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2 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. <GWE Mt a X ForTheA Landa BONE for mi Doq ) i'k /PINCHED '> ! STEAK For ——us. soak/ the bone vX / \ *7 k~’ / \ f'VTAsr < i ~ l z JHiil -mH' f/4 p ■ ’i : UnH 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. "V d tffi feJMi’WB ft * » ix \. ~ Xf W| V *w*j ? 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