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TECH STUDENT IS
LURED TO EIGHT
ST MIDNIGHT
R. Wardlaw, Expelled Pupil,
Beats R. D. Conaches. Whom
He Blamed for Dismissal.
When he found that his mother knew
he had been dropped from Georgia |
Tech and had pleaded vainly with the l
faculty to win him reinstatement, J. R.
Wardlaw, of Chattanooga, decoyed the
fellow student, who had "reported" him.
to a elump of trees upon the college
campus and beat him badly in a mid
night fight.
Douglas Conacher. of Augusta,, the
man he assaulted, lies in the Tech dor
mitory with such a badly swollen eye
that he may not be able to report on
time to the firm that is about to take
him on at a big salary within a week
after his graduation from the school.
Wardlaw appeared at police head
quarters this morning when he heard
that Conacher had called upon the po
lice to arrest him. that
he had "whaled” Conacher and he add
ed proudly that he had done it well. He
said he had been "tattled on" by Co-'
nacher for a trivial cause and that
"hen he had challenged the other stu
dent to come out and fight him like a
man Conacher had refused. The police
paroled Wardlaw until 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon, when the case "ill bi
brought before the recorder.
Permanent Expulsion Likely.
It is not improbable that a special
meeting of the faculty .of Tech " ill be
called within two days to make final
the "temporary expulsion" which al
ready stands against Wardlaw.
Wcording to Conacher and other
students, he was lured to the assault
last night by a note to which the oust
ed Wardlaw had signed the name, of
the night watchman.
For several weeks Wardlaw had
sworn that he would have revenge
upon Conacher for having him sus
pended from the Tech for a year.
The trouble had begun months ago
when Conacher, as student-supervisor
of the gymnasium, reprimanded the
hot-headed youth from Chattanooga
for some slightly boisterous conduct.
The ill feeling grew when the faculty
gave Wardlaw a second had mark for
some other Infraction of the rules.
Parents Learn of Expulsion.
Rut the final break came two weeks
ago, when Wardlaw appeared upon the
floor of the gymnasium, against all
rules, wearing hard-soled shoes. Co
nacher says he told him to remove
them. He says Wardlaw refused.
Conacher reported him to the facul
ty. and, having been caught breaking
regulations three times, the faculty
suspended Wardlaw for the year. It
was the understanding that this was
not a final expulsion, but that the
young man might come back again next
year.
Acording to the students. Wardlaw
•went home to his parents at Chatta
,nooga with the statement that he had
finished his examinations and was
through for the year. But apparently
his father was suspicious, for he came
here with the boy to investigate. While
they were in Atlanta, young Wardlaw
went out to the Tech and asked Cona
cher to meet him in the street and
have the feud out then and there.
Conacher refused. He says he re
fused because he had already been
given a positibn with a big firm, and
’,ie knew that It would be bad policy
to gradaute from the Tech with a tight
hanging over his last days in college.
He says that for the sake of this posi
tion. which moans his start in the busi
ness world, he evn went to the faculty
and asked them to reconsider their de
termination to "fire" Wardlaw. The
faculty refused.
A second time Wardlaw went to the
Tech dormitory and demanded that
Conacher come out and give him sat
isfaction. and a second time Conacher
refused.
Lies in Wait For Victim.
.Meanwhile, however, Wardlaws
mother in Chattanooga was growing
suspicious, too. She called the presi
dent of the Tech over the long distance
telephone two days ago and found out
for the first time that her son had been
suspended "for cause-
Wardlaw heard of this, and knew that
his mother knew of his "disgrace.”
Last night he went out to the Tech
grounds with a note he had written in
the night watchman's name. It said
that Conacher was wanted immediate
ly at the nearest telephone, and both
men knew that the nearest telephone is
at the Tech Y. M. C. A., across the
campus, byway of several clumps of
trees.
Wardlaw hid among these trees until
Conacher. hurrying to the telephone,
came past. Then he sprang out and
struck his enemy full in the eye. Co
nacher went down. He arose and tried
to grapple with the other lad, but he
fell again beneath a second blow.
Wardlaw made his way back to (he
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Other students took the dazed 1 'ona
cher to a physician, who bandaged his
wounds and put him to bed.
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POURS IT INTO STREET
M A RTIN'SBURG. W. VA., June 10.
-t.i.ial hundred gallons of beet and
w hiski were pott ed into the public
muan by members of the Womens
Christian Temperance union
Th liquors "ere confiscated be the
-ciunty authorities a: various times atm
p .-I, sold at pilblit auction by the
sheriff to the W. C T U.
Hope Abandoned for Gen. Booth's Sight
BLIND, HE'SSTILL SAVINGSOULS
Aged Head of Salvation Army
Not Dismayed by Great
Physical Misfortune.
NEW YORK. June in. A message re
ceived at the Nt w York headquarters
of the Salvation Army and addressed to
all the members in Amorita of the
world-wide organization by General
William Booth, its head, states in pa
thetic but resigned fashion that the
aged religious worker Is rapidly going j
blind. Theft- is no longer any hope of ■
saving his eyesight.
The message from General Booth |
declares, nevertheless. that in spite of '
his great age—he is now over 80—and
despite the approach of blindness, he
"ill continue actively at the head of
the Army. A characteristic sentence
sums up his word to his fellow Salva
tionists:
"In a few weeks time I hope to he
found once more on the battlefield."
The general has had treatment for
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his daughter. Eva Booth. General Booth, who is nearly blind,
has been cared for by his daughter. He announces that, de
spite his affliction, he will soon he back in the rescue work.
his eyes from the greatest specialists
in Europe. For a time they gave hope
of saving his sight, but now they have
declared that blindness can not be
averted. During hll this trying time
the general has been tenderly cared for
by his daughter, Commander Eva
Booth.
His Wonderful Triumph.
While still "on the battlefield." as he
puts it. General Booth is all but ready
to relinquish the results of his many
years of work to others. The work has
been colossal, and the fate that Is over
taking its designer and executive seems
a singularly pathetic one to the men
and women gathered beneath the Sal
vation banner. Sadness is in their
hearts, put they view the great afflic
tion of their leader with the resignation
that he himself displays.
Forty years ago General Booth was
unheard of. Thirty years ago he was
regarded as a mountebank, a vulgar-
Izer of religion, even as a nuisance.
Today there is no man more honored or
respected throughout the whole world.
The Dowager Queen Mexandra of Eng
land has personally assured him of the
value she sets ufcon his work, the city
of London has presented him with its
"freedom." and wherever he has trav
eled he has been received by monarchs
and statesmen who are proud to shake
his tremulous old hand.
Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley has
called General Booth "the greatest or
ganizer in the world;" Robert Buchan
an, the poet, has called him "the awak.
ener of the sleeping conscience of the
world,” and Cardinal Manning has de
clared him to have “an abiding sense of
the presence of God.”
SOUTHERN RY. BEGINS
PROBE OF PASSENGER
CRASH AT CHAMBLEE
Traffic was resumed today with the
clearing of the tracks after the South
ern passenger train " reck at Chamblee,
Ga. Injuries- received by the trainmen
were not serious.
When passenger train No. 35 was ap
proaching Chamblee it ran into an open
switch and crashed into a freight train
standing on the siding. Engineer C.
Blackmon, G. C. Bean, a flagman, and
others were slightly injured.
The passenger engine and a number
of freight ears were crushed, but none
of the passenger coaches were dam
aged. Officials of the railroad are to
day making an investigation to fix the
responsibility of the wreck.
JEW GIVES $25,000 TO
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, June 10.—Max Pam,
of Chicago, a wealthy Jewish lawyer,
has given $25,000 to the Catholic Uni
versity <>f America at Washington,
In a letter to Cardinal Gibbons. h>
inclosyd a cheek for $5,000 and stated
that he would give $5,00u annually for
the next four yea's to provide scholar
ships ;i t tl>> Catholic university, pro
vided that .'spirant* specialize in social
ami economic problems.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1912.
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YOUTH ACCUSED
OF LOVE THEFT
T. L. Maddox Must Explain His
Friendship With Wife of
C. C. Downs.
T, I, Maddox, a young man 20 years of
age. 77 Hampton street, will appear in
police court Tuesday afternoon to explain
his friendship with the pretty wife of C.
C. Downs, a safe expert.
Downs declares he intercepted a mes
sage intended for Mrs. Downs, while the
voung woman was absent from the city a
few days ago.
According to the husband, Maddox
wanted Mrs. Downs to meet him As the
young wife was nol hero. Downs kept the
appointment for her. He says lie went
to the designated place, hut Maddox,
sighting him. shied and refused to meet
him.
Turns Him Over to Police.
The next incident came when Downs
chanced to meet Maddox near the Bijou
theater Seizing him by the collar, lie
turned the young man over to the police.
Maddox requested that a ease be made
against Downs, and as a result both men
will answer the charge of disorderly con
duct. Downs has engaged counsel. Attor
ney Sam Boorstin. to prosecute Maddox.
Mrs. Downs, who returned today from
Birmingham, where she had been on a
visit, is expected to be a star witness.
Mrs. Downs, several months ago. is
said to have shot al her husband in a
downtown building, but the bullet failed
to hit Downs. For this, she was heavily
fined. Both husband and wife appeared
in court a short time ago, following a
misunderstanding, and both were fined.
CHINESE GIRL WILL
STUDY TO BE DOCTOR
SAN FRA Nf’lSCO, June 10. Jose
phine Chan, a Chinese student of Hie
Berkeley High school, will be the first
woman of her race to take up the study
of medicine at the I'nlversity of Cali
fornia.
Miss <'han is eighteen years old. She
is familiar with half a dozen languages,
has a knowledge of shorthand and
typewriting and is a skillful pianist.
In order to make herself really useful,
she says she has decided to be a doctor.
SIIO,OOO AWARD GIVEN IN
SEA ISLAND COTTON CASE
SAVANNAH. GA.. June to The fa
mous sea island cotton case of the A.
I’. Brantley Company of Savannah
against William Heaton & Sons, pf
Manchester. England, has been settled
in favor of the plaintiff. The verdict
carries an award of 20,000 pounds, or
SIIO,OOO. The result has been made
known to W W Mackall, who was
joint ■nun’i'l in the ease with William
G. Brantley.
DYOMITE TO AID
BOSTON STRIKE
Explosive Placed on Tracks
Shatters Windows and Ter
rifies Passengers.
BOSTON. June 10.—Under heavy po
lice guard, car service was resumed
shortly after daylight today on the Bos
ton elevated railroad. * Because of dis
orders which had lasted al! day Sunday
and culminated in the use of dynamite
for the first time -in the strike, all
service had been discontinued on most
of the divisions eaJ-ly last evening. The
eompany declared today, however, that
with sufficient police on hand it would
be able to care for its patrons.
Police details were on duty at each
car barn, and patrolmen rode on each
car during the early hours.
Explosions of cartridges or railroad
cartridges under cars in different sec
tions of the city were the most star
tling features of the strike. In Alston
an explosion was so severe that the
glass in the car windows was shat
tered and several passengers slightly
cut. The car was able (o proceed.
Passengers, in a panic, sprang to the
street and refused, to again board the
cars.
Pulverized wax was sprinkled on the
car tracks in Dorchester avenue, and
an accident was narrowly averted. An
inbound car attempted to stop on the
slope, but the wheels were locked,
brakes were of no service, and the qar
slid for a bundled yards before the
car came to a stop. The tracks were
then sanded and scraped.
The company lost thousands of dol
lars as a result of extremely light Sun
day traffic and through th? failure of
green conductors to ring up fares.
In another instance a turbulent crowd
of passenger's pulled up fares till the
register broke, and then shouterj invi
tations to pedestrians to come on and
have a free ride.
FRENCHMEN SETTLE
QUESTION OF HONOR
BY RUNNING A RACE
PARIS. June 19. Messrs. Hi nri Dcs
grange and Jules Gentil gave each oth
er the shorter and uglier word, so a
duel was inevitable. But, devastated
at the idea of carving each other up
with swords or blowing holes in each
other with guns, they hit on a really
up-to-date sporting duel.
Dcsgrange is editor of a sporting
newspaper ami Gentll manager of a
firm of bli t ele manufacturers, and the
latter being the challenged patty, chose
a running match, best two out of three
tftm round the Bois de Boulogne. De.
spite the that he Is ten years older
than his rival. Desgrange had Gentll
beaten to a frazzle in the first race,
covering the eight-mile course in 40
seconds under the hour.
The second and third laces are to
bo pulled off as soon as Gentil has re
covered his breath, but in the meantime
Desgrange considers his honor is sat
isfied.
DIVORCE IN 15 MINUTES
FOR ARMY CAPTAIN'S WIFE
LEAVENWORTH. KANS.. June 10.
Fifteen minutes after she had lik'd her
petition in the district court here Mrs.
Mary Land Watson got a divorce from
Captain James T. Watson. Seventh In
fantry, United States army, whom she
charged with knocking her down.
Mrs. Watson said she had only one
gown during the sqclal season, and had
to borrow money to pay for that. Cap
tain Watson served in the Philippines
and Cuba. He filed an entry of ap
pearance, but did not con’test the suit.
DR.OTHURAND
ELOCK WILL LIFT
$30,000 DEBT
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Tabernacle to Build Girls Hotel
and Infirmary When Obliga
tion Is Cleared.
Inspired by the amicable settlement
of differences, the workers in the Bap
tist Tabernacle church tonight will
propose plans for raising the floating
debt of $30,000, the erection of an enor
mous dormitory for girls, and the es
tablishment of a new infirmary on the
unoccupied cornet lot which the Tab
ernacle now owns.
These plans will be proposed at the
board of deacons meeting, and if car
ried will mean that Dr. Robert Stuart
MacArthur's pastorate "ill see the
greatest amount of institutional work
carried on in the history of the church.
C, W. Hatcher, of the board of dea
cons. received this morning a letter
from a prominent business man who
agreed to go in on a pro rata basis
a<jd pay off the church debt. The letter
\yill be read at the meeting. With this
debt wiped out. the church wijl then be
in a position to start a public subscrip
tion campaign for the purpose of erect
ing the dormitory and infirmary.
Dr. MacArthur To Pledge Activity.
It is proposed the dormitory, modern
in every respect, be erected on the site
of the present infirmary, and that the
infirmary be torn down and rebuilt
along up-to-date lines on the vacant
lot which is owned by the Tabernacle.
Rev. MacArthur will announce to
night his intention to remain as acting
pastor of the Tabernacle indefinitely.
It was the doctor's alleged inexpe
rience in institutional work that caused
the split which nearly ended In his res
ignation. and It Is said to be his inten
tion now not only to continue the ac
tive leadership of these various organ
izations already established, but to es
tablish several other features in this
branch of his work.
Dr. MacArthur intimated as much
yesterday in his address to the congre
gation in the course of his announce
ment that he would continue In the
pastorate. He added, however, that,
owing to engagements he had made
previous to his coming here, he would
be absent from Atlanta from the latter
part of this month to the middle of
September. He Is to fill the pulpit of
the Tremont church part of that time,
and will assist in the dedication of a
new church in New York, of which his
son is to be pastor
Large congregations heard the noted
minister at both services yesterday,
and found him in fine voice. He said
definitely that he would return to At
lanta in th? fall to give much more
time to the institutional work of the
Tabernacle.
His only other reference to the late
unpleasantness was in his conclusion,
when he called upon his congregation
to accept Christ and His Word, even
though they did not accept him.
SEARCHING PROBE OF
BEEF TRUST, PLEDGE
OF SENATOR H. SMITH
By HOKE SMITH,
United States Senator From Georgia.
WASHINGTON, June 10. The coun
try may anticipate b fair, just and
searching probe of the beef trust at the
hands of the house members on the
judiciary committee. Tlje country may
also rely upon the committee to adopt
measures which will permanently end
manipulation of prices and other
wrongful acts by the trust.
The beef trust has long enjoyed an
uninterrupted tenure of prosperity in
violation of both the spirit and letter of
the Sherman anti-trust law. It has
thrived at the expense of all classes.
The burden, however, has fallen upon
the great and worthy class of poor peo
ple.
This burden, if not cheeked, will
eventually lead to a serious social dis
content.
That the beef trust is one of the most
—if not the most —vicious of all com
mercial combinations in this country
there is little doubt. There is some
thing truly ominous in the gradual rise
in the prieS of meat.
ATLANTA MEN HEAD
GEORGIA OSTEOPATHS
Atlanta men received the two highest
offices in the Georgia Osteopaths assoela
tion when the state convention of
osteopaths elected officers at the Pied
mont Dr. W 11. Bowdoin, of Atlanta,
was elected president, and Dr E. E.
Bragg, also of Atlanta, was named as
vice president. Dr. James Gorin, of Sa
vannah, was elected secretary and treas
urer, and Miss Frances Saunders, of Al
bany, received the place as assistant.
THREATENS MANDAMUS
IF WATER RATE STANDS
MACON, GA.. June 10.—That 27,00"
000 gallons of city water are sold ev< ry
month for two cents per thousand gal
lons less than it cost is the charge
made by W. A. Huff, water Commis
sioner. who has announced that unless
the board increases the rate at Its meet
ing next Monday night he "ill on the
following day apply, to the courts for a
mandamus.
AGED LEXINGTON WOMAN DEAD.
ATHENS. GA, Juno 10. Mrs. <>. H.
Arnold, Sr., a protnnent woman of Lex
ington, died here after an illness of
several months. She was 73 years old.
She was buried at Lexington yesterday.
She haves five children, Mrs. L. F. Ed
wards and O. H. Arnold. Jr., of Ath
ens; N. B. Arnold, of Lexington: Dr. R.
J. Arnold, of Hampton, and Dr. W. Ar
nold, of Madison.
HOW TO CARE FOR BABY
IN HOT WEATHER IS TOLD
BY STATE HEALTH BOARD
The state board of health, in a state
ment issued today, gives valuable hints
to mothers on how to care for babies
during the summer'months.
The board's bulletin reads:
It can not be questioned that hun
dreds of infant lives would be saved
annually if the mothers of Georgia un
derstood more about "hat is necessary
to do to prevent summer diseases of
children, particularly infantile diar
rhea, and would act accordingly.
If babies are properly fed and the
proper hygienic rules are carried out,
very few of them will have any bowel
trouble during the first or second sum
mer, regardless of whether teeth are
coming or not.
Don’t Give Infants Solid Food.
As a matter of faef. it is’not in the,
second summer, but in the first sum
mer, where the child has other food
than breast milk, that the danger lies.
Artificial feeding is. necessarily per
haps, much more frequent now than
formerly; but mothers should remem
ber this: Always nurse your baby if
possible, for good breast feeding is de
cidedly the best food for infants up to
the age of nine or ten months.
Where babies are not gaining weight
regularly they may need some other
liquid food, but under no circumstances
should solid food be given to babies
under twelve to thirteen months old.
Without teeth, it can not be chewed,
and is bound to act as an intestinal
irritant, nearly always causing trouble.
The vast majority of cases of sum
mer diarrhea are caused by improper
feeding or overfeeding. The child may
be given too much; the milk may be
too strong for its age; it may be dirty
and insanitary. Food should be given
at regular and not too frequent inter
vals; avoid giving solid food too soon;
don’t give candy, sugar, cakes or like
sweets.
Symptoms of Teething.
Many attribute all diarrheal trouble
in summer to teething. This is a mis
take. Symptoms of teething, and which
are present only in the harder cases,
are fever, restlessness, sleeplessness,
often loss of appetite, thirst also caused
by fever, and. locally, swollen tender
gums. A child with these symptoms
should be given less and not more food.
The result of overfeeding in such cases
is intestinal irritation then diarrhea.
When a child's teeth begin to come it
Up and Dottn
Peachtree
Polling Epidemic
Peeves Bill Blevins.
"I seen in the paper las' night that
measles lias broke out and there’s
more’n a little bit of cucumber colic,
and some feller has took a straw vote
on a train to see whether Joe. Hill Hall
or Jack Slaton kin round up the mos'
drummers in the cornin' primary. I
disremembers which way the news
butcher voted, but anyway hit don't
matter none. But hit's funny how all
these infantile diseases busts out along
in June.”
Mr. Blevins had a grouch. The bell
hop in the Kimball had requested him
to move his feet so an accumulation of
cigar ashes and other souvenirs of the
chair warmers' convention might be
removed, and Bill dislikes extra exer
tion.
"That feller's done started somethin’
he can’t finish," continued Mr. Blevins,
viciously. "F’um now on. clean through
till the rabbit season opens, you can't
read nothin' in the papers but straw
votes. They’ll take ’em In smokin'
cyars, in barber shops, at prayer meet
in’ and funerals. I recolleck that fust
race between Hoke Smith an' my
frien’ Clark Howell. They was so many
straw votes in the pap'ers hit didn't
leave no room fur floods and yearth
quakes, an’ a nigger lynchin' was jes’
shoved down at the foot of the column
under 'Sudden Deaths.'
"I uster go down the road and borry
Jcdge Tompkins' paper, and the fust
thing I'd light on was an ar-tickkle like
this:
HOKE SMITH WINS
BY BIG MAJORITY.
CAMILLA. GA.. Juno 17.—A poll
taken by an impartial observer,
Colonel Beverly Botts, at the death
bed of Major J. A. Grimes, gave
Howell 5, Smith 1. the Smith vote
bein' east by the doctor, who, it Is
alleged, voted against Bryan twice
and is not believed to be registered
anyway. Major Grimes was re
vived by stimulants only long
enough to say "Hurrah for How
ell," when he expired. No blame
attached to the physician.
“Now, if the Georgia public has got
to suffer another epidemic of the poll
ing plague, rm a good mind to git me
a jug of forty-rod and a fish pole and
spen' the time 'twixt now and October
down on Sandy creek. They tell me
the fish is bitin' right peart this sea
son, anyhow."
Noticed the New
Strap-Hangers’ Friend?
Esthetic straphangers who long have
complained of the unsightly leather
holders in the street ears can cease
their murmurlngs.
Whether in compliance with the
wishes of aforementioned E. S. H’s or
not, the trolley company has had in
stalled a series of nice, smooth wooden
holders, varnished white.
The straphanger can now place his
trusting hand in the provided place
without prejudice to health or happi
ness. His comfort assured by the close
ness of the fit, he can strike a pose,
read a newspaper, “lamp" the pretty
girls sneer at the conductor or do
any number of other things which are
restful to the mind.
The only favor the trolley company
asks in return for its beneficence is
this: Those who intend to make use
of the new holders should be sure to
wear white gloves while riding the
eats. If this simple request be not
complied with, the whole purpose of
the new hangers will be defeated.
should be given less food and more
water.
Asa genera! rule, with the approach
of hot weather, a baby on the breast
should be nursed less often and given
more water between; if on the bottle,
pour out about one-fourth of the milk,
replace with water and make feedings
further apart, giving water between.
The clothing should be light; give reg
ular daily bath, and, if excessively hot,
it is more comfortable to sponge with
a little cool water two or three times
a day.
When a baby’ has a single loose or
green movement, or an offensive one,
It may be regarded as a danger signal.
At this first sign the child’s food should
be reduced decidedly at once. If symp
toms are marked, all cow’s milk, or any
preparation containing It, should be
stopped immediately; a dose of oil
should be given and bowels washed out
with a solution of two level teaspoon
fuls of salt to a qjiart of tepid water.
This should be given with fountain
syringe.
Lots of Fresh Air Needed.
Where vomiting occurs, give as much
water as possible: ft will wash out re
maining undigested food from the
stomach. After this, for eight or ten
hours, give only one or two teaspoon
fuls of boiled water every ten or fifteen
minutes, if wanted, A larger amount
would be vomited. Give no food for at
least six hours after vomiting has
stopped; then barley water or rice wa
ter may be given in gradually increas
ing quantities, or broth, or white of an
egg, and later, when the child is entire
ly well, it may be worked back to its
original food.
No matter how high the ftever, tn
pleasant summer weather a baby with
bowel trouble always does better out
doors than in a hot, stuffy room.
Great care must be exercised in
treating for fever. There are two
principal kinds. With outer or sur
face fever, where hands and feet are
warm and skin hot, place cold appli
cations to the head, hot water bottle to
the feet and bathe in eool water In
case of inward fever, where hands and
feet and cold and skin cool and pale or
mottled, place cold applications to the
head, hot water bottle to the feet and
bathe In hot mustard bath or wrap in
towel wrung out of hot mustard water
to bring the blood to the surface.
CITYTAXREFOf
PLAN OFCOUNGIL
Urge Increase in Rate and Cut
in Assessment to Provide
Needed Revenue.
An increase in Atlanta’s tax rate
from 1.25 per cent to 2 per cent and a
cut in the assessments from 60 per cent
of the real value to 40 per cent was the
reform urged today by a number of city
officials. The. agitation was precipi
tated by the proposal for a special
school tax and will be formally con
sidered at a meeting of the council
committee on charter amendments dur
ing the week.
Officials declared that while the city’
will get a large increase in revenue the
taxpayer will pay less in the aggregate
than be now pays to the city, county’
and state. Fulton county now pays one
seventh of the state’s taxes, and city
officials declare this is too large.
Effect of System Illustrated.
How the new system would work was
explained as follows:
At present if a citizen has SI,OOO of
taxable property he pays 1.25 per cent
on a 60 per cent assesment to the city
and 1.10 per cent on three-fourths of
the city assessment to the county and
state. The total is $12.45. of which the
city gets $7.50 and $4.95 goes to the
county and state.
But if the assessment was 40 per cent
and the city tax rate 2 per cent, he
would pay $8 to the city and $3.30 to
the county and state, a total of only
$11.30.
It is estimated that this change in
the tax system would increase Atlan
ta's revenue more than $300,000 and
equalize the tax imposed by the state
upon Atlanta.
Council No Doubt Favors Plan.
Councilman Aldine Chambers said
this was the one practical tiling.for the
city to do. The members of the com
mittee on charter amendments .are also
favorable to it. It is expected that
council will urge that such a plan be
passed by the legislature.
It Is also proposed that instead of a
special school tax a certain per cent
of the two per cent shall be set aside
for schools.
CHRISTIANS HELD AS
HOSTAGES BY TURKS
TO PUNISH ITALIANS
PARIS, June 10.—The Havas news
agency reports that the Turks have
seized all the Christians between the
ages of 19 and 45 on the island of
Mitylene in the archipelago to be held
as hostages. It is intimated that Tur
key will kill the prisoners unless the
powers bring pressure to bear upon
Italy to release Turkish territory seized
in the Aegean sjea. Two French news
papers at Beirut, Syria, have been sup
pressed by the Turks.
SOCIALISTS TO MEET.
MACON. GA., June 7. —The annual
state convention of the Georgia Social
ists, will be held in Macon on July 4,
when delegates will be elected to the
national convention.
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