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4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS II. S. E House Expected to Get Adminis tration Bill Soon Carrying Out Ideas of Burleson. Continued From Pago 1 through Government ownership. Original Policy of Nation. act of July 24, 1*66. providing for the Government arquisitlon of the telegraph lines upon payment of an appraised valuation, and tha act of 1*02 directing the. Postmaster Gen eral 'to report to Congress the prob able cost of connecting a telegraph and telephone syetem with the poatal servica by tome feasible plan.’ are evidences of the policy of this Gov •mment ultimately to acquire and operate thepe electrical mean* of communication as postal facilities, as Is done by all the principal nations, the United States alone excepted "The successful operation of the parcel post haa demonstrated the capacity of the Government to con duct the public utilities which fall properly within the postal provision of the Constitution Includes Telephones, Too "Every argument in favor of the Government ownership of telegraph lines may be advanced with equal , logic, and force In favor of the Gov ernment ownership of telephone lines It has been competently decided that a telephone message and a telegram are the same within the meaning of the law's governing the telegraph ser vice and therefore It Is believed that the statute enabling the Government to acquire, upon payment of an ap praised valuation, the telegraph lines of the country will enable the Gov ernment to acquire the telephonic network of the country. Parcel post reaches everywhere whereas private expresses extend Hielr operations only to profitable ter ritory.” * a V fl thft report 'Twenty millions of rural residents now have house-to-house delivery and collec tions of parcels, a service formerly to be had only In cities and towns.'' Telegraph Lines Useless. Kepresentative Lewis, of Maryland, who has devoted months to the study of the Government ownership of wire lines, is not committed fully to the plan advanced by Burleson. The Postmaster General believes the Gov ernment should operate both the tele phone and telegraph lines The Lewis bill rontemplates taking over the telephone wires only. We do not need the telegraph ays tem," said Mr. Lewis to-day. ‘‘The Government may acquire and use the wires both to send telephone and telegraph messages It is being done now Mr Lewis estimates that the tele phone systems of the country, in cluding the Bell and independent lines, may be purchased for $900,000, 000 The. acquisition of the telegraph would cost at least $200,000,000 addi tional ‘‘The committee has not yet con sidered the legislative features of its annual bill,” said Chairman Moon, of the Postofflc© Committee of the House. Administration Bill Coming. ‘‘The recommendations of the Post master General are yet to be digested by the committee, but the Govern ment ownership of telephone and telegraph lines is such a big problem that a party caucus probably will be held before any definite action is taken.” W. J. BELL SERIOUSLY ILL. W. J Bell, superintendent of the Southern Railway, is still seriously ill at his home. No. 110 Peeples street, where he w r as brought from Birming ham suffering with acute indigestion ■BB HB HIUBJ ■Oil The Alert! ™ Watch for any sign of _ * distress in the Stomach, ™ Liver or Bowels and B be sure to try B ■HOSTETTER’S' ■ STOMACH BITTERS I — promptly. It will tone ™and strengthen those™ organs and help you I maintain health and B vigor at all times. Iget a bottle to-day I i«aa bb mam The f-nd of s thrilling automobi'e ride to escape mobs came Thursday morning when thr*f negroes, con fessed murders of Mrs. Jefferson Irby, of Wrens, Ga., were brought to At lanta from Augusta by two depu y sheriffs and lodged in the Fulton County Tow'er for safe-keeping. Th* blacks are William Hart, George Hart and Robert Paschal!. AM three of the negroes were on the verge of collapse when they were locked in their cells in the Tower, and during the ride from Augusta to At lanta they pleaded constantly with the deputy sheriffs to run the car faster Rumors of mobs forming in Girl Found Ill in Bath Quits Grady Hospital Miss Kline Ball, who was found un conscious in the bathroom of her apartments at No. 41 East Cain street Tuesday night, has recovered rniffi ciently to leave the Grady Hospital She went to the home < * relatives in the city. It was at first thought that the 1 young woman had attempted suicide Tf developed, however, that her condi- i flon had resulted from an overdose >f medicine Sweetheart’s Shoes Will Not Fit Roy DECKER, IND., Dee 18. Roy Man nlng broke a bone in the arch of his < foot while wearing a pair of high heel shoes belonging to a young woman friend He was "breaking” them in for her. MISS BAIN TELLS HOW TO DOTHE HESITATION Two steps in the Hesitation" waltz, posed by Miss Bain and her dancing partner. Donald Crane. towns en route reached the ears of the sheriffs, and the trip was made by a circuitous route to avoid them Ac cording to stories the Augusta deputy sheriffs told the authorities at the Tower, the negroes reiterated their confession of the murder during the ride The murder of Mrs. Irby was most brutal. Tip* woman was found by her husband lying on the Moor in thei' hhme.- with her head cut off and mashed with rocks, and her little chil dren cowering Tinder the bed. Blood hounds were put on the trail, and the dogs ied the officers to the cabins of the Hart brothers and Paschall. The blacks were arrested and taken to Waynesboro. Burke County, to escape a mob which quickly formed in Wrens, and the militia was called out to protect the negroes Mobs of greater proportions began to form in Waynesboro, and in order to avoid bloodshed Governor Slaton ordered the negroes sent to Augusta. Rumors of mobs in Augusta caused Governor Slaton to decide to bring the negroes to Atlanta and place them in the Tower Handkerchiefs Hosiery Ljaely Co. Qi oves Umbrellas Devotees of Waltz Should Learn Simple Steps of This New Dance Easily. Here is the first dancing lesson for Georgian readers by Miss Donna Bain, beautiful instructor of Atlanta society and brilliant expert in aM the latest steps. By MISS DONNA BAIN. The popularity which the hesitation waltz has recently achieved in Amer ican dancing circles is an indication that the old-time glide wait*, so pop ular in the days of our forefathers, is coming back Into favor, for the hesi tation retains many of the beauties of the glide with distinctive varia tions that give it what might be termed individuality. And, incidentally, it is to be great ly hoped that the favor with which the return of the glide waltz, even I iiT a modified form, is being greeted. will means the extermination of those j dancing abominations called - turkey 1 trot and the bear and all the other ■ freak dances that require exagger- uted, unnecessary $nd foolish move ments of the shoulders and the body to give them a thrill and carry them 9o success. Full of Grace and Beauty. There was never a dance, perhaps, so filled with natural grace and beauty as the glide waltz, and you will still find that the majority of the dancers, though they bow to the dic tates of fashion and dance the new l dances, still have a tender spot in their hearts for the glide waltz and j dance it at everv opportunity. And ■ for these the hesitation is a suitable ! and satisfactory substitute. It is a 1 combination of the Boston and the old glide waltz, combined in just the right proportion to suit devotees of both dances. The Boston steps give ; it vim and go. while there is retained enough of the glide waltz to pre vent the dance from being awkward. and to give it a sort of bewildering beauty that neither the Boston nor the glide waltz alone has. The hesitation is not hard to dance, and to learn it one does not have to have any special fund of natural grace, although the more graceful the beginner is the quicker w’ill she learn. Grace is an inherent quality of the dance, and any recognized dance, danced well, is graceful. The aver age person, even with no knowledge of dancing, should learn the hesita tion waltz in a few lessons, and for a good waltzer the task should be even easier. Instructions for dancing the hesi tation waltz could be spun, out in al most an endless thread, but I think the following will suffice to give any one an idea of how to dance it. Here Are the Steps. In the hesitation waltz the girl should start on the right foot, and balance back on the left, taking four Boston walk steps forward; waltz back on the left and hesitate on the right: starting on the left foot, take four Boston steps, reversing to left and hesitating on the left; repeat, starting on the right foot. Another step in the hesitation, waltz is made by waltzing on the left foot, alternating forward and back, and hesitating on the right foot between the waltz steps. There are numerous others that come with practice and that should not be attempted until the principles of the dance have been W'ell grounded. And in dancing, remember that the more you try to be graceful, the more graceful you probably will be. And above all do not shrug your shoulders or wiggle your body. There are some dances, notable interpretive and clas sical dances, that require certain movements of the arms, shoulders and the body to convey the full mean ing of the dance—but in the modern ballroom dance such movements are out of place and ungraceful. i 92c Snowdrift No. 2 19c No. 10 fountain i Laurel No. 10 Silver lr.dSI.25 24 lbs. POSTELL'S 7Q- Elegant Flour * wV 25 lbs. SUGAR SI. 1 2% CASH m CO.. WATCHES You will appreciate our splendid stock and the service we offer, should you have in contemplation the purchase of watches for Christmas giving. ' We have watches for every purpose and at every price for which a good watch can be sold. We will gladly assist you in the selection of your watch by that expert advice which many years of experience as watchmakers and merchants enable us to give. You will pay no more here than elsewhere for a good watch, and you will have back of your purchase a house whose name represents the highest standard of mer chandise and guarantees the maximum value for the money expended. Eugene V. Haynes Co., 49 Whitehall St. — H HERMITS SECRET BARED BY DEATH Continued From Pag* 1. probably the only true human aaeo- clatlona he knew In later year* wax to attend a banquet of hie young fra ternity matee In Atlanta occasionally To one of these he told why he led such a lonely existence Once he had fallen In love—desper ately In love—and the woman had dis- I appointed him. So he with drew from the world, and the world forgot him—until he became a tjiystery. Sister Comes to Bury Him. Mrs. Cora McKinney, of Chatta nooga, Tenn., a sister of Qasktll, ar rived In Atlanta Thursday and went to the little house on Forsyth street. She could not get In, for It was locked. She found that the keys were in the possession of Derracote, who attended Gaskill for a few days before his death. After waiting before the house, which was guarded by a policeman for a long time, efforts to and Bet! racota having failed, Mrs. McKinn = • had the pigeons fed and left. pruuiiai ai. ...» r rum tnfnr matlon she gathered from neiehhT she did not think he had any cons?' 1 erable sum of money in the house -.« J she said she did not think he ieft ' will. She said she had another broth er, Clinton Gasklll, in Houston Tex but that she had not heard from t since he had bee;, notified of : brother’s death. Until she did r , funeral arrangements would be nisd. she said. The Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Company James 0. Wynn, President. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE James O. Wynn, W. L. Peel , J. K. Orr, Paul B. Trammell Arthuj* Powell, W. L. Pomeroy, Secretary. FINANCE COMMITTEE. W. L. Peel, W. J. Blalook, John W. Grant, M. M. Riley. Arthur G, Powell, ANDERSON & SHROPSHIRE, of Atlanta Now Prominently Connected With THE COSMOPOLITAN It gives me great pleasure to announce the appointment of Ander son & Shropshire (Marcellus M. Anderson and A. J. Shropshire, Jr.), of Atlanta, as managers for THE COSMOPOLITAN for territory em bracing about forty counties north of Fulton, and some few south, with exclusive control, except counties of Fulton and DeKalb. Both of these gentlemen are highly respected citizens of Atlanta, and by their courteous and just treatment of agents they have built up a very strong agency force of an unusually fine type of men. The reasons which induced Messrs. Anderson & Shropshire to be come associated with THE COSMOPOLITAN are worthy of note. First. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Shropshire are loyal Georgians, and feel that they are performing a duty to their State in assisting to build up a Great Home Institution, which is destined to accomplish an immense amount of good in developing the resources of our State as well as the South at large: In the second place, these gentlemen have made the connection after weeks of deliberation and the closest investigation of the financial condition of THE COSMOPOLITAN: the character of of ficers and directors of the Company, and the economical and conserv ative business policy to he pursued. 'Their investigation has disclosed the fact that not one penny has been paid for the sale of the Company's stock, and no rebate or concession given to any subscriber, all buying their stock on the same basis. They have found that the members of the Finance and Executive Committees of the Company are enthusias tic and ready to co-operate in making THE COSMOPOLITAN a great Southern Life Insurance Company. Furthermore, they have carefully inspected the forms of policies issued by the Company, and found them sound actuariallv, and at the same time very attractive to insurers. I beg to state that THE COSM OPOLITAN is the only company organized under the new and rigid insurance laws of Georgia, and the organization was perfected under the direct, supervision of TTon. Wm. A. Wright, Insurance Commissioner, and Mr. John A. Copeland, Dep uty Insurance Comissioner. Thoy are familiar with every detail, and have given the Company their highest indorsement, as shown by the following statement of General Wright: OFFICE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, STATE OF GEORGIA: Atlanta, March 1,1913. Dr. M. M. Riley, Chairman, Atlanta. Ga. Dear Sir—I desire to say that your Committee is to be con gratulated upon having secured the consent of Air. J. O. Wynn to accept the Presidency of the reorganized Cosmopolitan Life In surance Company. I have known Air. Wynn officially and per sonally for nearly thirty years, and am familiar with his career as a Southern insurance manager. He is a man of unquestioned in tegrity, tmiversally recognized as an insurance man of the very highest qualifications, and an eminently successful financier, as at tested by the success of all enterprises with which he has been con nected. I am satisfied from the conversation T have had with Air. W T vnn in regard to this matter that he has been finally induced to accept the Presidency of this Company entirely from patriotic motives. His official connection with the company will draw about him the co-operation of the leading business men of this and other cities of the State, and, in my judgment, when it becomes generally known that he is connected with the Company, the stock, old as well as new, will, within a very short while, material ly advance iu value. I am satisfied that no more advantageous se lection of a man for the Presiden cv of the Company could have been made, and feel that this selection assures the future success of the Company. Yours very truly, (Signed) WM. A. WRIGHT. Insurance Commissioner. 1 desire to call attention to the fact that “THE COSMOPOLI TAN” LIFE INSURANCE CO ALP ANY, which was organized • on April 5, 1913, has no connection whatever with “Cosmopolitan” Life Insurance Company, which failed in December. 1912. The new com pany. by purchase from the Insurance Department, acquired the as sets of the old company, paid the claims authorized by the courts, put in new money and new officers, and intends al wavsot pursue conserv ative and safe business methods. I confidently believe that the citizens of Georgia will appreciate our efforts to make a Great Home Company, and will give us a liberal share of their business. The Company merits the fullest confidence, and invites the closest investigation. JAMES 0. WYNN, President.