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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
Beverage Out
For New Party

INDIANAPOLIS, July %. Former
United States Senator Albert J. Beve-
ridge has announced himself as strong
ly in favor Of progressive (new parity
movement in a lengthy letter from his
summer home at Seal Harbor Maine
to progressive leaders here. Mr.. Bev-
eridge gives his answer to thousands
Of letters received from Indiana asking
where he stands in the political situa
ton.
Beveridge points out that the status
Of both Roosevelt and Taft is exactly
the same as before the Chicago con
vention and declares that the matter
of party regularity should not now
be binding because Taft was not nom
mated by lawful majority Of dele
gates honestly chosen.
Mr. Beveridge also points out that
the present crisis presents an oppor-
mnity for progressives of all sections
and parties to unite in the overthrow
of boss control
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
STORK INCREASES
DESTITUTE FAMILY
OF SLAYER'S VICTIM

Friends today made happy a helpless
mother with a ew-born babe. The
stork last night brought a girl to the
home Of Mrs. Aaron Morris, widow of
the barber who was stabbed to death
last winter while defending a white
woman from a vicious negro. Morris
left three orphan children. But for
friends, the family would have been
destitute.
lust after the murder of the father
a fund of $4,000 was subscribed for the
family. 1t was put in trust, but the in
come is teo small to supply the needs
of the mother and her four babes.
pr j. G. Earnest donated his medical
attention and several women supplied
other needs. The mother and child are
reported 10 be doing nicely.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
PREACHER, THREATENED,
HAS GUN-MAN ARRESTED

ROME. GA. July 25.-"Get back in
the house or | viii blow your brains
out" Jim WiIkerson is alleged to have
said to Rev J. H. Bailey pastor of the
Lindale Baptist church, when the lat
ter admonished the former for cursing
in front of the preachers home
Wilkerson and a number of men
were drunk, it is claimed, and were
talking loud and swearing near Bal
leys home. The preacher came out
and told the men to move on. Wilker-
son pulled out his pistol and, pointing
it at the minister, commanded him to
get back in the house. The good man
retreated with his hands held up, and
soon thereafter swore out warrant
for Wilkerson. The latter is in Jail
here now waiting trial.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
people Will Have
Their Say" It. r.

OYSTER BAY, n. y, July 20 Colo
mel Roosevelt laughed today over the
opinion expressed by Elections Com
missioner Livingston, of Brooklyn, that
under the law there can be no third
party electors in New York state this
fall.
"Preposterous. exclaimed Colonel
Roosevelt. The idea advanced 10y Mr.
Livingston is merely a Development OF
the attitude of the national committee
that the people have no voice in their
own affairs. The national committee
stands for rule by the professional pol
iticians That's what Mr. Livingston
wants.
What Mr Livingston fails To I'M
derstand is that the politician. the Of
fee holder, is the servant of the PEG
pie. He will come To that later ON.
The people are going to have their say
about the putting Of electors on the
ticket.
1--WE are going to have a third ticket
in the state this fall. Mr. Livingston
viii find that out Nothing can pre-
vent it,"
The ex president maintained that
nothing under the law can stop the
third party putting up a set Of cleo
tors by petition.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
TO REMOVE DANDRUFF

Prevent dry, thin and falling hair. allay
itching and irritation, and promote the
growth and beauty of the hair, frequent
shampoos with Cuticura Soap, assisted by
occasional dressings with Cutcura Oint-
ment, afford most effective and economical
treatment Sold by druggists and dealers
everywhere. Liberal sample of each mailed
free with 32-p Skin Book Address post
card "Cuticura Dept. r Boston
-Tender-faced men should use Cuticura
Soap Shaving Stick, 25c. Sample free.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
Colonel to Attend
Illinois Convention

CHICAGO. July 5.-That Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt would attend the
meeting Of the Illinois Bull Moose con-
vention al Orchestra hall ON the Satur-
day preceding the national third party
convention here was announced today
by the progressive leaders
Governor Hiram Johnson Of Califor-
MIA and clifford Pinchot. former chief
forester Of the United States. also win
be here for the Illinois convention.
which is expected 10 start The onthu-
siasm in the third party movement.
Both Johnson and Pinchot viii he
among the speakers and others who
have taken a prominent part in the ma
tional movement win be added to the
list
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
GRIFFIN CITIZENS TO SHOW
THEIR CITY is A LIVE ONE

To demonstrate the fact that Griffin
is one of the Invest towns in the South
the citizens, through the leadership of
Nj. j A. Morrow and the assistance Of
Edwards & Son, of Atlanta, are going
to publish in magazine form Booster
Edition of The News and Sun
This publication will be handsomely
illustrated with special cover design in
colors and will portray in a forceful
manner the many advantages possessed
by this uneXcelled locality.
This magazine is to be sent to the
different organizations through which
home seekers are looking for locations
in order to induce them to locate there
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
No Third Party
Ticket in Oregon

PORTLAND OREG, July % The
third party convention TO name Ave
delegates to the national convention in
Chicago was scheduled to meet here TO-
day The leaders will not put a third
party ticket in the field here. The call
for the convention was issued by the
National Progressive club of oregon.
of which Charles w Ackerson one of
Oregon's delegates to the Republican
national convention. is the head
Seven hundred delegates attended thc
convention The meeting was called to
otd,r by state Senator Dan Kellahcr.
The days session Was turned over
largely 10 orators The naming of de-
egates was put over until the night
session
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
Pedestrian, g, ;
Completes Walk
Of 1888 Miles

. NEW ORLEANS. July % q
. Claiming the worlds pedestrian q
. championship w. H. Chapman So q
. years old, ranchman of Wyom-
. ing. arrived in New Orleans today, .
. concluding what he asserts was a q
. 1858 mile walk. Chapman says .
. he left Denver May 81, 1911, with q
. seven other contestants, went to q
. Chicago, thence along the Great q
. Lakes to the northeastern extrem- q
. ity Of the United States, down the =
. Atlantic coast TO Florida and q
. westward to Mobile and New Or
Q leans. He says by doing this he q
has won purse of $12,575 offered 9
Q by the stockmen's association of 9
. Colorado. q
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
By JAMES B. NEVIN.

You, who in the affection Of a dog be-
lieve,
Come, shed a tear with me-
over the grave OF dear old Mack,
Whose destiny can not track,
Although he trailed for met
Thus. with the sweet and solemn en-
phasis of a genuine and gentle poet.
pleaded Representative Converse. OF
Lowndes, Wednesday when the house
had before il bin framed TO abolish the
dog tax in Georgia
They've gotta quit kicking Converse s
dawg around that's all, said Represen-
tatire Carl Ninson. as the gentleman from
Lowndes resumed his seat
Representative Wilson, of Gwinnett, was
more practical in his view Of the matter.
lie stated to the house frankly that he
would like TO come back and be a mem
Der Of the next legislature and there
wasn't any use in a man trying to do that
thing and vote for a tax on dogs at the
same time
ITS not that love dogs less. Mr.
Speaker" said Mr. Wilson, but that /
love my popularity at home more 1t
may seem 10 undiRnfv a dog. in a way,
to deny him the right to he taxed as
something. but this doggone dog tax is
it,.
If the bill passes the house, which
seems likely. it win practically repeal the
present dog law. 1t came into the house
with an adverse report. which. if adopt
ed, would leave things as they now are;
but the house very emphaticaliy sat down
upon that adverse report
The present dog law gets something
like $4,000 per annum into the treasury,
And while the average legislator espe-
cialy of the rural persuasion, approves
of that oh, you vote back home that is
adverse TO a dog tax
very serious minded member of
the Georgia Legislature is seeking to
frame a law whereby members may
be prevented absolutely from lodging
votes now and then A correct idea
of nothing whatever to look forward
TO is the contamination of this seri-
Gus minded members ambition.
Senator William H. Ennis, who is a
farmer as well as a statesman thinks
there is nothing Georgia could do that
would be SO helpful to the farmers as 10
provide for a soil analysis wherever re-
quested.
THE very nub of the fertilizer difficult
ties confronting the farmers Of Georgia,
said the senator. discussing this idea, lis
their ignorance Of the quality Of the soils
they undertake to cultivate
"A farmer in one section, cutivating
one kind Of soil, may get a maximum OF
return from ton Of guano, while d
farmer, equally as skilled in tlling the
soil in another section, may get so per
cent less return from the very same quail
ity Of guano one land may need potash
another may not; one may be rich in this
thing, and the other in that It IS foolish
to suppose that a fertilizer adapted to
the uses of Floyd county Is necessarily
adapted as well to the necessities OF
Clarke, or Muscogee
Now, then, If a farmer, desiring to fer
tize his soil as it should bo, might send
a sample of that soil to one of our agri-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25

could not take hold Of anything with her
hands. | used an ointment and tried a
treatment but nothing did her any good
so | got some Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
After bathing her hands with the Cuticura
Soap and applying tho Cuticura Ointment
l was astonshed to see the great relief, and
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured
her hands in three weeks" (Signed) Mrs
John w Wines Mar s, 1912
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
VAUDEVILLE CARD At
COOL BONITA ATTRACTS
MANY HOT ATLANTANSS

The big vaudeville and motion ~,
ture bill which includes Murphy r.,
and Monkey Circus, at The Boni,s y, =
week is attracting large crowds h . ssis
OF the unusually warm weatbar 'I'1e
fact, The Bonita, cooled and rsf+..zlI9l
as it is by big electric exhaust fsr .S'led
fers an ideal retreat from the bo, r
mid streets. You can always H. r.,
nice, cool comfortable seat avsi VAN a
you at this little theater. and The ~
is always a good one. Afternoons
evenings, 1Oc. ~,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
SUICIDE BURIED AT LA GRANGE

la GRANGE, GA, July 25.-Funeral
services were held late yesterday aft
ernoon for William Fl. Cotter, the La
Grange young man who committed sui
eide in Atlanta on Monday night. The
services were held at the family home
on Broad street, and interment followed
in Hill View cemetery.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
DALTON FIXES TAX RATE.

DALTON. GA, July 25,-City coun-
ell has fixed the tax rate forthe cur
rent year at $3.50 on the S1OO Council
discussed a proposition made by the
Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany relative to bringing its lines into
Dalton, and ii now seems certain that
the city and the company will come 10
terms
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
CHICAG0'S POPULATION
ESTIMATED AT 1881, 700

CHICAGO, July 25.-According to the
city school census that has just been
completed the population of Chicago is
1881, 100. This is an increase of 200 900
over the figures shown in the govern
ment census of 1910.
There are 1S7,975 babies in Chicago
less than four years of age The Six
teenth ward carries off the honors with
1854 of the babies, majority of them
in this ward being of Polish parentage.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25

they we're scalded. She
could not sleep at night;
! had to be up all night
to keep her hands in
warm water. She rubbed
her hands and large
white blisters came full
of yellow water. Then
sores came and yellow
communion fnrnnnd Qhn
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
HANDS BURNED
AND |TCHED
Could Not Sleep. Mother Had to
Be Up All Night. Large BIisters
Came, Then Sores. Cured by
Cuticura Soap and Ointment,

warrenton, va.-"My little girl was
troubled with eczema for three years. Her
hands burned and itched and looked as if
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25

cultural colleges. with a request for
analysis and recommendation. wouldn /
that be a great thing?
Soil analyses would save the farmers
OF Georgia thousands OF dollars annually, ="
concluded the senator, land the state
could do a fine thing by equipping the ag-
ricultural department Is such wise that il
might provide for the same.
The very day after the Tippins bill
passed the senate, an esteemed con
temporary bid the Macon boosters "a
cordial welcome" to this fair city
Surely, in the face of that, Macon
can not doubt Atlanta's genuine hos
pitality.
Representative Adams. Of Hall, will be
a candidate for speaker pro TEN of. the
next house, to which he confidently ex-
poets to be elected
He viii be opposed by Representative
Cheney, Of Cobb and perhaps others. as
that race bids fair to be very pretty one,
indeed.
Representatives Adams and Cheney
were classmates at Dahlonega back in the
90's, and are the warmest of friends.
The fight between them will be one of
unusual good nature.
Both are high class men, and either
would make most acceptable official, no
doubt
From a financial standpoint, the
business Of explaining votes on a roll
call in the legislature is rather ex-
pensive Otherwise. it is an abso-
lutely and utterly harmless pastime.
Representative Payton, of Worth. has
introduced a bill which provides that
members of the legislature shall be
"docked' 81 per day for every day they
are absent from their legislative duties
without fit and proper excuse The bill
stipuates that failure to answer a roll
call, for whatever purpose, shall be con
sidered constructive absence
Mr.. Payton has no patience whatever
with vote dodgers He hates them,
scorns them. and would have them held
up to public contempt, and particularly
would he deprive them of any coin Of the
realm to which they are not unquestion-
ably entitled
It may be that the gentleman will be
able TO round them up on all roll calls
through the operation of his proposed
law, If he can get it on the statute books,
but there are those who doubt it.
Perhaps he might have achieved his
purpose by proposing to make 1t a mis-
demeanor to dodge a vote. or a felony
Certain it is that there are members
who would cheerfully pay mere psltry
some things.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25

Why should woman not practice law
in Georgia. if she wishes to, breth-
rem? Besides. she says she is going
to, doesn't she?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25

Frank Rhodes likely viii be one of the
members for Clarke in the next house Of
representatives
Mr.. Rhodes is very confident that he is
to win his fight, and his friends claim
that there IS no doubt about it whatever
Mr.. Rhodes Is a frequent visitor to At
lanta, where he is almost as well known
and equally as well liked as he is back
home.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
Insect Bite Costs Leo

A Boston man lost his leg from g.
bite of an insect two years before II
avert such calamities from stines sn9
bites Of insects use Buc1len's Arn o,5a
salve promptly to Kin the poison and
pain. Heals burns, boils. ulcors ana
eczema, cuts, bruises. Only - cen Ps5s
all druggists. '''s az
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-01
Up and Down
Peachtree
He Had Experience
Blowing His Own Horn.

1t happened at Sunday afternoon
barbecue given to bunch of friends
by an Albanian who has had his share
Of publicity and a little bit more in
the past few years. There was plenty
Of barbecue and all the liquids which
go with it. And there was a hunting
horn fashioned from the frontal orna-
ment of a steer which all the guests
tried to blow after dinner.
Now, coaXing tallyho from a steers
horn isn't a gift possessed by every
city man and none of the would be
musicians brought forth anything more
than grunt Then tine host spoke up;
spake he
Give me that horn III show you"
He blew Justify, and there floated
over the hills and dales the sweet
melancholy note which set all the
hounds within mile to baying.
There now" said the host. "How's
that?"
Good chorused the guests. But we
knew it. There's no man in Atlanta
who's had more experience in blowing
his own horn
And then they filed EN- up again.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-01
Still Those Who Think
City Hall Is Postofice.

A man walked into the office of Wal
ter Taylor, city clerk, showed two pen
MES through the ticket window and
spoke impatiently
Gimme a two-cent stamp" he de-
manded.
certainly" quoth Walter. and he
dug into his desk, showed over stamp
and passed the pennies back.
mo charge" he remarked sweet1v
"HOw's that returned the customer.
Amt this the postoffice?"
Then Mr., Taylor explained, as he
has done oft before, that Uncle Sam
moved out more than a year ago and
the city Of Atlanta moved in: that the
former postofiice is now city hall, and
the real postoffice is a block up the
street i'm large marble building.
y They average about three a day."
said Air Taylor afterWard They come
in looking for Judge Newman. wanting
90 see the postmaster anxious to pur-
chase money orders. A foreigner with
diamonds all over him blew i'm day or
two ago and wanted to TO be natural
lied. | told him we could vaccinate him
or give him q dog license. but neither
OF these seemed to suit and he went
away peeved,'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-01
CANDIDATES ENTERING
FOR FORSYTH PRIMARY

FORSYTH, GA, oct Municipal
politics are beginning to warm up The
date for the primary has not yet been
set, but il has been generally held
about November /. However, two cam
didates for council are already in the
field They are T. f. Fletcher, for
merly ordinary of Monroe county and
cashier OF the Bank of Forsyth, and F.
n. Wilder, a prominent young business
man, now serving his second term in
the city council and acting as mayor
pro TEN. Mr.. Fletcher, while not now
a member of council, has served sew
eral terms
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-01
ALBANIAN IS SLATED FOR
HIGH OFFICE IN J0VIANS

NJ. o. Jackson assistant general
of the Southern Bell Tele-
phone Company, has been nominated
by the local chapter of Jovians for
statesman for Georgia, The national
of the Jovians. at which the
various officers will be elected, will be
held in Pittsburg in October
Mr.. Jackson was nominated for the
Office at a smoker given to the local
chapter in the Transportation club Sat
urday night by Statesman l.. ). Mont
gomery. Southern agent of the Ma
tional Metal Moulding Company.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-01
'TM NO MORE CRAZY
THAN YOU ARE" GIRL
TELLS SANITY JURY

MACON, GA, Oct. Mora f. Full
er, the pretty sixteen-yea old girl who
recently tried to commit suicide by
drinking carbolic acid when her mother
frustrated her plan Of elopement with
a travelling man, has been declared in
sane by jury in the ordinary's court
and must go to the state asylum.
I'm no more crazy than you are"
Miss Fuller told the jurymen who de-
clared her insane.
The girls brother testified in her ia -
vor. but her mother declared that she
had always been weak minded. What
probably Influenced the jury in its YER
dict was Miss Fuller's statement to
them that her mother was an i'm
poster.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-01
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they can not
reach the diseased portion of the ear
that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness
is caused by an iuflamed condition OF the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inhamed you have
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing and
when il is entirely closed deafness is the
result. and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored 10 its nor
mai condition hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out OF ten are caused by
Catarrh which is nothing but an iufamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness caused by catarrh)
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars. free
f. j. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo o.
Sold by druggists. 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
(Adyt0
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-01
WINS GIRLS HEART
IN TEN DAYS; WEBS
HER ON STREET CAR

"A street car is much more interest
ing than a jockey old depot argued the
Rev. F. j. Dodd, of Fairburn, and heed
ing his argument, Miss Della Cochran,
aged nineteen, of Fairburn, consented
to marry Charles R. Taylor, of Union
City while standing in the aisle Of a
Fairburn trolley car.
It took Taylor ten days to get Miss
Cochran's consent after he met her, but
when he had obtained 1t his friend, the
got the license and did all the
rest.
Their honeymoon lasted to College
Park, ten miles away, wher they
stopped to tell their friends about their
marriage.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-01
MAN SUES RICH WOMAN
FOR BREACH OF PROMISE

SEDALIA, MO, Oct. Alleging she
broke her promise to marry him. Louallen
R, Holt, wealthy merchant of Mary
vile, today filed suit against Mrs Eliz-
abeth Casio. for $25,000 Mrs Caste, who
was the widow of J. NJ PlanCk wealthy
Sedalia merchant was married in Jan
uary to DR.. Jabez c. Casio, a Sedalia
specialist.
Holt says in his petition that he show
cred Mrs. Casio with expensive gifts when
she promised to become his wife. This
promise, the suit says, was made few
months after the death of her husband.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-01
Stunt Is More Than Mere Mill
tary TaCtiC-it's a Real
Athletic Feat.


When the army of the allied powers
battered its way from Tien Tsin during
the Roxer rebellion inst in tinoe to 20
Iieve the beleapuered locations in Pc
kin il was the walls Of the epen,,, and
not their bullets that proved most iron
bIesome
And the careful training Of the troons
of the American contingent an this lit
tie art Of warfare known as "vau scaI-
,np" gave tho American soldiers the
first cali
As tbev will toll vou at ro,., No
Pborson where a so,,ad If .iobt mon
from Comnarv I, roceptI,, Io,,,o,,od ,,,hat
is c1aimed ~ he tho or,o,, rooord For
scaling this iob of oigbt mon gotti,e,
over ton o,, tv,a,,e-f oot v,oIl i, ahont
the Same time that If tal,oe ono ,,,,,, ~.
RIM 900 wards &c r,ora tban r,,ro
military tactic II &c an athIatio foot
timed and oiled ~ on like clocl,o,orL
Al tho o,,a,.+a,.l,. safd mo-, ~, ,ho
Savep+ertb irr,r.r,, at Tor. Nr,pblr.
son last E,5da, thi,toor too,,s ono
from, eacb corrnar,. and ono f,,,,, +l,.,
repimental detacbment cor,notod in .
wall scaling contest con,,,ap,, /, voc
returned a. ,,ictor n Tho ,.o,,,,,.I,,, ,,,.
fast time ~ oo9-5 socords mic =, fs
claimed ie thrae-0ftbe of a second
fastor than tho host time ba,,aoforo
made nv an army team. According TO