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TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
HEIHT THROBS
'?! APPEALS IF
ATLANTA HOMES OPENED TO WEE
SCOTCH LAD AND BONNIE SISTERS
ATLANTA IS BASF
OFCRUSADFTD
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250 Penniless Boys and Girls Ask
Charitable Atlantans to Send
Them to School,
Contributions to
Schoolbook Fund
Georgian and Sunday
American
Cash
W. L. Peel
J. P. Allen .
Cash
Atlanta’s big heart will need not
much of softening to Insure a re
sponse to the appeal from its poor
children. In the very fact that 250
boys and girls are kept from public
school and from a chance for edu
cation because of their poverty there
is enough of heart throbs and senti
ment to awaken the coldest to a ready
giving.
School opens Monday, and your
children, bright-faced, magnified in
your eyes to the stature of future
Presidents and statesmen, are going
there, laughing, willing, eager. But
there are 250 boys and girls like yours,
possible Presidents and wives or
mothers of Presidents, just like yours,
who are going to Stay at home and
run in the streets and grow up with
out even the three “R’s” unless you
heln them.
There are 250 boys and girls like
little Willie Watson, whose mother is
a widow and must work in the mills,
and to whom the public school seems
a very desirable and unattainable
thing just now. The school term
opens in three days, and the fund is
not a tenth, not a twentieth, of what
is should be.
Last Chance for Education. *
To most of the children of the un
fortunate 250 the failure of contribu
tions would mean probably the failure
of a last chance to get an education.
Many of them are of that age when
another year will make them eligible
for employment in the mills and fac
tories, and next year they will enter
the army of the workers.
Then there will be no time for
schooling. Then they will grow old
early, practically illiterates. Then
they will enter upon a life of work »n
which no hope of success presents
itself, for the unlettered man an l
woman has no part in the world ex
cept as a beast of burden.
And even this year, out of school,
they will become children of the
street, susceptible to the influences o'
the street, orobably fruitful fields for
a crop of evil habits.
But apart from the latent possibil
ities ther,c are the children them
selves. Most of the 250, boys and girls
of ages between 8 and 9 years to 14,
are healthy, bright-eyed young per
sons, capable of real effort. None of
them, according to the records, are
what the eugenic sharks would call
the "unfit.” The very fact that the
children themselves are eager to # go to
school, to learn something that will
enable them to grow up - men and
women different from most of the
listless workers around them, makes
them out as worthy of Atlanta’s heip.
Appeal to Real Americans.
‘‘The greatest contributions to sci
ence, art and civilization have come
from the genius in the hovel,” said W
M. Slaton, superintendent of the At
lanta public schools, Thursday.
But the appeal is not made for
potential geniuses. The fund to raise
which The Georgian and Sunday
American is lending its help to the
Associated Charities is not a gamble
with fate for the probable produc
tion of great figures. It is just for
the 250 ordinary boys and girls who
can be made into good American men
and women with help now when the
need is greatest.
The "appeal was born in the chil
dren themselves. They, rather than
their parents, asked first that they be
given the chance. From their request
It grew to a wider appeal. The Asso
ciated Charities sensed the necessity.
Then all Atlanta heard it.
Atlanta, it seems, has many inter
ests. There is the pennant race, and
the theaters, and the green hats that
they say are expensive.
But Atlanta is a very big and rich
city, and there is room for other in
terests, particularly if they be human
interests.
Women Plan Organization—Au
dubon Leader Elated Over
Change Barring Plumage.
MARY, MARGARET AND DAVID LOGAN.
Stranded Trio Joyous as They
Hear That They Will Be
Given Work.
Buy a Diamond on
Deferred Payments
Prices Advance Within
60 Days
Thre<; advances have occurred
in the wholesale market in the
past twelve months which we
have not followed.
A further advance of ten par
cent will become effective as soon
as the new tariff bill passes the
Senate.
You can buy a diamond now
on convenient monthly payments
in the face of a certain definite
advance in prices. We require
only one-fifth cash. The balance
can bt distributed over as many
as ten months.
Selections sent prepaid any
where for examination.
Net prices and full particulars
given in our booklet, ‘‘Facts
About Diamonds.” Call or write-
for a copy.
MAIER & BERKELE, Inc.,
DIAMOND MERCHANTS,
31-33 Whitehall Street.
Established 1887.
Numbers of Atlanta homes have
been opened to the wee Scotch lad
and the bonnie lassies since the pub
lication in Wednesday’s Georgian that
City Warden 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 |
housework.”
The story of how these young peo- \
pie came from Glasgow, Scotland, to ■
this land of opportunity and met so j
many biUer disappointments during
ten months touched all Atlanta. The
uncle who was to provide for them
lost all his 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 inexperience. 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 to 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
solne mighty good servants.
Bailiff Kills Woman
And Self NearMillen
MIL.LEN, Sept. 4.—Supposedly
murder 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 j
house to investigate. He found the
body of Mrs. l^ewton 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 front injuries in his
*leg^md arm which he received in the
batWT.
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 Suinter 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-
uniform bale.
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: N
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 JHAN ANY OTHER MAN IN
THE SOUTH.
0. B. KEELER, THE GEORGIAN'S BASEBALL EX
PERT, WHO WRITES THE BREEZIEST ARTICLES OF
ANY CRITIC IN THE SOUTH.
W. S. FARNSWORTH, SPORTING E D I T 0 R 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. EVI^IY 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
Ou ‘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 ami 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 case contained 24 half pints of
whisky, and when the officers questioned
the boy he told them he was on his way
to his father’s barber shop
Father of Slaiu
. Youth to Prosecute
COLUMBUS, Sept. 4.—J. T. Haw
kins, father of Luther Hawkins, the
young man who was killed by Bailiff
R. L. Willis while attempting to arrest
him under a warrant charging him
with beating a 50-cent board bill, an
nounces that he will remain in Co
lumbus until after the preliminary
trial of Willis, which is set for Sep
tember 19, in order to assist in the
prosecution of Willis.
G. A. Howell Searches
For His Stolen Auto
“Nothing could have given me more
heart for my fight in behalf of the
birds here in the South than the dis
patch telling of the glojfiuoa victory
in Washington,” declared James Hen
ry Rice Thursday, discussing the res
toration by the Senate finance sub
committee of the House proviso in
the tariff bill, which forbids the im
portation of plumage other than that
of the ostrich and domestic poultry.
Mr. Rice is tjeld agent for the Au
dubon Society. Practically all of the
South Is in his territory. There is a
reason for his being in Atlanta. The
head officers of the Audubon Society
read in The Georgian some time ago
that Atlanta was the center of the
millinery business in the South and
that about $2,000,000 worthof busi
ness was done every year.
“Atlanta is the strategic point for
the base of our operations,” was the
decision. So Mr. Rice was dispatched
here at once, and It was announced
Thursday that Atlanta is to be the
headquarters for the Audubon Socie
ty in the South. «
Astounded at Enthusiasm.
“I have been astounded by the in
tense enthusiasm of the women of
Atlanta,” said Mr. Rice. "In the last
few days I have held numerous con
ferences and have received scores of
telephone calls. The women say that
they are going to have a bigger so
ciety for the protection of the-birds
than New York. and. to tell the
truth. I wouldn’t be surprised if they
did.”
A meeting of the rity Federation of
Women’s Clubs will be held -Friday
night to launch the project. Mr. Rice
will be the principal speaker.
“There is more sentiment in Atlanta
in favor of bird protection than in anv
other citv south of Boston.” declared
the ornithologist. “I have found also
the business men and many State of
ficials heart and soul In the work.
They appreciate the practical value of
the frusade.
“The South has been the home in
the past of many of the bright-plumed
birds that have been offered up as a
sacrifice to milady’s vanity. Many *f
them now' practically are extinct.
There are the herons, the flaming
flamingoes which found a home In
Georgia. South Carolina and Florida,
the roseate snoonbllls.
Slavinq Birds Fine for Insects.
“All w'ere on the verge of extinc
tion w'hen the crusade for their pres
ervation was started.
“It is probable that Georgia loses
$40.000.(K)0 annually through the pes
tiferous Insects. Practically the only
check is the flocks of birds. Yet these
flocks have been killed off until they
number only a fraction of what they
once were.
“The Chinese killed off their herons
and then the grasshoppers proceeded
calmly to eat everything up. Then
the famine came and America assist
ed in paying for the calamity. This
is bound to be the history in everv
case where a great country allows
is birds to be destroyed.
“T am glad to say the House pro
viso was restored. The prevention
of the importation of plumage is a
greater nrotection to American birds
than it is to birds of other countries.”
G. Arthur Howell is still looking for |
the person or persons who took ‘‘French j
leave” with his Hudson 1912 runabout
in front of the Candler Building early
Monday morning
Mr. Howell left the machine on the j
Houston street side of the Candler .
Building. When he returned to get it
it wasn’t there. The maphine is paint
ed black and has State license No.
15953.
Thomas A. Edison Ill
On Auto Trip in Maine
PORTLAND, ME., Sept. 4.—Thom
as A. Edison, with his wife, daughter
and son and Miss Grace Miller,
reached thl3 city from Morhegan. Mr.
Edison retired at once and when an
effort was made to see him it was
said he was slightly 111.
It was reported that the Edlsons
had come Daek to Maine because of
ill health.
FINE CROPS IN BUTTS.
JACKSON, Sept. 4 —Butts County
will without doubt harvest the largest
crop of hay in her entire history. The
farmers of Butts County are beginning
to experiment with alfalfa, some splen
did crops having been made this year
The local corn crop was the largest in
years, ;
Wears Gaudy Hose;
Is Poisoned by Dye
TULARE, CAL., Sept. 4.—Harry
Metcalf, a member of Company H.
California Volunteer Infantry’, is se
riously ill at his home as the result
of being poisoned with aniline dyes
from gaudy socks.
Metcalf .fainted while at drill last
evening, and when he failed to re
cover in a reasonable time was hur
ried home. An examination folio wed,
which showed he had the character
istic symptoms of aniline poisoning
PELHAM FIRM BANKRUPT.
PELHAM, Sept. 4.-Brown & Kahn
filed a voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy to-day, with liabilities of $10,-
000 and assets estimated at $4*000.
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Music
Teachers
Brenau has a pres
tige as a training
school for music
teachers second to
no other institution
in the South.
B RENAU Conservatory has probably
educated more music teachers, who are
now occupying responsible and remu
nerative positions, than any other institution
in the South.
r HE 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 / I,
1913, and which he will probably repeat in
the summer session beginning in J une, 1914.
r 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, Ellmer Zoller and Miss Nellie Laing.
r HE normal and tfieoretical course,
which will he offered hy Dr. Han
chett and Mrs. Simmons during the
yeqr beginning September 11 th, affords
unparalleled opportunities for Southern
teachers, and for 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.
/ N CONJ UNCTION with this specifi
cally pedagogical course teachers are
offered the course in Musical Analysis,
Musical History, Harmony and Solfeggio.
AS PREPARATION for self-sus-
jf-J tain in g life work a course in music
and musical pedagogy at Brenau af
fords opportunities which cannot he found
elsewhere in the South.
Brenau College-Conservatory
Gainesville, Georgia.