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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14
Chief of United States Bureau
SHES at Verturing Guess on
Inaugural Day Skies.

Willis L. Moore chief of the national
weather bureau. stepped from the
Washington train early today, cooked
a critical eye at the blue sky and greet
ed the reception committee.
"Ah. very nice very nice indeed" he
remarked. Perhaps a trace of humid
ity. but very fair proportion of ozone.
OF course. that smoke-but smokes not
under my department"
Then, satisfied with the weather fur
nished for his reception by c. f. Won
Hermann. Atlanta forecaster, he was
driven to the Georgian Terrace for
breakfast and a conference with elgh-
teen weather bureau officials who
came from Utah and Florida and Colo
RADIO and other states to discuss ways
and means of helping the farmer tell
when to get in his hay or dig a cyclone
cellar. The officials have been holding
an informal conference for several
to greet them and offer congratulations
on their making 80 per cent success
in representations for the past year.
Uncle Hi Disappointed.
Just inside the corridor of the Ter
race stood Uncle Hi Suggs, who lives
out Battle Hill way and is the best and
most voluminous weather prophet in
Georgia. barring the salaried ones who
work by telegraph and barometer. I'm
Gle Hi has an apparatus Of his own,
and scorns the scientific devices of the
official bureau. But he had come all the
way from Battle Hill, successfully ne
gotiated the storm doors without loss
Of his whiskers, and was prepared to
join the council Of forecasters. He was
disappointed to learn that the sessions
were executive and he couldn't get in.
"They needn't think they've got any
patent on prophesyin' the weather. he
remarked scornfully I'm willin' to
back my predictions agin' the best they
can do any tim& Didn't l write let
ter to the papers last spring sayin' 1t
would be the rainiest summer on rec
ord, and didn't the rain fall and the
storms rage until everything in Georgia
got widowed with the wet?
mo I don't depend on no thermome-
ters. All they can tell you Is how hot
or how cold it is right now, and what's
the use OF KNOWN that? I've got
frost-bit heel / caught with Gen'l Cor
don in "a. and every time 1t COM
mences to swell up and blister. I know
we're in for cold. and maybe snow. I've
got goosebone that gives a certain
sig,, Of rain and whenever that fails
me nv rheumatism is certain to hist
warnin'. seen a squirrel this maWnin
LAWN I'D nuts in a hollow tree and a
whole passed. OF birds Ayin' South. and
both of them's unfaiin' signs Of hard
winter. I'm goin' to stop by town and
Law me in a couple Of tons of coal this
very day"
Professor Mora declined to be drawn
into guessing match with Uncle hi,
though he cast no aspersions on
the amateur forecasters prognostica-
tons
Really, ! wouldn't venture TO say
whether the winter Will be mild or
cold" he said I'VE have developed the
sclence until Wc can send ont forecasts
Tor week ahead with excellent sue
ccsr. but that rs as Far as ~e attempt to-
go noN, believe the time win come
when we can predict for a month ahead
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14
TOO MUCH PLAY MAKES
JACK A DULL BOY, HE SAYS

TOPEKA. KANS.. Nov 1.-The
school children of Kansas are up in
arms over a suggestion of Dean c. H.
Johnston, of the University School of
Education. who would do away with
school vacations and have sessions six
days a week.
Il find no other reason than an old
tradition against holding school classes
on Saturdays" said Dean Johnston.
Neither can | see any logical reason
for allowing the entire educational sys-
tenn Of the state to lie idle for three
months in the year, with its consequent
loss in efficiency A student or instruc-
tor does not need more than a months
vacation in a year"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14
Skin On Fire?

Just the mild, simple wash the we'll
known ODD. Prescription for Eczema
and the itch is gone.
a 50-cent bottle will prove il.
We have sold other remedies for skin
trouble, but none that we could guar
antee as we can the ODD remedy
II the first regular size 800 bottle
does not do exactly as We say. Il viii
not cost YOU a cent
Jacobs Pharmacy, 6-S Marietta st.
(AdvtD
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14
WOMAN FARMER EXCELS;
MAKES RECORD IN BEEF

EATON RAPIDS, MICH. Nov. IL
record OF raising beef has been estab-
lished here by Miss Frances VanBus-
kirk, the ope;ator and owner OF the
finest farm in this section. This week
she sold to a local meat firm here
three year-old heifer from her herd
that weighed 1870 pounds, and fol
which she received $3.50, the highest
price ever paid for a single head of
three year-old beef stock in Eaton
county.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14
CUTS OFF HAND RATHER
THAN LABOR IN PRISON

SOUTH BEND. IND. Nov. 14.-Al-
bert Peverett, after fourteen years in
prison on charge of robbng a bank
has returned here, his old home. He
is different now from the. debonafr,
sefcontident young man the police
once knew. His hair is white. one
hand is gone. He looks twenty years
older. There are lines on his face that
are not from age
He cut his hand off because he could
not make the number of overalls a day
required by the prison authorities.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14
rUIAI0 PATCH PAYS
FUR BOYS SCHOOLING

.s,, .'' FIX, Nov. IA two-acre po-
sr.. ''." on the small ranch of Ben
bg EN- OF Bostwick Park. farm
r immunity near Montrose Cola
b.c.,'. one of Ovens sons a year~ln
on. 400 State Agricultural college
H.,. ''.1e' year In the Montrose
t.r. 'pol according to Vice Presi.
E.t.. u. iolcomb, Of the II. w. j..
.,.... .' Realty Company, who has
Ia..... ON three weeke' trip
0... mat section % tie state.
.e s.'. poets from $500 10 $500 for
ias.. ,l. '... produced this year UPON
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with accuracy. And while 1t is posi-
BILE that we may reach the point where
we can predict for the coming summer
or winter, / would not venture to assert
that this is probable.
"The forecasts of the weather bureau
have been correct nine times out of ten
in the past year The department has
only recently been brought up to that
efficiency. While there are kicks from
disgrunted persons who say the bu-
reau Is always wrong and ought to be
abolished, these do not come from those
whose lives and property depend on
our forecasts. These have learned how
accurate the department really is. and
understand that 80 per cent is far from
being guesswork."
would you be willing TO predict the
weather for Woodrow Wilson'S inau-
gurahon ." he was asked timidly.
Professor Moore looked panied Per-
haps he remembered the spring of four
years ago when the forecast was fair"
and several regiments of troops and
thousands OF others were snowbound on
their way to Washington and nearly
froze To death. but he laughed and
turned away
"Thc itn ot March Is uu uncertain
season he replied, "l'Vo got to go
now"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14
a. SOLDIERS DROWNED
WHEN BOAT Is SWAMPED

BUCHAREST. ROUMANIA, Nov. IA.
-Forty-four soldiers were drowned by
the swapping of a boat on the Danube
river near Calarashl today. Forty nine
soldiers were in the boat. Ave being
saved.
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HOKE Smith HERO
IN MACON PARADE
Ten Thousand Cheer Senator
at Big Democratic Jubilee
in Central City.

MACON. GA, Nov. 14.-The cele-
bration of the victory of the Democratic
party by the people Of Macon last night
was an event unsurpassed in the an
nails of the city. a parade two miles
long preceded a jubilee rally at the city
auditorium. where speeches were made
by men of prominence in the national
Democratic ranks
A significant feature of the celebra-
ton was the reception accorded Sen
ator Hoke Smith, of Atlanta All along
the route of the procession he was en-
Enthusiastically hailed and at the audi
forum he was given a tremendous ova-
ton. His speech kept the audience in
applause throughout
Other speakers were Senator A. O.
Bacon, of Macon; Congressman Thorn
az w. Hardwick, of Sandersville: Rep
resentative- elect Pleasant A. StovalI. Of
Savannah, and Dupont Query, OF Ma
con. Congressman Charles L. Bartlett
was called out of the city and could not
attend. More than 10000 people COM
prised the speakers audience, but less
than half that number were able to
hear what was said
Parade Through City.
The parade moved from Third and
Cherry streets at 100 o'clock and
passed through the principal business
and residential streets. Every home on
Georgia avenue. College street and Or
ange street. the fashionable residence
section, was brilliantly Illuminated and
decorated. Nearly all Of the principal
buildings in the business section were
also illuminated. There were more
than 400 autos in the parade, many
from nearby towns; several thousand
men bearing torches 80 floats and as
many other business vehicles. and the
auto machines Of the fire department.
Nearly all of the vehicles were hand
somely decorated.
Fireworks, Too.
The city ordinance against the dis
charge Of fireworks was suspended for
the night, and for several hours the
streets echoed with the deafening deto-
nations of torpedoes and glowed with
the glare of luridly colored candles.
The celebration of the Democratic
success at the polls by the people of
Macon was participated in by practi-
cally every resident of the city who
was able TO leave home for the early
part of the night. For several hours all
of the downtown streets were congest-
ed and thousands were unable to obtain
admission to the auditorium.
kilograms from Wilson and Marshall
We're read TO the meeting. expressing
disappointment that they were unable
to attend.
on the night OF Grover Cleveland's
first election Macon celebrated. but old
timers say that that occasion is dimmed
by comparison with the affair Of last
night
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14
GIRL OUTDOES BOYS
AT CARPENTER WORK

ST PAUL, MINI. Nov. lin the
class in manual training
taught by l.. A. Harmsberger at the
with the sure hand to join and saw and
plane and hammer with the best of
cabinetmakers. but strangely enough
the star student OF the class is not a
boy, but a girl. She is Lorraine Cam
eron, the seventeen year old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. p. H. Cameron.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14
BRANCH POLICE
STATIONS URGED

The Georgian's editorial on Police
Problems calls attention to conditions
open to great Improvement The du-
plication of beats by policemen and
the various inspectors is attracting at
tention in all the leading cities of the
country as unsystematic and d waste Of
money.
"The idea of having sub police sta
lions in fire engine houses is practical
and very economical 1t is being plan
ned in some cities to have health sta
lions in these houses as we'll"
This was the statement made today
by Herbert r. Sands, the municipal ex-
pert of New York, who has been en-
ployed by the Atlanta Chamber Of Com
merce to make an investigation of the
CITY government
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Gambler Favors Plan.

Acting Mayor John S. Gambler said
today that he was confident the idea of
having sub police stations in a mum
Der Of the fire stations would be car
ried out In another year
Our police station is too far away
from the greater part of our city" he
said our new fire and police signal
system will make it very simple mat
ter to have sub-stations in several of
the Are stations The difficulties in po-
Icing our growing city demand such a
step"
The officials over the sanitary and
water meter inspectors, however. We're
not very enthusiastic over the sugges-
uon that these inspectors should DO
regular police duty. They Insisted that
they have ton much work for tile la.
spcctors under the present system.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-09

Archie Roosevelt, shows the different
natures of the two boys. When a boy
at the Force school asked Archie what
his father did" Archie promptly an
swered my fathers IT." A little girl
asked Charlie what his name was, to
which question he replied Taft" The
next was whats your father do?" to
which the youngest member of the
Taft family replied: ooh, he has some
sort of government job down here"
Probably the two liveliest persons at
the White House dance Friday night
of the holiday week was the president
and his youngest child, Charles, who
was a privileged character and allowed
to mingle with the guests, though they
were all of a set known as the young
er set, but not quite as young as Mas
ter Charles own set. The president
never loses a chance to dance, because
he loves it, and because, some whis-
per, the exercise helps to keep his
weight down.
Christmas week was full of dances,
for that is the accepted way of enter
tanning the young people home from
college and school for the Christmas
holidays, and every hostess seems to
have taken advantage of the dance as
a means of giving a good time to
everybody, the elder folks as well as
the younger.
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JUST A LITTLE TOO HAsTY
Mr.. NeWIyWed Resented What He Con-
sidered Impertinence, but the
Joke Was on Him.

They were on their wedding tour,
and imagined that every civilty given
them related to their new condition Of
servitude.
Having stopped at way station,
the bridegroom was approached by the
station agent, who asked:
Are you going to take the next
train?"
Its none of your business" re-
torted the bridegroom, Indignantly, as
he guided the bride up the platform,
where they condoled with each other
over the impertinence of some of the
natives.
Onward came the train, it's vapor
curling from afar. 1t was the last to
their destination that day-an express.
Nearer and nearer it came at full
speed; then in a moment it whizzed
past and was gone.
why in thunder didn't that train
stop" yelled the bridegroom.
Cos you said 'twant none of my
bizness. l has to signal if that trains
to STOP"
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tage-the very that was originally provided
for President Lincoln and which has since stood
ready for occupancy by any chief executive, al
though none of our later presidents have availed
themselves of the privilege. To be sure, this
summer cottage is not located in the mountains
at the seashOre, but on the contrary is pic
turesquely situated in the environs of Washing
ton. But then we must remember that not nearly
all of Presidents have subscribed to the
theory of Taft that it is necessary to seek
northern cline for the summer solstice. All the
early presidents of the nation who were residents
of Virginia thought that the Old Dominion af-
forded all the requisites of summer resort and
so recent president as Grover Cleveland chose
to spend his summers in the suburbs of Washing
ton in cottages which he rented for the purpose.
But to get back to the subject Of the Lincoln
summer home it may be explained that this his
toric cottage stands on what is now the grounds
of the National Soldiers Home in the District of
Columbia This, the only country home officially
provided for president Of the United States, was
not, however, specially erected for President Lin
coin On the contrary, it was built in 1910 as
the country home of George Washington Riggs
of the first citizens of Washington and the
founder of house that has transacted the bank
ing business of practically every president of the
nation. The vast estate which surrounded this
cosy country home was the tract which now COM
prises the grounds of the National Soldiers Home
and the circumstances of its acquisition for the
of the nation very interesting.
When upon the conclusion of the Mexican war;
Gen. Winfield Scott returned with his victorious
army to the United States he brought among
other spois of the sum of $4,000 in gold
which he had exacted as penalty or indemnity
from Gen. Santa Ana for the action of the Mexi
can troops in firing upon flag of truce. General
Scott was soon in quandary what to do with
this money. He offered it to congress, but that
body was for some reason, averse to accepting
it. There were good reasons for not attempting
to distribute 1t among the officers and soldiers
of the army and General Scott did not want to
keep the money himself although the War De-
partment was quite willing that he should do so.
Finally he solved the problem by personally pur-
chasing the Riggs estate and establishing Ma
tional Soldiers Home. Congress accepted the
gift and this unique institution has since been
maintained by small tax imposed upon each
soldier of the regular army
1t was in 1861 that the Riggs cottage, standing
on the GROWING site of what had developed into
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those times, and said that I ought to
have an operation. Iwould not listen to
that, and when friend Of my husbands
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, / was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. ! can do all my own house.
work, york in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
as far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. Iwish could talk to every
suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. Mrs.
DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Remember, the remedy which did this
was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
1t has helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacements,
inflammation, liberation, tumors, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
nervous prostration, after all other means
have failed. Why don't you try it?
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YOUNG TAT TL|ONZED
Presidents Son Kept Busy Dur
ing Holiday Week.
Accepted So Many Invitations to Al
tend Dances, Teas, ETC., During
Holidays That He Didn't Find
Time for Anything Else.

Washington.-Mast Charlie Taft,
the younger SON Of the president, was
home for the holidays, and was quite
the busiest young person, socially, in
Washington. Charles has always fig
ured as an out-of-doors boy. one who
loves to sail a boat or take a swim,
play a game of baseball or kick foot
ball, and when his father was secre-
tary of war and Charlie was quite a
little chap, he even delighted to shovel
off the snow in front of the Taft home.
In fact, Charles was rather contemntu-
GUS of affairs social, but his poine Of
view has changed with this homecom-
ing.
Many stories of Charles exploits in
the quite young set have already been
told, but his banner day, the day he
beat all records, was on Thursday OF
Christmas week. Master Charles start
ed out with luncheon at the home or
Mrs. Benjamin Macon for her young
sons, likewise home from school; he
then rushed off to tea given by Miss
Squire, which was followed by din
ner given by Mrs. John c. Hewson at
her home in Sixteenth street, after
which he and some of the other young
guests departed for the Washington
club, where dance was in progress,
at which the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor and Mrs. Nagel were hosts
for their children's friends. Master
Charles got home in the hours just
preceding the wee sma ones, a bit
tired, but very enthusiastic, just as a
beginner in anything always is, and
now he throws no more stones at So
ciety or it's devotees.
A story told OF Charlie is character
istic of him, and, with one told of
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a most beautiful park, was invested with the dig
nifty of a presidential home 1t evil
dent, of course, that the progress of the war
would prevent President Lincoln from absentng
himself from the capital for even a brief vaca-
tion and yet it was equally manifest that his
health would suffer unless he had relief
from the tropical heat that besets the city the
Potomac in summer. 1t was General Scott, HIM
self, who brought to the attention of the pres-
dent the charms of the beautiful suburban cot
tage, set on a hill overlooking the city and
rounded by vertable forest. President Lincoln
forthwith fell under the spell of the romantic
spot and removed his family from the White
House to the newly -discovered retreat.
From this time until his untimely death Lin
coin spent each summer at the cottage on the
heights 1t his custom to drive into Wash
ington each morning from the cottage and after
spending the day at his office in the White House
to drive back to the cottage at night, but there
were, of course occasional days when he re-
manned at his suburban retreat and many confer
ences were held there from time to time that
had important bearing upon the fortunes of the
Union. The cottage came to be known "the
presidents cottage" and is so popularity desig-
mated to this day, but in the of time it
was by Lincoln's direction, officially christ
ened Anderson cottage, in honor of General An
derson of Fort Sumter. BY direction of the Sec
rotary of War; Anderson cottage was set apart
for the permanent of the President Of the
United States and in later years it occupied
for brief intervals by Presidents Grant, Hayes
and Arthur but none of them were deeply at
tached to the modest and comfortable habitation
as was the Civil War President.
To presentday visitors the center Of interest
at the Lincoln cottage is President Lincoln's bed
room, which is on the second floor and is the
largest room in the house. Two large front win
dows open directly the porch and splendid
view of the City of Washington is afforded. The
parade grounds of the Soldiers Home the flag
pole and the commandments quarters are directly
in front of the cottage the site being the most
impressive and commanding of the entire grounds.
The furniture used by Lincoln during his
pancy of the cottage is reverenty preserved but
1t has been removed from the cottage to store
house and is not open to the inspection of visitors
Immediately beneath the bedroom is the room
which was used by President Lincoln sitting
room. It is about half the size of the enormous
bedroom, but larger than most of the other rooms
in the historic cottage There are, all told, about
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Hairpins Make Car Go.

Athol, Mass.-On an afternoon run
of a local car several women sacr1-
feed their hairpins, at the peril OF los
ing their "rats," that the car might
make the run.
The car developed fuse trouble.
The motorman found that short pieces
of metal were necessary to make fuse
connections. Being resourceful man,
he opened the front door and asked
for few hairpins.
With smiles several women pulled
hairpins from their tresses and, by
plugging in one halrpin after another,
he managed to keep the current on.
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occupied by several of the old soldiers, VINO are
spending their declining years in this maven OIL
the veterans of the regular army. Naturally the
old soldiers hold the cottage in the greatest ven
Grafton because of its association WIN hihooin'
and they take manifest pride in showing Vlsltors
about and relating anecdotes OF the "ar-tilhe
president
There are many reminders of the immortal LIN
coin in this locality. Not far distant is the site
of Fort Stevens where Lincoln was under hre
while a spectator in the trenches during spirit
ed ENLARGEMENT between Federal and Confederate
forces Yet near at hand, in the cemetery con-
nected with the Soldiers Home, is handsome
Lincoln memorial rostrum, which is the scene OF
the exercises which are held at this cemetery on
each recurring Memorial Day, and at which the
President of the United States is often speaker.
It has several times been proposed that the Lin
coin cottage be torn down in order to make use
of it's splendid site for one or another OF the
buildings which have from time to time been
erected to accommodate the increasing member
ship of the Homes family of old soldiers, but so
much sentiment has always been aroused against
such action that the scheme has always been
abandoned and other sites selected