-day. "I can only say that we will flght this case to the last ditch,” declared Attorney Woodworth, chief of Caml- nettl’s counsel. "If the case goes against us, we 'will carry it to the highest court in the land. Caminetti did not take Lola Norris to Reno for immoral purposes, but because she wanted to go to avoid scandal, and we will prove it.” The prospect of again hearing the story of the elopement, retold by Marsha Warrington and Miss Norris, to-day caused a display of interest in the case. Long before the court session began, a large crow-d of men and women were seeking courtroom seats. President Helps Girl Get Dog Park Permit PARSONS, KAN., Aug. 28.—Miss Ethel Probst, of Parsons, has received a permit from the Department of the Interior to take her dog to Yellow stone Park. The girl recently wrote to President Wilson: “My father is soon to take the management of a hotel in Yellow stone National Park. We are in formed no dogs are allowed . within the park confines. I am 18 years old and our old djg, Fannie, is the same age. I can not bear the thought of leaving her behind. She would not be able to harm any of the park animals.” President Wilson replied that he would see what could be done. PREDICTED 11 City Clerk Instructed to Proceed' Immediately Against All Who Haven't Met Assessment. Property owners who have failed to pay their city taxes must either pay up immediately or lose their property, City Clerk Walter Taylor having been instructed by Chairman Charles Whiteford Smith, of the Tax Committee, to proceed Immediately against the delinquent ones. Approx imately $40,000 Is still unpaid on the city taxes by private property own ers. while the amount due from cor porations will swell the total to $100,- 000. Among the large amounts is that due upon the Atlanta Joint Terminals and the Georgia Railroad Company. The matter of the State's income from the assessment is being held up by Comptroller General Wright, but this is expected tt» be settled in a short while. Approximately $f»0,000 is expected to be derived from this source by the city. The city will also endeavor to ob tain increased tax revenue by taxing all of the railroad trackage in the city. In order to determine the ex act amount a survey will be neces sary. and Council has appropriated $500 for the doing of this work. Gus Ruhlin's Ashes Carried by Widow NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—The ashes of Gus Ruhlin, the <heavyweight pugilist, are to be strapped around the body of his widow, an % ardent suffragette, when she goes forth "to do battle” with Alderman Otto C. Gelbke, whom she is fighting for re- election in Brooklyn. King Cables Friends That He Is Improving According to a cable received by friends, George E. King, head of the King Hardware Company, of Atlan ta, is improving from his long illness In the American Hospital In Paris. Mr. King was taken sick in Venice while he was on his tour abroad and remained there nearly a month. He will sail October 2 for America, accompanied by Mrs. King, Mrs. La- conte, Mr. and Mrs. Lyon and Miss Mary King. Long Branch Loungers Gasp at New Costume Whim of Fashionable Mermaids. Time and tide met informally for the first time at Long Beach the oth er day when Miss Lillian Loraine, in a natty bathing costume and with a waterproof watch fastened to her an kle by a gold circlet, took a plunge into the surf before the admiring throngs. Atlanta society girls are considering taking up the fad. Never before in the history of the beach have people been so interested in time. The men especially showed the keenest Interest even when time was submerged by the rolling surf and when it cantered up and down the long white beach there was a craning of necks which would have done justice to an aeroplane meet. But "who should worry?”—Miss Lo raine didn't, for she was bent on proving beyond a doubt what she had solemnly declared to be true—that the watch was waterproof. She proved it —at least, to the satisfaction of the Long Beach crowd. CLEMSON JUSTICE DC \ D. GREENVILLE. S. t\. Aug. 28.— Judge John N. Hook, justice of jth<* Clemson Uollege Corporation, is dead at Clemson. biness,” said Dr. Lee. “We make too much of a fetish of air and exercise.” Continuing, he said: “Smaller classes are essential to the preservation of the teacher and to her really reading the child. When we learn to take our childen’s health and education seriously, we shall halve the size of classes in our ele mentary schools. It will increase the cost 80 per cent, but the children’s lives and health are worth it. “To further free the teacher’s time for the normal pupil, we must have special schools or classes not only for the blind, the deaf, the tubercu lous, but for all requiring peculiar treatment, including the bright pupils to whom tlie regular grades are as Intellectual hobble skirt, spoiling their natural gait. “I believe that pupils in the lowest grade, probably in the last three grades, should have the afternoon outdoors or in the kindergarten room, not wholly because of the benefits of the play and fresh air, but chiefly to avoid the demoralization yf half hearted work. Half-heartedness is a serious mental disease, worse than half-lungedness.” POLITICAL RALLIES PLANNED. MACON, Aug. 28— Rallies by the campaign committees of Wallace Mil ler and Bridges Smith, candidates for Mayor, will be held to-night. These rallies will be the first of a series to be held during the campaign for Mayor and Aldermen. DROWNED MAN BURIED. GREENVILLE. S. C., Aug. 28.—The body of William D. Watts, who was drowned in Colorado, reached Lau rens Wednesday, where the funeral took place. He was of a prominent family. Deputy Sheriff's Residence Robbed Detectives are hunting a burglar who entered the home of Deputy Sheriff R. J. Robinson, of 126 Fraser street, early Thursday morning and made away with a purse containing $160 in bills. The burglar in his haste to get away dropped $140 in gold. The burglar’s failure to get away with the whole amount was due to the screams of Mrs. Robinson, who was awakened by the noise of the thief trying to get out of the w indow. Jilts Widow When He Hears She's Rich Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. VIENNA, Aug. 28.—Beeauf«e he learned that his fiancee, Mrs. Gustav Mahler, widow of the composer, had a private income of $10,000 a year, Kokochaska, the famous painter, has broken off his engagement to her. He declared that he thought their combined incomes would be too much and that he wants to marry a poor girl. Film Performances On Siberian Trains Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 28.—Ap plication to give “movie” perform ances on trans-Siberian trains, which make continuous journeys of about 24 hours, has been made of the Rus sian Government by a French film concern. W. H. Rhett E. N. O'Beirne RHETT & O’BEIRNE GENERAL AGENTS MAKES GOOD. HEALTHY FLESH Jacobs’ Pharmacy Offers to Pay for Samose if It Fails. Begin the use of Samose to-day. and you will soon notice a gain in good, healthy fi?sh to all who are thin, weak and run down. This remarkable fiesh-forming food promises plump, rosy. perfect health, vigor and vitality. Most people eat enough to be come fat; the trouble i.*■» not lack of food, but lack of assimilative power. Samose mingles with the food that is eaten, so that it is assimi lated by the blood and builds up pleasing plumpness and good, healthy fiesh. Those who use Sa mose for a week or ten days will soon notice a gain in weight and an .mprovement in general strength and health. Samose is in tablet form, pleas ant to take, and is sold by one of the most reputable drug stores in Atlanta. Jacobs’ Pharmacy, under its personal guarantee to refund the money^lf At does not give sat isfaction. ley in q Are You Sick, Diseased, Nervous, Run Down? Have You Blood Poison, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Troubles? IF 90. CONSULT (FREE* Dr. Huiliti. Atlanta's Lang Established. Meet Reliable 1 cure to stay cuml VERVX. BLOOD . and Skin Dlneasta. i STRICTURE. dQF x. ProstatU’ Troubled. ~ ^ VARICOCELE. HYDROCELE. Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Dlseasra. Piles and All Chronic and Private PtMaeee of Men and Women 1 sire 606, the celebrated (lemian prepara tion. for Blood Po.au. and finarantee re sults Everythin* »b*nlut*ljr confidential. If you can't call, write. Free Caneultatlan and Advice to all. HOURS—9 a. m. to 7 p m Sundays. 9 to 1. DR. HUGHES Opposite Third National Bank 16't N Broad St . Atlanta. Ga DON’T LET YOUR LIVER GET LAZY ' Dodson's Liver Tone Will Keep it ' Wording and Make You Feel Well and Clean—No Bad After- Effects. If you have allowed your fear of calomel to keep you from toning up your liver when it gets a little sluggish and lazy—try Dodson's Liver Tone, and note how quickly and harmlessly it starts the liver and relieves constipation and bil ious attacks. When you take Dodson’s Liver Tone, you do not have to stay in the house all day. None of the weakening and harmful after-ef fects of calomel follow its use. Dodson’s Liver Tone is a mild, pleasant vegetable liquid that can not hurt either children or grown people. Yet it easily overcomes the most stubborn and inactive liver without making you quit eat ing or working. These are not just claims. All druggists back up every one of these statements and agree to re fund the price of Dodson’s Liver Tone with a smile to any person who pays his 50 cents for a bot- j tie and isn't satisfied that he got j his money’s worth. Imitations of Dodson’s Liver Tone ar** another proof that it is a good thing. Nobody ever imi tates a poor remedy. Be sure you get the genuine Dodson’s Liver Tone—the kind that is guaranteed. FIRE. LIABILITY, BONDS AND AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Main 4111 313-316 Empire Bldg. SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT For the six months ending June 30, 1913, of the condition of the First National Fire Insurance Company OF THE UNITED STATES, Organized under the laws of the District of Colombia. made to the Gov ernor of the State of Georgia, in pursuance of the law's of said State. Principal Office—Southern Building, Washington, D. C. I. CAPITAL STOCK. Amount paid up in cash $555,000.00 Partial subscriptions to stock 157,275.00 II. ASSETS. Total assets of th e company, actual cash market value $1,399,354.90 III. LIABILITIES. Total liabilities $1,399,354.90 IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1913. ! Total income actuallv received during the first six months in cash $450,603.83 V. EXPENDITURES DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1913. ! Total expenditures during the first six months of the year in cash $241,676.27 Greatest amount insured in any one risk $25,000.00 Total amount of insurance outstanding $18,998,317.00 A copy of the Act of Incorporation, duly certified, is of file in the of- | fice of the Insurance Commissioner. | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—Washington, D. C. Personally appeared before the undersigned Leslie Cramer, who, be- j ing duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the treasurer of the First National Fire Insurance Company of the United States, and that the fore going statement is correct and true. LESLIE CRAMER. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of August. 1913. GERTRUDE ELLIS. Notary Public, D. C. Name of State Agents—RHETT & O’BEIRNE. Name of Agents at Atlanta—RHETT & O'BEIRNE. 300 Dodsons Attend Big Family Reunion More than 300 members of the Dod son family, ranging in age from a 6-month-old girl to "Uncle Daniel” Dodson, hale and hearty despite his 79 years, gathered at Grant Park Wed nesday for the annual family reunion. A permanent Dodson reunion society was formed, and the gathering of Dod sons will be held each year on the fourth Wednesday in August. Rev. C. H. Dod son, of Fairburn, Ga., was elected president of the society; Rev. B. F. Dodson, of Clayton, vice president, and W. J. W. Dodson, of Clayton, secretary. The Dodsons were regaled with a chicken dinner at noon, after which speech-making and reminiscences held sway until late in the afternoon. Alverson, Flancock and Harrison Already in Race Against Bas kin, Owens and Warren. Mayor Woodward said Thursday ho expected a complete new ticket for Council, in opposition to the element now' in control of that body, to be out within the next ten days. Charles B. Alverson, of the grocery firm of Alverson Brothers, 20 Peters street, has declared he will run for the First ward seat to be vacated by Dr. J. H. Baskin. William A. Hancock, w’ho has been talked of as a candidate for Aider- man from the Eighth ward, said Thursday he was in the race against John S. Owens to the finish, and that he would make his formal announce ment within a few days. J. C. Harrison, former Councilman, will run against Alderman James E. Warren, of the Third ward, Mayor pro tern. Child Killed by Auto; Court Gives $10,000 RAWLINS, WYO., Aug. 28.—A Judgment for $10,000 against Ralph Sterling Ferris, a wealthy young man of Los Angeles and Raw’lins, Wyo., was rendered In the Superior Court in favor of Martin Wierorek, whose infant son, Michael, was run over and killed by an automobile driven by Ferris. Wiezorek sued for $50,000. A man slaughter charge against Ferris is pending. HURT IN AUTO SMASH. GREENVILLE, S. O., Aug. 28.— In an automobile accident at Mount Vernon. Ohio, Mrs. T. C. Gower, of Greenville, sustained a broken rib. Mr. Gower was uninjured, though other members of th^ party were seriously hurt. League Opens War on Free Lunch Counter CINCINNATI, Aug. 28.—“The free lunch must go,” declared S. A. Probst, of the Anti-Saloon League. ‘‘It Is not legal under the new' license law. "If a man eats his lunch in the same place twice or the saloon keeper should be guilty of giving it away to tw'o different customers at the same place the saloon man will lose his license. The saloon man must obey the law' as to Sunday closing and the lunch counter, or they will be subject to presecution by the league.” 1 Railroader Loses Leg, Another Arm Ivan Doyle, of Birmingham, a yard conductor for the Western and Atlan tic Railroad, was knocked down by a freight engine, Wednesday afternoon and his right leg so badly shattered it had to be amputated. O. Y. Layton, a switchman for the Georgia Railroad, lost his right arm Wednesday afternoon when he fell from a freight car. HARO SCALY Spread and Itched. Hair Fell Out. Could Not Sleep. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Now Well. R. F. D. No. 2, Cat-oosa, Okla.—"My trouble began with a hard scaly place about the size of a dollar on the side of my head, a^d a.? it continued to spread it caused my hair to fall out gradually as I would comb it. At first it looked like a patch of dandruff. It itched and when 1 scratched it, it would make an inflamed sore. It gave me such fever I could not sleep at night. In two weeks the place was bald and it began to get packed and scaly. When I would wash it, it would bleed and afterward would form a yellow greenish looking eruption and it looked like it was beginning to eat into the flesh. It really gave me such a fever it made me sick- “I used and everything I could to check its growth but they seemed to make it worse. Two friends recommended Cuticura Soap and Ointment and I sent to the drug store and got some and used them and in a week there was a deal of improve ment and in a month's time this place was well and a new growth of hair had formed.” (Signed) Willie Johns. Mar. 8, 1913. Not only are Cuticura Soap and Ointment most valuable in the treatment of eczemas and other distressing eruptions of skin and scalp, but no other emollients do so much for pimples, blackheads, red. rough skins, itching, scaly scalps, dandruff, dry, thin and falling hair, chapped hands and shapeless nails, nor do it so economically. A single cake of Cuticura Soap and box of Cuticura Ointment are often sufficient. Sold through out the world. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post-card "Cuticura, Dept. T. Boston.” *i“Men who shave and shampoo with Cu ticura Soap will find it best for skin and scalp. $3.75 All Oak Porch 25 Per Cent Discount Swings $1.98 on Rubber Hose 25% Reduction On Ice Cream Freezers 1- quart, 2- quart, 3- quart, 4- quart, 6-quart, 8-quart, 10-quart, 12-quart, 14-quart original original original original original original original original original price price price price price price price price price We have decided to sell all our ice cream freezers at once. You have a splendid oppor tunity to purchase a freezer made of the very best material at exceed ingly low prices : $1.25; now $ .94 $1.50; now $1.12 $2.00; now $1.50 $2.50; now $1.88 $3.25; now $2.24 $4.00; now $3.00 $5.50; now $4.13 $6.50; now $4.88 $8.00; now $6.00 16-quart, original price $10.00; now $7.50 KING HARDWARE CO. 53 Peachtree Street Special Prices on all Screen Doors and Windows 10 Per Cent Discount on all Electric Fans