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■ILS LOOT
FLOOD IIIGTINIS
Five Dikes Go Down and Loss
i
of Life Is Heavy as the
Waters Rise.
Continued F’Or Page Ono.
from Pointe Coupee parish by the end
of the week
Calls for boats came In here during
the night and today and a number
have been dispatched to the flooded
country.
Railroads Are
Saving Thousands.
In the upper part of the parish rail
roads have b»-en able to aid with
the work and seven thousand persons
have been carried to safetv. In the
southern section however, th* water
hfit put the railroads entirely out of
commission, and boats are th* only
means of transporting the refugees.
The waters from the Terras break
have spread over the West Baton
Rouge and Iberville parishes, and are
still rising and warnings have been
sent out to a number of sections not
yet flooded, telling the people to aban
don their homes and flee for their lives.
Seven hundred and fifty refugees
from the McCra section of the Pointe
« Coupee parish have been taken to Mel-
Villa. La They were taken from the
levee top. where they had taken refuge
when the flood cam*. The refugees to
day were sent to permanent relief
camps in other town*
One Refugee Brings
16 Children With Her.
, On* refugee arriving here today, a
white woman was followed by sixteen
children when she embarked from the
passenger coach.
"Are these children all yours, ma
dam”' asked the government agent
who helped her off the car
"They are; every one of them,” she
replied
y Families with eight, nine and ten
children ar* numerous among the t*f-
• ugees The majority of the negro ref
ugees are treating the situation as a
sort of picnic, few of them having the
allghtes* realization of the seriousness
of the flood
The refugees were fed her* today,
and then passed on to Baton Rouge
on special trains The stories of hard
ship. miser’.- and suffering told by some
of the unfortunates were harrow ing in
the extreme
Borne of them escaped with only th*
clothing they wore, leaving all their
valuable effects behind Women cried
hysterically a: th¥y sat In the railroad
station waiting 'for the special 'refu
- gee trains."
TORCH OF WORKMAN
IGNITES GAS IN BLAST
FURNACE; 5 KILLED
CLEVELAND, OHIO. May 9—Five
men were killed, eight fatally hurt and
four less seriously injured earl}’ today
Jn an explosion at the < entra! blast fur
nace of the American Steel and Wire
Company on Broadway near the Cuya
hoga river
Th* dead John Zella, 36. William
Champlin. 46; Andrew Husek. 28: John
Pollock. 31, and an unidentified man.
The men were Inside one of th* fur
naces removing a blow pipe prepara
tory to shutting down the furnace when
the explosion occurred. The blast Is
believed to have resulted from an ac
cumulation of gas which was ignited
by a w orkman s torch.
The explosion was heard for two
miles.
GEORGIA RAILROAD OWNERS
HOLDING ANNUAL MEETING
AUGUSTA. GA., May 9—The seven
ty-seventh annua! meeting of the stock
holders of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company was held here yes
terday. Reports showed the company's
affairs to be in a very satisfactory con
dition. Officers were chosen as fol
lows
Jacob Phinizy. president. Rufus H
Brown, cashier, directors Henry D.
McDaniel. Leonard Phinizy. James
White, William A. Latimer. Billups
Phinizy. Henry B King. T. M. Green.
Edward 3V. Butler. Tracy I. Hickman.
John P Mulh*rin. Porter Fleming. W
J. Hoilingsw’orth. H. C. Boardman, W.
B White and Ernest Woodruff.
DIOCESAN SEAT MAY BE
REMOVED, SAYS BISHOP
Bishop John E Gunn of Natchez,
Miss . formerly >f th* Sacred Heart
church here, will leave tonight for his
home after a visit of several days
Bishop Gunn announced 'hat the
church is discussing the advisability
of moving th* seat of the Cathokc dio
cese of Mis-issippi from Na'che.z to
Jackson Th* later has many advan
tages to off*’ on account of its geo
graphical position
The terrible flood conditions in th*
MisaUaippi valley are Interestingly de
scribed by Bishop Gunn. * no says that
there are over 2.000 refugees in Natchez
and, that they need al! the funds that
can be raised for their aid.
EAST ATLANTA CITIZENS
WANT NEW CAR SERVICE
The East Atlanta Improvement club
will meet tomorrow night in the East
Atlanta school house to plan a number
of .improvements for that part of the
citv A movement will be made to se
cure bet'er car service on the Soldiers
Home line. Larger cars are needed for
the morning and late afternoon hours,
and a flfteen-mlnu’e schedule between
the hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m.
SMALLESTREBEL LOVES
THE STARS AND BARS
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Photo by Staff Photographer.
This tiny “rebel” is Eva Hall, of Macon. She is proud of
the little Stars and Rars emblem she is wearing during re
union week. This little girl and hundreds of other children in
Macon have become fast friends of the old veterans. They listen
with wonder to the “once upon a time” war tales of the sol
diers of the sixties, who have come from all- over the South.
WRECKER TRAIN
WRECKED;? DM
Trains are running over the TVestern
and Atlantic road today as though
there had not been a fata! wreck at
Gilmore last night, for the smashed
train cleared its own debris and -was t
on its way again early today Two
men were killed and three hurt as the
result of a brake beam falling to the
track and derailing the nine cars be
hind it
James D. Dewberry and D. F. Hud
son. trainmen, both of Atlanta, were
killed, and employees named Sockwell,
McCann and McClarkey seriously in
jured
Men Buried Under Debris.
Train No. 11. from Chattanooga to
Atlanta, had picked up the cars of a
wrecking outfit at Marietta and was
on its way into the city At Gilmore,
ten miles out. a loose brake beam fell
to th* track. The car behind climbed
the rails and turned over, earning
eight others with it Dewberry. Hud
son and the other men were burled in
the falling timbers.
The wrecking machinery on board the
train was put to work at once anti the
tracks cleared in a few hours. Passen
gers on the Dixie Flyer, which was held
up by the wreck, were sent into Atlanta
over the suburban trolley line, but their
train did not arrive until dawn. The
injured trainmen were sent to a local
hospital.
“MOVIES” TRIED TO PUT
ONE OVER ON WHITEHOUSE
33’ASH1NGTON. 'May 9.—A motion
picture plot to show a “crank" attempt
ing to reach President Taft was nipped
at the white house the other day. Pic
ture men walked into th* white house
grounds, accompanied by a venerable
looking man with a long white beard
They set up their apparatus in front of
the mam entrance of the white hpuse
The white bearded stranger started up
the stops Policemen on guard inter
vened before the picture men could
start business
The operators explained that they
were seeking to get a realistic exhibi
tion Os a “crank" trying to enter the
white house The actor would have
been turned back at the door and the
picture machine would have taken in
the interesting proceedings following
his attempts to get into the white house
WOMAN NATURAL BOSS
OF HOME. SAYS JUDGE
YONKERS N. Y . Max 9.—Surrogate
Frank L. Millard, although recently op
posed bv 'hr- women for re-election as
village trustee, said from the bench that
the woman should be “the boss ' of the
household.
Ttit AILAJS iA ASD NhVVb: IHL-KbDAY. MAI 9. iy±z
LIN IN ALASKA
HALTS KILLINGS
SETUARD ALASKA, May 9.—Not so
long from now there win be tried at the
trading post of Nickoli.' Samake. who
kilted Nitluk. the hunter, when th* lat
ter failed to properly safeguard h’is's’bn,
Toowalik.
Last fall, while hunting for moose, a
native named Nitluk took with him
Toowalik. the oldest son of Samake,
and in crossing the south fork of the
Kuskokwim, Toowalik was drowned.
Now, under the tribal law . when a boy
is hunting with a grown man. the man
is responsible for his safe return
When Samake learned that his son
had been drowned he took down his
rifle and started out
Learning where Nitluk,had decided
to extend his trap lines for the winter,.
Samake set out. organized for war. Ar
riving. he went carefully over the
ground and then studied out his line of
attack.
Early in November the unfortunate
Nitluk. in crossing a small stream near
his winter quarters, heard an unusual
noise in the brush. He paused one fa
tal instant, and the crack of the rifle
rang out on the frosty air and Nitluk
fell face downward in the snow .
Samake went back to the chief's
house and. told all. The chief said;
“You have done well. As the elder
Nitluk was the keeper of your son in
the hunt for the moose, and when he
failed in this his life was forfeited to
you This you have taken and the debt
is now canceled. Go and see if the wife
of Nitluk has enough .qf fish and of
moose to feed herself and her babies
until spring 1
Stricture
THERE Is too much rough work cut
-1 ting and gouging in handling cases of
gtri’””— ’!■ rs ' cars of experience with
diseases of men.
chronic diseases,
nervous disorders,
have shown me,
among other things,
that many cases of
stricture may be
cured with less
harsh treatment
than they gener
ailyrecelve Intelli
gent. careful and
scientific treatment
by a physician of
■xperience cures
without pain. The
fake violet ray
treatment simply
separates the pa
tient from Ws mon
ey. I have fnnnzi
J
ey. i nave round,
DR. WM. M. BAIRD too. that many
Brown - Randolph Bldg.cases of supposed
Atlanta, Ga stricture are only an
Infiltrated condition cf the urethra and
not true strictures My office hours are
8 to 7 Sundays and holidays, 10 to 1
My monographs are free by mail in plain
sealed wrapper. Examination free.
SAFER OOORS OF
TITASIC OPENED
Four Compartments Remained
Open After Engineers Es
caped Following Crash.
LONDON, May 9—That lives were
unnecessarily sacrificed when * the
White Star Jin*r Titanic went down off
the Newfoundland coast because partly
filled lifeboats did not return to the
scene of the disaster to pick up sur
vivors, was brought out in the gov
ernment inquiry in London Scottish
drill hall today, Night Watchman
Johnson, of the Titanic, was called to
the stand as ths first witness. He was
Interrogated by Lord Mersey, the pre
siding Judge, and by counsel.
"Was your boat full?" asked A. T.
Rowland. Jr. who Is appearing here as
assistant counsel for the Board of
Trade.
"No,” replied the witness.
"Did you return to the spot where the
ship went down after she disappeared?"
“No.”
“Could you have done so?”
"Certainly.”
Men Refused to Enter Boat.
Johnson said that there were no
women near his boat when it was low
ering. Some men passengers, he said,
had refused to enter the boats
"Mr. Ismay,” said the witness, re
ferring to J. Bruce Ismay, managing
director of the International Mercantile
Marine Company, owner of the White
Star line, “was working with the offi
cers on the boat deck. He tried to per
suade the women to enter the boats and
save themselves. When the boat in
which I left was lowered from the Ti
tanic Mr. Ismay was still on the boat
deck engaged in rescue work.”
John Dillon, a trimmer, was the nex'
witness. He denied that the doors of
the water tight compartments were out
of order. He swore they were closed at
once. Later, however, Dillon testified
that the doors of four water tight com
partments were opened, and, so far as
he knew, never closed again. This was
regarded as a very important point.
Engineer Ordered Doors Opened.
'By whose orders, were the doors
opened?".he. was asked.
“The first engineer's.”
What was the reason for opening
the doors?"
“To allow th* engineers to go for
ward."
“Were the doors closed again?”
"So far as I know they were not.”
| COURT OF APPEALS
(May 9. 1912.)
Argued and Submitted.
B F Camp vs. Peoples Bank; from
Carroll. ’
LA. Carter et al vs. United SJates
of America, for .use, etc.; from Rich
mond
B. H. A.skew vs. A J. Singletary et
al. executors, etc.; from Early.
' J. A. Horsley vs. J. M. Woodley;
from Terrell.
Auto Highball Company et al. vs. W.
F Sibbett et a!.; from Coffee.
Ola Tice, vs A. R Crawford; from
Richmond.
3V M. Scott A- Co.'vs. Atlanta Wood
and Iron Novelty Works from Fulton.
.Fannie Tobin vs. G T Pursley; from
Fulton.
I. Silverman vs. Mrs. I. F. Webb;
from Elbert.
J. R. Legere vs. Blakely Gin Com
pany; from Earle.
G. 33'. Beagles vs. Augusta Railway
and Electric Company: from Richmond.
Bankers Health and Life Insurance
Company vs Minnie Givvins; from
Chatham
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele
graph Company vs. J. L. Glawson et. al.;
from Sumter.
TOMORROwITrALLY DAY
FOR EPWORTH LEAGUERS
The Atlanta Union of Epworth
Leagues will hold rally day services
at Grace church tomorrow. The exer
cises win last through the entire day.
beginning at 9 30 o'clock in the morn
ing. D. R. Culbreath. of The Epworth
League Era and W. H. Preston, dis
trict secretary of the league. will be
the speakers.
ALWAYS HAVE PROOF
OF YOUR STATEMENTS
Official Figures Should Be Sub
mitted in Order to Avoid All
Chance of Argument.
Hon many times have you been sure
that you tt ere right in an argument, but
had no way of proving your conten
tion" One man claimed that the bat
tleship Maine was blown up in Havana
harbor in the year 1898. Another man
disputed this and said he knew it was
in 1899 because that was the year of
the Spanish-American war. The first
man was correct, as he could easily
prove by the Standard Atlas. Both of
these events occurred in the year 1838.
The Georgian's Atlas sets forth all
of this Information in such away that
one may get it at a glance. As is shown
by these tables and charts of universal
history, many important events oc
curred in the year 1898. It was the
year of the great naval victories in
Manila Bay and Santiago: the Dreyfus
affair, that agitated official circles in
France, came out in that year; it was
the year of the annexation of Hawaii:
other events of world interest are all
shown in the Standard Atlas, not onlv
the events of recent years such as are
given In almanacs, but of all time so
far as it is recorded, somewhere up
ward of ten thousand years.
Is not this a book that will prove your
statements" It ends all chances of ar
gument. It is complete in every detail
For a short time only vou car. get
this wonderful book through The Geor
gian Turn to the display announce
ment on another page of this issue and
find it explained therein.
Terminal Tax Return
Rejected Until It Is
Raised to $ 1,000,000
W. A.' Wright, comptroller general,
has rejected the annual tax return of
the Atlanta Terminal Company, which,
he says, has been cut to $750,000. de
spite an agreement to return the prop
erty at a valuation of $1,000,000.
The comptroller general is authority
for the statement that unless the Ter
minal company puts the return back to
the former figure of 31,000,000 the mat
ter will go to arbitration.
Returns of the Pullman Car Company
for 1912 showed an increase of 25 per
cent over the returns for 191 L The
property was returned for $767,990.77,
of which $648,564.83 represents tangible
property and the balance franchise
holdings. This is an increase of $121,-
000 over the returns for 1911.
THEOLOGICAL SENIORS
ORDAINED; SIX TO GET
DIPLOMAS TONIGHT
Six senior students of the Atlanta
Theological seminary were ordained to
the ministry in the Congregational
church yesterday afternoon and will
receive their diplomas tonight when
the graduating exercises are concluded
in the college auditorturn.
Dr. F, H. Gaines, president of Agnes
Scott college, will deliver the bacca
laureate address. Following is the class
of graduates: John R. Lewis, Swansea,
Wales; C. E. Fretz, Philadelphia, Pa.;
Arthur Parker. Bridgeport. Conn.; C.
W. Weatherly. Pittsburg, Texas. Ar
thur Barwick, Baltimore, Md., and M.
M, Bussey, Atlanta.
“SPOTLESS TOWN?” SURE.
THAT’S THOMASTON. GA.
THOMASTON. GA.. May 9.—-Thom
aston’s municipal officers have deter
mined to make this town one of the
cleanest in the state. Owing to the
fact that it is at such a high altitude,
it is in a healthy clime, provided sani
tation is properly cared for. But there
are so many deep sewer ditches it is
probable that much care will have to
be taken to prevent an epidemic of
typhoid fever.
With this end in view. Mayor Thurs
ton has designated May 21 and 22 as
“clean-up” days Citizens are pledging
themselves to do the work with their
own hands.
Aiderman Black, the sanitary chair
man. has offered to send the city’s
garbage wagon to the individual resi
dences and remove all garbage and
trash piled up on the premises. The
women of the town are deeply inter
ested. and especially so because of the
elaborate preparations on foot for R. E.
Lee Institute commencemerit and
Thomaston's Initial Chautauqua, which
immediately follows. 4
CITY IS ASKED TO DROP
ELECTRICITY RATE FIGHT
Chairman Candler, of the state rail
road commission, has addressed a letter
to the city attorney requesting that th*
city’s complaint asking for cheaper
light and power rates be withdrawn so
that the commission can close its rec
ords
Effecting a compromise with the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company,
the city council, practically abandoned
its fight for cheaper rates, but the for
mal complaint filed with the commis
sion has never been withdrawn.
dollars
=^ a! ’ n e
{{J cotton
grower’s
pockets
Instead of stvelling the profits of buyers
and brokers by accepting false grades,
farmers can now commit their cotton to
the bonded warehouses of the Cotton
Growers Co-Operative Society and get the
exact government grades.
And they can determine these grades for
themselves —by comparing their cotton
with the official United States Graders at
each warehouse of the society.
You 3vrite for full particulars about, the
society— today
Cotton Growers
Co-Operative Society
Third Floor---Third National Bank Building
ATLANTA
MINERS STONED
DT ANBRYJOMEII
Children Join in Riotous Dem
onstration at Colliery When
Men Return to Work.
WILKESBARRE. PA.. May 9.—A
mob of 1.000 men, women and boys, all
armed with clubs and stones, gathered
at the Payne colliery near Luzerne to
day and threatened the pump men. fire
men and repair men if they did not
quit work, although they are allowed
by the union regulations to remain.
At the Payne washer?’ the mob seized
John Hiddock. a fireman who refused
to quit work. Hiddock was badly
beaten before rescued. A hurry call
was sent for a detachment of state
troopers, but before the officers arrived
the mob had dispersed. Before doing
so, however, the leaders told all the
men at present at work that they must
not return to the mines tomorrow.
Troops Aggravate Miners.
State troops are now scattered 'over
the entire anthracite field. Their ap
pearance in towns where conditions are
quiet, however, only serve to keep the
miners restive.
AN EXCELLENT NIGHTCAP
Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Half a teaspoonful of Horsford's Acid
Phosphate in half a glass of water on re
tiring induces restful sleep •**
Uncomfortable
Eyes
If your eyes tire out eas
ily when reading or if
headaches and eye-strain
result from close work you
need a pair of rest glasses.
Come in and talk to our
Opticians; they will make
a careful examination of
your eyes, and if glasses
are needed we will fit the
correct lenses in the latest
style mountings at reason
able prices.
Established 1870. Opti
cians to the Southern peo
ple for over forty years.
A. K. HAWKES CO.
OPTICIANS
14 Whitehall St.
"On the Viaduct"
Oklahomans to Take
Genuine Rounds to the
Baltimore Convention
TULSA. OKLA. May 9 2~°"* * U "‘
dred enthusiastic Champ 9 lar *
ers. accompanied by twelve S*™*
“noun' dogs." will attend the Baltimo e
convention, if plans under w ay mate
rialize. T „
Backing the movement are J. H. »e--
ry. vice president of the 1 e > nt L ß 'i‘Tti
flional bank and president of the lota.
Champ Clark club, and 33 oodson No
vell, former member of the state leg- a
islature. , 1
The dogs that will be taken are 1
blooded fox hounds belonging to J. H. ]
Vick, a prominent farmer. The pan
is for a special train for the delega.ion
and dogs.
Roots, Barks, Herbs
That have great medicinal power, are
raised to their highest efficiency, tor
purifying and enriching the blood, as
they are combined in Hood s Sarsa
parilla, which is Peculiar to Itself.
40.366 testimonials received by actual
count in two years—a record unpar
alleled in the history of medicine. Be
sure to take
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
this Spring. It will make you feel bet
ter. look better, eat and sleep better.
Get it today in usual liquid form
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
-
ENDS
CATARRH
Sprays, Douches, Snuffs and
Ointments Won’t Kill
the Persistent Ca-
, tarrh Germs.
Hyomei, the
Antiseptic Air, Wil]
33’hen you car. go to any drug store la
anv civilized community on earth and
buy for only SI.OO a remedy that wtll
quicklv rid you of hawking, spitting
and snuffling, why do you allow the
devilish germs of catarrh to undermine
your health and destroy your effi
ciency?
Quit sprays and douches. Liquid can
not penetrate into the nooks, folds and
crevices of the irregular mucous mem
brane. Neither can It get into the
bronchial tubes that lead to the lungg
and where germs thrive and multiply.
If you believe that liquids reach the
air tubes, try to swallow’ a little water
the “wrong way.” Such a test will
‘effectually demonstrate to you the idle
theory that sprays and douches eaa
cure catarrh.
HYOMEI is a pleasant antiseptic air
which, when breathed, penetrates into
the folds and crevices of the sore germ?,
Infested membrane and also goes deejr-*'
Into the air cells of the lungs, killing
all germs.
A HYOMEI outfit costs 31.00 Extra
bottles of HYOMEI if needed 50 cents.
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Rigg’s Disease
If your teeth are loose and sensitive,
and the gums receding and bleeding, yeu
have Riggs Disease, and are tn danger
of losing all your teeth.
Use Call's Anti-Riggs, and it will give
quick relief and a complete cure. It Is
a pleasant and economical treatment,
used and recommended by leading min
isters. lawyers and theatrical people who
appreciate the need of perfect teeth. Get
a 50c bottle of Call s Anci-Rlggs from
Jacobs' Pharmacy, with their guarantee
to refund the money if it falls to do al!
that is claimed for it It Is invaluable
in relieving sore mouth du* to plate
pressure. Circular free. CALL'S ANTI
RIGGS CO.. 23 Willlam-st.. Elmira. N. Y.
CRITICAL TIME
OFWOIWSLIFE
From 40 to 50 Years of Agei
How It May Be Passed
in Safety,
Odd. Va.:—“l am enjoying bettm
health than I have for 20 years, and J
believe I can safely
say now that J am «
well woman. I was
reared on a farm and
had all kindsof heavy
work to do which
caused the troubles
that came on me la- *
ter. For five years
during the Change of
Life I was not able
to lift a pail of wa
ter. I had hemor-
i \ ts < ■
: 'llf I 1 I'
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rhages which would last for weeks and I
was not able to sit up in bed. I suffered
a great deal with my back and was so
nervous I could scarcely sleep at night,
and I did not do any housework for three
years.
"Now I can do as much work as
any woman of my age in the county,
thanks to the benefit I have received
from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound. I recommend your remedies
to all suffering women. Mrs. Martha
L. Holloway. Odd, Va.
No other medicine for woman’s ills has
received such wide-spread and unquali
fied endorsement We know of no other
medicine which has such a record of
success as has Lydia E. Pinkham’s
\ egetable Compound. For more than 30
years it has been the standard remedy
for woman s ills. J
” ?t u lt ba J e doubt
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound will heln vou, write
! oL 'A ia MedicineCoLfc
(confidential' Lynn. Mass., for
xu< e. A our letter nil i be opened®
answered by a womaiJF
and held in strict confidence.