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ATLANTA HOMES OPENED TO WEE
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Despite Two Years’ Research by
Learned Commission Disease
Remains Mystery.
SPARTANBURG, S. C„ Sept. 4.—
After two years of research by a
corps of twenty scientists, the
Thompson-McFadden Pellagra Com
mission still is ignorant of tVie cause
of the disease. This was announced
by Dr. Ward J. McNeal, of the New
York Post-Graduate Hospital, at a
conference here of Southern physi
cians.
Nearly two hundred physicians,
students of the disease, were here for
the conference. They came from
nearly every Southern State.
Dr. McNeal summarised the com
mission’s findings thus:
“First, the supposition that the in
gestion of good or spoiled maize is
the essential cause of pellagra is not
supported by our study.
“Second, pellagra is in all proba
bility a specific infectious disease
communicable by means at present
unknown.
“Third, we have discovered no evi
dence incriminating buffalo gnats in
the causation of pellagra. If it is dis
tributed by a blood-sucking insect,
the stable fly would appear to be the
most probable carrier.
No Specific Cause Found.
“Fourth, we are inclined to regard
intimate association in the household
and the contamination of food with
the excretions of pellagrins as possi
ble modes of distribution of the dis
ease.
“Fifth, no specific cause of pellagra
has been recognized.”
Although none of the assembled
physicians was able to suggest a spe
cific remedy for the disease, Dr. C. H.
Lavinder, of the public health serv
ice, Savannah, Ga., declared:
“If you remove a pellagrin in the
early stages of the disease from the
endemic locality of the disease, put
him in better surroundings and give
him plenty of good, nourishing food,
regardless of treatment he will get
well and stay well. In view of the
high mortality of pellagra and the
pessimistic feeling in regard to it this
should be a comforting thought to us*
It should also be cojnforting that pel
lagra is not directly transmissible
from one person to another.”
Sambon Suspects Gnat.
Dr. Louis W. Sambon, head of the
School of Tropical Medicine, London,
also spoke.
Dr. Sambon, chief exponent of the
insect theory of dissemination, de
clared pellagra rapidly is becoming a
subject of world-wide concern. Fif
ty-three cases, he said, had been dis
covered in the British Isles. Hun
dreds of others, he added, probably
existed, but had been unidentified be
cause of the ignorance of physicians
in regard to the disease.
Although extensive research work
had convinced him, Dr. Sambon said,
that pellagra is transmitted by an in
sect, he had reached no definite con
clusion as to the identity of the trans
mitting agent. He suggested that the
buffalo gnat seemed a likely suspect,
drawing his inference from the fact
that the disease spreads most rapidly
along flowing streams.
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Stranded Trio Joyous as They
Hear That They Will Be
Given Work.
Numbers of Atlnata homes have
been opened to the wee Scotch lad
and the bonnie lassies since the pub
lication in Wednesday’s Georgian that
City Wadren Thomas Evans was
looking for someone to take them as
house servants. The Warden said he
would be able to place them all in
good homes before Thursday night.
Mary, Margaret and David Logan,
those are their names, were down at
the Warden’s office early Thursday
morning, wearing broad smiles. They
were joyous over the fact that their
bewildering struggling in a strange
city was at an end.
“We do not know mill work,” said
Mary, the eldest, “but we can do
house work.”
The story of how these young peo
ple came from Glasgow, Scotland, to
this land of opportunity and met so
many bitter disappointments during
ten months touched all Atlanta. The
uncle who was to provide for them
lost all bis money, and they finally
had reached Atlanta and took up
abode in the Fulton Bag and Cotton
Mills settlement.
Even there they could not get work
because of their inexpeirence. But
these sturdy young Scots were not
discouraged. They smiled and said
they would get work finally.
When Warden Evans told them
Thursday that several persons would
be down ot see them to give them
work, their smiles greatly broadened,
and they told him how much they ap
preciated his help in most charming
Scotch accents.
From the looks of these young peo
ple, some Atlantans are going to get
some mighty good servants.
Bailiff Kills Woman
And Self NearMillen
MILLEN, Sept. 4.—Supposedly
nurder and suicide, Mrs. Belle New
ton and Rufus Bryant, a Jenkins
County bailiff, are to-day dead. The
double killing took place last night
at the home of Mrs. Newton, seven
miles from Millen.
L. H. Braddock, a farmer living
near the Newton home, heard shots
about 9:30 o’clock and rushed to the
house to investigate. He found the
body of Mrs. Newton on the floor and
near by that of Bryant. The suppo
sition is that Bryant killed the woman
and then shot himself to death.
No Attempt to Take
Kentucky Fugitive
LEXINGTON, Sept. 4.—Reports from
Burnside, Ky.. say that Josh Tartar,
who shot Town Marshal John Coomer in
the neck and killed John Fitzgerald in
a running fight, and who made his es
cape, is recovering from injuries in his
leg and arm which he received in the
battle.
Tartar has been located near his own
home and a surgeon from Burnside has
been in daily attendance upon him. Of
ficers are not attempting to arrest him.
FUNERAL OF PERCIVAL ELDER.
JACKSON, Sept. 3.—The funeral of
Percival Elder, who died at a private
sanitorium in Atlanta Tuesday night,
was held at the Flovilla Methodist
Church Wednesday afternoon at 3
o’clock, Rev. J. A. Sprayberry conduct
ing the services. He was the son >f
the late Mr. and Mrs. George Elder,
of Flovilla, the latter of whom died
only a few months ago.
UNIFORM COTTON BALE.
AMERICUS, Sept. 4.—An organized
effort is being made by the cotton
men of Sumter County to get the
ginners of the county to conform to
the regulation bale. This move will
save the farmer the special tax of $1
that has been placed on the non-
uuiiora bale*
MARY, MARGARET AND DAVID LOGAN.
The Georgian Divides Glory
With Crackers in Another
Great Baseball Victory
THE CRACKERS HAVE WON TWO GAMES. AND
THE GEORGIAN HAS WON TWO GREAT VICTORIES,
ALSO. THE GREAT STORIES WRITTEN BY THE GEOR
GIAN’S EXPERTS ARE THE TALK OF THE TOWN. A BASE
BALL SERIES HAS NEVER BEEN “COVERED” SO COM
PLETELY. EVERY LITTLE DETAIL IS DESCRIBED
DAILY.
THERE ARE TWO MORE GAMES SCHEDULED BE
TWEEN THE GULLS AND CRACKERS. IT IS HARD TO
TELL WHICH TEAM WILL WIN THESE GAMES, BUT THE
GEORGIAN IS GOING TO BE A WINNER ANYWAY.
THIS AFTERNOON ALL OF THE GEORGIAN'S EX
PERTS WILL BE ON THE JOB AGAIN. BE SURE TO
READ WHAT THEY WRITE. IT IS SPICY, AUTHENTIC
AND INTERESTING.
AMONG THOSE WHO ARE “COVERING” THIS
SERIES FOR THE GEORGIAN ARE:
BILLY SMITH, THE CRACKER MANAGER, THE
MAN WHO BROUGHT A RANK TAIL-ENDER OF 1912 UP
TO THE TOP.
JOE AGLER, THE CORKING FIRST BASEMAN, WHO
HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY JERSEY CITY, BUT WHO WILL
BE WITH THE YANKEES NEXT SEASON.
LOU CASTRO, FORMER CRACKER, WHO KNOWS
“INSIDE” BALL BETTER THAN ANY OTHER MAN IN
THE SOUTH.
0. B. KEELER, THE GEORGIANS BASEBALL EX
PERT, WHO WRITES THE BREEZIEST ARTICLES OF
ANY CRITIC IN THE SOUTH.
W. S. FARNSWORTH, SPORTING EDITOR OF THE
GEORGIAN, WHO FOR SIX YEARS TRAVELED WITH
THE RED SOX, YANKEES, GIANTS AND DODGERS.
FUZZY WOODRUFF, KNOWN BY EVERY FAN IN
THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE, WHO HAS A WONDERFUL
STYLE ALL HIS OWN.
INNIS BROWN, FORMER VANDERBILT HERO, WHO
PERSONALLY KNOWS EVERY MEMBER OF THE GULLS
AND CRACKERS.
THE GEORGIAN WILL ALSO HAVE STAFF PHOTOG
RAPHERS AT THE PARK TO SNAP EVERY PLAY OF IM
PORTANCE.
THE GEORGIAN'S BASEBALL EXTRAS WILL RUN
COMPLETE DETAILED REPORTS OF THE GAME, SENT
IN PLAY BY PLAY. EVERY BALL AND STRIKE WILL BE
ACCOUNTED FOR IN THESE EXTRAS.
ORDER YOUR GEORGIAN EARLY FOR THE NEXT
TWO DAYS IF YOU WANT TO BE SURE OF GETTING
ALL THE REAL NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THIS GREAT
SERIES.
Negro Barber Held
On ‘Tiger’ Charge
W. A. Jones, a negro barber with a
shop at No. 35 Ivy street, was arrested
Thursday morning on a charge of run
ning a blind tiger. The arrest was made
by Detectives Cowan and Ozburn, who
took into custody the 12-year-old son of
Jones when they discovered him carry
ing a case of whisky along Ivy street.
The <5ase contained 24 half pints of
whisky, and when the ^officers questioned
the boy he told them ne was on his way
to his father’s barber shop
Anyway, Season at the Atlanta
Theater Is Opened—Some
Good Shows Coming.
The Atlanta Theater, being a
worthy house of entertainment, not to
speak of its being the stronghold of
the mighty K & E., deserved really a
more auspicious opening for the new
season than came with the "Mary’s
Lamb" production Wednesday night.
A certain element of the Atlanta au
dience—not the best-paying patrons,
either—seemed to enjoy some fea
tures o fthe show. The others—well,
the spirit of Richard Carle must have
been sorely troubled last night. But
then there is no place in the world for
Invidious comparisons.
Anyhow, “Mary’s Lamb" did one
thing. The Atlanta Theater was offi
cially opened by the performance. A
fair-sized crowd *■ came to the first
show, regardless of the age of the at
traction. and the little promise that
the billboards and advance notices
held out. Thus the popularity of the
Atlanta Theater was proved.
And, judging from the contents of
the pretentious-appearing program,
particularly page 11, on which was
the forecast of the season’s attrac
tions, almost everything has been
done to clinch tha popularity that
successful seasons of the past have
engendered. Most promising are the
shows that have been contracted, the
list including some of the most suc
cessful productions, with the bright
est stars of the American theatrical
heavens.
Altogether the season bids fair to
be successful, even with the—well, let
us say the "inauspicious" opening. If
all the cast of “Mary's Lamb" had
begun to measure up to the Den Mc
Grath, the p seudo-successor of Rich
ard Carle, the show might have been
at least acceptable. But the cast
didn’t. Mr. McGrath was a lone fig
ure.
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OBITUARY.
Funeral services Tor Grace Story, tho
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Marshall Story, of No. 60 Glenn
street, who died Wednesday, were
held Thursday morning at the chap
el of Greenberg & Bond. Interment
at Westvlew.
The funeral of Mrs. George Marshall,
who died Tuesday, will be held at
Poole’s chapel Thursday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, under the auspices of
Capitol HiVe, No. 1, Ladies of the
Maccabees. *
Mrs. Anna Mearett, 63 years old, died
early Wednesday morning at her
home in Roswell, Ga. Surviving her
are three daughters, Mrs. Fitzger
ald and Mrs. J. W. Wing, Jr„ of
Roswell, and Mrs. W. H. Cook, ot
Atlanta, and four sons, James, John
and Press Mearett, of Roswell, and
Emery Mearett, of Albany, Ga. Fu
neral announcements later.
The funeral of Mr». Kate C. Taylor,
who died Wednesday at the resi
dence in Hapeville, will be held
from the College Park Presbyterian
Church at 4 o’clock Thursday after
noon. She was 62 years old, and is
survived by her husband and five
daughters, Mrs. S. T. Conyers, Mrs.
R. C. Edwards, Mrs. C. D. Nesbit,
Mrs. S. D.-Adams and Mrs. J. R.
Rutledge. Interment at College
Park Cemetery.
AMERICUS TO BE REPRESENTED.
AMERICUS, Sept. 4.—Americus is
to be represented at the meeting of
the State Chamber of Commerce,
which will be held in Macon on the
16th of this month. A meeting has
been called for the latter part of next
w f eek to select delegates.
PELHAM FIRM BANKRUPT.
PELHAM, Sept. 4.—Brown & Kahn |
filed a voluntary petition in bank- \
ruptcy to-day, with liabilities of $10,- I
000 and assets estimated at $4,000. 1
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In Efficient Management,
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For
Music
Teachers
Brenau has a pres
tige as a training
school for music
teachers second ti
no other institution
in the South.
B REN A U Conservatory has probably
educated more music teachers, who are
now occupying responsible and remu
nerative positions, than any other institution
the South.
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nrHE recent addition to the faculty of
_/ Dr. Henry G. Hanchett as Principal
of the Normal Department still further
enlarges the opportunities for young women
who desire to secure the very best training.
Dr. Hanchett is one of the best known
teachers in America to-day, and the fact
that he is willing to undertake the Work of
teacher training in this institution is another
evidence of the fact that Brenau is recog
nized as one of the foremost institutions for
the study of music in America.
D R. Hanchett has made many successful
Concert tours of America and has
done perhaps more than any other liv
ing man to popularize classical music. He
is not only a performer of rare artistic finish
hut an entertaining lecturer as well, and a
distinct feature of all of his recitals is the
careful explanation of all the distinguishing
characteristics of the numbers which he
plays on the piano or the pipe organ, in the
playing of which he is equally skilled.
D R. Hanchett first outlined a course in
musical pedagogy and analysis when
a member of the faculty of the Metro
politan Conservatory of Music in the city of
New York in 1893, and it is a development
of this course which he will give at Brenau
during the session beginning September 11,
1913, and which he will probably repeat in
the summer session beginning in J une, 1914.
7 HE addition of Dr. Hanchett to the
faculty undoubtedly gives Brenau the
most distinguished coterie of musicians
in the South. In addition to Dr. Hanchett
the faculty includes Otto Pfefferkorn,
who has been head of the piano department
for a dozen years; J. T. Sinnette and Benj.
F. Havens, who came with Dr. Simmons
from Shorter College; Bruno Michaleis, a
native of Leipzig and graduate of the
famous Royal Conservatory there, and sev
eral others. The vocal department, pre
sided over by Mrs. Lessie Southgate Sim
mons, will maintain its usual high standard.
Mrs. Simmons has a rare gift of inspir
ing her pupils with the utmost enthusiasm,
and she is ably assisted hyMiss Mary Helen
Howe, EllmerZoller andMissNellie Laing.
r HE normal and theoretical course,
which will he offered hy Dr. Han
chett and Mrs. Simmons during the
year beginning September 11 th, affords
unparalleled opportunities for Southern
teachers, andjor students who are prepar
ing to teach.
r HE normal course will embrace a gen
eral discussion of the application to
musical pedagogy of the following
subjects: Sensation; The Brain; Nervous
Activity; The Unconscious Man; Habit;
Consciousness; Attention; Perception and
Conception; Memory and Association; The
Sense of Time and Space; Reasoning; Im
pulse, Instinct, Volition, Expression; methods
of securing Attention; methods of developing
Musical Intelligence; methods of enhancing
Emotion; methods of improving Action; the
Body as the Organ of the Soul; Education
is Drawing-out; Aim and End of Teaching.
T N CONJ UNCTION with this specif-
J cally pedagogical course teachers are
offered the course in Musical Analysis,
Musical History, Harmony and Solfeggio.
AS PREPARATION for self-sus-
taining life work a course in music
and musical pedagogy at Brenau af
fords opportunities which cannot be found
elsewhere in the South.
Brenau College-Conservatory
Gainesville, Georgia.