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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
GEORGIA, THE QUEEN CITY OF THE SOUT

utilization of these resources. and
further to provide for the means
whereby the American farmer may,
through the solution of his problem
i'm finance. develop the agricultural
possibilities and bring the rural pOr
ION of the United States TO the
highest prosperity This will benefit
both rural and urban life, with the
opportunity TO lessen the cost of liv-
ing and for the still more fundamen-
tai purpose of protecting the man Of
the soil ina order that the principles
of liberty may be conserved and that
American institutions may endure
The Southern Commercial Con
gress is what might be termed the
Seth Low Party, or the Ogden Party,
as it has carried its me>S1 -n AMI its
leadership on National questions 'TJo
the North. the East and the West
and even beyond the borders Of '-a
United States, into Canada or the
north and the Latin-AmericaD COM
tries to the South
The next annual convention OF the
Southern Commercial Congress viii
be held In Mobile. Ala, AT -" time
Of the opening of the pGuama CrufL
The theme of the Congress will be
the relation of the States Of the
United States to the Panama rS1al.
to Latiu-AmeriCa and 20 wn~Id com
merCe. The slogan win be PaEa ma
GulfAtlautic' as distinguished from
Panama Pacific.
The completion Of the Panama
Canal will make these Gulf and
Southeastern States the geographi-
cal centre of the worlds commerce.
The South is the land of Oppor-
runity. the land of hospitality. and
ATLANTA is the beautiful, brilliant
and patriotic capital
II has grown so great and prom-
ises so much more that the Hearst
newspapers could no longer delay
planting themselves inAtlants 70
help aud - share i'm the splendid,
p future.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

Continued From Front Page.)
ME rs its total population To-day the
latest census gives Atlanta 100000
people Il is the insurance, bank
ing. railroad. political and social capt.
taI of the South. II is known from
coast TO coast and from the Lakes
to the Gulf as the type of the pro
cross energy. genius and hope Of
the South
The reason why Atlanta never
knew period of depression, while
otber cities have felt it and fallen
into temporary stagnatiOn, is be
cause Of the wonderful scope and
variety of its industries. Atlanta
has perhaps. more varied industries
tbau any city in the Union Steel
nav 60 down. coal may suffer check,
i,,,r may be depressed IN the world
markets but Atlanta has hundreds
M other Industries and manufact-
-ro. which swell its payrOlls and
maintain its equilibrium of prosper
I'm rasI estate. that infallible Their
r,,rrrtpr " Ciiy'S faith and CONF
donce in itself. Atlanta's record has
beer astonishing. Atlanta's real
estate market has never known
either collapse or depression. There
are men Of means grown gray m
Atlanta waiting for its real estate to
90 down so that they might pur-
chase il. But it has never once
rone down. but always up and up.
TbiIe thousands have made fortunes
ar their faith in its ever advancing
value. -.
.;sul and modernly built city in
America. It's Peschtree street and
peschtree road rank with Euclid
a,grue in Cleveland as the most
bssutiful thoroughfsre east of the
mississippi. It's skyline is superb
IN its suggestions Of magnificent en-
fsrprise and taste
Eew cities in the world have 2
ri Rate so inspiring to work and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
unaics of the of
Sn
re treated just as

are housed II is rather colony
than an asylum. for the institution
comprises a number of cottages, each
Of which contains not more than two
or three occupants
These Inmates are allowed abSolu-
lutte freedom One constantly meets
patients AMI never knows when one
is s"c1Eing to % sane person or not.
Confinement is rc~orted to only i'm
those cases where IT is absolutely
necessary or the two thor~apd in
mates. for instance ouly sixty IN
the average are ever restrained 1T
one time.
The rulony Is under The direction
of a medical director m'c" whom
there are six specialists. wGo live in
their own houses. but are not ST.
lowed TO undertake pr,vn,c practise
About ~ per cent of ne p11cnts
admitted to this Institution nre dis
charged annually as cured T7.is is
twice rs great % proportion 81 rr'res
rs is found ia any other institution
of it~ kind in existence.
In this country the more modern
institutions have been copying this
system, and results mp tu date have
been most gratifying In New York
and New Jersey straitiackets and
similar measures of restraint have
been to great extent abandoned,
hut there are many Institutions
throughout the country where old
ideas still prevail
In New York State the care Of the
insane costs the State one-siXth "
its total expenditures The only way
to reduce this constant drain upon
the States resources is believed 10
lie in the treatment Of the insane
with am aim To their cure rather
than merely 10 confine them.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
A Whole
Town of
Lunatics
Without a
Bolt or Bar
to Hold Them
And All
Getting Well
on the Free
dom Route
HARMED by the rapid ant

A HARMED by the rapid and
IN steady increase of insanity
= in this country. the authori-
ties are now studying the methods
pursued in Europe, where they have
been able TO core with the situation
far more satisfactorily than we have
To-day We have over 100000 in,
mates in our insane Institutions. -
per cent more than We had ten years
ago, and the present indications are
that the next ten years will show
corresponding, if not a greater, in
crease
The responsibility for this condi-
ton of affairs has been placed in
various quarters. II has been said
that the modern strenuous mode of
life brings mental breakdown The
increl,' ING use Of alcohol has likewise
been blamed for the condition. Drug
habits. more general than ever. IL is
said. have helpcd Ia nm the asylums.
Various other causes have been
specified
Pe"harS the most serious factor in
the >itualion. howcver. is the fact
fhgt we have not yet entirely dis
placed the old idea that the only
function NJ am insane asylum is 10
keen unatic> i'm confinement, whereas
an modern authorities agree that the
most useful work Of such institutions
lies rather in treatment than in con-
iuement Of the inmates.
While conditions i'm this respect
are much better frau they We're a
few years ago. there are still hun
drefs NJ asylumS throughout the
country where the straitiacket. the
manacles. the padded cell and even
the club are the only implements
employed by the authorities in the
Treatment Of those iu;ruSted 10
their care
This is i'm striking contrast Ia the
methods followed i'm moSt Of the
modern European institutions There
the idea " treating the insane as if
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
This light engine, which is used
at Bedburg to carry provisions,
is run entirely by lunatics,
and yet there have been
no accidents.

they were sane is being put to q very
thorough test, and is found to work
very satisfactorily. Instead Of re-
fcrring to the inmates of these instj-
tutions as "luuaticS" they are rp-
guarded merely rs patients. They
are not said to be- crazy" but
sick" They are not confined" but
treated"
One Of the most remarkable iuSti-
tutions Of this type is located in
Rhenish Prussia. at Eedburs. The
patients" are accorded as much
freedom as the patients in any
ordinary hospital. Because their all
mentS are mental instead of physi.
cal is not believed to be sufficient
reason to treat them as convicts.
At Bedburg the padded cell has
given way to eut-of-doors occupa-
ton, without restraint Of any kind.
II would be quite easy for any one
of the inmates" to escape, for no one
is employed to hinder them. Their
lives are made so comfortable and
pleasant, however. that very few of
the patients fail to turn up AT supper
call, or if they do il is not very long
before they are knocking on the
gate for admission
Gardening and farming are the
principal occupations, but the imsti-
tuition has its own bakeries. ice plant,
waterworks. tailoring and dress
making establishments. workshop
aud slaughter house. and all the
work done in the various shops is
performed by inmates of the place
under proper supervision
But the work done is an voluntary.
Any worker may stop whenever he
or she feels like it. Games Of all
kinds may be played. aud the patients
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
Senator Paae,s gducatIonaI enI

Senator Pages bill on Vocational
Education has received wide consid-
Grafton. and an article on the bill
written by Mr.. Page appeared in the
columns of the New York Indepen-
dent recently with commendatory re-
marks by the editor of that paper.
Senator Page has worked long and
earnestly on this bill which provides
Federal aid IN placing vocational
education In the lower grades OF the
public schools.
Senator Page quotes statistics,
showing what proportion of our boys
and girls OF school age are in college,
high school and in the elementary
grades.
These statistics give some startling
facts and show that less than per
cent. enjoy a college course and 'ess
than G per cent the high school
course while the great mass of the
children OF school age, the nearly
ninety three per cent. never pass
beyond the elementary grades. In
addition to this, 1t is estimated, by
those entitled to speak authoritative
ly on the subject that only 20 to 90
per cent Of this SO per cent. ever
complete the eighth or highest grade
of the elementary school.
The bill is a cooperative measure
and any City or town, may avail it.
self of Federal assistance in creating
and maintaining a system in the
school where. by the students may re-
ceve training which will fit them for
a life work in the vocation they may
choose TO follow.-Northheid News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
LeaIslature resume Work.

The legislature reconvened on
Monday night, after a recess Of two
weeks over the holidays. After
nearly three months service. there
still remains nearly all the import
ant work agitated previous TO the
election-work which conditions de-
mand and legislators know should
be dOne-yet TO be acted upon. Il
is beyond all understanding why
representatives and senator's quib-
bic and haggle over unimportant
matters and cannot meet these re-
sponsibiliues upon common
ground OF the greatest good to the
greatest number II our forefathcTs
had held such narrow. selfish views
on public questions Of vital import
the independence OF Vermont never
would have been established. Jet
today Just as great responsible
iiities are to be met-responEl biz
tiles quite as vital 10 the life and
progress Of the commonwealth as
those confronting the fathers when
Vermont declared her independence.
% seems 20 this paper as though
that a spirit Of broad and construct
i've leg station Isl lacking. That
spirit that knowing the needed
changes In our laws should fan 10
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
Water Power Development

The development of water power
is growing question and one that is
much misunderstood. If Vermont
waits for the state to develop the
water powers within her borders.
Vermont will wait a long time, for
the reason that there are more calls
on the state treasury now than can
be supplied Most of these calls are
in behalf of worthy objects and
many OF them are really imperative.
1t would cost not less than n hun
dred millions of dollars to develop
even a few of the principal wafer
powers of the state and such an in
vestment would be a gamble, and a
risky one at that. AS rhe Banner
looks at it there are just two ways
of doing at the present time. We
can leave the water powers in a
state of nature or we can let pri-
vate capital take them over and eX-
plot them as best they may. We do
not feel sure of our own judgment IN
the matter but, with the information
at hand, we can see no serious OBJ
lection to allowing the powers TO
Ot AGNNA0lfu W HAANeAN N1fANtAA u.s.
der reasonable restrictions and sale
guards, giving the public service
commission control OF the distribu-
ton in case of conflict and retaining
tor the public the absolute ownership
and control of all fishing and camp
ing rights and forbidding the change
of level OF any natural pond with
out the APPROVAL of both the public
service commission and the com
missioner OF game and fisheries.
Every charter, too, should contaDE a
provision that the state may take
il over at any time at its actual
value at the time taken.-Bennington
Banner.
We have nowhere seen a more
sensible statement OF the situation
than this II we wait for the state
to 90 the developing the present
generation will pass of the stage OF
action before much is accomplished
Private development will do wonders
in the next 20 years, and with prop
er control on the part of the public
service commission only good ought
to result to the people OF Yer
mont.-Bellows Falls Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
BABY'S ECZEMA
SPREAD TO FACE
Broke Out on Neck in PimpIes.
ScaIy, and Very Unsightly. Red,
Raw and Itching. Used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, Was Cured.

Cumberland Center. Me. -" My baby
had eczema break out on her neck when
about four months Of age. It broke out in
the form of pimples. and In a day or two was
scaly. When the scales came of it left the
skin very dark red and indeed very unsightly
1t spread to her face and chest and was very
red and raw. 1t itched and she tried to
scratch 1t. I used two boxes of salve but
without effect. and having heard of the Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment decided
to try them. Her neck and chest wero very
bad. used two boxes Of Cuticura Ointment
with the Cuticura Soap night and morning.
and In two months time she was completely
cured. She is a year old and her neck is as
smooth and white as though she had never
had eczema. have perfect faith in the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment" (Signed)
Mrs. Geo. w. Emery. Feb. 3. 1912.
For pimples and blackheads the following
Is most effective and economical treat
ment: Gently smear the affected parts with
Cutlcura Ointment. on the end of the finger.
but do not rub. Wash Off the Cuticura
Ointment in FIVE minutes with Cuticura
Soap and hot water and continue bathing
for some minutes. This treatment is best
on rising and retiring. At other times use
Cutlcura Soap freely for the toilet and bath,
to assist in preventing Inflammation. irri-
tation and clogging Of the pores, a common
cause Of these distressing facial eruptions.
Sold throughout the world Sample of each
mailed free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. 7, Boston"
Tender-faced men should use Cuticura
Soap Shaving Stick. 25c. Sample free.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
If YOU ARE A
DRINKING MAN

You had better stop at once or
you'll lose your job Every line of
business is closing its doors to
Drinking" men. Il may be your turn
next. By the aid of ORRINE thous-
ands of men have been restored to
lives OF sobriety and industry
We are so sure that ORRlNE viii
benefit you that we say to you that
Il after a trial you fail to set an
benefit from its use. your money VII.
be refunded.
When you stop Drinking. think
Of the money youll save; besides,
sober men are worth more TO their
employers and get higher wages.
Costs only 800 a box. We have
an interesting booklet about ORRlNE
that we are giving away free on re-
quest Call at our store and talk IL
over. b. A. Quinlan, North St, Ben
ningtOn, Vt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
A Valuable Suggestion
IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE

Il is now conceded by physicians
that the kidneys should have more at
tention as they control the other or
gans 10 a remarkable degree and do
tremendous amount OF work in re-
moving the poisons and waste matter
from the system by altering the
blood
During the winter months especial
IL. when we live an indoor life. the
kidneys should receive some assis-
lance when needed. as we take less
exercise. drink less water and often
eat more rich heavy food. thereby
forcing the kidneys to do more work
than Nature intended Evidence OF
kidney trouble. such as lame back.
inability 10 hold urine. smarting or
burning. brick dust or sediment. sal
low complexion. rheumatism. may be
weak or irregular heart action. warns
you that your Kidneys require help
Immediately TO avoid more serious
trouble.
An herbal medicine containing no
minerals OF opiates has the most
healing influence. An ideal herbal
compound that has had most remark
able success as a kidney and biad-
der remedy is DR.. Kilmers swamp
Root
You may receive a sample bottle Of
Swamp-Root by mail. absolutely free
Address DR.. kllmer a. Co. Bingham
ton. ". Y. and mention the Bennlng-
ton Evening Banner.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
He Could Walk.

All are not soldiers who wear a uni
form. MS General Lew Wallace found
out at Fort Douelson. He saw four
soldiers carrying fifth. who seemed
TO be wounded.
cant that man walk without assist
ancef" asked Wallace.
"Oh. mo-" said the men. He is
dying"
Just then a shell exploded near by.
and the four men dropped their burden
and fed. The man who was supposed
to be wounded leaped TO his feet and
ran even faster than the others.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
DEATH RESULT OF QUARREL
Jericho Woman Wounds Husband, a
Veteran, and Then Kills Herself.


Jericho, Jan. 2O.-Mrs. A. B. Griffin
is dead and her husband is suffering
from a severe revolver shot wound
as the result of a quarrel over the ser
want question Saturday evening in
which Mrs. Griffin about 90 years old
tried unsuccessfully to kill her hus-
band, and then inflicted fatal INJURY
to herself
Mrs. Griffin died yesterday morn
ing at $50 O'clock at tho Fanny AL
len hospital, Winooski park, from a
bullet wound in the head. The body
Of Mrs. Griffin was taken this morn
ing to the home Of relatives in
Waterbury
The husband, who was shot
through the neck, will survive, it is
said. He is at the home of a neigh
Dor In this village.
While Mr. Griffin. who is Is years
old and a war veteran was warming
his hands over the kitchen stove, his
wife, with an old revolver in one hand
crept silently up behind him. She aim
ed the weapon at his head and fired.
The aged veteran clasped one hand
to his neck, and feeling the warm
blood ran TO the back yard and
around to the highway. crying loudly
for aid. Mrs Griffin pursued him
for a short distance, firing twice as
she ran. The shots went wild.
Then the woman retraced her steps
to the kitchen and standing in front
of the stove placed the muzzle of the
revolver to her own head and pulled
the trigger With the report Of the
gun she fell upon the floor uuconsci
Gus. blood streaming from an ugly
scalp wound The bullet had plough
ed furrow along one side of her
head
When neighbors. attracted by
cries of the husband, arrived, the wo
man had not regained consciousness
( She was first taken to the home of a
neighbor, where a local physician
treated her Then she was placed on
the evening train for Essex Junction
whence she was taken in an auto
mobile TO the hospital
For several days, it is said, Mr.
and Mrs. Griffin quarrelled over the
family servant question The wife
wished to have Stella Thompson, o.
this place reside at the house anC
help with the household duties, The
husband, it is said, was ayerse to the
arrangement because Of the added
household expense it would entail
For a long time" the veteran
said, my wife acted queerly, | thinl
she was insane at times. Sometimes
she would become angry over moth
ing. can't understand it all yet.
The couple have resided here fol
many years Mr. Griffin receives
pension. He enlisted in Company f
10Th Vermont. September 3, 1862, a
Nottingham. and was discharged 1oi
disability October % of the same
year. His home is located just nortl
Of this village.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
colo watch for oood Road work

To the road commissioner in
Bennington county who made the
best showing last year for work
done the award of fine gold watch
was offered. The watch was won
by the youngest commissioner
John Robinson of SALISBURY, who
had a large mileage and only had
about sic per mile with which to
do the work He made such a
noticeable Improvement in the con
dition OF the roads in his town that
it made the question Of deciding
who should have the watch a fairly
easy one. Now it is up to Shafts
bury to keep this man on the Job
as long as he wants ii and keeps
on dong good work The position
of road commissioner isn't a job to
be passed around when town can
get a good man to hold it year after
year-Vermont Union Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22

search out the best and most equit-
able remedy and then with broad
minded effort place duty paramount
to self and unite their efforts in pass
ing this needed legislation Can leg
islators excuse their actions to their
constituents by saying they worked
for these needed changes, but it was
the other fellow who blocked the
game? Legislators of 1912 should
bear in mind that there are changes
in our laws that time, conditions
and progress demand and the in
habitants from every corner of The
state are expecting them to meet
these questions with soberness and
an integrity of purpose that seeks
a better conditions in our State
and place her further forward in
the rank of progress. Vermont eX-
poets the legislature OF 1912 to do
its full duty.--Groton Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
Enjoy Their ouarrels.

80 you've been married twenty
years."
That's right"
And never had a quarrel. | sup
poser
"Not so. We've lad many quarrel
Not serious ones?"
Eyes. serious ones
"And yet you've been happy"
"Sure 1t makes my wife happy to
get the best of me so often. and I'm
tickled to death If win one argument
out of en"-Detroit Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22

Myositis is disease Of the muscles
that starts with Inflammation and ends
in a permanent hardening of the mus
cular fiber. When It attacks the mus
Giles of the neck it causes chronic con.
dltion of wryneck. Fortunately. how
ever, the usual attack of stiff neck"
lasts only two or three days, although
it is the cause of good deal of pain.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22

In this issue we are publishing the
report of the trustees of the Ben
nington graded school district
which was given at the special meet
ing fthe district held yesterday,
For some two years our high school
has been hampered in its work FOR
lack of room. The school trustees in
considering plans for a new high
school building have, in general
way, had before them the needs of a
modern high school building. In con-
sidering sites they have only inyest-
gated those which would acoommo-
date such structure. When one
realizes the strife that many towns
have over the choice of site it is a
matter of congratulation that our
trustees are unanimous on this
point.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
BENNINGTON, Vt, JAN. %, 1913

We wish it were impossible to find
the thousand homeless men in the
city of New York TO whom Helen
Gould planned to give a dinner today
at the Bowery mission in honor of
her marriage to Findley J Shepard
of st. Louis, put we all know that the
guests OF the philanthropist will con-
stitute only portion Of the wander
ers in the great metropolis who do
not even know where they will sleep
tonight. AS a wedding feature, how
ever, the dinner will stand out in
vivid contrast with the vulgar display
that has characterized many of these
events in Americas greatest city.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
Gold md Silver Gospels.

"The Gold and Silver Gospels" is the
name of Il very peculiar book now pre-
served in the Upsaia library in Swe-
den Ii is printed with metal type on
violet colored vellum the letters being
silver and the initials gold. When il
was printed, by whom and what were
the methods employed are questions
which have great interest for the curl
Gus, but have never been answered.