The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
SAN|TARIUM FOR
 STATES EP|LEPT|CS
May Be Provided By GeOr-
 gia Legislature
A SAFE, SANE FOURTH
Will Be Enjoyed By Atlanta If the Efforts of the Chamber of Com merceAvail-Millions
 for Roads

Atlanta, June 25.-ISpecial. )-Strong- CT than ever before will be the effort made at the forthcsmingS session of the legislature for the establishment of state sanitarlum for epileptics and im- beetles.
 At present this class of patients Is taken at the state sanitarium, though it is impossible for that institution 10 care for all of them. Insanity is in- creasing in Georgia, and the sanitarium is hard put to take care of of all the patients on its present appropriation. Tn 1880 there was one insane person for every sos inhabitants in the state in 1910 there was one for every S26.
 In their annual report to the state legislature, the trustees devote a large portion of it to urging the general as sembly to build a hospital or sanitarium for epileptics ahd feeble minded per sons It is stated building adequate for the purpose could be put up on the states land at Mf1ledgeville for about s15, ,00O. and that the maintenance cost would be from S20O to S225 a year. or ] about s13,750 for the TO feeble minded children now at the state sanitarium
 The trustees declare that a home and school for the feeble minded is an urg- ent need and should not be longer de- layed. An instance is given of a young girl sent to the sanitarium who might have developed for life of usefulnes, but who through association with the insane, became insane herself.
 The number of insane at the state institution has increased over 300 per cent in the last 25 years. The trustees estimate that the legislature should ap propriate to the institution for 1912, s304,376, and for 1913, $652,626. It Is pointed out that a suitable building is needed for the treatment of the recent and acute insane, in order that they may be free from the depressing pres ence of the chronic and hopelessly in sane. The arrangement of the present buildings as well as their crowded con dtion. precludes such a separation at the present time. It will cost about $130,00O to build, equip and furnish such building as is desired for the ac- commodation of about POS patients. The board asks that this appropriation be made.
 ] Sane Patriotism
 Atlanta this year is to make an att tempt at having a safe and sane Fourth os July celebration.
 The matter has ben taken in hand by | the Atlanta Chamoer of Commerce with | a view to getting started a movement which will discourage the use of fire arms, firecrackers and other weapons in celebra tion of Independence Day
 With that end in view it has mapped out a programme for this years ceIe- bration which it hopes will at least go l far toward encouraging the return tc l the old-time, ante-bellum celegratior of the day, that is a parade and an ora l tion with such harmless sports as may interest old and young alike. at the same time serving a recreation. l The first programme this year includes parade in the afternoon, which will | be headed by the state militia in com mand of Col. E. F. Pomeroy of the Fifth regiment, after which there will be a mass meeting at the auditorium armory, at which a regular Fourth of July ora tion will be delivered by speaker of note Judge Emory Speer of Macon has been invited to deliver the oration here this year, and it is believed and hoped that he will accept. It is also planned to have a chorus of 800 children from the public schools to sing in chorus during the exercises at the auditorium.
 The committee does not propose to ask the city to forbid the use of fireworks. but simply to discourage that method of celebrating the day.
 Of course the double header at the ball park may interfere some with the Fourth of July attendance but that will make little difference so far as the principle of the thing is concerned.