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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
.HOBSON LAYS ALL CRIME
IN NATION To WHISKY IN
CITIZENSHIP MEET TALK
Speakers at Closing Session of Con-
ference Devote Addresses to War
on Liquor Traf1c---Secretary Bryan
Is Defended for Grape Juice Policy.

Pleading for a higher standard of
American citizenship to cope with
mighty problems that confront the
country, Richmond p. Robson, Con-
gresham from Alabama and candi-
date for the United States Senate to
succeed the late Senator Johnston,
vigorously denounced the liquor traf-
f1c at the final night session of the
Southern Citizenship Congress at the
Auditorium Saturday night.
Mr.. Hobson was one Of five speak
ers, all of whom based their talks
on the liquor traffic and it's relation
10 crime and lawlessness. Others who
spoke were A. J. Orem, a Boston
capitalist; Judge Nash r. Broyles.
William D. Upshaw, editor of The
Golden Age, and DR.. Lincoln Nc
Council, pastor of the Baptist Tab
ernacle.
Replying to an assertion made by
Judge Broyles that there is more
crime in Birmingham in a year than
In the city of London, Mr. HobsOn
created a stir when he declared that
every murder committed in the Ala
bama metropolis in a year can be
laid at the door Of the liquor traf-
fic.
Calls Whisky AIabama's Curse.
If 1T were not for whisky" he said,
Birmingham would have little or no
crime. Whisky is the cause of prac-
tically all the crime in the country.
Alabama and Birmingham admit the
truth of the figures that show Lon
don, with its millions, to be a city
of less crime than Birmingham, but
we are working to eliminate the
cause of this crime-whisky-an
when we are successful murders will
cease in our city"
Mr.. Hobson marshaled statistics to
prove his statement that virtually all
crime is caused by liquor; he vigor-
ously assailed the men who make
and the men who sell whisky, and
declared that the liquor question is
becoming an issue of ever-inCreasing
importance all over the country.
America needs a new birth of cit
iaenship to cope with the problems
That are confronting the country" he
said. We are facing greater prob
lens of citizenship now than ever
before. The solution of these prob
lens IS in the hands of the Anglo
Saxon strain of our people, and the
south stands in The forefront in the
work, because the Southern people
are ple-eminently of the Anglo Saxon
strain. The work of solving the great
problems, chief among which is the
liquor question, parallels the deyel-
Cpment of national character"
CharacteriZing drunkenness and
war as the greatest crimes of the age,
a. j. Orem, Of Boston, delivered an
address IN which he warmly defended
Secretary of State William j. Bryan
for barring alcoholic drinks from
Safe dinners. He declared that Mr..
Bryan showed courage of a high or
der when he made grape juice the Of
fetal drink of the State Department.
Orem Lauds Sulzer.
Mr.. Orem also Landed Governor
William Sulzer, Of New York, and
vigorously denounced Tammany.
New York City" he said, lis a ma
chine ruled by Tammany, and every
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Boy Scouts and Old Scout
Vie at Christian Meeting

Kids" 1,T40 of them, enthusiastic
noisy and happy, thronged in the Au-
ditorium Saturday afternoon for the
childrsn's rally of the Southern Chris
tan Citizenship Conference
The youngsters were from the
schools, marshaled in marching order
and bearing the insignia of their dis
tricts. A silken banner was offered as
"a prize for the school with the best
representation, and rivalry for this
trophy brought out the gay troop.
When all were assembled the teach
ers proceeded to count noses" and
report As the banner went, not to
the school numerically strongest, but
to the school which sent the largest
percentage of its enrolment, the
judges were faced with the necessity
of brushing up their own school les
sons and doing sums.
Report Saturday night was to the
effect that the contest was a tie be
tween the Lee Street and Formwalt
Street Schools. The Lee Street School
is said to have been in the lead on
appearance, but the Formwalt Street
School led in percentage. Owing 4
the tie Superintendent OF School:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

Slaton will be called in and a decision
arrived at probably Monday.
Scout" Is Luminary.
Captain Jack Crawford, Poet
Scout" was the luminary of the aft
ernoon. Captain Jack wears long
white hair, a "Be-Gad, sab" goatee,
much befringed khaki and soft ieath-
er boots, Also a devil-may care som
hrero
Besides this. he has been shot four
times, the standing being:
Real soldiers. 500.
Honest-to- goodness Injuns, 800.
The Captain says there Will be no
pOst-season games to decide the tie.
EXhaling this atmosphere Of sage
brush alkali and powder Captain
Jack made a powerful appeal to the
imaginations of the boys, and seemed
wickedly fascinating to the girls,
whose hair ribbons quivered visibly
as the scout told Of the bad, bad
days on the plains.
1t seems that to be a frGntiersmau q,
hunter of buffalo and Indians and
a Frederic Remington sort of person
generally one does not have to learn
to roll cigarettes with one hand. or
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

together with Mayor Woodward DR.
Mcconnell will also speak in the
morning on "The City for the Peo-
pie"
Other Atlanta pastors who will
speak before the congress to-day are:
Rev. J. L. Jackson, Kirkwood, The
Citizen and the Sabbath" Rev. w L.
Hambrick Cooper Street Church.
The Sabbath" Rev. w. T. Smith
Decatur Baptist Church. knowledge
and Patriotism Fundamental to Good
Citizenship" Rev. II. NJ. DuBose.
First Methodist Church, Our I'm
saved Men and Women" Rev. A. r.
Holderby, Moore Memorial Church.
THE Purity and Permanently of the
Family" Rev. c. V, Weathers, East
Atlanta Methodist Church, Personal
Evangelism: Rev. John F. Purser.
West End Baptist Church, THE Civic
Life of Atlanta" Rev William NJ
Sentell, Gordon Street Baptist Church,
Cooperation of the Family, the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

crime in the catalogue has been made
to pay tribute to the organization.
Tammany protects and encourages the
whisky traffic, the white slave traffic,
and all forms of lawlessness and
crime"
Mr. Orem declared that Tammany
now is Furnishing Governor Sulzer not
for his past crimes, but because of
righteous deeds performed since he
has been Governor of New York
Judge Broyles, City Recorder, spoke
for fifteen minutes on THE Law Can
Be Enforced" He declared that the
four causes of crime in the South are
pistol "toting," the negro, undesirable
foreign element, and the difficulty of
enforcing the law in a democracy
such as the United States.
About 500 people braved the rain to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

at all for that matter. Likewise, one
can be just as good a plainsman while
stunning the "redeye" which figures
in every owen Wister story.
At least, this was Captain Jacks
message to the boys No cigarettes,
no Demon Rum, no dime novels.
The boys seemed much impressed.
They whistled, applauded and cheered
madly when he had finished.
The real stars of the occasion, how
ever, We're the members OF Troop 3,
Boy Scouts of America, who covered
themselves with glory. Troop 8 has
a drum and bugle corps, which awOke
the echoes in the iron fretwork be-
meath the Auditorium dome, and
which had susceptible young folk
"trotting" on the sidewalk afterward,
when the troop marched away, Cap
tain Jack at the lead.
Troop 8 has a color bearer, too.
One couldn't break up the line OF
march to get his name, but he was
the cynosure of all eyes. Off he
goes, the pennon as steady as CHr
mast of a ship on a calm sea, but The
erect little figure beneath. with q
rakish campaign hat, staggering like
the drum major at Fort Mcpherson
the ultimate word in swagger.
Lee Street School, too. attracted
much attention. I'VE work for civic
beauty" said their banner, and to
prove their readiness they bore
brooms, shovels and rakes. But every
school had some distinguishing gon
Talon, otherwise there was no way OF
telling one clean. starChed, radiant
band from another.
Teacher Fails to Show.
There really was quite a bit OF ex-
element when the roll of schools was
called. The schools strained every
point to make a good showing. High
land School, after reporting l2S in its
band, came up later with the request
that one Of the boy scouts on the
stage also be enumerated as among
their number.
''F'orty-seven and no teacher"
piped a youngster for Georgia Ave
nue. School. He got a hand
The schools were represented as
follows:
Calhoun, rs; East Atlanta, 16; HE
Street, 81; Lee Street, 100; State
Street. go; Formwalt, 1873; Fraser, 81;
Fair Street, 100; Home Park, 40;
Highland 1923; Williams Street, 81;
Twelfth street, SO; Crew Street, So;
Grant Park, 55 Peoples, %; Edge
wood Avenue, 1872; Luckie Street, 40;
Davis Street, SO; Georgia Avenue, a;
Bell, IS: Walker Street, so; Adair, %;
Fay, II; English Avenue, 81; Oakland
CITY. 81; Slaton, AS Inman Park, 4;
Ivy Street, II; Ira Street, 10; North
Avenue. so; Pryor As; Boulevard, l.
w. NJ. Slaton made a brief talk to
the children. He was greeted with en-
thusiasm.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

Foster, West End Christian Church,
Church Attendance and the Day Of
Rest" Rev. l.. j. Enrich. Oakland
City THE Jew as a Citizen" Rev
w. p. Lovejoy, presiding elder At
lanta District Wesley Memorial
Church, The Moral Accountability Of
Nations" Rev Henry b. Mays, Druid
Hills Methodist Church, "The Chris
tian Citizens Duty to His City, Rev
Oscar B. Close. Eggleston Methodist
Church, The Remaking of the Ma
tons" Rev. George J.. Hanscom,
Central Congregational Church, $50
cial Salvation;' Rev w. H. Clark
Collins Memorial Church, Christ and
His Law the Only Remedy" Rev. J.
J. Hall, Capitol Avenue Baptist
Church, THE Church and the city"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

Leading women of Atlanta are up
In arms against the charges of heavy
drinking made against Atlanta So
ciety girls by Mrs. G. b. Lindsey,
Civic League worker at the Saturday
session OF the Christian Citizens
League at the Auditorium. In their
defense Of the Atlanta girls they
charge the accuser with absolute I'M
familiarity with Atlanta society. and
also with not having the acquaintance
of the girls arraigned.
Atlanta society girls are the most
refined TO be found anywhere, they
declare in a bitter answer TO the at
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

tack. And not only are the members
of the feminine sex abstainers. but
the drinking fad among Atlanta So
ciety men is fast dying out as we'll
they claim.
Mrs. w. L. Peel leader In Atlanta
society for many years, declares the
charges to be untrue and unjust in
the extreme.
Defends Atlanta Girls.
81 can not conceive Of how anyone
car make such a charge" declared
Mrs Peel. 1T is untrue and unjust
it is "A reflection upon the sweet girls
Of Atlanta. than whom there are no
finer to be found. have known At
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
TAYLOR, LIKE MAYOR, GETS
MYSTERIOUS BOX IN MAIL

r. Frank Taylor. assistant resident
manager of the Piedmont Hotel, ri
vailed Mayor Woodward and his
bomb" Saturday afternoon when he
received mysterious pasteboard box.
II contained a curious looking trim
ket bent in the shape OF a hairpin,
with the letters, "R. F. IT," in bss-
relief.
The postmark was New Orleans"
MIR. Taylor is offering a reward to
anyone who win clear up the mys-
terry.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Lincoln Mcconnell May
Talk Again Of Spooning.

DIR. Lincoln Mcconnell, of the Bap-
fist Tabernacle, will speak at
o'clock at the, closing rally of the
Christian Citizenship Congress at the
Auditorium. DR.. Mcconnell will take
as his subject The Private Citizen
and the Law" The evangelist is ex-
pected again to make reference to the
recent controversy over "spooning,"
which brought him into the hmelight,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Police Chief Finds
His September Morn

wAYCROSS, Sept 20.-Chief Of
Police John w. Colley's copy of Sep
TENDER Morn" which disappeared
mysteriously from his office one day
when he was at lunch. has been found.
A friend of the chiefs borrowed it
and forgot to return it promptly. The
chief was so impressed at the friend
desire to have the picture that he
sent II back as a present. He says.
however. that a friend of his has
promised to send him a larger copy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

CtENES Chhdrens
~ Blanche In
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is lie reet School
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17

post means simply the extension OF
the fourth class of mail matter by
making the weight limit in that class
II pounds instead of 4, as at present
and the substitution of sliding
scale of rates according to distances
for the flat rate of "one cent an
ounce or fraction thereof" All
liquors, poisons, explosives or arti-
cles having bad odor are excluded
from the list, while books n)w be-
longing to the third class will not
be carried by parcels post.
With its few days of trial the sys-
tenn has already presented some per-
picking problems, due to a misun-
derstanding of the rules governing
it. The new regulation demands the
use of the special parcels post stamps
and the delivery of the package al
the postoffice. Already instances are
reported in the large cities where
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17

Just how much the new postal
regulation will cut into the business
OF the express companies is hard at
this time to predict. 1t seems to be
the general feeling, however, that on
small packages, say five pounds and
under, the Government will do the
bulk of the carrying business on ac-
count of the lower rate. A COM
parative table of rates within the
eight zones established by the gov
ernment reveals ratio of ! to in
favor of the government in the first
zone and to in the second, the
ratio diminishing to l to 212 in the
eighth and farthest. In the carry
ing of 1o-pound packages the advan,
tage is in favor of the express COM
panies by only a few cents in the
first three zones, while the govern.
ment holds the cheaper rate in the
farther distances. This table seems
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17

persons have deposited packages in
large mail boxes on the street cor
ners stamped with ordinary mailing
stamps and without a return address.
There is but one avenue open for the
postal authorities in the communities
where these instances occur, namely,
send the package to the dead letter
office for Identification. This pre-
sents the possibility of loss to the
sender, since, in the absence of writ
ing, it may eventually be destroyed.
These instances, however, in COM
parison to the vast amount of good
to result from the new system are
but few, and few months of active
operation will reduce the errors to a
minimum.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17

to bear out the prediction in favor
of the government in the case OF
smaller packages.
The zone system seems to have
met with the least favor among writ
ters throughout the country. Advo-
Gates of uniform rate for the
United States, regardless of distance,
clamored loudly against the estab-
lishment of discretionary distances.
But the fight for the parcels post
system has been long one, and ac-
cording to the leading authorities the
compromise was necessary in order
to secure the passage OF the meas
ure. A natural consequence of the
zone system is to give the advan-
tage in territory to firms located in
the center of the country, houses on
the coasts being restricted to activ-
ity within semicircle.
In its final significance the parcels
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17

tana. As large in area as New York,
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Maryland and
Connecticut; in agricultural possibili-
ties. in arabic land alone, 2s,OOO,O 900
acres of virgin soil awaiting anxious
ly for the plow; in mineral resources
hundreds of billions of tons of every
species of minerals from gold to ce-
ment, and the vast treasury barely
touched with the little finger of de-
velopment; in timber 50,000,O0O, 900
feet in virgin forests; in manufactur-
ing possibilities water power that
would move the wheels of hemi-
sphere.
when these things and many
more on the same large scale are
taken in consideration how can we
avoid being enthusiastic and like high
mettled steeds hot at bit, ready to
run and proclaim the glad tidings of
good news.
81 said it was in line with the pol
icy of the Milwaukee railroad. This
company is known as great granger
route. When it came to Montana
ndustrially and CONNER cially it was
like sending fresh army corps COM
posed of crack regiments to solve a
great problem of military tactics and
sweep the field. For such a big Or
ganization in such a tremendous work
it moved swiftly 1t built 14OO miles
of road through canyons and gorges
and along rugged mountain paths
as well as across rushing rivers and
through long fertile valleys in less
than three years. In that time it had
built twenty miles of bridges, pierced
twenty miles of tunnels and laid 2O0,-
600 tons of s5-pound, rail- 1t now
runs into Seattle on an almost per-
feet roadbed two of the most beauti-
full and best equipped trains in the
world, all steel That was the spirit
with which the work was begun and
carried on.
"The anecdotes and tales told about
the Jesuit missionaries as they pushed
their way through every mining camp
and trading post in Montana read
like romance of energy, patience,
bravery and self-sacrifice. Many a
priest in Montana is still living out
of whose life many acts of heroism
might be culled for the basis of in
teresting stories. Furthermore, a
spirit of kinship, of mutual help, oi
harmonious action with all creeds
bred in days of hardship and danger
still lives and now aids in the devel-
opment Of our state.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
Catholic Priest Is on the
Staff of a Railroad

The Rev. Gueymard of Seattle,
Wash, has been appointed travelling
immigration agent for a great trans
continental system, the Milwaukee
railroad. The appointment was made
by Mr.. Hibbard of Seattle, Wash,
and was flashed across the entire
United States over the Associated
Press wires as a novel and unique
step in the history of railroad trans
portation. That a Catholic priest,
while still holding his clerical stand
ing, should be detached by his bishop
TO serve on the official staff of a
railroad company and be registered
as an employee on its pay roll was
something quite unusual. Yet it was
simple illustration of the spirit of
the great West, it was in line with
the policy of this railroad and quite
in accord with the missionary tradi-
tions of the church.
Relative to his new work Father
Gueymard said in part:
THE Western states exemplify as
no other portion of this country does
the spirit of faith in its own vast
possibilities; the spirit of confidence
in its own unlimited opportunities
for those who have the energy and
talent to lay the foundations of ma
terial well-being. That faith makes
of the average Westerner a typical
booster Thoroughly convinced oi
the quality and quantity of his wares
he is an enthusiastic salesman, and
viewing the vast field of operation
he generously welcomes the advent
of every newcomer. By nature and
traditions and surroundings broad
and hospitable and liberal he wishes
to see others share in the proffered
gifts that the country, with its Won
derful resources, holds out only for
the asking.
THAT spirit is so alive and SC
common that it soon affects every
one and converts the hardest pessi-
mist into an enthusiastic optimist
I. is so typical that one does moi
feel himself in his right element until
the spirit is born in him, and when
born it grows apace. In all positions
il life we Westerners not only desire
to see all enjoy material prosperity
but we wish to be factors-live, rec
ognized factors-in this history o.
progress. A man is stranger unit
this happy contagion touches him
he is not fully assimlated until he
becomes palatable with the booster
contingent. The spirit is exempli
fled in a remarkable degree in Mon
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
She Felt Duly Qualified.

DIR. Harvey w. Wiley said the
other day in Washington of a we'll
known canning concern:
These people, when we objected
tc some of the poisonous chemicals
used in their canned peas and aspar-
agus, laughed at us. They said we
were ignorant and inexperienced.
They pointed out that they had been
many years in business, and that
they turned out millions of cans a
year.
at reminded me of a woman
whom | once saw in my young days
feeding babe few months old on
bits of fried fish and pickle.
Don't do that said. Don't do
that, madaml It's most unhealthy to
give fish and pickle to so young a
child
THE woman frowned upon me.
Huhp she said, don't you try
to teach me how to feed babies. Whv
young feller, I've buried sevenp"E
Country Gentleman.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
u. S. Parcels Post Popular Institution

The consummation OF a desire on
the part of the American public, par
ticularly in the country districts, for
legislative action in transportation
matters that would bring them in
closer touch with the large business
centers bore its first fruit on the
first day of the new year. The par
cells post is now a thing of reality,
and in the few days of its existence
has already demonstrated that it is
here to stay as one of the most
popular institutions ever established
by Uncle Sam. The fight for the
establishment of the parcels post sys-
TEN has extended over a period of
forty years. Opposition to it on the
part of the large express corpora
tons has been very marked, while
the public in general throughout that
period has been slow to realize the
vast advantage that would result
from active competition by the gov
ernment with the express companies
Yet now that the parcels post is a
reality there exists tendency among
its opponents to take the matter
philosophically while its advocates
hasten to declare its success.
1t has been charged by opponents
OF the measure that the Inauguration
OF the parcels post would kill the
smaller towns. The argument ad-
vanced to support this charge is that
the farmer would purchase his sup
plies from the large department
stores of the cities in greater guam
titles than heretofore That the
farmer will be brought into closer
touch with the large dealer in the
city canno, be denied, but it must
also be remembered that the mer.
chant in the country town has al
his command the same splendid sys.
TEN of rural delivery that the depart
ment store has, while the new sys.
tenn permits of the carrying of man,
farm products. The masses of tn,
people will OF course receive tn,
greatest amount of good from tn,
system, which is as it should be.