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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-29
Half Million Brick
By Calhoun Company
For New Winecof

Brick, to the number of nearly a
million-common brick-used in the
erection of the new Winecoff Hote;
were furnished by the Calhoun Brick
Company, an Atlanta concern that
has builded an immense business m
the fact that they give the best to be
had in brick and the experience Of
years in the manufacture.
H. Peaks Miles and E. Scott Miles,
of Miles Bros, of Chattanooga are
now associated with the Calhoun
Brick Company, Mr.. Scott Miles as
president ana H. Pealle Miles as sales
manager. This change in the per-
sonnet of the company was made
AT the last meeting of the stock
holders.
The Calhoun Brick Company is an
Atlanta concern, and has been estah-
lished in business for the past twelve
years, during which time they have
made good on some of the largest
brick contracts in, the city. and salts
faction has been given in every re-
suect, because the brick of this con-
Germ are 80 per cer+ hard, this ia t
having been proven by severe tests
made in many instances.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-29
HOTEL WINEC0FF OPEN Thursday
Brilliant Premier Is
Planned by the Man
agement of the New
Hotel-All Atlanta Is
Invited to Attend.

With two big orchestras playing
such melody that the most proper Of
proper persons Just can't keep her
feet still; with the bell boys in their
natty uniforms standing at attention;
with French cooks from New Orleans
fussing over most delicious things to
eat and attentive walters, ready to
serve those good dishes; with smiling
clerks, standing near spotless regis
ter, Manager Frank Harrell will on
Thurday, open the big doors of the
Hotel Winecoff to the public.
Every one is invited to inspect the
latest addition to the chain of mag
nficent hotels in Atlanta, and to par
ticipate in the merry festivities of
the big opening day.
The silverware for the Winecoff
some 1000 beautiful pieces, was re-
ceived Tuesday from New York. 1t
contains the very latest designs in
silver service and cost s10,500. The
new hotel will be one of the few in
the South that uses an all-silver
service in the dining room.
Oriental Rug Feature.
Another thing of beauty which was
received Tuesday is an Oriental rug
costing $4,000. Originally it was
made for Persian Prince and dur
ing the late trouble in Turkey it was
confiscated. Later it was imported
to this country. 1t is the largest and
most costly south Of New York city
The Winecoff, located at Ellis and
Peachtree streets, was built on the
highest point IN Atlanta. The cost
Of the hosiery. including the site,
building and furnishings, totals close
to $1,000,000.
There are 200 rooms in the hotel
and each has private bath, and from
two to five windows. All the rooms
are outside rooms and afford an ex-
cellent view of the city.
And late sleepers will not be
aroused from their SAUNDERS by a
maid who wants to clean up the
room. Each doorknob is equipped
with a signal which shows whether
1he door is locked from the inside or
the outside.
Furnishings Are Beautiful.
The furnishings throughout the en-
tire building are beautiful. All the
decorations are hand painted The
lobby is of Italian marble and big
French windows here allow the pa
irons to watch the crowds which pass
by on Peachtree street. The rattan
furniture was imported.
The rooms are carpered in solid
colors. the Winecoff being the sec
oad hotel in America. to adopt this
style. Mahogany furniture is used
throughout The hotel is absolutely
fireproof and sanitary.
The new hotel is owned by w f.
Winecoff, a wealthy Albanian. C. E.
Jenkins well known in Southern
hotels, is to be chief clerk. A. J.
Smith is to be steward.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-29
A. G.. Vanderbilts to
Make a. World Tour

NEWPORT, Oct. 29.-Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, with their baby
boy, who are at their camp in the
Adirondacks, are planning trip
around the world after the Christmas
holidays, spent here at The Breakers
with Mrs. Vanderbilt.
Count and Countess Szechenyi and
their children are due this week. The
Reggie Vanderbilts and Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Payne Whitney and their chill
dren are expected for Christmas at
The Breakers.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-18
The GO day Session Question Up Again

Little Rock, Feb. 10.-Just to show that efforts to prevent the Legislative session closing at the end of 60 days from the date of convening, a resolution was in troduced in the Senate Monday afternoon by Senators Jacobson and Hughes. asking that the at torney general be called upon for a decision as to whether the 50 days should start from the date the legislature convened, or from the time the amendment to the Constitution, limiting the session to 60 days. was ratified by the General Assembly. Should the attorney general decide the legislative session will count, according to the amend ment, from the date of ratltlca- tion, then the legislature has oO days, with the exception of one week, yet to serve, for the ratl- fication did not take place until after the decision by which the Supreme Court held the 50 day amendment legally adopted, on Monday, Feb. 10.
 Many of the legislators are of the opinion the time starts from Feb. 10.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-18
citv Indebtedness De-
 creased About $2,000
Rx

fected by which the streets are being graded and scraped.
 Complaint was nade to the Board relative to a person suffer- ing with tuberculosis residing in a tent near the Baptist church. After lengthy discussion of the matter, the question was referr, ed to the City Board of Health. as it was not shown that the par. ty had violated any law of the city and the Board had no au- tholity to handle the question.
 The Auditing Committee ask ed for further time in which to audit the accounts of the city, which was given.
 The Cemetery Com mittee was authorized to sell and purchase lands.
 The Sanitary Committee was instructed by the Mayor to look into the scavenger question and report at the next meeting what, if any, revenue the city is deriv- ing from this source.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-18

The City Board of Aldermen, with Mayor Hamby presiding mot at the city hall last night and besides transacting the reg nlar business placed an ordl- nance providing for the working of streets and alleys on its first and second readings.
 The question of salary to be maid the Marshal was discussed, the Mayor announcing that he would sign no more warrants for salar, of more than five dollars ner month. Motion was finally made and carried that the pres ant Marshal be elected Street Commissioner at a salary of sixty dollars per month. The Mayor announced that in his opinion the Marshal could hold only one job at time and in order for him to draw the salary as Street Com.
 missioner he would have to re-
 sign the office of Marshal. This
 matter was left open until the
 first meeting in March in order
 that members of the Board might secure legal advice regarding the
 question.
 City Commissioner Thorburn
 announced that the outstanding indebtedness of the city on Jan uary 1, 1913, was approximately Sl0,9O0 or about S2,000 less than it was last April. The Water & Light Committee reported that
 the power plant was in good con. dition and was being run at less
 cost than heretofore. T h e
 Street Committee announced
 that arrangements had been per.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-18
Morphine Causes
 Infants Death

Mistaking morphine for tab let left for the infant child of Mr. and Mrs Alvin Woosley caused its death within few hours af- ter the dose was administered.
 The little one was only four days old and the physician left two kinds of medicine at the home near Laneburg, one being morphine for the mother and the other sedative for the in fant. By mistake the little one was given the mothers medicine which caused it's death before medical aid could be procured.
 The remains of the little one were inferred in Harmony ceme- tery this afternoon.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-18
WITH THE
 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Little Rock. Feb. 18.-Persons not employees of the railroad S, or a sheriff, or deputy, or chief of police, who now enjoy the luxury ot railroad pass, will become the same as any other citizen of the state if the bill introduced Monday afternoon in the Senate by Senator Lundy becomes a law The bill permits reduced excursion rates and reduction to ministers, but passes are barred. This bill was intro. duced to prevent state employees and employees of educational in- stltutlOns of the state from ac. cepting passes.
 Senator Moore introduced a bill permitting circuit judges to grant paroles to persons con- victed by them who have not been committed to the peniten- tiary.
 Other important bills intro- duced were:
 By Clerget, providing for commission of engineers to settle the boundary line between Ten nessee and Arkansas.
 By Futrell, providing for a constitutional amendment to permit quorum courts to vote 5 mill road tax for period of 30 years.
 By Ferguson, to permit road improvement districts to borrow money.
 By Covington, regulating the practice of veterinary surgery.
 By McBee, permitting the St. Francis Levee district to issue bonds to the amount of $1,- 50O,000.
 By Rodgers of Benton, chang ing the antitrust laws so that companies which are mem bers of trusts in other states may do business in Arkansas. This bill was passed last session but ve- toed by governor.
 By Calvert, establishing the fifth agricultural school at Witch erville, taking over the property of the old Buckner college.
 By Wagner, requiring all rail road companies to maintain day I operators at stations w h c h have an annual income of $6O, ,000.
 The Friedell S5,000 silver ser. vice appropriation passed.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-18
Self Culture Club

The Self Club will meet with Mrs. H. J. Wilson at the home of Mrs. Wm. Gee Feb. 20 and ren- der the following program:
 Roll Call-Items about Mexi- can Rebellion
 Study-Mexico. Mrs. Wright, leader.
 Sketch of ex-President Diaz- Mrs. Hatley.
 Magazine Study-Mrs. Walsh leader.
 Paper-Life of the People Mrs. Pittman.
 Piano Duet-Mrs. Doris and Miss Watson.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-18
]. C. Marsh Suc-
 ceeds E. Iett
Special to the News.

Special to the News.
 Little Rock, Feb. IS. - Govern or Joe. T. Robinson today ap- pointed J. c, Marsh of Prescott as supervisor of the commissory department of the Arkansas State Guards, to succeed Eugene B. Jett.
 Mr. Marsh is in Little Rock and will assume the duties of this place at once.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-18
ORIGINAL WAY,

"There is one thing I'll bet 8 chaperon never did"
 "What's that ?"
 'Put the 'prim' in the primitive life"
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-18
ACCOUNTED FOR.

"Women very seldom get a good grasp to last on things"
 "No married man would say that unless he kept his hair cropped"
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-18
DiFFE ENCE.

"The public pay prices for their their opera singers"
 "Yes, and yet the public get their services for song"
The Prescott daily news., 1913-02-18

"That man Is wonderful lin- guist. He has mastered every known tongue"
 "He hasn't his wife's."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-22
EoLk,s NEW POSITION.

Ex-Governor Folk of Missouri has
been appointed solicitor of the de-
partment of state. he will be coun-
sci for the state department, advising
the secretary OF state and the assist
ant secretaries on questions OF mu-
nicipal and international law referred
10 him. passing on the claims Of the
United States against foreign govern
ments. claims of subjects OF foreign
nations against the United States, and
on applications for the extradition OF
criminals.
Ex-Governor Folk Is well fitted for
this responsible position. While cir
cult attorney of St Louis he had an
experience with the international ex
tradition laws and got through an
amendment to the treaty with Mexico
relating to the extradition of Grimm,
ais. He is a thoroughly equipped law
yer, has had an extensive and varied
practice, is a man Of fine judgment
and in every way is capable OF giving
sound advice 10 the department o
state. The position came to him IN
solicited and on his rare fitness for it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-22
MOLECULES ARE INVISIBLE.
Yet Their Tracks Through Space Can
Be Diseerned.

Yet Their Tracks Through Space Can
Be Diseerned.
1t came to be evident about the mid
die Of the last century that, in order
to explain certain facts connected with
the relative weights Of gases, matter
must not merely consist Of atoms, but
that these atoms must have the power
Of uniting in small groups. In form
ing a compound, indeed, this must be
SO. For instance, carbonic acid gas
must consist OF one atom Of carbon,
which, along with two atoms of oxy-
gen, forms a small group Of three
atoms.
The novelty of the conception was
In the notion that oxygen itself, in the
state Of gas, as it exists, for example.
in the air, consists of small groups Of
atoms; in this case, two. To such small
groups Of atoms was given the name
molecules. A molecule is that portion
Of substance which can exist in the
free state, as oxygen does in air. An
atom generally exists in combination.
but atoms may and sometimes do ex-
list separately, in which case they also
are termed molecules.
/ Now. can molecules be seen? Is their
existence a mere assumption? The an
swer to that question is. No, they can
not be seen, but artificial molecules
/ can be made which correspond so
closely in their behavior TO real mole
cules that the existence Of real mole
cues is practically certain. Moreover
although no one has ever seen a mole.
Guile. still the track Of a molecule NOV
ing through space has been seen. and
/. Just as Robinson Crusoe was right in
inferrIng the existence OF man Friday
from his footstep imprinted in the
sand, so the real existence of a mole
cule may Just as certainly be inferred
from the track it leaves.-Sir William
Ramsay in Earper's. tx.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-22

tions in each group each month, so
that it will take exactly year to -om-
plete the work At the end of that
time all fourth class postmasters, who
draw a compensation above $3.50 per
year, will be in a bona fide civil serv-
ice, having won their places by COM
petitive examination.
This is big news to thousands of
country storekeepers who find the ad-
iunct to the postoffice in their stores
not only a profitable department in
itself but one which brings much
trade for the general merchandise end
of the emporiums. Thus there will
be keen competition for the jobs, the
civil service commission estimating
that there will be three applicants for
every place, or about $4,000 candidates
who will take the examinations. AS a
rule a single examination will be held
in each county for all the fourthclass
offices in that county.
Consequently there is sure to be a
mighty brushing up on the three RS
in thousands of rural communities
during the next year. Dog-eared arith
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-22

Things hev changed mighty lot since
our granddads went TO spark,
Hadn't no electric lights in them days to
spoil the dark;
Had to do things all by hand, couldn't
talk by telephone.
Want no oil trust in the land maxim
everything its own:
Strikes was never heard of then, Huerta
hadn't riz to fame
Things hev changed a lot. but still human
natures bout the same.
Want no whizzin' trolley cars that were
KILN people then;
Hadn't any chauffeur chaps runnin' down
their fellow men:
Folks had never heard OF trust, but my
granddad used to say
Most men tried their best to git other
peoples things away;
Every little while the folks lost at some
glib sharper's game
Things hev changed a lot, but still hu-
man natures bout the same.
Want no elevators then, people had to
walk upstairs.
Want nobody gittin' rich buyin' up and
sellin' shares
Everyone was tryin. though to be gran
der than the rest,
Or, at least, to make a - ow so they'd
think he was; they dressed
And they lived SO folks would think they
had more than they could claim
Things hev changed lot, but stil hui
man natures bout the same.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-22
A QUEER. LAKE.
With Neither Inlet Nor Outlet 1t Has a
Mysterious Tide.

With Neither Inlet Nor Outlet 1t Has a
Mysterious Tide.
There is a curious Swiss lake. Lake
Marjelan. which at regular intervals
completely disappears and does not be-
gin to refill until the following winter
or spring. On these occasions it emp
ties itself so rapidly that the Rhone
rises several meters in a few hours
and overhows its banks.
But it is not necessary to go Try
Switzerland in order to find a freak
ish lake. There is pond in the center
of Long Island at the present end Of
the Motor parkway. called Lake Ron
konkoma. 1t has neither inlet nor out
let and lies at the foot of the hills that
form the backbone of Long Island.
Roundits shores are many pretty sum.
mer homes. The trees about it are
much larger and more beautiful thar
elsewhere on Long Island. The waters
of the lake are very clear and cold. In
some places it seems bottomless.
The strange thing about Lake Ron
konkoma is that it has tide; not q
tide like the ocean that rises and falls
every twelve hours, but one that takes
seven years to rise and seven more TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-22

metics which have not seen use for 40
Spoilers will be busted off again, ana
depths of closets and storerooms.
Spoilers will be busted off again, and
steel-bowed specs will be polished and
focused not on the usual weekly news
paper but on the pursuit of elementary
erudition. And if Bill and Mart and
Steve and the others who are wont to
gather around the stove of winter
evenings and settle the problems OF
the nation, become too boisterous in
their disputations they may expect to
receive rebuke from the white whis-
kered storekeeper disturbed by their
clamor in his scholastic labors.
The examination is not hard. In
fact, it is one that could be easily
passed by almost any grammar school
boy, yet the civil service commission
expects many of the present incum-
bents of fourth clcss postoffices to
stumble over it. 1t will compromise
four questions, having the following
weight: Arithmetic, so points; pen
manship, 10 points; letter writing, 20
points; copying addresses, Is points.
The arithmetic test will have four
questions. In question 1 the contest
ant will be required to add eight whole
numbers and from their sum subtract
an other whole number. Question is
| bookkeeping. The examination paper
will give the value of stamps cancelled
at a certain postoffice, the amount OF
money received from newspaper post
| age, from the sale of waste paper and
from box rents. The candidate will be
given a blank form N which he must
/ set down these figures in their proper
places, and then he must compute the
| salary of the postmaster for the quar-
ter in accordance with directions Civ
en- on the form. Question 8 deals with
multiplication and division of decima
| fractions and also the reduction o.
simple fractions to decimals. Cues
ton 4 is practical arithmetic, calculat
ing the number of postoffice boxes
that can be put into a certain space
or the number of yards of linoleun
required to cover a given floor space
Question is blank money order re
port to be properly filled out from fig
ures given in the examination paper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-22
rolt has s. per cent Of the 50.

troit has IS per cent of the 50.
AS the total Michigan output is
approximately sS5O,OOO,OOO per annum
and is likely to reach $1,000, 000,00
before 1915-Detroit's share runs into
figures that make the mythical riches
of swashbuckling Monte cristo look
trifing
Whence comes this prodigious pros
perity? What causes have combined
to create a new Pittsburgh of the
middle west?
| Surely there is some explanation.
/ It is an interesting story-rivals
any of the tales of the Thousand
and One Nights" The curious part
of this romance of magic money-con-
juring is that, generally speaking, the
supreme kings of this new industry
are not fnanciers.
They are, instead, blacksmiths.
/ This wondrous anomaly becomes
| ineligible when one stops only for
few moments to consider how the
gasoline car has annually beaten its
| own marvellous record for growth. 1t
/ has advanced in popularity with the
! speed of an aeroplane.
In ancient times-that is to say,
about the year 19O0-the men behind
| the various car models that have sur
vived the tests of efficiency were most
/ ly day laborers of one kind or anoth-
eT, but chiefly blacksmiths, leather
workers, railroad yardmen and others
/ less skilled.
1t requires a self-trained mechanic
70 take interest in the intricacies of
| the gasoline engine. Such a man was
/ Henry Ford, who today has an income
Of S1,000,000 a month. Ford was an
/ itinerant threshing machine boss; be.
/ fore that he was farmers lad; later
an employe in an electric light factory
He possessed Yankee adaptability fol
mechanics. He worked nights on his
''new-fangled motor" as he described
it. The results were slow and crude
but he kept on the job.
Other men who are now at the
front of the gigantic industry came
up with factory SCOT upon their faces
and foundry CRIME upon their over
ais.
II was, you understand, a problem
for a dreamer-a man willing to idle
away his time
The era Of the capitalist in the
gasoline field came much later. The
blacksmiths were the founders of the
new dynasty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-22
A TIMELY COMPARISON

Congressman Serene f. Payne,
speaking OF the new democratic tariff
Bill said:
"Oh what a beautiful bill this bill
Is going 10 be when it gets on the
statute hook Il was a daisy when
Il left the house. but II will be whole
field Of wild flowers when II is finally
finished"
This sarcasm from standpat
source is timely. These flowers vii
compare most favorably with the
punches Of thorns and thistles which
were presented to the common peopie
In the Payne tariff Jaw.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-22
The Daily Story
PENDLEToNs LUCKY DoLLAR-BY cLARIssA MAcK1E
Bureau

Bob Pendleton saw it cleaning in
the dust of the road and stopped to
pick it up. 1t was a small round gold
dollar of the year 1852, and there was
a tiny hole bored through it near the
edge.
Mine for luck" said Bob to himself
as he tucked it away in a corner Of
his cardcaSe. Wonder when it be
gins"
At that moment a motorcar came
swiftly around the bend OF the road,
and Bob having UNDECIDED the warning
blast of its siren was unceremoniously
hurled to one side as the machine tore
on its way.
1t was a matter OF a broken arm
and many bruises. and so Mr.. Pendle-
ton, cursing his i'll luck, was borne 10
the nearest hospital and placed under
the care of an extremely pretty nurse.
I'm glad that have no inclination
to sleep, in the daytime said Bob
one day to Miss Furniss. the day
nurse.
"Why?" she asked absently.
at would be such a waste of time
when 1 might be- he paused and
blushed. He had been about to add