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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-18
.TLATTASBOOKS.
ARE WELL KEPT,
SAY EXPERTS
But Mild Criticisms Are Made Of
Systems in Few Departments
by Special Audit.

A report Of a special audit of all
the city departments by the Audit
Company of the South was made to
Mayor Woodward Tuesday. But mild
criticisms of any of the departments
are made and the general business
system Of the city is praised, especial
ly the work of the COmptroller's de-
partment. Mayor Woodward said he
would transmit the report to the
Council Finance Committee, which
authorized the audit.
I'VE found the records Of the Comp
trollers Office for the year 1912 in
better shape than for preceding
years." states the report.
TN our opinion the work Of this
office can and should be simplified
and also amplified.
"One Of the things to be approved
about the City of Atlanta is that all
collections are made by one departs
ment, the Tax Collector.
Tax Map Taken Up.
THE question of a proper tax map
for the Tax Assessors should be con-
sidered
whereas we found all moneys
properly accounted for in the Mar
shars office yet the accounting meth
DDS are deficient and should be ma
terially improved.
1T is our pleasure to report the ac-
counts of the Police Department are
better kept than any other of the
public accounts. But much useless
work can be eliminated.
THE cost of forage in the sanitary
and construction departments seems
high. 1t might be we'll for the city
to receive bids for the feeding and
caring for the live stock of these two
departments.
Construction Department Lax.
THE records of the construction
department for the years 1911 and
1912 do not appear to have been as
well kept as for the year 1910 We
understand this has been due to Vari-
Gus changes in the office.
Examination of the water DEPART
ment shows 1t to be we'll managed
The accounting methods should be
revised.
THE bookkeeping Of the park do
partment can be greatly simplified.
Cyclorama receipts are not properly
safeguarded.
1.-THE statements transmitted here
with show the city to be in first class
financial condition. The city has a
borrowing ability now, under the
State Constitution, of approximately
$6,00O,O00
ty governments should be consoli-
dated"
The report goes into the details Of
the various departments, concluding
with the following tabulated state
ment of Atlanta's financial condl-
ton:
Assets,
Current Assets .............S 403.5bl.O2
Special Assessments .-...... 484,659.92
Trust Fund ............ 81, 900 90
sinking tund .....,......... llS9,5 LOO
Total Available Assets. 50, 112, 1904
Net Indebtedness ......... 4 ,55S 954,16
S6,671, $3.50
Liabilities.
Current Liabilities ........S Al, $1,000
Special improvements .....- 42l, $3.50
Bonded Debt ............... 6,202, 10000
Total Liabilities ...... 1871 $3.50
Memoranda.
Total Available Assets .....S2 112, 1909
Fixed Assets .............. 20, 1924, s60.59
s22, 937, 6S1. SO
Total Liabilities ...........S 6,671 $3.50
General Surplus ........... 16, 266, 006. 43
S22, 937, 6s1.58
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-18
State Commerce Men
May Meet in Atlanta

c. J. Haden, chairman OF the COM
mittee on organizing a State Cham
Der Of Commerce has called a meet
ing for Friday afternoon at O'Clock.
The committee win consider the id
visibility of inviting representatives
frem commercial bodies all over the
State 10 come here for a conference.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-18
Second Ward Wants
Thorn on Park Board

It was reported Tuesday that the Sec
ond Ward Councilmanic delegation win
nominate A n. Thorn as that ward s
representative on the Park Board, to
succeed Frank wildly, resigned.
DR.. George S. Tigner has resigned
Grady Hospital board Of trustees.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-18
SCORES HAVE GIVEN
TO YANCEY MARTYR
FUND---HAVE YOU?

Tuesday saw the beginning OF the
flow Of silver from the pockets Of
generous Atlanta citizens into The
Georgian's fund for the widow and six
children Of Court Deputy Dave Yam
cey who met his death at the hands
Of crazed negro Monday while do
ing his duty.
Hundreds Of persons are opening
their hearts and their pocketbooks
for the bereaved family. The contri-'
buttons are small, still they are COM
ing IN in great numbers.
Atlanta is not half hearted in doing
for those who have done for It. There
is a home to be paid for-$9Oo is due
on tin order that the bereft Yancey
family can continue to live; and there
is also a poultry business to be es-
tabnshed on this farm home.
TriHe in Gate City.
To the rich and prosperous Gate
City such things are a mere trihe
To the widow Of Dave Yancey and
her six orphaned children, however
they spell everything that the future
holds for them.
Following is the rst Of those who
nave subscribed TO The Georgian's
fund and to other funds, Examine H..
reader. and see II your name is there.
II 1t Is not, make haste to put It there
with a quarter or a half dollar. OF
more II you can spare 1t. and surely
you can, for the cause Is a noble one:
Those Who Have Given.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-01-21

You can always wake people up by
talking about good things to eat.
When people get tired of politics
and sports they will still read a well
written advertisement of table sup
plies.
See how money is poured out like
water to advertise food products on
a natural scale. 1t must pay or II
would not be spent. The same feel
can be worked in the local newspaper
with equal profit proportionately.
In the average newspaper -.
butchers. groccrs and other provision
men do not advertise as freely as dry
goods. clothing furnishings and furni-
ture dealers, notwithstanding the
power of the food appeal. They
should but they do not. Some daT,
however they will.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-01-21
A Sad Condition

IT we lack appreciation OF the size
Of our country all we need to acquire
it is to read the news from Pennsyl-
vania, where $4,000 girls strike all Il
once. and where their numbers, adj
ded to those who have p~revious sly
gone on strike. amount to 100000.
The first feeling is one Of regret
first that 100000 girls have to be al
work in the factories furnishing
houses; and second. that their pay is
so shameful and conditions so repel-
liant around them that they are COM
PEELED to strike. They would not be
working there if they were not poor,
and when 100000 young women go
on a strike there must be extreme
suffering among them, which will be
~accenuated every day until they get
employment again.
There is perhaps too much atten-
ton paid to bad women in this coun-
try in the effort to reform them;
there is very too little attention TO
the conditions Of honest girls VINO
are trying to make a living by in
cessant and slavish work. Our coun-
try needs readjusting in very many
ways, but in no other so much as TO
compel justice to be done children
and gi1rs who have to earn their own
livinp-Sa1t Lake TELEGRAM.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-01-21
1t is Democratic

The responsibility OF new laws and
amended laws rests with the demo
Gratis OF Nevada at this session.
There should be no great chickering's
on state questions, as it Is not the
case of political patronage so mucn
this session as formerly, as both
houses are in the hands OF the demo
cracy. In case of failure the demo-
Gratis are to blame. They have sixty
days TO shape up laws for the benefit
of the state and there should be no
difficulty in helping the state ont ri
its present tangle.
Probably the most important piece
of legislation that will be attcmpre ,
will be tax legislation. The system
is admittedly wrong in Nevada at
present, and while a law of any ma
ture will fail to Immediately bring
forth money. yet such enactment
would prevent the condition that ex-
lists today from occurring again in
the future.
Taxation is probably the most per-
picking question of all that can ne
brought forth, yet with the combined
members of both parties believing
in reform, there will be no Excuse
10 offer the public should the men,
bcrs fail to relieve the situation. It
is possible to patch up the preser'
law. but il must be done under free
discussion. not in committee rooms
but before the entire legislative
bodies. Taxes first and other re-
forms should be the slogan.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-01-21
The German Way

That was an interesting bit of in
formation that came from Berlin thc
other day in relation to new police
regulations making the streets coin-
Portable. After April Is, 1913, no on>
will be allowed to throw cigars. Gig;
arcttes. bits OF fruits or paper OF the
ground. One cannot whistle or sin
or make any loud or unusual noise
Walkers must not go more tina
three abreast. Canes and umbrella :
must be carried in such a way as not
to endanger the eyes or comfort OF
others.
Now the odd things about these
Berlin regulations is hat they viii
be enforced. That is the German way
In America we are in the habit of
making all manner OF laws for regula-
ton of conduct in public places and
then forgetting all about them. In
respect to observing ordinary police
regulations for public comfort we
probably are the most lawiess people
on earth. Every once in a while on
Alderman gets the notion that ONE
thing or other needs regulating. He
formulates an ordinance that embod-
les his protests and remedial theories,
and it is passed. That is about all
there is to it. The ordinance may
be enforced once or twice. but afte.
that nobody takes it seriously.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-01-21
Selling Food Products

Merchants handling provisions
should understand better than any
one else the value of advertising.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-01-21
WOOD-WOOD

IT you want good, dry Yellow Pine
Wood cheap, call on George w.
Thiele. 700 East Telegraph Street,
Carson City. Am
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
mrs. lyEEY DEAD
Passes on at Her Home on East
Pike Street after a Lin
qerinq Illness.

Mrs. Ellen Duffy, aged IS years,
widow of Michael Duffy, passed away
at $40 o'clock Tuesday evening at her
home at 1872 East Pike street after a
lingering illness of diseases incident
to old age.
Mrs. Duffy was born at Roscommon,
ireland in 1885. She came to this
country when young girl with her
parents. They settled near Weston,
Lewis county, where they lived for
several years when they moved to this
city where she has since resided.
The deceased woman is survived by
two daughters, Miss Mollie Duffy, of
this city, and Mrs Ella Millman, of
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Duffy was lifelong member of
the Roman Catholic church and in
her younger life she took an active
part in church work. Although her
many friends were aware of her SER
ious illness the news of her death was
received with deep regret by all.
Funeral services will be held at
the church of the Immaculate Con-
ception at 10 o'clock Friday morning.
the Rev. p. H. McDermott, rector of
the church will conduct the services
and the burial will be in the Holy
Cross cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
An Urgent can

Just now there is NEST urgent
call for help from every loyal citizen
on West Virginia to further the inter-
est in the conservation OF our for
ests, and the better protection OF the
lcllt-oyer timber lands from fires. Ey-.
cry representative man in the state
should do his part toward seeing
that our forestry policies are shaped
for the advantage Of our children and
those coming after them
II the present rate OF forest de-
tIetions is allowed sto continue, a
timber famine Id the near future Is
ineyita9 Die. Fire IS one otsthe great
es. destructive elements OF our for
Iests, This together with wastefuI
and destructive forms Of numbering
as well as the legitimate use are de-
,stroyiftg our forests FAR more rapidly
than they are being replaced Also
the dreaded and destructive disease
known as chestnut blight which has
in the last few years DESTROYED mil
lions of dollars worth of this yalu-
able timber In the Middle and New
England states, has lately invaded
Inc anrests OF our northern counties
and threatens the extermination OF
all our chestnut timber in the state.
and prompt action Is necessary on
the part of the legislature. to create
separate forestry departme nt to be
In charge of some forester of known
ability, and with ample appropria-
ton that good results, may be ex-
peeted.
sln this connection citizens can,
4 .sI4..l =.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
I school Hygu3ienae,.

{ H. :.
ShoNld lunches he provided by the
public schools? Shall the open-air
class no ON replace the closed rooni??11
Should school janitors lie trained
sanitarians? Do We need dental
clinics for all school children? These
are a few. OF the many phases of
health supervision tifscd ssed pro and.
con; in a bulletin on school hygiene
just issued by the United States Blu
reau of Education.
The bulletin is report, OF a re-
cent international congress OF school
hygiene, and therefore practically
amounts To a symposium on health
matters by leading physicians and
educators. DIR. Mcmillan, OF Chica-
80, describes some OF the factors that
prevent normal growth in school
children; DR.. Knopf, of New YORK,
offers brief practical suggestions on
health; several well known school
architects question the need OF the
present expensive ventilation appar-
atus used in American school houses:
while one New York architect, deep
W impressed with the force of the
open air propaganda. describes a spe-
ciaI open air school building con-
structed on much more elaborate
scale than those now in use. Brief
statements on this and other phases
of school hygiene by fifty school
men and physicians are included in
the bureau bulletin. 2 80
The work OF the dental clinics in
Philadelphia, Hartford. Boston, Gin
cihnati, Cleveland and other cities:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
Proving the Objections.

To the faculty OF Columbia Uni
yersity Of New York City is due the
distinction and credit or proving in
a practical manner the objections
that have been lodged against some
OF the modern dances.
When eXpectant dancers entered
Earl hall agnight or two ago to at
tend a dance given by the Chi Omega
sorority they found notice posted
congpicuous1y to the effect that six
inches must separate the dancers and
thar the regulation must not be vi
solated, Also to see that it was not
eyaded, four matronly censors sur
yeyed the dancers with critical eyes.
They did not take rule to measure
distances but they knew whether
the dancers were too close together.
According to reports the rule
worked admirably as no one could
dance the new steps and their at
tendant lwrlgglings and huggings
with any degree, OF satisfaction I'M
der the prescribed Limitations: anu
!. it, Isl stateth that the faculty Is
ehqcklfng to itself because 1t believes
{tshas found a satisfactory way OF
stopping the tango and turkey tror
craze The students admit that il
thessix inches rule goes it will
The faculty might just as we'll
have banished the Objectionable
dances Altogether, hut it deserves
credit for attaining the same end on
the theory that there. Is more than
one way ssofs doing a thing and teach
IN q lesson at the same time. II
tie new dances cannot be danced
With as.decent degree of separation
Detwe b dancing couples 1t proves
that the objections against the new
tangled steps have been well
Z fnliTded, = = - US. y ft -
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
The Cost of Bad RoafIs.

Department of Commerce stats
tics show, says William N Taft in
the Technical World Magazine, that
1t costs eight times as much to de-
liver a pound of coffee from a coun-
try grocery store to a home a mile
away as 1t costs to bring that same
pound Of coffee from Rio de .JaneirO
10 New York.
Also it costs the farmer who lives
ten miles from, the railroad over
which he ships his products, one and
one-aixth cents. more to haul /, q
bushel Of wheat to the freight sta
tion than it costs the buyer to ship
that wheat from New York to Liver
pool.
Again, the bin for carrying our
cotton crop from the fields to the
railway stations is something like
three hundred million dollars a
year. a4l laEIlSFgI
ls}it any wonder that the price 81
cotton, wheat and coffee remains at
a thigh level, instead of falling pro-
portionately TO the increase in pro-
duction?
Something must be wrong.
Something Is wrong.
1t Is the roads!
Few persons realize the immense
tax put on an of us by the bad
roads and by the difficulties which
they entail.
Compare the swiftly moving rail-
read train consisting of a powerful
engine and a great number OF fully
loaded cars travelling at a fair rate
OF speed, with the slow-going, half
loaded cart or truck in which the
product Is taken from its point OF
production to the, railway station.
The difference is that between dark
ness and light-between efficiency
and waste!
df our farmers could only be made
to- realize the tremendous tax which
bad roads impose upon them, motto
mention the tax upon the ultimate
consumer, public opinion would de-
inlandS the making and maintaining
of good roads everywhere.
The old Idea of toll roads-thal
onlyithe people who use road ought
to be made to pay for its improve
ment and maintenance-is now rec
ognized to be erroneous. One might
ds we'll say ludL the Cost OF the IRE
department should be paid only by
those who suffer from fire. or the
maintenance of the police force. pro-
vided for only by those whose houses
have been burglarized. The burden
of making and keeping up our roads
should be borne by those who bene-
fit from their improvement-by all
the citizens of the United States
since everyone in the country woult
share in the benefits accruing from
the increased commerce and de-
creased expense following the gen
eral and adequate improvement Of
roads.
An indication of the cut in the
cost OF living incident to systematic
road improvement throughout the
United States may be gained from
two sets of figures complied by the
Good Roads Bureau of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
II the cost of hauling in this coun-
try could he reduced to one-haH, oil
the present cost. or eleven and one
half cents per ton mile, the saving
to the people would amount to two
hundred and fifty million dollars g
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31

he records 'of the signal depart
fnent OF the Baltimore and Ohio rafl-
road show that about, 81, 600 900 has
been expended in this character OF
itnproye ments during 1913 This
I1pueys has been used in Installing
block signals Of the latest design for
the protection OF the travelling pub
lie and as a safeguard in the move
5lsient Of traffic, until now the main
lines OF the company are protected
entirely by improved signaling sys.
TENS, The expe nditures curing the
last year for this class of better
nient work brings the total cost OF
the signalssy TENS muse on the Bal
timole and Ohio lines mp to about
$4,000. 900 This De vast sum we'll
expended.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
Coming Events
in Clarksburg

Wednesday, December Sl-Dance
given by the Thirty Club, Waldo hotel;
orchestra dance, night, Hoffman Hall,
Thursday, January IA Modern
Eve afternoon and night, Robinson
Grand theater.
Friday. January 2-A. G. Fields
ninstrels. afternoon and night, Robin
son Grand theater.
January. 5 to 10, Winni-
fred St Clare Stock Company, Robin
son Grand theater. afternoons and
nights.
Monday, January I2-"The Win
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31

: III wise and equitable road laws,
and good busin management:
quated and -Wasteful tenn otIhRnds'
ling our ROADS, Ittlfe .wvulo EDe III
additional saving OF forty million
dollars annually II
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
Not a Thing.

IS The military government of West
Virginia had nothing on the Citizens
Alliance governfnent at Calumet
Mich. Not thing Wheeling Tele.
graph. f-Is
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
lPrincipaIIy the For1nlerl =.

Those Mexicans, say the dispatches
today are again getting ready to
night 1t would seem that those Mex
leans are always either fighting or
getting ready to fight, principally the
latter.-G Grafton Sentinel! : Z
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31

When the telephone trust Is busted
up central Will tell Western Union to
get on the line, Just like that
Wheeling Register.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
IncontroYertihIa Fact.

~ Most OF us have not accomplished
all that was hoped in 1913, but there
Is the i1controyertible fact that big
things will be done in 1914. -Wheeling
elligencer.- --..-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
When He Gets Rack

3. The public Is Of course interested IN
what Colonel Roosevelt does during
his South American trip. But It is a
good deal more Interested in what he
will do after he gets back.-Parkers-
burg Dispatch-News.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
r. YeS. Y0n4WHI

Yes. you viii. yes, you wilt Next
year you'll do. 1t all.over again and be
glad of the chancet Huntington Her
ald-Dispatch. = 80
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
An Evening Echo.

The gayety of the wicked lis like the
howess surface OF Mount AETNA, be-
meath which materials are gathering
Tor an eruption that viii one day re-
dJIee all dts beauties to ruin and tles4
olation. -E. oULDHALL. .it.s9
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
SoInethine Wrone

General Villa invites an foreigne,r,ss
who fed to return to Chihuahua. He
must suspect them of taking some
money with them arkersburg Sem
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
Be Hard 60 Get.

a This year 1t was lnog without the
egg but next yeai. it viii be the nog
that will be hard to get-wheeling.
News.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
IL Sh,o,uIId HIVE.

Pittsburg is the natural banking
center of the. Appalachian region
It should have one of the regional
reserve banks.-Morgantown Post
Chronicle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-12-31
gdtclde. Bogt:
Tammany Hall will not have to
make any New Year resolutions. Some
one else has already made them for

There are some who will throw
their cigarettes out the window on
New Years eve and spend half an
hour next morning looking for them.
Mrs. Pankhurst is in Switzerland
and that country no doubt has the
sincere coincidence of Premier As
quith and Home Secretary McKenna.
Those Mexican federal soldiers. who
threw themselves into the river do
not appear to have any of the char
aeteristics of Huerta with regard to
liquids.