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

First Grand Prize, $2,325 Hudson 7-passenger
Touring Car to be awarded the contestant
having the largest number Of votes.
Second Grand Prize, 81 500 Jeffrey 5-passenger
Touring Car, to be awarded the contestant hav-
ing the second largest number of votes
Third Grand Prize, 1885 Paige-Glenwood D.
passenger Touring Car, to be awarded the con-
testant having the third largest number of
votes.
Fourth Grand Prize, $50 Overland 5-passenger
Touring Car. to be awarded the contestant hav-
ing the fourth largest number of votes.
Fifth Grand Prize, $500 Maxwell 5-passengcr
Touring Car to be awarded the contestant hav
ing the fifth largest number of votes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24
DISTRICT PRIZES

DISTRICT PRIZES
Eight $3.50 Pianos
Eight 500 Diamond Rings
Eight $50 Chests of Silver
Eight SIS Business Scholarships
Eight $40 Solid Gold Watches
Eight $25 Bicycles
Eight $40 Leather Suit Cases
Forty SIS Fountain Pens
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-24

NEW YORK, March 23.-The vari-
Gus companies that formerly made up
the Standard Oil Company made net
profits OF approximately $4,000, 900
in 1918, Il was estimated TO day. Be.
fore the "ol trust" was dissolved by
United States decree, the annual
profits averaged about SSo.ooo.ooO.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21
Railway Mail Pay

The time can be recalled wher
wastefulness in the administration Of
the United States government was
commonly charged. For several years
after the civil war the government
was literally robbed by scheming poll
ticians, but after the rascals had been
exposed and some of them punished
business-like economy became the rule.
In some cases, however, economy
has been carried to the point of
parsimony. Efficiency has been
sacrificed to apparent saving. A
conspicuous example of false economy
has been found in the railway mail
pay situation. Two hundred and sixty
four railroads operating 218,000 miles
of lines are represented by special
committee on statistics formed for
the purpose of bringing before the
government facts to show that they
are underpaid for carrying the mails.
The Moon bill now pending in the
House seeks to reduce the pay of the
railroads for mail service required to
be rendered by $1O,0OO,O00. The rail-
roads, through their committee, in
sist that they are already underpaid
by at least $15,OOO,OO0. Even Mr..
Brandeis, as special counsel for the
interstate commerce commission in his
argument on the per cent rate case,
admitted that the pay which the rail-
roads received for carrying the mail
was unremunerative.
The railroads contend that the post
office department has been grossly
unfair" in all questions relating to
the increased burden of the parcel
post.
A joint congressional committee was
appointed sometime ago to investigate
railway mail pay conditions. This
committee, it is understood, will soon
be ready to make its report. 1t would
be only right, therefore, that legisla-
ton in the line of so-called retrench-
ment shosld be postponed until the
findings of the committee are made
public. In view of the fact that many
of the railroads are striving to i'm
prove the mail carrying service there
has been much cause for complaint,
and >this complaint has been charge
able to inadequate pay. Congress
should certainly go slow in it's consid-
further cripple the railroad mail
service.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21
An Idle Dream

A dispatch from Boston states that
a plan has been drawn up for the
Worlds Peace Foundation, which will
be sent to Secretary of State Bryan
and Secretary of the Navy Daniels,
proposing one navy for the eight lead
ing nations of the world. Germany
the United States, Japan, Great
Britain, Italy, Austria, France and
Russia, with naval ornaments cost
ing $4,000, 100000, are to be included
in the alliance.
A joint convention of these powers
will be suggested for the purpose Of
reducing their navies, the consolidated
navy to be used in case one of The
powers is attacked on account of ths
reduction Differences will be set
tied by an international commission OF
inquiry before belligerents proceed tt
sshoot each other up"
Many schemes are Matched these
days in the too fertile brains of altru.
lists and optimists of worldwide ten.
denotes who in their enthusiasm lose
sight of the fact that while human
nature is considerably better than il
used to be, it is still susceptible Of i'm.
provement and world power, being
nothing more than unit Of humanity
is still afflicted with the bad habit OF
carrying a chip about on it's shoulder
Perhaps, we are as rule less inclined
to fight than formerly. This seems
TO be true in the United State S, which,
under the present administration, at
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21
Summer Schools in New York

The New York board of education
has planned this year to utilize some
of the public school buildings of that
city for vacation schools during the
summer months. Accordingly, on July
1.-The day after the close of the regu-
lar schools-34 summer schools will
be opened. No attempt will be made
to continue the sessions just closed,
but opportunity will be afforded pu-
pills who have fallen behind in their
studies to regain class standing. The
chief features of these schools, how
ever, will be classes in manual train
ing for the boys and instruction in
household duties for the girls. There
will be no heavy tax ON the mental
faculties of the students, and ample
facility and opportunity for recrea-
ton, under intelligent supervision,
will be presented. kindergarten
classes will also be in session.
The vacation schools are expected
to become quite popular among both
parents and children; for compare
lively few can avail themselves of va
cation trips, and in the congested sec
tions of the city most forms of recre-
alton are unsafe. When the children
are in school parents feel assured as
to their safety and are thus relieved
of worry. The teachers are also recon.
ciled, for it is purely optional as to
whether they work during the summer
months, and additional pay is allowed
for extra work.
One of the chief considerations of
the board in undertaking the vacation
schools was the utilization to be ef-
fected in the 'huge educational
plants" heretofore lying idle through
the summer months.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21
Asouith and the Suffragettes

= Mr.. Asquith, England's great pre-
mier. has at last received delega-
t;on of suffragettes. In his cabinet
are men who are avowed believers IN
equal suffrage. The premier himself
opposed to extending the franchise
has promised consideration of
fragettes' representations.
ri principle of woman suffrage
had practical application in
britain. Women vote in munich
,tions and are eligible to hold
any office other than seat in
rent. There are today several
.sses in England. The suf-
fragettes contend that if it is right
for women to vote in local elections
they should have the right to vote
for members of Parliament and to
have seats in the House of Commons
and participate in the general gov
eminent.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Asquith's
& personal views ne has made it clear
No VI women that but for their vio-
lent methods the new suffragette
movement would have made progress
and enlisted the support of large
part of the British public. Premier
Asquith is one of the ablest statesmen
that Great Britain has ever had. He
has led his party successfully through
several crises. Under his guidance the
liberal party has reformed the House
of Lords and has given Ireland home
rule. But the suffragette movement
has proved more perplexing than any
of the political problems with which
he has had to deal.
The government will now probably
Introduce bill in favor of parlia-
inentary suffrage for women. This is
not a party question, for many con-
servatives, or tories, are earnest sup
porters of suffrage extension. Many
prominent members of the liberal
party are like minded. 1t may be a
long time before Parliament settles
the question, but the women of Great
Britain cannot fail to appreciate the
fact that whatever is done in their
behalf must be disassociated from
criminal violence. The obsessed agita-
tors must be suppressed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21
SHOOTING IN MEXICO
From the Army and Navy Journal.

From the Army and Navy Journal
Describing his recent experiences in
Mexico, where he has resided for II years,
M. H. Carpenter. former superintendent
Of an oil company at Tampico, said:
There is one very good reason why the
rebels are licking the federals-they are
better shots. Most of the rebels are vol
unteers fighting for purpose, and their
heart Is in their aim. They are mostly
from the northern states, too, and the
people of those states are all hunters
The federals are largely conscripts, and
most of them wish they could get out of
1t. The result Is that they point their
guns In the general direction of where
the rebels are supposed to be and whang
away. With the repeating rifles they use
there is tremendous waste of ammuni-
ton. We used to estimate that the fed
erals wasted 20 per cent more cartridges
than the rebels. The Mexican tempera-
ment enters into this also. If a Mexican
is making whole lot of noise SO much
that he sounds to himself like a whole
battle, he thinks that he is safe and re-
pulsing the enemy, and most times he
is, too.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21
NED GRACE TALKS ABOUT ENFORCING THE
LAW AGAINST CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS

TT H number of murders homlclde'
and shooting scrapes In Birming-
ham and its environs is appalling
Much of 1t is due to the failure of the
police department and the sheriff's office
to enforce the law against pistol totinR. y
The law is stringent. but not often en-
forced. One rarely hears of an arrest
for carrying concealed weapons. This
charge is seldom entered except where
one is arrested for another offense. and
found with a weapon Then the concealed
weapon charge is entered with the other.
or primary charge.
Let the sheriff instruct his deputies and
the chief of police his patrolmen and de-
tectives to go out after the pistol toters.
Ignore the Sunday crap shooters for a
while II necessary, call off the gambling
squad OF police and put both sets of Off
GERS out on the trail of the pistol toter.'
I venture that every officer in jefferson
county knows more suspected pistol
toters'' than he does gamblers or negro
crap shooters. Let each one of them
round these fellows up and fine a few
dozen of them.
Ii this is done. future records will show
one shooting scrape or murder to ten Of
the present day.
Men don't usually kill each other unless
one has a pistol. Cut out the pistol and
the high tempered ones will pound each
other with fists for few seconds. be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21

In Lord Kitcheners report on conditions
in Egypt and the Sudan during the past
year 1t is stated that the ordinary viii
lage barber of Egypt somewhat resem-
bles the barber surgeon of ancient times
in England He is authorized by law to
vaccinate, apply leeches, do cupping and
perform simple dressings. However, he
is forbidden to prescribe medicine. Every
barber is required to attend a three
weeks course of lectures at the Mudiria
government hospital and pass an exami-
nation for certificate. One of these bar
bers in each village is appointed as the
representative of the public health de-
partment. He is called a sanitary bar
Der. He vaccinates, investigates deaths
and issues burial permits. He is particu-
larly required to report all deaths caused
by infectious diseases.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
- -
The Grent Cotton Crop

Prom some counties In Alabama
come reports of ravages of the boil
weeyil." said member of the Cham
Der of Commerce. but from the best
Information obtainable, this state will
make a bumper crop of cotton this
year.
"A reasonable estimate would place
the crop at 100000 bales. Weather
conditions have been most favorable,
and I would not be surprised IL the
crop turned out to be nearer 100000
than 100000 bales. I am not informed
as to cotton crop conditions In other
states, but the governments statistics
covering period of 10 or II years go
to show that Alabama's crop is always
about one-tenth of the entire crop. If
Alabama, therefore. produces / 800. 900
bales the souths crop will be 5000, 900
bales'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21

least, appears DESTROYS of becoming
known as the permanent abode of the
peace dove. But If any dreamer of
dreams thinks eight nations of the
world can be persuaded to form q
cooperative navy" and dwell in
amity forever, he will be disap-
pointed.
The idea of naval merger
emanates from Boston, whose chaste
environment breeds rarified intellects.
With all due respect to Boston's con-
servatism in most particulars, this
scheme to insure peace is considerably
ahead of the times. The world is not
yet educated up to it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
There is big difference between a
married man and husband.
Simplified spelling Is nothing new. I
remember lot of sign painters who
were spelling that way when / was a
boy.
The fashioned man who used to
have to pay the fiddler when he made
a night of it now has son who has
to pay a whole orchestra when he
jumps the fence.
When you see a girl with her cheeks
painted 1t is usually sign that she has
forgotten how to blush.
Down in their hearts every wife be-
lieves that If 1t wasn't for her her hus-
band would be a failure. And every
husband believes that If it wasn't for
him his wife would starve to death.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned man who used to carry a cigar
| case?
| If there Is a better way and an easier
way, We always take the easier way.
Contempt is what barber has for
safety razor and a boy las mani
cure set.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21

now the axe also lieth at the root of
the trees" His lenses were present,
his expectations were immediate, his
demands were at once. Then the pris-
on. But what cared he for the prison?
His Master would set up His Kingdom
and come marching over the hills. And
he laid his ear to the ground to hear
the tfampling of the steeds. But delay
on delay. And the news of eating with
publicans and sinners, and bending to
the slow task of healing lepers and
lame. No gathering of the Kings, no
marshaling of the forces, no setting
up of empire! Oh, John, learn in your
anguish of disappointment and fet-
tered powers, that His ways are de-
vious, His time long, His processes
grandly Slow
John had been intolerant. His
preaching had been: HE will thor
oughly purge His threshing- He
will gather the wheat into His garner,
but the chaff He will burn up with
unquenchable fire" He had been sure
that the chaff was all chaff, the wheat
all wheat, and no difficulty to
decide between them. He had seen
no chance of stray heads of wheat
hidden in the chaff, and no chance of
changing seeming chaff into priceless
grain under the miraculous touch of
the Master. As is usual, also, the in
tolerant of others had no doubt of
himself. 81 am wheat, of course
had thought, "and wheat particularly
in my faith. | saw know-behold
the Lamb of God"
Now the eagle is Gagged, the eye
which has sought the sun is dulled,
the mighty wings have forgotten
their prowess. John is prison-sick, and
in hesitation and doubt. The giant is
smitten in his tenderest spot. Oh,
John, son of the wild, bird of the up
per air, Elijah-spirited, learn your
lesson now. Know your kinship with
the lowly. Mingle with the men of
your blood and say out of your in
structed heart, "All we, like sheep,
have gone astray" You cannot preach
the same old rugged, confident SER
mons; but you can preach vaster,
deeper, mightier, tenderer gospel now,
John. You are now in touch with the
ends of the earth and the reach of the
ages. Your flight would have kept
you above us; your fall brings you to
us. You are ready now to go into the
city with bowed head and wondering
heart, glad to bear part with the
blind, the lame, the ignorant, the
trembling, the poor, the weak.
HENRY NJ EDMONDS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF DICK TURPIN

which Palmer had tried to sell. Four
months later his true personality was
discovered, and. although 1t could not be
proved. many people flocked to the cas-
tie to see Dick Turpin, the famous high
wayman.
On March %, 1879, he was tried at York
assizes before Sir William Chapple on
two indictments for horse stealing, and
upon evidence was soon committed. The
charges of being the highwayman, Dick
Turpin, and of shooting the servant of
Mr.. Thompson were then laid against
him. Two witnesses. James Smith and
Edward saward, who We're both brought
from Essex by order of the Justices Of
that county were called upon as follows:
Smith deposed that he had known tho
prisoner since he was child, that he
had married one of his fathers maids
and that he. James Smith, had taught
the prisoner for about nine months, In
which time he learned from him 1.-The art
of writing" He also said that he had
sold to him gray mare the last time he
had seen him, which was about five
years ago. and was positively sure that
the prisoner, John Palmer, was none
other than the famous Dick Turpin
Saward, upon being called. deposed that
he had .known Dick Turpin and his father
for % years. and that he was sure that
the prisoner and Dick Turpin were the
same. as since he was in York he had
spoken to the prisoner. who recognized
him and said once to him: Let us bung
our eyes in drink" at which they accord
ing1y plunged for a considerable time.
At first the prisoner denied this. but
seeing that 1t would do him no good. he
owned up He was then convicted OF
horse stealing and sentenced to death.
From the time of the sentence right
up to the last minute when he jumped
off the scaffold. Turpin kept up his
spirits, and, as an old writing says, was
as jovial as merry and as frolicksome
as If he had been perfectly at liberty
and assured of 100 years of prosperity to
come" The day before his execution he
bought a new suit of clothes, which he
wore to his death, shared his money
amongst the men who were to follow his
cart as mourners. and gave two pairs
Of shoes to a poor woman of the town.
After his death he was carried and laid
IN his grave. which was dug very deep.
Curious as 1t may seem, even here he
was not to rest in peace, for two DAYS
later his body was dug up by the anat-
omizers and carried away. but the mob.
hearing of 1t. went and rescued the
corpse and put it back in the grave and
covered it with slaked lime.
Tomorrow: Trial of DR.. Buchanan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21
A Method of the Master

"Jesus said, Go and tell john
Matt. II, a.
John the Baptist was in, prison, and
in desperate straits of mind and spirit.
Yet Jesus simply sends his messen-
gers back bearing a few words. Why
did He not hasten to His own to
carry at least some crumbs of COM
fort? Why had He allowed His fore
runner to languish in a dungeon,
when He was delivering SO many of
seemingly less Importance from SO
many kinds of chains? The answer is,
I think, that John had need of other
things more than Of freedom from
his prison, or of the specific sympathy
that Jesus might have given. John
had been impatient. Hear him: even
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21

yerted 1t into the metropolis of the South.
No man can now make excuse. from a
point of comfort. In not coming to Biz
mingham. We boosters of Birmingham
can no longer be joked in New York or
Pittsburg about having no good hotels.
There is not more complete or better
conducted hotel in the world than the
Tutwiler 1t is as Well conducted, as COM
Portable in rooms and the food is as good
and as well prepared as in any of the
famous Ritz hotels of the world
BY virtue of circumstances I have. for
tunately or unfortunately, visited and
eaten food in the best hotels of almost
every large city in this country and in
Europe. don't know of any better hotel,
taken as a whole. anywhere There are
those which excel in certain specialties,
but none as general hotel better or more
modern in every detail
So now we are prepared for the corning
OF the President of the United States or
the President of the Steel Corporation. or
any President or King. for that matter.
and we can give him as good or better
than he is accustomed.
So come along boys, whether you be
commercial traveller, capitalist or a
Croesus We are ready for you and you
will be warmly welcomed by a good ana
generous and sturdy people as well as b
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21

w Turpin, the highwayman, the
Jesse James of the English
boy? THE prince of highwaymen," as he
is called, has figured in thousands of
stories, in which his character is shown
to be spotess. He Is generous, kind
hearted, and was In the habit of only
stealing from the rich to give to the
poor. But in the following, the true
character of this man is shown, and
his life, instead of being as attractive
as attempts have been made to picture
it, was most miserable in its ending.
Turpin was born in Hampstead. Essex,
the son of John Turpin, and put to school
with a writing master, and later appren-
ticed to butcher where he served his
time. Even when quite young he was
frequently guilty of misdemeanors and
often behaved. in a disorderly manner.
firing of his life as an apprentice, he
Joined notorious gang of smugglers and
deer stealers who operated in Essex.
They soon had all the country terrorized.
and they committed many Atrocities. but
finally. all of the gang but Turpin, were
arrested in an inn. he making his es-
| cape by diving through window.
Finding the country of Essex too hot.
Turpin went further north and met his
best friend Tom King a famous high
| wayman, first making his acquaintance
| by trying to hold him up, while King
stopped Turpin with the same intentions.
Not long after Turpin committed his first
murder by shooting man servant of a
Mr.. Thompson who tried to effect his
| capture.
Turpin continued at this gentle occu-
patton for about three years when in
melee he, by mistage, shot King. At
ter this. with a large reward on his
head he travelled to Lincolnshire where
he stopped under the name of Palmer.
the while posing as country gentle-
man of means. He made frequent trips
to Yorkshire, where he was finally APP
pretended. Here also he posed as a gen.
tldman and upon every visit. he sold or
exchanged many thoroughbred horses,
every one being first class animal.
| While staying in Borough Cave. Tur-
pin was returning one day from shooting,
which was at the beginning of October,
1873, and seeing one of his landlord $
cocks in the road, he shot and Killed it,
and for this little misdeed he was put
into the house of correction. ,Ae he would
give no account of himself except that he
came from Longsutton in Lincolnshire,
he was held while messenger was sent
| to that town to discover anything that he
could about Turpin's character.
| The messenger returned with the news
that John Palmer had lived there and
that he was once arrested for sheep steal
ing, but had made his escape. and THAT
also several of tho best horses of the
county had been stolen from the souires.
and of this crime the same Palmer was
suspected.
| Turpin was, upon this news. committed
to the York castle. After he had beer
there month some gentlemen came
from Lincolnshire and identified soms
horses a. their property. among those