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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19
Nv E1LA WHEELER W1LCoX
Copyright, 1918, by Star Company


Copyright, 1918, by Star Company.
THAPPENED to be in a street
car with you and your mother
yesterday. l was so impressed
with your good manners that l
asked a lady who was talking
with your mother to tell me who
you were after you left the car.
So now I am writing to you
quite an unconventional proceed
ing on my part, but the difference
in our years will excuse the in
Formally
I happened to be sitting near
the entrance of the car and saw
you stand aside to let some ladies
step into the car before you came
on, and saw you assist one old
lady who was somewhat lame, and
you did it in a very gentle and
modest way which quite capti-
waited me.
Then you steadied your moth
er's arm as she was about to take
a seat at one of those hold fast
places. and you took her purse
and paid the carfare and re-
turned the purse to her, all so
quietly and neatly and with a
businesslike air.
After we had ridden a few
blocks and while your mother
was talking whitaker friend, an
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19
A COUNTRY DANCE
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

TT held in a han neither dngy nor grand,
And the various details for had been planned
n An untuned piano whose a
half Of the music a fiddle
First then the other wellmeanng musician
Sneaked for ankard liquid ambition
1t Just two couples" Ia high tenor toot)
Then Just couple" Then Partners
Now on with the Dance arms and feet flying wildly,
Till "joy unconhned" putting i mildly
grangers and short ones. of collars bereft
Did Right hand partner grand right and left
1t surely shndig, this party, thought l.
noisy the hours hurried by
But there wasn't person in array,
cder-hlled to the temperance tav
Who dreamed of the Grizzly Bunny Hug twists
Turkey Trot dance Fashion insists;
Not those stunts" with suggesiveness stained
prang should have remained
dearth of politeness good dress
ended in a fracas 1 guess 5MyEE
plain country dance I was there m#TTT
Not city affair"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19

old man came aboard the car, and
you rose and gave him your seat.
And you lifted your hat, as you
did this, with charming courtesy.
All these evidences of good breed
ing were silent compliments to
the mother and father who
brought you up, and show how
fortunate you are in having had
such good guidance.
But there are many boys Of
your age who do not practice the
lessons in good manners which
they have been taught at home
when they are in public places.
They seem to think 1t is not a
matter of Importance, and they
allow the exuberant spirits of
childhood to get the better of
their training.
In every part of America one
may see boys of your age and old
err boys and youths pushing past
grown people to enter public con-
veyances, showing no courtesies
to elderly men or women, and sit
ting while others stand, and in
innumerable ways making them
selves annoying to persons Of good
taste.
They shout to one another from
end to end of crowded cars; they
eat fruit and candy and peanuts.
and chew gum in public, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19
A Letter to a Lad of 10

scuffle and push one another in
the aisles.
Boys whose dress and general
appearance denote weli-to-do
parents hurry into car seats with
their school books in their hands
while ladies stand swinging from
straps beside them.
It is a curious commentary on
our much-vaunted public school
system that such manners can
exist after boys have entered
high school. What good will their
knowledge OF books do them if
they are to grow into young man
hood unconscious Of their selfish
boorishness?
Good manners are the very
foundation OF a good education.
without that foundation the ed
ucation will not stand the test OF
time.
I congratulate you, my dear
young friend. that you have been
so beautifully taught the small.
gracious courtesies of life, and
that you put them to use so
charmingly. A well-bred boy of
good manners and gentle deport-
ment is an ornament to the world.
And he is sure to make friends
wherever he goes-just as you
have made a friend of me without
suspecting il.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19
WRITTEN FOR THE GEORGIAN
By REV. DR.. JOHN E. WHITE
Pastor Second Baptist Church

and when he has found them he
knows he is a comrade Of the
Invincible and the Eternal
A great chemist paused before
an important experiment and
said: Young gentlemen, be quiet.
am going to ask God ques-
tion."
John Kepler, as every school
boy knows, discovered the laws
of planetary motion, and ex-
claimed in scientific ecstasy:
Great God, I am thinking Thy
thoughts after Thee"
The common man recognizes,
though often dirnly, that success
is harmony and co.. operation with
forces beyond his control. with
which his will and working are
only an inferior partnership.
The best farmer is the man who
clings closest to the band wagon"
of nature.
Whoever starts his life work
with the conviction that this is
not a multiverse. but universe,
a cosmos and not chaos, is in
the line of safety.
Better Get On.
1t is the best guarantee Of sue
cess, sort Of cosmic accident
policy, which insures him against
accidents by making them practi-
cally impossible.
When they told Thomas Carlyle
that Margaret Fuller had said
that she was going to accept the
universe as she found 1t, the
testy Scotchman growled, Cad,
she'd better"
Now, the band wagon" OF the
universe is not a vague vehicle Of
religion and philosophy, There is
a movement in this world down
to every mans level. and If men
do not catch on to it they inva-
riably get run over.
There are moral currents run
ming like rivers toward an in
evitable ocean The smaller trib-
utaries which swell the great
stream Of manifest destiny are
the moralizing. enlightening, en-
nobling and purifying movements
Of our day. and they run by every
mans feet.
The undermining of evil in the
world is almost a visible process.
The movement toward sobriety,
the enlargement of womanhood,
the concern Of the child, the en-
thronement of peace, are the
band wagon" of the universe.
Passing down the street, did
you see sign like this? This
house is coming down" 1t is a
AoAA al AAA8s uC
been let. Before long, when you
pass the spot, the house is gone.
In the same inevitable destruc-
tive and constructive way the
movement Of the world foredooms
the fall Of evil institutions and
foreordains the physical, mental
and moral upbuilding Of life. The
very constitution Of the universe,
the laws Of nature. are against
the wrong door; the very consti-
tuition of the universe, the laws Of
nature, are on the side of man
who does the right.
The trend Of things Is working
steadily aud irregistibly for the
defeat and overthrow OF some:
the trend Of things lie working
steadily and irresistibly for the
vindicatton of others.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19

y EFT on the band wagon Of
NJ the universe" This sKhor-
tation of an astronomic
nnoraIist writer about the music
Of the spheres and the rhythmic
sympathy between men and the
stars sounds perfervid and i'm
But when the jarring jointure
Of slang and solemnity passes
of, reflect ON it. Forget its sug-
gestion of political parasitism
which we despise in politicians.
The Higher opportunism.
Forget the repugnant type of
evangelism it brings up-Billy
Sunday, cracking his whip in the
big tent and exhorting the people
to strike the sawdust trail" in a
hurry for the gangplank Of 1.-THE
Old Ship Of Zion" If they want
to go to heaven.
Consider the fact, both practi-
cal and sublime, that irresisti-
bic forces are at work in the
world, inevitable movements Of
power outside Of us are on, and
the band wagon Of the universe"
is no joke.
The grand motive of human
progress is the passion for sue
cess.
The martyr. no less than the
chariatan. is moved by it, though
in a different direction. He goes
to the stake because the stake is
the way of life and achievement
for him. The apparent failure he
submits to is his gateway Of vic
tory. For the joy set before him
he endures the cross, despising
the shame.
The will Of the higher powers
presents itself and he mounts
upon It. The movement Of a
triumphant purpose which can
not fail ripples as a tide at his
feet and he steps out. not con-
quered, but conquering, to be
borne onward.
Some call this faith and some
call it the higher opportunism."
Statesmen and the Common Man
Below the martyr is the states
man, scientist and the common
man.
The politician looking for the
band wagon" becomes the states
man when he drops his selfish
ness and becomes a serious stu
dent of the inevitables in democ-
racy.
Nothing finer than Henry Clay,
standing on a peak Of the Rocky
Mountains, bending his ear, and
saying: Il am listening for the
footsteps of the coming millions
Of this continent" The prophetic
element in statecraft is the pow
er 10 discern and take advantage
Of irresistible currents Of civili-
zatIon.
The biographer of Cecil
Rhodes, the empire builder, says
ne began his career in South Az
rica with a deep bordering Of
Providence. Il am going to find
out which way God is going in
South Africa" he said, and go
that way"
The scientist also seeks for the
band wagon" of the universe He
begins with the conviction that
the universe IL an organized
Onnipotence. By 50 much as
possible, he discovers it's laws.
,-AN~-~@A@-~@-A
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19
Punish the Real Pro-
mOters of the Bribing,
Numbering Railroad

IN December 30 1912 IwrOte as follows American:
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inadequate service effort to pay dividends upon the inflated securities
eliminated
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19
Rev. John E. White
Writes on
The Great Band Wagon

Irresistible Forces Are at Work-Inevita-
bic Movements of Powers Outside of
Us, He Says, Are Catching On--Adjust-
ment to and Cooperation With Them
Is Success.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
FLAMES ENVELOPE MINERS
Four Badly Burned In Explosion In
Gear Eailey Mine

Four Sadly Burned In Explosion In
Bear Valley Mine.
In a terrific explosion of gas in the
Bear Valley mine of the Reading Coal
and Iron company at Shamokin, Pa,
d number OF men were enveloped in a
Dig sheet of flame and terribly burned,
1re being In a critical condition. The
victims:
Bolis Shiplcskie, burned about the
head, face and hands.
william Rocoskie, burns on the face,
neck and head.
M!r,z:d !Ioffe, burned about hands,
arms end neck.
Ua2!.i Nacolise, burns of the face,
scalp, arms and back; critical.
The men were employed in the west
No. II vein and had gone into a pillar
hole between two Of the breasts, when
they suddenly encountered large
h~'~ & sHs, which was ignited By their
lamps, nd in an instant terrific ex-
.;lu.ioA occurred.
Miners working In nearby breasts
heard the explosion and rushed to the
sid of the injured men. The first aid
corps was .sunnoned and took the
burned m.n N charge, after which they
~orc MAtr , the surface,
Whcr "a. explosion occurred the
rletins were blown a considerable dis
ance by a strong rush Of wind. and
1hen rescuers reached them most Of
he clothing Of several OF the victims
-as found to have been burned from
their persons.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
Two, Girls Accuse Fire Chief.


Fire Chief John l.. Decker, thirty
five years old, Of Dunmore, near
Scranton, Pa, Is confined in the county
Jail, following charges Of two young
schoolgirls that he contributed to their
delinquency.
Ethel Davis, twelve years old, whose
dresses scarcely reached below her
knees, sat with bowed head and told
how she had beon attacked by Decker
five times, once IN the private room
in the hose house Of the borough Of
Dunmore.
Margaret Seiger, daughter of Will
liam Seiger. told Of witnessing the
other attacks and being subjected to
the same treatment at the hands OF
Decker at various times within the last
few weeks.
The girls testified that when the
mother OF one OF them went to Decker
to explain his actions he gave them
oach S1.25 to go to Walton, N. Y,
where they were captured by the po-
lice and sent back home.
Decker was committed to prison
without bail, pending further hearing.
He was suspended by Burgess GILL
gan.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
CONFESSES MURDER
At INQUEST OF WIFE
W. c, Ellis Repud|atss Former
Tale OF Suicide Pact.

William C. Ellis, the leather manu-
facturer, OF Cincinnati O., confessed
at the inquest into the death Of hiS
wife that he had murdered her In their
hotel room in Chicago last Wednesday
night.
He said he must have been crazy from
illness and business troubles. The con-
fession came dramatically shortly af-
ter the opening OF the session.
Ellis, who had insisted to the police
that there was a suicide pact, stood as
he admitted he was the murderer. He
seemed to have regained possession OF
himself and atcned for the previous
suspicion he had cast on his wife's ac-
Quaintance with a Canadian merchant.
His voice strengthened perceptibly as
he asserted she had been a perfect
wife and mother and that her conduct
had been above criticism.
Ellis said he fired four shots into
her body and gashed her throat. He
then shot himself and cut his own
ihroat and wrists. He lay down by his
nife's body, caressing the lifeless form
and kissing her lips until morning,
while the warmth left her body and
her form became rigid.
Thus for hours he made love to the
shell OF the woman he had slain.
Before his testimony Ellis was given
the usual warning that anything he
might say would be used against him.
He spoke with some difficulty and his
weakness soon became apparent and
he was requested to sit down while bo-
ing questioned.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
MissInu Girl Drowned.

The body Of Miss Name Heilman,
who disappeared from the home OF
her aunt, Mrs. Abiel Heilman, in Al.
lentown, Pa, early last Friday morn.
ing. was found in the Leiigh river by
three employees OF a local manufact-
urer.
From the appearance OF the body.
Miss Heilman leaped from the Hamil.
ton street bridge and landed in three
feet of water. fifty feet below. One leg
was broken and there were many con-
tusions.
The finders will receive reward Of
$500 offered by her aunt.
The young woman's suicide is BE-
lieved to be due TO melancholia u
duced by nervous breakdown:
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
418. MEN KILLED
IN Welsh Mine
Explosion Skaters CoHle!y
After 93I Men Enter.
ABOUT 500 ARE RESCUED
Blaot Was So Terrific That Country
For Miles Around Was Shaken as
Though BY an Earthquake.

More than 400 Welsh miners per
ished, it is believed, from fire anu
atterdamp in the Universal colilery
near Cardiff, Wales. A terrible explo.
sion shattered the works sortly after
931 men had descended into the pit.
About 500 were brought to the sur
face alive by rescue parties. The res
cued miners, the members of the lie
saving gangs and the officials OF tAe
mine declared thai. they could hold OUT
no hope for the miners still below.
The men brought to the surface
were found on the east side OF tho
mine, where the ventilation renamed
fairly good On the west side, where
the explosion occurred, fire soon added
it's terrnrs and the rescue parties were
unable to make any progress.
All tne men in the east side OF the
mine reached the surface. but 4l8 were
still in the workings in the west side,
which were on fire. Colonel Pearson,
chief inspector of mines, in giving this
information. added: "The fire is In the
intake airway and everything is being
done to cope with it. We are hoping
to the last"
Most OF the rescued men presented
a pitiable appearance. Nearly all were
suffering from burns, shock or the ef-
fects OF poisonous gases. 1t is feared a
number OF them will die.
So violent was the explosion tha'
the country for miles around was
shaken as though by an earthquake.
and it was feared at first that all the
entombed men had been burned to
death or blown to bits. Cardiff trem'
bled from the shock.
The day shift of 931 men descended
the shafts in the cages. An hour after
wards a deafening report brought the
residents in the vicinity Of The mine
running to the pit head, where they
found that the ventilating and hosting
machinery at the top Of the shafts
had been blown to atoms by the ex.
plosion. A man who had been working
sixty feet away had been decapitated
by the force of the blast.
Rescue parties Of miners were soon
on the scene making preparations to
save their comrades. The fiery reputa-
ton of the mine, however, gave littlo
hope that any Of those below could be
rescued alive.
The families OF the miners rushed
to the mouth OF the pit, frantic In their
grief and anxiety and determined to
sacrifice their own lives If necessary
In an attempt to save those penned in
the shaft. Hundreds of others, led by
curiosity or the desire to. give aid,
clustered about the pit mouth.
Special trains and automobiles bear.
ing rescue apparatus, medical sup
plies, doctors and nurses sped to the
scene. A first aid hospital and TEN.
porary morgue were erected side by
side not far from the shaft opening.
The excitement grew to such an
extent that hundreds Of consta5leq
were placed on duty around the hea&
of the mine. Lines were formed t.
keep the griefstricken relatives Of the
penned-up miners from danger.
When the call was given for volur
teers to enter the mine at the risk N
their own lives, hundreds of miner.
dashed forward and begged to be al
lowed to Join in the relief work.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
10000 Volts Pass Through Body.

Failing to shut off the current be-
fore he mounted giant transformer
in the sub-statlon of the Pennsylvania
Water and Power company, on the
Philadelphia road. Highlandtown, near
Baltimore, Md, Walter Loeehel. aged
twenty-three years, was instantly kill
ed when 10000 volts Of electricity
passed through his body. The high
current set his clothing on fire and he
was burned to death.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
New Postmaster For Reading.

President Wilson sent TO the senate
the nomination Of Charles N. Seltz-
niger to be postmaster at Reading,
Pa. Mr.. Seitzinger is prominent labor
leader and by trade cigarmaEer. He
was one of siZtean Democratic candl-
dates for the position to succeed a.
NJ. High, who died two months ago
after holding the Office nearly fifteen
years
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
Seriously Wounded by Bomb Tnrewe

jerome E'se. owner OF one OF !hs
most prosperous farms near Montros-
"a, was called in.o lis ya:d at mid
night and two dynamite bombs wer.
hurled at him.
Both OF Inc bombs exploded. an
cne inflicted injuries which probabl'
will result in the death of Rose.
His wife. Mrs. Clara Rose and Ler'-
Granger, of Mon'rose. who was eai
to hsve beer frequen: ccller at th'
Rose Homestead in the absence OF NJ
Pose. were 9rrested.
4 man raped at the front door o.
the Rose home, and when Mr.. Rns.
openei tie door he was informed tHa'
an old friend OF his wanted 20 SEQ !ir
cut at the read gate.
Mr.. Rose walled down the path wi l.
the stranger and when hc vas naa'
the road the caller suddenly ran tt
cover. A bomb was hurled through the
a!r at him. He dodgcd to ons side and
tie bomb fell on the grass and es.
ptaded. The ccncHssicn knocked Mr.
Rose down, and as he regained his feet
he staggered twoard two persons
whose shadows he saw IN the lark.
AS he did so another ho.nb war
thrown. He ducked his head. an "a
it passed him he heard tho fuse hiss
ing. The second bomb exploded before
1t touched the ground. This tore gres:
wounds in is chest and face. rinued
one leg ope and so ssvcrelv injured
hia face th7 If he RECEIVERS he prob
ably will los. the sight OF ons eye. The
persons VIII threw the bombs ran
down the road, escaping in a carriage.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
Christmas Money For Life Savers

Two checks, each for $500, were
received by the life saving service
In Washington by two unnamed wo-
men in New York city, who ask
that the money be used as Chrtstmas
gifts for "our friends along the coast"
For seventeen years these sac wo-
men have annually contributed like
amount.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
Dentist Falls Dead Treating p5rA,ns,

Dentist Falls Dead Treating pa>tans.
While treating a patient In hls o.
fee in Wilkes Barre, Pa, D.. Albert
G. Hayes, dentist, fell ovor d-a:!. He
had shown no sign OF illnesg, and when
a patient came to his Office he b'g1n
work, talking as he worked. His con-
versation suddenly ceased and he fell
to the floor. The frightened patien'
found the doctor was dead and then
called for help.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
Preacher Hangs Self in Stable.

Rev. S. S. Daugherty, formerly Pas
tor OF the United Brethren church at
Elisabethtown, near Lancaster, Pa,
committed suicide there while des-
pendent. hy hanging himself in a
stable. Rev. Mr.. Daugherty recently
had been transferred 10 Reading and
was preparing to leave for that place
when he ended his life. Ee ig survived
By his widow and two children.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
BARN AND 79 cows BURN
Combustion In Alfalfa Mows Cauec:
El- Eiaze

Big Blaze.
A large barn on III: 500-acre farm OF
John Lewis, at Morstein, near Frazer,
Pa, was destroyed By fire. with all Its
contents.
The loss is estimated at more than
$4,000. Seven,y,nine cows persisted.
each one vaued at 800. The origin CT
the fire is said to have been sponta-
neous combustion In the alfalfa mows.
Mr.. Lewis Is president Of the Academy
of the Fine Arts, Of Philadelphia.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
ScarCeI 20 Ceath In Bath,

Henry w. Judd. a wealthy retired
business man and director in sew.
eral LEGAL corporations in Cleveland,
Ohio. was sc9lded to death in his bath
tub. 1t is supposed he fell into the tub
and was unable, because of his en-
feehled condition. to climb ou...
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
ufcp,an kiIIej Four Step-Children.

WCfHdH N'liC' wi WY
Mrs. Ellen Etheridse, the second
wife cf ]. D. Etherlase, a farmer, OF
near Waco, Texas. has confessed that
she murdered two of her step children
last June, and two on Oct. 2. by admin
istering poison. according to a state
nent given out by the prosecuting at
torner. She said sne was jealous Of her
husbands eight children.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-10-24
Tjnnothy |. Woodruff Dies,

Timothy L. Woodruff died In Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Mr.. Woodruff was stricken with par
alysis on Sept. g. while he was speak
Ing at the meeting held in Cooper
Union to formally notify the fusion
candidates of their nominations.