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IMMORTALITY
HA .L^ AKES YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO LIVE FOREVER?_Sir Oliver Lodge Tells
ou How Science Is Proving Our Immortality,
full Text of the Great Scientist's Address That
Has Set All the World Thinking in the
Sunday American
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DR. WHITE A TTA CKS ‘SPOONING’
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Woman Calls Atlanta Society Girls Drunkards
RAPS DURING
GOWNS AND
SUFFRAGE
Mrs, G. B. Lindsey, Civic League
Secretary, Startles Christian
Citizenship Congress.
Mrs. G. B. Lindsey. of Atlanta, cor
responding secretary nf the Civic
League of America, startled her audi
ence at tfie woman’s meeting of the
Southern Citizenship Congress Sat
urday by the declaration that there is
an alarming increase in the number
nf young society women of Atlanta
and the South who nightly are de
bauching their souls with drink at the
clubs and cases.
She also uttered a scathing arraign
ment of modern dress and declared
that if a woman had dared dress a
generation ago as many dress now
she would have been ostracized fr im
decent society and two generation?
ago she would have been an outcast.
Her emphatic Rtand against votes
for women, which was taken at the
same time and before a body of wom
en. practically all of whom were ar
dent suffragists, proved almost as
much of a bombshell as her sensa
tional declarations in respect to pres
ent-day tendencies among the young
women of Atlanta.
Charges Drinking in Clubs.
“Go to the cases and clubs of the
city," she told her hearers, “an 1
here you will find the greater proo
lem. You will sec beautiful young
women benumbing their intellect and
debauching their souls in liquor
even to the drinking of straight whis
ky.
“Do you know how many women
and girls, stupefied with drink, are
helped out of these places. .Just
on the good side of one of the waiters
and you can get your information.
“ Give us the ballot and we will
stop it’.’ 1 can imagine one of my suf
fragist sisters saying. No. you
wouldn’t: for this very thing already
is in open violation of the law in
every city in Georgia. You already
have your legieslation
•Tor twenty years I have watched
he efforts of women to right the eviis
that prevail all over the land. What
do I find? I discover, it is true, in the
Slates where there is woman suf
frage that women in many instances
are holding office with as much honor
And distinction as the men. Os that
I am proud.
Suffrage States Backward.
But 1 also find that i. the Non t
ind West, where suffrage prevails,
that the most needed reforms have
not been reached. In fact, social and
industrial conditions for the most
part are wdrse than in the districts
where the vote for women has not
been obtained.
Yes. we are getting our equal
rights—but at what a cost! The
younger women in some Instances
gamble, smoke and drink with even
greater recklessness than their brotlt
rs. If we do a little investigating,
we will find that all I have said is
rue.
•’This ‘new woman' with her own
land has knocked from beneath her
hat pedestal of reverence on which
«he so long has been established.
What the girls wear to-day would
lave ostracized them from decent so
lely in their mothers’ time, and m
heir grandmothers’ it would have
nade them outcasts. This tendency
s growing to an alarming extent in
he South.
“Start Reform in Home.’’
How are the tendencies of the
times to be checked in their unde
sirable aspects? How are we to make
better citizens and get better laws?
Not by the ballot. Look into the
home lives and get some of the great
est men of this time and other eras;
then look into some of the modern
hove lives and you will see the an
swer. The answer is in the home.
Nothing ever was more true than that
•the hand that rocks the cradle rules
th» world.’
••\Ve must teach our boys and «»ur
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VOL. Xll. NO. 42.
Expense Account
Tragically Explains
Shop Girl’s Suicide
CHICAGO. Sept. 20.—Selma Peter
son. 19. worked in the shops of a big
clothing factory. She lived in a lit
tle room, in a South Side rooming
house. She earned $8 a week. She,
was found dying in her room, two gas
jets open. In her room, on a small
slip of paper, was a neatly penciled
sentence: “Life is not worth while”
A notebook contained Selma’s week
ly accounts. Her expenditures for
every week of the last six months
l were entered, with slight variations
in amounts, like this:
Meals, $3.15.
Room rent. $2.50.
Car care. 60c.
Laundry, SI.OO.
Total, $7.25.
Selma was revived at the hospital,
but retained consciousness only ?
minute. When told she was going to
uie. she said she was not sorry, anu
added, with a smile:
“Say, doctor, did you ever live for
six months on 20-cent diners?”
Forbidden Cattle
For Macon Exhibit
Dr. E. M. Nighbert. Federal inspec
tor in charge of tick eradication and
Southern cattle transportation, who
recently returned to Atlanta from an
extended trip through Texas, where
he has been studying the cattle tick
problem, has received an order from
the Secretary of Agriculture at Wash
ington that in order to stimulate in
terest in cattle the exhibition of high
grade cattle from above the quaran
tine line will be permitted at the
State Fair to be held at Macon Oc
tober 21 to 31. and at the Georgia-
Carolina Fair at Augusta November
5 to 15.
Such cattle are permitted to be ex
hibited and returned under Govern
ment supervision, to prevent exposure
to the cattle fever tick, which trans
mits disease.
Woman, 75, Accused
Os Firing Son's Home
LA PORTE. IND.. Sept. 20.—Mrs.
Wilhelmina Tetzlaff. aged 75 years,
was arrested this morning charged
with arson. She is alleged to have
left her home, traveled fifteen miles
and set fire to the buildings on her
son's farm, after having been in hid
ing until late at night.
The son refused to prosecute his
mother, but State authorities have
taken action.
Ex-Governor Glenn
Slated for U. S. Job
ASHE\ 11. LE. Sept. 20.—Judson C.
Clements is to be succeeded on the
Interstate Commerce Commission by
ex-Governor R. B. Glenn of North
Carolina, according to what is claim
ed to be a definite statement made
this morning. Clements' terms ex
pires in January
This removes Glenn from the Sena
torial race in this State.
AERIAL DERBY STARTED.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Sept. 2ft.—Eleven com
petitors started at 4 o'clock this
morning in the aerial derby around
London. The course is 95 miles long.
“Atlanta Spirit” Glorified in the
City’s Thronged Sunday Schools
Huge Bible Classes, which rank with highest in United
’ti States, and are taught by prominent men, among them ■
the Governor of Georgia, put this community in van of
religious work. :::::::::::::
=2==.—- This Splendid Article Exclusively in the -
SUNDAY AMERICAN To-morrow
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BRYAN AGAIN
DEFIES HIS
CRITICS
Declares He’ll Lecture Whenever
I
Advisable or Necessary—Fixes
Profits at $6,500.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. Declar
ing he has not altered his plans aod
intends to lecture whenever he deems
* it desirable or necessary. Secretary
of State Bryan to-day issued the fol
, lowing statement:
This evening is the last of the
Chautauqua lectures for the sea
son. The total income from the
Chautauqua lectures this year is
a little over $7,000. The net re
ceipts, after taking out expenses,
are somewhat over $6,500.
The number of whole week
days which have been used for
the lectures is. according to my
recollection, seven.
The remainder of the lectures
were delivered at places near
enough to Washington to enable
me to leave here in the afternoon,
sometimes as late as 3 o’clock.
I would not assume that the
public was interested in the de
tails were it not for the fact that
the representatives of a few of
the newspapers have regarded it
as a matter of great importance.
The criticism that has been di
rected against my lecturing is no
more bitter than that w’hich I
have encountered during other
times, and for other things during’
my connection with politics.
No man should enter public life
if he objects to criticism, and he
can not stay in public life if he
permits criticism to turn him
from doing what he thinks to be
right. He must decide his duty •
for himself, and be answerable
to the public for any mistakes
that he makes.
1 regard lecturing as an entire
ly legitimate field. I lectured be
fore I was nominated for Presi
dent. 1 lecture between cam
paigns. 1 shall continue to lec
ture and I shall not believe that
any person whose opinion is
worth having will think the less
of me for so doing.
This closes the lecture subject
for the present.
Duke of Manchester
Escapes ‘Shylocks'
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Sept. 20.—The Duke of
Manchester has escaped the toils of
the money-lenders and their bank
ruptcy petitions. When his case came
before the registrar in bankruptcy to
day It was announced that it had
been settled.
Eugene Zimmerman, the American
father-in-law of the Duke, came for
ward at the last moment and settled
the Duke’s pressing debts.
ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER. 20 1913.
T
Black's Fugitive
Hit Hard by Court:
He Aids Detective |
The flight of Joe Hargraves to Bir
mingham and his two fist fights with
Detective John Black, who finally
landed him back in a police station
cell, proved costly for the young fu
gitive.
He was fined $25.75 or 30 days hi
the stockade for running away from
Atlanta and failing to appear in Po
lice Court on the date set for his trial
on the charge of violating the cocaine
laws. On the original charge, which
is a State offense, lie was held for
trial in the higher courts in bond of
SSOO.
Hargraves corroborated the story
related by Detective Black as to the
tight in the Exchange Hotel. Black
also has submitted to Chief a
sworn statement covering all of the
details. J. B. Crisman, a Birmingham
lawyer, who represented Hargraves in
his fight for freedom in that city, and
Chief of Police George H. Bodeker
both have come to the defense us the
detective.
Sues for SIO,OOO for
50 Pounds She Lost
Eating 'Bad' Steak
Mrs. Claude Broks filed suit a'xainst
T. R. Sawtell. a butcher of No. 10H I
Whitehall street, for SIO,OOO Saturday ;
on the grounds that two pounds of j
beefsteak purchased from him had
caused her to lose 50 pounds in
Weight.
Mrs. Brooks states in the suit that
she and her husband both ate the
steak and that both were made death
ly sick. She said that her husband
was all right by the next day, but
that she had not been well sine, and
had dwindled from a weight of 140 !
pounds to 90 pounds.
Pardon Applicants
Keep Slaton Busy
All records for pardon applications
in Georgia have been broken during
the three months Governor Slaton has
been In office, according to Colonel
Jesse Perry, the Governors private
secretary.
“During the time I have been here
I have never seen such a demand foi
pardons,” said Colonel Perry “There
have been a dozen applications a day
Thete have been scores of callers
Despite the Fact that many of them
have hopeless cases, they are hanging
on with a determination that must
indeed make it unpleasant for the
Governor. His policy of giving every
one a hearing must be deeply .appre
ciated by everyone who sees him. but
it certainly is working a hardship on
him. I do not believe there is a busier
man in the State than Governor Sla
ton."
Two Detectives Busy
Picking Up Lost Time
“Finding time to make people hap
py” is the official duty now’ of De
tectives Starnes and Campbell, who
were Solicitor Dorsey’s right-hand
aides in the investigation of the Mary
Phagan murder.
They are recovering watches lost
by and stolen from citizens and
strangers in the city, and have re
stored 42 since the conclusion of tne
Frank trial. Some of the watches
found have been missing as long as
two and three years.
KISSING WAR
LAUDED Bl
PASTOR
Courting Is Divine, but Hugging
in Dark Corners Is Device of
Lothario, He Says.
In an outline made for The Geor
gian on the subject he will discuss
from his pulpit to-morrow—“ The
Battle About the Marriage Altar”—
Dr. John E. White, pastor of the Sec
ond Baptist Church. Saturday vigor
ously attacked “spooning” such as
that described In recent incidents
which have stirred Atlanta.
In the course of his statement he
made these pointed comments:
“Spooning is the exploit of the Lo
thario—courting is the glory of the
true lover.”
, “Spooning Is dalliance with the
beast—courting is the thrill of manly
love, the assertion of conscience over
I lust, the ennobling engagement of
i honest souls.
“The most sinister foe of happy
'and prosperous marriage is the ten
dency running like a tide toward an
animal basis in love affairs. The mad
drift toward immodesty in dress, the
Increase of conversational boldness
and the breaking down of the barriers
• of sexual reserve can but bear fruit
. of social misery.”
Marriage Vital to Society. .
Here is Dr. White’s statement:
Marriage is the most vital of so
cial actions, the key to the future of
civilization in this country. It is the
most serious and influential engage
ment of human life, the point of de
parture for society's moral prosperity
or moral disaster.
"And vet the public manifests con
tinually a disposition not to regard
it seriously. We smile, joke about all
the matters leading to marriage. The
sexual relations are made a sport for
the gayety of street corners. The peo
ple are suffering tragedy after tragedy
and deep-seated injuries every day
because of our loose dealing with
matrimonial subjects.
“The first battle about the marriage
altar was fought out as men
from barbarism, then chivalry es
poused the cause of monogony. The
next battle was fought when religion
assumed to safeguard the sacredness
nf wedlock as a religious relation.
"We have now come to a time when
both chivalry and religion seem to be
receding from the marriage altar.
Getting married has come to be re
garded as scarcely more than a per
sonal episode.
Science Fighting New Battle.
“A new battle Is to be fought, and
science has come to fight It. I think
religion ought to go in and help
science restore to the public con
science and the sacredness of marital
relations as the necessity of the social
order and morality.
“We have fresh evidence of the evil
influences which are undermining the
family and the home in the recent
exhibition of loose moral thinking on
the subject of young men and women
meeting at dark places in the night
Gay and festive gentlemen have come
forth to advocate ‘spooning’ Politi
cians and other learned exponents of
I public morals have combined in an
assault on the police force in behalf
of the downtrodden ’spooners’ of the
land.
' ll is a new philosophy of court
ship to the effect that young people
have to get acquainted with each oth
er on their way to marriage, and that
the decent and propel thing is to
meet in the gloomy recesses of a
| public building at or near midnight,
where they max bo safely secreted
from prying eyes.
Clamor Avails Nothing.
"Now that it is over, what has all
the clamor against the police force on
this subject amounted to? So far as
the display of virtuous indignation
by the politicians is concerned, it has.
of course, meant nothing except to
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Truce Is Declared
In Choir Strike in
Vanderbilt Church
ASHEVILLE. Sept 20 —A truce has
been declared In the strike of the
members of the choir of All Souls’
Church at Biltmore, supported by
Millionaire George W. Vanderbilt, a
full chorus will participate in the
services to-morrow
This Is the only personally con
ducted church In the United States.
Mr. Vanderbilt meeting personally all
expenses, while all collections and
subscriptions go to charity.
Senator Owen to
Explain Currency
Bill for American
Many bankers having asked The
Sunday American io explain how
the new reserve banks will handle
their daily business. Senator Owen
has consented to write for this
journal a special article covering
the whole ground
Senator Owen was a banker be
fore he became a legislator, and
his description of the practical
working of the new system will
interest every banker in the coun
try.
It is proposed to print the arti
cle in The Sunday American.
Aviator Falls 100
Feet Into Tennessee
i River: Is Rescued
s CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 20 John
e ny Green, a local aviator, had a mi
s’ raculous escape from death late yes
y terday afternoon when his hydro
a aeroplane fell from an altitude of 100
p feet and plunged to the bottom of the
Tennessee River.
Green extricated himself and was
j picked up by a launch, but he sus-
I tained several broken ribs.
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Burglars, Surprised,
- Drop Loot and Flee
Three negro burglars were sur
prised robbing \V. F Matthews’ dry
goods store, No. 53 Highland avenue,
at 3 o’clock Saturday morning but
escaped, vxnen neighbors gave chase.
The negroea had filled three tin
tubs with dry goods, shoes and other
stock They dropped these and tied
down an alley.
Half Dozen Killed in
Chicago Explosion
CHICAGO. Sept. 20. Five, possi
bly six. men were killed outright and
others were hurt this afternoon in ar
explosion which destroyed part of the
| molding house of the Deering branch
, plant of the International Harvester
Works
Calls were sent out sot fifteen am
-1 balances.
HOME
EDITION
MDDIE
WINNER
OF OPEN
HILE
Francis Ouimet. First Amateur to
Gain Honor—Defeats Var
din and Ray.
BROOKLINE, MASS Sept. 20-
Franci* Ouimet, aaed 20. former cad
die and present Massachusetts ama
teur Champion, to-day won the nine
teenth annual open golf championship
of the I’nitod States, with surprising
ease at the Brookline Country Club.
His made! play total for IX holes was
72 to 77 for Harry Vardon, of Eng
land. and 7x for Edward Ray. also of
England
It was thought possible that Oui
met. who was raised on the edge of
the course, near the sixteenth tee,
I might ond or tie for second place, hut
I not even the most sanguine dared
whisper a lead of five strokes for him
over the five times winner of the
British open, the best known player
in the world.
Going out there was nothing tn
choose between them, all being 39 to
the turn. Coming in. however, tha
youthful American played a marvel
ous game, fairly sweeping the two
English stars off their feet and win
ning in comparatively easy fashion.
Shows No Nervousness.
From the tenth hole, where Ouimet
gained a stroke on his two rivals, the
English golfers began to realize that
In this American boy Ouimet they
had met their equals if not their mas
ter. Ouimet played surely, steadily,
without a trace of real nervousness.
The I’nlted States Golf Association
saved the S3OO offered as first prize
money through Ouimet s victory, as
he is an amateur. He Was awarded
a medal and his dub, the Woodland,
of Boston, will get the championship
cup to be held for one year.
Ouimet Is the first American ama
teur to win the national open title.
Four years ago "Chick'' Evans took
the Western open honor, which never
attracts anything like as strong a
field as the national open, and that
season it'was skimpier than nsqal.
Ouimet's caddie. Eddie Laurie, got
a contribution of $25 immediately aft
er the play was over, and Vardon re
ceived $l5O for second place and Ray
SIOO for third place.
Vardon Made the Favorite.
Outward conditions were favorable
for th* British contenders when their
play-off with Ouimet In the triple tie
for the national open championship
started.
I A mist fell, which, along with oc
l caslonal drizzles all night, made the
course softer and more treacherous
” than yesterday
At least 0.000 persons followed the
. first tee, and others joined the crowd
at every hole thereafter. The gallery
despite unusual efforts to control it,
threatened to upset the contestants tn
Its eagerness to catch all the small
points.
Vardon was. of course, the favorite
wbh Ray second and Ouimet third.
Ouimet in Gay Mood.
Ouimet was in the most blithesome
mood of the three before starting
and naturally, since both the foreign-
| ers' reputations were at stake, while
the boy had nothing to lose The
contest was at IS holes.
AH three took five on the first hole.
' On the third hole Ray missed a com
paratively easy put and took five.
Ouimet and Vardon made It in four
' Fourth Hole—Ouimet had a ticklish
I lie in the edge of the v oods. nut
pulled out tn nice style and got ap
plause for holing a five-foot put. All
three were fours.
Fifth Hole—All three got fives.
Vardon Takes Le.-d.
Sixth Hole—All three pitched up
well, but Vardon was best. OuimeC
was two inches shy on the put. Vi.'-
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THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Saturday; Sun
day probably showers.