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'SECONDNEWS
VOL. XVIIL
Full International News Service.
A warning that failure to pass the
proposed bond isgue will eripple every
department of the city government
and put some pf them entiretly out of
business has been sounded By J. R.
Nutting, member of Council from the
Sixth Ward, and active on the finance
committee. . Mr. Nutting states that
the finance committee has antici
pated sufficient money from the sale
of bonds to pay for the new pumps
already ordered.for the waterworks,
and if the bonds are not passed . the
committee must revise its finance
sheet and take funds from the heglth
department, park' department, police
department, and on down the line.
Councilman Nutting also points. to
the fact that the waterwbrks in- 1818
produced far greater revenue for the
city than the Western and Atlantic
Railroad produced for the State. His
statement fololws:
Watérworks Valuable.
“Letune say a word for our water
works system, of whose enormous
value few .of our people have any
proper conc:q[it.i?n: or appreciation.
“Bvery Georgian is proud, and
justly so, of the magnificent railroad
property owned by the State, known
as the Western and Atlanti¢ Rail
road, connecting the cities of Atlanta
and Chattanooga, and it is a source
of intense satisfaction to every citi
zen of this State that the wvalue of
this great property is largely in ex
cess of the total bonded indebted
ness of the Siate.
“Our waterworks, owned by the city
of Atlanta, vielded for the year 1918
a far greater return to the city than
the Western and Atlantic Railroad
vielded to the Statd, and this annual
return is, of course, growing larger
a 8 our eity increases in population.
The total cost of our waterworks sys
tem up to this time is less than $5,-
000,000, but the real value of the
property is something like $15,000,000
son a basis of the annual income that
it could be made to earn, and if
owned by a private company it would
almost certainly be bonded and capi
talized on a basis of $15,000,000 or
$20,000,000, and if a-private company
owned the system we should have a
minimum water rate of probably
double our present minimum rate.
Must Extend System.
“l have given these figures to show
the imperative necessity of protect
ing and extending our waterworks
system. .
“Of the proposed bond issue to be
voted on March 5, $500,000 is appor
tioned to our waterworks system,
and while all of the proposed bond
items are important, the amount al
lotted to the waterworks I 8 abso
lutely fimperative. Bear in mind that
each item is voted on separately, and
while all of the items ought to re
ceive the unanimous indorsement of
the voters, the importance of the item
for the waterworks alone ought to be
amply sufficient to bring every voter
in the eity to the polls on March 5.
“Last year, after the proposed
bonds for the waterworks, for the
same amount as now to be voted on,
failed of passage on account of the
archaic law in existence at that time,
although practieally all of the votes
were in favor of the bhonds, the city
authorities, realizing the absolute ne
cessity of taking care of the improve
- ments proposed for the waterworks,
arranged for the purchase of the nec
essary pumps, and for a large part
gs the other improvements required,
aving been enabled to do this
through the generous help of Mayor
Candler, and through the aid of the
county autherities. But these expen
ditures, of course, must finally be
met, and in making up the finance
sheet for 1919 the finance committee
anticipated in the sheet from the
sale of bonds an amount sufficient *o
take care of these expenditures al-!
ready contracted for, and agreed that
if the bonds did not carry it would |
he ne%essar_v for the committee 4o as- |
semblé again and make up a new
sheet, cutting out all special appro-"~
priations of every kind, and, in addi- |
tion, reducing the appropriations forl
the various departments to such an
extent that some of the departments
would be almost put out of busi- |
ness. |
Would Cripple City. ‘
“Think what this means The{
health department, for instance,
would be so baldy “erippled that the
health of the city would be nrlounly‘
imperiled, The park department. giv
ing so much pleasure to all of our‘
people, would be so seriously handi- |
capped as to be of very lltge value
in Keeping up our splendid park sys
tem. It would be necessary to largely
decrease the appropriation for the
maintenance of our police depart
ment, and so on down the line. Every
department of the city government |
would have to contribute to make up |
the amount required to make the wa- |
terworks improvements and to pay |
for the pumps already ordered, and |
part of the improvements at the wu- l
terworks, and .one of the most essen- |
#al parts, viz: the extension of our
filtration system, would have to bal
J ostponed.
“If all of our citizens could realize
the imperative necessities that con
front the city, every voter would
come out on March § and vote for
the bonds.
“In conclusion, let me say one fur
ther word, lln addition to the care
ful supervision of the hond money, isl
the bonds are voted, that winl be
given by the finance committee, made |
up of some of the ablest business |
men in Atlanta, there will also be a
very capable bond commission to act
with the finance committee, and every
voter ean be assured that the finance
committee and the members of the
bhond commission will give ‘o the
expenditure of the bond money ihe
same careful and efficient attention
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Councilman A. J. Orme is shown here at his desk at headquarters of the bond issue campaign,
dictating to his stenographer a strong letter to voters.
:that would be given to their own pri
vate business.”
Teachers Urged to
Work for Bond Issue
The public school teachers, in a let
ter sent out by C. E. Phillips, presi
dent of the Atlanta Public School
'Teachers‘ Association, Friday were
urged to take an active part in
the remaining days of the bond and tax
rate raise campaign and to solicit all
votes possible, in order to assure the
measures of success, The letter of ap
peal is as follows:
‘“We would have written to you
sooner, but we have been waiting for
something definite to tell you. We all
realize that Atlanta must have more
money if her schools and other depagt
ments are to be properly cared for. Now
for the method of raising this money.
The Mayor, the General Council, the
Board. of Education, the Federation of
Trades, the School lmfi)rovemem Agso
ciation, all, for the first time, agree
that the best plan is for the people of
~Atlanta who have the city’s interests
at heart, to get together and restore
the tax rate to $1.50. By this, the
schools would get additional revenue of
$150,000. We oxpect the bulk of this
and the $25,000 anpr?rlated a few
weeks ago, to be added to the teach
ers’ payroll. Mayor Key and the Board
of Education have gl»dged anticipation
after March 5 if the measure passes,
anticipation which will be retroactive
from January 1, 1919. The amount of
additional revenue for the schools,
though may be larger, it can’t be less:
for, after the measure passes in the
election of March 5, we are at liberty
g induce our Representatives in the
tate Legislature to write into the law
that 50 or 55 cents be set aside for the
schools instead of the 45 cents proposed
by General Council, This would put the
schools on an entirely independent ba
sis, giving enough money to satisfy
the teachers and enou,h 10 secure the
material development of the gchool sys
tem.
‘“Now,- teachers, let's show the peo
ple of Atlanta that we are willing to do
our part. We can't all vote; we can all
fight. If every member of the associa
tion will quflil three votes—some will
swing more—then we are sure of suc
cess, “We should work, not only as in
dividuals, but as members 6f our Pa
rent-Teacher Associations. The time
is short—only nb?ut one week. Hence,
there is no time for organized work on
the part of our bodv.”
Real Estate Men
Oppose Tax Increase
Atlanta real estate dealers have gone
on record as opposing “unequivocally”
the proposed tax ‘increase on which ap
election will be held March 5. The res
olution, introduced by Benjamin 1.
Watkins and seconded hf Councilman J.
H. Ewing. at the Real Fstate Board
meeting Thursday, states that the real
estate owners of the city are now pay
ing more than 70 per cent of the taxes
of the city, and feel that it is unjust to
levy further upon them.
My, Watkins, in offering the resolu
tion, urged that instead of the tax in
crease, a bond issue be authorized which
will allow the city to finance the vari
ous projects as the need obviates
“Do not issue bonds for $800,000," Mr,
Watking stated, “‘but make it $3,000,000
or $5,000,000, and even if it is not nec
essary to have the antire amount at
once, issue the bonds ay they are needed
for the expenses of tbe city.”
.
One Negro Killed, Score
Hurt by Chicago Bomb
(I{ International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Fel. 25 Frnestihe Eilis, 6,
colored, was killed and more than a score
of negro oceupants of a South Side apart
ment house injursd by a bomb explosion
in & hallwidy of the building early (oda{.
Police, after » hurried investigation, ad.
vinee the theory that the bomb was' ex
ploded us u protest against the n?"ru ocs
cupants of the bullding. Charles Thomas,
Jr., Janitor, who was seriously injured,
combats this statement, declaring that
while nearby buildings are tenanted by
;rlhnfllolh. there has never been any trous
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Safe Crackers Get Big ‘
Haul in Liberty Bonds
(l_ry International News Servige.) 1
PITTSBURG, PA., Feb. 28 --Sate
crackers stole Liberty md-. munlcl-‘
pal and raflroad bonds vAllied at SIOO,-
000 from the office of the James B.
Oliver estate in the Oliver N)Hmng
here some time early Thursdayy Fin
ployees discovered the robbery, The
missing Liberty honds are valued at
$13.000 The other bonds are regis
tered and it |8 believed they will be re- |
covered, The police have no clew to
the robbers. J ‘
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! Pennants advertising, the million
dollar emergency bend election March,
{5 have been left with the City Clerk
'for distribution, and all automobile
owners in the city are' urged to stop
by the Clerk’s office on the first floor
of City Hall and procure one or more
y of these pennants to be atached to the
sides, back or windshield of the
[cars.
| Councilman A. J. Orme, chairman
of the bond committee of Council,
who is charged with the heavy re
sponsibility of “putting the bonds
over,” Friday began the work of mail
in~ a personal letter to every voter
in the city, urging the vital necessity
of passing the bonds if the city is to
escape a serious financial crippling
which inevitably would result in clos
ing down at least two municipal de
partments.
“Atlanta is facing probably the most
serious crisis in its history,” said Mr.
Orme. “There has never been a time
in my memory, certainly, when thei
city faced the possibility of a more
Solicitor Bovkin and Attorney
Harvey Hill began preparations Fri
day again to try James M. McDon
ald, former prominent Mississippi pol
itician, now holding a Government
position in Atlanta, and who is under
a term of twenty years in the peni
tentiary for the slaying of Joe Jung.
Atlanta's elading Chinese citizen, at
the Southeastern Fair grounds in
October, 1917,
Solicitor Boykin announced that he
would schedule the case for trial
within the next two'weeks. It was
expected that it would follow the Al
bright trial.
McDonald is under bond of SIO,OOO,
which was put up by influential
friends in Mississippi, among them
Governor Bilbo, and on which he ob
tained his release shortly after his
conviction before former Judge Ben
Hill on a charge of voluntary man
slaughter,
Granted New Trial.
MeDonald was granted a new trial
by the State Court of Appeals sev
eral weeks ago.
McDonald’'s first trial, which was
held in December, 1917, lasted an en
tire week, and proved one of the most
interesting that had been held in the
Fulton Criminal Court in a long
while. His second trial, which will
be conducted by Judge Humphries,
promises to be fought equaMy as
stubbornly, as the first.
McDonald was expected again to be
alded by Governor Bilbo, his close
personal friend and adviser, who
came to Atlanta to assist him on the
first tridl, and sat by his side in the
courtroom throughout the whole of
the hearing.
Attorney Hill, who fought so hard
for the conviction of MeDonald on the
first triul, and Selictor Boykin were
at work Friday getting the evidence
of the State in shape, following a
conference at which various detalls
of the case were discussed
Denies Intent to Kill,
McDonald wes superintendent of
concessions at the Southeastern Falr
at the time of the tragedy, and Joe
Jung hhd a concession on the mid
way. The two men engaged in a dis
pute over a request by MeDonald that
Joe Jung's siand be moved, and the
slaying resulted, the Chinese being
struck a fatal blow on the head. Mc-
Donald insisted that .Joe sJung had
attacked -him and that he acted in|
self-defense He protested that he
had no intention of slaying the (hie
nese, |
| 6-‘..Hu"- ing his release on bond. Me-
Donald 'brought his wifa from Migsis
sippi and established his home here,
pending the final outcome of his vuo.|
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1919
dire calamity. The City Council, to
meet an emergency in the water
works department, was forced to an
ticipate $350,000 from this bond issue,
and if the issue fails to carry, then
the ecity must withdraw this money
from other departments. This would
mean the reduction of the police and
with the consequent discharge of
funds in gmany other departments,
with the consequent diescharge of
valuable and needed employees and
the general demoralization of Atlan
ta's entire financial program.
“Furthermore, if ta’:&ond- fail to
ccarry; it will ‘be im ible for the
city to carry through vitally needed
improvements contemplated through
the several items included in the is
sue, with the resultant loss of pres
tige and the increase of hazard to the
life and property of the city. This
problem affects every citizen of At
lanta, and the primal law of self
preservation demands the unanimous
support of our people in behalf of this
bond issue.
“The voters must not stop at giv
ing their moral support and sympa
thy. What we need is votes, and we
need ‘eyery one we can get. Come
out and vote for this issue.”
!
Advertising crooks. most of them
engaged in some stock-selling game,
were discussed Tuesday afternoon at
the luncheon of the Advertising Club
of Atlanta in a manner that kept the
members interested for an hour past
the usua! adjournment time. The
speaker was Lewellyn Pratt, active
vice president of the Associated Ad
vertising Clubs of America, who has
been active with the national vigil
ance committee in running down
! some of the more notorious of the
fakers,
Mr. Pratt illustrated his address
with bulletins from the vigilance
committee showing the results of
| some of its work. He showed some
!ot the attractive advertising litera
ture sent the “come-ons” by the ad
| vertisers, and exposed the fine-print
trickery in some of the contracts.
| Some of these erooks were so skill
ful iny their methods that even a good
|huuinons man might have been fool
ed —indeed, several thousand of them
were stung., Other advertisers were
bare-faced in their frauds, but they
| got the money, just the same,
| The Ford tractor, in which a me
chanic whose name happened to he
Ford, was picked up by a shrewd or
ganizer who organized a company
and sold stock, was discussed. The
Harroun motors, where a group of
brokers in New York got most of
the money paid for stock, was next,
An ojl company which used the name
of a distant relative of the Stude
baker company was referred to as
being perfectly truthful in every word
of its advertising, although a dis
tinetly wrong impression was glven
the readers. More than a dozen fake
| oil stock and other speculative ad
| vertisements, none of which have
!uum-ured in The Georgian, were tak
| en up.
l Mr. Pratt was especially forceful
in his denunciation of the skin-game
| artists who advertise that they will
lbuy Liberty Loan Bopds and who
pay prices far below the market rate,
“Cases are known where they have
bought SIOO bonds for S6O, when any
bank would have paid $96 or murr,"‘
'he ®aid, “They are the kind of
{prnplv who afe robbing the mothers
who stayed at home and worked
while their sons went to KFrance to
[ fight.” .
The work of the vigilance commit«
tee in inducing or foreing advertis.
ers to be honest and truthful in their
advertising was discussed at length
by Mr. Pratt. He sugested that a
“Better Business Bureau,” in Atlanta
might find plenty of weork to do in
regulating advertiging and protect
ing the high-class stores from un
fair competition and the publie from
ltwlng swindled,
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The city-wide slump in milk prices,
which started shortly after the open
ing of the investigation by the City
Federation of Woman's Clubs, has re
sulted in a reduction in prices on
certified milk from 25 to 20 cents and
other grades from 20 to 16 and 18
cents, The Georgian was Friday in
formed by consumers.
Among those dairymesn who re
duced prices to the lower level was
Ballard’'s Dairy, producing a good
quality of practically certified milk,
which formerly sold for 25 cents and
now sells for 20 cents a quart.
Discussing the " suggestion of a
prominent milk dealer that the pro
posed board of milk control would
necessarily have to be composed of
i(wo-lhinls representatives of the
lmilk interests, Mrs. Newton C. Wing.
chairman of the woman’'s clubs com
mittee, Friday stated that the idea
of placing the board under control
of any particular element interested
in its actions appeared ridiculous
| “The City Federation of Women's
Clubs would not ask the mayor to
appoint two-thirds of the board from
'their organization,” Mrs. Wing said,
“because then the board would man
|itest]y be partial. If the milk men
l(-oulrulled two-thirds: of the board, |
there would be no change, except |
perhaps for the worse, in the pres
ent situation. |
“The Mayor's idea of appointing a |
really representative board, gl\'lns‘
tepresentation to the milk producers
!:md distributors, the City F‘ederauuni
of Women’s Clubs, the Chamber of‘
Commerce and the Federation of
Trades is certainly an impur!ml‘
method of selecting a board. It iu}
the only way that real fairness in
the matter can be assured, both lo‘
the milk dealers and the public.”
The City Council would be entire- |
ly within its rights should it order
a tax on milk dealers" profits, accord
ing to City Attorney Mayson when
asked about the Trades Federation's
plan to place a gradyated gross prof
it tax on the retailers as a means of
inducing the{n to quote fair prices.
The Trades Wederation's plan was‘
quhmiued to the milk investigating
committee of the City Federation of |
Women’'s Clubs for their considera
tion; the position being taken lhat'
the labor body indorse whatever ac
tion shown to be fair by the wunmn‘sl
club investigating committee. |
The report of the milk committee
will be made before a special meet
ing of the City Federation of Wom
en's 1‘1\»)5 at the Chamber of Com
merce Friday afternoon, which meet
ing will be addressed by Mayor Key.
The principal subjeet of Mayor Key's
talk will be the proposed bond issue
and tax raise, but he is expected to
‘touch on the milk question at the
same time.
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Night Gown Strike
Started by Women
In Jail at Boston
(By International News Service.)
BOSTON, Feb. 28.—The night
gown strike—is the latest weapon
of the militant suffragettes. Ikight
eéen leaders held at the Charles
street jail because they refused to
pay $5 fines when found guilty of
attempting to heckle President Wil
son, today resorted to the new
“gtrike” method.
The campaign is led by Mrs, El
sie Hil, of Norwalk, Conn., and is a
#imple one. To be admitted to the
cholce cirele it is merely necessary
to wear your night gown at all
times. The night gown strikers
have refused prison garb. They
also declare they will not wear
their own clothes.
The night gown strikers bélieve
that bandsome Jack Kelliher, Sher
iff of Suffoik County, wiil not cast
them into the outer world while
they wear their “one-picce uni
forms.” In this way they hope to
aefeat the plans of any person try-
Jng to obtain their release by pay
ing their fines
Aged Augusta Woman
.
Has $599 in Clothes
AUGUSTA, Feb, 28 “It's not what
you make, but what you save,” is an
old adage that was vividly impressed
upon Augustans yesterday when
“Aunt Mary,” an old woman known
by no other name, who has sold pies
for a living from time immemorial,
was found ill on the streets; taken to
the University Hospital, and $599.16
was found on her person, The money
wag all in small denominations, and
was contained in bags and pocket
books galore, all of which were either
sewed In the seams, the lining or were
else strapped to her bhody. Over S4OO
was In silver, while the largest of the
bills was one ten and two fives, “Aunt
Mary"” stoops in her walk, And now
Augustans cease to wonder why.
Hapgood Is Nominated
For Post in Denmark
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTAON, Feb, 28.—The nom-
Ination of Norman Hapgood, of New
York, to be United States Migister to
Denmark, was sent to the H?mne by
President Wilson this afternoon.
» RICHMOND MEMORIAL. |
AUGUSTA, GA., Feb, 18.—Plans are
on foot In Augusta for the erection
of a 4 memorial to the Rlnhmondi
County boys who made the supreme |
sacrifice in France, Practieally t.-vary‘
civie organization s interested, and
the memorial association has been
fully organized for work. 1
Issued Dafly and Kintered &s Second-Class Matter at
€4 PostofMice st Aflanta T'nder Act of March 3, 1870
LITY DWNERSHIP
UF GAR LINES
(3 ATTAGKED
BY CHIFF
Preston S. Arkwright, president of
the Georgia Railwayv and Power Com
pany, speaking Thursday at a iunch
eon-meeting of the Atlanta Realty
Bcard, atiacked the prevosition of
i municipal ownership as dangerous
and impracti*sl and outlined the ree
ord of the zorajany since i's organ
ization.
“l ask you gentlemen,” sail he,
“had you rather the company [ rep
resent be operated by*h management
thatecan not afford to pay its teach
ers a decent salary to live; is heavily
in debt for its water system, and will
build extensions to its lines to my
subdivision because | have more
votes than you have, or would you
| rather it be left in the hands of the
present management, who has accom
plished what I have just told you?"
said Preston Arkwright,
Speaks for Hour.
| Mr. Arkwright spok efor more than
'an hour, in which he related the his-.
'tory of the power company, dating
from 1902, when the present manage-
Iment assumed control. He opened
| With the statement that the real es
l tate owners of Atlanta and his com
}p&ny held parallel positions in the
city. That the status of the mer
chant, the broker, tne banker, who
can convert their holdings into cash,
is totally different from these men
who can not transpiant their real es
tate, nor their street car lines nor
power plants,
“Real estate,” Mr. Arkwright con
tinued, “represents 72 per cent of
the taxes of the city of Atlanta. My
company pays 8 per cent, and be
tween us we pay 80 per cent of the
expenses of the city government. In
addition, on all street paving we pay
for 18 feet, which is 40 per cent,
based on a street 40 feet wide: the
property owners pay 40 per cent, and
the city 20 rer cent. ‘
“The politicians whe advocate pub
lic ownership have little at stake
should their idealistic meihods fail—
as they usually do. They can fall
back on :ou to make up the deficit, ‘
rogress Is Promised,
“Can anyone imagine a company
which has spent between 330,000,000
and $60,000,000 for the development
of a product which can only live
through the development of this city
’wnuld do anything to retard it in any
manner? You are vitally concerned —
even more than my company—in hav.
ing it go forward. When a promise
is made for an extension of a car line
You know that property values in
crease from 100 to 200 per cent, and
that nothing can enhance the value u!i
a street corner more than a street eat
line. We are in the same boat, and if
you let anybody rock me out, I prom
ise that you fall out, too.
“Just suppose,” Mr. Arkwright ob
served, “that the company was owned‘
by the city. Would they go by the
corners and subdivisions that natural
development authorized or would they
&0 by the land of the man who con
trols the most votes?
240 Miles of Tracks.
“In 1918 the company had 24083
miles of street car tracks—more ac
cording to population than any city in
the Urited States. In 1902 when we
acquired the property there were
118.59 miles, showing an increase of
122.24, In 1918 on regular schedule—
which, mind you, does not include
speclal cars for baseball, foothall and
other features—3o3 cars, against 106
when we assumed the property. In
1918 we carried 77,481,178 passengers,
a net increase of 60,1421/8% over the
year 1902. And the facts prove that
the service has been far above the
average In any city in the United
States,
“The electric stations, when we as
sumed control, had a capacity of
15,400 horsepower, They now have a
total of 160,800, or an increase of
145,400, The capacity of electric kil
owats per hour is now 258,607,000,
against 24,512,000 in 1902, There are
now 676 miles of wire for the transi
tion of power where in 1902 there was
not a mile,
2,872 Employees.
“Our annual pay roll is $2,291,004.13
—=every cent of which is paid out here
to the 2872 employees. This money
fs spent in your stores, in your houses,
and practically every cent which is
taken in by the company goes directly
back to the public.
“The rate of pay for our motormen
and conductors, which was 15 cents
per hour In 1802 is now 40 cents, al
lowing them to average from $l2O
to $l5O per month., It ig a vocation
which requires no education; no pre
vious technical training. 1 know no
way of better expressing It than was
told me by one of the men himself a
short while ago, ‘lt is the best job
that ever existed for a poor man.' |
“When they quit it they are soon
anxious to return. When we dis
charge them they strife |
“There are 1,146 stockholders of the
company In Atlanta. ‘There are sis.
teen diractors eleven of whom live
in Atlanta- -and the entire manage
ment consists of men born and reared
in thig community with one exception,
Its poffcies are dominated, dictated
and operated by Southern men,
Atlanta Service Low,
“The Rallroad Commission of Geor.
gla, in passing on our application for
an increase In rates, gathered data
from all over the country which
showed that Atlanta's serviee is un
equaled in price of any city in the
United States with the exception of
Los Angeles and Oakland, Cal, and
both of these cities have a free sup
ply of oil,
“Our taxes during the year 1918
were $589.627.76, which is simply city,
county nd States taxes against $59,000
in 1902, We pay no income nor evoess
profits taxes, We do not pay our op
erating expenses, and make absolute -
Iy no attempt to pay a dividend on
the company’s stock.
“Our surplus to the city, in addi
tion to these taxes, is more than the
amowt of our taxes. We furnish free
3 y
Watch for Glass
1 .
New Opera Series;
-
First on Sunday
{66 TARGAZING ON PAR-
S NASSUS,” the 1919 se
g ries of opera stories told fi
in a kina of ragtime rhyme, by
Dudley Glass, will begin in next {
Sufday's American. The first is: g
“THE FORCE OF DESTINY;”
3 z or
%“Prubyuroan Propaganda Per
? sonified,”
) and it relates the sweet and touch
? ing story of fair Leonora and her
‘beloved Don Alvaro, not to men
ztion her brother Carlo, who was
a merry veag.
Sit up for the carrier boy, lest
someone steal your paper!
\ By WINFIELD JONES,
Washingtor Correspondent of The
Georgian. l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28— SenAtor
elect W, J, Harris is greatly pleased‘
over the appointment by the Presi
dent of A, Mitchall Palmer to be At
torney General to succeed Alturney‘
General Gregory., who retires on
March 4. Senator Harris indorsed
Palmer for the appointment, urged
him to accept it and -feels that the
Department of Justice is to be pre
sided over by a man eminently fitted
for the job. “l 1 admire his ability and
know his capacity for great and effi
cient work,” Mr. Harris said last
night i speaking of Palmer.
The new Georgia b;pnmnr has been
working for Palmer, ‘Who is the alien
property custodian, for several
months, and knows him intimately, It
is understood here that J. F. Guffey,
Palmer's first assistant, will be made
the alien property custodian when
Palmer becomes Attorney General.
Senator-eleot Harris has practical-
Iy completed his work under the alien
property custodlan, and will resign his
position next Monday. As an ageng
of the custodian he has been forceq
to spend much of his time in New
York, and consequently his Georgia
correspondence has been badly neg
lected. On Mareh 5 he will take up
his office at the Senate Office Build
ing and will then devote all of his
time to the interests of Georgia. He
expects to go home about the middie
of March for a short stay, but will be
in Washington practically all of the
time during the adjournment of Con-
ETess, preparing for the extra session,
which will be called not later than
June 1. "
St e
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Jeff Mills Going Back
To Old Home Town
Jeff Mills, the sage of Deecatur, is
returning to his 011 home town next
week to take one more dip into the
old newspaper business. Jeff is going
over to Lawrenceville to get out a
special of The Gwinnett
Jo “has opened up
en © hint to his inti
mate associates that it is going to be
a hummer,
Jeff used to live In Lawreneeville,
and published The Lawrenceville
News for quite an extended period.
He is an able newspaper man, with a
distinet gift for startling feature sto
ries and a style that is all his own in
their treatment.
Woman Retires From
.Chicaao Mayor’s Race
International News Service.
é‘lfiCAGO_ Feb. 28 - Mrs. l?:n)ort
Me:de':’. t(_‘hu;u:o'lza’ first l'nd only woman
e ate for Mayor, long
";"d'd‘h’“ ' y sno er a
rs, er, In a statement -
olaining her Withdrawal from 3.‘.?{..:;-
orlgy rn%e late yesterday, pledged her
Support to Robert Sweitzer, Democratie
candidate, declaring as a “loyal Demo
crat 1 want a Democrat as Chicago's
next Mayor.™
e e
rides to policemen, firemen and sani
tary inspectors, Our taxes to this
city’'s treasury are more than the
combined taxes of the steam rail
roads, telephone and telegraph com
panies, the Pullman Company, autos,
trucks, bicyecles, office buildings, five
hotels, banks and three newspapers
combined. Since 1902 we have paid
$4,799,656.23 In taxes and h,f11..
334,08 in street paving, -
Furnished Improvements,
“We built the Whitehal) street via
duct. We contributed, of our own
free will and NOT under compulsion,
$17,500 for the paving of Marietta
street, and afterwards paid out $86,-
000 for new paving on account of the
work ; we gave the city a 30-foot
right-of“way throughout Ponee De-
Leon avenue, South Boulevard and
the River. We gave SIO,OOO to the
City Auditarium, $50,000 to the Y. M,
C.'A.; 35,000 to the .Southeastern
Falr; $56,000 to Agnes Scott, We can
not give to charity for the manage
ment represents men who have
thelr money invested In a business
projeet, but if we can In any man
ner create a clvic movement, we do
not hesitate to give what the commit.
tee who asks us, deems is our appor
tlonment, ‘
“We usk for no more than that our.
cane be heard on its merits by POO
ple of intelligence and justice, When
the Rallroad Commission of this
State heard our petition they ruled.
that we were entitled to a raise ln‘
rates, but through s technienlity of
the law eould not authorize 'l; they
urged the City Council of Atlanta to
allow us thiy increase, which brought
down upon. their heads the following
duy scandalous comment, N'Dudlctlnlr
the commission for ruling in ou¥y fa
vor. Later, when the war labor
board, on which ex-President Taft is
A member, another elected by all the
labor interests of the country, and the
remaining member a representative
of the labor bureau wrote a letter to
the C'ity Council urging that we be
given a hearing, our petition was ta
bled, the letter ignored, and we were
subjected to scathing comment by a
group of politicians.
“Gnetlemen, we ask only for jus
tice!™
By a unanimous vote the board
passed a resolution asking the City
Council to hear the petition of the
power compuny, and Mr. Arkwright
was cheered at the conclusion of his
spoech,
(SECONDNEWS)
LSECTION |
At a meeting of members of the
Atlanta Federation of Woman's Cluby
to be held early Friday afternoon i
theé assembly room of the Chambes
of Commerce Mrs. Lollie Belle Wylie,
{:n prominent Atlanta clubwoman and
writer, will offer a resolution calling
on the federated clubs to =et in Mo
|l.inn propaganda “which will changg
the mode of dressing prevalent at th
time, that lowers the standfrd :
womanhood and has brought unfae
vorable criticism upom woman.
Mrs. Wylie is to follow Mayor Kew
who will speak briefty for ‘the bond
iesue, and Mrs. A, MceD, Wilson, pres.
' ident, who is to discuss the milk Quess
tion.
Mrs. Wylie's resolution containg
some startling references to the presy
eént modes of feminine apparel and
the eMect it might be expected ta
have on the returning soldiers of tha
South, and looking to find Southern
women, Mrs. Wylie says, “maintaining
the old-fashioned modesty that has
Ivhanu‘lvrizml the Southern woman in
the past.”
Mrs. Wylie's idea is that many
women, particularly young women in
Atlanta, are rapidly getting a Jlong
distance away from the “old-fashs
ioned modesty” of apparel for which
she pleads, and that the young men
[mming home from the war are going
(to be scandalized and their morale
decidedly impaired unless a chauge is
‘e-m\-wd,
| Following is the fext of the resoln
tion:
~ “Whereas the Goverament has
'spent 80 much money, time and
thought upon the morale of the
splendid men in its arms'l and navy,
and
| “Whereas the soldiers, sailors and
aviators are returning frbm the most
‘brutal war the world has ever wit
nessed, which, by the strength of their
‘manhood, they have won, and A
~ “Whereas they expect to find the
women of America who have been
(doing the wonderful work of admin
istering to humanity, the work for
‘Which she was ordained by her Mak
er, maintaining the oid-fashioned
modesty that has characterized the
Southern women of the past, and
“Whereas the ideals of womanhood
are placed on a higher plane than
ever before, be it therefore Gt
~ “Resolved, That an active ageney of
propaganda be set in motion at
which will reach the ear, the k
and the spiritual being of men ai
women, especially mothers and young
girls of today, which will change the
mode of dressing prevalent at this
Ume, that lowers the standard of
womanhood and has brought unfae
vorable criticism upon woman which
s to be deplored. i
~_"“This resolution is presented NJ
the sake of the young men who are
returning to us with the world’s trag
edies stili bruising their souls, young
men who ask that they may find their
ideals untarnished and worthy of the
Nac‘fiflvvfl they have made for h
womanhood, their eountry and
God.” ;
Lawyers of Two States
Plan Joint Convention
f‘mgvmnu, 8. C., Feb. 37.-—The ewects
tive committee of the South Carolina .3
Associaticn is to attend the Congroess
the League to Enforce Peace in Atiants
tomorrow and Saturday, and while thers
will have a meeting with the executive
committee of the Georgia Bar A.ot‘llfl%
the purpose of the Jjoint meeting being
arrange the details of the annusl h‘r&
soctation meet to be held at Tyhes,
Savannah, this summer. The bar associn«
tions of the two Stutes are to hold a joint
convention at the seaside resort.
'r?.- members of the exeeutive committes
of the South Carolina Bar Association :::
will attend the congress in Atlanta
the meeting with the Georgia committes
are: Bam Lumpkin and Frank C. M&
kins, of (’oluml\.{m,'n.l:(h! l:’,fl.D. lol::.m
8 ter; C. 8 Monteith, retary
..‘.'.,'.'.'J{mm will also attend the meeting,
Suspect Huge Liquor
s
Shipping Conspiracy
(By International News Service.)
CHIOAGO, Feb, 28.-—-With the -rn=
here Thursday of Henry A. Rees, d&t.
on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
Paul Rallroad de luxe train, the “Olym~
rn.m." Departwent of Justice agents
elieve they have unearthed a glant
conspiracy among rallway emrloyul to
ship booze and wine from Illinols into
«lriv States. . &it
tees was charge th transporting
liquor from Ilinols into Washington on
his regular “rup’’ as chef,
One man is saed to have confessed his
part In the censpiracy, nstlml!lnw
profits on the smuggled liquor at
4 month
Takes Three Guards to
‘ » :
Release’ Kicking “Suff*
(B’! International News Service.)
BOSTON, Feb. 28 It took three stals
wart guards to ‘release” s Misd Joseé«
phine A. Collins—s¢reaming, kicking
and scratching—from jall Thursday
afternoon. She is one of the militant
suffragists arrested Monday for wle
tempting te heckle President Wilson. A
young man who sald he was the sufs
fragiet's brother, arrived at the J)nll In
an automobile and pald the $3.50 fine.
When the young woman refused to
leave her cell she wan ploked u{) by the
guards and carried through the offic
and through the street to the car Ml!
driven away,
Man Robbed and Beaten
In Inman Park Section
McAllen Fariss, o telegraph operator res
#iding at No. 63 Albemacle avenue, roports
ed to the polica carly Friday morning
'lh;-l he had been knocked in the heed
& footpad at the cornor of Draid plase &
| North Moreland avenue in Inman
Thursday night at 10:30 e'clock. e lay
unconscious In the streot until 1 o'chosky
when he made his way homae, B
Pariss q‘ulfd that o negre with &
piatel hald him up and got $1.7% owt
his pockets. The nlgro then
his overcoat, but Farise refused i
it off, and v_vrn"n Mr\:ck'm .
strument o on %
thankful for is "u\,l he ot )
overcont whon e aealon, oan
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