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TUh Al LAi\ 1'A ULUKU-lAiN AM) NLSYK.
SCIENTIST'S 1IEU1I METHOD
FROM MENTAL OEFECTS
Many ‘Hfaildren are doomed to lives
, f mental darkness for lack of careful
mlnation of their nu ntal and ph\>-
condition.*
This is the opinion of Dr. Lightner
\ imer, head of the depavtment of
sychology in the University of Penn-
vania, who blazed a trail in Amer-
i that has led* hundreds of young
•.>pie from supposed mental deflcien-
v and feeble-mindedness to norm il,
nearly normal, conditions.
]>r. Witmer founded the psychology -
i! clinic for the examination and
:eatment of children mentally defe'--
,\e He also instituted the same
ork in Lehigh University and Bryn
Mawr College. Since he began this
ose study of backward children and
devised methods for their treatment,
•arents as far distant as California
have sent their children to ’hiladel-
ca for examination.
Remedied “r.opeless” Cases.
Dr. Witmer. who is in Atlanta for
.* meetings Of the American Asso-
. ion for the Advancement of S 1-
Hnce, said Tuesday that many of the
ises were brought to him as hope-
ess. and that they had been cured or
.ded by treatment based upon a care,
i examination of the children’s
mental and physical characteristics.
Sometimes the child’s instructors
ever had been able to teach it ‘o
spell. Poor eyesight, hitherto unde
leted. might have been the cause,
t’hildrfn have been sent to 'he
.inic who appeared incurably bosti-
nate. pbstinaey may be purely a
mental condition or it may result from
mie of several physical conditions. \
careful examination generally Re
vealed the cause, and the child forth
with was ’‘made over.”
Dr. Witmer, whose work has re
vived attention from scientific tad
lay publications all over the country,
disclaims that there is anything won
derful or miraculous in the cures.
Three Classes of “Defectives.”
•Many children are brought to us
that really are hopel^st,” he said
And the peculiar part of it is that
the people who bring them generally
believe that there is ’nothing much
he matter with them.’ As a rule. I
-•an tell a hopeless case before the
hild gets inside the door.”
Dr. Witmer estimated tha* near'v
half of the children brought to tne
linics could be helped and most of
his percentage restored to normal.
The little patients are divided into
hree classes after proper .ibserva-
!ion. The first is that of the hopelesx.
y feeble-minded and defective, whose
only place is an institution.
The second class is made up of chil
dren “with mental defects." whom Dr.
"Witmer distinguishes from those
•’mentally defective." These children
can be cured if the defects are elimi
nated or the children taught to over
come the handicap the defect places
on them.
Overcoming Obstacles.
“Overcoming the handicap of i
mental defect,” said Dr. Witmer, “is
very much the same as the case of a
young man at the University qf Penn
sylvania who had a ‘game’ foot.
He took up ihl&tics, -such-a9 run
ning and jiiniBtjig*, a .XL-Ihode of
ireatment. A year or two later he
was the holder of the high-jump
record, and was. in fact, the first
man to clear the bar when set above
the six-foot mark. And yet he always
walked with a slight limp."
The third class of patients are to*
borderland” cases. They require long
observation and are give* every op
portunity to develoo Many of th?m
after a time begin to improve mark
edly and ultimately are restored to
normal. Others improve but slightly.
Scientist Says South
Needs Better Sanitation.
Race segregation and special at
tention t f) sanitation, particularly
with regard, to the negro population,
was urged on behalf of the “mothers
of the Southland” Tuesday night in a
pow erful plea. by Dr. Uharles Wad
dell .Stiles, of the United States Pttb-
1 i< Health Service, in his address de
livered at Taft Hall before the mem
bers of the American Association for
the Advancement - of Science.
The men of the South give only
from one-third to one-half the pro
tection to thefr women that the men
Hackett to Lecture on
0. Henry His Friend
Members of the Players' Club of At
lanta. of which Mrs. Thomas R. Felder
's president. ,vvero looking forward with
merest Wednesday to the lecture by
Norman Hackett, of "The Double De-
< River" Company, will give on O. Henry
Friday at 4 p. m. The' club has ar-
ranged for him to speak at the Geor
gian Terrace.
The following will be the patrons:
Mrs. John M. Slaton. Mrs. J. 1C. Ottlev,
Mrs. C. J 1 laden/ Mrs Samuel Lump*
in, Mrs. Hugh Willet Mrs. Feats
speed, Mrs. A. U*Coles. Mrs. Percival
Sneed, Mrs Clark Howell. Mrs. W. S.
1.1 kin. Mrs. <\ A Wood. Mrs Corra
Harris. Mrs. R. L. Cooney. Mrs. Haral-
-on Bleckley and tj»e patrons of the
[’layers’ Club.
Mr. Hackett was a personal friend of
the late O. Henry.
of other sections give theirs,” Dr.
Stiles asserted, and declared that one
of the chief oversights in the South
ern platt was the lack of adequate
segregation of the white and black
races.
Dr. Stiles pointed out the fact that
a mutual interchange of two dis
eases—tuberculosis and malaria—was
a constant factor in damaging the
health and destroying the life of both
—and "that in both cases it was the
mothers of the white race who suf
fered most.
How Ailments Spread.
“Tuberculosis is not a negro's dis
ease." Dr. Stiles said. “He can’t
stand up under it very long, while a
white mart may live. and. in living,
spread the disease, a comparatively
lengthy period.
“On the other hand, malaria is es
sentially a negro disease. The negro
in its grasp lives on indefinitely, and
often does not appear weakened by
it. But he spreads it among white
people with whom he comes in con
tact, and then the malady becomes a
deadly menace."
Dr. Stiles showed that mosquitoes
were carriers of malaria, but that they
rarely 'visited places remote from
their origin.
Segregation the Remedy.
That being the case, he said, a
strict separation of negro settlements
from white, of a comparatively short
distance would accomplish much in
the way of prevailing the transmis
sion of malaria from negroes to white
persons.
It was important also, he said, that
negro servants should not remain at
night on the premises of their em
ployers, but should go to their own
homes. This particularly was true of
negro nurses.
As to the effect of even the ordi
nary relations of master and servant
on tlie well-being of the white moth
er. Dr. Stiles made an earnest plea
for strict sanitation in the negro
homes and settlements.
Dr. Stiles launched a stinging re
buke at the attitude of the churches
which taught the faulty philosophy of
the generally misunderstood maxim, i
“The Lord giveth and the Lord
taketh away."
“Place Blame Where It Belongs."
“Why is it,” Dr. Stiles asked, "that
the church blinds the eyes of the
wife by blaming upon the Lora acts
for which her husband and the local
politician, whom her husband helped
to elect to office are alone responsible?
“Is it not time that blame lie
placed where it belongs? Why hold
the Lord responsible for the blind
ness of a child due to prenuptial wild
oats of its father? Why be satis
fied with trying to comfprt a mourn
ing mother by telling her that it is
the Lord’s will that, her baby died of
dysentery, a 114! then still permit that
miserable. insanitary. fly breeding
condition next door to continue in
existence?"
The constructive activities of Geor
gia figured largely in Tuesday’s ses
sions of the mechanical science and
engineering sectio . which is holding
its meetings at the Georgia School of
Technology.
At this meeting Captain Clayton.
(’hirf r>f 'onstruCtion Department
df Atlanta, explained the workings oT
the new sewerage disposal plants of
Atlanta: B. M. Mall, G. F. Harley,
J. S. White and others told of the
great development of Georgia’s water
powers now in progress.\
Crop Parasites Discussed.
W. c. Spiker had some interesting
data on the behavior of the concrete
framework knd foundations of Fultort
County's new courthouse. A dozen or
more other interesting papers, dealing
for the most part with engineering
projects and feats in the South, were
read.
At the meeting of the entomology
section Dr. L. O. Howard, United
States Entomologist, read a compre
hensive paper upon the present states
of gypsy moth parasites in New' Eng
land. Dr. Howard told a remarkable
story of how the New England farm
ers are eradicating this pest by the
importation of parasites which wage
war upon the moths.
The social functions of Tuesday
consisted of the Sigma Xi luncheon
at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, the din
ner of the same fraternity at night
at the Piedmont Driving Club, and the
brilliant reception given the visiting
scientists by Governor and Mrs. John
M. Slaton in the Executive Mansion,
beginning at 5 o’clock.
1J. S. CONTROL OF
[
CITY BUREAU IF
WELFARE IS
Committee Investigating Radium
as Remedy Probably Will
Recommend Action.
WASHINGTON, U,, :il l lulled
States public health experts are fol
lowing closely the results of radfum
• xptjrlments being made on Congress
man Brerunei of New Jersey for
the cure of cancer. Under direction
of Dr. \Y C Rucker. Government
specialist on cancer, mere are taking
place experimentations in the Pub
lic Health Service Laboratory
"We are following experiments with
radium .ill over the world. The ques
tion of the cure of cancer is of vital
interest everywhere, but nowhere
more so than in the United States.
“Vita I statistics for the years 1901
to 1911, Inclusive, show the number
of ca*heei cases has increased at the
rate of 25 per cent. The death rate
from this disease in this country is
about 7J for each 100,000 of popula
tion.
In England and Wales the death
rate for 100,000 is 97, while in Spain
and HungaiN ii is 4.7, so this country
may be said to compare well with
other countries
“But the alarming thing to this
country is the rapid rate of its In*
cr*ase. Several theories have been
advanced, but none has been accept
ed generally. Most of them are based
on the t onimunicabilit.v of cancer,
the effect of the high tension of mod
ern life and the rapid rate of living.
These things are under investigation
as well‘its methods of treatment.”
Dr. Rucker would not discuss the
advisability' of Government owner
ship of radium-bearing ore mines so
that radium, if proved a cancer cure,
could be used in treatment of- the
poor, the question Qt the prohibition
of radium exportation.
It Is probable a (’ongressional com
mittee investigating the subject will
ask his expert testimony on these
and other subjects and will prge such
steps he taken.
Teachers to Discuss
Work at Banquet
Many subjects Interesting to teachers
will he discussed at the annual banquet
of the Atlanta Teachers’ Association
hi the Wlnecoff Friday night. Two hun
dred teachers are expected to attend.
The Passenger Railway Association
also will give a banquet at the Wine-
• off- Friday night.
Law for 12-Hour Day
For Horses Sought
GH1CAGO, Dec. 31. Legislation com
pelling a maximum working day of
twelve hours for horses Is to be sought
by Hugo Krause, of the Chicago Anti-
Cruelty Society.
Ceremony to Mark
Laying of Y.M.C.A.
Cornerstone Jan. 1
The cornerstone laying of the new
$300,000 twin building of the Atlanta
Young Men’s Christian Association wiil
he held Thursday at U o’clock. J. K
Orr. prominent In the movement that re
sulted in the new building, will preside
as chairman, and H Y McCord, chair
man of the building committee, will
have charge of the laying of the stone
Addresses will he made by Rev. C.
\V. Daniels, on “The Y M ,\ and
the City,” and Rt. Rev. C. K. Nelson, on
"The Y. M. (\ A and the Church.”
There also will be songs and prayers
by Rev Richard Orme Flinn and Rev
W R. Hendrix.
A. A. .lameson, for eight years con
nected with association work in New
York, has arrived to take charge of the
boys’ department here.
On the “Threshold
of 1914
> >
Take a look back
ward and forward.
Have you declared divi
dends for the closing
year in the form of
Savings?
Enter the New Year
resolutely determined
to Save systematically
—making your deposits
regularly with
Central tBankij
on savings®not (Corporation
CANDLER BUILDING. ATLANTA
BRANCH BANK CORNER MITCHELL&FORSYTH STS.
Municipal Experts Commend Ap
pointment of Committee to
Take Up Plan.
The plan of the Chamber of Com-|
merep to establish a public welfare
bureau was received Wednesday with
general approval. Municipal experts
declared it would be une of the great
est steps forward ever made by At
lanta.
Two expert surveys have been
made of the sanitary and health sys
tems of Atlanta. A special commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce
made a study of the milk supply, its
reports showed 50 per cent of the
deaths and disease in Atlanta were
preventable. Yet the leaders.- on Re
count of the complex government,
have been unable to put any of the
important changes suggested into
effect.
The Chamber of Commerce plan
contemplates a referendum on plac
ing all charities and authority to sup
press contagious disease in the hands
of the welfare bureau, headed by an
expert.
At a meeting at the Piedmont Ho
tel Wednesday representatives of the
Chamber of Commerce and of the
women’s organizations in charge of
the recent Child Welfare Exhibit.
Wilmer L. Moore, president of the
Chamber, was authorized to appoint
a committee of ten men and women
to investigate the Cleveland Public
Welfare Bureau.
Among’ the leaders in the move
ment are Dr. John E. White, Mrs.
Charles J. Haden. Mrs. Samuel Hop
kins, Joseph C. Logan and H. M. Wil
let. Dr. J. P. Kennedy and Dr. Claude
A. Smith also were present.
The plan is a direct outgrowth of
the suppression of the recent report
on Atlanta's milk supply by a com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce.
The directors of the Chamber found
that under present conditions they
would be unable to carry out the rec
ommendations for purer milk under
the present system.
N., C & St, L. Agent
For 45 Years Is Dead
CARTERSVILLE. Dee 31.—J. C.
Wofford, for 45 years agent of the Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail-
way, is dead at his home here. Ht was
73 years old, a Mason, a Confederate
veteran, and Mayor of the city several
times.
Mr. Wofford leaves a widow and three
sons, James, Harry and Bruce Wofford,
and six daughters, Mrs. Paul Gilreath,
Mrs. Robert Dunnahoo and Mrs. W. T.
McLeod, of Atlanta, and Misses Annie,
Lois and Nora Wofford.
! China Plans Great
Panama Exhibition
New Island Is Born
In the New Hebrides
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Dec. 31.—A new island has
•opeared off the west coast of Am*
<"im Island in the New Hebrides,
here the recent volcanic eruption
•ok place.
The French commissioner resident
ports that the volcano is becoming
>s active, but on December 24 lava
as still flowing and ashes and ein-
a rs were failing.
Boy, 11, Gives Skin to
Save Life of Sister, 8
PLAINFIELD. N. J.. Dec. 31. In an
‘'fort to save the life of’his 8-year-old
• ster, who had been hacH.v burned.
! Parella. 11 submitted to a gkln
r afting operation in which on** hun-
“d pieces of skin were cut from his
body.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31.—Chu
Ting Chai, special commissioner to
the Panama-Pacific Exposition, is
here to complete plans for China's
exhibit.
“China is taking a keen interest in
the exposition," Mr. Chu said, “and it
is probable that the Government’s ap
propriation of $400,000 will be in
creased by private subscriptions."
Police Keep Card
‘Index’ of Drunks
WASHINGTON, Dec 31.—“Have
you been carded yet?” is the latest
greeting in Washington. The opera
tion of thfc Jones-Work liquor law
forbids drunkenness on the streets in
the District of Columbia
The police now keep a card index
of “drunks.”
'Attorney Asks Love
Notes in Lieu of Fee
CINCINNATI. OHIO, Dec. 31. At
torney C. W. Baker, “Adonis" of the
Ohio State Bar Association, has
asked a lien on 125 love letters, al
leged to have been written to Mrs.
Caroline Feesler by William B. Po
land, a rich real estate man.
Lawyer Baker had been awarded
$750 attorney’s fees and when Mrs.
Feesler couldn’t pay, sued for the let
ters, part of which were made public
in court.
Burbank’s Priceless
Seeds in Bank Vault
SAN FRANCISCO** Dec. 31. Seeds
scarcer than any jewel, which, if lost,
could not be replaced, ha’ been placed
in the safety vaults of ti. Union Trust
Company and the Seaboard National
Bank t)v Luther Burbank.
There*is not a peck of these seeds in
the world.
I.. F. McClftlland loft him! Ltither '/. Roski-r. Jr.
Beachey Loops Loop
Six Times Over Bay
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 31. -Looping
the loop six times at a height of 2,50#
feet over San Francisco Bay, Lincoln
Beachey established another world’s
aviation record.
Home of Nick Carter
Looted by Burglars
SAN. JOSE, CAL., Dec. 31.—Burglars
ransacked the home M lingerie T Saw
yer. originator of the famous “Nic!
Carter" detective stories and obtained a
small loot of jewelry and money.
Formal Opening of New Court
Featured by Speeches of
Governor and Others.
Atlanta’s new municipal court is
ready for its formal opening Thurs
day, and a new era in the handling of
small court business will begin. With I
tHe stroke of 12 Wednesday night the
authority of-the justices of the peace
in Atlanta will cease, and in the fu
ture their work will be handled by
salaried judges and court attaches.
Formal opening of the new court
will take place at 10 o’clock Thursday
morning in the first division of the
Superior Court in the old city hall
Huilding at South Pryor and East
Hunter streets. There will be ad
dressed by Governor John M. Slaton,
Judge John T. Pendleton, senior judge
of the Atlanta Superior Court; Judge
Eugene D. Thomas, of the Municipal
Court, and others. President Edgar
Watkins, of the Atlanta Bar Associa
tion, has issued a call for all mem
bers of the organization to attend the
opening.
Work of the court will be handled
by five judges, of whom Judge Thom
as is the chief justice. The other four
are Luther Z. Rosser. Jr.. L. F. Mc
Clelland. J. B. Ridley and T. O.
Hath cock. Of this quintet, Judge
Ridley is the only man among Fulton
County justices of the peace to land a J
berth in the new court
Many Assistants.
Captain Tom C. Miller is the clerk
of the new court, while W. T Buch
anan is marshal Each has a large
force of assistants and for the .next
three months expects to be extremely
busy getting the work on a systemat
ic basis.
The riew court will have a greater
scope than the justices courts, and
will also cut in on the work of the
Superior Court, taking all civil suits
involving less than $500. That this
will greatly reliev" the dockets of the
Superior Court is regarded as certain,
and will also serve to give litigants
an earlier hearing.
The removal of these cases from
the Superior to the Municipal Court
will materially reduce the revenue of
the Clerk of the S o>erior Court and a
cut in the force in this office may fol
low. The places of Captain Miller
and other* who went to tin Municipal
Court have not yet been filled, how
ever, and Clerk Arnold Broyles con
siders it quite possible that a cut in
his force* may not be necessary.
Eight justices of tl? p peace will
lose their authority through the open
ing of the new court, and but two of
them have been cared for in the new
organization.
Officials Not Cared For.
These eight are Judge Edgar IT.
Orr, one of the hardest workers for
the bill, the veteran juste e of Geor
gia. who has held his place since
1892 Judge C. H. Girardeau, Judge
F. M. Powers, Judge Dcfn K. John
son, Judge O. H. Pickett, Judge J R
Ridley, Judge A A. Owen and Judge
W. T. Jordan. Judge Puckett goes
into the’office of the new court as a
deputy marshal.
The new court is expected to prove
a money-maker for the county, the
highest estimate of the operating cost
compared with the lowest estimate of
receipts, based on the receipts of the
various justice courts, showing a wide
margin for the latter, despite the fact
that all of the judges and officers of
the new court are to he paid fairly
good salaries. The chief justice gets
$3,600 a year, anu the other four
judge* $3,000. The clerk will draw
$2,400 and the marshal $2,000. Their
assistants will be paid an average
salary of $100 a month.
Pending the completion of the new
courthouse temporary quarters of the
new’ court have been established in
the old Capital City National Bank
quarters in f he Temple Court Build
ing at Pryor and Alabama streets. It
is expected that, the new court may
take its regular quarters on the f»ev-
enth floor of the new courthouse
building by April 1.
Only 40 Votes Cast
In Jackson Primary
JACKSON, Dec. 31 But 40 ha I jots I
were polled in the city primary here,
there being no contests. Mayor YV. K.
Watkins was nominated for his fourth
term, while the present Aldermen. C.
M. KImboll, J. R. Thurston. .1 II. My-
Klbben and J C. Johes. were renamed.
J. II Ham was named fur president,
and I M. Currie. C. L. Redman, I B I
Hopkins and K. P. Sasneit associate I
school trustees. J. B. Settle was again
chosen chairman of the executive corn- I
mittee, the associates being G. K Mai- J
let, A. T. Buttrlll, 8. P Nichols and II
O. Ball.
Clark, as Lecturer,
Unafraid of Critics
BOSTON. Dec. 31.—“What’s the Idea j
of your lecturing?” Champ Clark was
asked here.
“Money,” drawled Mr Clark.
“Aren’t you afraid you will get the
same brand of publicity as Mr. Bryan?”
“No. sir; I never lecture while Con
gress is in session.”
Croup Relieved in
Fifteen Minutes
No need to dose with nauseous
drugs or alcoholic syrups Simply
rub a little Vick’s “Vap-O-Rub”
Croup and Pneumonia Halve wc41
over the throat and chest. The va
pors inhaled loosen the tough chok
ing phlegm and ease the difficult
breathing One application at bed 1
time, covered with a warm flannel
cloth, is a sure preventive. Vick’s
is quicker than internal medicines
{or all indammations of the air
passages from head colds and ca
tarrh—asthma and bronchitis-down
to deep chest colds and pneumonia.
Try a jar now 25c, 50c and $1.00.
Lucky New Year
Eating: Peas and
Hog Jowl, Corn
Muffins, Choice
Sweet or Butter
Milk To morrow at
Soda Fountain or in
Restaurant
Come on 1914
We Welcome It!
TO ALL
“We wish a very happy New Year and many re
turns.’’ We also desire to thank everybody for the
phenomenally large business given our store during the
past year. All during the holidays we did Capacity
Selling—we only wish our store had rubber sides.
Never mind, we supplied your wants with GOOD
SERVICE. Our complaint book almost a blank.
Good. Now for the New Year, 1914. We are ready.
J. M. HIGH CO.
in Gold
Will be paid the one who sends in the most suitable “word” or slogan to
brand on our Food Products and all articles in our New Sanitary Grocery
Department, which will be added to our Big Store in the very near future.
Can’t you help us to some good, catchy, sweet-ta3ting word which will apply
to good eatables. For instance, one big Chicago house calls theirs “Hazel”
brand. What’s cuter than Hazel? $10 in gold for your suggestion, if chosen.
We will receive letters up to and including Wednesday, January 7, until
6 p. m.
Address
Grocery Department,
J. M. HIGH CO.
J Me HIGH CO.
J. M. HIGH CO.