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\ , w**?»WP!1gPHp T- fFW! 4 A TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, 0A„ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1013. FRIENDS OF CHARTER, » NEW APPEAL, ASK n NEXT —By F. S JACOBS T HERE was a time when kissing in the good old-fashioned way Was altogether ruled by what the Indy had to say; If she said “Yes,” the couple didn’t ask for better right. Hut fell into a close embrace and smacked with all their might. Hut times, it seems, are changing; loving couples when euelinehed Are apt to be disturbed thus wise: “Hey, stop it; you are pinched.” r^e Hillyer, Chairman of Com- mttee, Presents PZpitome of Docu ment, Outlining Proposed Changes. Asks Careful Reading by Voters. Leaders In the fight for the new charter Issued another appeal for support Saturday night along with un epitome of the document The appeal is signed by George Hillyer. chairman, and A. H. Davis, secretary of the campaign commit tee. They urge every voter to study carefully the changes provided Here follows the statement in full: To the Voters of Atlanta: On September 24 you will be given an opportunity by your ballot to se lect for this city a complete, concise, revised and rearranged charter. The Legislature haa already passed this charter, subject to the ratifica tion of a majority of the voters in this election. If adopted, Its provisions hecofne effective January 1, 1914. This charter Is not essentially dif ferent from the present charter. The difference Involves matters of detail, and does not change the basic prin ciples of Atlanta’s present form of government. It was drafted by the members of the City Council, aided by a commit tee of citizens, and was adopted by the former body before It wa» passed by the Legislature. The main Idea In drafting this charter was to give to Atlanta a char ter harmonious and consistent all the way through, to eliminate many ob solete matters, and to group together and In logical order the sections bear ing upon particular subjects. When it is remembered that At lanta’s present charter was granted by the General Assembly In 1874— nearly 40 years ago—that It has been amended time and time again, that it has no logical or systematic arrange ment of contents, that many of its provisions are now unnecessary and obsolete, the necessity of a complete, revised and up-to-date charter is made apparent. No changes from the present char ter have been made, except such as have been suggested by the wisdom und experience of 39 years. While this 1913 charter is much shorter than the present one, we shall not burden you with Its fength, but ask that you read the explanation be low, giving briefly all the essential changes from our present charter. Sanitary Tax Abolished. The annual sanitary tax of $3 per house is abolished. This seems to be a relic of village days, to be re moved as soon as the growth of the city permits, and that time has now arrived. This will give a very sub stantial reduction in taxes for all property owners, especially for the small home owners, who, in many cases, now pay almost as much sani tary tax as all other taxes combined. However, the tax rate of $1.25 re mains as at present, and there is no other change in the present tax sys tern. Number of Boards Reduced. This charter reduces the number *»f city boards Those provided for are: Board of Education. Board of Public Safety Board of Health, Hospitals and Charities. Board of Public Works Board of Water Commissioners, Board of Public Recreation. Board of Trustees of Carnegie Li brary. Some of these boards are new and are the result of consolidating the work of two or more of the present boards. They will constat member from each ward, to be elect ed by the General Council, whose t«jrms will be fixed by ordinance. The same general provisions are es tAbllshed for all. to wit: There la • head of each of the several depart ments, and the boards wi” exercis supervision over such heads of de partments and the other officers cf such departments and the manage ment thereof, but one board is not given greater power than the other, all having the same General authority with reference to their particular de partments. All heads of departments are to he elected by the boards, instead, as at present, of having some looted by the boards, some elected by Council and some elected by the people. Health, Hospitals. Charities. The Grady Hospital Board Is abol ished. The Grady Hospital, the Bat tle Hill Anti-Tuberculosis Sanitarium, the City Warden, the sanitary de partment and the health department are all put under one board, to be known as the Board of Health. Hos pitals and Charities The head of each of thes« departments will he elected by the board. Board of Public Recreation. The Cemetery Commission and th3 Park Board are abolished, and the ci v cemeteries and th*' city parks are put inder the Board of Public Recre ation All municipal cemeteries, in the lapse of time, become public parks and the reason for grouping cemeteries with parks is. therefore, ap. arent. Board of Public Safety. This hoard takes the place of the Police Board and the Board of Fire- : s era thin < ombinlng, foy more »f ficient and continuous supervision, th- se two co-ordinate departments. Of course, there will be a chief of each department, as at present, to be elect ed by the board. Board of Public Works. The repair and construction of streets, sewers and bridges is put un der a new board, called the Board cf Public Works The likens from ea^h ward are given representation on this as on all other boards, and a hearing Is assured on any and all complaints that they may desire to make, as well as on all protes’s against proposed improvements which they think tha city should hear. The Board of Pub lic Works is intended to systematise the street and sewer work under a < "ntinuoug line of enueavor. such »* t board should work out from year *xj year, instead of following changes in views of the Committee on Streets and Committee on Sewers annualh appointed Pay for Board Members. A new feature is here adopted, to wit: Bach board member will receive $5 for attending the monthly meeting of his board. This la an effort to ap ply the wisdom of bank* and other large business corporations in secur ing full attendance of board mem bers If every board member is pres ent at the regular monthly meeting of hi* board, good work is certain to be done. Sinking Fund Commiaaion. The Sinking Fund Commission i* continued ns at present. Waterworks Not Salable. This charter provides that our waterworks shall never he sold, trans. ferred, leased or in any way aliened or Incumbered, and further provides that any action that would look to any sale, transfer, ease or Incumbrance shall be absolutely void, and, further, that any official voting for such sale, transfer, lease or Incumbrance shall be subject to Impeachment. City Purchasing Agent. This charter authorize*) the Mayor and General Council, in their discre tion. to create the position of city purchasing agent. Civil Service Retained. Civil service, as adopted a few years ago, and which now seems to he working well, is retained In Its present form. Officers Elected by People. It Is provided that the following of ficials shall be elected, as at present, by the people: Mayor, Aldermen, Councilman, City Clerk. Marshal, Re corder. City Attorney, Treasurer. Tax Collector, Comptroller, City Electri cian and Building Inspector Representative Government. This charter retain* the principle of representative government. The Gen eral Council will still be made up of members from the various wards, and each of the boards will have a mem ber from each of the wards of the citv. Thus Is retained to YOTT, Mr. Voter, the right to confer with, to suggest, to commend or to complain to your direct representatives when ever occasion demands. Two Separate Proposition*. Two features of the charter are to be voted upon separately. One Is the section reducing the Recorder's au thority of a fine of $500 and 60 days’ sentence of labor or Imprisonment (the present law’) to a fine of not exceeding $200, with a 30-day sen tence. The other section is the one pro viding for initiative, referendum and recall. This charter proposes nn Initiative on the basis of 10 per cent of the registered voters, a referendum on the basis of 15 per cent of the regis tered voters, and a recall on the basis of 25 per cent of the registered vot ers, the recall applying not only to the Mayor, Aldermen, Councllmen and other officers elected by the peo ple, but also to all board members and all heads of departments The figures given show the proportion of voters required on petitions calling elections for the purposes named. Chance for Fair Trial, These percentages seem neither too ■mull nor too large, and will give the cltlxens an opportunity to give these provisions a fair trial whenever de sired. Both these provisions, how ever, are subject to separate vote, and may be ratified or rejected without reference to the balance of the char ter. The above should give you a clear and concise idea of the proposed re vised charter which you are asked to accept or reject on September 24. A number of good citizens have given much of their time, In con junction with Council members, in the preparation of this charter. They have no more interest in its passage than you should have. They know the need of a better revised and up-to- date charter for this city. They sub mit to you this brief outline, giving the general changes from the old charter, so that you can the more in telligently vote upon It. If you are interested In doing what seems best for the city, in giving to Atlanta a modem and up-to-date charter, yet preserving to the people the right to govern themselves, come out on September 24 and VOTE FOR THIS (’HARTER GEORGE HILLYER. Chairman. A. H. DAVIS, Secretary. s ZD Ban on Kissing Doomed—Van Dyke Wants ‘September Morn’ in Bronze to Honor Wooers. 1 N olden days, the moonlight always played a goodly part In scenery befitting demonstrations of the heart; Dan Cupid made a throneroom out of every cozy nook, And lovers came there wooing and defied the world to look; Hut now, when couples wander out to sit beneath the moon, They’re apt to be admonished thus: “This ain’t no place to spoon.’ '•HE moonlight hasn’t changed a bit; its beams are still of gold; And ways of kissing are the same as in the days of old; The eager Rwain still has to how before his lady’s will, And even parents’ wishes are respected by them still; Hut, to kiss or not to kiss, it seems, now hinges on the law Regardless of the say-so of the lady or her ma. E TO ‘TIM’ SULLIVAN Adjournment Mark of Respect to Memory of New York Leader Killed by Train. WASHINGTON, Sept 13.—An- nouncement of the tragic fate of Representative Timothy (Big Tim) Sullivan was made In the House to night by Representative Glttins, of New York, and the House adjourned as a mark of respect. A committee was appointed by Speaker Clark to attend the funeral. Representative Sullivan had not taken the oath of office or served In the present Congress. His salary was paid to the committee of his estate. No mileage or secretary hire was al lowed. A special election to fill the vacancy will be held under the su pervision of the State of New’ York. All Liverpool Honors New York Mayor's Memory—Remains in State on Ship. NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—News of “Big Tim’s” death became public thirteen days after it occurred, when the former East Side politician was struck and almost instantly killed by a train on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad at Pelham Parkway on August 31. When he disappeared from the home of hi* brother. Patrick H. Sul livan, in New’ York, it was said that he was visiting a friend out of the city. Larry Mulligan, stepbrother of Sulltvan. Identified his body to-day A policeman who knew the boa* had seen the body in the Twenty-sixth street morgue and notified the family "Big Tim” was 50 year* old and left a fortune estimated at about $2,000,000. About a year ago he be came mentally unbalanced and claim ed that he was being persecuted by member* of his family He had been under the guard of a private detective for some time, but managed to escape j him on the day of the tragedy. Special Cable to The American. LIVERPOOL. Sept. 13—With flags at half-mast the Lusitania sailed for New York at 5 o’clock this after noon. Mayor Gaynor’a body lies in a stateroom amidships, covered with the Stars and Stripes and a union jack. Half an hour before sailing Rufus Gaynor, the Moyor’s son, stepped aboard. “I thank all classes of Liverpool people for their kindness and cour tesy,” he said. "They have done magnificent honor to my father’s body. Our family will never forget it.” The principal stores in Liverpool put up their shutters this moring as a mark of respect to the dead Mayor. Every flag in the city was flown at half-mast. Before Rufus Gaynor sailed the American Consul made an official call at the Adelphl Hotel and conveyed tc him the assurance of sympathy from Liverpool’s American colony. NEW YORK. Sept. 13.—The va cancy at the head of the Gaynor ticket will not be filled. Representa tives of 63 of the 64 Gaynor organi zations are to meet on Monday to de clare In favor of John Purroy Mitch ell, the fusion candidate for Mayor. Brandishing a razor, Ernest Thom as, a negro prisoner, attacked Police Officer J. H. Hooten while the two were riding in a patrol wagon to the police station Saturday night. Only the quick interference of Horace Tan ner. another negro prisoner in the w’agon, prevented serious injury td the officer. Tanner was released as a reward for his work. Both negroes had been arrested for disorderly conduct. ATLANTA MAN WEDS. BIRMINGHAM. Sept. 13—G. H. Akers, of Atlanta, and Miss Amy S. ' Underwood were married here this afternoon by Judge H R Abernethy. > The couple returned to Atlanta to live. Preparatory School for Higher Education of Girls 164 Ponce DeLeon Ace. Primary Intermediate. College Preparatory. Music Art, Elocution. Mrs. C. P. Crawley and Mrs. J. W. Cherry, Principals. Phone Ivy 7148-J. SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY SESSION 1S1S-14. The Southern College of Medicine ar>4 kurgery will begin Ha eee*- ■lon Monday September I l*'.l with a full staff of paid Professor* We have added a Pharmacy. Poat graduate and literary School to tha MedlcaJ Depart- I merit thus making th# college cbmple's tn every sens* for the matriculate In Medicine Vast improvements have been made in the college budding, j Including the enlargement of the amphitheater. Chemical. Anatomical, Path ological. Bacteriological and Hletok.gie.il laboratories, with the addftloa of 1 jut new Hospital the student will receive bedside training and have an ep- portunity of studying different cases In their several ehaaes POST QRADUAT1 SCHOOL COUAbl Our Poet-Graduate School Course t sti weeks) Is for the bwey praetl- tloner who wishes to porfect h.meelf In certain line# of work PHARMACY flCNOOL. The Pharmacy School consists of two sessions, of six month# each, a art will continue throughout the year the «ame as the Poet-Graduate School For catalogue an4 Information app v to WM BERNARD LINOO, M. D.. Dean 52 54 McDaniel street. Atlanta Ga ATLANTA COLLEGE OF FBARMACY Twenty-two years of remarkably sue oeasful work Greater damans for our R raduate* than we can supply Be attendance south #f Philadelphia egirs October 4th Address GEORGS F, faynb, PH. a, PrM.dint, 2SS Courtiand *«., Ati.«u, «W|.a. S3 J. 1. McCammon as he appear ed on Peachtree street in pair of slit trousers. SLEUTHS HIT CRUELTIES TO A 'ipnvass of the Police Commis sion Saturday Indicates that friends of Cupid will win In their fight against the police ban on spooning and kissing. The patrons of the little God of Love not only will be given the lib erty of the moonlit parks and the deep shadow* around Georgia’s State Capitol building, but Alderman A. H. VanDyke would erect a monument to them in the little park that adjoins the City Hall. He would have it a fountain with a bronze figure of Chabas’ "September Morn” in the center. Alderman VanDyke’s position is extreme, of course, but Mayor James G. Woodward. Carlos H. Mason, chairman of the Police Commission, a majority of both the Police Com mission and the City Council are no less eager to give lover* all the lib erty possible w’ithin the limits of de cency. There is not one of them but who declares that sitting on a park bench or the Capitol steps and per haps taking an occasional kiss 19 en tirely within the rights of every young man and young woman. Spooning Beoomos Big Issue. Since tw’o plainclothes officers ar rested two couples on the Capitol grounds for spooning the right of people to yield to the lure of moonlight nights and Cupid has been the one issue in Atlanta politics. It has eclipsed the sordid contests for the adoption of a new cnarter and the election of a new Council. Officials have expressed their views in most positive terms. Eminent Judges have expatiated upon it. Park officials have announced that there were no such rigid restrictions over their domains, and the custodian of the Capitol grounds has declared that he would protect the lovers. In response to the outcry the Po lice Commission has called a special meeting to consider the whole matter for Wednesday night. It promises to be the most largely attended meeting of that body ever held. Three Fear Entering Wedge. Only three members of the com mission have allowed their positions to remain*doubtful. They are B. Lee Smith, W. A. Vernoy and J. N. Mc- Eachern. So intense are they In their support of Police Chief Beavers’ strict law enforcement policy that they fear the granting of what have been termed the natural liberties of tha Indian summer might be an entering wedge to crush Chief Beavers. Bo they have remained silent, except in the executive session of the Police Commission. Eloquent pleas from Carlos Mason and Robert Clark, the bachelor mem bers of the commission, are expected- to restrain their opposition. Anyway, nine of the twelve members are open ly In favor of restraining the over- zealous police officers. Chairman Mason tersely expressed what is regarded as the attitude of these nine. Won’t Allow Persecution. "The uniformed policemen are not the ones who have caused this trou ble,” he said. “It is the work of the ‘vice squad’ and the plainclothes offi cers. If the stories of the young cou ples arrested prove to be true, the officers have gone too far, and the commission will act accordingly. "The situation has brought up the issue of individual rights. Whatever action is taken on these specific cases the Police Commission will not toler ate persecution of anyone. I am con fident that action will be taken to insunt the people of Atlanta that the police will not be permitted to molest innocent recreoUon.” ATTACKS POLICEMAN WITH RAZOR IN PATROL WAGON BtfFLES THEM Scene of Activity in Search for $71,000 Shifts to Principal Transfer Points. SAVANNAH. Sept. 13.—The scene of the sensational $71,000 express rob bery has shifted from Savannah to Florence, S. C., Richmond, Washing ton, Jersey City and New’ York, the principal transfer points The clew’ that the detectives brought General Manager Heckaday yesterday that led him to state that an arrest would be made in a few’ hours turned out to be a wild-goose chase. The officials frankly admit they are up against the most baffling robbery in the history of the com pany. The payment check system that has made It Impossible for any one em ployee to make away with the com pany’s funds and cover up his tracks has failed, according to Special Agent Weaver. The arrest will probably be made, if it is ever jnade, at the other end of the line. When the strong box supposed to have contained the large shipment of money arrived at Savannah the agent here opened the box in the presence of two employees. The seals were intact; there were waybills for $250 and envelopes containing that amount. There was some litter in the bottom of the trunk afterward found to be the torn envelopes of the larger shipment. The fact that the money had been stolen or was missing did not become known until the banks here called upon the agent for the money and the search w’as started. The waybills covering the large shipment of money were made out in New York. The messenger w’ho brought the trunk from Jersey City to Florence never saw the waybills. This makes it al most an impossibility for him or any messenger who handled the trunk after he did to know anything of the robbery. Shake-up in Police Department of Zone Predicted as Result of Accusations. MOBILE, ALA., Sept. 13.—News has been received here in letters from Colon, Panama, that revelations re cently made of the treatment of pris oners in the Canal Zone penitentiary at Gamboa have created a sensation among Americans there. Considerable criticism of the po lice department is heard, not only in regard to the penitentiary but in con nection with other matters. The present indications are that a big shake-up soon will take place. It w r as claimed that there were 72 men, whites and blacks, crowded into each of two cells 30 feet square. There was one drinking cup in a cell for the 72 men, It was charged. The prisoners work upon the roads, under the fierce rays of the tropical sun, and return at night covered with dust and perspiration. It was charged that notwithstanding these conditions they were allowed a bath but tw’ice a week, on Sundays and Wednesdays. It was claimed that there was no sewage facilities in the building. It was charged, furthermore, that some of the prisoners were subjected to tor tures w’orthy of the medieval ages. A door was placed across one corner of a room, leaving barely sufficient space in which to place a man. In the tropics any closed room soon be comes stifling, and this manner >f punishment is said to have been al most unbearable. Rings were used to hold the arms of prisoners above their heads for hours at a time when the wardt n thought that the punishment was not sufficient, it is said. CONFESSES MAIL THEFTS. MOBILE, ALA., Sept. 18 — Edw’ard Beverly, driver of a transfer mail wagon, confessed here to-day to rob bing a parcel post pouch of valuable packages. Slit Trousers Give Peachtree St. Shock Being possessed of as neat an ankle as you would care to look at, J. I. McCammons, a Peachtree street mer chant, objects not a bit to display the charms of the latest design in trousers that fashion has decreed. And so he donned the slit trousers, blood brother of the slit skirt of feminine styles. The effect as revealed on Peach tree Saturday was startling, to say the least. The outer seam of the trousers, which were of a vivid check pattern, was slit six inches or more from the bottom. The slit w’as flank ed by rows of buttons. And through the gaping opening gleamed Mr. Mc Cammons’ red silk socks. All Peachtree looked and wondered, in some degree, but the excitement created was rather short-lived, as the daring wearer of the slit trousers es caped within doors before the verdict of the street assumed a material form. FEEL HEiDICm DEI, BUS? CLEfH IBB LIVER! i DM 1 BBS Sick headaches! Always trace them to lazy liver; delayed, fermenting food in the bowels or a sick stom ach. Poisonous, constipated matter, gases and bile generated in the bow els, instead of being carried out of the system, is reabsorbed into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate *brain tissue, it causes con gestion and that dull, sickening head ache. Caecarets will remove the cause by stimulating the liver, mak ing the bile and constipation poison move on and out of the bowels. One taken to-night straightens you out morning—a 10-cent box will keep your head clear, stomach sweet, liver and bowels regular, and make you feel bright and cheerful for month-#. Children need Cascarets, too. CANDY CATHARTIC Is possible in many instances; in fact, in the majority of dental operations pain is both unnecessary and cruel. We make no false claims; we encourage no false hopes. But in all such cases where it is possible to avoid it—and they are in the large majority—we give our patients absolute assurance that they need fear no pain, for we use the best and most effective meth ods to prevent it. DR. E. G. GRIFFIN’S Gate City Dental Rooms 24 1-2 Whitehall St. Over Brown & Allen’s Telephone M. 1708. Hours: 8-6; Sundays 9-1 OUR PRICES WITH GUARANTEE: Tel sf "eeth v. I ^row s 6 d„e W.r.i Hours 8 to 6 S5 $4 Gold Fi i g i mi gam il !hg Teeth C e. ned oes For Fall s 3c 4 H $3.50 to $7.00 Our initial exhibit of New Fall Shoes leathers in Black and Tan; button, Blucher SWS t?tr< Styles. The English, as illustrated, is destined t<$ t&tfffrne the favorite model of the season, and the variety of size's artd widths shown are sufficient for the fitting of ail manner of feet. Our Shoes are well made—they fit perfectly—are stylish to the minute and thorough ly serviceable. See our wide range to-morrow at $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00. Hats For Fall $3.00 to $5.00 Several shades of Brown-—Blue Gray—Graphite Moss Green—Silver Gray—Pearl, etc., in Soft Lus trous Felts—Bows in Back—three-quarter Back, or Side, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00. Your special attention is directed to our line of Knapp-Felts in beautiful two-tone effects and all above shades at $4.00. Remember to-morrow is going to be Soft Hat Bay at Your eyes to-morrow will meet such a range of styles and colors here in New Fall Hats as you’ve never seen before. 4* I" .iw ’ 'w £ A. .A* 7 JL A, S- HARDWICK D L ol-l/d r'eatch tree CONSULTATION FREE Sundays 9 to 1 1 ..i/ Atlanta, Ga.