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ASSOCIATED CHARITIES,
WITHOUT FUNDS, FACES
ABANDONMENTOFWORK
The Associated Charities of Atlan
ta. an organization similar to that
maintained by every modern city of
the nation for the aid of its help
less thousands, is on the brink of
abandonment, as a result of failure
of the citizens of this city to support
it.
The growing demands for assist
ance. which have increased in leaps
and bounds as the aims of the insti
tution have become known, pitted
against the meager flow of subscrip
tions from those with well-filled
purses and the failure of others to
pay up more than $3,000 which they
had subscribed to the association,
has brought about the crisis.
What Has Been Accomplished.
Unless immediate assistance is
given the work of this splendid in
stitution will have to be discontinued.
For those who are not familiar with
the work accomplished in Atlanta by
the Associated Charities, the follow
ing review of the past two years has
been formed into a statement for the
public. This statement follows:
"From January 1 to September 1.
1912, the Associated Charities aided
1.632 cases and 1.096 of these had
never been known to tho association
before.
"During 1912 there were 5.543 peo
ple aided by the association, 2.206 of
whom were children under 14 years
of age.
"School facilities were provided and
NW LEE GfVEN
LIO BILL” BE
GRANO JURY.
In Record-Breaking Session 18
Indictments, Two Against City
Hall Men, Are Returned.
In a record-breaking session, the
Fulton County Grand Jury Tuesday
morning: returned eighteen true bills
and four no bills. The Grand Jury
adjourned at noon until Friday morn
ing: at 10 o’clock.
Prominent among the indictments
Tuesday morning was the return of
two true bills against Charles P. Mar
tin. connected with the city water
works department, who is charged
with cursing and beating a negro in
bis employ, and the indictment of J.
Wylie Smith on charges of forgery’,
preferred by a half dozen witnesses
who appeared before the Grand Jury.
No Bill for Lee.
The Grand Jury also returned a "no
bill" against Newt Lee. charged with
the murder of Mary Phagan, the lit
tle pencil factory girl, for which Lee
Frank is under sentence of death. The
return of the “no ibll" Tuesday morn
ing eliminates Newt Lee from all
connection with the murder
Charles P. Martin was indicted on
two counts charging assault and bat
tery and a misdemeanor on Jim Bris
coe. a negro employed at the City
Hall. Bond was fixed at SIOO in each
case.
Jackson Case Held Up.
The indictment of Martin reveals
an interesting incident which stirred
City Hall circles last week. Martin,
who is an inspector in the water
works department, it is alleged in
vited the negro Briscoe, who is com
monly known at the City Hall as
"Shamrock” down into the basement
where, it is said, he proceeded to give
him a beating with a cowhide as the
result of alleged statements made by
"Shamrock." who had declared that
Martin had taken some paper from a
section of the City Hall. Zode Smith.
General Manager of the department,
it is said, was present at the cow
hiding.
The Grand Jury failed to act nn
the Partee-Jackson case because of
?he absence of important witnesses
Partee, a railroad engineer, is charged
with killing Sam Jackson, a fellow
railroad engineer, last July.
Venue Change Denied
To Gadsden Slayer
GADSDEN, Sept. 16.—Judge J. A.
Bilbro overruled the application of J
Smith, charged with murder, for a
change of venue. The case will prob
ably be tried this week.
Smith killed Patrolman Patterson,
of Alabama City, and was sentenced
to hang, tut secured a new trial w hen
the Suprmee Court found a part of
the court records had been omitted
from the transcript.
TO MEET AT CALHOUN.
DALTON, Sept. 16.—The Eigh
teenth Division of Odd Fellows, em
bracing the lodges of Whitfield. Mur
ray. Gordon. Catoosa and - Bartow
counties, will hold its spring conven
tion in Calhoun.
CLEVELAND
1 . THE SCENIC WAY Iraffl
WITH DINING CARS '|
medicine and physicians’ and opti
cians' services were secured for 593. |
Nearly 2,000 Pleas in Month.
“During a single month in 1913 <
I.SU6 individuals or families appealed
to the Associated Charities for aid.
Numbered in the families were 3.286
individuals. Os these. 1.420 were chil- j
dren under 14 years of age.
"There were 103 widows with chil
dren. 88 deserted wives with children
to support and 389 families stricken
w’ith sickness.
"The above gives an idea of the
enormity of the work accomplished.
And it reveals the grim responsibility | •
which the citizens of Atlanta will be •
shirking if it permits the Associated
Charities to pass out."
Attention is called in the report to
the approach of winter w’hen the
absolute necessity of assistance to
the helpless renders even their lives
endangered.
Based Budget on Pledges.
The Associated Charities based its
budget on the amount of money
pledged by popular subscription the
first of the year. While Atlanta re
sponded liberally, most of the ;
amounts were small and the tota
Avas subscribed by’ a large number of
citizens. Os these small amounts $3,-
000 is now overdue
Officials of the organization are
very much worried over the condi
tion They feel that the public does
not feel sufficient sympathy with the
work because of the quiet manner In
which it is carried on.
The point they stress is that while
much Immediate relief is given the '
main work of the institution is tn
give permanent aid. putting jreople on
their feet in an unostentatious way
and making normal members of so
ciety out of mendicants.
ISOTOBETRIED
ON MOONSHINE
WARRANTS
Collector Blalock Has Office Full
of Illicit Still Apparatus to
Offer as Evidence.
The names of more than 150 per
sonsappear on the United States Dis
trict ‘Court criminal docket for trial '
before Federal Judge Newman the first 1
week in October on charges of illicit
distilling.
An interesting collection of moon
shine paraphernalia has been gath
ered by Collector of Internal Revenue
A. O. Blalock and his agents in their
apprehension-of this large batch of
alleged violators of the Federal excise
laws.
Mr. Blalock has been in office out a I ,
short time, being a Wilson appoint?**,
but he has made the most of that time |
and has filled his office with all sorts
of queer devices employed by mo >n
shiners.
On entering Mr. Blalock's office one
finds himself confronted with odl.
rough-looking objects strewn about
the floor. There are long “ticks with
tittle silcks run through holes in the
ends, giving the implement the ap
pearance of a shovel.
Others made in practical’’- the sa»n-*
manner have the appearance of rakes.
Others look like boio clubs and weap
ons of primitive warfare. Then there
are old pots and kettles made of cop
per. which Mr. Blalock calls his “an- •
ftiqueß.”
The latest accession to this collec
tion. however, is kept in the closet at
the end of the room. It is a com
plete still. taken in Dawson County
several weeks ago by Revenue Ager :i
Brown, Kemp and Henderson.
It is crip of the finest outfits con
fiscated in several vears, and consists
of a still and cap. condenser and
worm, together w’ith all thp tools
uspd. including a gigantic mash stick
made of hickory.
Money Matters May
Have Led to Killing
GADSDEN, Sept. 16.—That Robert
R. Butler, who died in Birmingham '
Saturday from a pistol wound infill - !
ed by his wife, quarreled frequentfy ■
with her over money which she had
gotten from the estate of her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob C. Lutes, who
were killed in their lonely mountain
home near Gallant, is the theory ad
vanced by local people who know
something of the troubles of the cou
ple.
J. A. Gallant, administrator of the
Lutes estate, paid Mrs. Butler $2,500
as her share. It is said that liei hus
band w.inted her to give him th<
money.
You are invited to the
Atlanta Theater, Tuesday
night, September 16. Bril
liant music and interesting
exercises. Admission free.
Southern College of Pharmacy.
P. Pellegrini, Head
Os Stone Company,
Dies: 75 Years Old
Pellegrino Pellegrini, head of the
Architectural Artificial Stone Com
pany and a pioneer resident of At
lanta, died Monday night at his
i residence. No. 481 Williams street.
' aged 75 years.
Mr. Pellegrini was a thirty-second
degree member of the Fulton Txxlge
of Masons, a member of Yaarab Tem
ple. Shriners; also of the Eastern
Star and the Atlanta Turnverein. A
native of Italy, he came to the United
States when a youth and finally
moved to this city.
Surviving him are his wife and
seven daughters, six of whom reside
<n Atlanta and are Mesdames Sam
uel Gardner. P. S. Turner. F. B. Gra
ham. J. C. Steeles. R. W. Eberhardt
and F. S. Feehter. and Mrs. R. O.
Schmidt, of Chicago, 11l
Funeral services will be held Wed
nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from
the chapel of Burkert-Simmons Com
pany. under the auspices of the Ful
ton Lodge of Masons.
•Wallace Webb Dies;
A Veteran Salesman
Wallace Webb, widely known sales
man traveling out of Atlanta, died
Tuesday morning at Millen. Ga. H?
was the Georgia representative ‘of
Swift & Co.
Mr. Webb was sixty years old. and
is survived by his mother. Mrs. W. H.
Webb, of No. 142 South Pryor street,
and two brothers. Guy and Zelotle
Webb, both of Atlanta.
The body will be brought to Atlanta
Tuesday night and taken to Poole's
hapel. Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at Owsley <’hapel. an 4
interment will be in the churchyard.
OBITUARY.
The funeral of Miss Lou T. Hook,
who died at East Lake Junction
Monday, will be hold at 3:30 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon from tho resi
dence. The remains will be taken
Tuesday night to Augusta for inter
ment In the family burying ground.
Convict Road Work
To Be Systematized
Action looking to the systematizing
of the work of convicts on the pub
lic roads probably will 1 * taken by
the Scale Prison Commission at Its
next meeting.
It is understood the commission
has had under consideration the ad
visability of appointing State road
supervisors to werk in conjunction
with the counties In efforts to build
up a State-wide system of good
roads.
Robber Band Sought
For Theft of Electric
Police are searching for an electric
automobile, belonging to John S.
Owens, the capitalist, of 37 West
Eleventh street, which was stolen
from in front of his residence late
Monday.
The number of the car is 2477. It
is thought that it was taken by mem
bers of the gang of automobile thieves
that has been operating In Atlanta
for several weeks.
Pastor to Tell Judge
Why He Spanked Dad
TERRE HAUTE. IND. Sept 16.
The Rev. Elijah M. Hanley, president
of Franklin College, is preparing to
answer the charge of assault con
tained in an indictment returned by
the Grand Jurv after his admission
that he spanked his father, Calvin
Hanley, last Thursday.
He sent word to the authorities that
he would appear for trial whenever
wanted and it would not be necessary
to send an officer after him.
Correct Fall Footwear
There's a lot of satisfaction in knowing
that the shoes you wear til properly, are right
in style and worth the price yon pay for them.
AH these points hold good in our shoes.
Once yon become a customer of our shoe
department you will quickly understand why
so many people are wearing “S. H.” Shoes.
Women's Shoes'sl.so to $4.00
The new styles are here in all leathers—fabric, velvet and
leather tops —button or lace—high, low and medium heels, ■ a
full range of sizesand lasts.
Mens Shoes $2.00 to $5.00
Gun Metal. Kangaroo, Vici Kid. Russia Calf and Patent
Leathers—dace or button. Full range of sizes and lasts.
Children's School Shoes 75c to $2.50
Built on lasts designed for growing feet, with the wide roomy
toe, in the natural shape, with either low or spring held, These in
either <lul 1 calf, kid, patent ami other leathers.
SMITH & HIGGINS
Walter Street or Lucile Avenue Cars
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
STRAGGLERS OF
0.1, fl. HURRY
ON TO MEET
——
Over 30,000 Veterans Gathered
at Chattanooga on Lookout
Mountain Battlefields.
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In a drizzling rain that brought i
forcibly to mind the hardships of the j
Civil War. the last stragglers of the :
Grand Army of the Republic passed ;
through Atlanta Tuesday morning, en |
route to the reunion at Chattanooga
More than a score of grizzled vet
erans changed trains at the Atlanta
stations, and some of them spent
several hours visiting the historic
battlefields about the city.
Prominent among the visiting
Northerners were C. L. Smith, of
Greenfield, Mass., and William H.
Hart, of Worcester, Mass Both
fought in the Union forces during the
I war, Mr. Smith as a member of Cotn
, pany A, Second Massachusetts, and
p Mr. Hart In Company H, First Mas
sachusetts Artillery. Neither fought
in tiie battles about Atlanta, but both
[ ihad friends and relatives In Sher
man's army, and they are as familiar
with the history of the Atlanta bat
tlefields as their comrades who fought
here.
At Chattanooga to-day more than
30,000 veterans are gathered on th*
1 historic battlefields of Lookout
Mountain and the sites of the great ;
struggles about the Tennessee city.
Tuesday and Wednesday will be spent
visiting the battlefields and narrat
ing about the campfires the incidents
of the great war Thursday the ac
’ tlve business of the convention will
begin, w hen a city will be selected |
for the 1914 reunion and officers
! chosen for the Grand Army.
G. A. R. Meet Ready
For Election Fight.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 16—Inter
est of the veterans here attending the
forty-seventh annual reunion of the
‘ Grand Army of the Republic to-day
was centered in the contest for com
: mander-in-chief of the organization
Several names have been mentioned
for the office now held by General Al
fred B. Beers. Among them are Pri
• vate Orlando Sommers, Kokomo. Ind.;
Colonel Clair E. Adams. Superior.
1 Nebr.. ex-Congressman Washington
Gardner. Kalamazoo, Mich., and Gen
eral J. N. Harrison, of Kansas.
A fight is expected when the place
i for the next encampment is voted
I upon. Mobile. Houston and Detroit
1 have bid for the honor of entertaining
the veterans next year.
To-day was Chickamauga Park
Day. but the prospect of immediate
showers again kept the majority of
the veterans downtown.
; The real feature of the morning wai
the parade of the Seventeenth United
States Infantry from Fort McPher
. son, which, with the First Battalion
of the Third Ifantry of the National
Guard of Tennessee, furnished the
first military spectacle of the encamp
i ment.
, Many* of the veterans have an
nounced their intention of visiting
Atlanta, the old Andersonville pris
on and the National Conservation Ex
position at Knoxville before they re
‘ turn to their homes.
Atlanta Conservatory of Music
MORTIMER WILSON. General Director
Location In the Heart ©f Atlanta. 1913-14 Session
and Strggts Optn» September 2d
Complete Music Courses From the Kindergarten Games to the
Concert Stage
Plano, Organ Voice. Violin, Cello. Harp. Orchestral Instruments, Analysis,
Ear-Training History. Harmony Co u posit ton. Conducting School <>rches
-1 tra and Chorus in concerted works. Ensemble Clasaes in all departments
with recitals. Diplomas and Certificates of dependability.
Prospectus mailed on application
Atlanta Conservatory, Atlanta, Ga.
MRS.PANKHURST
HOPES TO TALK
TO WILSON
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Anxious to Explain Militancy in
England—Wants to Address
Congress During Visit.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Sept. 16. —It was said a*
• the offices of the Women s Social and
j Political Union to-day that Mrs. Em-
• mellne Pankhurst. founder of militant
suffragette methods, would try’ to
, meet ITesident Wilson personally In
the United States and is anxious to
deliver a speech before the United
States Congress.
Mrs. Pankhurst. who is president
of the union, will sail for the United
States from France about October 11.
In a public letter to the union Miss
Barbara Kerr, one of the officers,
says’
"Mrs. Pankhurst is anxious to ex
plain to the people of the United
States why militant methods and vio
lence are necessary here. v
"She would be pleased to moot and
chat with President Wilson and would
accept with alacrity an invitation to
speak before Congress if some gallant
member of that body will invite her
"The staid Senators need have no
fear that she v ill carry a satchel full
of bombs or try to pull their beards.
She will prove harmlesß.**
MOTHER LOOKAT
CHILO'S TONGUE
! If Cross, Feverish, Constipated,
Give "California Syrup
of Figs.”
J A laxative to-day saves a sick t
j child to-morrow. Children simply >
? will not take the time from play t • I
j empty their bowels, which become ?
2 clogged up with waste, liver gets <
s sluggish; stomach sour.
? Look at the tongue, mother’ If <
5 coated, or your child is listless, /
J cross, feverish, breath bad. rest- s
) less, doesn't eat heartily, full of ?
< cold or has sore throat or any oth- S
> er children’s ailment, give a tea- j
j spoonful of “California Syrup of j
) Figs," then don’t worry, because it j
■ is perfectly harmieas, and in a }
) few hours all this constipation <
< poison, sour bile and fermenting ;
5 waste will gently move out of th * r
< bowels, and you have a well, play- /
> ful child again. A thorough "in- 2
j side cleansing is ofttimes all that {
> is necessary. It should be the first j
j treatment given in any sickness. J
> Beware, of counterfeit fig syrups. <
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent >
bottle of "California Syrup of <
Figs." whieh has full directions for >
babies, children of all ages and for J
grown-ups plainly printed on the (
L bottle. Look carefully and see that (
t Is made bx the “California Fig •
j Syrup Company.’’ Don’t be fooled!
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Os These $25.00 Suits ]
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Broadcloths, fine Serges, Sharkskins and Novelty Suitings. =
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Coats are much in evidence, 36 to 38 inches long, also the Semi- 1
Cutaways, Russian Blouses, etc. The Skirts are, of course, made =
on straight lines, many of them being draped and slashed. Lined i
with Skinner Satin, and every detail in the making of these i
Suits was looked after personally for months by our Cloak and i
Suit Buyer. Shades of Russian Green, Labrador, Blue, Carrot, |
Putty, Taupe, Plum, Terra Cotta, Burgundy and « mm =
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jr When you have viewed
and examined them you will
agree with us that this exhi
bition of $25.00 Suits has
never been surpassed in this
State.
Every day we hear of the
excellence of our array of. j
styles. We have them all-- i
Extreme and Conservative, i
WHEN YOU PUR j
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HERE YOU KNOW YOU
ARE MAKING A SAVING j
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Wednesday
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