The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-17
LURE OF [IMEL|GHT
HAS ATLANTA IN GRIP
Horse Show, Automobile Race
and City Primary
COOK EASY WITH AUTOS
State Law Requiring Registration of
Automobile Owners Is Not En-
forced Through Generosity
of Secretary Cook

Atlanta, october 16.-(Speeial. 1.-The
lure of the limeight has Atlanta in its
grip.
No sooner is one thing pulled off than
the advent of another is hailed and
plans laid to keep the spotlight burning
Calcium may come high, but Atlanta
must have it,
The sun of the yorld Odd Fellows
convention had scarce begun to set in the
west before that of Theodore Roosevelt
was seen rising on the eastern horizon.
! Now he, too. is gone, but Atlanta is
not to be forgotten. Next week there is
to be SO much doing that the average At
| ltntan will not know which way to turn.
In the first place it is horse show
week with Vanderbilt, Sorg and other
millionaire owners of blue ribbon beauties
already on the way. They say its going
to be the biggest and best horse show
Atlanta has ever had
Notwithstanding, there is probably
truth in the assertion considering the
large number of well-known horse own
ers the association has enlisted in the
meeting. OF course, ii will be made the
usual social event, and the dry goods
stores are now having their gala day in
anticipation.
Then there is to be pulled off a $50
mile automobile and good roads contest
around the state in which, however,
many other Georgia cities will partici-
pate with Atlanta The Atlanta Consti-
tuition, the Macon Telegraph, the Au-
gusta Chronicle and other Georgia papers
have worked up this contest, and tomor-
row morning about Is contesting cars
will start from various points on the
more or less circular route, the larger
number of them leaving from this city.
The route lies through Macon, Fort
Valley, Americas, Albany, MouItrie.
cambridge, Thomasville, Quitman, VAL
dosta, Wayeross, Savannah, Augusta,
Washington, Athens and back to Atlanta
Many of the roads on the route have
been improved in anticipation of the
race, and in addition to some 5000 Of
fered as prizes a number of prizes have
been offered for the best roads on the
route. The tourists are going at an easy
gait and it is going 10 require nine or
10 days to make the trip.
An interesting feature of this good
roads trip is the way in which it has
brought together the Constitution and the
journal, the latter entering a car, No.
S2, in the contest, and in spite of former
differences, particularly on matters polit-
zeal. joining hands with its rival in fur
therance OF the purposes of the tour
road Improvement and road construction
throughout the state.
In the city election Friday it is an
other of the old fights to prevent the
occupancy of the mayors chair by James
G. Woodward, who has been twice mayor
of Atlanta, and who was defeated two
years ago after having been for a third
time the primary nominee. On that oc-
casion certain conduct of Woodwards
which drew upon him severe public criti-
cism, made Atlantans rise up and defeat
him in the regular election, despite the
fact that he had been the nominee of the
primary. He had been nominated too.
in spite of former conduct foFwhich he
had been severely censured, notably pub
lie intoxication.
Mayor Maddox, who beat him in the
regular election two years ago, having
refused to make the race a second time,
CORTLAND S. VIM, lawyer public ad-
ministrator, well known educator and
several times member of council, was put
out to do the act
Ward meetings and occasional central
mass meetings are being held from night
to night by both sides, and the situation
is pretty well stirred up.
Next Friday will decide it, and while
the election of VIM Is generally pre-
dicted, the Projectors usually qualify
their assertions with the statement that
a good deal of work has got to be done
to insure Winns success.
There are several other interesting races
TO be decided at the same time, notably
that for recorder in which there are five
contestants and in which the scalp of
Recorder Nash r. Broyles is being vigor-
ously sought because of his strenuous
administration of the court from which
no offender ever escapes. The fact that
there are four candidates against him
would seem to augur well for Broyes,
because the antagonistic vote will be
so extensively divided.
But that Is not all. There are to be
six nights of Pains fireworks at the base
ball park and full weeks at every one of
FIVE theatres with Maude Adams as the
piece of resistance"
Automobile Laws
1t is only the big-heartedness of Sec
rotary of State Phil Cook that prevents
misdemeanor charges under the new
Georgia automobile registration law be-
dred owners of automobiles for failing to
comply with its requirements.
But Secretary Cook is a great be-
lever in giving everybody plenty of time
to comply with the law; he demonstrated
that in connection with his admnistra-
ton of the law requiring registration of
all corporations. Although there was
much delay and dillydallying and some
lodging in connection with that law, the
fine of $50 for failure to comply with 1t
was never enforced against any of the
corporations, or if So 1t never became
public, and finally all of them were
brought around to compliance.
Perhaps Secretary Cook is working the
erous manner. In any event. 1t is too
evident that many owners of automo-
biles have either overlooked the matter
or have made no effort to comply with
| the law
! This is most noticeably true in the case
of Atlanta where, with 1000 or more au-
tomobiles of all classes, including trucks,
and motorcycles on the streets. there
have been only about 500 registrations
| Automobiles may be seen on the streets
of Atlanta at any time and almost any
| place bearing the old numbers issued
| by the city. 1t is easy enough to dis
| tinguish them since the state numbers
are different from anything Of the kind
| That the same condition exists in other
sections of the state, though perhaps in
less degree. is not questioned. And, out