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*A HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA.. STTNDAT, SEPTEMBER 7, 1913. 7 A i f i I 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 +•+ Audubon Society Receives Aid +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ 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. It J : i . ' 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 I P-R-I-N -T-O-R-I-A-L-S I No. 238 Our Service Dept, is at Your Convenience! W'e know that OUR best interests, as well as those of our PATRONS, are dependent on SERVICE—not alone in QUAL ITY, PROMPTNESS and ACCURACY; but tn Initiative and origination; the planning, writing and illustrating; and every other adjunct ive feature that “rounds out” a per fect piece of Printed matter—As “Happy” Is wont to say—. “Let us help youse” BYRD Phone* M. 1560-2608-2614. Printing Co. 46-48-50 W. Alabama, Atlanta. 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. The Remedy of Greatest Value In the Family Medicine Chest Is Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey It is an absolutely pure distillation of carefully selected, clean grain, thoroughly malted, and should be in every home as a safeguard in emer gencies requiring aistimulant. 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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. HEADACHY, BILIOUS, CONSTIPATED, 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. 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