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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
the family's support.

the family's support.
They got excited at the strike and walked
out" she said. 1--WE can't get any more credit
at the grocer's. There is nothing for me and
the little girls to eat, let alone the boys"
1t was necessary to give her an order on
groceryman.
The appeals about equally divided be-
tween white people and negroes. 1t Is hard to
give permanent aid to the negroes, but the
gratitude and the spontaneous happiness they
display makes up for much ! remember the
case of "Ole Brother Dickey" the negro preach
er-philosopher whom all Atlanta knew at
time. The old negro had lived for years by
begging from number Of well-known people
who took an interest in him. His unconscious
epigrams, very sage-like they were, always
brought him nickels and dimes, until he be-
came so feeble that he could not get down
town. 1t was seen that he soon would die, and
the fear beset him that he would not get de
cent funeral.
Now among negroes the belief that they
must have a suitable and proper burial Is one
of their pet superstitons Ole Brother Dickey
called for me, and begged that he be buried
fttingly. This 7 promised Then looking
about, | saw that he needed food and fire,
and made arrangements for it. l shall never
forget the look on the old negro's face, and
the jubilant note of his voice as he began sing
ing. He was singing when he died, / think,
and this cheerfulness, which just an in
dcation of his gratitude, is typical of the spirit
of the negro when they are helped. They
very grateful indeed much more than the
white people "a general rule.
There are hundreds of such instances, for
instance when the three Scotch children came
here some time ago, helpless and bewildered.
An uncle had brought them over to this coun-
try and, suffering business reverses, was not
able to take care of them. The city had to
take them in hand and to find work for them.
There are times of the year when billiards
come when the negro washerwomen are unable
TO work, and when suffering sets in fercely.
The wretched poor flock to the City Hall for
food and fuel. And these people are increasing
in number.
Most of the work in the City Warden's Office
dispensing charity, is matter of routine but
always the cases are episodes of humanity, ap-
pealng incidents in the life of people. The
work usually is hard. 1t Is not mere listen
ing and giving. The cases must be investi-
gated. the truth of the presentations must be
ascertained There is danger of giving too
much, well too little.
Every charitable agency in Atlanta is work
ing hard, and is doing great deal of good.
The trouble is that there too many people
on the ragged edge of poverty and suffering.
They can not all be cared for in the best way
There are emergency cases, and cases for con-
tinued help There must be direct gifts made
in some cases. and employment found in other
cases, and physicians employed in still others.
With 1t all, there is work for every charitable
organization, and more. And there always will
be, | suppose long as our system Of woman
and child labor with poor pay is maintained
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didn't remain in love, and divorce followed
Then the man to blame absolutely.
"Of course there have been some of the mar
riages followed by domestic ups and DOWNS
little quarrels and sometimes really serious diff
ferences In two instances, I was called in
by both sides to see if could not help straight
en- the differences. I'm glad to say that was
successful.
"a man and his wife need only to understand
each other to be supremacy happy and always
happy. l believe that if persons applying for
divorce were locked up together for sixty days,
and thus given an opportunity of becoming &C
quainted with each other, there would be fewer
separations"
Mr.. NOrthen'S record wedding attendant
is one of his chiefest joys, and it is plain to
see that he finds delight in following the for
.unes of families with which he is thus con
nected.
There must have been hundreds of children
and grandchildren brought into the world as
the result of unions he helped to make Mr..
Northen cOnfesses he doesn't know how many.
However, in this regard he has formed some
rather interesting conclusions, that bear a dis
tinct resemblance to certain theories Of Mr..
Roosevelt.
ITO couples whom helped marry there were
more children born in the first five or ten years
Of my experience than ever SINCE he said.
Race suicide, eh?" reporter asked.
mo, I wouldn't call it that" said he. 1T
may have been due to the panic that lowered
always around those years Anyhow, / find
that within the last five years the birth rate
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the deficit in the lives of the little children who
work in the mills.
The profits go into the pockets of the mill
owners. often wonder If the profits are equal
to the value of the lives
| am not an agitator, understand I am
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

care, | have leisure to devote myself to cause
that is worldwide. the cause of freedom. The
unvoiced sufferings of disfranchised women in
every city in the United States call to us In
agonizing appeal.
/ have found that women can work and can
achieve. An ambition forced me to make the
discovery. Now that the knowledge is mine,
armed for the work in the cause Of wom-
ans freedom.
Not with the blazing of cannons the beat'ng
of drums do we come to ask for our births
but calmly, with our thousands of namesut
the unimpeachable logic of a just cause az.
l call on all the liberty loving people ofaa
gia to give us their names, that we ma
our cohorts until with overpowering tns
we peacefully storm our capitols, bofitins
and nation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
How | Won Success

schools. she a0as president Of the Atlanta Pub
lie School Teachers association.
Mrs. WhiteSide is acknowledged leader Of the
WojndR's Suffrage League Of Atlanta t0hich, or
gaHised several mlonthS ago loith a nucleus OF
sir mem berS, nol0 has 2S5 enrolled. In addition
10 her 1c0rk she has reared ttCO daughters, and
has become, Jy judicious Investments, the Olcner
Of desirable property She is the sister Of Sen
dfOr HOke Smith
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
BY CITY WARDEN THOMAS EVANS.

POVERTY In the city of Atlanta is on the
increase. Little is heard of it in the
business and political centers because
the men are not directly interested. Work is
always available for men in Atlanta, if they
are able-bodied. There are always hospitals
for the sick persons. But there is large and
constantly increasing element, made UP of wo-
men and children, who must work for their l1v-
ing, who are the really poor and needy. They
are, l might say the pathetic poor and needy.
Last year more than 5000 calls for help
came to this Office. Bankers and lawyers who
are talking with enthusiasm of Georgia's p
100000 bale cotton crop do not consider this,
or know Of it.
The number was 1000 more than came dur
ing the year previous, and almost twice as many
as the year before that, and four times as many
as the first year the Office was established, ten
years ago.
And the gloomy forecast presents itself that
the winter of 1924 will establish new
record In this respect
Perhaps you may consider 1t strange that L
should talk in so pessimistic a strain, with ev-
cry sign of material prosperity in the store
windows, and every newspaper story optlmls-
tically proclaiming great times and with the
city palpab]y growing all the time.
But if the city is growing, it is growing on
the old system, in which women and children
work. The women and children laborers in the
factories are increasing by the thousands. Inc
system is such that many of them can not make
ends meet even in the limited circle Of their
lives There is a deficit between their earn
ings and the demands of food and clothing.
Let hard weather or disease beset one OF
these families and their poverty pinches beyond
endurance. They call for help, but with many
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
BY MRS. FRANCES S. wHITEsIDE.

~ OLONIUS'S advice to Laertes held words
= of wisdom for time and eternity;
"go thine OlcH SET be true,
ind II cW toiiolc as the might the ddU
Th0u cdnSt not then be jdlsG To any man."
ON this foundation have ! built my faith,
and life holds no higher pleasure than the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

or them 1t Is not until they have swallowed
their pride, until the need becomes so great
that instant aid is necessary.
Not many appeals come to the office from
men. The great number Is from women who
are struggling to make a living for themselves,
or, more usually for themselves and their chill
dren. Most of the time they widows. left
helpless and pennless at the death of their
husbands, or wives whose husbands have de-
serted. Some of them can find no work. 9th
ers have work. but that work does not offer
them enough to keep body and soul together
hardly.
Sometimes | think hundreds of women and
children who can not live without aid would be
better off If there were more factories more
sources of employment. Many times | find them
able to work, but without place in which to
work. Mills and shops have closed down for
one reason or another.
But when | think that there should be more
places of labor, l come hard up against the re-
alization that even where women and children
work, the money they receive is not enough for
their support. ! find case, for instance.
where the husband father has died or de-
serted woman and family of children are
left behind One of them gets sick and the en-
tire family becomes dependent. An inveStga-
ton usually reveals that they are far behind
with their grocery bills, and can not get any
more credit Then ] realize that the whole
system is wrong. Their wages are inadequate
Many mill owners help them great deal.
But there is hardly a factory in the city en-
ploying this class of labor that pays the EN-
plOyeS enough for their self-sustenance. So
ciety through the city government and private
charities has to make up the deficit; that is
the immediate deficit. | don't know who pays
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
The Official Who Is Known as the 'Quietest
Man in the City Hall Breaks His Silence
to Give Some Disturbing Facts Which
Should Make His Fellow Men Think.

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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-28
ELECTRIC CHAIR
CLAIMS KILLER
MAN HAD EIGHT NOTcHEs ON
PISTOL, BUT FINALLY
GOT HIS.

Eddysville, KY, June 27.-Gen. May
onwhose pistol was said to have been
carved eight significant notches, was
electrocuted in the state penitentiary
here today.
May, who was christened General"
was condemned for the murder Of
Mrs. Belle Meredith, OF Clay county.
Mrs. Meredith was shot down after
May had killed her husband They
had differed over boundary line.
May was first convicted for the
murder of Meredith and sentenced for
life. Then he was paroled and tried
for the killing Of Mrs. Meredith.
May had been a deputy sheriff In
fight several years ago he received
u bullet wounds and was left for
dead.
May had said he was sure he would
not die a natural death, and that as
he had lived 43 years he would rather
know when the end was to come, SO
he could be prepared.
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DETERMINED To COMPLETE
WORK EARLY NEXT
WEEK CAUSE.
THE FOOD AMENDMENT LOST
Amendments to Agricultural Schedule
Were Approved by the Caucus In
GLIDING the countervailins Duty on
Wheat and Flour.

Washington, June IL Senate Dem
ocrats put the cloture rule to long
tarlt speeches in the caucus today,
determined to complete consideration
of the Underwood-Sim bill for
report to the senate next week.
Having spent hours yesterday on
one pal agraph which was not complet-
ed when adjournment was taken II
was evident that the caucus would
be prolonged unless discussion was
checked. Resolutions were adopted
TO limit debate on each item in dis
pute and deny any senator the right
to speak more than once on a sub
ject
Again today the countervailing
duty on wheat and flour was first
taken up with the general countervail-
ing duty amendment to give the pres
ident power to retaliate against all
nations for discrimination against
the United States on any commodity.
The recommendation of the finance
committee for countervailing duty
on wheat and flour finally was APP
pi owed by the caucus, eight senators.
Fletcher, Lee, MARITIME. O'Gorman,
Reed, Salisbury, Sheppard and Var
deman, voting against the amendment.
After the wheat and flour fight,
Senator Newlands sought to amend
the entire agricultural schedule and
moved that the finance committee be
Instructed to reduce the duty on all
food products by sliding scale of
10 per cent a year extending over a
period of ten years until they reached
the free list. After brief discussion
the amendment was voted down.
All amendments to the agricultur-
al schedule of the new tariff proposed
by the Democrats OF the finance COM
mittee were approved today by the
caucus including the countervailing
duty on wheat and flour
Z The finance committee later may
recommend enlargement OF its pro-
posed amendment directing the presi-
dent to proclaim countervailing du-
ties on certain commodities when dis
elimination by other nations is dis
closed
For suggested changes, the amend
ment to compel payment OF the full
revenue to brandies used in fortifying
sweet wines was returned to the f.
nance committee. Opposition to the
proposal was aroused among Califor-
MIA wine producers.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-28
VACANT PROPERTY
ORDERED CLEANED
MAYOR HOPKINS ALSO REQUESTS
ALL CITIZENS TO CLEAN UP
THEIR YARDS.

The committee on sanitation of the
city council, has ISSUED an order to
owners of vacant property to have
grass and weeds cleaned from them,
the residents of the city are also re-
quested to clean up their yards.
Mayor Hopkins stated to a News
reporter yesterday that the city gang
would be put to work cleaning up all
the side streets not covered by the
street cleaning force and the people
are asked to work with the admins
tration in putting the city in good
trim for the Confederate reunion and
conventions to follow This work
should be done not only as a matter
OF appearance but from sanitary
standpoint as WELL The cleaning up
process will do away with refuse
which acts as breeding places for mos.
quitoes, flys and other insects. II it
is not done upon request it may be-
come compulsory.
The sanitary order issued follows:
Brunswick, Ca, June 26, 1913.
All owners and agents for owners
OF vacant lots in the city of Brunswick,
Ca, are hereby notified and required
to have all grass or weeds moved
and removed from said lots within
ten days from the date of this notice.
Said weels and grass to be removed
from said lots and piled in the street
outside of and adjacent to said lots.
In default of which you will be sum
moned before the police court of said
city and upon conviction for said fail
ure SO to do, be punished as prescrib-
ed Sec. II of the city code of Bruins
WICK, and in addition thereto, the
same will be done by the mayor and
council of the city of Brunswick at
your expense and execution will be
issued therefor as prescribed in act
OF the general assembly OF Georgia,
approved Aug. IA, 1909, amending the
charter Of the city of Brunswick
C. G. GOODBREAD,
Acting Supt OF Sanitation.
T. NEWMAN,
Chairman Committee.
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July, was introduced in the senate to-
day by Senator Hoke Smith.
The house today passed a joint res
olution authorizing the war depart
ment to loan 100 tents to the Confed-
crate reunion at Brunswick.
And the other:
Washington, June 26.-Both Confed-
crate and Union veterans Jared badly
at the hands of the house today. An
attempt to call up resolution BIZ
Representative Fowler, of Illinois,
providing $4,000 for travelling expenses
of District of Columbia veterans OF
two armies at the Gettysburg reunion
was defeated by the objection of Rep
resentative Galloway, Of Texas
Representative Howard, Of Georgia,
then, asked unanimous consent for the
consideration of resolution author
izing the secretary of war. to provide
tents and blankets for Confederate vet
Grams reunion at Brunswick, Ga. Rep
resentative Fowler objected
Minority Leader Mann, in plea for
reunited country" endeavored to
reconcile the directors and secure the
passage Of both bills, but failed.
Even though the second message be
true there are many ways of bringing
the matter up for further considera-
tion and there is little doubt but that
the bill will eventually pass and the
war department authorized to loan
the tents
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-28
PROGRAM FOR THE
REUNION READY
DISPATCH SAYS
THEY DO AND THEY DON'T
LOAN TENTS.

The general committee having in
charge the plans for the Confederate
reunion in this city July 1917 have
completed tentative program for
the entertainment of the veterans
which has been submitted to the Off
GERS of the organization for additions
after which it will be made public.
While donations to the fund needed
to pay the expenses of the reunion
have been generous, the total amount
is not yet in sight and all whom are
able to do so should contribute and
at an early date.
Contradictory kilograms were sent
from Washington regarding the bill
authorizing the loan of tents for the
reunion. One as follows:
Washington, June ga resolution
to loan tents to the Confederate veter-
ans reunion at Brunswick, Ca, in
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SAID TO HAVE ADDITIONAL IN
FORMATION TO GIVE
COMMITTEE.
SUBPOENAS TO Be ISSUED
Mr.. Ledyard and Mr.. Crovatt Were
Referred to BY r. S. Lovett in the
Investigation Regarding Influences
Used With Financial Men.

Washington, June 17.-Subpoenas
will be issued at once by the senate
lobby Investigating committee, for
Lewis Cass Ledyard and Paul ID.
Cravath, New York attorneys. and
for David Lamar, Wall street man,
to appear next week in connection
with its investigation of the charge
that the names of congressman are
being used to secure influence with
financial men.
Mr.. Ledyard and Mr. Cravath are
understood to have additional infor.
nation that they are willing to- give
the committee. Both were referred
to by Robert S. Lovett, chairman of
the board of the Union Pacific, as hav-
ing been recipients of mysterious tel
ephone calls that purported to come
from congressman.
The story told the lobby commit
tee last night by Representative A.,
Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsylvania, has
astonished congressional circles, and
resulted in demand from many
quarters that the senate committee
use every effort TO find the man re-
sponslble. Mr.. Palmer testified that
Lewis Cass Ledyard had been called
repeatedly by man who represented
himself as Mr.. Palmer. The attor-
ney took the precaution to learn that
Mr.. Palmer was not in New York,
however, and then kept the congress.
man informed OF developments until
evidence had been secured strongly
indicating whom the calls came from.
We will go to the bottom of this
thing" said Chairman Overman, of
he senate committee, today. "Mr.
Ledyard, Mr.. Cravath and Mr.. Lamar
will be first asked to appear. and 9TH
ers may be called later"
The committee will resume its
hearings next week, after the senate
Democratic caucus has finished with
the tariff bill. Speaker Clark, Repre-
sentative Underwood, of Alabama;
Representative Henry, OF Texas, and
others whose names were used by the
persons in conversation with financial
men are urging the committee to push
Its inquiry.
Representatives Palmer and Rior-
dan are the only congressman whose
names have thus far been given as
having been impersonated over the tel
ephone.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-28
TOM SMITH PAYS DEATH
PENALTY IN GAINESVILLE FLA.

Gainesville, Fla, June 27.-Tom
Smith, confessed murderer of Dr.
Spencer, died on the gallows here this
morning in expiation Of his crin..
He spoke from the Jail gallows,
exhorting his race to beware OF crime
and stick to religion and law. He
maintained that he alone committed
the crime for which he paid the pen
atty, and that he was without accom-
plices or motive. On the march to
the death house he continually cried,
Goodbye, ALL"
The. execution was private, He
entered the death chamber at II
o'clock. The trap was sprung at II :43
and he was pronounced dead at IL: AS
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-28
LAWYER REPRESENTING FAM.
LY CITES POINT IN FIGHT
OVER WTALS.
THE CONSTITUTION VIOLATED
Proceedings May Be Held Up for
Many Days and Necessitate the
Bringing of Law Suits Before the
End of the Dispute.

Baltimore, June 27.-Tha action OF
Judge Duffy of the circuit court in
placing the vitals OF the late E. O.
Painter in custody of the clerk of the
court possibly VIII cause considerable
legal tangle as Atty. Jackson, repre-
senting the Painter family, declares
that the holding of the viscera by the
circuit court is violation of the con.
stitution of the United States and he
may apply to the United States court
today for an order transferring the
litigation to the federal body assum-
ing that the state court has not the
proper jurisdiction to pass on the
matter.
Mr.. jackson argues that the mem
bers of the family are entitled to the
possession of the physical remains
OF rainter under rulings of the
courts. He quoted court rulings of
Kentucky under which the remains
OF dead person We're turned over to
the widow because she was consider
ed the person most closely affected
and the person who had prior rights
above anybody else in the world.
"VitaIs Not Property"
The organs of the human body are
not to be considered property" argued
Mr.. Jackson. Il would not have de-
murrered il the matter in dispute had
been Painters watch The courts
have said that human body is only
quasi property and it can only be
considered In the light OF property
when the next of kin are making a
claim for it,"
The holding of the viscera amounts
to a violation of the principles of
the constitution of the United States"
The struggles to stay the receiver
ship proceedings for the viscera of
the body of e. o. Painter, the late
Jacksonville fertilizer dealer, by Mrs.
Martha S. Painter his widow, and
Miss Oakley c. Painter, his daughter
and beneficiary under the $4,000 ac-
cident insurance policy, is the topic
of conversation in legal and insur-
ance circles.
Long Fight Imminent.
The spirited fight in the demurrer
indicated a holdup of the original
proceedings for many days to come.
According to legal experts it may
necessitate the bringing of law suits
before the final end of theedispute Is
reached.
Judge Duffy indicated the impor-
lance of the situation when he ques-
toned DR.. Charles CHASER, the local
chemist. who made the examination
of the yiscera, as to how long the vi
tails might be kept within the vaults
of Clerk William Carson, OF the cir
cult court.
The organs might be preserved for
an unlimited time" testified DR..
Chaser
Until next fall, If necessary" ask
ed Judge Duffy. Suppose it should
be necessary to keep these vtals
within a vaultof the clerk of the
court"
THAT could be done readily" an
swered the chemist, provided an
expert were allowed to view them Of
ten and determine whether they were
properly kept in formal"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-28
GETS FORTUNE IF
SHE WEEDS RIGHT
BUT MISS SMITH MUST NOT MAR
RY EITHER OF TWO
MENTIONED.

New York, June 27.-Under the
terms OF the will Of Mrs. Caroline
Butterfield, who died here year ago,
her fortune, appraised yesterday as
nearly $l,000,000, will go to her grand
daughter, Miss Dorothea Ballard
Smith, aged 20, provided the young
woman does not marry either Of two
young men specifically mentioned
and submits her ultimate choice of
husband to board OF five persons,
named in the will, for approval.
The pretty young heiress loses the
two sons OF the former Mrs. Eleanor