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STOLE TO SWELL
FUND OF SPIRITS
British Bankrupt Mulcted by
“Mediums"’ Through Love
for Dead Friend.
LONDON. May 24. —"1 am unable to
recollect any more remarkable case
having been tried at the central crimi
nal court,” said Mr. Bodkin in opening
the prosecution against Mr and Mrs.
Izard, who are accused of obtaining
money from Thoma* Syms on the pre
text of sending it to inhabitants of the
“spirit world.” «
The case arose out of the bankrupt
cy of Syms, who was a solicitor with
a large practice in London and Man
chester. In the course of the usual
investigation, it found that lie had
misappropriated $4,945 received on be
half of a Mrs. Burgess, fie pleaded
guilty at the centra: criminal court,
and in view of the statements made by
him sentence was postponed while
criminal proceedings were opened
against Mr and Mrs Izard
Some years ago, Mr. Bodkin ex
plained. Syms seemed to have formed
an undoubtedly deep attachment for a
lady who died In 1906. and having dab
bled to some extent in spiritualism, he
seemed to have conceived tlie idea, that,
he could continue to communicate v.'ltb
her after her death.
100 Seances at $1.25 Each.
He became acquainted with
Izard, who promised to do her hcsv.Tß.
pit' him m touch with his fi lend, who
was known 'hr ughout the business as-'
“M I. O. <My Loved One). Mrs.
Izai d represented that she communi
cated with th-- ulier world through a
“Dr. R ' and a "Dr. W."
In ea< h of the years 19OS-7-S* more
than >4n.es were held at a fee
of $1 25 per time, and in course of time
messages from M L. O.” delighted
the heart of Syms
* His letters to the spirit world were
addressed to Dr. R, care of Mrs.
Izard. yet, to show how remarkable
-was his character, he kept a press copy
of practically every letter that he
wrote
‘Between- this . artli and the unseen
world." .-aid Mr Bodkin, "a regular
postman was employed —Lauron, a
Frenchman, who lost his head during
the French r< volution This postman
tool; the letters to the spirit world,
dematerialized th n to make thorn In
visible and rematerialized them again
when they reached the other world.
"Then Syms wa; told tiiat the spirits
were conducting a 'rescue society’ for
people who had been Undesirable mem
bers of society in this life, and to aid
the fund; of this society Sym sent
scores of postal orders for 25 c, nts to
be transmitted to th< other wptld.
rire Sale
Tomorrow we will make still greater reductions in
several of the remaining lots and add a number of impor
tant items which our limited space has not permitted us
to offer before. Under the pressure of the last few days’
tremendous selling, occasioned by the most wonderful ag
gregation of bargains ever offered to the trading public,
this stock is rapidly melting away; but the store is still ■
teeming with opportunities. If you have already attend
ed this sale, it will pay you to attend again tomorrow, for
it will undoubtedly be the greatest day of all.
Everything in stock at Fire-Sale prices regardless of
cost or former prices.
Just a Few of the Saturday
Fire-Sale Bargains
ONE LOT of Tailored Suits that d* A
wen up to $2!*.50, choice
ONE LOT of Serge Dresses that &O zIQ
\vi re up to 515.50, choice Saturday r«7
ONE LOT Silk Dresses that were up QS
to si”), choice Saturday O
ON E LOT of Wash Dresses that d»-j Q£*
wort- )0. choice Saturday
ONE LOT of Lingerie Dresses that >
so’d up io $1.50, choice O<?C
ON E 1.0 f ol Ladies' 50c Silk Hosiery 33c
ONE LOT .<I.OO and $1.25 Middy Blouses, ,69c
ONE LO I Sl.pa Lawn Kimonos at 39c
ONE LOT 50e Men's Silk Ties27c
The store will be crowded tomorrow, so come
as early as possible.
Open at 9 a. m. sharp.
IM' K '
49 Whitehall Street
City May Be Behind on Parks. But—
.GEORGIA BEATS WEST
I 1 arrest Adair came home from the
West today . He had swung round the
■ Irele from Los Angeles to San Fran-
I cisco. Portland and Vancouver, and
/ 1 topped for a look at Calgary, in the ;
new Canadian wheat fields. And he
- ivs he wouldn’t swap a good Georgia |
(arm for anything in the West.
it's- irrigate, irrigate, everywhere out
there,” he said. "You can’t raise a lawn
without sprinkling it all night and
holding an umbrella over it all day.
People are paying fancy prices for
Western lands, good only for one crop,
with a failure perhaps every fourth
; year, when Georgia land is waiting for
them, cheaper, better, with nd irriga
tion necessary, and the ability' to make
thro crops a year and certain results.
"But the cities of the West have At
lanta beaten in one great essential
park- Atlanta outclasses them in busi
ness and its property values are great
er. Los Angele- is boasting that a
new record price of $4,000 a foot for up
town property has been reached. Why.
'Mitchell street was selling at that fig
ure. when I left Atlanta. But we are
not up with them in expenditures for
public improvements.
Public Parks Everywhere.
”1 have visited every- state in the
Union, every city of more than 75,000
inhabitants. On this tour 1 made it a
point to hire an automobile and ask
the driver to take m< to the park;. In
not a. single instance did lie hesitate,
or say. 'We haven’t any.’ He drove
~ us from one park to another, through
j beautiful drives.
Kansas City has spent $10.000,not) to
convert ugly bluffs into driveways and
parks. Vancouver is spending $2,000,-
; 000. Everywhere there, are breathing
spa< es, little blocks of green grass and
■' trees and walks, while In the larger
parks are automobile boulevards and
Appointment of Oil
Inspectors by Hudson
Declared To Be Valid
Attorney. General T. S. b’e.lder today
ruled that the oil inspector appoint
ments made by former Agricultural
Commissioner Hudson just prior to hts
leaving office are valid.
The attorney general's ruling was
made at the request of .1. J. Connor, the
present commissioner, and involved di
rectly the Fulton county oil inspector
ship held by M. E. Tilly under Hud
son's appointment. It is said that for
mer Commissioner Hudson appointed
four other inspectors under the same
conditions.
Th eattorney general ruled that the
appointments would hold only for the
unexpired bum and the fact tliaC'Hiid
son gave the commissions for two years
would not affect the time for which the
appointees would hold office nor would
it invalidale the appointments.
HIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS:FRIDAY. MAY 24. 1912.
I drives for fast horses. Did you ever
stop to think that there’s not a place
in Atlanta where a man can sit down
for a chat with a friend except his pri
; vate office or a near-beer saloon?
"Atlanta must dev'elop its park sys
i tern. More money must be spent on
GranJ and Piedmont. The city must
purchase bloeka of land and convert
them into breathfr.g places, fresh-air
oases for its coining generations, and It
must do it now before prices become
prohibitive.
“It is in public parks that Atlanta
falls behind the cities of the West. It
would pay Atlanta to send her whole
city council on a trip thrdugh that
country, not on a junket,’ but a tour of
inspection of park work.
Great Opportunities Here.
“But to get back to Georgia farm
lands, our people do not know what a
fortune they have here. Farmers are
going from the to 6 thickly settled states
to the West, and into Canada, and buy
ing farm lands. If they raise a fair
crop of w heat their net profit is sls an
acre, and only one crop a year is possi
ble, while irrigation is necessary. The
season is short. Thfe winter snows are
only this month melting from the
mountains. Those farmers could come
to Georgia and buy land at the same
price, or cheaper, and w ith good judg
ment could make far greater profits.
They could make three crops—early
corn, potatoes and winter oats, if they
raise cotton a fair crop would pay,
much higher net returns than a crop
of wheat in the West. Some’of them
are coming and settling, but we need
more.
"I'm glad to get back. 1 wouldn’t
swap Atlanta for any city I've visited,
and I've never seen finer lands in all
my travels than some of the tracts be
tween Atlanta and Macon and in
south Georgia."
Company Contends It
Can Save City Money
By Furnishing Power
IS
Preston Arkwright, president of the
Georgia Railway and Power Company,
said today that he would furnish the
city current to pinny water from the
river to the reservob cheaper than the
city could transmit it to the river sta
tion. He said he would make a rate
less than three-quarters of a cent net
kilo watt hour.
Mr. Arkwright's statement may mean
that the council will no longer
consider building an electric plant In
connection with the new garbage cre
matory. Tlie Georgia Railway and |
Power Company already has a’powc-r
line running by the river pumping sta
tion. The city would have to build a
line from the crematory to the river if
it were Io produce its own power.
IGITY PUNT PUN
ON SUFFERS
SETBACK
Council Finance Committee
Dodges Issue by Referring
Matter to Health Board.
, After five years of discussion and
bickering over the proposition to win
an adequate garbage disposal plant for
the city of Atlanta, the situation today
is.exactly as it stood at the beginning.
The finance committee of council yes-
, terday dodged the issue by referring
the matter back to the board of health,
with a. request that new recommenda
tions be made, and Atlanta faces the
renewed menace of disease and death
in the accumulations of refuse
throughout the city.
A serious split is threatened between
; the finance committee and the board
■of health. They take absolutely oppo
i sits views of the proposition. The board
lof health officials think the finance
| committee should deal only w ith the
: question of financing the plan. Mem-
■ bers of the finance committee say they
I have absolute authority. Whatever is
j finally decided, it now appears certain
l garbage disposal will be THE issue in
I the corning mayoralty campaign.
City Hard Pressed, Says Candler.
Dr. W. L. Gilbert, J. H. Bradfield and
other members of the board of health;
Mayor Winn and three members of the
finance committee, W. G. Humphrey.
J. J. Greer and U. D. Knight, all urged
Hie. recommendation of the board of
health and Dr. Rudolph Hering, expert
engineer, that the bid of the Destructor
Company of New York for $275,000 be
accepted. They left off the electric- gen
erating plant and the water pump,
.1 which reduced this bid fioni $440,000.
But Aiderman John S. Candler, chair
man of the finance committee, said
positively the city would be unable to
provide this sum.
"An investigation has disclosed the
fact, gentlemen,” he said, "that we
must provide $198,000 next January, be
sides the normal expenses of the gov
ernment and the average amount of
improvements-. Os this amount $175,000
is for bonds issued years ago. We are
I forced to buy a cheaper plant. No
! matter what plant we recommend, it
can't give relief until next summer. A
few days delay now won’t hurt."
‘lf you refer this matter to the board
of health, our recommendation will be
the same.” protested Dr. Gilbert. "We
have studied this proposition for years.
The’people of Atlanta will not tolerate
anything but a high-priced plant on
our site near the center of the city on
account of the smoke and the fumes."
"Tlie proposal to refer this matter
back to the health board means that
we begin all over again," insisted Dr.
■I. H. Bradfield.
Consider Only Incinerator.
Aiderman James R. Nutting said that
i lit, as one was willing to take the re
, -ponsibllity of financing the. matter if
ne could see where the city was get-
■ Hug its money’s worth in the $275,000
bid. Councilman C. J. Vaughan ex
pressed a similar sentiment. They said
they did not care what the criticisms
were, they were not going to act until
they knew they were spending the city's
money well:
All plans for handling garbage were
discarded but an incinerator. The
t finance committee urged that one be
> obtained at the least possible cost. The
: Forsyth Crematory Company of Atlan
| la has offered to build for $50,000 a
which will consume 250 tons a
.day. The company offers bond, but
members of the board of health say
rh> y don't believe the plant could do
; the work. The other concern the board
expects to deal with is the Destructor
' Company of New York. The finance
committee will provide the board with
funds to employ an expert engineer.
Another meeting again to consider the
matter will be held in a few days.
WIFE OF PARK A. DALLIS,
• ATLANTA ARCHITECT. DIES
! Mrs. Elizabeth Dallis, 32 years old,
; wifeo f Park A. Dallis. one of Atlan
i ta’s most prominent architects, died at
j the family home. 52 East Cain street,
! today, after a brief illness. Besides
her husband, she is survived by an in
fant daughter and a. number of other
relatives and friends in Georgia.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Elizabeth Nolan, of McDonough. Ga.,
where iter mother and other relatives
!• reside. The remains will be. taken
there. In charge of Barclay & Brandon,
tomorrow, where the funeral services
• and interment will be held Sunday
• morning at 10:30 o’clock.
HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES.
LONDON, May 24.—Memorial serv
ices for the late King Frederick of Den
mark. who was buried today at -Ros
kilile, were held in the royal chapel of
St. James palace this afternoon. King
George. Queen Mary and other mem
bers of the royal family were present.
Wann Springs baths can’t
be beat in the United States.
: The water is the finest.
‘'The Gates of Silence" begins
•in Monday's Georgian, Don't
i miss it,
The easy way to get help for house- |
w ork office, store, factory or anywhere
else is to insert a small ad in the Help I
Wanted columns of The- Atlanta Geor-
I gian. Just phone 8000 (either phone)
ffind the Want Ad will do the rest.
For vour convenience. Want Ads will
be taken over the telephone and bill will
be sent a* expiration of ad No mutter
w k ai vou want or have to sell, a Georgian
Want Ad will do the work, thus saving
you time and money.
A Regular 90c Bon-Bon Dish FREE
~,
Introducing the World’s Supreme
I™ Leader In Chocolate Candies
ELKIN'S Sale Saturday Through Monday LIGGETT'S
elkin;s liggetts
fi uuxix " ( ' ' var *f everyone in Atlanta to know Liggett’s, tlie HgGFTT'S
fi new leader of all Chocolate Confections, sold emphatically ■ jggftT'S
ELKIN'S aS wor^’s est ’ au< l no * f" un d as represented, the IjgGETT'S
El KIN’S purchase price .will be returne d. LIGGETT’S
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ELKINS yy g— — Bon dish (quadruple silver-plated, gold-plated LlUUtl I 3
ELKIN’S MF S 2 a®. inside}, an elegant, worthy article, fit to LIGGETTS
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ELKIN’S pound of Liggett's, 2 dishes with 2 pounds, 5 ] JGGETT’S
ELKIN’S dishes with 5 pounds. But, COME SOON. LIGGETT’S
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Fountain Pens lik E H Fountain Pens
The popular leader in The leading imported
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B Bathing Suits and Caps j
£ " 5"
For Women, Misses and Men •
** Whether you’re bent on the seashore or only to Piedmont
Park, you’ll naturally want the best looking bathing suit---one
' w * s ’ nc^vl^ like the suit worn by the little lady in the ac- *■’-
fee companying picture.
k k are ie bathing suits which the Rich Store brought out.
---styles that are out of the commonplace, but with no premium
JJ placed upon them because of this fact. 2 •
Women S
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z x Bathing Suits of Mohair. Silk and Satin, in
"'Ti \ blue, red, tan and brown—some trimmed in fam'-
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r ..../.y All sizes, from 32 to 44—52.50 to $15,00.
Fot the Miss
'' Pretty Mohair BaHnngs Suit- for girls of 12.
J* " x A. Si/14,16 or 18 vears —a variety of styles at $1.89, 2'
- '' :’ $2,50 ’ s3,o ° and $3 ‘ 75,
' : • or Men j
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