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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.