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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
State Board Sets
Oct. 25 for Bids.

The State Board of Education, act
ing as the State School Book Com
mission, has set up situation with
respect to textbooks hereafter to be
used in the public schools that likely
will bring it into sharp conflict with
the Legislature, and doubtless has
precipitated the liveliest kind of a
row in Georgia.
When the Commission met in the
Capitol Thursday, it took up the mat
ter of schoolbooks for the next five
years. The present State contract
expires on January /, 1914, and,
under the law, the Commission has
the right either to renew it in whole
or in part, or to make a new contract
for an additional period of five years,
which. contract, nevertheless, must
be subject to cancellation upon
twelve months notice by the State.
In ordinary circumstances, there
would be no difficulty about this, but
the Legislature at its summer ses-
sion this year passed a resolution
providing for an investigating com
mission, to look extensively into the
entire schoolbook situation in Geor-
gia, and to report back, with recon-
mendations as to the future, to the
next session.
The authority of this legislative
commission is wide-even going so
far as to consider the matter of the
qualification of its text
books.
The legislative commission may
recommend a continuation of the
present contract, in whole or in part,
or it may recommend an entire
change of books, or it may recon-
mend that the State proceed to the
publication of its own books.
Might Change Textbooks.
The Board of Education, however,
over the Governors protest, has
elected to proceed Immediately to the
consideration of a new FIVE years
contract This, while subject to can
collation. upon twelve months notice,
still might involve an immediate
change of textbooks, to be followed
within a year by another change,
upon motion of the Legislature.
If matters should take that direc-
ton, it might mean setting aside the
present books, adopting Tor year or
so another line, and then setting that
aside eventually for still another line.
Moreover, there are members of the
LEGISLATURE who already are charging
that the Legislature has been slapped
in the face" by the State board, be-
cause of that which appears to them
to be an effort to forestall the Legis-
lature in adjusting the schoolbook
situation. and to make its proposed
investigation of the book situation
ridiculous and of no effect.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
PROBERS IN
SCHOOLBOOK INQUIRY
IGNORING STATE BOARD

The legislative commission created
to look into the question Of the
schoolbook status in Georgia, with a
view to making a report at the next
session Of the General Assembly, met
in the State Capitol Friday.
Superintendent Of Schools NJ. L
Britain, of the State Department
was made chairman of the commits
sion, and Senator Foster was named
secretary.
The board, after organization,
named a subcommittee 10 investi-
gate the prices of books in all the
States of the Union, in order that
the commission, in it's report to the
Legislature next summer, might com
pare prices charged in Georgia with
prices charged elsewhere, and with an
eye to the possible publication Of the
schoolbooks for the State by the State.
Ignore Board.
The commission ignored the recent
action OF the State board in calling
for bids for new books on october %
OF this year, notwithstanding the fact
that such action is considered by some
members of the legislative board as
preJudicial to the legislative commit
tees work. and in a way in conflict
with it. The idea advanced and act
ed upon was that such differences of
opinion as might arise by reason of
that matter should be adjusted fol-
lowing specific adoption by the State
board, If it comes to that, rather than
now. The State board may receive
bids and still reject them all, or it
may yet continue temporarily the
present contracts, as it sees fit.
The legislative board adjourned at
1880, subject to the call Of its chair
man. 1t likely will meet monthly from
this time until the meeting Of the
Legislature next summer.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26

In the meantime the legislative in
vestigating committee meets for or
ganization purposes in the Capitol
to-day
There are signs that a spirit of re-
sentiment already is more or less ram
pant within that body, and some ex-
ceedingly lively proceedings are an
ticipated.
If the legislative committee and
the State Board of Education get at
cross purposes in the very beginning
of the adjustment of the schoolbook
question there is hardly a doubt that
by the time the Legislature meets
next summer a hot time will have
been mapped out for that body's con-
sideration and attention.
Conflict With Legislature.
Those who opposed the action of
the State board-Governor Slaton and
superintendent Brittain-did so upon
the grounds that it would be unwise
and unseemly TO take any action that
might be construed as a slap at the
Legislature, and that the wise thing
to do would be to extend the present
contracts until after the Legislature
had concluded its investigation-at
which time the contracts, if the Leg
islature thought At, might be abro-
gated. and new contracts made.
This, so they argued, would work to
best interests of the people, in that it
would save them money by warding
off possible unnecessary changes OF
books not to be made permanent. and
thus avoid confusion in many direc-
items
Those who voted for the motion
that prevailed. however-Dr. Glenn.
Professors Moon and Woofter and Mr..
Steed-did so upon the theory that
there are some textbooks that should
De Immediately changed, and that II
would be unwiSe and unpatriotic to
put off such change. They declined
moreover, to see anything like a slau
at the General Assembly in the ac-
tion taken.
The State Board has set October .25
as the day upon which new bids will
be received, contemplating a five
year contract, subject to the cancel
lation right of the State, as stated.
High School Books.
The matter of high school books
and the boards right to provide a
uniform use of the same, was put UP
to the Attorney General, to be acted
upon later, as also was the question
OF the boards right to make selec-
tons without submitting the same to
subcommittee of educators for ap-
prevail.
Representative McCrory, Of the
legislative committee, appeared be-
fore the State Board to talk about
State publication of books, his pet
hobby, but he did not speak at length.
the board desiring him to reduce his
arguments to writing.
There are those who see in the
present book muddla evidences of
some big politics and political maneu-
Vering. The relation of the State
School Board to the State admins
tration long has been a subject of
comment and criticism in Georgia,
there being two sharply differentiat-
ed schools of thought with respect to
the same.
SO far, the arguments have been
confined rather cleVerly to apparent
patriotic purposes entirely, but the
politics of the row likely will break
out from under the lid sooner or
later, and the entire schoolbook mess
may be dumped upon the Legislature
eventually for thorough ventila-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
OLD FOLKS FIND CROXONE RELIEVES
ALL KIDNEY AND BLADDER MISERIES

to do their work properly. 1t
neutralizes and dissolves the poi
sonous uric acid substances that
lodge in the joints ano muscles,
causing rheumatism; and makes
the kidneys filter and sift out the
poisonous waste matter from the
blood and drive it out Of the syA-
TEN.
It matters not how old you are
or how long you have suffered,
CroXone is so prepared that it is
practically impossible to take it
without results. There is nothing
else like it, It starts to work
Immediately and more than a few
doses are seldom required to re-
lieve even the most chronic, OBJ
stinate case.
An original package costs but a
trifa and all druggists are author
lied to return the purchase price
if Croxone should fail in a single
case.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
May Van Allen Is
Poor Mans Bride

LONDON, Sept. 26.-Miss May
VanAlen, daughter of James YanAlel,
and multi millionaire heiress in her
own right, was married Wednesday
to Griswold Thompson in the pres
ence of only ten persons at St
Georges, Hanover Square. Secrecy
was preserved. No festivities pre-
coded or followed the event.
Mr.. Thompson is New York bond
broker. He is not rich. Anus
ing stories are told Of his courtship-
lovers lane strollo, ice cream sodas
at the nearest drug store, wading in
brOoks-but the simple life love-
making was what won the greatest
catch in society-satiated as she was
with luxury.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Schmidt Examined
Again by AlieniStS

NEW YORK. Sept. 26.-Another
mental examination of Father" Hans
Schmidt. self-confessed slayer of An
ma Aumuller, was made to-day by Dr.
William Mabon and or Carlos F. Mac
Donald, aiienists employed by District
Attorney Whitman.
In the event Schmidt is pronounced
sane District Attorney Whitman will
ask that his case go to trial on Oc-
tober 90
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Flippant Husband
Is Sued for Divorce

HAMMOND IND. Sept. 20
Charles Simms to-day was made de-
PENDANT in the Warsaw Circuit Court
in a divorce suit
His wife charged that he Tipped
cigarette stubs in her face. She asked
for divorce and alimony. Simms is
wealthy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Girls Wool Dresses
Attractive Styles that
are Grociously Different

Your little girl has charm and individ-
uality. In her own way she is unlike any 9th
err little girl Why, then, dress her alikeY No
need of it. The dress assortment here provides
the freest choice. Not dresses all cast in one
mold; but dresses as individually planned and
as tastefully developed as your own. Styles
with that indefnable something called CHIC.
Plaid Dresses are good, " also sturdy serges,
and shepherd checks, and eponges and velvets,
and ever so many more Wide belts longwaisted
effects, unusual trimming combinations are fea-
lures. 2 to IA years. $3.50 to $25.
Compose Dresses-This smart style for girls
- TO a. Twopece dresses, the upper part fitting
over the skirt in coat style. Generally caught in
at waist with belt. The coatee-as shall call
the upper part may be a red yicuna and the skirt
a shepherd plaid; or tn coatee may be blue
serge and the skirt a Scotch plaid Many other
charming combinations $3.50 to $25.
Junior Dresses-No matter what ideas my
lady Of 49, Is or IT. may have about style,
almost sure to meet 1t here. Styles very new
and delightfully."- dstin ctve The draped skirts.
contrasting girdles, tw ice-aTound-grdes Of the
same material are all new features. Collarless
STYLES; some with military collar. Serges shep-
herd checks, ratines and velvets. $3.50 to $25.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Ohio to Slaughter
Surplus BOOSTERS

COLUMBUS, OIL. Sept 26.-Aft-
er June, 1914, early morning slumbers
viii not be disturbed by Growing
BOOSTERS.
1t is decreed by the State Dairy and
Food Department that after the date
fixed all surplus ROSTERS in Ohio will
20 to their death
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Drives Rheumatic Pains Away,
Few Doses Relieve Back
ache and Bladder Dis
orders.

Sleep disturbing bladder weak
nesses, backache, rheumatism and
the many other kindred ailments
which so commonly come with de-
clining years. need no longer be
source Of dread and misery to
those who are past the middle age
Of life.
Croxone relieves all such dis
orders because it reaches the very
cause of the trouble. II soaNs
right into the kidneys, through
the walls and Innings, cleans out
the little hltering glands and cells,
and gives the kidneys new strength
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
State Bars Factory
Girls Wearing Rings

WHEELING. ". VA, Sept. 26.-
Bracelets or rings worn by girls
working about machinery in factD-
ries in this State are barred by the
State Labor Commissioner, who as
serts that this particular kind Of
jewelry has caused many accidents.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Don Miss This
Big Sale of
81 to $3.50 Silk
Stockings at

The maker says these 10
stockings are "sec- & &c
nds"-they may show a drop
ped thread, slight spot or other
minor defect incompatible with
his high standard. See if you
can find the hurts. " About
1000 pairs in all. Pure thread
silk or all silk, or with Isle feet
and tops; some with silk tops
Isle lined Black, white, tan,
brown, pink, light blue, navy,
purple. Choice re.
(Main Floor, Right
DTNTT o nnnn M xuARN
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Infants Knitted Bands
Formerly 75c tc $3.50 at

The Zimmerle Brand (Switzer- @~
land) knitted bands are the finest NakT
product made for infants We wv
have them in all-silk, all-wool, silk-and-wool
silk -andlisle Sizes to g.
Because the demand for these hgh-grade zimnerIe
bands is not sufficient to justify keeping up the
stock, close them out, even thouqh formerly
75e to $3.50, at SOC. Second Floor
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Jane Adams Is for
Eve-Like Fashions

PITTSBURG, Sept. 26.-"The less
clothes we can wear with modesty the
better it is" declared Jane Adams,
of Chicago, in an address at the So
cial Workers Conference here.
The styles to-day are more SEN
sibe than ever she added.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Fortune Cast Aside
By Sir Herbert Tree

LONDON, Sept. 26.-At a lunch by
the theatrical managers in honor of
Cyril Maud, Sir Herbert Tree, who
presided related how he rejected
Rarrie's Peter Pan because he
thought himself unsuited for the prin-
cipal role.
Peter Pan" made fortunes for
others, including Charles FrOhman.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26

PARIS. Sept 26-M Jules CIarette.
for % years director Of the famous
Theater Coincide Franchise, resigned
to-day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-26
Slavery Accusation Against Contractor Who
Took Trip With Two Girls Fails.

Three important witnesses have
been obtained by the police to appear
against J. L. Denton, the contractor,
when he appeared before Judge
Broyles Saturday afternoon to answer
the charge of kidnapping Eunice
Dease, IS years old. and Elsie Elliot,
16 whom he accompanied to Birming-
ham a week ago.
Two of the witnesses are J. c. Carr
As Mills street, and L. A. Moon, a
barber fer whom the girls are said
to have deserted Denton after their
arrival in Birmingham.
Carr, on Friday morning told Chief
of Detectives Lanford he and Moon
were on the train with Denton and
the young women and later followed
them.
Carr said he had seen Denton buy
a long skirt for the Dease girl. When
the girls deserted the contractor Carr
declared. Denton approached him in
the depot and asked him to refund
the money he had put up for the
tickets. Carr said he refused to 90
this and that Denton then sold the
girls return tickets.
"SIavery" Charge Fails.
A third witness, Dewitt Num-, also
of As Mills street, told Chief Lanford
he purchased the tickets used by Carr
and Moon, and had seen Denton get
three tickets at the time.
The probability of prosecution un-
der the Mann white slave" act, viz
tually was dissipated Friday when the
two young women underwent a
searching questioning by l.. J. Bailey
Of the Bureau of Investigation. De-
partment Of Justice.
Following the examination, Mr.
Bailey stated that he could not see
any grounds for action against Den
ton by the Government. He said that
so far as he could learn the case con-
tanned no commercial feature such as
he considered essential before the
case came under Governmental au-
thority, despite the view taken in the
Diggs- CamineUu prosecution.
According to the stories told by the
girls, Denton gave them the money
with which to purchase tickets to
Birmingham and afterwards Joined
them on the train. The three occu-
pied seats together throughout the
trip.
Denton Left the Girls.
At their destination, however. Den
ton is said to have left the girls when
they met two men with whom they
were acquainted. Denton was &C
cused also of making improper pro
posals to the girls.
Only the tender ages Of the girls,
one of whom is Is years old and the
other Is. and the pleas of their pa
rents, Mr.. Bailey said, prompted the
Government action. He stated that
while the case in many of it's fea-
lures called for investigation, still his
examination showed that Denton's
aim in taking the girls to Birming-
ham involved no commercial gain.
When the girls were found by Spe-
cial Agent McElveen, they were quar-
tered at a hotel Robert Moon. who
is said to be wanted in Atlanta TO
face a charge of larceny was with
them. Moon is declared to have paid
tlAe hotel bill. He was taken into Gus
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25

r 60. the lion, sprawled lazily in the
sun while his mate watched for
- the sacred OK which came for wa
ter each afternoon. The python slept
peacefully after a meal of wild pig.
Monkeys chartered and fought in the
tree tops, bright hUed parrots scOlded
each other and the world, down a beam
of sunlight. A giant cassOwary strut
ted with all Of its ancestOra1 peacock
proudness. The white fallow deer nOsed
the wind with its slender neck arched,
and the purple storks stood on one fra
gle leg by the side Of a pool
This is not jungle scene
IN an African forest, but 4
most matter Of fact pair of
abandoned store rooms on South Ore
gOn street, in FL Paso, where a circus
IS in the making A tumble Of cages
in process Of being painted a screaming
circus blue, Of cage wagons and tent
stakes and center poles, "Campbell's
United shows" is preparing for its an
nual spring opening in Fl Paso next
month.
Much Crowded Into Small Space.
Unheralded and unsung by any press
agent, the Campbell United slipped into
FL PasO from a tour Down the Santa Fe,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25

a broken buggy whip in one hand and
his life in the other, and enters the lion
cage, that his faTOrite is apparent It
is Jimmie, the half grown cub, who is
as big as a baby elephant, even if he
is shy five years OF his full growth, and
his name is but a mop. The affection
is mutual, for Jimmie ways his tail like
a big kitten when Beckwith enters the
cage. and nops on his back for a tus-
sic with his trainer, and does every
thing his big, awkward body can, to
show that he is crazy about the animal
trainer Not so Della. the female of the
species. She was whipped once by a
trainer in a. uniform, and the sight OF a
uniform cap drives her wild. When
Beckwih enters the cage, she runs from
one corner to another, as Il she would
find an oppOrtune time to spring at
him with all her steel strength That
is where BecSWith stars as an animal
trainer He defies the female lion, as
a man would a bad tempered boy. a
snarl and he cracks her across the nose
with his whip, only to rub it soothingly
through the bars a few minutes later
Beckwith rides Jimmie, the fine tenn
pered male, around the cage, currfes
him as he would a family nag and
puts his muscular arm into the animals
yawning mouth, just to show the brute
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25

ing room the 400 pound fat boy doses
by the fire, or prepares his 10 pound
meals as he dreams of the days when
his photographs viii be in demand
by the "towners" and the kid show"
business, meaning the side show, will be
big. He is John Johnson, weight an
even 400, with his shoes and smile. He
is wintering here. along with the lions,
snakes and sacred OK, and is having the
Jolly time OF his life, down there on
Oregon street. almost in Chinatown
The Master of the Beasts.
Interesting as is the exhibit of ami
mails and birds. the fat boy and the cir
Gus smells which surround the place, it
is Walter BeckWith who adds the hu-
man interest behind the scenes Of the
circus. BeckWith is the animal trainer
with the Campbell show and owns many
of the most valuable animals and birds.
He owns the giant horned cassowary,
one Of three in America, Pete, the py-
thOn, and big boy Jimmie, the pet lion.
Beckwith is wild about his pets. Of
that there can be no doubt, for he
careSses the macaWs, scolds them for
their jealousies. Eubs the big snake on
the top Of the head, scratches the mon
keys and smOOthes the feathers Of the
rose cocatoOs. But it is when he takes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25

that he had faith in his disposition.
Della is worth $3.50, but there IS no
price on Jimmie'S head, for a lion with
his sweet temper is worth S1,OOO,OOO OF
any trainers money. if he had that
sum. He is the only survivor OF the
San Francisco fire, where he was
visitor at Chutes park.
Jimmie's associate in this hall of ami
NAL and bird fame is the giant horned
cassOwary, which looks like cross be-
tween a peafowi and an ostrich. It is
a native son of Australia and is wing
less and feaheriess- For food, it eats
two pals of apples each day and any
that the attendants may give it be-
tween meals to see the apples swal-
lowed whole and go bulging down his
neck The bird is worth $1,000 and is
one OF the few in captivity. 1t is a
fighting bird, and is furnished with a
horn by nature to use in battle.
Pete. the Python.
Just east of the sassowary's cage is
the incubator home Of Pete, the python.
He is great mass of liver, lying full
length in 4 glass covered case, with
lamps burning under it to keep the
temperature the same as it is in his
dear Borneo. He is a stub tailed py-
thon, and is as repulsiYe as a well be-
haved snake can well be.
Around the walls are cages contain
ing an angauto, a South American TO-
dent; an ocelot or Mexican dwarf Loop
ard; a badger; raccOon; silver tailed
gray foxes; cockatOOs with sulphur and
indian crests, and beautiful rose mark
1ngS; Brazilian mackaWS, climbing
round over cage Of royal crown pig
cons, which are three shades of blue.
from baby to bright, circus blue; purple
storks with spidery legs, from the isle
of Banka; monkeys from Africa; mon
keys from China; ring tailed apes, mon
keys that are called Mutt and Jeff
because they look the part; Java mon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25

.eys, father and son; porcupines from
Africa, and more monkeys from the jun
giles of Africa
Where the Circus Gang GOssips-
Over in the north room are the grace
full fallow deer, as white as snow, an
axis deer, spotted like the leopard;
kangaroo, that reminds old timers of
Bob FitzsimmOns; a japanese sun
bear, which is the member of the me-
nagerie that has never grown up, as
he is dWarfed for all time; cages of
sweet singing birds and more monkeys
This room is the Ieafing place for the
circus clan, who are also Wlntering
. here. Around the fat boys corpulent
barrel stove they talk Of the season on
the road. of tank towns and rube
crowds "the lot" show slang for the
show grounds, and Of good and bad
'Slum," meaning food.
The livestock for the Campbell United
is on a ranch out on the SOuthw western
railroad. As a hint at the value of this
one item in the show business, is a team
of white horses in the stable, which
was bought recently in Ell Paso for
$3.50 even money This annual reju-
venation Of the show is preliminary to
the start across the continent on tho
summer tour. By February all Of the
blue paint will have been applied to
everything paintable, the animals viii
have their baths, and the lion viii be
curried; a wish will be made on the
hump Of the sacred OK that it viii be a
good season, and the show will open in
Fl Paso to close next fall in-nObody
knows where.'
J Sam Houston, he of the good, Tex
as name, withal his Indiana ancestry,
will head The show as advance mana
ger. The bands will blare, the spiel
ers spiel and the show will be off for
a summer of saWdust and sunshine.