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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24

sbop at the Neares, Rogers store
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
LUKE M.LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The man who is afraid he might do too much is never paid too much.
 Every baby resembles it's mother in that it wants lot of things it can't have.
 I may be wrong, but I never believed there was much the matter with the man who was cured by a patent medicine.
 We are all attracted by our opposites. That is why a gabby woman lands a dump mutt who is good listener.
 Nearly every city has a man who dresses like hobo and who is pointed out as millionaire. The man who takes his pay envelope home to his wife without opening it is never among those present when police court is opened on Monday morning. There are a whole lot of low brows in | the country who are so deeply engrossed I in the grocery bill problem that they haven't any time to get excited over the Monroe doctrine. l There ain't no sich animals as the men in the cuts in the clothing advertise 1 ments.
 If princess cant do any better she will take man who has an LL D. after his name. But she would much rather have a lad who can run 10 balls at pool.
 After seeing some problem plays, you wonderihow the leading lady manages to get intoiher dress in the last act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
SPENT $500 A DAY
n the New York World.

From the New York World.
 Mrs. Sarah Elliott, widow of Capt Jack Elliott, who was tried for killing a man and acquitted In his early life, re- mained an abstainer from drink through middle life, only to end his career two years ago by spending almost s56,0O0 in dissipation in few months, has filed suit in the supreme court to recover $10.O00 from Tonjes Bros, proprietors of the Co., lonial hotel, One Hundred and Twenty fifth street and Eighth avenue.
 The complaint declares Elliott spent $10O0 in night in the Colonial, where he was staying and that liquor was unlawfuly sold to him there, although he was known to be an inebriate, and Mrs. Elliott and her sons had warned the proprietors not to furnish intoxicants to him.
 About 1909 Elliott suddenly left his wife and children and went to live with his aunt Mrs. Mary F. Blizzard, who died in 1910, leaving her nephew $6O,000 in money.
 Elliott started. on the career that ended in his death. A few months before his end he spent s6Oo day without going near Broadway.
 September 24, 1912. he left the Colonia, hotel for Port Washington. His wife had attached his bank account and was attempting to have a check put on him. Next day two process servers arrived al Port Washington searching for Elliott Ills body was shown to them. Elliott had dropped dead just after cash ing his daily s50O check.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
A GHoULIsH PERFoRMANcE

From the New York World.
 In a ghastly advertisement over thd signature of Charles M. Higgins. treAs1 urer of the Anti-vaccination League of America, by wilful misrepresentation it s sought to create the impression that thd death of Madame Nordica was due to her having been vaccinated last year at Syd- ney. Not a word is said about the steamer on which she was a passenger having been wrecked in the Gulf of Papua and the subsequent attack of pneumonia from which she died after relapse at Ba- tavia.
 Yet the scandalous Justification tt which MT. Higgins affixes his name as the official representative of the Anti Vaccination league is advanced as 2 scientific argument. After declaring that vaccination often proves to be mora dangerous and fatal than natural small, pox itself" he deliberately cites the faI tai case of our great Nordica." By sucf fraudulent appeals it is proposed to in cite deluded victims of this kind of propo1 ganda to resist preventive treatmen against smallpox.
 It would be charitable to say that Mir Higgins and the members of his associa tion are mere ignoramuses. But their de lil,erate perversion of the truth and scru pulous disregard of the facts rob them ol that poor justification. If they are cranks they are the more capable of mischie because they painstakingly deceive the ig norant and invite death-dealing disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21

The Duchess de Talleyrand, formerly Anna Gould of New York, has announce5 that she will withdraw her opposition to the annulment of her marriage to Count Boni de Castellane. The Duchess explains that she has Successfully defended her suit against the Counts creditors to re- tain possession of her Paris house and has refuted through her Roman lawyers the calumnies about her that originated with the Castellane family and friends of Count Boni. She says her opposition to the annulment was prompted not by spite against the count, but by her de- sire to protect her own interests and those of her children. Count Boni began his suit for annulment of the religious cere- mony of his marriage to Anna Gould in 1907 after she had obtained a divorce from him and had married the Duke de Talleyrand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
Longevity of Vice Presidents

If longevity is desirable the man who said he would rather be wrong .han Vice President, missed his mark, for there are no national public off cials who lived to such green old age as the "second citizens" of the United States.
 Levi P. Morton, who presided over the United States Senate during the administration of Harrison, the younger, has just celebrated his nine tieth birthday; and Adlai Stevenson has reached S9 years. Hannibal Ham, lin of Maine lived to be S2, and George M. Dallas was just two Years his junior. R. M. Johnson and John C. Calhoun lived to see the full allot- ment of human life,--tlh,reescore and 10, and Van Bpres.n reached the privi- legged fourySre. Fillmore lived to be s4 and Tyler just two years less, but An}dy Johnson died of broken -~feart at 60 years of age.
 While not enjoying the longevity by those just mentioned, Henry Wilson Schuyler Colfax, T. A. Hendricks and William R. King were all considerably over 50 when they crossed the great divide, which was doing well enough for men who had spent most of their lives in the harness.
 Only three Vice Presidents died at a comparatively early age and these were J. c. Breckenridge, James S. Sherman and G. A. Hobart, who passed away at 54, 57 and 55, respect lively. It is true that Chester A. Ar. thur was only 56 at the time of his death, but the cares of the presidency unquestionably hastened his demise.
 Besides MT. Morton and Mir. Steven son there are two ex-Vice President still living-Mr. Fairbanks, now 62 and Theodore Roosevelt, 56. Thoma R. Marshall, the present Vice Pres ident, is 60. To emulate MT. Morton these men have three decades or si, presidential campaigns ahead of then and with Roosevelt having alread, boted his party and Marshall lookin. for an ideal organization it is diff cult to say how many new rivers vii have been discovered or how man, parties formulated by that time, bu it is safe to predict that the disciple of Jefferson and Jackson will still b on the job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21

the same time inoculated with vaccine made from the bacteria of erysipelas. The result is immediate and most pronounced and Dr. Hopkins states that in brief period of time he ex- poets to have the entire colony at Car vile cured and the hospital closed.
 If Dr. Hopkins makes good his pre- dictions and his treatment is accorded scientific approval, his success will augment the triumph of American medical science and place his discovery along with that of diphtheria anti toxin, the hitherto greatest achieve ment of the physicians of our coun- try, many persons claim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
Health of the Army

Surgeon General William c. Gorgas discusses in recent number of the Engineering Record the problems ot sanitation that will have to be faced by the United States army if there IS an invasion of Mexico and says that the army is now in much better con dition than it was during the Spanish American war. Great progress has been made in hygiene since our little brush with Spain, and if the army did not reflect this improvement it would be surprising.
 Conditions among the United States troops, particularly among the militia, during the trouble with Spain, were not what they should have been and the soldiers who lost their lives fight ing were an insignificant number, compared to those who fell victims to disease. There were 10000 cases of typhoid fever in the camps and the whole nation was distressed by this extremely unfavorable showing.
 Since the war with Spain, says Col onel Gorgas, officers in the medical department of the army have been studying and practicing military hy- piene and sanitation with brilliant re- suits, as demonstrated in the two large camps in Texas. Here 10000 men lived for a year at time with the sick rate lower than that at the aver age post. The officers of the line, Colonel Gorgas states, are giving en- thusiastic support to the efforts of the army surgeons and are "hardly second" to-the medical officers in theii knowledge of sanitation and eXpe- rience in this kind of work.
 Anti-typhoid inoculation has beer used in the army since 1909 with such success that in 1913 there was but one case among these inoculated in ar army of 90,000, and it is believed that this preventive measure will protect the army in future from disease thar
 has heretofore been a deadly menac,
 liar more to be feared than the bull
 lets of the enemy. Yellow fever ha also lost some of its former terror since the theory of yellow fever trans
 mission was learned in 1898, am
 methods can now be taken to avoid il
 In an army mobilized for servic abroad Colonel Gorgas says ther would be considerable number wh ihave had experience during the Span
 ish- American war. Most of the off Icers, together with the regular off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
To Secure Large Conventions

With the feeling that work will be started on Birmingham's proposed au- ditorium within the next few months, the officers and the convention com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce will be very active from now on in their efforts to secure great national meetings for 1915 and 1916. The lar ger the convention the greater effort is required in securing it, and the city that wins has been in line as candl- date, and a very aggressive candidate at that. for two or more years.
 The directors of the Chamber of Commerce have decided to make an especial effort to bring the interna- tional convention of Rotary clubs here in 1916. This years meeting is in Houston, and as matter of course, it's convention will not come south two years in succession. But if the Bir mingham Rotarians, backed up by the Chamber of Commerce, start the movement at Houston for the 1916 convention, this city will probably see one of the greatest meetings ever held in the south. The international con vention of the Rotary clubs assemblies 40OO or 5000 men, and it is worthy of note that the Rotarians are dis tinctively representative citizens in their communities.
 A movement should be started in 1915 to bring the imperial council of the Shrine to Birmingham the next time it is ready to come south. The annual meeting of ,Shriners recently held in Atlants- was splendid sue cess. It is known that the visitors were delighted with the south, and were greatly impressed with Atlanta s hospitality and general attractiveness It will probably be four or five years before the Shriners will hold another imperial meeting in this section, but Birmingham should make an early start in its endeavor to be the host city. No effort should be spared at
 any rate to get the commitment 1o' 1916 from the Houston assemblage.
 Birmingham will have the larges
 auditorium in the south It Will o'
 not only larger than Atlanta's, but I will be fireproof. With the audlto
 rum and with elegant hotel accom- modations there is every reason to be- lieve that Birmingham as conven tion city on large scale will be ex' ceptionally popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
Alleged Vanquishment of Leprosy

In these days of microbe and bacilli research nearly all the dread diseases have yielded to the energy, patience and study of the chemist and phy- sician; all but humanity's most loath- some and deadly foe-leprosy. No longer do great epidemics swoop down upon mankind and decimate entire communities; no longer does corrup- tion turk in the veins of humanity feeding upon its vitals and defying scalpel and drug. The physician has conquered and the most signal tri- umphs belong to the scientific phy- sicians of America.
 And now comes Dr. Ralph Hopkins of New Orleans with the announce ment that he has successfully com batted leprosy and that no longer vii these pariah victims live in enforced isolation, the dreaded and despised ot all men and praying for the advent O. the white horse and it's rider.
 Dr. Hopkins has for several year been experimenting with lepers a Carville, a colony near New Orleans conducted by six Sisters of Charity and he has discharged nine patient completely cured
 A portion of the curative process i secret, or at least it has not beel given to the public, but it is an anti toxin in the form of an oil admins tered internally while the patient is a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21

tions in life, it means the survival of the fittest. Increased wealth on the part ot some intensifies the experience of pow erty on the part of others. The sight o : the extravagant pleasures of the idle ricI stirs the passion of the poor A mad anx iety to escape the bitterness of want and a mad ambition to get rich quick actuate nulttudes. Hence. breakdowns, insanity suicide, crime and the socialstic nostrunts| or quacks who make a good thing stirrine' up passions hopeless of remedy
 The progress of the last century, through the operations of the railroads, the devel1 opment of coal mines and the general in ] crease of production has made possible| the large city in form never seen be l fort in the history of the world. And the| large city brings together the extremes of| life in dangerous proximity. We have| ignorance and learning, poverty and wealth. civilization and savagery living cheek by Jowl. The degenerates of botlI classes, despising each other, stand fortfI in vivid contrast
 Here is the menace to the established order and the danger to the rational de Il velopment of the state. The mercenaryI agitator, the sentimental unlifter, the hys-I terical enthusia st, combine to stir up the| mob spirit, to develop class hatred. to in ] crease envy, to encourage discontent, toI disrupt society, to subvert the progress of the world. More dangerous than the| Goths and Vandals who destroyed the| ancient grandeur that was Rome these| modern barbarians seek to whelm all in al general ruin, ignorant of the fnevitabl and natural laws that underlie the course| of social evolution. Yet in spite of the dangers that threaten 1 it and the penalties that accompany itl 1 progress goes on bringing it's general blessings to mankind and working out itd own destiny.
 l It will continue to advance through thd ! restraint and patience of those who suf1 | fer as well through the services of thosd who. like ministering angels, bring thei1
 service and help to those who fall by thd wayside in the march of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
The Railroads and PrOsperlty

Tt will be good thing for the whole country if the interstate commerce com mission grants the petition of the car riers for authority to advance freight rates" said W. ". Forstman of New York city But even if the petition is denied I believe the railroads will be overtaxed with traffic this season and will show increased net earnings.
 Two or three months ago railroad of ficials seemed quite blue over the fact that operating expenses had greatly in creased, which reduced net earnings. They felt that unless they were authorized to increase rates they would not be able to make large expenditures for extensions and betterments. But now railroad peo- pie are more optimistic. The crop pros pect is certainly most cheering, and in financial circles wave of prosperity is expected.
 "A small advance in freight rates would hasten prosperity, but whether or not this is allowed, prosperity is sure to come. It seems to be widely felt that the new era of good times will continue over a period of several years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
Open Air Music

"I am hoping to see an early announce ment of plans for park concerts during the coming summer" said man who en- joyed the music last year.
 AS fully 95 per cent of the people be- long to the Can-Get-Away club, the city commission would be justified in straining point and double its contribution to the free concert fund. The city appro- priated $1000 last summer and the ladies of the Music Study club raised several thousand dollars from corporations and individual sources. If the city will give 5000 the Music Study club would find it comparatively easy to collect the addition al money needed. Open air music is in large degree civic proposition. Hence
 1t is that the big cities pay for all the concerts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
Tho Great shrine Meet

Atlanta will get even more adyer- tising out of the big convention of Shriners which met there recently than 1t got out of the opera festival said J. F. Kendall of Chicago.
 q am not a Shriner and had never been in city where the imperial body was in session, but I cannot imagine anything of the sort so successfully handled as the meeting in Atlanta. The parade was immense. It was sp1endidly organized and the marchers in fantastic dress made a picturesque show. There must have been 70 or 75 bands in line, and many of them were high class. Every Shriner who visited Atlanta will talk for years to come about that citys hospitality and the thorough way in which 1t takes care of vast crowds.
 'It is estimated that the Shriners and other visitors attracted by the festivities spent something like $780, 900 in Atlanta"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21

ruary was s9.094.625. against $1O,s73.- 22s for the previous year. This is a shocker to the loyalists, and is con- firmatory Of the idea that other fac tors than tariffs are more important than any schedules politicians dare enact. In this particular case it would gbe necessary to make trade with the Yankees a penal offense to offset the advantages in neighborhood to the United States and superiority of com munications. Freights and costs of production are more important than the Canadian tariff noev, and will bs increasingly so after our free sugar sch edule comes into force.
 Other items in the Canadian trade figures have specific interest for the United States. They show ex- ports of animal products of s9o00.o00 in value, against two and a half mill lions for the preceding period. Of the ss, ,000. 900, sS,000, 900 came to the United States, including s7.000, 900 of value of cattle. That is quite lot of meat ma terial, and shows that somebody got cheaper food, although the effect upon prices was less than might be wished The phenomenon of an increase of sup plies without general reduction in price is not so singular as it may seem. In the first place, the amount though large absolutely, is small relatively to the total of United States consump- tion, and, secondly, the effect is felt first in the markets whence the sup plies are diverted, rather than in those into which they are introduced. The same effect was noted in the opera ton of our postal parcel service. The sellers did not take any less than they
 supplied, and added to their profits rather than reduced the cost of liv ing to the consumer. The only thing that reduces prices Is an alteration in the relation of supply and demand by additions to one or reduction of the other. Mere redistribution of quota between markets alters profits more than prices.
 Another interesting item in the Ca nadian trade returns is an increase of $7,000,000 in exports of paper and of $1, 100000 In wood pulp. The differ ence in the items would seem to in- dicate that the Canadian policy of fa- voring manufactures rather than ma- teria1 is meeting with a measure of success And yet it may be that the exporters of the paper are Americans in Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21
STEVEN SON LOVED BY NATIVES

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 How many of the lovers of Robert Louis Stevenson-the modern who was an an- cient, the ancient who was modern, the contemporary who became classic be- cause he translated new things into thoughts for all time-how many of those millions who have fallen under his spell know that it has been 20 years since he died? How many know that 19 years ago this week the bronze tablet was erected over him tomb in a rar-away South Sea
 isle for endless generations to read and wonder at?
 It was 20 years ago next December that Stevenson died at vailima, near Apia, on the Island of Upolu, in the Samoan group. Since then he has slept in a dis tant grave but not in neglected one. For the natives of that island keep his tomb one the lonely mountainside fragrant with flowers. ''The tomb of Tustulas22.t they call it-that was the great Scots Samoan name.
 Stevenson went to live in Samoa in 1887. He was a comparatively young man, but
 he had seen the vanities of the world and. csptivated by the climate, the scenery and the kindly character of the natives, he at once determined to live out whatever
 space of life might remain to him in that
 fortunate island. And there he did live for seven years. Long ere he died he
 wrote his own epitaph. and that epitaph ! is graved on the brass tablet that was put there 19 years ago this week: {, Under the wide and starry sky, | Dig the grave and let me lie;
 Glad did live, and gladly die | And laid me down with will | This be the verse that you grave for me I Here he lies where he longed to be; | Home is the sailor, home from the sea. | And the hunter home from the hill 5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21

Charles Johanigmier resigned his posi- ton with the Granite Rolling Mills com pany of St. Louis after IA years of serv- ice and asked the company to give hin, enough steel sheeting to make his coffin. The quest was wranted. Johanigmier will design and make his own casket from About six weeks ago the company issued big order for sheet metal. The work was too hard for Jolanigmier, who had never missed day from the mills, but he stuck to his work and when the order was finished he resigned. The pack of steel plate from which he will make his coffin contains six plates T inches lcag and "A inches wide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-21

From the Alabama Courier.
 The Louisville and Nashville is now put ting in system of bell signals near the passenger station. These bells will give to the people in the neighborhood of the crossings and will serve to keep people out of danger if they will pay attention. This is new innovation for Athens, but owing to the great number of trains now going over the road, something of the sort was absolutely necessary, unless the road proposed to put gates and watch man at the crossings.