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2O.OOOGUTOFF
by floodsaved
Hundreds of Thousands Are
Now Homeless and Badly in
Need of Food,
Continued From Page One,
persons haxe b*> n rendered homeles'
which were not Included in this re
port .
Goiernmrnt figures front the
quadrangle section bounded al its four
corners by Arkansas Citt Rosedale
Miss.; Natchez and the mouth of the
Red river, give 105,000 as the total
number of hopeless: person.- therein
Work Desperately
To Save Refugees,
Less attention was paid todav to
strengthening the ». ee? than to sav
ing refugee? Motor boat', dories, rafts
and bargt-s were commanded and press
ed into service. Many of them were
Wanned bx government empiojeea. a and
each one was in charge of a respon
sible river man.
Twelve negroes and two white wom
en were drowned in the battle ax"
district of Coupe early todit xx h“n a
skiff in which they were, being towed
to safety by a government lauch cap
sized.
Fresh refugees flocked Into Raton
Rouge by the hundreds during the
night. Dr. Oscar Downling of the state
board of-health. 1? in that city, and is
in charge of the housing preparations.
He is taking strict precautions tn see
that the quarters of the refuge- are
equipped with sanitary to
prevent any outbreak of disease
Loss $12,000,000 .
Say U S. Experts.
Th? drawbridge of the Texas and Pa
cific railroad, over the Cross Tete
bayou, was swung Into line with the
current today and locked in that post
tion to prevent its being washed away
Traffic on that section of the road has
been completely suspended
The towns of Maringouin and Cross
Tetr, which are in the flooded district,
have been turned into islands, but as>
they are on elevated ground it is not
believed that they arc In danger of be
ing destroyed
Offers are constantly being received
st the sta.tr house from towns outside
the danger zone offering to car® for
refugees. Subscriptions are bring made
up and stores of clothing and food art
being receive*!
United States government engineers
estimated that an area of at least. 877
square miles is under water, and the
loss so far through crop and property
damage amounts to at least $12,000,000.
The lowest estimates of lumber opera
tors are that at least f»l per cent of
the hardwood mills of Arkansas, Louis
iana and Mississippi have been forced
to suspend Production is at least to
per cent below normal and as a result
pricer are being raised.
Woman Marooned
With Two Babies.
A strikingly tragic case was reported
today from New Roads. La. Mrs L.
i<. Ingram was marooned in the attic
of her home by the flood. With her
were two babies. One of Mrs. Ingram s
babies died from the exposure. The
mo.ther tore her skirts to make a rope
and with it tied the other infaht fl body
to a chimney of the house. The mother
and the other baby wore rescued. She
.will go back to her home to give the
other infant a Christian funeral as soon
as the flood subsides.
COOLER CAN NOT LIVE
DESPITE HIS UNCLE’S
SACRIFICE OF BLOOD
SAVANNAH GA, May X. The sac
rifice made by E. 1. Bennett, who gave
his own blood to save ills nephew
from hookworm, is proving vain, for
Clifford MeTyre Cooler can not re
cover. Young Cooler, who received the
transfusion of blood after lie had been
brought to the Savannah hospital from
hi' home at Okabie S C. lies today
in the same desperate condition as be
fore the operation It is with difficult'
that Clifford breathes, the disease hav
ing attacked his heart, and his father.,
G N. Cooler, who is continually with
him, is prepared for the worst, believ
ing recovery impossible.
Halton, his eight-year-old brother,
w hile In a serious condition, is not crit
ically ill. and it. is possible that he will
recover The two lads arc in the same
room at the hospital.
A sister of the two boys died from
the effects of the same disc r e last
week.
HE LOSES HIS ALL AT 101
ANO STARTS LIFE ANEW
ST. LOUIS. MO, May 8. Jo-, ph F.
Meyer 101 years and two months old
who served through the Mexican and
Civil wars and who has lost six chil
dren and his farm by floods ba< start
efl to a Chicago Institution of charit'
r> ith ' ■ ents in his pocket. H» de
rlared hr would rover the <i :aii ■
afoot
After the Gaives’on ’ldal wart had
killed his two sons and four daughter-
Me-e,- gathered what remained of his
$30,000 fortune and started a chicken
farm at Hickman. Ky The flood there
last month destroyed his chickens and
everything else he had but a few odds
and ends These he sold and started
for Chicago.
QUERY: WHICH GOATS
ARE GOING TO BE-GOT?”
XET BRUNSWICK. N J . May -
A ‘goat committee.' lonsisting of Ai
derman Joseph F Easier, George Collin
and ' iftmt Mott, has h««n appointed to
capture Me --n goat- that have been
devouring lawns in this tov, r.
GETTING EVEN WITH THE COP
By TOM POWERS
Copyright- 1913. by International News Service.
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Edison Is Planning
The Development of
'Movies* for Schools
ORANGE, N J . Mat 8 —Thomas A.
Edison expects to spend $3,000,000 and
devote eight years to the work of per
fecting a repertory of educational films
that will meet the requirement: he has
set to make the moving picture useful
in the school room. What the inventor
has done so far ami will do was told by
Arthur D Chandler.
He told the New Englanders that
Edison is confident that the riioving
picture film is destined to become an
indispensable adjunct to the school
room Edison has already had a num
ber of film.': made, among them one
which shows, magnified millions of
times, the process of chemical crystal
lization of certain substances. To
watch the procesres as shown bx that
film, according to Mr. ( handler, is to
be deeply impressed with the fact that
there is something controlling even the
action of inorganic matter, and he said
be felt that the scientists in their
searching might yet find nut God
The educator said Io was sure that
the hoys who hate school and can not
learn from books could not help being
interested and learning rapidlj from
motion picture screens Edison expects
to send into all corners of the earth,
gathering material for his films.
WOMAN PULLS REAL
MELODRAMA STUNT
TO RECOVER PAPERS
\l’»;|'ST.\, GA. May 8 Mrs \\ B
Ellington, said to be the wife of a wealthy
Waycross man. covered •' E Allen, an
insurant e man uho * ame here recently.
" ith a revolver today and demanded
some capers belonging to her. which Al
len is said to have had
While the revolver still pointed tc
wards Allen's heart A Weingottrn. a
friend of Mrs Ellington. <ame in and he
also had a ievolver. \llen pleaded to be
allowed to leave the offn e to get his keys
so that he could get the papers, and in
stead went to the police station and had
Mrs Ellington and Weingotten arrested
TOM McCRARY TO HANG
IN CORDELE NEXT WEEK
Governor Brown will not in f *'‘rcr*
w -J ib* .’xs-uiiup of Tom M'l rJry,
d n.-s’' ■ sentenced to hang in Cordele
n*xt Tuesda>
Upon receipt of a lettei from Judge
Whippic, of the t'ordele circuit, before
whom McCrary was tried for the mur
der of Clarence Beasley, the governor
told McCrarx s attorneys that the sen
tence xvoulu stick. Judge Whipple wrote
that these was nothing in the evidence
that would indicate that the sentence
was unjust.
TAFT DINNER TOO STEEP:
TACOMA VOTED FOR T. R.
TACOMA VYASH m.h s T'-C'irian?
here attribute - vjrte, rv n
primal*' <--!*/•• G.n tn .
that ju\€u here ITe&ident Taft last
October
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: WEDNESDAY. MAY .8, 1912.
METHODISTS HIT
CHURGHOFROME
Resolutions Attacking “Machi
nations” of Catholicism Are
Adopted by Conference.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN Max v -The
Methodi.'t Episcopal church today went
on record a- opposed to the “machinu
tions of Romanism," and declaring that
the teachings and practices of the
Catholic church "deprlxe the people of
the Bible, pervert mans of the fun
damental doctrines of Christianit; and
foster supet st itions which alienate th,
thinking classes and bind heavx bur
dens on the poor."
A resolution defining the attitude of
tile church was passed by the .genera)
conference following a brief dis.us
.«fon. The resolution bad been amended
sim e it introduction last I'm ilax and
was not so drastic or harsh as the orig
inal resolution. Mis. Ida T Armes,
delegate from Chile and a mi'; iouar.x.
pleaded for the adoption of the less
drastic resolution.
The delegates today refrained from
discus.-fng the resolution al length and
no attack' on the Catholic church were
made from tile floor.
Sympathy For Priests.
The resolution sajs in part:
"Resolved. That the M-'thodisi Epis
copal church recognir.es its plain duty
io pri'seeute its missionary enterprises
in Gicek and Roman Catbidie eoun
tries with increasing zeal, and be it
"Resolved, further. That it is our
duty to oppose the machinations of
Romanism anti to eoianteiaxt its at
temjits to gain an evei-iTicnasing con
trol of out public schools to use the
public funds for sectarian schoois. and
"Finally, That xve feel the deepest
sympathx with luxe toward the piic<ts
and people within the Gi-mk ami Ro
man etmrebe. xx bo <r<> w orking towaid
a more spiritua: interpretation of ths
Christian faith.'
The i onfercm » adopted arc. oiution
stating iliat no person who uses to
bacco m anx foim .'hall be elpeo'.j to
anx conference, office.
Bishop Thomas F Mcelrx of New
''cleans, who o a . , F'diladripfila .-ou
fereneo delegate in 19'M, xx hen lie w as
chosen a bishop, is under flee at tit'
gop.-ra confcrriiee lo re I ; of
the historic Arch St ,-et Methodist
Episcopal church of Philadelphia, in a
memorial presented to the conference,
declare that he lias acted in an unwise
ami unfair manner in selecting a pastor
for tire church.
JUDGE CALLAWAY NOT
BADLY HURT IN WRECK
AI Gl STA. G\ . May 8 The injuries
t" Judge K H* Callaway, the \ugusta
attorney and < x-.iudge of the superior
court, that were sustained in the w»*eck
of the Southern passenger train
tn South Carolina, proved to be not 'Try
■ 'T'P’.i? The judge ' suffering from t
• -Dp •’/■ •'h! w r*>n. he-l but is
expected ■ te out in a few dd’ e.
Father Wins Office
Os Son Driven to
Suicide at Albany
ALBANY, GA.. May S. .1 t\ . Wal
ters. Sr., father of the late Solicitor
Walters of Dougherty county. who
killed himself a little more than a
month ago, will finish the work left
undone by his dead* son. In probably
the most spirited election ever held in
the county. Walters on xcstorda.' de
feated Thomas H. Milner for the office
by the narroxv margin of 45 votes. Wal
ters made his campaign on a platform
that proposes to stamp out the blind ti
ger and gambling element of this city,
which lie charged as being responsible
for the death of his son.
In an Impassioned campaign speech,
he asked for the privilege of taking up
the xvork where his son had left it,
pleading that no other bands but his
own should touch it. This appeal won.
Milner docs not' represent the blind
tiger and gambling element. He sought
rhe office on his merits as a lawyer.
His strength ia me fioin leaders op
posed to Walters, who wore ready to
work for anj candidate olio offered an
opportunity to accomplish Walters’ de
feat.
RAISED HIS HEAD AT
WRONG TIME; NOW
HE SUES FOR $2x5,000
Because lie raised his head at the
wrong time and connected with a. xxdr-,
said to be the property of the Georgia
Railwax ami Electric I'ompanx. G. W.
Adam- lias midi' the Western and A
- railroad and the Georgia Railway
and I-:...'-' ('cmptinx defendants in
a .$75.11'1(1 damage suit.
Adams is a switchman in the employ
of the W. X- A and was standing on a
box eat at North avenue and Maii’ ttx
street xvlu-n be stretched bis neck and
bumped th'' xxitr He was knocked off
the cm anil his skull fra, lured.
BILL POSTERS TO MEET
IN ATLANTA NEXT WEEK
Thr- a:;i '*4 %!Frn Gill P«, tpr~ a ? '--oeja
t»on -*’ll hold Us annual ''invention at
iti p ri«dir”UW next Morula* and
liiruda* Th® r-ffv'crs of the asstbf'iati«?n
arr J D Burbage, president, of Jackson
ville. l ’.» W \ She®: •. vk'c president,
of Nashville, Tenn., and Charles R Rol
lins. ses rotary and treasurer, of .Jackson,
Fenn
There will be representativ es from
Georgia, F'lorida. Louisiana. Mississippi
South Carolina and Cuba, and an attend
ance vs 100 is expected.
SHE’S 100: NEVER DANCED.
DOES NOT WANT TO VOTE
WHNHAM MASS. May n—M>
\Lii !• Hodgson ha* lihl <• 'bratod
iv'r one hundredth biiihday hot* She
s -he has nev®r atten'i , *d a dan*'€,
I ha* nrvor ' f’den in an autoninb’l? and
d*xaft Veliev, in woman suffrage
GIH POLITICIANS
PLAN fl. COMBINE
. Factions Will Hold Conference
and Try to Unite on Candi
date for Mayor.
Representative? of the various sac-
I tions in Atlanta municipal politics ai'e
I planning a conference Ibis week to de
t vide upon one candidate f.» mayor who
shall receive the support of the "city
hall crowd," as the group of men who
devote constant attention to city poli
tics is known. The nucleus of the new
organization will be formed from the
faction which defeated the ■•‘compromise
charter" in the primary last summer.
Reports in city hall circles are that
Aiderman John S. Uandler will ]?e the
strongest candidate before the new
combine. Councilman Claude <'■ Mason
Is the most active of a number of poli
ticians who have been urging Candler's
candidacy for aoino weeks, council
man Aldine Chambers is also counted
upon to support t.'andler. if he decides
not to become a candidate himself.
Winn May Win Out.
Mayor Winn is in the race for re
election, though lie has not announced.
Despite the fact that he opposed prac
tically all of council in his advocacy
of the "compromise charter." even those
who are seeking another candidate say
he has a good chance of receiving the
indorsement of the city hall. Condi
tions have changed, and there has been
harmony between the mayor and coun
cil since the first of the year. It is
possible that neither Candler nor
Chambers will run. In that event,
Mayor Winn and his friertds feel cer
tain of their support.
Three candidates have already an
nounced—Aiderman John E. McClel
land. Dr, George Brown and ex-Coun
cilman Steve R. Johnston.
Majority Necessary.
Th° election is several month;, off
But that is just the reason plans are.
being made for an agreement. It can
be done much easier now than after
the candidates have begun active cam
paigns. for the combine depends on get
ting some of the candidates to with
draw.
It takes a majority of the votes Io
nominate a candidate. City Attorney
Mayson said today that a majority must
nominate, the rule having been fixed by
the legislature. But it applies onlt to
Atlanta primaries.
Councilman Aldine chambers has in
troduced a resolution in council which
will have “a significant effect on the
coming primary if it becomes a law.
The resolution calls for a charter
amendment making it illegal for anv
candidate, to spend more than SI,OOO in
a race and prescribing a penalty for all
who employ ward heelers. The resolu
tion is now in the hands of the ordi
nance committee.
WIFE AWAKES FROM
NAP TO FIND JEWELRY
WORTH SI,OOO STOLEN
(’ity dPtcctivc<; arp on rhe lookout for
rhe sneak thief who slipped into the
room of Thomas Fountain, in the Carroll
ion apartments 38 Carnegie way, and
made his escape with jewelry worth more
than SI,OOO.
The theft was discovered by Mrs. Foun
tain when she awoke from an-afternoon
nap The jewelrv was on the dresser
when she fell asleep. Among the stolen
articles ar Iwo watches, a diamond and
pearl siudded brooch, two silver chatelaine
mesh bags, an amethyst stickpin, a dia
mond st riif oin ami a sei of turquoise ear
screws.
REV. C. B. ARENDALLTO BE
MADISON BAPTIST PASTOR
LOI ISVILLE. KY.. May 8 Rev C. Ba
ker Arendall. who will take rhe degree of
master of theologv at the Southern Dap
tist Theological seminar> in June, has ac
cepted a call to the Baptist church at
.Madison, Ga and will enter upon his
duties in that 'ity soon after he leaves
the seminar'.
Hp will be one of the speakers at Ihe
graduating exercises of the seminary the
latter part of this month Another
speaker will be Dr. I TV. Lynch, of
Athens, <;a . who xxill deliver th* 5 bac
calaureate sermon
NOT THE NAME OF
SOMETHING TO EAT
But It Sounds Like Something
That Everybody Should Be
Familiar With.
Tim average American doesn't know
xvhether Nizhni Novgorod is th* name
"f a tight-rope pe: former or a now
parlor game. It is neither, in thes*
days of discoveries and inventions it
l might b* the name given to a German
' olwmical combination or a nexx planet
! Bin it isn't. In fact, it is not new : it
too y*ars old; so it isn’t a breakfast
food nor '■ it .- re c.it discovery. But
it is a city , full - grn” n cite founded
ip the year 1?1?
1 knew that ail rhe time, somebody
says Yes. but th* average American
doesn't know it. and it is the average
Ameiban that should b* enlightened.
With that end in view. The Georgian
presents tiro Standard Atlas and Chro
nological History of the World. In
this useful volume the names of all
the principal cities of the world are
given, with a concise description of
each. In another section the population
of the principal cities of the world is
to be found, and in another are accu
rate maps of all states dT the Union
and all countries of the world.
This Allas should be in every home in
Atlanta It is useful for old and young
alike. Every school child should have
acres* to it. It i.s o.asx- to get for al!
you need to do is to present six head
ings of Th* Georgian and a “mall *x•
pens* tec tn defray th* expense items
■'f di.stribut't'n Start to sax e the ’
headings today.
Soldier of Seventeenth,
Third in Three Weeks,
Tries to End His Life
Officers at Fort McPherson are puz
zled today over the attempt of a third
soldier to kill himself, after two com
rades had succeeded.
Hayden Thurmond, whose attempt to
»nd his life by drinking carbolic acid,
was frustrated only by the quick ac
tion of Lieutenant Robinson, of the
county police, is the third within as
many weeks to seek self-destruction.
The of iter privates of the Seventeenth
succeeded in ending their lives, and
both used carbolic acid.
Thurmond, whose action is said to
have been due to the habitual use of
cocaine, refused flatly to thank, Lieu
tenant Robinson for interfering with
his suicidal intentions. He told Re
corder Broyles that he would be better
off dead. He said that be had been a
victim of the cocaine habit for three
months.
Thurmond tried suicide at the cor
ner of Bellwood avenue and Ashby
street. The police officer was stand
ing on the corner when the soldier ap
proached. He drew a small bottle from
his pocket and muttered:
"Well, here I go."
Robinson arrested him and took the
bottle away.
GEORGIA SWINDLER
NOW WANTED FOR
DEAL IN SPOKANE
Charles W. Sharp, a professional
swindler, ■who served a year and a half
in the Fulton county convict cafnps
and is still under bond here, is now be
ing sought for a swindle in Spokane.
Wash. U}iief Beavers has been asked
by Pinkerton detectives to aid in a
search in Atlanta for Sharp.
He is accused of swindling a bank in
Spokane of $895 through a forged cheek
on the Whitney Central National bank
of New Orleans. He is also wanted for
another deal in the Northwest.
Sharp is supposed to have left At
lanta about a, yeaT ago. At that time
he had already served one term of
twelve months and six months of an
other term for swindling a local na
tional bank out of a considerable sum.
The last case was appealed to the high
er courts and Sharp was freed on bond
before he completed the term. Nothing
more was heard of him it/ire until the
news came of his alleged operations in
the Northwest.
YOU ARE POISON
ING YOURSELF
WITH FOOD
PURE FOOD DOES NOT PRE
VENT POISONOUS GASES
Every Bite We Eat May Poison
—All Could Be Methuselahs if
We Did Not Shorten Life By
Self Poisoning.
All food »aten has some waste, un
used particles left in tire stomach un
digested. From this waste uric acid
generate-, and when uric icid gets in
th* blood stream it poisons the sys
tem; it. is termed Autotoxemia. Indi
gestion, biliousness. dyspepsia, sick
headache, languidness, or loss of ener
gy and a weakened physical condition
result and make the system vulnera
ble to disease. Eliminate autotoxemia
and xve could live to be hundreds of
vears old.
JACOBS' LIVER SALT flushes the
stomach and lb* bowels, dissolves the
uric acid and expels it with th* un
digested putrefying waste matter that
generates the poison.
Take JACOBS’ LIVER SALT in the
morning before breakfast. You will
do a better day's work, and xvith the
consciousness that your health is safe
guarded against any indiscretion of
over-eating
JACOBS' LIVER SALT is better
than calomel. It causes no vomiting,
nausea or after effect. Effervescent,
agreeable, mild, quick—no other liver
medicine is equal to ft. Don't take :i
substitute. 1-2 Ib. jar 25c <by mail.
16c extra postage.) Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Atlanta.
COLDWELL’S /gc
LAWN
MOWER
No Mower Can Do More
The continued rainy weather has made grass
grow where il never grew before. If vour lawn is
getting "swampy," its time to get a lawn mower
and get busy.
With a very little attention every onv ran have
a pretty lawn this year. Mow at least once a week if
you want a velvety, attractive lawn.
GET A COLDWELL LAWX MOWER. AND
THIS MOWING PROPOSITION WILL ONI V PF
AX APPETITE TEASER BEEORE BREAKEAS'E
Get a good mower, and the cutting will be a
pleasure. Buy the COLDWELL and vou will swear
by it, not at it.
There is only one best.
COLDWELL’S IMPERIAL
All sizes from $3.50 up.
Hightower Hardware Co.
90 WHITEHALL ST.
KAISER 15FLAYED
IN SECRET BOOK
Prominent Men of Berlin Hear
of the New Volume Through
Anonymous Circular.
BERIJN. May S. Th* avowed purpose
of a remarkable book to be published
shortly at Zurich. Switzerland, is to show
up the weak side of the kaiser s charac
ter. The work, which is believed to be
a Socialistic maneuver to discredit Em
peror William 11. is announced in a cir
cular mailed tn many men prominent in
Berlin society.
The circular i« anonymous. Nor is rhe
author of the hook indicated, and the
names of the printer and publi.aher of
either the circular or the book are
omitted.
The circular states that the book is to
be issued at Zurich, because the German
law relating to lese. majeste. makes its
publication in Germany imposisble. After
this introduction the circular gives an
outline of what the book purposes to re
veal concerning the kaiser, as follows: '
The rkaiser is an overrated and
o' eradvertised man.
He is not a heroic figure, but a
weak, irresolute and essentially timid
man, who is always ready to quit
and does quit at every critical mo
ment.
His reign is a long record of per
sonal blunders.
His widely vaunted versatile knowl
edge is purely superficial.
His alleged military genius is non
existent.
His reputed ability as an adminis
trator and ruler is pure humburg.
He is a faithless friend, whose dis
loyalty to personal ties Is proverbial.
He is a man of colossal conceit,
fed on flattery and surrounded by
sycophant courtiers, who exploit to
the uttermost his follies and failings.
QUAIL TOO COSTLY? WELL,
SPARROWS JUST AS GOOD
WASHINGTON. May 8. —N. E. Dear
born, expert biologist of the department
of agriculture, says that broiled spar
tow on toast is as good as quail.
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Meadow Gold or Fox QCp
River Butter, per lb «“h
Fresh Country 171 c
Eggs, Doz I'2
New Potatoes, peck OCp
49c; 1-2 peck.,. tub
Ballard's High Grade Flour,
not cheap trash, but the
well known Ballard's High
Grade Flour, 12 lbs, 40c;
24 lbs, 79c; 48 lbs, $1,56;
96 lbs, $3,10; bbl, $6.19
Cash Grocery Co.
118-120 Whitehall