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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30
America Attempts
To Extend Powers
OF Photographic Eye

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-It is
generally known that properly
manipulated camera can bring out
objects and aspects that defy de-
lection by the naked eye. That power
OF the camera is being greatly ex-
tended by experimental work now
undertaken jointly by the bureau of
standards and the war departments
section OF aviation.
Some of the results are considered
military secrets, but it is more than
: possible that in the next war smoke
screens are not likely to be COM
piete protection for advancing troops
or moving vessels at sea. The cam
era's eye can be given some I'M
canny powers Of piercing obscurity
OF that kind.
Already. tie experimental cameras
can give very good results in taking
pictures Of objects concealed by the
water Vspor which constitutes nat.
ural fog and cloud bank. Il is likely
that the powers, now barely devel.
oped, can be carried a good deal fur.
Their. DIR. G. *. Burgess, director of
the hugesu, believes the secret of the
Increased. visibihty-for the camera
lies largely In the photographic
emulsions which control the charac.
ter OF the sensitive plate and its
development. Some OF the discov.
cries in connection with the research
probably will be made public. though
There are details which military
archives Will likely treasure for q
long time.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30
STATE TAX SOLUTION
IS GOVERNOR WISH
FOR THE NEW YEAR

SAVANNAH, Ca, Dec. 27.--Gov-
ernor Clifford Walker. who arrived
in Savannah late Friday by automo-
bile from Atlanta, said when asked
by The Savannah Press to make
a new years wish for Georgia:
my wish is that the tax problem
might be solved, so that the owners
of tangible property may feel that
the expenses of the state are not
placed entirely upon them and that
the hope of the state is that all citi-
zens may feel that justice is being
done and that the burdens of gov
eminent are being fairly distributed
II hope that the owners of in
tangible property will cooperate by
recognizing the justice and assist in
enactment of fair tax laws"
In connection with the Georgia
tax system, the governor said:
"You may say for me that in con-
nection with the tax problem that
the demand of the administration
as referring to legislation will be
the same as last year-namely a
fairer distribution of the burdens of
taxation"
Proposals Outlined
"The plan contemplates a reduc-
ton of taxes on tangible property
and the placing on the tax books of
Intangible property heretofore escap-
ing taxation. The emphasis in 1925
will rather be placed on these ques-
lions. Commissioners are now study
ing the situation and the problem
will be given mature and painstak-
ing consideration.
Several different plans have
been suggested thus far, including
income tax, classification tax, sales
tax, etc. 1t is my opinion that there
will probably be agreement finally
on combination of two or more
Of the plans now under considera-
tion."
after the reform of the tax laws
I will recommend to the general as
sembly a program of constructive
character which will include the en-
largement of equipment and faclll-
ties in the field of higher education
al institutions and the consolidation
of public schools in the country
districts looking to a higher grade
of consolidated school work in each
militia district in Georgia for terms
of nine months"
Tobacco Revenue Growing
Discussing the tobacco tax law,
Governor Walker stated 1t is new
and necessarily time is required to
obtain results. There have been
some loose ends to be taken up, but
the proper officials are actively do
ing so at this time. Additional in
spectors have been employed, and
the law is being enforced more ad-
vantageously each day.
II am eternally and everlastlngly
opposed to the sale of any part oil
the terminals of the w. e A. rail-
way, either in Atlanta or in Chat
tanooga." Governor Walker ex-
claimed with fervor. "The value of
the terminals is infinitessimal as
ompared with the worth of the prop
ertv in connection with the road.
will cooperate otherwise with Chat
tanooga in the adjustment of It's
traffic problems.
Governor Walker was accom-
panied by J. II. Dozier, Of Athens,
chairman of the state game and fish
board; L. L. McMullen, of Hartwell,
and his two sons. w. M. Basker-
Vile, managing editor of the Atlanta
Georgian, Joined the visitors here.
They are going to Ossabaw ana
Sapelo islands as the guests OF
Howard Coffin, of Detroit.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30
c. D. P. VOTE Loss
IN SOUTH IS BALM
FOR DEMOCRATS
BIZ ROBERT Il. SMALL
Copyright, 1924, by, the Consolidated Press
Association-Special Leased Wire
to Ihe Atlanta Iourna..l

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The
Democrats of the nation are claiming
a little consolation from the official
election returns. The figures show
that the Republican vote in the 'sol-
id south" fell off at least % per cent
from the vote cast for Warren G.
Harding four years ago. President
Coolidge reached his lowest tide Of
political fortune in South Carolina,
where in some manner 1923 votes
we're cast for him. Warren Harding
got 2,444 votes in the state in 1920.
The only southern state in which
the Republicans showed a gain was
Texas, where the vote jumped from
114,538 for Harding, to 128,240 for
Coolidge. The greatest loss to the
Republicans was in Tennessee, which
was carried by Mr.. Harding with a
total of 219,S29 votes, whereas Mr..
Coolidge this year received but 49,
064 and lost to John w. Davis.
Comparative figures for the II
states comprising the solid south are
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30
Policeman Adopts 80 Children Salary of $145 Month";
eve Live Well and Don't Worry and It's Lot ofFun He

The Schneiders see no reason why
they should not adopt still more,
There are only 10 at home now. The
other 20 are all out for themselves.
Who the children are that they
take in makes no difference to Joe
and his wife. They simply make
sure the youngster is without par
ents or support, The name nor fam
lily tree doesn't matter.
To some of his wards, Schneider is
plain Dad" To others he Is Uncle
joe, - To Charlie and Jimmy howev-
er, he's "Crap-Shooter."
That's heritage Of his traffic
squad days. Joe's favorite reprimand
to an overzealous motorist used to
be, Get back there, you crap-shoot-
er, until it's time for you to pass"
me and the boys like It," Joe con-
fides. IT'S sort of familiar, and I be-
lieve in letting the kids have their
Way"
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Totals ........ SAL Alb 704, 400
Net Loss of 22f.A56 Votes

In 1924, therefore, there was
net loss of 236,95S votes to the Grand
Old Party and another setback in the
dream of definitely breaking the SOL
id south. This loss may be account
ed for in part by La Follette's can
didacy, for the senator from Wiscon-
sin, and his running mate, Wheeler,
polled a total of approximately l20,-
900 votes. La Toilette reached his
greatest southern strength in Texas,
where his total reached 2,54l votes,
or more than a third of the southern
total Like Mr.. Coolidge, Mr.. La
Toilette reached the vanishing point
in South Carolina, where his total
was only $40.
The Democratic vote In the solid
south showed some rather wide fluc-
tuations in 1924 as compared with
1920, but the total was almost the
same, Governor Cox receiving 1886
642 votes four years ago, and John
w. Davis polling 1,6SS,720 this year.
Due to various causes, including a
rather spectacular gubernatorlal
campaign, the total vote in Texas
took tremendous leap, and while
the Republicans showed a gain
there Of Approximately $4,000, the
Democrats made gain Of 10000.
Davis Gains in Georgia
The Davis vote showed a loss to
the Cox vote in Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Tennessee and Virginia. 1t is a
rather strange freak of figures that
while Davis carried Tennessee and
Cox lost it, the Davis vote this year
was some $4,000 under that given to
Governor Cox. In addition to the
tremendous leap in Texas, the Davis
gains over the Cox figures were IN
Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi
There are various explanations for
the ground lost by the Republicans
in the south other than the presence
of a third party ticket In the field
In the first place there was con
siderable resentment against Pres1
dent Wilson in certain sections OF
the south and the Cox vote showed
this detection from the party.
In the second place Warren Har
ding was warmly regarded in the
south. He was thought broad
minded man of the people, and, hail
ing from the west, was considered
more acceptable to the old line south
erners than a down east Yankee"
would have been. Confronted this
year by, "a New England Republican
for the first time since the Civil war
many southern Republicans either
voted for Davis or remained away
from the polls. The latter certainly
was the case in Tennessee, which has
it's strong Republican sections, and
where the vote showed a huge fall
ing off this year.
The politicians Of both the old par
ties are likely to be busy for some
time digesting the official returns.
If they avoid indigestion they will
be lucky.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30

might SEEM" says the sergeant.
We've never been so overburden-
ed we couldn't have cared for at least
half a dozen more.
Good management's the whole Sc
cret. Help the children and they help
you. And the kids, you know, make
the old folks young, and the fun of
it all is worth ten times more than
the effort it's all been"
Until his promotion to a sergeancy
a few weeks ago Schneider was a
traffic cop on st. Louis busiest
downtown corner. On that job he
was making $145 a month, Today he
gets $165.
but big pay" he tells you, sis
only a late thing. It's only been a
few years since we were getting $40
a month. And it's been just compar-
atively recently We were getting 500.
yet it was just as smooth travel
ing in the old $40 days as now-may-
be more so. The wife runs the bust
ness of the household and she never
gets in the red We live we'll and
don't worry.
Ten at Home Now
"As the children get older they
help in one way or another. We al
WAYS pull together"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30
Since 1904, St, Louis Off,
GERS Home Has Been a
Regular 0rphanage = Al
ways Room for More

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20.-Police Ser
seant Joe Schneider has fathered 30
children in the last 20 years.
And all on a policeman's salary!
Sir &c 1904 Joe's home has been a
regular orphanage. There seldom
has been time in all these years
when there were not at least doz-
en- youngsters living under his root
Schneider and his wife, never bless
ed with children Of their own, first
adopted the orphaned daughter of old
friends. But the little girl, they soon
saw, was lonesome without her I'D
pIaymates. So they went out and
got some for her.
From then on adopting homeless
kiddies became habit with tn3
Schneiders.
Always Room for More
Its never been as tough as 1t
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30

American Association for Communi
+ ~ Organi. ton.
HICKORY.-Miss Emmeline Eliza
beth Suttlemyre, II, member OF
prominent family, dies afaer pro
longed illness.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS r. w
Vann, prominent citizen, aliented af.
fections of Mrs. Bryant, her hus,
band, H. c. Bryant, files suit in SUI.
perior court for $4,000 damages.
Complaint declares Vann "seduced
and debauched" Mrs. Bryant.
SHELBY. Central Methodist
church building. for fifty years land,
mark Of city, is being transformed
into modern theater, church congre-
cation having entered new building.
three members, who, as children,
heard first service in building fifty
one years ago, attending final serv-
ices.
DALEIGH.-Nec Of more
vigorous state efforts looking toward
conservation Of forests is emphasized
in first annual report Of Commission
er Graham 10 state department Of
agriculture.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30

dorsement of DR.. Sprighr Doweil, as
president of Alabama Polytechnic, in
stitute at AupIrn, is given here at
meeting Of legislative committee of
Alabama Educational association.
BIRMINGHAM J. L. Mills,
retired Methodist minister and IA
Their of J. Bib5 Mills, superintend-
ent of Alabama Anti-Saloon League,
dies at residence of son.
Misses Maggie and
Bessie McTyer, twins Of this city,
have fruit tree which bears both APP
Piles and pears.
JACKSONILLE.-Mrs. Laura A.
Wilson, SO, dies at home Of daugh-
ter, Mrs. T. E. Lacey, at Browns
station
BESSEMER.-Dr. Sam W. Horne
is elected commander of Bessemer
post, American Legion.
COURTLAND. = One Lawrence
county boy made profit OF S6SS on
eight acres of ground, according to
Ingram P. Thornton, vocational agri-
cultural teacher of Town Creek high
school.
WETUMPKA.-C. G. McMorris, of
Wetumpka, sends to department of
archives and history record book in
which James w. Graham, secretary,
entered minutes of total abstinence
society at Wetumpka, organized
June, 1912.
CARROLLTON. - Baptist church
To- loos. of ~
900. to take place Of building 15syears
old
MONTGOMERY S. Shir-
ley we'll known Montgomery mer-
chant, dies after illness of two
months.
MONTGOWERY.-Marshall Dozier
and Mary Russell, negroes, are given
hunting license instead Of marriage
license. Mistake is discovered by
parson WHO marries them.
SELMA.-Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
jackson and two children are badly
injured when their automobile
plunges down embankment into
Chaba river.
ANNISTON - Mop yarn and mop
factory, with $4,000 capital, locates
here.
GADSDEN.-Joe Daniel, 20, son
of ex-Sheriff Daniel, of Cherokee
county, falls across saw, decorating
left arm so badly it had to be am
putated at shoulder.
GADSDEN.-B r. Williams, II,
oldest citizen of Cherokee county,
dies at home at Pope.
DECATUR. Tennessee river
steamer Trosel brings $50 tons of
cotton seed from Langston to local
cotton seed oil mill.
BESSEMER. Two Bessemer
children die same day, victims of
open CRATES. They are, Geraldine
Ausbourne, 4, and Otis Ledbetter, q.
CUNNINGHAM, - Southern Fer
ro-Concrete company, of Atlanta
Ga, is given contract to build adj
dition to Tutwiler, hotel here, cost
ing 100000.
BIRMINGHAM. - Court of ap,
peals sustains Judge William r
Fort, of Birmingham, in decision
allowing $4,000 bail to Clarence
Clark, charged with murder.
MONTGOMERY. - Inmates OF
Kilby prison present Governor w
w. Brandon with fountain pen as
token of esteem.
SCOOTSBORO,-Six big whisky
stills are captured in Jackson coun-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30

Carnations Rival CanneIias
Carnations in every shade from
palest pink to deep red are quite
as popular as the gardenia or ca
melia and add smart touch to
the simplest street costume.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30
$50 Reward

$50 will be paid II n. V. Turner'S Quick
ReieSalFs fails to give relief in cases Of Group,
head BIDS catarrh. sore throat. headache ear
ache eczema, Itch. burns risings, bruises, cuts.
rheuitic pains or piles. Turner'S Quick Relief
salTds one Of the most powerful. penetrating.
germilling. pain-removing and healing salves
know to science.
Reeves corns in few hours without pain.
Alsoemores seed warts.
Lys box by mail for zoe.
AC%Ts WANTED-Writs for special terms
r. 'Turner Box 1922. Montgomery, Ala.
lAhrerfisefnnnl
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30
NORTH CAROLINA


under one year of age in state III
1928 numbered 6,S65, ratio of SIS
per 1000 births, and maternal
deaths numbered $40, ratio of So
per 1000 births.
WINSTON-SALEAI. - Mrs. Bow.
man Gray. wife of president of r.
). Reynolds Tobacco company. pro-
vides Christmas tree and presents
Tor 5000 negro children of, city in
biggest event of kind foT negroes
ever held here.
GREENSBORO. = Charging that
officers of Wachovia Bank and
trust company and r. j.. Reynolds
TOBACCO company, both of Winston
salem. in conspiracy" wrecked
Balley Brothers, Inc, of Winston.
salem, tobacco manufacturers. cans.
ing loss TO latter concerns stock.
holders of $2,001 1856 are contained
IN complaint of suit for recovery
MED in federal district court here
ny A. l.. Ashly, merchant. Of
stuart, Va. and other stockholders.
Balley Brothers was declared bank
rupt several months ago. its failure
being basis of series OF pending
suits alleging fraud. rs.
RALEIGH.-City's gross debt i
SS'S14.921 and net debt is s1.422.SS2,
according to statement Of city GOV.
eminent in connection with sale OF
proposal for sale OF 1880, 900 issue
OF water and sewer bonds.
DURHAM -Thomas Leak. negro
who engaged Officer &. L. Staliings
IN gun battle, Is killed, and officer
Is wounded in arm.
RALEIGH. Tremendous de,
msnd for labor in state in 1926 IS
forecast in biennial report OF NJ. l..
Shipnan. commissioner OF labor
and printing. who says cotton mills
are speeding up prod $tion; tobacco
growing and manufacturing industry
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30

American Association for Communi
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30

Observation-Disclosures Dozier
and Mary Russell, negroes, are given
hunting license instead Of marriage
license. Mistake is discovered by
parson who marries them.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30

MONTGOMERY S. Shir.
ley we'll known Montgomery mer-
chant, dies after illness of two
months.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Of North and South Carolina and
Virginia are invite dto attend re
sionaI conference Of social workers.
postponed indefinitely several weeks
40. at Chapel Hill. January 1911.
which viii be held under auspices OF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-15
THE FL0OnS IN CHINA

The first reports of disaster and loss of life from floods in China appear al- most incredible. Fifty thousand lives or more lost and millions rendered home less at one stroke are staggering figures. Yet only two years ago the figures of previous typhoon and tidal flood stood at seventy-two thousand Chinese dead. It may be that the present disaster will total an even greater number of lives lost than yet reported. Such floods are not unusual nor unexpected in China. They are recurrent and almost periodic. Yet in all the centuries this ancient civ- ilization has not ceased to pay heavy human toll to storm and flood, nor has it safeguarded itself against them. How ever, to moderate the floods and to re- duce their power to take human life and property are simple engineering prob lems. Some progress in recent years has been made towards flood control in China, but millions upon millions are needed to make a thorough job of it. It is deducible nevertheless that it would be far less expensive to control them than to suffer them. Human life is held cheaply in China, but property is surely as valuable there as anywhere else. From the standpoint of property damage alone, to control the floods of China by engineering construction would be the most paying industry that country can indulge in for the next ten years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-15
THE ICE-BOUND AERONAUTs

Being equipped with no acetylene torches with which to melt the impeding icebergs, the American aviators sit shiv- ering in gloomy contemplation of the icy seas, while their fellow-citizens at home swelter and envy them their view. The ice-packs around their next stopping point on the east coast of Greenland are at present dangerous alike to supply ships, consorts and seaplanes. Undoubt- edly these will shift eventually before winter so that the harbor will be clear, but the airmen are growing anxious lest something happen to prevent the sue cessful completion of their hard-won vic tory. Doubtless they also realize that it is far easier to trace a route on the map than it is to follow it over the ac- tual course. Reports indicated that the fliers were about to attempt the flight to the Greenland port, which is on their route, and then fly out over the impacted ice near the shore to the supply steamer, fifty miles out in the open sea, to re- plenish fuel and supplies. This is dan gerous program in that it may be found difficult to come either to earth or water in Greenland, but then the whole flight has been dangerous. The American peo- pie will be glad to have these adven- turous voyagers back home again. Then they will also be glad to hear from the war department list of benefits justi- flying the effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-15
PERHAPS MIR. cLoE IS JOKING

It may be that Commissioner Cloe is joking when he publicly expresses re- gret that he is unable to attend the in- ternational convention of fire chiefs at the expense of a firm dealing in fire equipment. For of course MT. Cloe knows that it would be highly unbecom- ing for city official to put himself un- der personal obligations to firm which in turn might ask him to make purchases of them for the fire department. Or per haps the firm is grateful to MT. Cloe for purchases already made. Even so, MT. Cloe certainly could not conscientiously accept as a reward for having made such purchases, such costly gift as trip and entertainment at the expense of the com pany. MT. Cloe's reward would of course come from the thought that he had saved the public of this community money by having bought the best possi- ble equipment at the lowest possible price. For what higher reward could a jealous public official desire than the satisfaction of duty well and capably done?
 In order to show the people of Bir- mingham what he has accomplished in their behalf, perhaps MT. Cloe would publish list of the competitive bids re- ceIVeQ aC NaFlOuS ClIIleS 1OI IHS-1ASAIAhS apparatus. It is presumed that such a list would show that the award has gone to the lowest bidder; that the recommen- datjons of the fire chief, the expert in charge of the equipment, have been carefully followed, and that the firm is- suing the invitation to MT. Cloe to be it's guest has in no degree enjoyed the status of favored firm with MT. Cloe. It is understood that hitherto MT. Cloe has modestly refused requests for such list; but his self-sacrifice in declining the invitation aforementioned surely de- serves to be rewarded by the public grat- ification that would follow the exposition of his record in the purchase of fire fighting equipment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-15
Forum Of The People
Anniversary of Father Ryan's Birth

 To the Editor of The Age-Herald Next Friday, August 15, will be the anni- versary of the birth of Father Ryan taccord- ing to ''The South in the Building Aof the Nation,' Vol. XII, D. 36S), and have writ ten some lines in blank verse in hia memory which 1 hope you can publish on the edi- torial page of your paper of that date. I may add that my admiration for Father Ryan has been influenced solely by his genius and character-not his priesthood, for l am not Catholic. T. c. M'C0RVEY. Tuscaloosa, Ala, August Il, 1924.
 ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN
 (1839-1ss6) o yours it was, great poet-priest, to pour soothing balm upon a nations wounds And catch its dying moans fore'er enshrined In ''The Conquered Banner" and "The Sword
 of Lee" The racial memories of Erin's wrongs Attuned your heart to sing the hhllowed woes Of your own native Southern land. With
 voice
 Of flute-note sweetness, but of clarion ring, You glorified the land with ruins spread Along the smoking trails of Sheridan And Sherman, and shrived a nations faith
 full soul
 In verse immortal. In spotless purity You gently walked the ways of peace; but
 beneath
 Your sacred vestments beat lions heart. Alike upon the lurid fields of war And where the yellow plague still stalked
 abroad
 You brately bore to wounded and to dying The cancellations of your priestly faith, But while you sang the dirges for the dead 'Twak yours to view with true prophetic ken New brightness born above a land of gloom As from the night there looms sunrise of
 morn.
 And now, o poet, priest and seer, from out The opalescent parapet of some Far gleaming world, your soul with rapture sees
 A blood-knit land, with fadeless memories No longer rent by fratricidal strife. THOMAS O., NrCORVBY,