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ITEATtST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, (3A , SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1013. 7 A Mrs. Ottley Visiting Shiloh Field +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Monument Site To Be Selected +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ eorgia UD.C.'s to Honor Heroes ARE NEGLECTED, Sherman’s “Hold the Fort, for t am Coming” Is Sent by Veteran. OLD STATION REVIVED Ceremonies Are Witnessed as Prelude to Encampment of G. A. R. at Chattanooga. With the flag that flashed General Cherman’s famous message of "Hold the fort, for I am coming” to Gen eral Corse at Allatoona Pubs 50 years •go, Lieutenant George C. Round, of Manassas, Va., formerly of Sherman’s •lgnal corpn, together with Pierre P Hurlburt, or No 42 Grady place, At lanta, and Major J. A. Comfherfortl, of Marietta, both Union veterans, etood on the site of the old Civil War ■ignal station on the summit of Ken- resaw Mountain Saturday afternoon and- flashed the same message to an Imaginary battlefield at the pans. Lieutenant Rourrfl Is president of the United States Yeteran Signal Corps Association, «ied performed the rites of re-establishing the old gjgnal station used by Sherman and considered one of the moat Important cf the war, as a part of the Grand Army reunion at Chattanooga. Mr. Hurlburt assisted him as flag man, and Major Commerford served as bugler. The station was re-estab lished on the exact spot from which General Sherman sent his famous message, over the head of Hood’s army In the valley, td General Corse at Rome, ordering him to proceed to I Allatoona Puss .uaJ defend the stores) of the Union army stationed at that j place. The ceremonies of opening the sta tion and sending the message were witnessed by a delegation of Mariet ta citizens, headed by Secretary J. L. Stringer, of the Hoard of Trade. After the sending of the famous message, Lieutenant Round flashed a message to the North, South, East unrf West. Thrgg of these messages were taken from the wise sayings of Moses, from the Book of Leviticus, and were as follow »• To the North—•'Then ahalt thou cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to •ound throughout your land." To the South—"Ye shall proclaim liberty thw»ughout the land unto all the Inhabitants thereof.” To the East—"Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year; It shall be'a Jubilee unto you; ye shall return every man unto his possession.” The message flashed to the We«t was the chorus of a song written by Mrs. Mary Speed Mercer, of Elm City, N C., during the Manassas Jubilee .In 1911, as follows: "America! All hail to thee! Thanks be to Good, who made us free! South, East and West, hand clasped in hand, United we thy children stand!” In flashing the signals. Lieutenant Round used the same field glasses he used as a signal officer during the ; war, and reed from the Bible he car- I Tied in his knapsack during the four] years of si rifle: Lieutenant Round spent Saturday’ night with Mr. Hurlburt at the lat- ter s home at No. 42 Grady place, and leaves to-day for Chattanooga to at tend the G. A. R. reunion. Four Rules Laid Down to Guide FI 1 • J ■ Mothers in Selecting Attend ant for Children. Georgia mothers, as a rule, do ‘not exercise sufficient care in selecting nuraes for their babies, declares the State Hoard 6f Health, in a’warning issued Saturday ’ Test riblng some of th$ dangers to wfSch helpless Infants are exposed because of this negli gence. Too often, say a the board, the thoughtless mother employs the first nokro gtjrl who happens to bo avail able. wrfhoitt mitring at all ae to her health, moral character and intel ligence flfuch mothers forget that the baby is felt for hours at a time in thevsole care of this nurse, and that it .n>ay suffer permanent hF™ If improperly handled, neglected or ex posed to disease.' Four yules are laid down by the Oedrgla^ Hoard of Health, by which a gtrl or woman ippet be Judged be fore she should' be employed to take care of a baby. They are as follows; The nurse must be healthy The nurse must be neat and cle^n about her own person. The nurse'must be of good moral character. The nurse must have Intelligence. Don’t employ anybody tp take care of your baby unless that person comes up to these four requirements, says the State Hoard. Wife's War Helps ‘Spooning’ Crusade Pay* $15 Fine for Disturbance at Husband's Bakery, but Ends Flirtations Thar*. Despite the fact that she was forced to pay a. 915 75 fine In Record er's Court Saturday for raising a dis turbance at her husband’s bakery at No. 251 • Ffachtree street, Mrs. Jamie Zakas probably -has put a stop to any and all ihjqge which might be con strued to be spooning in the bakery. Mrs. Zakaa charged ,that she saw women • enter the. bakery atul talk with her husband In a way that did not suit heV. Zakas denied the charge, saying the women were ordinary customers. TEST Mayor Announces He Will Refuse to Sign Voucher Until Con tract Is Met. Declaring that the methods of the Destructor Uqmpany of N^w York, which is building the new crematory, was a "stall” and that he would re fuse absolutely to sign u voucher for the payment of tin* $135,000 sttlPdue until the plant had been turned over to the city and-an average t*«t of the capacity made, Mayor James O. Woodward HatvirdAy night renewed the old crematory fight. The Mayor's statement followed fast on the heels of the statement of Councilman Claude L Ashley, chair man of the Cornell Sanitary Com mit tee., who declared Saturday he was ponvlnced that the city was being robbed by the cohttwet with the De structor Ootppany. The Councilman’s criticism of the plant was inspired by the belief that it will not come up to the contract specifications. Mayor Woodward’s criticism of .the plant was ga sharp as that of Ash ley. “I atn convinced that the company is stalling now In order to put off the test as lopg as possible,” said the Mayor. "But that stall won't go, for J am going to, Insist on an average test after the plant has been turned over to the city In fact, I am not going to sign the voucher for that $125,000 which we still owe them un til the contract has been carried out to the letter. *1 Otlll contend that we haw made a bad bargain, for we are paying $275,000 for a 250-ton plant, whereas Milwaukee haa a 800-ton plant which cost only $210,000. If 1 could have received some support in my orig inal fight we could have a fully- equipped crematory plant at a cost of only $108,000.” According to the Mayor, the De structor Company is paying $25 per day forfeiture dating from August 15. when, it Is claimed, the plant should have, been completed. Slaton to Pass on McNaughton Soon Governor Has Spent Three Evenings Going Over the Evidence In the Case. Final Judgment In the case of Dr. W J. McNaughton, who was sen tenced to death in 1910 for the murder of Fred Flanders near Swalnsboro, and for whom a full pardon was recommended by a majority of the State Prison CommlHsion two days ago. will be passed by Governor Kln- J;on some day next week, when be will consider the prisoner’s application •nd the recommendations of the com missioners. Governor Slaton has devoted the whole of three evenings to the study of evidence in the case, as transcribed in the court records. It Is known that he considers the case of much sig nificance. HUNTER OFF FOR MEETING OF NATION’S ACCOUNTANTS Joel Hunter, business counselor and public, accountant, left Atlanta Sat urday for Boston to attend the con vention of the American Association of Public Accountants. Mr- Hunter is president of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants. Soil Commissioner Gives ‘Movie' Talks Weekly Reports on Cotton Crop An other Feature Launched by Price and Aids, Hughes. James E. Price, Commissioner of Agriculture, and his assistant. Dun Hughes, are working on two proposi tions which are expected te result in much good to the farmers throughout the State. One is the issuance of cotton reports weekly, which will con tain full Information as to the condi tion of the crops and movement. The other is the giving of moving picture lectures In the different counties of the State. The moving picture lectures are an innovation. Agriculture In all Its phases during the history of the world Is depleted, modern farming, of course, playing the most impor tant part. TWO GIRLS MISSING: POLICE CONTINUE SEARCH Policemen continued the search Saturday night for the missing Ks9le Nix, of No. 826 Chestnut street, and Belle Mljiler, of No. 152 Wheeler street. Miss Nix disappeared mysteriously Saturday morning about 9 o’clock, while Miss Miller has been gone since Wednesday. The mothers asked for the search. TO SEE GEORGIA PI BOY FUGITIVE CAUGHT; CLAIMS HE HAS PAROLE Frank Gaines, aged 19 years, of No. 18 Hightower street, who escaped from the Boys’ Reformatory last Fri day, was taken into custody Satur day night by Patrolman Vaughn. Th,± hoy claimed he had a parole fr >m Professor T. A. Means, principal. Senator Hoke Smith Believes President Will Accept Bid If He Comes South. MACON, Sept. 18.—Mayor John T. Moore has received a letter from Hoke Smith, Junior Senator from Georgia. In which h* started that he wan doing everything In his power to induce President Woodrow Wilson to visit Macon during the Georgia State Fair. Senator Smith stated that he had •very reason to believe that If the President U in this section of the South that he will pay a visit to th« State Fair, and that President Wilson had promised to give the invitation of the Macqn people every considera tion. Nine counties will have agricultural exhibits at the Georgia State Fair— nearly twice ae many ae exhibited last year. The counties already enrolled are CoDb, Houston. Bibb. Worth, Bulloch, Hartow, Milton, Hall and Irwin. It is expected that Cobb and Hous ton will be the principal contenders for the first prize of $1,000. Mrs. G. K. Vanderbilt Runs Biltmore Fair Awards Prizes for Best Pumpkins and Corn—Turns Intrudsrs Away From Gats. ASHEVILLE, N. C., Sept. 13.- Mrs. George K- Vanderbilt to-day person ally directed the fair arranged by the hundreds of employees on the Bilt more estate. Not only did she look after the show in person, but the wife of the New York millionaire issued instruc tions that the fair was for employees and their families only, and many outsiders were turned back at the gates. Mrs. Vanderbilt passed Judgment for the cash prizes and ribbons of fered for the best pumpkins and com and other products of the estate. The fair 1b to be an annual fall event In the future. TALBOTS ISLAND Strangers Dig Up Three Boxes and Negro Finds Pistol of Revolutionary Days. imt'XffW'If'K,, Sept. 13.—A my?- tery comes to this city bordering on one of the treasure stories of Cap tain Kidd, and as a result Dr. W. B. Burroughs is in possession of an old flint and steel pistol of the type used In the Revolutionary War. A few days ago John Edwards, a negro, was at 8t. Marys, and while there a party of strangers engaged him to take them to Talbots Island, which is near Femandlna When the party reached the island, they landed and Instructed Edwards to wait on the shore until they returned. The strangers came back In two hour* and had In their possession three boxes. After he had taken his passenger* back to St Marys, Edwards return ;d to the Island He searched about the place and found three square holes, out of which the boxee had been lift ed. In one of the sinks he found the pistol. Yesterday the negro came to Bruns wick and showed the relic to Dr. Bur roughs, who, being a collector of war time guns, purchased It. It is be lieved the boxes the strangers carrlen from the island contained treasure or were valuables burled there during the Civil War by residents of flt Mary s or Femandina The island Is not Inhabited, and it is thought *he men had learned of the burial of the boxes by some of their ancestors. Ne other solution was offered, as none of the party haa ever been heard from or seen since that time by the ne gro. MARIETTA MAN ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL LIQUOR SALES Homer Smith w«i arrested Satur day night by Officer German on * warrant gwom out in Marietta. Qa., charging the illegal sale of liquor to minor*. JURY TO HEAR NOLL CASE AGAINST ATLANTA A Jury will hesr the rase of the Not! Construction Company against the city, following decision Saturday of Federal Judge Newman, who overruled the mo tion to dismiss by City Attorney Ma- T-i' 1 . 1 ■'JL ■!5J Atlanta Director With President General of Association to Decide on Spot for Shaft ESTABLISHED 1865 Americans’ Absence Stuns Hotel Keepers August is Disastrous to Both Bonl- facos and Tradesmen In South ern Germany. Special Cable to The American. BERLIN, Sept. 13.—The hotel keep- ers and tradesmen in certain quar ters ©f South Germany are dismayed by the marked decrease in American tourist traffic: August was almost disastrous td them. The Munich hotel proprietors were hit hardest and are complaining loudly. This loss of American pa tronage is due largely, It is said, to the agitation by certain Americans in Munich against the systematic ex ploitation to which travelers are sub jected In that city. Experienced tour ists, tired of paying double prices for everything, are shunning Munich and going to Berlin and other North Ger man cities. Sues Husband Who Gave Her $1.25 Year Mrs. Vivian Miller Hogan Declares She Was Allowed to Go Hun gry 9everal Times. Mrs J. K. Ottley, director of Geor gia for the Shiloh Monument Fund. TTatted Daughters of the Confeder acy, Is tn Tennessee with the presi dent general of the Shiloh Monument Association to select a suitable s*ite for the monument the association is, about t# erect to commemorate the heroism of the Confederate soldiers who fought in the memorable en counter which lasted two days at Pittsburg Landing. For several years the Confederate Daughters have been directing **ame of their time and money toward the preposed monument, and each State has had its Shiloh director, who has spoken before the various chapters of the Daughters of the Confederacy and worked for the fund. The Atlanta Chapter pledged $50 last year to the fund, which peldge was met in the spring. Thirty-nine other U. D. C. chapters have Con tributed to the m.mument fund from Georgia. Shtloh Day was observed with Mrs J. K. Ottley a* chairman on April 9. at which time a beautiful literary and musical program was rendered In the Woman’s Club. At that time papers were read from the president Of the Mississippi Division, from Mra Battle, a prominent Daughter of the Confederacy of • Texas, ahd a group of poems read by Mrs. Elizabeth Fry Page, the poet laureate of the Ten nessee Division. The monument will be ereoted In the Shiloh National Mintary Park, near Pittsburg Landing, on the Ten nessee River, and will be one of the handsomest monuments among the many the Daughter of the Confed eracy have erected to the Oohfed- ‘ rate soldiers. Mrs Ottley/ is the guest of the president general of the Shiloh Mon ument Association In Tennessee and will spend several daya in that Hiate before returning to Atlanta. ‘We're Tired of Mud/ Cry Fifth Warders Protest Against Delay In Paving of Chestnut Street to Council Commit,tea. Special conference of the Public Works, Committee probably will be held early, next week to ‘consider, the vigorous protest registered Saturday by citizens on Chestnut street, north of Kennedy, against further delay in paving fhat section of the street. "We are tired of the mud,” said one woman member of the committee, while another declared they were "weary of living In hope, because it had become monotonous in the space of twenty ye.nrs." E. M. HOLLEYMAN DEAD. E. M. Hoi ley man of Decatur, Oe., Aipd' in Asheville. N. C\, Saturday aft ernoon. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Wife's Pitiful Note Makes Convict Flee Despondent After Reeding Letter, Federal ‘Truety’ Rune Away, but le C»uflht. Made despondent by tbs pitiful tone of » iettef.he received from his tt-rfe. (’Maries F. Vick. a "trusty" prisoner In the At lent* Federal Penitentiary, ran away Saturday afternoon when he was' sent outside the waits tn charge of a cartload of farm produce. Within a few hours, however, he was caught rjear Hetirtc<L a' smell station on 1 the Southern Rahway senr- eral miles south of the prison, by * Mr. I'l.irke, who volunteered his serv ices to Warden W. II. Moyer in pur suing tbe fugitive Vick had hot doffed hie prison clothes and was easily deteptert. fle made no resistance. Vick was sent here from Richmond, V» . on the ebarge of robbing a postoffice. Mrs. Vivian Miller Hogan brought •u.t for divorce from Homer Olare. ner Hpgan Saturday, alleging he has given her only *1.25 in more than a year and that he has allowed her to go hungry upon several occasions. Mrs. Hogan asks also an Injunction | restraining her husband from visiting her at her father's home. After living with her parents far some time and refusing to pay board, she declares, Hogan left the house In August, complaining that It was in convenient and that he was going home to live. Hogan is a stenographer, according to the bill. GRAY HAIR TURNS ITS NATURAL COLOR AFTER APPLYING SAGE TEA 2 KILLED, 4 HURT WHEN ENGINE DROPS 50 FEET BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Sept. 13.—An j engine and three coal cars on the Tifton branch of the Southern Rail way. 25 mile* west of Birmingham, went through a 50-foot trestle this afternoon. I>. S. Bowers, fireman, and Tom Woody, bridge foreman, were killed. M. L. Redfern, engineer; H. G. Fletcher. flagman: James Clark, bridge hand, and I.. Douglas, a con ductor, were injured, Mixed With Sulphur It Darkens Beautifully and Takes Off Dandruff. Almost everyone know* that Rage Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded, brings back the nat ural color and - luster to tftf nair when faded, < streaked or fray. also cures dandruff, itching scalp and stops Tailing: hair. Y^ars ago the only way to get this mixture was’to make It at home, which is muasy and troublesome. Nowadays skilled chemists do this better'than ourselves. By ask ing at any, drug stare for the ready-to ■»uf<» product—called "Wy eth’® Sage and Sulphur Hair Rem edy'”—you will get a large bottle for about 50 cents. Some druggists make their own, but It’* utualty too srl^ky, s© insist upon getting "Wyetmi,” which can be depended upon io restore natural color and beauty to the hair, and is the best remedy for dandruff, dry, feverish. Itchy scalp and to stop falling hair. Folks like. "Wyeth’s Sflge and Sulphur” becaune no one can pos sibly tell that you darkened your i hair, as it does It so naturally and evenly, says a well-known dojvn- ; town- c^rugK'st You dampen' a | spong* of soft brysh and draw it ' through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. This requires but a few moments, by mordlhf the gray hair disappears and after an.- othj^r application or- t%yo is re- stojted to its natural color and looks I even more beautiful and glbssy than ever. L EISEMAN BROS Inc Foremost Fashions for Fall! A Coalescence of America’s Best Clothes for Men and Young Men! With STYLE the “keynote” — QUALITY the “cardinal feature” and VARIETY the “supreme attraction,” our NEW AND GREATER STORE ushers in the Fall campaign of GOOD CLOTHES for MEN, under brilliant auspices. 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