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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA.. STTNDAT, SEPTEMBER 7, 1913.
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President Claude E. Register
Writes Letter, Regretting Re
cent Remarks of Mayor.
Claude E. Register, president of the
South Side Improvement Club, has
written an Interesting letter to
Hearst’s Sunday American in expla
nation of the stirring speech of Mayor
James G. Woodward in attack on the
new charter and the City Council at
a recent meeting. He fears a false
impression of the object of the or-
? anization may have been gained
rom the publication of Mayor Wood
ward’s talk.
Emphasizing the fact that politics
was injected into that meeting with
out the consent cf the members, his
letter, which follows, shows that the
South Side Improvement Club is an
organization for the material im
provement and development of that
great section of the city within the
Second and Third Wards:
Here is the letter:
Letter States Club’s View*.
“Editor Hearst Sunday American:
We wish most respectfully to correct
what may be an erroneous impression
gained from the articles in the press
Of the city concerning the South Side
Improvement Club.
“This club is solely and absolutely
what its name implies—an improve
ment club, organized and maintained
to secure through organization and
co-operation some of the many need
ed improvements for our section. We
have been hard at work for many
months. Just at present we are cen
tering all of our efforts on the re
grading, widening and repaving of
South Pryor street from Georgia ave
nue t£> Ridge avenue. We have this
work well in hand, and expect to see
It accomplished before the end of
next year.
“The articles in the press concern
ing our meeting of Thursday night,
while true so far as some of the ac
tual occurrences were concerned, we
fear may cause some to class us as a
political club. But we are far from it.
Mayor’s Remarks Gratuitous.
“Our Mayor had been invited to
this meeting in order to apprise him
of our purposes and to enlist his co
operation in the work we have in
hand. When, in the course of his
♦a lk and after he had pledged us his
hearty support in the matter, he
strayed from the subject and began
his usual characteristic comments on
the failure of Council to co-operate
with him, and to give his opinion of
the proposed new charter, of course,
being our guest, we let him talk. The
injection of these matters into our
club by the Mayor was purely gratui
tous on his part.
“The club has not *aken and does
not expect to take any part as a club
in these matters. Each member can
and will vote and act as he pleases
on these issues. We give them no
place in our club discussions. We
devote our time, our thoughts and our
discussions in trying to devise and
secure needed improvements.
“We have no intention of calling a
meeting now or at any time for the
discussion of these outside issues, nor
in the interest of any candidate for
office. We are too busy on the im
provement of South Pryor street and
we are glad to know that we now
have the hearty co-operation of the
Mayor, leading city officials and the
County Board.
"Yours for Improvements,
“CLAUDE E. REGISTER,
"President South Side Improvement
Club.”
Gideons Hold Rally;
Meet Again To-day
Annual Convention Develops Fact
That Camps Have Increased
Rapidly In Number.
Members of the Georgia branch of
Gideons, from seven cities, held their
annual convention at the Hoetl Ans-
ley Saturday. The session lasted
throughout the afternoon and will be
followed Sunday with a State Gideon
rally in the assembly hall of the ho
tel. J. K. Orr will preside over the
rally.
This year's convention showed a
remarkable growth in the State or
ganization. In 1912 there were only
two camps in the State. This num
ber, it was shown Saturday, has been
increased to seven. Eighty-three
members have enrolled during the
year.
REV. GEORGE L. HAN SCO M
RESUME^ PULPIT DUTIES
The Rev. George Loring Hanscom,
pastor of the Central Congregational
Church, Carnegie way and Ellis
street, has returned from his vaca
tion and will occupy the pulpit at
both morning and evening services.
Special music, including a violin solo
By Miss Mary Douglas and selections
by a picked chorus, has been ar
ranged for the evening service. Solos
by Miss Mamie Adel Hays, the noted
coloratura soprano of Atlanta, will
be rendered at both services.
Georgia Women Win Bird
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Audubon Society Receives Aid
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Letter Campaign Is Successful
Mrs. Edward H. Barnes, of Atlanta, who was prominent in
campaign to have United States Senate adopt clause protecting
birds of the nation.
Slaughter of Partridges in South
ern States Blamed for Steady
Inroads of Boll Weevil.
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The compilation of a text-book on
the necessity for protecting the birds
of the United States is a plan ad
vanced Saturday by Jesse Mercer,
State Game Warden, who is known
as an enthusiastic bird lover.
Mr. Mercer believes that this is the
most effective method of instilling
in the minds of the American people
that an immense loss is sustained by
this country in permitting birds to
be slaughtered by the thousands an
nually.
Georgia loses $40,000,000 evfry year
through the devastation of insects,
according to figures in the possession
of the Game Warden. This would
be greatly reduced if the hunters of
birds, seeking feathers with which to
adorn women’s hats, were not per
mitted to ctfrry on their slaughter
year after year.
Patridge Weevil Foe.
Mr. Mercer cited an example very
close home to the Southern farmer.
He laid the devastating march of the
boll weevil from Mexico and Texas
into practically the whole group of
Southern States entirely to the fact
that the partridge, one of the worst
enemies of the boll weevil, either has
been exterminated or frightened
away from the stronghold of the pest
by the hunters.
“The sage hen, mountain grouse
and prairie chicken,” said the War
den, “like no better task than holding
in check an army like that of the
weevil. In spite, of their incalculable
value, they were killed by the car
load. with the result that the boil
weevil, which started in Guatemala,
worked its way northward through
Mexico into Texas and then over the
Southern States, and now is on the
borderland of Georgia.”
Warden Mercer r»ronoses to take
up his plan with the State educa
tional authorities and, if it meets
with any measure of success, later
with the officials of the National As
sociation of Audubon Societies
Mercer Praised for Work.
Mr. Mercer has just returned from
Washington, where he was successful
In having the Finance Subcommittee
of the Senate reconsider its position
on the House proviso in the tariff
bill. The result of the reconsidera
tion probably will be that when th*
tariff bill is adopted the importation
of all feathers into the United States
except those of the ostrich and do
mestic fowl, will be prohibited.
T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary of the
National Association of Audubon So
cieties, wrote Mr. Mercer a hlghlv
congratulatory letter, thanking him
for his work while at the National
Capital.
White Women Sign
Petition for Negro
Governor May Commute Death Sen
tence of Assailant to Life
Imprisonment.
Upon receipt of hundreds of tele
grams and letters from citizens of
Clinch County, Including many white
women, urging the commutation of
the sentence of Lige Lane, a negro,
sentenced to be hanged this week for
a criminal attack on a white woman,
Governor Slaton Saturday night tele
graphed J. G. Dickerson, attorney for
the condemned man, to come to At
lanta Monday. The negro's sentence
will be commuted to life imprison
ment, it is believed.
Although the testimony seems to
establish the negro’s guilt without a
doubt, the mere fact that 95 per cent
of the white women of the county
have signed the petition is a very
strong appeal, the Governor declared.
Employees Share
In Store's Profits
Co-operation Plan of Atlanta Mer
chant Proves Decided
Success.
HAILS CALL AS
Transfer From Morning Field Is
Accompanied by Many Im
provements in Service.
Tuberculosis Foes
Issue New Warning
Declare Disease Most Frequently It
Contracted as Result of Care
lessness of Its Victims.
Co-operation in business is being
adopted by some of Atlanta’s leading
merchants and has proved a decided
success.
A leading clothing and furnishing
store in Atlanta adopted the plan
and put it in operation on July 1.
Without reduction in salary in a
single instance, 1 per cent of the sales
of each employee was his profit in
the business. At the end of the first
month the smallest amount of profit
received by anyone was $18. Many
earned more than $30.
The business for this month was
more than 20 per cent greater than
the month previous, with no addition
al Inducements.
Mrs. Armor to Wage
Carolina ‘Dry' War
Georgia Prohibition Leader to Make
Fifteen Speeches in the
North State.
Baker Held as He
Poses as Lanford
Miss Nina Hornady and Mrs. Edward H. Barnes
Lead Movement for Feathered Game.
Policeman Objects to Anyone Trying
to Impersonate Atlanta’s Chief
of Detectives.
Georgia women active in the fight
for the conservation of birds won a
point when the Senate committee
asked that the section of the bill re
lating to the importation of bird
feathers be recommitted to it for
more study, with a possible approval
of that part which protects the wild
birds of this country.
Georgia has been most active in
the movement of preserving the birds,
the fight being led by Miss Nina
Hornady and Mrs. Edward H. Barnes,
of this city.
It was through the activity and In
fluence of Mrs. Barnes that the Geor
gia Legislature passed a resolution
requesting the United States Senators
at Washington to vote for the bird
clause. Mrs. Barnes has given much
of her time and talent toward this
movement, and has in many ways
successfully promoted the work in the
South.
Hoke Smith Aids Women.
The work of preserving the birds
of the wildwood has been a cher
ished one with William Hornady, head
of the Audubon Society at New York.
For several years h© has given his
best energies and his w r ealth to con
serving the feathered tribe, and is
now waging one of the most active
campaigns ever set afoot in this
country.
Recently Senator Hoke Smith, who
was regarded as not being friendly
to the bird bill, has openly declared
himself for it. The recalcitrant James
A. Reed, of Missouri, has also signi
fied his approval of the bill as it
protects the birds. In every State
there are workers for the bill and it
is believed that it will be passed by
the committee in the Senate without
further delay. Senator O’Gorman,
of New York, and Senator McLean,
of Connecticut, have both favored
the bill.
It is not generally known that there
MOTHER! GIVE CROSS. SICK CHILD
OKU "CALIFORNIA STROP IF FIGS"
If peevish, feverish, tongue
coated, give “fruit laxative”
at once.
No matter what alls your child, &
laxative should be the first treat
ment given.
Look at the tongue, mother! If
coated, it is a sure sign your “lit
tle one’s” stomach, liver and bowels
need a gentle, thorough cleansing at
\ once. When cross, peevish, listless,
J pale, doesn’t sleep, eat or act nat-
» urally; if breath is bad, stomach
j sour, system full of cold, throat sore,
> or if feverish, give a teaspoonful of
] “California Syrup of Figs,” and in
; just a few hours all the clogged-
up, constipated waste, sour blle # and
undigested food will gently move
out of the bowels and you have a
well, playful child again.
Sick children needn’t be coaxed to
take this harmless fruit laxative.
Millions of mothers keep it handy
because they know its action on the
stomach, liver and bowels is prompt
and sure. They also know a little
given to-day saves a sick child to
morrow.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent
bottle of “California Syrup of Figs.”
which contains directions for babies,
children of all ages and for grown
ups plainly on the bottle. Beware
of counterfeits sold here. Get the
genuine, made by “California Fig
Syrup Company.” Refuse any other
kind with contempt.
is an annual loss of crops and fruits,
in the United States, of $1,000,000,000
and that if the birds are preserved
and allowed to reproduce, In time
this will be rectified, as birds are
known to be exterminators of va
rious plant pests.
At this time Queen Mary, Lord
Curzon, and many other distinguish
ed women and men in Europe are
taking active measures to have Par
liament pass a similar bill as the
United States has before Congress
• In Georgia, the most prominent
women in all avenues of activity
have co-operated with Miss Hornady
and Mrs. Barnes in 'he promotion of
the bill, Mrs. Boiling Jones alone
having sent out three hundred per
sonal letters in the interest of the
bill.
Many Women Join Work.
Others taking part in tjie work
have been Mrs. W. L. Wilson, presi
dent of the Colonial Dames, at Sa
vannah; Mrs. Shermrd W. Foster,
State regent of the Daughters of the
American Revolution; Mrs. William
McCarthy, president of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy; Mrs.
John A. Perdue, regent of the Joseph
Habersham Chapter D. A. R., the
largest chapter in the State; Mrs. A.
McD. Wilson, who has been president
of more patriotic, civic, charitable
and other clubs than any other woman
in the city, and is president of the
Uncle Remus Memorial Association;
Mrs. W. D. Ellis, president of the
Ladies’ Memorial Association; Mrs.
Joseph H. Morgan, founder of the
Atlanta Ladies’ Memorial Association
and of the Woman’s Pioneer Society,
of which she is now ^resident; Mrs.
A. P. Coles, president of the Woman s
Club, and others.
Miss Hornady is president of the
United States Daughters of 1812 and
Mrs. Barnes is prominently identified
with many of the most exclusive
woman’s organizations in the city,
besides having unusual histrionic tal
ents which have attracted th^ favor
able comment of stage managers of
note.
F. C. Smith, a baker of No. 942
Highland avenue, languished in the
city Jail Saturday night—all because
he failed to convince Special Officer
J. G. Bowman that he was Chief Lan
ford. Smith was arrested at a bar
becue grounds and locked up on a
charge of disorderly conduct.
According to Bowman, Smith was,
without a shadow of a doubt, imbued
with that exalted idea. As Officer
Bowman obpected to the impersona
tion of his chief, he placed Smith un
der arrest.
J. N. RENFR0E CANDIDATE
FOR COUNCILMANS JOB
J. N. Renfroe, member of the
Smoke Commission, Saturday an
nounced his candidacy for Council
man from the First Ward. Mr. Ren
froe is widely known in the ward,
having lived there at the same ad
dress for 35 years. His friends de
clare he will make an exceptionally
strong race.
ASHEVILLE, Sept. 6.—Prohibition
North Carolina is to hear a series
of fifteen addresses by Mrs. Mary
Harris Armor, of Georgia, on the
liquor question. The white ribbon
leader opens in Asheville September
15 under the auspices of the Nortn
Carolina Anti-Saloon League and the
W. C. T. U. Slate organization.
This State has had no saloons in a
number of years, and there Is no
“wet” movement on hand; therefore,
the coming of Mrs. Armor to stump
the State is looked upon as some
what of a mystery.
U, S, Ownership of
Telegraph Planned
House Leaders Are Already at Work
on Bill—Early Action
Is Likely.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—A defi
nite start on the preparation of a
bill for Governmen| ownership of tel
egraph lines will shortly be made by
the House Committee on Postoffices
and Postroads.
Action in this direction is being
pressed by the House leaders who
are closest to the Administration, and
it was stated by a member of the
committee to-day that early action
will be taken. Informal considera
tion of the proposition will be had
during this session of CongTess, and
the committee will get down to hard
work on It as soon as the regular
session convenes in December.
SAN FRANCTSCO, Sept. 6.—-The
San Francisco Call, the oldest of the
San Francisco daily papers, trans
ferred Its activities from the morning
to the evening field Monday. The Call
was founded in 1866 as a morning
paper and was for many years the
leading morning paper of San Fran
cisco. Of lafe years, however, the
competition of The Examiner and
Chronicle has been too strong for it,
and The Call saw its better oppor
tunity in the less bitterly disputed
evening field.
The Call’s first appearance in fhe
evening field showed it to be a greatly
improved newspaper.
It made the following announce
ment, which seems to be justified:
The San Francisco Call is the
oldest paper in San hTancisco and
will be the greatest evening pa
per.
Every arrangement has been
made to give, the people of San
Francisco the highest grade of
newspaper product for the small
est price.
Lease Special Wires.
The best news associations
have been secured, the best.
American and European news
paper connections have been
made, and special wires have
been leased, the heat special fea-
♦ ues and syndicate services have
been obtained, the best newspaper
managers, editors and writers
have been engaged from all parts
of the country; the best and big
gest newspaper machinery manu
factured has been ordered and
will be installed in the newest
and most commodious quarters in
San Francisco.
Everything has been done that
we, the publishers, can think of
to make The San Francisco Call
the best newspaper in America,
but we will welcome suggestions
from our readers.
The San Francisco CaII appears
to-day. Monday, as San Fran
cisco’s leading evening paper.
Ask Aid of Readers.
Tell us how It can be Tnade bet
ter.
Help us to give San Francisco
the best paper printed anywhere.
We have ihe determination and
the resources to make The San
Francisco Call the leading even
ing newspaper of the nation.
If thero Is anything we haven’t
ibought of, think of it for us and
we will do it for you.
* F. W. KELLOGG,
President and Publisher.
JOHN D. SPRECKELS.
Vice President and Treasurer.
The managers of The Call claim
that the wisdom of the transfer to the
evening field is proved by the results
of the first day of Issue. The circula
tion of The Call has been doubled and
the paper in its new form has mei
with the most universal commenda
tion.
The Georgia State Board of Health
Issued bulletins Saturday bearing on
the prevention of tuberculosis and ty
phoid fever. The spread of the white
Plague most effectively can be
checked, according to the bulletin on
the tuberculosis germ, by the destruc
tion of the sputum of tuberculous per
sons. The disease is communicated
most frequently by the germs from
this source.
‘Tn im,” says the bulletin, “Rob
ert Kocn clearly demonstrated the
germ which now has been proved be
yond a shadow of a doubt to be the
actual cause of this all too prevalent
and fatal malady. They grow only at
about the temperature of the body
Cold has very little effect upon them,
but boiling kills them readily, and the
direct rays of the sun kills them from
a few minutes to several hours. On
the sidewalk. protected from thie di
rect rays of the sun, these germs live
for several weeks, and in poorly
lighted rooms will probably live and
be dangerous for a year. In cloth
they will live for a somewhat indefi
nite period.’’
Bats Are Useful,
Declare Scientists
U. S. Experts Refer to Nocturnal
Animal In Recent Bulletin
on Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Bats are
useful and should not be destroyed,
according to a bulletin Issued by the
Department of Agriculture to-day.
The department had in mind the
(nocturnal animal, which preys upon
Insects. “These animals/’ say* the
department, “eat mosquitoes and
other pests harmful to orchards and
plants. Their presence in a garden is
a boon, not a menace."
$2.00 TO CHATTANOO
GA AND RETURN
W. and A. Railroad will tell
round trip tickets from Atlanta to
Chattanooga and return for train
leaving Atlanta at 8:35 a. m.
Thursday, September 11, 1913,
good returning not later than
train arriving Atlanta 7:35 p. m.
Saturday, September 13, 1913.
C. E. HARMAN,
General Passenger Agent
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REV. J. A. MOORE BACK
FROM A VACATION TRIP
The Rev. J. A. Moore, pastor of
the Harris Street Presbyterian
j Church, will occupy his pulpit Sun-
| day after a vacation of several
weeks. The services will begin
promptly at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. f with
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
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In the Family Medicine Chest Is
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of carefully selected, clean grain,
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rects the defective digestion of the
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ens the heart, gives force to the cir
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w It is prescribed by doctors and recognized
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Remit by express order, postofflre order, or certified cheek to
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P. D. HAMPTON RESIGNS
PLACE WITH SEABOARD
U REGENSTEIN’S
REGENSTEIN’S II
P. D. Hampton has resigned his
position as city passenger and ticket j
agent with the Seaboard Air Line to
go with the Southeastern Passenger I
Association. His duties have been |
divided and J. E. Brown, formerly his j
assistant, has been made city ticket
agent, and W. R. McIntyre, formerly I
at Birmingham, has been apt>ointed j
city passenger agent
Belasco Believed
In ‘Movie' Field
Dustin Farnum Indicates That He Is
Staging Williamson Novels
for Films.
NEW YORK, Sept 6.—Dustin Far
num, who arrived on board the
steamer France, said to-day that h*
had spent three months in Europe
with Walter Hale, William H. El
liott and a number of others in the
production of moving picture films
depicting the novels of A. M. and
C. V. Williamson. He was asked
V .ether David Belasco was interest
ed in the films, but refused to an
swer.
Mr Elliott is a son-in-law of Da
vid Belasco. There have been sev
eral rufnor3 to the effect that Belasco
was to enter the moving picture field.
The last time a report of this kind
wtrfc printed there was no denial, but
all -previoue report* were vigorously
denied.
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CLEAN HR LIVER—DIME»
TouTe bilious! You have a throb
bing sensation in your head, a bad
taste in your mouth, your eyes hurt,
your skin is yellow with dark rings
under your eyes, your lips are parch
ed. No wonder you feel ugly, mean
and ill-tempered. Your system is full
of bile and constipated waste not
properly passed off, and what you
need is a cleaning up “inside.” Don’t
continue being a bilious, constipated
nuisance to yourself and those who
love you, and don’t resort to harsh
physics that irritate and Injure. Re
member, that your sour, disordered
stomach, lazy liver, and clogged bow- |
els can be quickly cleaned and regu
lated by morning with gentle, thor
ough Caecarets; a 10-cent box will I
keep your head clear and make youJ
feel cheerful and bully for months. 1
Get Cascarets now—wake up refresh
ed—feel like doing a good day's work
—make yourself pleasant and useful.
Clean up! Cheer up!
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SAVE YOUR WASTE PAPER AND RAGS
Our Wagon Will Call and Pay You
CASH
For A(1 Waste Paper, Newspapers, Books, Magazines, Rags. Old Mat
tresses. Quilts, Etc.
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